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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-07-21
RISING SrN, july 18th, 81


The Heather md The Crops--1hc Central Rail
rocd-know Nothih.s- Democratic Dccoc.
tion-Ho'r 1t Worked-Erening Parties
lieeident, &c.
DEAR RICKETTS, AS your correspondents
from this place still persist in preserving 81
lcnce, shall send you few Items
? The weather Of late has been exceeding
ly propitious for harvesting, which has cna-
blcd our farmers to get their hay and wheat
gathered in good order. Though the hay
crop generally u light, yet it is much bet ter
than was anticipated, making perhaps one
hall OF an average crop; but the wheat here
will turn ont fully, il not above, an average
yield, as it has not been injured by any of
those ihsc OTIS. that have been troublesome to
the wheat crop in some section Of the coun-
~. The Oats, which is nearly ready TO cat,
has never since my recollection given bet
ter promise Of an abundant crop. Corn and
potatoes, also, look admirably we'll
The Bait. Phila. Central X. X. continues
to be the leading topic The work of grad
ding aud bridging on the Pennsylvania portion
OF the road, now under contract, is being
pushed forward with unprecedented rapidty
considering the comparatively small number
OF hands employed, and the Pre- sident and
Directors assure us that that portion will he
fully equipped and ready for operation on OF
before the first OF January next. An effort
is being made in this county to obtain few
rights Of way, and am happy to say that it
can be acc omplislcdwith but few exceptions.
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Cool affairs.

70 The warm, dry weather of the present
week has been fine for getting wheat and hay
into the barn or stack. a great deal of each
has been housed in excellent order.
SUNDAY School CELEBRATION.-Ana dyer-
tscmcnt in another column announces that.
| there viii l'c Sunday School Celebration in
| llammcrsmith's woods near the Rising Sun
on the llth, Of August.
ANOTHER VI. D.--Doct. Buckley, who is
stated to us to be young physician Of mnch
promise, hanres out his shihsle in Port De-
post. See his card in another column.
New WHEAr.-Ncw wheat was selling
here week ago at $500 a bnshcl, and flour
from new wheat ut SO so Fer barrel. Some
wheat has been delivered this week which
was sold some time ago at So 10.
~" \ correspondent sends us tile follow
ing interesting item in relation to all inter est
ing part of the County:
CorRT House. PoISr.-trtcr an absence
of ten years spent an hour or two last
week at this place so interesting in the carly
history Of Cecil County. Here the good poo
~ Of Cecil used to meet for the transaction Of
public business.
On the opposite side of the river in Elk
Neck, the old ferry house is still standing
with the marks Of time impressed on it, and
the old ferry boat is said 10 be lying beneath
the surface of the water in state Of prcser-
vaton. This was public ferry, kept up at
the expense of the County and the Citizens
from the upper paris Of the County came by
the way of North East. thence along what
was called the ferry rond to NIX river at the
ferry house above MENTIONED. The site Of
the old .ialis only dist,rsuislable by slight
inaen.ation Of the surface Of the lot over
which the plow-sharc now passes. Here it
is said a slave was hanged for the murder of
his master, and1 have heard supcrslitious
persons talk Of the leaves Of the bushes at
tlc spot where the murder was committed
still having on th,m the marks of blood
II the history Of the times when the ancient
buildings were erected here and all the trans
actions connected with the administration Of
justice, as well as the character Of the promi-
ncnt actors could I've written out, it would he
full of interest, but who can furnish the ma
tcrial! The records Of the Court may furnish
some facts but part Of thee arc lost. I'a"c
the followers Of John l.abadic, who had
community here in the carly settlement left
any record. Or can aught he found in the
history of the Church of st. Augustine to
throw light on this interesting subject or
are there ancient papers in the families of the
carly settlers to clucilate the history Of the
settlement Of Bohemia Manor!
The current of the county is now setting in
another direction, and Chief Justice Van Bib
Der with his clerks, Attorneys and jul ors
have long since passed away, and arc forgot
ten; SO goes the world.
The Court House Point property is now
improving under It's present owner, Jas. l..
Craig Esq, and has beautiful location.
just below it and IN view is Port llarinan,
which is about being purchased 1t is said by
4 company Of gentleman from Baltimore for
$4,000, H..
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mington Del, next September, It secure a
collegiate education. trust she will not he
spoiled, and that her brightest hopes for the
future may be enjoyed. She is yourg ard
inexperienced, and should be dealt with
gently and prudcntly.
Rev. II. f.. Gilroy. our Methodist preacher
has been m-lble to discharge his ministcra
duties for two Sundays tsst in cohscquenc
of all accident he met with s6ine time since
am glad, however, To he able to say that he
is much better now, with prospect Of soon
getting out Of the house.
Our town is not near so lively in business
point Of view Of this time, as it was during
the months of April May and June.
Most of the Yankee lumber dealers have
left for their homes. and our lumber mcr-
chants nrc commencing to pile their merchan
dizs oil the Mhhrrcs. ANTIPHOIrS.
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1 1ccl SatiSncd there is not gentleman in
this county, through whose land the road will,
pass, but would he willing to sacrifice some
thing To ADVANCE an enterprise of 50 m sch
interest and advantage to the c, tnmiluitv
generally. but am truly sorry to say there
are few isolated cases where persons de-
nand heavy damages and unlimited priviIcg-
cs and accommodations from the Company.
7 The Know Nothing or s.dark lan,crI'' par
| ~, still continue to hold their s.secrrt oath
bound r"nc'hve.. greatly ~ the annoyance
"f the pure, open and undrfilrd outsiders.
The X. Ms hercabutts lave bccu very sick
Tor several days. which for want of Il knowl-
edge OF medical terms, | will dcmoninate
Democratic PARALYSIS, which has been induced
10y taking large dose of il mf. aht unidu-
tertted Democratic decoction. prepared and
compounded by the great Democratic State
Central Committee. and was administered
last week IN Democratic style. by u Dcmocra-
TIC Edi,ur, through the columns of Il great
Democratic organ; but thinking the dose
..lcctlc' to strong, this same little Democrat
| ic editor. concluded to ,rsahsn it bv way of
an editorial, This grca. npStrun. which was
II" doubt intended 10y the Gumpoundcrs to
unstrlng The muscles # every bring X. n.
within the confines of the State, has had
quite contrary effect having proven q great
and powerful tonic, and if often repeated,
will give them the might and power of an
Ajax, and ultimately enable them to rcnd
asundcr that veil which has 50 long "bscurcd
the light of the X. y. lantern from Demo
cratic view.
Evening sociahlcs are very fashionable in
this ncighborhood. One OF these little fls-
tidious parties came of few evening, since
on the bluffs IF OctOrarn. when Il young pro-
irssiorl limbtr a neighburing village bore
very conspicuous part in the evenings en-
trrtainmrnt. Having a taste for music and
being an amateur Of the art lie was chosen
musician ON this occasion, and AS emusic has
charms &c, the sweet strains of his violin
were Irresistible and had Il decided effect OH
the susceptible hearts OF certain ladies pres
.ut.
\ son oiMr VIM. jenkins while horse rak-
ing at Mr.. Basil llaincs' fcw days ago, was
seriously ifnot fatally n.urcd tic mule (tu
which the rake was attached. running Of and
dragging the rake over the lad. AURORA.
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Oar Correspondence.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing
CuESApEAKE CITY July 10Th

\ CHESAPEAKE CRY july 10Th 1855.
Nrm and Handsome Siedmers-Smt rs der
masheen '-Good TIME for Doctors, bit had
for their IIorses-H'heat and Oafs-Pnin-
JW fccmea- LocofoiSm-Amcricm Fcrch
! -fd"diddte for The Sherfchy, &c.
+ DEAR RiCEErTs.-1hc appearance Of two
new Steamers belonging to the Baltic 4
Phlla. Transportation Line in our Town
has been the principal topic Of town talk
| since my Inst. They arc built on the l'ropc
Ter plan and are $50 feet long. 2l # wide
and fit sd up with Slate Rooms and Bcr,hS
sufficient tn accumulate 90 pass, ngers, The
most desirable and Landowner Of the two,
the Richard Willing. was built at Whining
ton Del, l,y Mcssrs. Harlan & Ilollngswor,h
and the "llchry l.. Cav" by MessrS Rcancy
Neatie 4 Co.. Philadelphia. They make the
trips from City to City in II hours and will
necessarily be great accumulation to the
| mercantile classes of uur Community.
A s,iit for debt brought against Dredging
Machine lying in the Canal caused some ex.
citcmcnt week since. They refusing to
pay and the Prosecutors refusing to let them
| work, they were forced TO "lay down thu.
shovel for "a day or two but the matter be.
fling compromised they are now "scoopinr
Away"
horses Of the Physicians about town begin to
look like Roizinantc Of the ancient DAYS. and
yon need mot he surprised to see the birds of
prey flying in this direction not to devour
human flesh but horse meat. mean no
offence, medical gentlemen nor make any
insinuations
The farmers in this section are rcaping
their crops Of oats which are unusually
abundant and promise to f:2akc up the loss
, in wheat which in this region is small t:7';'.
At or near Port Herman few day since.
a yonng man by the namc or p,arcc caugh,
his liaid. in a thrcsliine machine .oing at full
speed and before 1t could bc cxtricat,d bruised
his hand in such manner that the use of il
will probably never return. $40
| see 10y the advertisement in the Iocof,
sheet in your town that the party is b,snn
ing to move in Political matters but where
is the party. In this district most Of the old
leaders have caught tho infectious American
fever and joined the grand army Of the pco
plc.' Some old FoSw remain, but The meet
ing had bett,r look 10 t-clf O.. ';amivd"
viii tvcn there he in the aScrndcnt. TIL,
Sheriff is TO come from here this time, it is
SAID. and there are jus! 100 men here who
tight rnder their own banner and are deter
mined to give their candidate fair and hon
ct majority; who he may be know not, hu,
returned Californian called s. q. r. Poly
wog for brcvity, ] am told Is head neck
and heels abovcall others in the chances for
the X. \. nomination. So hurrah for Poly
wos. the Peoples candidate, ard hurrah for
the End District the very nest OF bull headed
and vllainons Locofocoism. StIo.
j. 5. The white-papcrs are round town
to-day and the indication are that the wind is
blowing in the right quarter. llurluh for
Polywog.
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Correspondence of1hc Cecil Wing
" HGT NOTTINGHAM .luly lNih q

Improvements Ilrrssf--U cerH il whcat-
The Crops Spring House Thief-Snndog
School Cclrlrnt,on---C corner krtch II
Chance for Ports-th0nging N,mcS &c.
Mr. EDlToR.-In the way Of Improvements
we notice the grove that surrounds the
Church, at this place. has been enclosed BY
a neat board fence. which adds greatly to tn,
beauty ofthc Place as well as affords pro-
lection to the trees. Most uf the members
have planted -hitcling pests, and marked
them as their own; this Is an excellent plan
II fully carried out, but there are those who
do not wish the trouble Of erecting posts.
hitch their horses to the crayc ward fence an,,
gates creating unpleasant fttings among the
| members.
Our farmers have finished harvesting their
wheat and have been rewarded with an
abundant crop The rcd we.vcl made its
appearance Just as the wheat was ri,cning.
tut too late to do much injury, combining its
diStructiv,ncss to green heads. Had it ap-
pcnrcd week or so earlier, while the grain
was soft, no doubt much injury would have
been done. The white Blue stem and M,di-
tcriancan wheat are the best filled Of any
kinds. Mr.. James II. Mccullough Shcll,d
head Of the hitter kind. grown in his f Id.
that counted out 70 Grains
The corn is growing finely. Mr.. Bernard
&. krauss near this place states that the
blades or a stalk in his lot grew S! inches
in one night.
And old man "a forciyncr) pretending to
be dumb, when spoken to, has been visiting
the spring houses. in this section. helping
himself to butter, pies, milk. and any other
thing that he may fancy: he was recently
caught, end on examining his bundle all
sorts of ca talfes were found BIZ sides a num-
of Sunday School books marked ..AIonnt
hockey" but no property being claimed he
was released. We learn he has turned up''
about Stony Batter. 1
a grand Celebration Of the Sunday Schools
attached to the NJ. +. Church Zion Circuit
will come off in the Woods of j. Hammer
smith. Mcgrcdy's old camp ground, on the
llth of August next; all the schools attached
to the different denominations are invited, and
as the grove is large and pleasant a large
gathering il expected.
In my last promised history Of Corner
ketch but as there is so much Poetry connect
nd Herewith have concluded TO leave it for
some "Olivcr Goldsmith or Emma Alice"
to portray, promising to furnish the items
when called on. According to tradition, and
appearances all the matter necessary to please
the Poet can he collected.
The names Of there old Villages are being
dropped and more aristocratc ONES given
We notice our ncighbors OH Vinegar Hill
have changed the name Of that place to
Mount Pleasant; however, Vinegar. c .lltd by
any other name will remain Vinegar. An
effort was made few years ago to change the
name of this pcacc TO Krkwood, but failed
and old West Nottingham will remain West
Nottingham forever. SHANGHAI.
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BGNNETS! BONNTs !!

Mrs. a. Ford having on hand a large
I'Asnd "ril selected assortment Of SPRING
a.. aud 81 MINER MILLINERY, is dcsir-
ftA}"ES Il closing her stock Of Soodsfnr the
IN season. Persons wishing any Thing in
her lne at business will do we'll TO give llcr
call as she is certain she cannot fail to
please them, both III quality and price. They
via find always on hand lot Of Fancy Bon
nets, straw B"nncts hncd and trimmed. from
9 40. upwards. Children flats and lalvs'
hsts trimmed at all prices, to suit The times.
Very thankful TO the public for tho pat
rna%e they have bestowed upon her, She
wishes hr her great desire to please, Il gon-
tinuaucr Of The same.
y. Is. Persons bringing The Cash with thcm
VIII be certain mol to leave hes cst;,his liincnt
without being perfectly satisfied with their
bngaiGs. - IN Apprentice wanted i'm
lncdiately. Lime 30, 30
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Warm Wca!hcr.-At the iditing u

This item Thursday afternoon) the ,hcrmum--
TEL shows 80 degrees Of heat At the same hour on
Thursday md Wednesday it was three degrees hot
ter. .N?"clock ut night on those DAYS it was s.
leg which is very warm for that hour The hcu,
Turing the week has be'u rcni; here has bc m
universal painting AMI Precipitation on account Of il,
AMI general giving ont by The aborers in the
fields and tho oatcrs around the shaIes of tho
'aNcrns
somc are Of to Cape May and some away to he
'h"Hn' ms, while some can't reayc a. all Ono of
hess Last ilscon .olatcS has left On our tab. the
following dolcful rhyme. 'indickatil of his feel
inks
q dear how dreadful hot II is -
Mint this d scorching day
nls's il cooler grows hlicvs
III run of TO Cape May.
Yes. friend its fearful hot indeed,
Eut ah. th.rrs no release
For me (who have to stay at homc)
Unless run to Greece (,iRrAsR)
T. :. An ionr after The above WINS pcnncd the
heat reached % dcgrccs-the hottest Of the soayo,.
thus far.
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PoRr DEroslT, July 10. ISL


IA .4po'ocg- The Lecture fmd-Smdnv
School Ccicbfotion-Emma .fiice BroWne-
. Rcr. II. E. G'lroy-Ymkce timber Dealers.
Numerous events, differing in character
have kept me from writing for II couple weeks
pasls but having more leisure now | resume
the flourish Of the quill with view to the
cdiiication Of the readers of 1.-The Whig.'
Having lately heard some scandaous re-
ports in circulation in regard to the distrbu.
ton Of the funds that were realized from the
course of Lectures had here during the past
Spriug, for the bensi fit Of the poor, have ia
ken the trouble to wait upon the committee
and learn the truth Of the affair. Persons
who were too mean to purchase tickets to
those Lectures or TO contribute even three
cents to a charitable purpose. when called
upon but who spend their money and their
time in drinking rum and getting drunk have
put into circulation stories that are calculated
(nnlcss rcfutcd) not only to injurc the per-
sons instrumental in getting up the Lectures,
but to seriously affect the helpless widow
lady whom they have so vilainously identi-
fed in connection with their unprincjped
statements. | am authorized in stating
that there is not the shadow of truth in the
report that said widow lady has received
forty dollurs Of sand Lecture fund. On the
other hand, She has never received n single
cent from that source. Nj. T. l.. PoLlsun
inform me that about forty dollars, over and
above expenses, were realized from those
Lectures and that eleven dollars of that sum
have been distributed in two nccc Ssitous cases
and that the balance twenty nine dollars is
still in the harhs OF the committee.
The Sunday School attached to the N. T..
Church OF this place, have finally determined
to have a celebration in Mr.. Smiths woods
near this town, on the lst day OF August
There is some talk Of Rev G.. I. Lewis of
Wilmington, being one Of the speakers tn
The occasion.
understand that our gifted little poctcss
Emma Alice Browne, Is making preparations
to 20 to the Wesleyan Female College, Wiz
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SUNDAY school Celebration.

1 grand celebration Of the Methodist Sum
~ day School Zion Circut. viii he hell
in the woods of Mr.. John IIainmrr-Sniih
about one mile south OF the Rising Sun Wiz;
laSc, Oh Saiurlny. HE IN cf .lngusi, n.ri, 10
commence al . o'clock \. VI.
Sunday Schnhls Of the varinus dcnomint-
ti"lrs. and the public generally are respect.
fully invited /" jim us in the celebration:
Eminent speakers will he engaged for tho
occasion. Dialogues. and other pieces will bd
spoken hy the children. by Otticr Of the
Committee Of arrangements.
July 2l-3w"
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Good CITY Property

To ELchon.e far Ldnd IN NoryhnM, or Kent
Comfy, Dclawne.
DERSONS desiring to exchange lands fer
L property in this city, have now as good :,
change as ever was offered for as good pro-
perry as any in the city, including good bust
ness stands. 'a" "7'T
7 will also cx:h.n re my Store Dwelling &
Carriage House in Brandy wine village. Til
is good stand with a business at present %
from $4,000 t" $4,000 year, which csuh
be increased. This is ono OF the best situa
tons offered in the State for a Physician,
there are now going up in the ncighborhoo
10 or 60 houses and Il cotton factory five lur
bred feet long. My property is all in exec.
lent order, and the property in Brandvwin
will rent any day at from SEQ to $500 y,
year. 1t could now be leased for five veal
to n good business man. The taxes are To-
on this pr"pertv-only 81 GOA year.
More information can be had hv adlressu
WIN. II. REYNOLDS,
July 2l-6w Hiimingfon, Del.
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] Kansas LEGISLATURE. BY an extra from
the Office Of the Kansas Herald published at
Lcavcnwolth July 10, we learn that the off
GERS Of the Legislature (Which we have al
ready mentioned had been organized, were
cqh:hly distributed oil both sides Of Kansas
river. The Governors message Was TO have
been delivered on the 10Th THUS far says
the l'vrala's extra cverythin9 has passed off
smoothly and qnictlyy without any dstn.
ban"e or tuiiicnltv. Those .,,utic,nen who
anticipated low have been disappointed.
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Advertisement.

deem il necessary to say in f-Ghrd to tho
l. notice Published by Isaac SlrhgiiGf rclt-
tive to my Advertisement that hls H1iitc II
entirely destitute of truth. not one single
sentence being true, and Slaughter at tho
time the notice was lcnncd knew il 10 he i
misrepresentation of the facts. The trutli
needs no troom to groom il, il is mighty and
must prevail. whilst error .swounl,d VIRTUES
in pain and dies amid its ~or-hirpcrs.
WIN. II. PEARCE.
Cecilton. Md, July 10Th, 1861.
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Tho Wide 'pioll reputation which Thu rrcparI-
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To obtain relief. For sale by all Sorcke"p rs in
this and adjoining counties, and wholesale by the
lr"prir or. ]. l.. RITTER.
Mar ;in No son Ii Trout St rlilals
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sE"I. sends us the following note on CaInp
Meetings which We insert in this column =
Camp Mecting.-Wc frequently hear
the question asked. will there be any camp meet
ing this year These meeti Dgs are among my
carlicst recollcctions AMI with them come I'm man
interesting associations and "reminiscences of the
past-rhc remembrance of many Kind friends md
associates who have passed away ] have always
had II feeling of generation for the solemn and i'm
prcssive 81 andcur Of the primitive worship. which
| heard when child, in the deep shades Of the
forest. 1ut times changed, and the jealous and
unlettrr"d preacher has given place to hi. more re-
fined and classical succc,Sor-tlc rude tent Of the
early woishipper is supplant.d by more elegant
structure, and its earthen floor is hidden hv Il cost.
" carrrt-the simple fare that was only looked to
as of secondary Importance, is now ecipsed by q
continued feast, ard the simple dress of the print.
tive days has yielded to the tr'ppings Of fashion
Avaricc, always on tho alert, comes in for share
of the spoil and in the fcedin; OF horses and the
feeding Of men there is Struggle for money: -
Sotuc are reckless enough to furnish rum to the
drunkIrd and is even said that some rroft Sing
to he GrNrLENES carry their brandy with them
At camp meeting, on sunday you see inter
cs'ing asScmblagc ofhuman beings and such ono
as 10 where else he found All arc out: from
the highest TO tho lowcst-from those rho ride in
costly carriages. to those who come on foot carry.
ing their childrena world in miniature And
what - variety Of greetings rs acquaintucss meet;
from the most fashionable and hollow hea rtcd in
terchnnge Of c,itics to the most earnest rude and
nncou'h. Many meet who have not met since last
camp meeting and many 60 for the purpose Of
meeting an old acquaintance. Gentlemen and la
dies handsomely a,tired are promcnadins in all
dirccions-thc multitude are in motion without
any concert Of action passing and rcpassing young
middle ascl and old: male and female guu. thcy
know not whittier, nor for what purposc--a mixed
and restless multitude Although person cannot
avoid smiling at the oddities of such an assembly,
yet it is solemn to contemplate that all this multi.
tude now full of life and animation, will after tho
lapse of a few years he silent in DEATH will all go
down to the ch arncl house and return to dust as
their forcfathcrs have done. They will pass away
to he succeeded by another generation. and their
names will be forgotten. IL is we'll to reflect on
these things.