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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-14

r KAI STORM ~ hixNlsoTA.-IHE SUSPENSION Dsrrur
nRTRoyED The -. Paul Times OF the 2gtb III eays
una. place was visited by frghru storm OF Wind ard
bsh On une pIsyious Sunday evening, (he 2.b BY
Nndsd 70 St Anthony and regret to learn thas the
VIE ~. pension bridge connecting that place with Mo-
Genre leaving about $50 feet easb ade hanging to
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-14
Massachusetts Legislature.
JUDGE LoR,Ns's CLsE--TBB TIN HOUR IA

BOSTON, April Is, 1879.
lie House 20 dsy rejected aDenomgu. to lhs
lor. recommending tie removal or Judgc Lorns oy 81
majority Tie sr.snSmoBt proposed Eaj that - Sgst-
rdps fhGU hereafter act Jr'ted e.ateF Go
ri,siorfT.
Tie Itn Hour law vas reeced 70 ths Sense ills @r.
tsroCOr ~ 70 TO VI.
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lhs lster'G1 ItcmTr, leg'r.on .fty, No ) po,an.
9trcJ, IL 7s,f. ''
Eshop hmog pttls,ss long ].ttsf 20 C,5.,..,ttz
lr.pcrty M.
gtt "as>pcto- smith, c-ese Pr sc.'1,t .Hs cse'.
e. fH' csEta aisoi1i ''t.ics Ioi.y gaa dtt.n3,
Ittrs sca.f. Esttsr~D 10 E...T
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truss the dy of receiving letters and packages Of
this kline, as the Post ONCE Department is often
urjusy blamed and the clerks put to no little an
nov 4nce by being suspected Of purloining the
missipg money.
The Legislature was sill in session at IL O'Clock
last night. resolution to adjourn at II to-day was
opposed in tbs Senate, and proposition to adjourn
at o'clock was presented in the Assembly, but no
action was taken upon either. In the Senate the
resolution mandatory Of the constitution so az to
allow negroes 20 vote, was laid on the table. The
bill amending the Temperance act was concuyred
in. number of other bills passsd-none of them,
however, Of public interest. At the date Of our last
despatch the Supply bill was under considerable
In the Assembly the bill to nufy the Fugitive Slave
law was promptly defeated by q vote of IS to 80.
Tie bills relating to the New York gas companies
were parsed; also TIE bill providing for an inves
CATION Of the claims Of the Rochester milers; like
wise bills concerning emigrant passengers arriving
q. this port, AMI establishing board Of railroad
commissioners. The Governor has vetoed the bill to
prevent Illegal voting In the city OF New York,
upon constitutional grounds
George E. Baker, Esq, OF Williamsburg, has bsen
appointed private secretary 10 the Governor ia place
Of J. j. Chambers, promoted to haroor master.
ship.
Nothing beyond routine business came up in the
Beard Of Councilmen last evening. The first order
Of the evening was the third reading Of bills, and
among shoss passed was the report Of the Commit
tee on Finance, in relation to advertising the pro
ceedipgs of the Common Council. The report Of
the Finance Committee on the Reynolds contrac
! was referred back 30 the Committee OF the Whole
1t was, however, subsequently taken up, amende .
end adopted in ce mmittse.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-14
The New Orleans Races.

New ORLEANS, April IL, 1855.
The renowned race horse Lecomte who is TO run
against Lexington Saturday next, is In excellent
condition. and the will doubt be the most excl
ting of the season.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-04-14

man, by way of experiment-and we know Of
it's being done in several instances should con-
tinue in April or May to burn exactly the same
amount of gas that he consumed in January he
would, nevertheless, find his gas bills reduced
in a seasonable proportion as if an actual eco
nomy had been effected. Wedo not pretend to
explain the causes of these discrepancies. We
know that gas pipes are leaky and that gas
itself is of elastic properties, and therefore are
ready to make all reasonable allowances for
trifing inconsistencies between consumption
and charge. But we hear on all sides SO many
complaints of the serious extent to which these
little accidents are pressing upon the pockets of
consumers that we begin to think that the SUBJ
ject merits some inquiry on the part of the
public We should be glad therefore, if those
who have suffered by this unaccountable elias
ITCHY in gas supply and gas charges would
furnish us with the result Of their observations
in order that an effort may be made to arrive
at some proximate guess at it's causes.
ARCHBISHOP HUGHES AND THE ROMAN CATH
0LIc CHURCH PRoPERTY.-Mr. Putnam's bill
having become law, the question now arises
what will Archbishop Hughes do? He has
declared his intention of defeating the law, or
attempting to do so on some technical quibble
1t will net be easy for him to accomplish this
design unless the Catholics OF his congregation
are as devoutly submissive to his mandates Gs
Catholics used to be to clerical magnates in the
middle ages. The law imposes on them the
duty of selecting trustees in whose name the
property is to be vested and in default OF
their doing SO, the Attorney General will be
bound forthwith to proceed against the tenants
Of the property with view to its escheat to
the State. If, therefore, they obey the Arch
bishop and not the law, it is not impossible but
the State may find itself two OF three millions
richer one of these fine days-a consummation
by no means to be despised at time when
canal Encouragement has reduced us to state
of quasi bankruptcy. It is supposed that Arch
bishop Hughes holds titles to property belong
ing to the church and worth from million to
a million and half: that the Bishop of Buffalo
is the nominal owner Of half million worth,
and that as much is held in the name Of the
Bishop of Albany. If the Roman Catholics do
not take the measures prescribed by law for
securing this property, or if they allow the
Archbishop to make legal experiments with it,
they may find, sooner than they expect, that the
State has relieved them of the trouble Of caring
for it.
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r II e L TEST NE w S.
BY MAGNETIC AND PRINTING TElEGRAPHS.
Another Cuban Outrage.

ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF DR.. PECg.
CHARLESTON, April Is, 1855.
letter to the Courier by the Isabel, states that
another American citizen, Charles A. Peck dentist, at
Trinidad de Cuba, arrested the Sth carried to
Havana, and placed IN the barracks. Mr.. Peck de-
caIes himself totally ignorant to the nature Of the
offence charged against him. His wife and mother live
in New York.
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Naval TnteJIfUeuce.

The sloop of jamestown, from Norfolk, Supposed
for Havana spoken 7th inst In lat 81 H. lon "a 25
pta
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Testimonial to Lieut.. Maurv

WASHINGTON, April ] 3, 1855.
The King Of Prussia has ordered great medal for
science and golden cosmos medal TO be presented 10
Lieut.. Maury for the wind and current charts
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The Ohio River

PIrrsBURG, April Is, 1855.
The water in the channel Of the ONO River at this
point Ia seven feet FIVE inches deep, and the water is
falling. The weather is damp and cloudy.
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Espenschoid's Hats The Great Demand.
~ ne most fashionable source well from tho prhfe
eason Sold for 80 90 AZ Ils Nassau street.
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Nomination raw ronar,s 90

Nugyols, Apr!i ~, 1855.
tsrts'r Samuel Wats Eas teen uom natsj III lEa
Sreritar ta-,y rcr Congress from tbs ei,.g,c.
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What Is MAYOR WooD TO Do THE friends
of the new coercive liquor law count upon
Mayor Wood as their efficient agent in en-
forcing il in this city. But how is he to do it
Mayor Wood has police force of thousand
men; and we understand that he considers it
impossible to enforce this law of pains and
penalties short of farce of two thousand
men. Give him, then, another thousand
to his present police corps, at an increased
taxation Of half million to the city aud
be may do something. We are in favor OF oil
laws being carried out even unjust and uncon-
slitational laws, for the cake Of the greetsav.
ing principle OF obedience to the laws; and
because The people, in regard to an unjust law,
hold the lawful remedy Of repeal in their
hands. We are informed, however, that body
of oyr fellow citizens, representing property to
the amount of fifty millions of dollars, have
resolved to raise fund Of round million, il
necessary, for the purpose Of testing this
prohisitory act in every legal form, and in
every Court up to which it can be carried.
Whatever, therefore, may be the moral reseits
of this despotic law, there is fair prospect
that it will give plenty Of work to the Mayor,
the Corporation, the police, the lawyers apd
the taxpayers.
In view of the consequences of this act, and
the tendencies of the State Legislature at AT
bany against the interests ef this metropolis,
it,would perhaps be well for the people Of this
island, in conjunction with the citizens of Long
Island, Coney leland and Staten Island, to
consult upon the expediency of organizing
themselves into an Independent State, or upon
the policy of hitching on to the State Of New
Jersey. Why not? Why not, at least, have
Public meeting upon the subject in che Parks
EXAMINE Your Gas Bn4s.-The singular
anomalies presented by the bills Of the gas
companies at This season of the year render it
desirable that comparison should be e,tab-
ljshed between them in order to srfive at some
estimate of the principles on which their
charges are founded. We do not wish to in
sinuate that the prices charged 10 consumers
are rot bar sd upon settled data, and that they
do not present G proper and systematic DIFF
ference between the cost OF the article aud the
fair profit to which the companies are entitled;
but We cannot shut our eyes and our ears to
the fscb that both in our own case and in that
of others, whenever sn economy OF coIsump.
tion is attempted We discover no pvooortiona.e
bent e. from ~ in me amount OF our bills. 10 -
q singular Circumstance, too, that when The
charge of season triUgs about general reduc
ton in he amount OF gas used, and necessarily
in he b)l. OF he companies, al attempts to
estsi.isA correc; comparison o. consumption
arc attended With failaro. Tor instance, K !
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Gcnln's Spring styles OF GentIcmcns Hs.s
and caps ready, at GENINs 2li Broadway orpts:s
u. Innl 9 Church.
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spring styles OF Hats, Light and Graceful.
lut the thing for string In addition our
own; Keep all the leading styles RAFFERTY, LEASH,
Chatham, and corner Of Chatham and Pesr ssrcetg
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The PeansyIvanin Lsoncr law.

HARRIsnURc, April 10, 1855
Governor Po'locr has signed the liquor Law Of
this state.
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Davia's Spring ST. lie OF Gentle Hats
all the isgc Those who want NTb. and tear ~ 4
should try saesroom S0i broadway, secepd rom
Duane street here all tastes may be suited.
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Nealio's sp,ing style OF Hats Is
The Introduction OF Bar,,,s - rc,s -.

The Hhove Is All we Mood 10 announce. When the
eni = time, thsPe left in the urch 60 Ia Ia.
&BALIo, cornes of-Broadway all Is1aj s,f,,t
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Markets.


The Asia (rom Boston, srrived here this morning at
o'clock, and sailed again at for Liverpool.
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NO ADJOURNMENT OF THE LEGIsLATURE-HEGRo
VOTERS KILLED OFF--THE STATE LUEATIC Asy-
LUM-MoRE HlRBoR MAsrERs--THE cHANcsRY
FUND, ETC.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-01-20


Dear Hhig AS Handy Andy" is de-
funct and r. a nonenity, | take this OPP
roriuniiv Of letting your readers know some
thing about Ceramic Square" 'CoulSonvillc,
"Shantv Town" &c.
Well! Goss, Cook & Co. are taking out
large quantities of Granite. some 200 men
employed they have already built some laf
dozen sianies around their quarrics, thus
the name of "Shantv Town" ''CoulSonvllc"
or Northern Liberties" contains single
and double houses and Office
Rock Run (proper,) contains l church,
stores 9 confrctiona i 5. coach shop, black
smith shop, l mill, . hotels, and 7 or 8
dwellings.
The m,rchants are doing an extensive bust
ness The coach shop, $. j. Brown & Co.,
proprictors, is doing large business, 5 hands
being emf loycd.
The Pastor of our church gave the young
men and ladies due notice on Sunday last
that if they talked Or laughed during survives
he would make an example of them and cx-
pose them before the congr, CATION, may they
profit by it, is the sincere desire of theiI
friend Tony"
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Our Correspondence.
Correspondent, Of he Cecil Wing
RowLANpolLI.E, Mp. Jan. l7th.

RowLANnoIL.fE, Mp.. Jan. l7ih, So
&c. Editor II notice in your last issu,
an article over the signature of j. cautionna
our citizens against contributing toward
making the Central Railroad This we are
not surprised to see as it comes from the It'll
district. 1t reminds us of the fable Of the
boys and frogs. Thus while the Central
Road may be pleasure 10 those concerned
in it, 1t will be death to the interests Of the
Phl!a. u Bal road from whence this caution
arises. Further, we think the writer does
not do justice to the Central road when he
compares II with the one i'll question. for he
must DC aware the Central road can he made
at much less expense and under crcum
stances much more favorable, and through
one OF the finest agricultural countries in all
our States, connecting with some of the best
water p weS our States can boast Of, which
only want ii means of access TO he imnroycd
to its utmost capacity. Contrast this with a
read running along the Delaware and North
East rivers and Chesapeake Bay, almost from
It's starting point to its terminus receiving no
pat onagc only from The North side and that
only during the close Of the navigation by
Ice, as most Of the gram and other produce is
earned by vessels and s.canboats during at
least months of the year. True they may
carry more or less all the year. hut nothing
compared with what the Central road will
when it is in operation. On the north its
resources are almost without limit. while it
has no rivers or bay craft to compete with on
the south. Besides no lone trcSSrl bridges to
deter passengers from travelling IN it: Con-
tras', also, the scenery along the line, mos; of
the country through which the present road
passes is low and boggy or barren and unpro-
dUciive, while the former proposes to pass
through one of the richest agricultural dis
rcts Of Pennsylvania and Maryland, real
treat to the eye of the observer. We think
the wrirtfatogthcr mistakcnwhcn he char.-
os the proicc; of the Central road upon the
enemies of the Philadelphia and Baltimore
road. We doubt very much their ever hay
ing used that or any other for selfish or other
purposes. we think they would spurn the
accusation with indignation. p.
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Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing

c.NN AM lc'li, lfcc' J
Fricnd RcacHs 1t has been some time
since writ you that letter about Kclso and
Jimmy Mackcy. and think it is about time
you had another from mc-gncss that one
shut up kclso's writin any more about or
neigllbor at any rate. There is not much
dom among us to write about, vet we some
times write letters to orr friends in the back
woods and other placcs-but don't believe
they gLt the half of th,m, for we most always
get the men where the post Office is, to back
| our letters and can never make them do ii aS
we want it donc-now | have some friends
living out back that is some kim and as | am
afraid of blotting the back Of the letter tell
the post men that | want the letter this way
Ohio Sate-liomcs county, then the p. o,
and my friends name but they are so wi>v
they must put the man s name iirSt-and run
it Northumberland think this must DC the
way so many of our letters gifts LOST most
always tell them to put some thing more on
to make it go faster, but they say it makes
no difference: they do as they please any way.
People tells me they have way to send let
tcrs very fast between Baltimore and Phila-
| dclphy: but we call again and again and in
quirc if The post Office has come and still IRE
git no answers. One of our nci@hborS was
uoWH " the ion S')lilt'iilc AGO amt aSktu one
Of them people to give him a newspaper and
they said they had Il public ledger he might
have which turned out to be- Il paper instead
ofa book to keep accounts IN; never know
Cd there was any kind of lc,lgcrs but private
lcdgcrs what the storr'kc,pcrs have. before
-w,ll dat paper said there was boat come
over from Europe with news about a great
war that is goin ON thcrc--thcre is three or
four against one, bul that one seems very
hard I" whip, he Stands with his back to the
wall and keeps EN- all of,
| They are maxim Il great fuss about rail
road TO run along by us, and they been
stickin pegs along three or four times now :,
but it ms to conc to nothin--cXccpt roo
pie Stumbling over the pegs every now and
'hcn-my ncghhors field is fill Of them
and 1t is not safe to walk through them after
da,k hardly. Only Il week or two ago there
was about IL half drZon b,ins with lair all
over their faces along through here and we
all c"nclud,d they must hc Know NolhingS.
for if you asked them question they seemed
to know nothing about nothing: but they put
up another row of re@>. In my next letter |
will tell you what time we had a Christ
mas and New Years, huntin rabbits and so
| on. SAM PATCH.
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Public Sale of Real Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given. that on Tl ES-
~ DAY, the 18th day of February, 1898,
a. . O'Clock p. NJ. | will oilcr at Public Sale
at the Court House door in Elkton, all that
certain Farm. lying and being in Cecil coun-
ty, and ASSESSED on the books Of the Comfy
Commissioners Of said county, to John Rum.
scv This farm is situated upon the road
leading from Mari y Paper Mill to the village
o. North East, adjoining the lands of William
Glenn, John W. Holt and others and con-
tains about $50 Acres.
1t will be sold for the State and County
Taxes assessed thereon for the year 1851, the
same having never been paid.
Terms cash. TllOS. Tl1ACkEllI.
Collector of State and County Taxes for the
sd Election District of Cecil county for the
year 1851. Jan 20, 1865 is
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Che 1flarlicts.

ELKToN MARKEr.-The following are the
prices now paid here for the articles named
Wholesale. Retail.
Flour per bh. 1928 Butter, scarce as c
Wheat per bus Sl.9s Eggs, 16c
Corn 3: SS TnrkieS per lb. 10 C
Oats {" a. Geese " SC
Potatoes {" 100 Chickens, pair 81 c
Buckwheat -four is retailing at Sl25 to
81 30 per quarter. Oak wood, So to $50,
Hickory $3.50. Pork $500
BALTIMORE MARKEr.-Thc Clipper of yes
tcrday has the following report of the mar
kets:-- Flour--The market is unsettled
holders of Howard STR ct asking $751;, buy
ers unwilling to offer 1915.
WHARF.-The grain market is dull under
| the Eurol can news, and wheat has declined
an average Of three cents per bushcl The
offerings to-day amounted to about 5000
bushels, with sales of good to prime white
at 500 S2:.l2, and red at 81 Il SS2.O5. a
choice lot of red sold at S2.lO
CoRN.-Thc market is also dull and prices
declined from one to two cents per buShcl.
The ollt rings were about So 500 bushels, and
we note sales of white at SS 90 cents, and
yellow at 30 crnts.
RYE.-800 bushels offrred-sales Pa. at
SIPS.
OATs.-Ahout 5000 bushels offcred-salcs
of Md. and Va. at 50 SO cents; Pa. "a a
So cents.
BALTIMORE, Jan. 18th, lS55.-There were
offered at the scales to-day 600 bceves-all
sold Prices S40O to 1915 on the hoof,
equal to $500 $3.50 nett, and averaging
81. so.
HoGs.-The sales at the scales to-day were
at $3.50 81
New York CATTLE MARKET, Jan. IL
Offerings 1866 head of beef cattle; sales at
prices ranging from 80 $1,000, extra quail
ity Sll.00 Hogs-Salcs of corn fed at 20 a
1925. Cows and Calves, extra 800 600
and common $50 $35. Sheep 81 a So;
Lambs So IS.
0JThe following is brought by the Cana
da -
LONDON MARKETS. Barring Brothers re-
port only moderate business during the week.
Breadstufis dull: market barely supported.
White wheat SOS. a Sos; rcd I0s. SOS.
american Flour scarce, fine worth 45s lGs'
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TIE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AMERICA.

THE EXPEDITION TO CENTRAL AMERICA
1t is announced in the Washington Union
that the arrangements Of Col. kinncy's COM
panv are in such state oftnrwardncss, that
the first ship will sail from Baltimore ON OF
about the 25th of this month A few days
later second ship will sail from Mobile, and
a third from the BrazoS Santiago, Texas.
These three ships will take out about seven
hundred colonisls-all actiAc, entcrpriSine
men, and peculiarly well adapted to carry
out successfully the object Of the expedition.
There are in the city of Washington som,
sixty men who have joined the expedition
and who are merely waiting for the means Of
transportation. Colonel Kinney himself will
sail either from New York or philadelphia
about the beginning of next month with 9
large number of colonists, in first elias,
steamship.
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Public Sale Of Real Estate.

NOTICE is hereby given, that on TUES
~ DAY, the 18th day Of February, 1855,
at . o'clock ?. NJ, will Offer at Public Sale,
at the Court House door in Elkton. a certain
Lot or Ground lying and being at Elk Land
ing, in Cecil county, Nd, and assessed on the
hooks of the Commissioners of said county,
to heirs of Samuel and w. Mcctccr. This
lot lies between and adiolns the lands of Ru-
,lulph Bennett. ST.. and the heirs of William
IIolingsworlh, and is used as landing. 1T
will be sold for the State and County Taxes
assessed thereon for the year 1851, the same
having never been paid.
Terms Cash. TIIOS. TlIACKERY,
Collector of State and County Taxes for tho
Sd Election District of Cecil county. tor the
wear 1851. Jan 20, 1855 is
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Correspondence of The Cecil whig,]
NEST NOTTINGHAM, Jan. 10th, '55


Mr.. Editor AS Oscar" has rot written
since the stock he received from 1hcophilus
Thundcrbolt in regard to the cause of the
lightning striking certain old chestnut
tree so often, II try and give your readers
an idea of what is going on in this section.
The farms around here contain from IS to
100 acres and are cultivated in good man
ncr, producing ample means to support any
ordinary family, and a surplus left to carry
them through the winter, each one has a
large wood pile at the door and fear neither
storm nor snow. All they have to attend to
in the winter is to take care of their stock,
keep up the fires and gear up their horses and
take the girls a slcighing.
We have the talcst man that can be found
this side of Arkansaw. residing at place
called Monroe Swamp: we cannot account for
his growth except that he is remarkably fond
of 'Possums. lie goes by the name of
SUANGlIIE