The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-11-24
Core spondcncc of The Cecil Wing


PHILADELPHIA, Nov 2lst, '55.
Il Df1re 10 Kcnt- Lands and Land Buyers
The Mr. Rates in Dclmrorc compared wnh
cech-PaSSmore WMiamson-.icalcmy of
Fi"c drts--Ph,iislphia Advertisements IL
The Wing, &c.
Mr.. EDITOR The last Hhig I received
told me many letters were laid over for want
Of room: so if you have no space for this Just
lay it on The table, or under the table, or
where you like. \ short time ago was in
your town, and enjoyed the pleasure of
seat by the side of the well known knight of
the rbbonds-Mr. L. F., for trip to
Kent.
Two of the passengers were in search of
land; one was from Burlington county, n. d..
the other, Bucks county Pa. In comparing
their neighborhonds with that Of Cecil on the
stage route to the Head of Sassafras. they
pronounced the latter superior. | passed
flrm Kent across to the Diamond State
During my stay in Delaware | attended
land sale. 1t was an administrator sale Of
100 acres of arabic land. The buildings
were new and good, though not equal to the
average of dwellings, in New Castle county.
There is no water flowing through the prem
Uses nor any bounding the tract. Its fertility
was fair though not extra. was told it
would produce about so bushels of corn per
acre. 1t sold for &l2l.OO per acre. and the
purchasers h'! only eNcced,d the last offer
by 50. Cecil farmers just think of that
Less than two hours ride by coach, from
Elkton brings You into a district where the
market value Of the lands so far exceeds your
own.
There is certainly nothing in the intrinsic
value Of the soil of New Castle county to
make lands there sell for more than those of
Cecil. What farm in Cecil in moderate, fair
order would not yield so bushels of corn TO
the acre! And there are no natural advan-
tagc there which Cecil docs not abundantly
enjoy.
The exchange value of the soil advances
with the Improvement of the country and
the density Of population most wonderfully
The parties present on the occasion rcfrricl
to were men Of distinction in their hundred,
and bid most anXronsly for the estate. |
thought 1t was to be regretted there was not
more land in this zig, little commonwealth
for sale.
The lionind Williamson, MS You know is
released from prison. 1t is expected he will
he prosecuted for the loss of the slaves. The
issue involves a delicate question and will
adjust the mootcd subject of State Rights on
that point of citizenship. The South will
loose l'y Tire decision let it go which way it
may. If he dccltlcl that the actions of one
state must so far be respected by another of
the conftdrracv, so as to allow the transit
over frccsoil Of such property as the one ac-
knowlcdgcS and the other protests against
then may Boston insist on the privilege of
sending her Sims to southern ports in charge
Of crew not hitherto countrnanccd hv the
South. But if the conf V of States he inferior
to State Rights, then tn" owner of slave
cannot pass the bounds of a free state attend
Cd by his property.
The ACADEMY of Fine Arts is being tn
n'ged for the reception of statuary from
France This gallery was first opened some
litv years ago bv the voluntary association
of the citizens Of Philadelphia, and is said to
be the first institution founded on this side of
the Atlantic for the purpose Of collecting and
exhibiting specimens of sculpture and paint
ing: for contrring premiums on artists for
mcrltorl"nS productions in both these branch
cs of intellect and genius: and for giving to
the student of Art all the opportunities of
study which we'll se'cctcd models. gallcric s,
and schools can afford Last June there
were five hundred and fortv.sx works on
hand, one hundred and twenty the property
OF or permanently deposited with tie Acadc-
my in addition to them it possesses large
number of pictures and casts, temporarily
removed from the galleries during the last
exhibition.
notice many advertisements in "Thc
Wing of Philadelphia Houses. What bet
ter proof could be adduced than that, to show
that the improvements of the country are the
supports Of the rapidly growing city,
Amongst others notice the advertisement of
w. c. Murphy. manufacturer of block carved
letter. lie PROCESSES to supply BUYERS at a
hours notice doing so by patent machine
ot his own invention. I wished to know
why he did not patent it. lie told me cx-
rericnco was his admonishcr. Of course I
desired TO know what that meant? He an
Swrred he had once invented a patent and
whilst he was waiting to have his cavcat filed
before going into the manufacture of the
wale some namclcss person got hold of his
pattern and forcstallcd his proceedings. and
thereafter boosted of having made $5O, 900
from the sale of the invention. lie now keeps
his work room secret from all save his part
ncr and himself. thinking his factory more
secure than the Patent Office
Also the University of Free and Popular
Medicine is made mention ofin your columns
The President is n man PECULIARLY shifted to
'supcrintcnd the affairs of the Chartered Co.,
and is the inventor of the medicines sold by
the University.
In my next | propose to give short sketch
of Philadelphia and New York contrastcd.
HAROLD.
Correspondence of The Cecil Whis.I