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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05
Spring & summer Goods,

VIZ suoSeiloer HAS just returned from
L Philadelphia and New York, with the
largest and best selected stock of
Spring & summer Goods,
ever offered in this market; all of which have
been purchased at the 10 VEST POSSIBLE
CASH PRICES, and will be sold at q very
small advance for the cash or country FRO
dnce. | can sell heavy top sail duck for ser
wants, at l2aa cts per yd; heavy Osnaburgs
maslins from 10 to II cts per yd Al brown
do, to6t; Braizc de LANES and Lawns from
8! to 81 and Calicocs. such as have been
selling at ~ cts, now can sell at 81.
GrOc.rles.
Splendid brown Sugar for 5 and 6! C; prime
Molassts for IS cts per gall; best Saleratus at
half price. 81 cts per 10; and in short. a
GRE.lTER ASSORTMENT than can usually
be found in country store, all of which can
and will be sold as low, and il possible. lit
tie lower than they can be bought in the city.
Tho public will find it to their advantage to
give me call and examine my stock before
making their spring purchases. and II sale S
are not made. there will be no bill presented
nor black looks given for the pleasure of hav-
ing an opportunity of exhibiting my stock.
Now if You want to save your money, you
had better call at
J. A. ELIASON'S Cheap Corner,
mar II IT Midileioun, Del.
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CITIES OF RUssIA.-In all the vast empire
of Russia. not more than three cities contain
population exceeding 10000 inhabitants
namely, Petersburg, 47O, 2O2; Moscow, 349,-
06s, and Warsaw, l54, 100; the population
Of Odessa is 60 1855; Sebastopol, 4l.l55.
Four cities only have population exceeding
$4,000 inhabitants. There are only twenty
five cities in the whole empire whose popu-
lation vary from $4,000 to 10000. The
respective populations of the other cities
Q.047 in nnmbcr) is small. varying from
10000 to few hundreds. The rest of the
population is dispersed over the country in
the valleys; but Of rural population, strictly
speaking, there is little or nothing.
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\ New DEPOT AT ELKToN.-The Phil,
VIII. l. Bait. r. r. Co. have at length sccur-
cd five acres Of land in front of their present
Depot, reaching across the south side of the
farm Of j. c. Howard, Esq, from North
Street to the Plank Road, for which they
paid $500 per acre. Between this lot and
Mr.. Towards land street, fifty feet wide,
is to be opened the whole distance.
We understand it is the intention of the
company to build a handsome brick Station
House opposite the present one, which will
be similar in size and appearance to the one
lately built at Chester. The business of this
station is already large and is sure to increase
rapidly; the present accommodations are en-
tirely sufficient: often the Ladies' Room Is
not large enough with the utmost tanning
to hold the ladies who are there, even in
standing position: and the office, half the
time, will not hold the men necessarily col
lccted there at the arrival of the cars. A
new house is much needed and it will be
gratifying to the pub.:c to know that the
Company is making such ample arrangements
for their accommodate
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THE VIRGINIA DlAMoND.-The Diamond
found at Manchester, near Richmond, Va,
several months ago, by a poor man named
Moore, is now in New York for sale. 1t
weighs 23a carats, and is represented US the
largest dimond ever found in North America.
1t is about the size of large hazlc-nut, of
great brilliancy, and quite smooth. In the
centre it, however, are several small black
specks. 1t is said it was in furnace for
melting iron at Richmond, where it remained
in a red heat for two hours and twenty min.
utes. 1t was then taken out and found to be
uninjnrcd and brighter than ever. 1t was
valued in Richmond at four thousand dol
lars.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

Isabel at Charleston brings Havana dates to
the 25th ult. The most important item is
that instead Of being engaged in sinking
Spanish cruisers or battcring down the Moro,
Commodore McCanlcy occupied a scat in the
Captain Generals carriage. and had been
invited to grand banquet. A report was
also current that the Commodore had effected
with the Captain-Gcncral settlement of the
difficulties between the United States and
Cuba. This, if true at all, can only have
reference to the immediate point of interfer-
ence with our commerce by Spanish cruisers
which was entrusted to Commodore McCau
ley for settlement. We may imagine to some
extent. the immense disgust with which this
intelligence will be received by the Wash
ington Union and other tillibuster presses.
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PoTAToEs.-lhe indications everywhere
afford prospect of a tumble in the price of
potatoes. They are now selling on shipboard
at Boston for IS cents bushrl, though the
hncksters about the streets sre trying to get
SIPS. They are coming in great quantities
from NOVA Scotia, since the Reciprocity
treaty went into operation. In Detroit they
have come in from the country and from
Canada in large quantities. and prices have
declined there to IS cents bushcl. In Bal
timorc the price of potatoes is still up, bu;
as they come down elsewhere like result
must follow there. There is no doubt that
the extreme rates now prevailing are more
the effect ofspcculation than Of real scarcity
of the article.
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A SUPPOSED SLAvER.-A brig, supposed
the ssHoratio, OF Thonaston," was taken into
Key West on the 9th ult., by the pilot boat
Champion. She was fallen in with on the
22d, about fifteen miles S. E. from Sand Key.
with no person on board. 1t was supposed,
from the appearance of the vessel, that she
had been, or was fitted out for a SLAYER, as
she had many water casks on hoard, with a
deck over all, such as is used for carrying
slaves. She was fitted out at New York and
has probably landed cargo Of slaves in
Cnha.
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CHEAP FOR CASH.

TNHE subscribers are prepared to sell
Il Coffee, white and brown Sugar, black and
green Tea, Molasses, Pepper, Rice, Spices,
coarse and fine Salt, Tobacco, Bacon, Lard !,
Mackerel, Shad, Herring, Cheese, Soap and
Candles, with general assortment Of Groce-
ries at Philadelphia and Baltimore prices; for
cash, or in exchange for wheat, corn, oats,
rye, potatoes, butter, eggs, poultry, and all
kinds Of country produce, at the North East
Depot, by STOUT 4 FORD.
North East, aug IL
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A FAMINE IN GEoRGIA.-It is stated that
in Polk county. Ga. there is such a scarcity
of provisions that many Of the families in
the neighborhood are almost starving. The
same is the case in Floyd county, where a
public meeting has been called to adopt
measures of relief. The partial failures of
grain crops for year or two, the increase OF
the prices of provisions, and the stoppage OF
many grist mills are noted among the causes
of this distress.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

LOCATING LAND CLArMs.-We advertise
this week the card Of NAPLES & Walmsley,
of Dubuque, Iowa. who give attention to the
location Of Land Warrants. R. w. Vain.
sley, Jr., ofthe firm, is from this town and
is favorabfy known to this community. Mr..
NAPLES is from Delaware and the firm sus-
tains the very best repu tation. They would
no doubt attend. faithfully and promptly, to
any business entrusted to them.
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81 REV ARD.

pUNAWAY from the subsc, ibcr, near
N North East, Maryland, on the Goth of
April, ult, john Mearyle s, an indented ap-
prentice, between Is and l6 years Of age.
All persons are forbid Il, RIB ring or trusting
him on my account. The above reward will
be given for delivering said boy to the House
of Refuge in Philadelphia.
May 5, 3w JAMES CRAWFORD.
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HIST OPENED.

AT VIM. TORBERT'S, very rich worked
n collars, undersleeves and hdkts; stamped
work consisting of collars, fonncings, bands,
&c. White Goods Of all kinds; cotton firing
es, laces and edgings; white cords for bonnets
and skirts; fine open worked and silk en-
broidered hosiery; French working cottons
and floss; sewing and embroidering silks; silk
and cotton iaces, with full assortment OF
trimmings, &c. Apr Ia
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SPRING G00DS.

A LDRIDGE Il GRANT have just receiv-
n ed and opened, a large and splendid as
sortment Of Spring Goods, to which they
respectfully invite the attention of their
friends and the public. Also, lot of
New Groceries, sc.
New crop ofNew Orleans Sugar for 81 cts
prime Rio Coffee from l2a to IA cts; Hams
and Shoulders, Flour, Meal, Fish, &c.
Elkton, mar "a
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SCARCITY OF ToBAcco.-The Marlboro
(Nld.) Gazette mentions rs an unusual oc-
currence, at this season of the year, that one
of the steamers from that vicinity left for
Baltimore q few days ago without a single
hogshead of tobacco. This is attributed to
the fact that last years crop, which was very
short has been nearly all sent to market.
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LICENSE NOTICE.

A GREEABLY to the 9Th Section O
n Act Of the General Assembly Of
chapter III, entitled an Act to regulat
issuing OF License to Traders, Keepers
dinances and others: Notice is hereby
to all persons, and bodies corporate All
litic, whom it may concern, that they
obtain License, or renew the same,
ing to the Provisions of the said Act
before the 10th day of May, 1865.
ROBERT M. WALMSLE
Sheriff Of Cecil col
N. B. Nothing but Bankable money
received for License. [Apr "
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SPRING LAWN MILL.DAM.-Mr. Francis
Green, of Cherry Hill, has taken tie contract
for building the dam of Pierce & Ilolbrook
at Spring Lawn, on the Big Elk, for the sum
II 800. Mr.. Green is an expert and faith
full man at all such work.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

Town ELECTIoN.-Th annual election for
Town Commissioners takes place here next
Monday afternoon. Let the voters see to it
that competent and reliable men be chosen;
such men as will continue the improvements
commenced, and abate the nusances which
have lately boundcd-from the running at
large of the hogs down to the nightly uproar
of incipicnt yagabonds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

THE MEXICAN GuANo lsLANDs-The Mex
lean Minister of Relations has submitted a
complaint to the U. S. Minister in Mexico
against the American bark Rose, Of Boston,
for trespass on the guano deposits of the
Mexican Islands off the Yucatan Banks. To
avoid any further complaint, Gen. Gadsden,
our Minister, has caused the toloing regnia-
tons, adopted by Mexico, to be made pub
lie:
l. All vessels, national and foreign, cnga-
gcd in loading gnano from the islands are
prohibited shooting the birds found on them.
.. Each infracton Of the provisions of the
previous article shall be punished with fine
Of $50, which shall be paid by the captain OF
the vessel to the crew Of which the offender
or offenders shall belong.
3. Commanders of vessels of war and
guarda costas shall take care that these pro-
visions are fulfilled.
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1florric0.

On the Srd inst, by the Rev. Joseph T..
Brown, Mr.. JOIN CANTwELL to Mrs. RACHEL
J. McCAULEY. both of this county.
On the Goth ult., by the Rev. Mr.. Sander
son, Mr.. RoBERr GIBSON to Miss MARTHA
HENDERSON, all of this county.
On the LIST inst, by the Rev. Thos. Sump-
ton, Mr.. JOSEPH WALLER, of Montgomery
county, Pa, to Miss JANE G. Boucher,
daughter of r. Boucher, of Cecil county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

FISHERIES. -Somc of the fisheries in the
county have caught large numbers of both
herrings and shad during the past week and
constant stream of wagons have been pass
ing to and from them for several days past.
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EVENING TRAIN FROM BALTIMoRE.-The
cars start from Baltimore for Philadelphia at
! o'clock since the LIST inst, and consequcn t.
ly pass Elkton little after 9 o'clock p. NJ,
instead of after ten, as formerly.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

AMERICAN TRIUMpH.-T election in Will.
miggton. Del, on Tuesday resulted in the
triumph of the American party in three wards
Of the city; in the Third, the Fourth and the
Fifth, leaving the FIRST and the Second to the
Democrats. William b. Virgins, the Amer
lean candidate for Mayor, is elected by
majority Of IS votes: John r. Robinson, our
candidate for Alderman, 81 majority, while
Nelson Carlisle, Democrat, is elected Treas
rcr by majority of 50. The councilmen
elected are as follows: LIST. Ward, j. Morton
Pool, John p. Springer; I'd Ward, James
Elliott; Democrats. Third Ward, Joseph A.
Hunter, American; Fourth Ward, jacob S.
Weldon, American; Fifth Ward, Samuel f..
Belts, American. The Council will stand
nine Americans and Wings as follows: John
Rice, Samuel McCaullcy, Jacob S. Weldin,
Cyrus Pyle, jesse Lane, Joseph A. Hunter,
Vincent tiilpn, Thomas Mahaify, Samuel T..
Belts; and six Democrats; j. Morton Poole,
John =. Springer, Henry Bleycr, Lewis
Payntco, George Magee, James Elliott.
Dald,care Republican,.
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A SLEEPY MAIL AaENT.-The mail agent
in the cars from Baltimore on Tuesday night
was asleep or absent when the train passed
Ekton, and no mail could be sent away or
received by that train. There have been too
many cases of this kind and it is grievance
not to be submitted to.
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TIE COURSE OF LECTURES AT PORT DE-.
PosIT.-The fourth Lecture of the series for
the benefit of the Poor of Port Deposit, will
be delivered at the Town Hall at that place
on the night of Friday, the 18th inst by
Prof. Thomas e. Bond. of Baltimore, on
"Oliver Cromwell and his Times"-an in
teresting subject by an able lecturer.
The lecture of Rev. J. McKendrcc Reilly.
on Friday night of last week, is spoken of as
an able and brilliant address, on highly
interesting subject at the present time: THE
Eastern War viewed in the light of Revea-
ton"
The Rev. Pennel Coombe was to have lee
tured last night We should be pleased to
have some correspondent to give us somc-
thing in relation to these lectures as thcy
occur.
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BUFFALO, May 1.-The damage by the
recent food about Addison and Corning. in
this State, were about $4,000 or this
100000 belonged to private individuals, and
500 900 falls upon the New York and Erie
Railroad Company.
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O%Ingcnuity seems to be abundant enough
in the United States. Since the year 1885 no
less than $4,000 patents have been granted.
During the first quarter Of the year 1855 the
number granted wss f hundred.
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C-Tn New York yesterday, good beef
sold at from II to 13i cents per pound on
the hoof-the latter being the highest price
ever known in that market.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-05-05

EMIGRATION. The Commissioners of Emf
grafton report the total number of alien emf
grants arrived at New York, during the
present year, from January lst to April 25th,
%, l46. The number that arrived during
Il corresponding pcriol Of time last year, Was
Is, AIS.
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THE GrANo IsLANp.-It will be remember
ed that Philo L. Shelton, AND other shipping
merchants Of Boston and New York, sent
some ships not long since to remove the
gnano deposits recently discovered upon
Bird Island, and that their men were soon
after driven of by an armed Venezuelan ship
The Scncznelans, it seems, did not long
enjoy their triumph, but were in turn driven
ont by an armed Dutch torce--llolland claim
ing the title to the island.
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HARTFORD, May 3. The Legislature this
morning. elected VIM. Il. Miner, Know Moth
ing, for Governor Of Connecticut. The vote
stood: Miner III; Tngham Dem.) 70. All
the other Know Nothing candidates for State
officers wcre elected.
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DENTAL NOTICE..

m Fl. MUSGROVE, having perma
Il located in this Town, tenders hi
fessional services to the citizens Of
and vicinity. Office nearly opposit'
Court House.
Elkton, May 6m
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ZINE TEAS.
AND FINEJOW pp1cE TEAS

AND FINE LOW PRICE TEAS.
Two THE CITIZENS OF CECIL CO.
Il Those who want fine green and black
teas at very low prices, will please call ON A.
). JAMESON son, Family Grocers, No.
llotcL Tmay 5 Sm
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BosroN. May Amos Stone, of Charles
town, (know- nothing,) was to-day elected
county treasurer of Mddlescx.
The Hiss committee resumed its inyestga-
tons to-day but elected nothing NV.
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I-)ic0.
In this town, OH Saturday last, Mr.. ELLIS
JONES, aged 90 years.

In this town, OH Saturday last, Mr.. ELLIS
JONES, aged 90 years.
On Saturday morning last, at the residence
of his son-in-llw, Mr.. X. Ross, OF this coun-
ty, WILLIAM MAHAN, Sr., aged 81 years. He
was buried at Cherry Hill the next afternoon.
Father Mahan was good man, in the most
extended sense of the word; he was an Or
derby, quiet and good citizen. was a member
of the NJ. Il. ChuYch for SO years; was one of
the first fruits of Methodism in the vicinity of
Cherry Hill, has been held in high esteem as
one ofthose ancient land marks in the church
whose integrity and weight Of character are
so invaluable to it. Bro. Mahan sustained
the character Of exhorter for many years in
the church, his talents were little above
mediocraty; in his younger days he was la
borious and useful, and he sustained the
christians character and enjoyed the chris
tian's consolation till the last. The language
OF holy writ which says he was faithful man
and feared God above many, is applicable to
him. Let us be not slothful, but followers of
those who through faith and patience inherit
the promises. JIM.
On the 10Th ult., CHARLES ALI, infant son
Of Charles II. and Ella S. Dunning.
Lines
On the Death of Charles Ali Dmning.
"THE LAST LINK IS BRoKEH.''
He died an infant like bud
Blown from its parent stem;
He died an infant like a pearl
Dropped from some diadem.
He died an infant like the lay
Along the moonlit lake;
He died an infant like the song
Of birds among the brake.
He died an infant like the dew
On flowers that melt away;
He died an infant like star
Lost on the brow Of day.
He lives in glory like night gems
Set round the silver moon;
he lives in glory like the sun
Amid tho blue Of June.
Chesapeake City. LENA.
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RUNAYyAY.

d UNAWAY from the subscriber.
IL Zion. NJ l., on the 22nd day of Ma.
ut., Abraham Drake, an indente;i app
tice, and between IS and IS years Of A.
All persons are forbid harbori, g or trnsti
him on my account. A reward Of five doll
will he given if delivered to me.
Z.oa, May S, 1855 3t A. McVEY.
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ILLNESS OF SANTA ANNA letter in the
New Orleans Bee, from the City of Mexico,
under date of the 10Th ult., announces that
Santa Anna, who has been in bad health for
some time, is seriously i'll, and adls:--
His physicians are really apprehcnsve of
The result. DR.. Martini z del Rio, his Chef
medical attendant. declares that Santa Ann
lies in a dangerous state of s,upor, and in
suffering from an affection Of the head and
throat. The stump of his leg, lost at Vera
Ciuz, is likewise considerably swollen and
inf>med. To-day, the report from the Natl
onal Palace is that Santa Anna is worse than
yesterday.
1t would be difficult to anticipate all the
consequences which would follow from the
death of Santa Anna at the present time.
The Conservative Cabinet would doubtless
seek to profit by such an event, but would
not succeed. l believe that should Santa
Anna die, the revolution, which is now con-
fined to certain limits, would become gcncr-
al, for public discomfort manifrsts itself more
strongly against the stupid Ministry, than
against the President himself.
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THE ECLIPSE OF TIE MooN.-The eclipse
Of the moon came and went on Tu, sday night
exactly at the minutes indicated by our
learned correspondent in The Wing of las.
rclk
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PREPARING FOR THE MAIN LAw.-Last
week several respectable citizens af Goshen
y. Y. in view of the prohibitory law going
into effect decided to lay in stock of good
liquor for family use. A man in the neigh
borhood undertook to supply them with a
choice article, which he represented as hav-
ing been stored away ten years. A few days
after, one ofthc purchasers thought he would
try the article. When. to his astoniShmcnt,
he found he had been '.sold" most unmcrci-
fully-the liquor being the vilcSt kind of
trash, worth about 10 cents a gallon. An
indignation meeting was Immediately called
AMI the unfortunate purchasers waited en-
masSe upon the seller, whom they compelled
to refund the money and collect the liquor.
Not content with this, he was sentenced to
swallow pint of the trash, which sentence
was Immediately carried into execution. lie
was seized and thrown upon his back. fun.
mel inserted in his month. and full pint
soon found its way down his throat, to the
great abstraction of those who administered
the dose.
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DISCOVERY OF New PEOPLE ON THE
WESTERN CONTINENTAL correspondent of
the New Orleans Picayunc states that during
the late trip of tho U. S. sloop of war Deca-
ter through the Straits of Magellan, DR.. Balm
bridge and another officer obtained leave of
absence for few days. during a calm. and
were landed at Terra del Furgo. They then
assembled mountain to the height of 500
feet, when they came upon plain of sur
passing richness and beauty; fertile fields.
the greatest variety of fruit trees in full bear
ing. and signs of cultivation and refinement.
Their appearance astonishcd the inhabitants,
who, however, did not treat them unfricndlv.
The men all range from 6 to 81 feet in height,
well proportional, very athletic, and straight
as an arrow. The women were among the
most perfect models of beauty ever formed,
averaging 5 feet high, very plump, with
small feet and hands, and with jet black eyes
The writer adds:
Their teachers Of religion speak the Latin
language, and have traditions from successive
priests through half hundred centuries.
They tell us that this island was attached to
the main land; that about 1900 years ago
by their records, their country was visited
by violent earthquake. which occaSioncd
The rent now known as the Straits of Magel-
Ian: that on the top Of the mountain which
lifted its head to the sun, whose base rested
where the waters now flow, stood their great
templc-whlch, according to their descrip.
ton, as compared to the one now existing
we saw, must have been II 200 feet square
and over 100 feet high, built of the purest
pantile marble.
The officers remained two weeks with
these strange people, and obtained from
them a specimen Of paintings on porcelain
over 1000 years old. The men, women and
children number about 5000, and when the
children multiply too fast. they are sacrificed
by the priests, They live in huts or cottages
each one by himself, avoiding company and
discourse, employing all their time in con.
temptation and their religious duties.