The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1855-07-14
NAslIlNGToN July lllh lSj,

N"sh'"g'o" 0'n ats unprecedented The
american and Sag Nnhts parties on tie
Fourth Flying artillery &c.
i. {. RICKETTS, ESQ: DEAR SIR.-As YOU
have no correspondent in the City Of Mag
niliccnt Distances will send you few lines
which You can publish if you think them
worthy ola place in your truly invaluable
Journal TO the people Of old Cecil.
The march Of Improvement is still onward
great number Of large and costly dwellings
arc III the course of erection. The new and
beautiful west wing Of the Patent Office will
M lew weeks be completed. This is the
landsomcst building in the city presenting
as 1t docs solid mass Of pure white marble
ana occupying two entire squares; the dis
lance around 1t wien all is completed will
TIC over quarter Of mile. Immedately
opposite ON f. seventh and Eighth Streets is
Inc Iost Office Department, where the En-
cava'lonS for the new wing are completed
and the foundations of heavy granite are
about being laid; this when completed will
aad greatly to the convenience of this i'm ror-
tant branch of the public service. ~ q
1t Is to be regretted that the President has
not yet ordered the breaking Of ground for
INC addition to the Trcasurary Department:
TINS Improvement. is also much needed -
kumour says he docs not wish to encroach
on the walks about the Executive mansion
while he remains; whether this is correct or
not am not prepared TO say, but there is ONE
Consolation that his race is almost run, and
that Sam will assurcdly break ground on the
fourth of March 1857 if it is not done b, fore
that time. ...''.I -, 80 ',
The Fourth Of July was duly observed:
business was entirely suspended At day
light the looming of Cannon announced that
tle birth day of the nation had again return.
ed;. This was performed by the FLYING
ARTILLERY from Fort MeIIcnry who were or
ocrcd here by the Scct'y of War to partici.
pate IN the observance Of the day. Tie Sar-
Mlchts were greatly disappointed; as the
Hon: scct'y would not allow the Artillery to
JON in their procession they having deceived
nm ny rcprescntating that there WAS to
DC General uniting Of the Citizens without
respect to party, after they had met in Sec
rel Concatc and appointed a committee of
arrangements, orators and marshals of the
day not oncof whom belonged to the Amcri
can party. Their procession was a small
ALTAR Consisting of one Dutch and one Irisl,
Company followed by certainly not more
Than one thousand Citizens, two thirds of
y, were Of foreign birth. They closed
q she day with grand display Of Lager Beer,
S s hiout and Whiskey. Alas moor SAG
Nlchts your days arc numbered. =. -,
-. nc American party met in front of the
1 y, liall at Sa,A. NJ. and being joined 10y
.He 'Io,, ",ard and American Rife Compa-
mes 81 tliis City, also two COMPANIES from
nc noi'u"eh'al City followed by about five
,n1"S'nu y n'ercan born Citizens. They pro-
se'nu 20 h"lora'na grove where. after the
ie"un's {, VI. 'iDeclarationof independence"
m'u .,io Platform of the party adopted at the
'S'lol'al convention Judge Ellis delivered
,toMeil''l ana appropriate address The
h' it r'h'oS were then invited to partalc Of a
oo!i"'i'h mat had been prepared for tho oc-
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