The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-01-26
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THOMAS c. BOSE, Cashier.

G=Capt. Burbagc, mentioned in the fol.
lowing paragraph from The Baltimore Sun, !"
Is from Chesapeake City in this county, and
is well known there as a trustworthy and cx-
ccllent man:
A'7trdl Of SteGmer.-Thc steamer Her
bert OF Norfolk, Va, Capt Thos. J. Burbaee
has just arrived here from Elizabeth CITY, n.
". and Is undergoing repairs at the works of
Mr. Recler, Federal Hill. This steamer
has lowed during the past year 10000 feet
OF timber across the Albrmarle Sound and
5000 feet up the Chesapeake Bay, without
the loss of a single stick. Tn consideration
OF the attention of the captain the owners of
the steamer have presented him with silver
pitcher weighing four pounds, as a tcstimon-
lal: After repairing She will return to Nor.
folk, where her owners reside.
The CoLD WEATHER AND THE MA,Is.-Tbe
two or three days detention of the mails
while the railroad was blocked up with snow
caused great deal of complaint among our
citizens. What woaM they do if situated
like the people in the lower counties Oh this
Shore, as indicated by thefouowing letter from
the Postmaster at Easton:
EAsToN, JAN. 23rd, 1856.
To The Postmaster at Enton;
DEAR SIR:-As the navigation at Cam.
bridge Ferry has been closed for some time.
rendering it impossible to convey the mails to
That place you will please to send hereafter.
ny the Delaware route, whatever mail mat
Ter may arrive at your office for Dorchester
and the other lower counties on this Shore
and 'he Eastern Shore of Virginia. NV office
is now crowded with mail matter for Cam
| bridge and other places below, and have not
received mail from that direction for about
two weeks. BY attending to this request
you Will confer great favor on the citizens
OF That section and also greatly oblge,
Yours, &C., w. L. RowLENsoN p. M.
0Cllon. Sohn p. Kcnneday in lecture
before the Maryland Institute on Wednesday
last on can Incident in Maryland History
made the following allusion, as reported in
The Clipper. to location in Cecil county, in
regard to which our readers have heretofore
seen something in the columns of The Wing :
| "Ihc lecturer stated that before he had
reached manhood many Years ago, a venera.
BILE friend had Informed him ola mysterious
incident which had its scene on the banks of
the Susquchanna near IIavre de Grace.-
There was mysterious cave near Port De-
post among the rocks which faced the river,
and could be reached only from the water or
| by very narrow and precipitous path, and
| which was known as TaTbots cave. Not
many years ago it disappeared. the value If
the granite was discovered, and a government
contract removed it two hundred miles and
sank it deep below the surface of the water
at the RIP Raps, near Hampton Roads.
All that the early inquiries of the lecturer
had enabled him to gather of this mystery
from the lips of tradition; was that once upon
time. one or two hundred years ago, a man
named Talbot. a kinsman of Lord Baltimore,
had inhabited that cave for many years, that
he was favored by the friendship Of a fierce
| tribe of Indians. and that he had in his soil.
tnde two hawks, by which means he supplied
himself with wild ducks for food, which then
as now, aboundcd in those waters, and were
the favorite Of the epicure and bonrirant.-
| My old friend had remembered them in his
youth and they were always called Talbot
Hawks. They had survived their master,
but had not abandoned their haunts.'