The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-02-23
Gotal affairs.

on tree near our Office yesterday-a pleasant
sign of returning Spring.
y SAIEGF ASMAlL FARM Names McCaulcy.
Land Agent, has sold the farm of Benjamin
Grips AMI wife, near Cecil Paper Mills, con-
tanning s acres, for 81 $50, being $75 per
acre. Purchaser. Mr.. Robert Qutin.
KILLED BY THE CARs.-A cnlored man was
run over by the cars and instantly killed, On
Saturday night last, near Bacon Hill, between
North Fast and Elkton. He was so shock
lnely mutilat,d, that he conld not be rccog-
nis'd, but was supposed TO Lelong to Mr..
Kirby Of Charlcstown Neck.
i LARGE LAND SALE.-Thc CaSscday Peach
Blossom Farm lying in Sassafras Neck in
this county, was sold at Public Sale on Tues
day last By John G. Groome and George Earle
EsqS., trustees. The large tract, GG3 acres
sold for $50 per acre, or S57 ,0lS: Elisha
Cassidy, purchaser. A small lot of .! acres
brought $500; John'IIusfIt, purchaser.
RowLANDsvILLE.- letter Of our Row
lan1sville correspondent last week dated 18th
inst come too late to be printed. The fol
lowing is the eiSt of its contents.
Slcishng has ceased to he a novelty. The
SuSquchanna and Octoraro have become puh
lie througbiarcs. This morning the Their
momctcr stands at zero. Our Iron Works
are quiet as toads in dog days. and We can
not predict when our village will be again H.
Illuminated by their bitimenous blaze.
The engineers on the Central Railroad are
about trying the depth of the water at sever
al points on the SuSqUehanna, so as to deter
NINE the one most favorable for the bridge.
The contractors are progressing with the
grading on the Md. Division, and, under
stand, the grading is nearly finished Oh the
Pennsylvania portion.
There have been no complaints this winter
oil muddy roads OF careless supervisors. p
PHLADELpInA, Feb 2l--E d. Worrcll.
charged with the murder Of Mr.. Gordon. in
Missouri, was arrested last night at Dover.
Delaware, 10y the officers who tracked him
tliIhcr. He goes West with them vuluntari.
~ without waiting fora rcquisiton. He de
mes the murder, but acknowledges Standing
by at the time the crime was committed
The prisoner had saddcba@s, a gold watch
and blanket which Mr.. Gordons brother
in-law recognized as belonging to the de-
ceased. The arrest was made at the house
Of WoTcl'$ father.
" Worrcll stopped here on his way down
the peninsula and registered the name Of one
Of our merchants as his own at the Howard
House. The officers were in pursuit of him
in few days, and were successful, as the
above paragraph shows.
I REPORT OF THE Pill, VIII. & BAIT. r.
r. Co.-From the Annual Report of thi,
Company, we take the following extracts,
which are Of local interest in Cecil:
| SrSQrEHANSA RRIpGE.-.A large amount
OF work has been done on account Of this
structure. Nearly the whole Of the stone ha !,
been got out for the ahulmcnt Is and piers, and
some work done on the foundations. \ ten
porary difficulty about the location of tho
bridge has been raised by another corpora
ton, to remove which i'll It's present shape
would cost more than the cSgcncy of tho
case ,justics. 1t has, therefore, been dc EN-.
cd prudent 10 delay the work for the present
Several causes have rendered delay less Oh
| Joctionablc at this time. First, the great
str'naehcy in the money market: second the
! facility with which the new iron ferry boa,
performs its work being almost equal to Il
bridge; third, the experiments now beng
tired Oh suspension bridges and on iron stiuc.
lures promise to result in great improvements
within short time, so that, when the inter.
csts of the company require this impor tant
work to be finished, all the recent improve
mcnts can be awaited of to render the struc.
turc one of the most prfrct Of its kind.
PRlNclPIo lMrROvEMMNT.-T new arch
on the solid land at this place has been com.
pletcd, and the channel has been changed
from the old bed to the new arch. The
heavy cmbankmcnt has also been pushed for.
ward as rapidly as the work on this new arch
and channel would allow. The whole of the
remaining work is progressing as fast as is
desirable, and will he finished, probably
within the current year.
PORT DEPOSIT BRANCH RAILRoAD.-A
large portion of the grading and masonry Of
this branch has been comIctcd and. at til,
rate it is now progressing, it will be ready rol
the rails by the first Of April next. This
branch will be an important acquisition tc
the main road, in the way orLoth freight ant
passengers.