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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-10-04
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing
PRINClr1o Sept. 29th 1sj

PRINcIrIo Sept. 10Th 1856.
DEAR RICKETTS, AS the Republicans have
nominated Vim. Pinkney Ewing as one of the
electors for the State at large, would it not
be we'll enough to let their friends in this
County knew which particular Pinkneu they
intend shall be honored by their selection
There being two persons in this county who
acknowledge, precisely the same Isl On man
uel," it might occasion some difficulty after
the election in the event of their ticket being
successful in Maryland, to know on whom
it was intended the mantle should fall. One
of the gentlemen bearing this honored name
lives near this place, and is farmer; the
other is, I believe, resident of your town
and an Attorney at Law.
The outpouring of the bone and sinew of
Cecil, at the Brick Meeting on Saturday last,
is conclusive as far as Cecil county is con-
ccrned and our friends may feel assured; that
let other places do as they may, Cecil will
cast her vote for Fillmore and Donelson by at
least 800 majority.
The 9th District claims to be the banner
district of Cecil: are there any to dispute the
honor she claims If so we will cheer them
on to the conflict and rejoice with them in
the triumph.
The rain of Monday night and Tuesday
morning has been very grateful to the farmers
Of our section, and they are now getting their
fall crops in. in excellent season. Truly yours
JACOB.
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u A Fillmore meeting in Lowell. Mass,
was broken in upon by bands of ''free-speech"
Fremont par tizans few evenings since, and
the proceedings stopped by lawless distur-
Dances and ''groans for Fillmore" This i
strange. The Fillmore men at the North arc
said iii this latitude to be in high favor with
Frcmont's followers. b aitimore american.
OTlf you were to believe the Buchanan
papers of this region not only the Fillmore
men up at Lowell, but those away down her.
N Maryland are abolitionists. Tn fact they
are now making a serious effort to prove The
Cecil Wing an aboltionist and we suppose
theyl consider it done unless we come out
and hurrah for Buchanan. Well we don't
know that we ought to complain, since the
same fellows proved Henry Clay Genl. lay
Tor and Gcnl. Scott all ab0litionists, and as
for Mr.. Fillmore, they have proved him to
he the very daddy" Of all abolitionists, ovel
and over again.
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DESPERATE ATTEMPT AT BRIBEnY.-In the
very height of their dcspcrs ton and folly.
the Democratic leaders have thought 1t posi-
ble to buy up the. actions of independent
Americans, and indigo them to connive ut
the fraudulent dcsigns.of ,he rabbe faction
Of foreigners who call themselves party in
our midst. As will he seen by reference to
an advertisement in yc;terlay's Clipper. an
attclnp! has been made to blibc an American
association in the 4tll ward for the sum of
one thousand dollars, to allow the Foreign
party to poll their illegal vote in that ward.
1t is almost needless 10 say that the offer
was rejected with scorn and contempt. IIav-
ing shaken of the yoke Of forei On Bsot nom
nation, there are none in the ranks of our
truly American who will stcop their necks to
have it fastened on again.-A similar attcmpt
and an offer of five hundred dollars was like
wise made from the same infamous source to
an American association IN the 2Oth ward
Gentlmcn ofthc pseudo Democracy this game
of corruption will not suit. When ynu came
up to the polls with your fraudulent voters.
yon must do it at your peril and theirs You
cannot purchase immunity for the crime.
Baltimore CHpper.
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DEsrER ALTON. Such desperation as exists
in the buchanan ranks at present, was never
before known in any party. Desperation
stands out on every page of their papers
their faces wear the deepest lines of despera-
ton, and desperation CHI aracterizcs their pol
itcal actions. In this county they raise their
old cry of aboltionisn. "Oh! Adolf tionists !
Alolitionist run men of Cecil, the abolition
lists are on you" This is the old CRY the same
men raised for dozen years against the can
'idate of the Wing party, but the people got
up to the shallow trick. 1t is the cry of
''stop thief :" "stop' thief" from the mouth
of the thief himself. Will our neiyhbor of
The Picket Guard give us homily Oh their
coalition with Martin Van Buren, and John
and all their troop Of abolitionists. They
commenced the arrangement for their votes
at the Cincinnati Convention and they have
since completed it. Is it the bargain that
Mr.. Van Buren, is to cast bis vote for Mr.. Blu
chanan, and that Mr. Buchanan, in the event
of his election, is to make Mr.. Van Buren, Sec
rotary Of State? How is it? Mr.. B. tried his
hand at getting up such bargain once be-
fore; is he on hand at the game again Do
tell!
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CLICKED" Painfully this time, We
presume, all the leading Buchanites are salts
fled that they are clicked" party. James
Buchanan can never be elected President of
the United States. lie must fail CT an election
by the people, and has no chance in the
House of Representatives Whoever may be
President, it is sure not to be the old advocate
oflow wages, the dcfamer of Henry Clay the
old political changeling, who has been on
nearly all sides Of all questions and reliable
on none.
They are licked party as regards the
general issue over the country they are a
licked party as regards the state of Mary
land, and coming further down and nearer to
them hcre-they are a licked party in Cecil
County, and that they well know it, is readily
seen ny their desperate lying and irritability.
We understand that one of the leading
Buchanites of this county has let out the
secret that they make vigorous effort this
fall with view to next falls election. Just
so; all the county officers are to be elected
next fall, including Clerk, Register, Sheriff,
&c. They are looking away ahead after
them. Very well, we incline to think aftei
the result this fall, they will be in poor spirits
about the next contest.
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HARDWARE FOR HOUSES.
Ea.skFDH and CAMBRIDGE
MAIL AND PASSENGER LINE.

~ and after the LIST of July, 1856, the
~ subscribers become the proprietors of
the Elkton and C,mbriage Line Of Mail and
Passenger Coaches.
The coaches leave EIkton, Daily, Sundays
eXceptcd,) and stop on their way down the
Shores at the following points:
CHESAPEAKE CITY, CHESTERTOWN,
WARWICK. CHURCH HILL,
I'D. of SASSAFRAS, CENTREVILLE,
GEO. T. Il ROADS, WYE MILLS,
HARMONY, EASTON,
URIENlLL, CAMBRIDGE.
On their return the coaches arrive at Elk
ton at 10 O'Clock a. NJ, in time for passen-
gers to take the cars for either city.
They will also run daily branch line
from Middlet0wn. Del, to connect with the
main line at Chcsicrtown, going and return
ing the same day and reaching Middletown
in time for the o'clock. morning train of
cars. JOSEPH WELLS 4 co.
June %, 1856
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The FREMONT ELECTORAL TICKET FOR
MARYLAND. The Baltimore Patriot on Fri
day last, announced the following as the FIRE.
mont Elect ora! ticket for Maryland:
For the State at Large-F,ancis p. Blair,
VIM. Pinkney Ewing. For the Congressional
District s: LIST. james Bryan: ID John Lin
coin; 3D., G. W. Nartenet: 4th, Francis F.
Corkran; 9Th, David Gamble; 9th John
SwitZcr.
On Monday the Patriot remarked on its
publication of Friday as follows:
We are authorized by one Of the officers of
the Republican Association to state that the
Fremont and Dayton electoral ticket, given
to us for publication on Friday last, as cman-
ating from the Association. was premature
Several Of the gentleman nominated as cleo.
tors have declined to serve and difference
of opinion exists among the members of the
association with regard to the propriety of
forming ticket.
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COATSvILLE ACADEMY,
4 Classical, Mathematical and Commercial
BOARDING SCHOOL
For YGIssac Men and HadicS

E:N this Ins.itution young Gentlemen and
4 Ladies' are boarded and thoroughly in
o'ructcd in English Latin, Greek, pure and
E,ixed Mathematics. ami especial attention
is paid 10 moral discipline and domestic
Comfort.
The next Session will commence on the
FIRST TUESDAY IN NOVEMBER and
Terminate on tie last Friday in June, 1857.
In addition Ia the past board of instruction
the services of Mr. J. e. lIAMiLL have been
engaged, who will have charge Of the Matle-
mates. Pcnlnanship and Drawing. Mr..
Ilamill is one of the hest Pcnmcn in the
State. and was awarded the premium for his
specimens of craftsmanship and Pen Drawing,
ut the late Chrstercounty horticultural Fair.
Pie nnttied ptBrs'iet in this INSTITUTION in
impartine km,wlcige Of the Latin and
Greek Languages, by mcarrs of literal trans
lations. renders the study of them interesting
and the absolute requirements and progress
OF the student fOur-lUld over the usual
system.
During the next session lectures pertaining
10 Literature and Science will be delivered
by the following gentlemen Chas. Huston.
N. D., Rev. b. b. lIotchiin, Rev. Alcxan-
der Virgins. Rev. Robert Towry. A. X.
GaSton, besides the usual lectures by those
having charge OF the Institution. We also
anticipate addresses from others not yet
heaSd from.
The present session will close on Friday,
September 18th, with the usual exercises, to
which the public are respectfully invited to
attend.
VISITING COMMITTEE Rev. Jas. Crowell,
Rev. T. s. Thomas, Rev. Is. B. 1lotchkn.
Gg~For further particulars see Catalogues,
which will he mailed by addressing either Of
the undersigned.
Il. G. COCHRAN, Principal.
N W = a. ' e., M"nn,'"S' Superintendent.
August 80. lS5G-3m
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NOTICE.
- ~ Il ~ e,
lnthe Circnit Court

In the Circnit Court
Gabriel Moore, for Cecil cnnntv
vs.. FIN Chanccry. Dc
Ann ELIZA Moore. toher 2nl, 1856.
'NlIE object of This snit is to obtain a
4 decree 'Iivorcins the complaint Mt and
defendant, II vincnlO matrimOnii.
The Bill STATES that the compla Mt who
removed from the city Of Philadelphia to the
State OF Maryland in the autumn of 1850.
where Ii" has been residing ever since, WAS
married in the year 1922 to the defendant.
ihen and now residing in said city; that he
li'rd on good terms with her Tor srvc..I
years, treating her with uniform kindness and
'Hecti"h, when she began to desert his house
"tcl>i"naiiy and be absent for four or iiv.
weeks at II timc. and continued to act until
'hr month of July in the year 1913, when
she finally abandoned him. having never "a,
turned since, that this abandonment, which
mas now continued unInierruptrdly for about
Is years, was deliberate and is final, and he.
separation between the complainant and her
Is beyond any reasonable expectation of re-,
Cancellation; thai the complainant has reason
t" believe, and does believe and charges.
that the defendant wa. guilty of adultery ON
S''ciai occasions before she took her final
departure from his house.
IL Is therefore adjudgcd and ord cred. that
the complainant by Causing IA copy of thi.
order to he inserted in some ncwspo,,r
published N Cecil county, once Il week. for
one month before the fifty day of November
next. give notice to the said absent d.t,.n.
dant of the object and substance of this Bill
ana warn her to appear in this court, in per
son or 10y solicitor, on or before the sixtl, J.,v
"i February next, 10 answer the premises and
shcw cause, If any she has, why decree
ought not to pass rs prayed.
III. II. MITCHELL, Cleric.
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MEETING AT TIE BRICK MEETING HOUSE,
The American meeting held at the Brick Meeting
House on Saturday last was one of the largest and
most enthu siastc political meetings ever held in
Cecil county. About 900 persons were present.
some 500 of whom were ladies. The large woods
in which it was held was filled by horses and
carriages, like at great camp meeting. Several
long professions, with boats on wheels, flags and
banners; came in some of them mile in length
All the arrangements on the part Of those getting
up the meeting were of the most complete charac.
ter There was not a mistake or a disappointment
about the whole affair, in any particular The
stand was the most tasteful We ever saw on any
similar occasion in the country, combining in its
construction and embellishments the taste of the
ladies with the skill of the mechanic. Too much
praise cannot be given 10 friends of that neigh
borhood for the mastery manner in which they
carried through all the affairs Of this meeting
Speeches were made by j. b. Askew Esq. of
Baltimore, L. II. Webster, Esq. of Hartford Hon
j, Dixon Roman Of Hagarsown and Hon. Henry
Winter Davis Of Baltimore; Maj McPhail of the
same city, closing the meeting with brief appeal
US the crowd dispersed A better set of speeches,
we suppose, were never made at similar meeting:
each speaker had his peculiar style and handled
with ability the topics he took up. Roman, whose
youth was passed in THAT section of the county,
brought up old associations, and incidents with
passing beauty and effect and paid well deserved
CONF ment to the industry and enterprise of the
people there, as evidenced by the beautifully I'm
proved country which lay, around on every hand
His speech was a very efficient one. Davis made
speech of immense power. We have not known
any political speaker who had in our opinion, us
much ability in that respect as Mr. Davis. The
crowd listened to him with breathess attention
and we never saw greater impression made on
meeting than by his closing appeals. We make
no after pit to do justice in this short notice either
to the speeches or to the general managene mt and
rare occasion. See the notice from the officers
of the meeting, in another column.
To The Proceedings did not reach as until yes
terday, and We have only timo to give the list of
officers this week:
PRESIDENT; Joseph Ilanes 9th Dist.
VlcE PRESIDENTS: Cecil County, Geo. Flint
ham LIST Dist; D. D. Pearce, 2nd b, F. May, Bird;
D, Scott, (of Jno.) 4th; Alex'r Wilson, 9th; j. r.
Thomas. 9th; L. D. McClenahan, It'll; j, 7 Rich
ards, Sth; B. Owens, 9th KENT COUNTY G.
W. Oldham, Doct. c. II. b. Massey. HARTFORD
COUNTY, ii. b. Cough, T. NJ. Bacon, CHESTER
Co.. Pa, Capt W. i. Mcdowell Ferdinand W God.
DELAwA ARE, Heslcr Egbert, John Miller.
SECRETARIES; L. G., Chandlce, c. H. Hancs
j. F. Vanarsdale, ii. J. Sheppard. soc
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Hon. HENRY WINTER DAVIS

Hon. HENRY WINTER DAvls.-No man in
the State is subject to such a pitiless storm of
denunciation and abuse from the Democracy.
as the talented and eloquent representative in
Congress from the Fourth District of Maryland
This has always been the fate of every man
opposed to the Democratic party, whose in
tellect raised him above his fellows. They
would crush Mr.. Davis by the cry of dboli.
ionism, as they attempted to crush Clay, lay
lor, Fillmore, and every leading man of the
old Wing party. His mastery eloquence, his
scathing expositions Of the curruptions of
Locofocoism, his powerful appeals in favor Of
Fillmore and Doncson, have made Mr.. Davis
feared ond hated ty his. opponents, and they
will spare no efforts to impair his influence
and destroy his reputation.
american Democrat.
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Ten CENTS DAY.-The friends of Buch-
anan are desperate in their denials that he
advocated the reduction of the price oflabor-
of the wages of the laboring man--to ten
cents day. 1t is home-shot. With all
their professions of love for The arork,ng man.
hey have selected candidate who advocated
the reduction of the wages of American work.
ing men to level with the wages of working
men in European countries, which is even less
on an average, than ten cents day. That
Buchanan did, in the U. S. Senate, advocate
such reduction Of wages, is fact that no
friend Of his can deny, without asserting a
falsehood. Nor need any one deny it; it is
an established fact in the knowledge Of the
people. And Mr.. Buchanan and his friends
may be assured that working men will re-
member it on the election day Some &C them
who profess to stand by the iocofoco party
for the sake of party, will vote for him, low
wages and ALL but there are hosts who will
cast their votes to defeat him.
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calamity and mock when its fear colncth
And its fear is now on tit sees with teal full
eyes the day of its mbcc,lity and final des-
truction coming swiftly on it. Fallen to
pieces in the North, it has turned all its petit
tons and perSuasions to the Sonth-the South
already sees that it was trying to betlay it 10y
its tales Of strength at the North. and is turn
ing To its favorite Fillmore. who stood by it
in previous danger. and who was only about
to he dropt by few of the fearful, through
motives ofpolicy;- even these few now see
that it is Fillmore and not Buchanan that has
the northern strength.
Let the Democrat know that we see no
danger in the total defeat Of its party every.
where, South us well as North. 1t would
have been happy thing for this country fit
had been defeated four years ago, not only in
Maine but in all other states. "A common
aifliction" says the Democrat; far from it,
when we are afflicted by its defeats, we'll tell
it Of our grief; and we say to it now the thick
CT and faster its defeats may come the better
We Shall feel over them.
lfthe present Democratic party is so fear
full Of Fremont and Black Rcpublicanism let
it withdraw its weak, numbering old candi-
date and give the friends of Fillmore clear
track and we'll soon put Fremont and his
party to rest. Until they do this let them
cease their burberry cries to the scciionalsm
of the South, or to anybody else. But if they
persist in keeping their "Old Buck" on the
track, in the way, we intend to run both the
opposition down and elect our man in any
event.
The Democrat got up its leader last week
founded on the Justification of little jiLe we
threw at it the previous week-solcly to try,
in its own mean way, to get up a little Sec
tional feeling against us. Pshaw its whole
TRADE was too shallow ITO deserve serious
notice, but we thought as we'll to give it some
thing in addition on the same subject.
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ANDREW JOB, TIE HERMIT. we saw this
celebrated individual for the first time. on SUNDAY
last. lie is one of the Oldest persons in the neigh.
borhood, being now rs were told So wears of
age FOR thirty years, or more, he lived strictly
the life of lcclusc, dwelling alone in hovel.
raising his own corn and pounding it into co ars.
meal for his food. lie avoided all human society
ana held II" communication with any one when h.
could avoid it, lie knit his clothing out of tow.
ana lived to appearances, miserable life Within
a few years his house caught fire and burned down
and he came near perishlng. He was then taken
by his relatives and forced to live on their prcn .es
for seems he will not live in the house with them
but prefers an old, dilapatcl smith shop near by,
1t was in this VIC saw him. Ills once powerful
frame is bending with the weight of years; his long
and thin grey hair and beard are mattel and filthy
and interviewer with tow. He was not communi.
eative and from the little he said we were i'm.
pressed that the days Of dotngc were nearly upon
him. very little longer and Andrew Job. the
Nottingham hermit will have passed away. 10.
nance has not been idle with til old man. it has
made him a Borrowing lover, mourning the early
loved and lost in the drearincss of his long solitude;
but it seems nearer the truth that he was melan-
choly and misanthropc from his boyhood which
disposition growing on him as he grew in years,
led to his lonely retreat
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Ole Cefil lpbie.
ELKTON. OCTOBER 4, 1856.
FOR PRESIDENT,
WILLARD FILLMORE.
FOR VICE-PRESIDENT,
ANDREW JACKSON DONELSON.

"y there be those either North or Sorth. srho
desire a" administration. for the North os
"cn'"st The So"th, or the South against the North
they are not The men uho stouM gre their suf.
frdses to me; formy o'cn part, Iknow only mig
Country, my whoIe Country, and nothing but
my Country. "-MlLLARD FILLMORE.
"1he foundation ofmy preference is that
Mr.. FILLMORE hds administered The Erecufire
focernmeM wHh signal success and aLiltu-
lie has bee" tried and foumd true, faith lhon-
est dnd conscientious ''-IIENRY CLAY.
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AN EXT!NGrI$nER. The Richmond Wing
thus winds up an able Article Oh the North
crn elections:
But leave the subject, satisfied that the re-
cent elections at the North have put out old
Buck S chunk completely and forever. His
chance OF election is utterly hopeless. He will
not get the electoral vote Of a single Northern
State That is already a fixed fact and
the State elections in Pennsylvania. Illinois
and Indiana, Oh the SECOND Tuesday in Orto-
Der. Will dcmonstratc conclusvcly that
buchanan is not even in the contest in the
Northern States. . ''"''
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Correspondence Of The Cecil Whig.l
MoTNT PLEASANT, GTn DlSr..
Septcmber Both, SO.

]
Mr.. WING Our village is rapidly i'm.
proving: the lands surrounding it are be.
coming more valuable than ever. Old fields
covered with moss and sedge a few years
ago, are now waving with the great Indian
staple, or with beautiful vcrdure, which is al.
indication that our farmers know how t.
handle the shovel and the plough
The seeding of wheat in this section will
mostly be finished this week. The corn
crop will average something more than hal
a yield.
Our brass band" is quite an accession to
our village, they discourse most excellent
music. The drummer boy did fearful
execution at a certain great mass meeting a
few days since.
Our hitherto quiet and peaceful village has
been thrown into an unusual excitement by
the opening ofa grog shop. which is well
patroniscd. young America" may be seen
staggering along the way-sidc, still the dead
~ iniasma is dtlustd il, our midst; young la
dies checks blanche as they pass this sanctuary
Of his satanic majesty, they shudder to think
that brother, husband or father, may he
led into temptation, thus blighting their
dearest hopes, and yet the wiley vendors
eXclaim: "Oh we are not the guardians of
the public We are making only ali honest
and honorable living"
The NJ. p. Sabbath School Union Cclrbra.
ton came off on Thursday last, in the beau
tiful Grove at Mount Pleasant, 18th district,
school from Hartford, one each from llar-
mony and Bethesda, (Cecil,) embraced the
union. There were $50 scholars, teachers
and superintendent. in the procession, and
four or five hundred in ALL 1t was truly a
gratifying sight to behold such an army Of
the young. with their banners, wrcathes. &c.
Hugh Jones, Esq. of Hartford, addressed the
scholars in the forenoon, and Doct. A.
Mitchell Jordan in the afternoon. The adj
dresses Of the Misses Thompson, ZONE of them
was but six years old,) were delivered in a
beautiful manner and would have done credit
to much older orators. Such addresses were
are honor to any school Truy, uoRNET
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ole. Alarkcts.

y ELkroN MARkET, Oct 4.-Whcat 81 AZ.
Corn G0 cents: Oats 33 cents
WH.MINGToN MARKET, Oct. 3, 1885,
We quote to day in Front street. from
wagons. wheat l.50: Corn Csc Oats 30:
Flour Sc so: Clovcrsccd IS oO.-.iounut.
BALTlMorE MARKET, Oct. 3 Flour.
Howard Street. Sc so to $G.T5. extra and
family flour $500 TO SIS so: Wheat 81 IS to
500: Corn Go 10 g. cents: Oats 30 to 10 cts.