The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-09-20
Our Correspondence.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing.
CHESAPEAKE CITY, Sent. Is 1856.

| NhESAPEAkE llTl, sept. 10 1000.
DEAR WUri A continuous absence from
home has prevented my correspondence from
reaching the public eve for the past month,
and consequently the doings AID notable say
lnss of the Divided city" have not appeared
in print, but, now return, d, with fresh vigor
enter the list make my best bow to friends
and foes, and shall pitch in in future with
willing heart and a good determination
| The Fillmore Club held Its meeting in the
.Ncadeny on Monday night. Vim. j. Jones,
| Esq, of your town addressed it for more chan
an hour. in speech which was rlyouentlv
interrupted by applause. At the close Of
the meeting two Fillmore men offered the fol-
lowing bets: 500: that James Buchanan
would not he elected next President of the
U. s. $1,000 that Willard Fillmore will car
ry the electoral vote Of more than five states:
| or 81 COO to 800 that he will carry the cleo
toral vote of Maryland.
The LocoiocoS, with their pockets filled
with money 1t was supposed, have hcen bus
tcrlng. Dragging, and offering to bet that Fill
| more would not get the electoral vote of Il
single State and yet these bets were offered
publicly sung out. shouted 1T the top of A
man $ voice, with iocofocoS all around and no
one Responded. Where are their boosted
funds Where i the Cecil county Buchan-
ante who dares take either of the above
named bets on htS ORA frspoasibiiigl
The gentleman who Offered the 81 900 bet
will also wager 500 that Fillmore will carry
Maryland; 500 that he will carry New York:
500 that he will carry Tennessee: Sl00 that
he VIII carry kentucky; 800 that he will
carry Missouri: 800 that he will carry New
jersey and &l"Q that he viii carry California
here Is the man who will take these togcth-
CT! Who wins in the race and what Party
now is afraid 10 bet
The Iocofocos have two clubs in the dis
lrct. One here and one at some little coun,
try grocery in the upper part Of the district
Every meeting night some Elkton o n or is
avcrtisod 20 harangue the faithful" but
once however has the notice proved true, and
then 1t Is said that one old and faithful soldier
lett the meeting in disgust saying "Accorcling
to that t,llcr's speech Fillmore is . id
sight better man than Buchnan." About
70 CT &c he same old guard-appcar nightly
sit around the Hotel where the club meets
and defeat regularly both Fremont and Fill
more while around their cals is heard the
shout Of the Fillmore boys.
The Dogs around Town ,rere muzzlcd TN
der the new Law, and the geese rerc driven
from the Town, but now alas the dogs are
wilder and bark louder than ever and the
geese roam all through the streets. People
are beginning to think that this Corporation
is humbug after all, and | cannot see
that they are far wrong. The Laws they
make arc not observed and the Town is not
one particle improved since they came into
power. Let the people however suffer on till
the end OF the year, and then hurl the pres
,nt Commissioners out and try new set
otc for reform, and pitch in to the ''old TO-
gees. Let rs have some kind of SiicRatk,
fewer dogs or more n,uZzes and goose
pen, and at night honest people can retire
IN peace icong secure III the keeping of the
great Corporations now offer AS a ralying
cry, for the reform party: Goose. pens, lnuz-
zles and reform
The old blidgc-thc pride Of the town.
the bridge of the original kird-wilh two
short crooks in it, whichiwas always out of
order, las gone down, and wot kmcn are now
engaged on the S $500 bridge, which pom
iScs 10 be good Strmeht and substantial work.
1t will be completed in about two months
and must prove a great addition to the looks
an convcnindcc Of the town.
Owing to The neglect of The Secretary of
the Fillmore Club lit is said,) no account of
the pole raising and meeting here has vet
appeared in print; but | learn from persons
who attended that A!srw made the "fur nv,"
and thai TIC Mechanics of the place (of which
there is no small number) we've out in ice to
hear him. Many Of them came to the concu-
sion that he might be "ihiteratc,' but yet he
could "out-talk many Cecil County sctoiqr
a Protlacted meeting has been progressing
at Bethle NJ. +. church Il ! miles from town.
for more than two weeks. IL has been very
successful and more than 80 members have
been added to the Church
On 4ucsday night two buchanan
Wings W" speak here it is said. The val
orous and doughty little Delaware Major,
cNtcmpCrancc man, cX-Whig, OK member
OF a constitutional convention and many other
things, again comes over to enli.hten the
Marylanders about politics. This is fortunate
for the Fillmore Club, here intended inviting
him to speak every week in the district, TIL
the election. They are now saved the troubc
and expense of the thing.
learn to day that the Fillmore Club have
challenged the Buchanan Club here to meet
them IN Joint discussion, and that the latter
Club viii except. Some fun in consequence
may be expected know not whether they
will use native or foreign talent in the dis
cussion. The native article should pro-
nounce rath.r scarce, but who can tell what
the times may bring forth. The Fillmore
boys are full of fire and long for the day.
Yours for Fillmore and the Union. por.