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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

" Archbishop Hughes delivered Lecture
in New York or Sunday night, in which he
took strong grounds against the public
school system. 1t is about as useless and
foolish for airy speaker to attack the etluca-
tional system of the country. as it would Be
for an owl TO endeavor TO persuade mankind
TO follow its example and live in darkness.
BETTING ON ELECTfoSs.-The Supreme
Court of Tennessee, in session at Knoxville,
has decided that letting on an election held
out of the State is not indictable in Tennes-
see Betting on the result of an election in
Kentucky, for instance, is not all offence
against the laws of Tennessee
a MonEsr. -REoUEsr.-In the Tennessee
Senate Mr.. Gondpasture presented mem.
Worial from citizens Of Scott county, asking
to lie released from taxation on account of the
ha I'd times, and that an appropriation Of S4,-
600 or $4,000 be II ado for their benefit.
CTThere is clerk who has been in the
New York Post-otiice for forty years. lie
formerly carried the whole Southern mail in a
bag under his arm across the river to Jersey
City. The same mail Low amounts to ten
thousand pounds daily!
1~5Every child in New Hampshire that
could read, and that WAS destitute of the
New Testament las been supplied with n
copy during the past year by the Bible
Society.
ia Pennsylvania editor, in an appeal to
his patrons, says:--''Ihe editor wants grain,
pork, tallow, candles, whiskcv, linen bees.
wax, wool, and anything else he can cat.
kossUrn. information has been received
at Washington Of the confiscation by the
Aus rian COVE nmert Of all the property of
kossuth within its reach
LEPRosr.-.lt is asserted that this frishtful
disease has made It's appearance amo " tie
Chinese in Australia, and that it is likely to
extend to Europeans. ......
0JNSuGar is said to be selling now in the
New Orleans market at u cents per pound
and molGsscs at from Is to 20 cents pr
gallon.
QDrAlbcrt Smith, Tonawanda Indian,
ran 10 miles in 81 minutes ard ~ seconds,
at Clcvelnad Ohio, on Thursday, last.
~ Among the Americans in PARIS on the
eth list. was NJ. G. Gill, Esq, Of Mary land.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

To HARDEN waLLow.-The season is at
hand when most farmers are feeding beef
creature for domestic use, and sometimes an
animal gets 50 fat as to yield tallow too sof.
to make coed candles To harden it. bees.
wax or alum is sometimes put in the melted
liquid, but with Indifferent results. II you
would succeed perfectly. when the talow is
placed in the kettles to fry put in also one
round Of alum in the lump tc twenty or
thirty pounds of talluw, according to the
iaftnoss Of the animal. | will guarantee
an exemption from soft, greasy candles.
Try it,"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

The ATLANTIC TELEGnApH.-Th Atlantic
Telegraph Company, so far from being dis
couragcd by the failure of the past attempt
to suhm"rSc the wires, arc at work again, in
the fall expectation Of succeeding on the
second trial They have decided to lay the
cable the latter part of next June. COM
mencing in the middle Of the Atlantic ocean,
as originally designed Alessrs. Glass &
Elliott have commenced the construction of
additional cable, making three thousand miles
IN all. Mcssrs Eaton & Amos are building
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

1.-THE Mavor of a one horse town some
where up in Minnesota, holds forth in the
following glowing stain in his Inaugural:
The growth Of otir city has been astounding
to all human calculations. They staggcr be-
lief and the thoughts mount up to glory and
vociferate hallelujah at the shrinlic panoi anna
of the butterfly brliancy of the future here
after OF the time to Come by and by in few
years from hence We must make ample
provision for The time or bust.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

SucH GETTING Up-STAIKs. The Paris
correspondent of l. Independence Beige says
that the idea has been started IN that CITY Of
queer notions of aboishng flights Of stairs
nloSt ther in private dwellings, and substitu-
ting therefore steam hosting machines. Asa
steam engine is not by any means convenient
ARTICLE to have in ones house, n. Figu}cr
proposes that the motive power shall be cleo I.
lricity. Sending fat man to the top of the
house by flash Of Lightning is somewhat Of
; novelty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

tTsev'rAl months ago a Michigan farms
er passed toll-gate, paid his bill, and res
ceived brass cent from the gate keeper in
change which he refused to take and de-
mandcd copper coin in its stead. The gate
keeper would not comply with this demand;
high words followed, ard soon the parties got
into desperate fight. Several Jaw sui
followed the fight and the result was that
the prass cent cost each party S57.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

PRESERVED PuMPElN.-CGt a good pump.
kin in strips like Il citron sprinkle sugar on
them over NIGHT. pound for pound and the
juice of ! lemons, in tie morning boil the
ped and lit'le ginger root and add to the
syrup Boil the pumpkin TIL tender, then
turn on the syrnp b.lrg hot.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

MA man named Edgar Fluker has 4 new
recipe for Tie cure of those painful cx:rrsccn-
ces. cancers. The remedy is cheap and easy
If obtainns and applying, and cannot posi-
bly, do amy ha,m. 1t is simply to hold toad
or frog, either dead OF alive, TO the space Of
one hour, repeating the application as occa-
sion requires. With six frogs Mr.. Fuker
says he cured a very painful cancer upon his
nose, of six years standing and now considers
himself sound and well.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

To REMOVE WARTS Children are liable
to these dIsiiGuring eXcreSenccS on the hands
if not immediately attended to. They may
be removed. by dsolyns washing soda il
water TO the consistency of cream, and ap'
plying j. morning and night.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

WAS visible.
50 you are puncual to the time, nv
fr end" lie approa" he'd and laid his hand
upon Fii2twood'S shoulder " Well, admir-,
punciuality. Aud now as we are about to
80 forth from hence, require you to swear
eternal silence on the evcnis of this night
silence as unbrokcn as the darkness Of tic
tomb :"
The wild eyes flashed sa5aglly down into
Iloracc's ace. and though his voice did not
tlcmblc his check became palcr as he spoke
" swear"
g Enough! a man like yon will keep an
oath Your work is done we'll
" am happy to have pleased you . 1t was
thoughtful in you to select such place for
your s"ld-the most cunning burglar would
F., never guess it,"
-" You will loss nothing by you exceeding
cleverncSs, he said, as he was fixing the
bandage over Horace eyes, here, my friend
IS a llI'le present for your" and he placed
parcc! in the mechanics hand.
| i he same road was driven over, the same
uncarhly silence preserved in The pheton,
and near daybrcak, Horace was left blind.
folded at the door of his lodgings lie tore
off the handkerchief and looked wildly around
him, but lie saw only great, crazy houses
and smoky manufactures. The carriage and
It's mysterious occupants had vanished.
lie bethought himself of the parcel given
MN by the UNI known, and breaking it open,
ne found SIMPLY one hundred dollar note
cnvel'pcd il, Lrown paper.
Early on the morning subsequent TO the
events chronicled above, boat, containing
TWO persons, might have been seen proceed
ing AT s"oh speed up the D's p river
arrived within hall nlie OF oodStock, the
way lay through or between high banks,
"i''ci' were coveted with thick growth Of
Scfuooy naples and tangled with hazel. -
FROM the ovc'hansns bongh Of low tree Il
MH''c h'ndKrichiet hntlcrpd IN the wind, and
'he S:Snai diu not long escape the anxious
eye {" d.. lhe taller OF the two hoatn'n.
us The very place know it he
eNE'alih.a 'iiuMl'h"'ily.
ID lew moments the boat was resting in
ht,Ie cove dlectiy bentath the signal.
ran, wood Tor the reader has probably re.
cosn'",d oar old "''ni, spran2 upon the
sHn'e' followed closely by Ills companion ;
ANU al'er starch the box continuing The
mysterious corpse was disCoyUIpI. Immo,ii-
"ttiy II was placed IN the boat, the handl,cI-
caitt was removed ilom the tree houEh, and
| the hight craft shot oil Ike All arrow down
/ We Stfeani.
lAty drew up the boat, after good two
ho,'Is san, at an obscure wharf III the lj;uc
/ village OF \ and q
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

An INTERESTING ANNWENsARY The
proplictors Of the Newbnryport (Mass) Her
aid intend to celebrate the 18th anniversary
Of Their weekly and the 25th Of their daily, on
the l1th of January, Franklin's birthday
They purpose calling together every living
printer who served an apprenticeship in their
office, and every editor or prominent contr.
butor. The list embraces the names of quite
a number of distinguished gen lcmen. who
now honor the various profess. ons in If
An Grafton will be pronounced by an eminent
statesman, and the occasion will Lc one OF
great interest.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1857-12-05

1J7l.ct HIM who expects one class Of socic
ty to prosper in the highest degree while the
other is in distress, try whether one side of
his fece can smile while the other is being
punched
Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1857-11-27
BEDFORD ENQUIRER.

but likd sheep with wolves on one side and
butchers on the other.
These agents were the same that sold Fort
Smelling Reserve and tho Lake Pepin Indian
Half breed Tract. They said that this sale
would verify the statements of the Democratic
journals throughout the country, n extenuation
Of tho Fort Smelling sale, that settlers would
combine together aud prevent bidding on lands,
in onsequence of which the Fort Smelling
lands brought more at private sale than they
woild at public sale.
oh, the weakness of our government, to be
th Tartea in their plans by a few poor settlers !,
II ow was the Reserve at Chicago sold, By
scaled bids, as every other valuable govern
| men: reserve ought to be- But there was no
combination at Fort Ripley, except four or Ave
| government agents, combining against the
4 claimants, who stood there like hamp on u
log until these government robbers got the
(, perfect dead wood on them. The political
frauds practisrd in Minnesota during the late
election, By the at1crAtic party, are enough
to make man inquire, who are our rulers!--
Is this monarchial or republican govern
ment! Are we TO be compelled TO kreel at
the altar of the church of Rome, aud pay PEN
ance or are we TO stand up like American
citizens (whethor native or ad0pted,l and de-
fend our freedom? Are we always 10 be obi
ged to pay money into the United States trea-
sury to be used by the party IN power for e!ec-
toneering purposes? Ii il is not done,, how
does it happen that a most al! the money that
has been used in our late election by that par
" has come through the hands Of their Off
ciats direct?"
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instead df the ery Of misery and de.olation that

instead Of the cry Of misery and desolation thar
now pcrvades the manufacturing districts.
Every man of common seumption' will say,
giye as Protection for our manufacturers, or else
no more rag money, and let the people see how
little we have that is reat-then my life f6r il,
when tile facts are disclosed, we shall have a
tariff with vengeance. We don't waRt any
'promises to pay under ftcsaty dollars, unless
we can have United States Bank. by which
the tpsnty miiiions that always lies sIumbering
in the treasury, may be kept in circulation, and
thus regulate the currency of the country at
home aud abroad.
The Virginia 'desler in Western lands and
town t,) property who has helped to send
about So, 100000 out Of the Old Dominion,
within the last three years, says lie can't tell
for the life of him where all the moneys gone
to- WcnGcr ii the tsquatters' along the banks
of sone of the clear running streams out in
| 'lllinoy, aud other parts of the great Vest
have any of itl Guess not. They must have
spent il all last winter, 10 buying corn at s a
bushel, aud -four at 10 cents pound.
/ Those sclear running streams out West, that
/ flow at the rate of about four miles per weel6,
/ will hardly pre- sent SO many attractions as they
/ did short time since. Their beautiful bright
green surface will be likely to rest ludisturbed
/ tor at least another year, save MS the deal bly,
'stlluess Of the wateris disturbed By tue wig se-
wagglos, tad poles aud water snakes. pelig ht-
| full West! where nothing meets ''bills' equal to
| an inch board; anl when the inha5iiants hail
the 'clear bracing atmosphere ofthuty degrees
/ beiow zero with JOY, for they know tnat the
lnuSqaito can't live ou frozen blood.
have no doubt, but that some of these 6nan-
cia disorganizers now feel very much like the
| gentleman who once went tb 'eIowa' to spv out
| the land, and in passing one Of the country
residences saw u most wohderful 60 mmotioc
] going On with the clapboards and weight poles,
| which composed the earthly tenement, such
ratiling OF boards aud dancing of wei ght poles
he had neither heard or seen before, but hav-
ing been told of dancing tables, chairs and
benches, he concluded that the dwcllers there
must be spiritualist, SO, being desirous for in-
formation, he rode hp to the door aud called
aboit as blue as the northwest sky on cold
yihter evening. What's making Ill the rat
Ting and jugiing in therel' inquired the trav-
eller; is it free fight the spIaSp 'Oh
nary one, replied the settler; '1pe're oaLy got
the ager, and IL. famiiys gone an tie fof to
hare fhen hakes'
HAMMER AND Tones.
-WheeiiHg iateiiigsncer.
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ESCAPE OE WALKER.

A telegraphic despatch from New Orleans
informs US that the fllbGster chief, who has
twice managed to elude ihcrited doom at the
disastrous Termination of two several expedi-
tions, has now, through the culpabe negligence
of the United States officials, sailed forth once
again from our shores with att armed band des-
tined for new raid in Genital America
When his failure in Lower California had driy-
en- him aud the feeble remnant of bis oand OF
fugitives to the U. 5. boundary, lie encountered
body of our troops, whose leader arrested the
incendiary, took Tim TO SAT- Francisco, and
there ouI laws and law officers allowed him TO
go free. Again, when fate had nearly closed
upon him In Nicaragua, with certain death
staring him in the face unless some superior
power should intervene, the friendly hadd OF
the U. S. naval commander was stretched forth
to snatch him from the jaws of ruin. Nomi-
nally he beeame our prisoner, bat really he was
our protcge. Our intervention was n6t 10
either case to puuish the mscrelnt, but only 10
protect him. And now ne shows bis sense OF
the intention by boldly fitting out another cx-
pediilon, with scarcely preteucc of diSgaise,
aud has sailed from New Orleans with arms,
men and munitions of war, while the govern
ment officials have been conuiying at his move
ments.-N ,Rmeican.
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> D-F = Din 7 T > u.
Ex-senator United States.


FFopI nc y QstlRptJh Niar.
Among The many preparations ROW in use for
the restoring, preserving and beaut:iying the
hair, there are none that VIC can recommend
with nore confidence than Prof WoYd's Ii air
restorative now in general use throughout the
States This preparation possesses the most
lnyigogatin- qualities, and never fails in produ-
eng the most happy results when applied ac-
cofdlns to directions. We r fer readers To
the advertisement for few Of the innumerab
certificates which have been sent by parties
vino have been benefited by il, and who feel
happy in giving testimony is wonderful Ct
ferts produced ON them.
u. ). WOOD * CO., ProPrietors, 3l2 Broad
way, \. Y, and ia Market street, ST. Louis,
No.
For sale by DR.. B. F. Harry, and Drb ggists,
generally.
Oct. SO, IS57.-3m.
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FOUNDRY AND MACHINE

business in the establishment recently erected
by Gi.lsard Dock, IN Hopewrll, Bedford coun-
y, are rev prepared 10 execute orders for
CASTINGS IND M.7CHINERY OF every de-
scnption. They will built 20 order steam-cn-
gines, coal and DRIFT cars, horse powers ana
threshing machines-also, casting of every
Kind for furnaces, forses, saw, grist aud rolling
mills, ploughs, watel-pipe, columns, house
fronts. hrlckr;s, &c. &c.
They arc also, now making fine assortment
OF STOVES OF various kinds Of the latest pat
terms and most approved styles, including sew
eral sizes of COOK STOVES of the hest make,
heating stoves for churches, offices, bar.rooms,
&c.
A .Hil assortment Of Stoves will be kept
constantly on hand and sCld at Wholesale and
retail, ut prices To sUit The times, and quality
Warranted equal 10 the best eastern make
Machinery OF all kinds repaired promptly
Patterns made TO order.
GILLIARD DOCK,
c. W. ASHCOM.
Nov 6, 1857,
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The following is ColoDe! Alexanders reply
to Brigham Young
HEApouARTERs 10 REGIMENT INFANTRY, !
Camp Winfeii, on Hams Fork,
October 2, 1857.

to Brigham Young
HEApouARTERs 10 REGIMENT INFANTRY, !
Camp WinfeIi on Hams Fork,
October ., 1857.
BRIGHAM YOUNG, ESQ, Governor of Utlh Ter
ritory-
SIR u have the honor to acknowledge the
receipt of your communication ofSept 29, 81,
with two copies of a proclamation and one OF
the laws Of Utah, and have given it an atteu-
tive consideration. / am at present the senior
and commanding officer of the trnops of the u
nited States at this point, and ] will submit
your leite. to the General commanding as soon
as be arrives here.
In the meantime, have only 10 say that
these troops are here by the order OF the'Pres-
iient of the Uuitcd States, and their further
movements and operations viii depend entirely
upon orders issued BY competent military au-
thority.
Very respectfully,
Il. B. ALEXANDER.
Among the documents is letter from Col.
johnson, dated from the camp on the Three
Wings of the Sweet Water, addressed to Ad-
jutant General Mcdowell, New York, in which
he confirms the burning Of the contractors 5
traios by the M0rnons. He says the Governor 5
escorts four days march behind him, wlth TWO
companies of dragons. He knows Of no reason
why Col Alexander should attempt TO reach
Salt Lake by Bear River, excepting from the
fear that the AIormous have burned the grass
| on the shorter route He adds "lt cosl
communicate with Col. Alexander | would di-
rect him to take up good position for the
/ Winter AT HAMS Fork The road Is beSet be-
tween this and Hams Fork with companies Of
Mormons, 50 it is doubtful if shall be able tC
communicate with Col A."
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DEs. SASEDSs DIS
IAIIGOR.iTOR.
OR LIVER REMEDY

EA
u needs who Is not in perfect state of health
for the Liper is second only TO the heart in our
l.unIaG economy, and when that is dcranp,d th
who'll vital machinery runs wrong To fnd
medicine peculiarly adapted 10 TINS dist,as. has
been the study Of one OF the pruprietors in
large and extended practice for the past twenty
years, and the result OF lis experiment is the
lhvlSorator, as 4 neveT-failing remedy whore
medicine has any power TO help. As a Liver
Remedy IT has no equal, all testify who use
IT.
lady writing from BROOKLYN, saws. ..WouId
that could express in this short letter The val
uc your Invigorator has been tu me in raisipe
a large family OF children for it has never fai,-
cd to relieve al affections OF the stomach, bow
els OF attacks Of worms. If mothers once had
TINS remedy placed within their reach and were
taught how to use it, fearful aud untold A.
mount Of agony might bs Sayed.'
One Of our prominent bankers says, give or
six years since / found myself running down
with lVer difficulty; reSortlng to your lnvig-
orator, Was greatly relieved, and, continuing
for season, Was entirely restored.'
clergyman called at our office the other
day and SAID he had given poor Woman n bot.
tie, who was suffering very badly from Liver
Complaint, and before she had taken the whole
Of II she was at work earning bread Tor her fam
lily.
A gentleman, recently from the West. says
while At Chicago, he attacked with a slow
lingering lever. that baffled the skill ,of physi
CLAUS, but the Iarigorator cured him in a few
days.
One o: our city merchants said, while or n
visit 10 Troy, lew days since, he was attacked
with bowel and stomach disorders, SO as 10 CON
me him To his room, he sent to the drug store
for bottle of Irvigorator, took one sdese. which
reiI eyed him so that he was able to attend his
business.
An acquaintance, whose business coml,els
him to write most OF the time, says, he became
50 weak to be unable at times TO hold his
pen, while at others, sleep would ovcrpower
him. but the Invigorator cured him.
a gentleman IRON Brooklyn called Oh ne
week or two since, looking but the shadow offs
man, with skin yellow, pale and dedthlike-
he had been tor long time suffering from
Jaundice and Dyspepsia, aud unable to attend
TO his business. We HIM again to-day a
changed man, and to use his expression, he has
not seen ;he bottom OF the first bottle, and fu-.
thcr adds sit saved my life, for | was fast 20
ing to consumpdve's grave.''
Among the hundreds of Liver Remedies now
offered 10 the public, there are none we can :,
fully rec ommcad Dir. Sahtor,l's lnricvrator
or Liver Remedy, so generally known now
throughout the Union. This preparation ,s ,rr-
y Liver Invisora:nr, producing tie most
hlppy reslits ON all who use it. Almost innu
'acra3e certificates have been given of the great
virtue Of Ibis msdiciae by those OF the highest
standing IN so ciety, and il is, without doubt.
tue best pfepatotion nov before tic public.
SANFoRp \ CO., Proprietors, s45 Broad
For sale BY Dr.. B. 2. Harry, and Druggists
Oct. 80, 1857.