The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-09-25
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BARRIERS.
y Coop LAWN Sweden, n man who
Is seen four times drunk is deprived of vote
at elections.
RECOVERED. The man who was checked
while attempting to swallow an inconsistency
has recovered.
Po'soNous.-S'alc sausagcs are said to
| produce precisely the same effects on the sys-
tenn as mineral poison.
| EMANCipATED. The Emperor of Russia
has cmancIpated the two hundred thousand
sclls belonging to the National domain.
| NOT Room ENoCGH Ten thousand chill.
dren, during last week, were refused admission
INTO the New York public schools, for want
Of room.
FRASER RIVER DELEGATES. BY the last
accounts from Fraser river provisions were
very scarce and dear. Dog meat was selling
at lilty ceDtS per pound.
TIE OTHER SIDE.-A writer has compared
friendship TO our shadows, and better COM
parlson was never made; for while we walk
IN the sunshine it sticks 10 us, but the moment
we enter the shade it deserts us.
TALLEsT TREE IN EUROPE. The Oldest oak
| tree III Europe is the Parliamentary oak, in
Clipston Park which is 1900 years old and
The tal.cst oak is ON the same farm, being
higher than Westminster Abbey.
PIETY AND WmsKEY.-A liquor dealer in
Cincinnati recently received an order from
Roman Catholic institution to send ten gall
Ions of the best od BON ION wki$kcp, and
charge the same to Tie Church. ofthe MotAer
Of God.-BoStc" paper.
RAPID FLIGHT "A German paper Tvs
the quickest rate of locomotion after the
electric spark, light, sound and cannon balls,
is asceitalned to he the flight of the swallow.
pnc of these birds liberated at Ghcnt, made
It's way to its nest at Antwerp, in l2t minutes
going at the rate Of A miles per minute.
DolNGs OF WAR.--It is computed that in
the Crimcan war the British lost By the sword
by disease and other contingencies Of war,
one hundred and eleven thousand three hun
dred and thirteen men, and that thirty-scven
thousand and four hundred more were left in
yaldS for life
FOETUNE.-Bv the death O f Mr. IIohson,
of Calcutta, youth now in the employ of Il
printer at the Wcstcnd is suddenly put in
possession of more than 81 800 900. 1t is
SAID the young man had no previous knowl
edge Of his relation, except as having once
heard his mother say she had brother in
lndia.-L0miOn Court CWcuidr.
y HARD PLAcE.-Columbu Kentucky,
is hard place. An old farmer who had
been badly swindled there. SAID of it:
81? the angel Gabriel happens to light a
Columbus, therc'l be no resurrection, for
they II Swinde him out of his trumpet before
he can make single toot -
THE NEW CnNr-A pattern of the new
Cent which is to be issued next wear, has
been exhibited to the American Numsma tic
Society Of New York. by an officer of the u.
$. MINT. 1t Is Of nickel, the same size as the
Cent Of lS51 and So, but different from tina [
coin in the substitution of an Indian head for
the alb rive eagle which diseraces the present
currency.
\ GENEROUS nEED.--The Washington
| Union states that Nh, John &. Rivcs of the
| Globe, has recently made present Of upwards
Of five thousand dollars TO one of his employ
ecS, Mr.. Michael Cation. as II token Of his
appreciation of his faithful servses. Mr..
Cation has been in Mr.. Rivu's Office for more
Than twenty-five years, and IS now a vencl able
old man Of about sixty years.
Borrowed CApITAt.-G General jackson
| Diitc SaIl tIltl tlOSc WHO 90 buSllltSS on Dor
r"wrd capital ought to break. The Boston
Atlas and Bee wonders what the old hero,
| wee he alive, would say Of the present Fed
cral Administration which is doing business
on borrowed capital to the tune Of forty mil
liors year.
We suppose he would think the Admins
tration ought to break--its neck.
NEW ORLEANs.-Th Picavunc, reviewing
the material progress of New Orleans. says
that it has escaped entirely, the late CONNER
cial rcvulsion. and its commerce shows an
increase, while in every other commercial city
| there has been decrease. In all the leading
staples there has been an excess Of receipts
over last year. The population of the city is
given as e25, 600. In 1870, it was 100, l43.
Horse MEAT. A Hanover paper tells
the world that the :" silly prejudice against
horse flesh has altogether vanished i'll Den
mark and Northern Germany, and that in the
city Of Hanover alone, in the course of Whit
sunwcek, about two thousand pounds OF
horsctiesh were consumed. The number OF
horses slaughtered for eating in that city is
between two and three hundred year!
TOILET FOR GENTLEMEN.-For preserving
the complexion, ttmperance.-To preserve
wv SNtel. doSlliltliCc from lODaCCO.--
For whitening the hands, honesty. 10 re-
move a stain, repentance.-Easy shaving
soap, ready money. For improving the sight,
ohservaion.-A beautiful ring, a family cir
cle.-For improving the voice, civility. The
best companion at the toilet, a wife.
THE Rev. JoHN SEYs FOR AFRlCA.-Thc
Bloomington Phantagraph states: "Rev,
John Seys, now in attendance on the Peoria
Conference, received u telegram from the Pres
ident on Saturday, requesting him to super.
intend the transferring to Africa of the negroes
captured on board the SLAYER Echo or Putnam,
by the United States brig Dolphin. Mr..
Soys has accepted the appointment, and will
20 East Immediate Y to attend to his dutics.--
This will be his seventh voyage.
The HUMAN FAMILY.-A correspondent OF
the Boston Transcript says -" On the sup
posit ion that the human race has the power
to double its numbers four times in century,
or once in each succeeding twenty-five years
as computed 10y scme philosophers or statsti-
clans, and nothing interrupting this power OF
increase, the descendants Of Noah and his
family would have increase to the following
incredible number, as shown by Il Scotchman;
l,496, ST. .61G 626 S44 ,5SS $40 81 1908, 10l
4I3 ,ol2, l27 GA, 924 ,007 ,424."
REToRr COURTEOUS. Roger Sherman's re-
tort upon Randolph is one of the few witticsn
that will not die. Roger Sherman was re-
preventative in Congress from Connecticut