The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-01-02
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u ne Pope. on inc fCCint OIL the news
that the Queen Of Spain bad beca delivered Of
Prince, suut his apostolic bcncdirtion by
iairaJ0Pt.
6L"An ordinance making it obligatory on
bakers and stor. kccpc,S TO sell bread by
weight, has passed The New York board o.
cOuncilmcn.
1.-THE town Of New Castle, Del, was
lighted with gas on Thursday evening OF last
week. 1t burned brilliantly, and gave general
satisfaction.
dJ'The accounts from Ohio, Indiana and
Kentucky, state that the corn is rotting to a
disastrous extent, both that which is IN the
stacks aud in the cribs.
1-50Jamrs Gordon Bennett ESQ. Of the
New York Herald is named by Washington
correspondents. as the successor of Hon Il
j. Walker, for Governor Of Kansas.
Washington living. now seventy. five
years old, walks to Dr. Creighton's Church.
in Tarrytown, and back, distance of five
miles, nearly every Sunday.
THE LEyTATHAy. The London Times
says 100000 have been expended in the ,f-
fort to launch the Lcyiathan steamship. and
nobody knows how mach more it will cost.
MoRE GoING The steamer Europe.
which sailed from New York on Wednesday
last, carried away from Us to England.
upwards oil Two ana quarter millions Oh
dollars.
SAyEr by A RoosTER.--In Cambridge.
Mass, y. Il. patten was put On trial for steal
ing 4 hen, bat the evidence showed that the
fowl was Ioostcr and the accused was dis
charged.
The llagcratown (Nl.) Herald announces
the death Of John Grubcr, E.q., founder OF
the well known ll"g"stnwn Almanac, and
one Of the oldest printers i'll the United States,
at the advanced age of 81 years,
C~J@Ih he Governor of Georgia having vetoed
the bill passed by the Legislature for the legai-
'a'lon of the suspension Of specie payments
IT, the banks of that State, the bill has since
been passed over the veto, by a third voice,
EARTHQUAKE IN MA1NE.-A smart shock
o! an earthquake WAS felt At Augusta, Gard
nrr, Ias5..4oro', Bath. Daua::acct;a, Bow.
/ dolnlEHn, Richmond, NScaSsrt, Turner, and
Lewiston, on the sd. In the latter place ii
! threw dnwn the tclinr of the lrnot
n-=v, ,,,,,;,o L.. ~ I,,o T,,ro,,,,,,
n,rs th,, 5pno ,,no,s ,I llnn d;sn,,ch,I
| from the Cane Of Good Hone to India. The
German Legion in the British service, had
volunteered to ~ man. and offered to cuaran
tee a force Of 80 GOO Germans if required.
r-5.Tur s,.ou. c,o,, - ,ho South CO, !,
,t rioI ,nrrI W an Tl'"r.1n,. ,,;,rl,t on,
crnI,nnaj ,,n,,, E';Ia, or,a,noH, of wh;n,
.,;,,,, H.. ,,,,,,,,'l I ~. a. J,',i' =,
s,ycn'or eight inches. They had slyighine
there as late as Sunday.
r5.Thc Calcium I;cbt q, hoord tbo Abr;
ntir was 50 distinctly yi.ilin 1T , distance n
Fifteen or twenty mills from, S,ndv ]Inol; a
an early bnrr on N,n1, i, ,norr;n,r last ns +,
cause the immersion INat there was fire a
son. Il ilIun;rat,I ;Lc wbn1n heavens. "
Pay or CoyrRrssvrv The Soc,kcr o
the uni,cd States House Of REPRESENTATIVE.
receives lively. thousand d,liarS Tor each con
prcsc. besides hi, mi,ranr, Each Senator
and Rcnrcser,otivc ,rts So 000 for each Con
or.s,, and niIrorc.
p,.,, A., ,,,ss,,,-s ,.,,,1ooo + nc.,.s
n's;,n,n t e., I,,d;n, ., 81
for one really converted Christian, AS tb
fruit Of missionary lalor, the d,;,hius urac,i
: i',-,,i, r,,,r,r may one tiiou
sand d unhards III India. Rather a hare
report.
a-rOn Christmas afternoon. M,yor Van,
Of PHILADELPHIA tdceraphed to all the static,
houses, giving orders that all the dodgers a
The different stations that night should he fur
nishcd with hot coffee bread and butter, &c
at his cost. At The Central Station alone oyc
| sixty homeless creatures were thus eutertain
| 3D.
STREETS TO at MADE Posi- Ror,TEs
master General Brown has dccid, d, it is said
TO declare streets in cities post routes. undcl
the act Of 1851, with a view of excluding al
private expresses from carrying letters This
policy has been recently nppi d to Boston
and is now designed for New York and Phila
delph5a.
r~Iucy Stone Of Womon's RIGHTS Gel, b.
rity, is ,cported to have r,r,sel to nav the
tax upon her nronprlv at O,anre unon tl,e
Ground ,bat she is dr,'icd MI those nr,vilcrr,
and rights Of citizenship which are allowed
the male Sex, and therefore should not be
taxed. The collector will probably test By
law the validity of Lucy's :, lea.
Norris N C,pprrs 70 nrey,ns moths
from, ininrnr carnats s,vs the New Yn,k
I'yjb,mS. Inv half nound IF on,n c,mnhor
for twcntv. five con,s and n,,t will snyr all
tho cnrn,Js in ronr lorse fnr y vsar by Mae.
ing few iitile crumbs under the edges Of the
carpets without moving them.
n~~The Old principle of English Law. that
mo man shall be twice nut in jeopardy for
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