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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1858-05-15

How Long WILL IT TAKE TO SECURE A
REFORM of the tricks of the enemies OF
Reform is to misrepresent the time limited
in the present Constitution of the State for
calling Convention to amend that charter.
They think, and with much reason, that i,
the effort to effect Reform is now crushed
all future efforts in the same direction will
meet with like fate; and they also ca,cu
late to make political capital out of the defeat
of the call for a Convention. by afterwards
representing it to have been a mere party
movement of the American party, and re-
fcring to that defeat as an evidence o! the de-.
cadence of Americans in the State.
Therefore they resort to every species OF
chicanery to make tie Americans indifferent
TO the election on the Goth of May next
while they privately and through their secret
clubs, encourage every member of their own
party 10 so and vote against the call. They
say, among other things, where's the use
of this movement now, since the New Con-
stltution provides for its own amendment
every ten years, and it will be the duty of
the Legislature in 1860, to pass law for a
Constitutional Convention ?'' We warn our
readers not to be deceived by such gross mis-
representation of the law; andStcll them,
that unless they exercise their rights as free.
men, at the coming May election there will
be no chance for reform of our present i'm
perfect Constitution before 1868, if so soon.
Frederick Examiner.
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| 1NUNDATIoN TEAR New ORLEANs.-The
New Orleans Bulletin of the 9Th inst. says:
1.-The conviction forces itself upon us that
tie present is one Of the most terrible floods
ever known npon the Mississippi and its trl-
butaries. The damage already done is I'M
kJncstionablv great, and we fear the worst is
10 come Both above and below the city
creyasscs have been made, and below us on
both sides of the river. We hear that the
rice plantations below. and many sugar plan
ktat,ons both above and below will he fol the
Vine being seriously injured, and the crops
to great extent cut off. So far as the city
is concerned, we do not apprcIlcnd any I'M
mediate danger. We undrlStand the Ct cvAsSr
on the opposite side of the river has been
abandoned, all hopes of closing it having been
Y9ivcn up. IN addition to this another crevaSsc
'fiaving broken out on the game side Of the
river some fifteen miles above, it would not in
the least surprise us If the waters of the two
should connect with each Other and inundatc
the plantations of ST. Charles and Jefferson
We urge our authorities to slceplcss vigilance
in guarding this side Of the river.
Our IEyEE. - The Ssinouar spectacle is
presented from Canal street to the shipping
in the S, cond District, Of the bows Of steam
boats resting upon the whalycs and access
to them being provided by lines of staging in
some, cases thirty yards long. Standing at
the foot Of Canal, and looking across the river,
it seems to he piled mp far above land, the
houses on the opposite side Standing appar-
emily IN the midst of the waters The
rwharves are not however, further covered
with water than they were twentyfour hours
ago, though the river is plainly rising.
PiCdWtnc.
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TIE CHESAPEAKE AND ONO CANAL Con-.
rANY.-ln the United States Circuit Court
for the District of Columbia in the case Of the
application OF Mr.. Maulsby the late president
of the canal company, for writ Of manda-
mus to effect the restoration of all its late
officers, the judges yesterday refused to grant
the said application on the ground that they
considered the present board of directors and
officers legally elected. 1t will be remem-
hered that Mr.. Maulsby' application to Judge
Dunlop in chambers, sitting in equity, for an
injunction against the present canal board,
was refused a few weeks since, on the ground
that his proper remedy was to be had through
court of law, which has decided agains.
him finally, as a bovc stated.
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JUMPING TIE RoPE.-Little girls, and
sometimes large ones, grow ambitious ut
times in this exercise, and movements should
be watched, as they may do themselves in.
Jurles, from the effects of which they may
never recover We have known women made
crlppcs for life by this exercise, in their .ju-
vcnle sports OF an hour. 4 serious case Of
the kind occurred in this city the carly Part
oil this week. A young lady from New York.
in a1houshtless hour resolved to see how
many times she could jump the rope with
out stopping, as others had done, and went
on until she was exhausted, AMI sunk into ali.
Soiute helplcSsneSS. As an immediate comSe-
qnencc she WAS seized with an ailt clion of
the heart, and was for two or three days III
Danger Of s"ddcn death. At the last ac-
counts she had improved IL ltuc, but is still
IN imminent danger, and her recovery cam
only he the result of the utmost care, with
the and Of u considerable lapse Of time.
P0aghkccpSte Ea.ie.
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False Reform.

1t is argued that the democratic party
abolished the old Constitution Lecausc under
1t " the people were crushed to the earth BY
taxation for the benefit Of oWcc-hohlerS." But
such Misrepresentation of all statistics and
records carries no weight when the people
arc enlightened. How much taxation did
tho new Constitution prevent Let any
man read them and he will find the salaries
OF oInuo holders higher under the new Con-
s.ltulon than under the old. Let them look
again and they will find more oflice.hodcrs
under the new than under the old Constitu-
ton. Let them look again and remember
that not only have the Offices created, contin.
ucd, and established by the new Constitution
largely increased the expenditures for the
support Of Office holders, but the very aboli-
ton of offices which existed under the old
Constitution, have cost the State under the
new Constitution doublc as much as the officers
themselves cost under the old.
a correspondent Of the Hagerstown Mail.
says:
"Wc will give one instance as an illustra-
ton The Old Constitution recognized the
office OF Attorney General. The New Consti-
tuition abolished the Office.
The result has been, that in the form of
eXtray pay, for the trial of criminal cause,
by appointment of the Governor. and other
wise, the State each year has been conn clled
to pay annually to various lawyers a SUN Of
money, double the estimated cmolumcn. of
the old Attorney General.
We challenge any gentleman in the Demo-
cratic party. to point out in what single par
tlcular the New Constitution has saved one
cent to the State of Maryland.
1t has increased the salary of officers. 1t
has increased the number of officers. 1t has
increased the expenses Of the State by the
very effort to retrench.
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ELK TON and CAMBRIDGE
MAIL AND PASSENGER LINE.

an and after the LIST of July, 1856, the
~ Subscribers become the proprietors of
the Elkton and Cambridge Line of Mail and
Passenger Coaches.
The coaches leave Elkton, Daily, Sundays
excepted and stop Oh their way down the
Shores at the following points:
CHESAPEAKE CITY, CHESTERToyyN
WARWICK, CHURCH UftL
nd. of SAS3AFRAS, CENTREyIILE
GEO. T. y ROADS, WYE MILLS
HARMONY, EASTON,
URIEVlLL, CAMBRIDGE
On their return the coaches arrive at Elk
ION at ~ O'Clock A. NJ, in time for passen-
gers to take the cars for either CITY,
Gy-T They will also run a daily branch line
from Middletown, Del, to connect with the
main line at Chestertown, going and return
: V the same day and reaching MiddIetown
nitiine for the O'Clock, morning train of
cars. JOSEPH WELLS X RI
June %, 1856,
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TEIEGRArInC LINES OF TIE WORLD. =
At .hc American Scientific Association on
Tuesday, Prof. Henry presented an extract of
letter from Lawrence Turnbull ESQ.,. on
the Telegraph and Tclegraphic Lines of the
World.
" The most recent estimate Of the lines in
the United States, in 1854, was Al 1872 mesf
estimating the increase at the rate O
l2,OUO niles per annum, which is be-
low the average the actual number of miles
o! telegraph in the United States at the pres
ent time is at least 1892 miles. This is
the whole number of miles traverScd. but not
the airline distances, as may be seen by ex-
alni::ing my report Published in my work on
the telegraph in 1853. The number of miles
in Europe is 900 ; in India 10000: South
America 5000, and submarine lines of
Europe and America, 1000.
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THE TRAVELLER.
T. Susquehanna

S TEA M &C MPA NY.
ID OCULAR DAILY LINE. Except Sun
II days,) TOR Havre dc Grace, Port Deposit
and Tide Water Canal.
PORTSM MOUTH,
HEsG:::s:fSL53t::s Capt. Travers, leaves
lower end Of w G s /,
Falls Avenue every Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday evening, at O'Clock. Returning,
leaves Port Deposit every Monday, Wcdnes-
day and Friday at 8 O'Clock, and Hayre de
Grace at O'Clock T. N.
The Steamboat JUNIATA, Captain J. W.
Tomlinson, leaves same place every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday evening at y O'Clock.
Returning, leaves Port Deposit every Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday evening at 8
o'clock, and Havre de Grace at 5 O'Clock
?. NJ.
PASSAGE, so Cents.
CyFreights received daily at Baltimore
until O'Clock, and at Port Deposit until ~
O'Clock carried at low rates and carefully
attended to.
U-Duplicate receipts for Freigh,s will be
required in all cases.
The Agent at Havrc de Grace will attend
to forwarding any merchandise consigned to
him Tor any point on the Pennsy lvania Canals,
or will re- ship any ireights intended for Bal
timore, Philadelphia or elsewhere.
JOS: JAS. TAYLOR, Agent Baltimore.
X. ALIEN. TAYLOR, Agt II. de Grace.
JACOB TONE, Port Deposit.
HSThc Steamboat LANCASTER, Cant.
Tolnlinson, being in complete order, can be
chartere at any time.
N. B.-GRAIN purchased at Tire highest
market price at the Warehouse of j. Tome
Co., Port Deposit who also keep for
saie, Guano Plaster; Fish Salt Croasdale
X n hatI 4
Phosphates, and New York Bone Dus..
April II, lS58-tf.
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Constitutional Reform Ticket.
FOR A CONVENTION.
ELEcTIoN-4h Wednesday, and 26tt day of
May, 1858.
GRACE OVER SMALL, POT srOrs ~ mr.

GRACE OVER SMALL PoTAToEs.
Democratic ncighbor of the Delawure
Gazette although naturally of an intel
lect which may be deemed rather solid
than brilliant, occasionally gets off a
good thing. In his paper of yesterday,
he chronicles in his editorial column, a
"Splendid Victory at Waukesha " for
the Democracy. The unterriGcd " have
carried Waukesha by from 10 to 40
votes. Bear it in mind reader that
though beaten terribly at Philadelphia,
right under the eye of the Gazette, and
routed horse and foot in every direction
the Democracy have carried Wauke-
sha! Waukcsha, though so deep in the
woods that the Editor of the Gazette
might never find it, has nevertheless
been carried by ten votes so let all
locofocodom rejoice.
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IOt DepoSu ana Hdrre-de-Grace, Mdryldid.
n STEAMER LADY WILMER, Captain
isEa. .3sSa WIN WILSON having been thoroughly
overhauled and put in complete repair
for carrying Freight, and handsomely fitted up for
the accommodation of Passenger. leaves Pine st.
Wharf, Philadelphia, every WEDNESDAY AZ
TEkNooN, at o'clock, for Winners Point Nd
touching at Port Herman and Fords on tho Elk
River; Turner's Greek, Fishers, Cnssday's.
Georgetown, and Fredericktown on the Sassafras.
RETURNING, leaves Winners Point at 0 o'clk
a M. Thursdays, and Fredericktown at D. m
touching at all the above landings, reaching
Philadelphia early Friday morning
For Port Deposit and Hurrc-dc- Grace,
Every SATURDAY at z o'clock p IN from the
same Wharf.
RETURNING, leaves Port Deposit at p. IN .,
Mondays arriving in philadelphia early Tuesday
morning touching at liavr EIDE Grace, Ford's and
Port Herman each way
FARE, ONE DOLLAR MEALS EXTRA
20 Merchandise, Furniture. Grain, Agricultural
Implements Seed. Horses, Cattle Sheep &c,
taken at Low Rates. y For Freight or Passage,
apply to Captain Wilson on board the boat
N BAH Freight to Turner's Creek must be
prepaid. J,narch 20, lS5S-tf.
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IMPORTANT TO
Dr0VcrS and Travellers;

6s~sr- H. THE Port Deposit Ferry Boat. -
llsscyspsssES The Steamer GlPSEY, Cant J. H.
II 5t.se.9s Myers, having been thoro ughy
:. repaired, is now running reg ularly
during the day between PORT DEPOSIT and
BELLS FERRY. The capacity Of this DO at, and
her speed and entire safety, render her pee uliarly
fitted for this service. Drovcrs farmers, travellers,
and the public generally will find her at II times
ready to convey them and their property to and
from the above points.
DTravelers and Drovers will find annie
accommodations for themselves and stock at the
NEW HOTEL AT EELLS FERRY, which has
been recently erected by J. Spencer, and now
kept by him Imay 8, 1858,
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Report.

OF The Erccufire Comn,tirc of National
Fonmdry Meeting, hcll at Hor,c dc Grace,
Nd.
The undersigned, a Committee appointed
by the citizens ofHartord and Cecil { ounti,s.
for the purpose Of preparing statistics &c,
to be used by the General Committee in
bringing to the notice Of the Government the
advantages held by lIavrc de Grace and its
Immediate vicinity for the location OF Il
National Foundry, beg leave to state, that
We conceive some OF the advantages to be as
follows:
1St. Proximity to the seat Of our National
Government.
I'd. Direct access by vessels to every point
on our Atlantic frontier.
3D. \ choice in mode Of Transportation
by railroad or canal, to the whole Of our
lake frontier and western rivers.
4th. The immediate vicinity the finest
granite quarrieS in the country. and of the
great lumber depot Of the Susquehanna river
with the best qualities of clay used for making
building and fire bricks, and all kinds of sand
suitable for moulding or building on the spot.
9th. An extensive plain, elevated twenty
feet above the high water level Of the Chesa-
pcakc bay, with ample space for the exercise
of field guns, if desircd also unrivalled
facilities for testing the range apdaccuracy Of
icaNE guns.
9th. Having access by railroad and canal
to the great coal and mineral regions of Penn
sylvania, Maryland and Virginia, by which
these materials are actually delivered ut this
place cheaper than at any other point on tide
water.
Lastly. The low price of property, the
healthy and pleasant situation, ease Of access
to the great cities, and the economy of sub
Sistcncc, offer Il desirable residence to the
officers and employees Of the establishments
Or; X. Sappington, G. B. Hitchcock, Esq,
Col. John e. Walsh, John T. Bradbury,
r. s. Rodgers, Esq, DR.. Z. c. Hopkins,
Richard Green, Robert Evans, Esq,
j.. NJ. Simmons, Mai. G. keatngc,
X. X. Enndiver, W. &C. Whitaker,
DR.: e. I. Hayes, Capt. l.. Chopper.
John II. O'Ncill, ESD,
The papers of Hartford and Cecil county are
requested to publish the above by order of
the Committee.
JOHN X. SAPPINGTON, President
JoHN Ii. O'NELL., Secretary.
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ANOTHER AMERICAN VESSEL. FIRED Mo-
Captain llowcs, of the schooner Mobile, at
New York from Mobile, reports that on the
29th ult., when off Key West, he saw war
steamer, bearing down, and hove to to speak
to her. The steamer, however, which proved
TO DC the British man of war Styx, without
halllEg the schooner, upon coming within
range commenced firing with rifles upon the
latter, the bullets lodging in her bulwarks.
She afterwards boarded her nda thrcaten,d
to seize her in default of having foreign
reeg's'er., The searching party having con.
clnded their labors, permitted the Mobile to
proceed on her voyage.
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Che nlorkrts.
ELkTON MARKET.
[Rep0ricd by n. s. Sites.

ELKroy, May -, 1888.
Rcd Wheat S1,O0, White do. 2l.l0
Corn, G2, white Sc; Oats 50: Potatoes - ;
Nails, - %: Peruvian Griano ~ No.
|, 500; Mexican do. 50 90: Columbian do
SIS 90; Recess Manipulated Guano. SO 90
De Burg $ Super Phosphate SIS 90: Plaster
%; &. y. Sale : | 81: IlcrrngS, per hbl..
IS 50: n. {. trimmed Shad per half hbl.,
500; Timothy Seed PEI bush. - 30, Clover.
seed 81 80.
BALTIMORE, May l3;h.-Good 10 prime
rcd wheat $lO0 to l,07, prime white wheat
Sl.0S to $l.2o Corn both white and wi.
low G5 to 10 cents. Rye IS cents. Oats 30
to 80 cents. according to quality. Flour
Howard street, Extra - 25 to $4374
WuMNGToN, May l3th.-Whcat el.G5
Corn 10 cts; Oats 80: Flour $3.50. -jyulr,di.
PlnLApELruA. May l3lh.-Whcat red
81 90 TO LILO; white LIS to | 20: Com 20
cents Oats 30 cents: Flour 81 80 to $3.50.
PHILADELPHIA CATTLE MARKET May 10.
Beef Catile-Ihe offerings this week were
about 1850 head. and the demand fair. bnt
market closing dull sales at : ga 10 25p per 100
lbs. Cows and Calves Sales at S35 a Go for
fresh Cows Sheep Offerings about 5000 :;
sales at - a each. lIogS.-Ollcrings about
4lOO head Sales at s. a e so per loo lbs net
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The RUFFiANs OF WAsuINGToN.-ITuma
life in Washington is not worth straw-es-
pccially the life Of an American. Guests are
even knocked down with billies on suspicion.
Last night as 81 ecial dispatch informs ms,
Capt. James, the esteemed Warden of our
city Jail, was assaulted on his way to the
cars, and treated in shameful manner -
What the object of the rutIians was is not
stated, though 1t is plain from their conduct,
that their motives were political. Otherwise
they would certainly have robbed him.
Chpper
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CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM The impcrfcc-
tons and defects Of the present Constitution
are social evil, not party grievance, they
concern the common interest of the whole
people of the State, not the American party
solely they have been specified and com
mented on over and again, and are acknowl-
edged by men of all parties, except dema-
gogues who look at everything through medi-
uln of self interest and party prejudice they
involve fundamental rights, material to State
Sovereignty and the well being of society," ;
and their remedies must be provided by the
representatives of the people, not party poll
ticians. Eagle.
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No OrrosITIoN.-Wc are iccrcd at
for saying there wasno opposition to Jefferson
Ramsay as School Commissioner in the 18th
District. 1t was held out there would be
none and if the locoiocos on the day of the
el,ction did put up candidate, it was but of
apiece with their "no party" professions in
most Of the districts. We are pleased, how
ever, to congratulate the county on Mr.
Ramsay's election. lie is first rate man
for the place.
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MAP OF CECIL,

TNHE Publisher takes pleasure in an
- Donncing, that after examination had in
different parts of the county, he believes the
MAP OF CECIL is correct, and has conse-
gently placed it in the engraver's hands, who
will finish his labor, and the Map be COM
plated about the middle of June, next
Subscribers will please bear in mind, and be
prepared to do their duty, when the under
signed shall have performed his. Additional
subScribers will be thankfully received, if
addressed to the undersigned by mail, or left
in either Of the books which are still to be
found at
Elkton Post Offlce--J. r. Brown.
Port Deposit--Jesse Il. Coulson;s Store.
Brick Meeting House--C. II. Haines' Store
North East--R. l.. Thomas Store.
Il Bonds Store.
SIMON J. MARTENET,
No. 6 South Street,
Mar b, lS5o-n Baltimore.
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The rain, which has been alnost

-Thc rain, which has been almost
incessant this month, is great drawback to
farmers in their corn planting; scarcely a
tenth Of the crop is yet planted in the county.
On Wednesday and Thursday of this week
the sun shonc out - Thursday particu-
larry was ii beautiful day, but yesterday came
cloudy and showery again. SO much rain is
pushing the wheat and grass rapidly ahead, SO
much so that some heavy wheat has already
fallen.
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TIE Eos FOR TREASURY NOTES.-THE
proposals for a five million instalmcnt Of
treasury notes, which had been advertised
for, and which were opened OH Mondayrtry
tie Secretary OF the Treasury, disclosed a
very large oillring. The builings amounted
to the enormous sum Of S:2l .l3l 900 Of
(which S4,5G5 coo was offered at rates of
interest below five per cent. Sl5.31l 900 at
the rate of five per cent, and 81, lGj 600 at
rates exceeding that per centage. The lowest
rate of interest proposed for was II. a very
small, amount was proposed at as high rate
as six per cent. The Union Of Wednesday
saws:
The great magnitude Of This offering proves
two facts-namcly, that there is a very large
amount of cash capital in the country for in
Nestmcnt: and, scco"d, that the credit of
the government is unimpaircd by its recent
loans. We explained the other day the great
Improvement that had taken place in the
commerce and business Of the country. and
how it was that the low condition of the
federal eXchfQuer resulted from this very
healhiness of business. The biddngs of
yesterday prove that, whatever may be the
temporary wants of the treasury for Il time,
the restored health and stability Of the money
affairs ofthc country will enable any demands
of the treasury to he promptly responded to
by the mercantile classes.
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0CTThc Baltimore American. referring to
Tie election on the 26th inst, 20 determine
whether the present Constitution of the state
Shall Re changed, thus speaks of the danger
that the large part of the people Of the state
who are in favor Of the change may remain
at their homes, in the opinion that their votes
are not needed, and that thus the few who
wish to prevent any change may. by going
to The polls, continue upon rs the existing
Constitution, with all its odious features
The people of Maryland will be called
upon III the latter part Of the present month
to give their opinion on question Of the ut
most Importance that can come before self
governed commonwealth-to decide whether
they will retain their present State Constitu-
tuition. with its errors of omission and COM
mission, its blunders of construction and its
radical imperfections, or whether they will
exercise the power which is inherent in the
people for the amendment of the organic law.
according to the mode that the existing con-
stltus'on points out. We apprehcnd that
there is but one danger lying in the wav of
obtaining from the people of the State an
overwhelming declaration in favor of an i'm
mediate revision of the Constitution, and that
danger is in the apathy which has grown out
OF the over confidence of the friends of the
measure. The accumulated condemnation of
the present Constitution, which began with
the first actual experience of its provisions
and has increased with every year of its ex.
lstence, is too strongly depended upon to pro-
duce the desired result, and in the absence Of
an earnest and organized effort to give this
condemnation proper u tterance at the polls.
there is danger that the decision of the
State may be uttered by a mere moiety of it's
voters, and that decision, when too late to
be altered, found to be the reverse Of what is
the almost unanimous desire and destructive
OF greatly needed reform"
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TRUSTEES SALE.

DY virtue of a Decree in Chanccry, the
ID undersigned, as Trustee, will offer at
Public Sale, at the Court House door, in the
town OF Elkton, on
Thursday, The 10Th day Of Jctnc, 1858,
at l O'Clock A. NJ, all that
TRACT OF LAND.
lying in Cecil county, near the Rising Sun,
which was conveyed by Valentine Egan to
John 7. Egan and wife, and which contains
FIVE ACRES, more OIL less.
TER MS-C .iSU.
W. PINKNEY EWING,
May 10, lS5S-ts. Trustee.