The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-05-14


has sold his farm near Brick Hill, containing
! ll5 acres, to Samuel Rogers OF Pa, for $50
an acre.
ATTEMPTED EsCApE.--Several Of the
prisoners in the Elkton Jail, attempted to
escape on "Wednesday night by taking up a
hearth TO make a way into the cellar, intending
then, TO break through the wall into the Jill
yard. They had rope ladders &C., ready for
scaling the wall, but Mr.. McCaulcy, the
deputy Sheriff, overheard thenia and frustrated
their designs.
1--WE have had several dull drizzly
days this week, with cold north-easter pre-
fine weather Of last week.
UyA notice will be seen in another
column calling meeting of the citizens OF
this county to consider the subject of the
Shareholders Convention to be held in Bal
timore on the Sth of June, and to appoint
delegates thereto if deemed advisable.
RUNAwAY.-A pair of horses attached
to an open dearborn, became frightened near
Heckendorn's Foundry on Saturday last, and
ran into the perth of Smiths tavern the floor
of which broke through and stopped them :;
they were taken out without being injured
They belonged to Mr.. VIM. g. Carter, who
was driving at the time. Mr.. Thomas Brown,
, who was also in the wagon was slightly hurt.
SALE op CoNvICTs.-Wm. Richardson,
free negro, sentenced to be sold to serve as a
slave for five years for larceny, was sold 10y
the Sheriff on Tuesday last for $3.50, to
Thomas Vandyke. Isaac Cooper, free negro,
also, for larceny, was sold on the same day
| for two years, to jeremiah G. Price, for $50.
BELAIR.-We were dragged over to
the little capital of Hartford on Monday to
testify before the Grand Jury, and the road
| proving rather rough one to travel we find
| ourself, an invalid at BEST unable to attend
| TO the work of the Office, and prevented thus
! from making a note rs We intended of the
men and affairs of Belair, and our impressions
Of the county as we passed, on which we can
now make only the following remarks:
| The new Court House at Belair is SUBJ
stantial and handsome brick building, rs by
80 feet, two stories high and covered with
slate. Messrs. Elijah and Alonzo Reynolds
of Port Deposit arc the contractors, and expect
to finish it carly in June. On one side Of the
main hall, in the first story, are the office OF
the Clerk of the Court. and the County Com
missioners on the other side the Office Of the
Register Of Wills, and the Grand Jury room.
In the second story is the Court DOM, with
| two jury looms at one end, and one room
and the landing Of the main stairway at the
other. The Court room is handsome and
ana fetitc IRON tne house, WItnout uiSturDmg
the bar, or the audience. The whole arrange
mcnts are admirable and the whole cost OF
house, which is completely fire proof, the
furniture Of the offices, the fencing and ar
ranging of the yard &C., will fall within So, :
COO. All things considered, it seems to be
| fortunate that the miserable old Court House
happened to take fire ard burn down
The Court has been holding its sessions in
| one Of the churches and we found the Grand
jury in an old store house. They were a lit
tie ''oft the eggs in what they expected to
prove by MS, Judging from their leading
questions. 1t was in relation to the libel case
against Doctor Vim. S. Forwood, and cor
corning conversation which occurred be-
tween us and former resident Of Hartford
county We learned while in Bclair that the
Grand Jury found bills against John B.
Burton, late Of Hartford Co., and james W.
Maxwell, Esq, ofthis town, as being connec
ted in some way with the publication of the
libelous pamphlet.
Belair lies hands omely on the top Of hill
but is a struggled unhandsome village its
population we should think to be about 400.
Most the leading persons in the community
including nearly all the lawyers, have fine
estates and dwellings in the immediate vicin-
ity, and this rural disposition on their part
delracts from the growth of the town.
Some parts of lIalford, through which we
passed, appeared to be in fine state of cul-
tiyation and the wheat and grass looked re-
markably well.
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