The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-06-11

will be more decided than was supposed a
month since. 4 number Of political promi-
ncns are on their travels: besides Senator
Seward. three Of the formost New York
Editors, Greeley of The Tribune, Raymond of
Tie Times and James Brooks of Tie ErprcSS
are absent, all, with the exception Of Horace.
who has set his face pacili"wardS, quay his
white coat never d, corate a Comanchc lodge y
IN Europe. J suppose yon are on the verge
Of yDul fall colnpajgn an! won't need coaAIrg
10 fall inlo the arms Of victory.
Two very agictab!e books have been
recently ruhl>h,d, Plain aud Pleasant
Talk about Fruit Flowers and Turning hy
Henry Ward Eceehcr, thorghtful, aud brisk
with bis we'll known charms Of style: and
Rrcollcclons of Geoitly Iiamlyn.' novel
by Henry Kingsley, a brother OF Charles. the
celebrated author OF alton Eorkc." Then
there are w. o CT three books Of travel one
about Cuba by Dana Two Years before
the Mast" Nana; not painfully fascinating
and two or three trallS|ationS of n much be-
praised novel from the French, styled The
Romance Of Poor Young Man" For Sum.
ncr reading people say. You wan, books you
can dip into and abandon anywhere. " \
book" declares Becchcr, that now and
then crops you, and lhrn takes you UP again,
that SPINS a silver thread u! thought from
your mind, fine as goSSamerS and then breaks
II rs the wind does The spider web this is
a summer took. You never know where you
left on and do not care where you begin
1t is all beginning, and all middle and end
cvcrywhcic." My own experience refuses
Endorsement. y cook for me. at !his period,
must possess positive qualities and stir the
lazy july blood. Then there is vonr reading
out Of doors. under beech trees, with flowers
Haunting their gay coluls around you and
birds and bees making musical the air.
never affected It, ! consider it decidedly i'm.
prudent to lie upon the damp ground, to say
nothing Of being bothered by flies and
piSnirts. The eye and car. at such times,
are busy with the sounds and show Of nature,
and the brain has enough to do TO receive the
impressions. No: could not enjoy even
The Tuscan poets, on the lawn
y year or Two ago ornamental tanks for
llawng-rComS, filled with Sca-watcr, called
cqna,a, and furnished with marine plants
and animals, were introduced: now the
stcreoscopc is all thU rage The StcreoScope
is small fame furnished with lenses,
through which you look at photographed
pictures slid behind which pictures appear
to the eye magniiitd and raised. The APP
pcarancc OF any object in nature or art is thus
accurately and distinctly rcrrcScnicd.-
StereoscopcS with picture SETS are sold Of
yariouS qualities at pnccS ranging from two
or three dullulS to a hundred. They are not
alone interesting toys, but valuable nstruc-
tors; imparting much knowledge that
hitherto has been ob aimed only by travel OF
the consultation Of costly, and not easily
accessible, illustrated books. | observe, too
ihat at recent meeting Of Partisan Sarons.
utensils Of elegant workmanship. equal in
beauty to the finest silver ware. made Of the
pew metal aluminium, obtained from common
clay, were exhibited. The difficulty Ct man
utacturiHg it ch,alIy has only to be overcome
Tor 1t 10 enter into everyday use, as the
material exists IN unlimited quantity, and,
besides The beauty Of the metal, it is capable
Of resisting the action Ut intense heat. The
last Revolutionary soldier sIl fingers, long
link between Lexington and some country
churclyo,d, tie conncction yet incomplete
with the latter, who lights his llpc with "a
luct,r while Iamenting the drgenclacy Of AN
age that knows not finder. boxes receipts foi
his last pension with steel pen, wondering
what they do now a days with The qul> and
IL Si'alCS 10 Nlt. III ullIF abhulltNct OF lIf
electric telegraph. which lie inll,tinctly
understands viii flash the ntclli gcucc through
ult the lard
The extensive tracts Of pine and dwarf oak
in The adjouniug State Of New Jersey, 50
long considered unproduciive dcScit, are
being steadily settled and Subjected to cult
walton. Houses and farms now dot, at IL
trrvalS Of no, rcluotc ncighborhuod. an cH-
p1nSc which ten years ago was rs nnIniahIttd
as the sea and as solitary as Sahara. The
soil Is not Of first rate quality, yet 1T is occn-
pied, and an air Of thrift aud prosperity
prevails. Not only that, large towns have
sprung up. Without in>tuncng Atlantic
City. the growth Of which might br imputcd
to its Sumincr revenue as a watering place.
ihtlc is u town with twice the population Of
Elhton, Egg li&rhor City. which three years
ago had no oNistance All lhr advantages Of
an industrious and increasing population,
trade, manufactures. the mechanic employ
menLs, comfort and wealth are evident. And
this progress will continue. Why, with
some superior Inducements for settlers. rartl-
cularly better sell, should not similar
condition Of rapid growth and increased
prosperity occur on the Eastern Shore ! Is
there something i'll the woodpile! So there
used to be cast Of the Delaware. Yours,
silva.