The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1859-03-05
correspondence of Tho Cecil Whigl
NEW Meyrco. Feb. o6ih u


airy productions. which Acorn " and Z" Pill
Garlic " have been treating the readers of The
Whig to lately, are little less than fancy
sketches. got up to satisfy morbid appetite
for gossip and scandal, which blush to say
is too prevalent IN this part of the county
The sratcircns respecting Bethesda church,
especially. are petty nearly wholesale mis-
repre- stntation. The church was not clost Il
on account of debt. MS l." Pill Gdrtic " stated
in his doughty article but was closed by
agreement Of the leading members Of the
society. on account of bad Jctnr'or Of some of
the audience, AMI uaw irranta bic disposition
of some profeSscdly morality loving citizens,
who evinccd very warm sympathy for The
rowdy brotherhood. This lawicss element
being not al: o-e her void of shame, fecing Il c
reproach to the community which would des-
crnd fiom acts of violon;e which caused
place of public worship to DC closed, solicited
the roclcli Ie ul the chuich, and Continuance
Of he meeting, under promise 0! better be-
havior in future. And, thus, it was not by
The prolific invention Gifts members leviSing
a" liTcklcherry Fair. TO liqrdate the debt,
which caused the rcopCuing Of the church as
:" Pill Garlic stated.
These two rG,7ii!le writer's d" Aclrn" and
" PHI Garlic "-sccm to take especial l,asuc
In caiicaIu,irg ard hIit;lne everything
they touch. Such saircal roGucs. might in
some measure, BE- cXcuSab,e for quiZzng the
young folks about their sentiments doingS
and fancy parties, but the making light Of
sacred things is an anproich to infdclity.-
The Mclhodists in tins part of the county,
have--to speak in common parlance had
" hard row to hoe" From little BEGINNINGS
and constantly opposed by a scotting and
goddess multitude. who resorted to the place
Of worship. rs a place Of II creation, to drink
liquor and deal in rihall slang and stale Jest
ing, have built up a congregation ;hItr,lIcctS
much credit upon the ncighborhood, and tie
pioneers in this moral and spiritual reform.
/. my be truly said in language Of the in.
spIcd writer, under their ministry, the desert
has been made to blossom as the rose. and
these who affect to cry down and scuT at the
lahorS Of this trusting and faithful little band
Of christians. are Of those who can travel
from Dan to Bershcba and cry all is barren.
The Captain Of the temperance band, who
p'aytd so conspicuous part, recently, in
assisting one Of the GlsturielS Of the meeting,
to escape from justice, replied to the re-
proachos of his nclghbors, in the following
concluding rema * Of a very spirited and
stirring temperance speech, at the next meet.
ine of the society.
"Gcntrmcn,' continued the CAPTAIN.
twcaking his frosted beard. IL have heard
great complaint against me for assisting ~
weak against the strong attempting to
nip persecution in the bud. But gentlemen.
am opposed to all kinds of persecution,
especially persecution by the church. I think
the followers Of the Lamb. ought to follow
his example of mcckness, Of long suffering,
OF Slow to anger. Persecution by the church.
III all ages, has been the worst Of pcrSccu-
tons. These rum sellers, m for showing
No mercy to. they are like borrowed horses
they have 70 souls. Bat, gentlemen, rowdieS
who GlS'urb religious meetings haze souls
The pin. is to know how to iinl EN-. When
was invested with the baton Of ctllcr by
my pa!riotc fellow citizens Of the Eight
District. was pretty high fellow, as the
saying is. In a word was influenced more
mar | should have been hv the demon Of
drink. Nevertheless managed to make an
efficient officer at least | never heard any
complains. Well, gentlemen, this is the
way managed to keep these ftllcrs, whom
you call ,o~"'es, from di>:ulb hing The mcctiu.'
on S'e, knew them al! personally, as every
cooi officer knows. or ought to know the evil
doors OF the community he is commits ioucd
tn protect; aud when see Them inclined to
disturb the exercises Of the mertn, Id wink
at EN-, and Start on. and they d fellow me-
When got 'em outside the church. d say
to en- boys if you want to play yourselves
YOU musttn't do it in church, but out here in
the great universal temple, free TO all crca-
lures. You know I'm, iiiccr of the peace. and
must keep order" This gentle remonstrance
was sure to have the effect of softcnin these
wild spirits and as they all carried pocket
eompa"onS, dozen little cruskings would he
whipped out and the Captains health drank
round Thus you see, by a little diplomacy,
managed to keep good order about the
church, and made my own ticker free for as
you know, didn't throw the ardent over my
shoulder then, as do in these davs. Thus
It's the province Of the efficient officer ta re-
duce tumult and faction to quiet and order
rs 1t Is that OF genius to produce from chaos,
from and beauty" The Captain resumed his
scat amid the applause Of his hearers.
The citizens of the Eighth enjoyed quite
treat in the way of gymnastics, few days
since. The " Creek nation agreed to meet
the Children Of the "Grccn Wood " in
grand bail play, and the Children of the
- Green Wood agreed to meet the "Ciecks'
on the same terms, and thus by mutual agree
ment, the two rival parties met, with vast
concouisc Of spectators to witness the sport.
The play commenced about , p. nj. the
Orcr'"ye being bout btlwiNt M0rScy aud the
Bm'cia bog. The VOID agreed upon, which
was " ID liar" beng given. the parties
closed, coming to the score in fine STYLE
The Binc,a boy getting Morisy by the collar,
by dcX'eIlous witch, known only to the
&" fancy" brought his antagonist over his
right leg, lay ing him neatly at full length in
the mud. Hastily planting one knee on
Mo'Ey's breast, the Bjnmia boy dealt couple
Of deXterions uppcrcuts,' right and lett,
which closed IIor~ys peppers. damaging his
cheek bones {; at the same instant getting one
home on the proloscis, Which started the
c.atvt freely. At this Stage Of the perform
ancc. Cry Of tom was heard and the Bin,c'a
toy was raised TO all upright POSITION
MoriSy recovering his feet almost instantly,
whipped out bras barter, two inches and
a hal from brtech to muZzlc, d,Lwing the trg-
ger at the same moment. By this time The
B,nicia boy had hailed to windward, with
bows pointing toward the oak openings, and
head of steam on ere the hammer ofthe aforc-
said brass barker had fallen on the nipple, the
B,nicia boys propclers were put in mo,ion,
which threw up such moving redout ofmud,
as to dlcctually shield the poop and stern
sheets of theI 1T gliding claft rom the enc.
my's fire until the Binicu boy gained the
cover of the black jacks, beyond the range
of pistol shot.
The overture being concluded. and Mor,su
nj sccl hOrs. dU- r0mLu the bnll iluv nrore,d,l