The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-08-30
Correspondence Of The Cecil Wing
ForRru DIsTRIcr Aug oG ,

Mn Enron IL am glad to see by the last
Issue OF The Wig that we have late in the
day Provost Marshal for Cecil county,
The appointment Of Mr.. Bennett is well
received, and | hope his efficiency will be
equal to the expectations that are entertained
Of him.
Most Of our young Union men have vulnn.
teercd and the rebels (cowardly scoundrrlS)
seem disposed 10 take the advantage of their
absence and Insult loyal people by all kinds
Of diSlnyal practices, and il something is not
done, and at once, TO teach them better man
ners, the future history of the county may be
written in blood for the loyal citizens have
borne these things until torbearance has lost
its virtue, and il there is no law or authority
to shut the mouths OF such blatant traitors we
will make Il law to suit the case. On last
night the 25: h inst, the family of Mr.. Samuel
MCDANIEL. whose misfortune it is to live near
McG.c's store. were disturbed and insulled
I'll late hour by band of gurrrlas. who
made night hcdious by their hnrrid imprpca-
tons and cheers for JEFF Davis and the South
ern Contrderacy, for Bcauregard and Stone
wall Jackson, and closed the interesting rxcr.
ciscs by stealing the hnlyards from the Union
pole near Mr.. McDlnirrs house; they take
pleasure in annoying Mr.. Mcdaniel, who has
three sons in the army, and whose house is
thus lett comparatively defcnceless, and they
think il, no doubt, a safe business to insult a
family composed mainly OF ladies', the world
will Judge Of the chiva!ry of it.
! do not pretend to say who did the cheer
ing or who is the thief that stole the rope,
but John p. Dcviney and his son George,
James Maxwell, Sam Morrison, Sam Holland
one McGinnes, and one or two more constj-
tnted the company, aud IL those named above
are not the guilty parties, perhaps they can
point them out, so that the spare room in
Fort Delaware may he furnished.
/ wish | could have written this letter with
out naming those parties. for suspicious poo.
pie will connect them with these disgraccfnl
proceedings; when the party left, the noise
left also, and went the same road with them,
aud became more intense, being mingled with
such oaths and imprecations as none but the
most abandoned use and which none but
devils could delight to hear; in short il
seemed as if there had been u secession in
Hell and that the retiring insurgents had fixed
their capital on the road between Ford and
Mckane, and that there was no power to
"coerce" or .'suhjugate" them, but that they
were to be s!lct alonc'' and "rccognizcd" as
an independent power; and that tho new
establishment would outrival in all that was
diabolical the old institution.
Having no Unieb man to quarrel with. this
kept up running fight for an hour or 80 !;
il appears to have been kind Of quadrangu-
lar affair, which ended in general melee, in
which father and son grapplsd in hostile
embrace and friend pummelcd friend in
beauiiful confusion this battle will be known
IN history as tho battle of Pursimmon Run.
and it might have been very serious affair.
but in the darkness Of the night and the fud.
died condition Of the beffigcrcnts' brains they
became separated each hero lost his man.
and 30 tho battle ceased for want Of foes
1t is well 1t was SO, for had they executed CT,
each other half their threats there would not
have be-, u man left to toll the tale, as it
was they all fell, but it would have been u
loss to history had there been no survivor to
chronicle this most obstinate fight; the
vii ;ial bulletin will read something like this
g One dead (drnnk y one wounded slightly
in face none missing :" bat some of then,
will soon be, if Marshal Bennett does his
duty. In the fight blood was not all that
hcw and pants were soilcd by more than mud,
hats were lost and dire confusion rcigncd.
Yours &C., MARSHALL.