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600, per annum. The whole national
debt incurred and to lie incurred by the
war, will probably not amount TO two
per cent Of the value of these products
for ten years.
An annual revenue of $200,000,000
would be derived from tax of one and
quarter per cent per annum upon the
value of the whole real and personal
estate of the country or tax of five
per cent per annum upon the value Of
annual products.
Our revenue system is compound of
direct and indirect taxation, and more
money is derived from the taxes upon
foreign imports and upon special articles
and interests, than from direct tax
upon real and personal property.
We do not expect or desire to see a
radical change in this matter made, and
the whole burden of the war thrown
upon the existing owners of property
But it wonld be we'll for those who are
disposed to magnify the expenses of the
war, to consider the resources of the
nation.-PreSS.
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Total $12,0o6, 75G,5s5 $5,Os1 SOL ,o5o
The whole expenses incurred up to
this time do not amount to four per cent
of the value of the real and personal
estate of our country.
No one, of course, seriously proposes
or expects that the debt now being
incurred will be paid at once, or at any
very early period. The general expec-
tation is that a considerable portion of
the burden will fall upon future gene
cation. Yet, if, as is now expec ed, the
rebellion should be speedily crushed, a
sum less than one-tenth of the increase
in value of American property from 1850
to 1860 would defray all the expcndl-
lures of the war. If the power of the
Government is thoroughly rc-cstablished
and our usual state of prosperity is fully
restored but a small frac ion of the incrca-
sed value of American property doing
the next ten years would be equal in
amount to the whole national debt
The value of the agricultural and man.
ufactured products of the Union is csti
mated in round numbers at S l,OO0,000,-
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A SnAnPsHooTER's DCEL.-A distinguished
duel occurred on the battlefield of Fort
DonelSon, between one of Colonel Birg"' S
Shnrpshootcrs and crack shot inside the
cncmy's Notifications.
The Fedcralist was stationed on a hill
adjoining the Entertainments, and at an early
hour in the morning the Secession foe placed
his rifle on parapct, and fired a ball through
the Unionist's hat. The Sharpshooter re
turned his fire, received second shot, and
sent another; and from that time until four
discharging their pieces without inuring enc
another.
Both fired accurately; but both concealed
their persons as much as possible, and en-
dcavored to deceive each other by putting
their hats on their ramrods, and thrusing
their coats from behind the Notifications or
the trees. Whatever was exposed almost
invariably received bullet; but the two
were so wary and skilful that it seemed they
might fire until doomsday without danger to
either. About the hour l have mentioned
however, the Rebel, forgetful of prudence
thrust his head over the breastworks, think
ing, no doubt, az his enemy had not fired for
five minutes, that he might be dead. The
movement was fatal. His head was not ex-
posed five seconds ; but in that brief period
the sharpshootcr's ball passed into the
Rebels brain, and stretched him out corpse
before the unfortunate fellow had been able
to determine where his enemy was lurking,
or by whose hand he was destined to fall.
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For The Cecil Wing.


FRIEND EWING Your Rising Sun cores
pondent estimates correctly the interest with
which tax payers regard the proceedings of
the Commissioners Court; and it would be
difficult to assign a satisfactory reason for
their hahitual suppression.
Tine Commissioners Court is that part of
the Government which most sensibly effects
the people, by taking their money from them
and it is but right that they should know
what their stewards are about. SO gentlemen
Commissioners remember you are but the
dear peoples servants, and excuse us, since
we have to pay the titer, if we insist on seeing
the dance. One OF THE PEOPLE,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1862-03-08
From The Rursl Register.
Workshop for Farmers.

a necessary appendage to every well
regulated farm, is workshop. 1t may
be l6 by 20 feet square, two stories
high. There should be a work bench
with vice, eli her wooden or iron; a
pair or two of trestles for laying the
boards or other stuff on that is to be
sawed, or hcwed. Then there should
be an assortment of tools for plain work
"A hand-saw, hand-axe, two-foot. iron
square, set of augers Of the following
sizes !, 6, I, l, II, IL, and 2 inches !;
chisels of the same sizes, riveting ham
mer, Ratchet, wooden mallct, jack plane,
fore plane, smoothing plane, brace and
bits, draw knife, tenon-saw, guage,
screw driver, saw-sct, grindsione, file,
milestone, and cold-chisel for cutting
iron. Thes tools will cost about $35,
and will serve for doing many kinds of
work. Many boys have fondness for
using tools, which should be encouraged
as the knowledge thus acquired, may in
after life be constantly applied to use
full purposes and every one has
noticed the vast difference between the
farmer who handles tools with ease and
address, and the awkward one, who can
not shape wedge or a pin. When a
farmer has convenient shop, and good
tools, and has learned to use them, and
keep them in order, he can employ him
self to advantage on wet days and leisure
times in doing many things that are
always being required about farm, and
soon becomes a judge of wood work and
good wood, and better able to judge of
the quality of articles he may have to
buy. Also when cutting timber for the
use of the farm, he saves the good wood
for the construction of farming imple-
mcnts, as very much depends on having
these made of good we'll seasoned wood.
About farm repairs are continually
being required-the buildings, fences,
gates, implements, &C., are getting out
of order, and the farmer who is ingeni-
GUS enough to make the repairs can
attend to them in time, and thus every
thing is kept in its place.
Boys who have chance to use tools
are apt to acquire fondness for that
kind of employment, and thus spend
psohtably the time, that might other
wise be spent iu idlcncss, and in acquir-
ing bad habits.
The writer of this article has always
felt grateful for the early opportunities
which were afforded him in the use of
tools, by which wi bout any regular
instructor, be learned 10 make gate, a
whcel-barrow, wagon wheel, a thrcsher,
a cider mill, a screw press, and many
other useful articles. j. McC,
New LEEDS, MD.
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Correspondence.
Correspondence of The Cecil Wing |
LETTER FROM CHARL

:, ohAH'EsrowN' Feb. 10Th, 1862.
MR. EDITOR From every quarter, for
the last three weeks, you could scarcely hear
awning b"1 mud mud mud! spoken Of
our streets nave presented horrible pit of
nire and clay. to without a
stone or even pine board upon which to set
,he loot-ahd before one knew it, he was
knee IN aeep, calling Tor help to extrlcate him.
On ye town authorities, awake from your
le'hargy, and give us some sort of pave
mchts. II not Tor our sake, for the sake of
the iairer sen whose glossy locks and genial
smiles you Ike to see at church. You will
not tnen nave the modification OF seeing the
crinolihe' which enrohes those dear ones,
tralilhS IN the mud. Now that the wind has
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The Evacuation Of Columbus.

Intelligence received from Commo-
dorc Foote leaves little doubt of the
evacuation of Columbus by the Secession
forces, and it either is now, or soon will
be, in the possession of our troops
There are but few points on the Missis-
sippi below that town which can be very
strongly fortified, aud by lis loss the
enemy are deprived of their most impor-
tant barrier to the free transit of the
great American river. 1t has cost them
many bitter pang to abandon so i'm
portant position, and the panic already
prevailing in the Southwest will now be
greatly intensified. The New Orleans
DeIta recently said:
Should Columbus fall, what is to
prevent the enemy from sweeping down
the river with the immense feet of gun
boats and floating batteries which he has
been so long preparing at St. Louis and
Cairo, and wi h a hundred thousand men,
under Halleck to attack US on one side,
while an expedition striking up from the
sea would attack US on the other q
Who can answer! Do effec,ual. defences
answer! Do preparations for defence in
rapid progress answer? Where are the
defences Who is engaged in the pre-
parations ! These questions admit of
no satisfactory answer.
Our dependence at present for the
safety of the city from the approach of a
formidable expedition down the river, is
upon Columbus. That is the Northern
hey to the .M'ssassippi delta. That in
possession Of the enemy, the foodgates
Of inUas,on acilI be opened. Our situa-
ton would not be hopeless, for the soul
of Southern men, fighting war of indie.
pendencc, must not dream of despair
but We would be confronted with terrible
dangers and the whole country exposed
to fearful evils"
The dangers thus foreshadowed arc
now intensified by our complete COM
mand of the Tennessee and Cumberland
rivers, our occupation of Nashville, and
our virtual possession of the late Wes-
tern stronghold of the enemy. Attempts
will probably be made to create new
barriers to our descent of the Mississippi,
but none can equal in completeness the
strong works that la ely frowned upon
us at Columbus. We have the key to
the Mississippi Delta," and the day
cannot be far distant when it will be
completed y freed from the dominion of
the rebels.
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The Secretary of the Vermont State
Agricultural Society, in his Annual
Report, remarks
The number of horses in Vermont
before the breaking out of the rebellion,
was about fifty-fve thousand, since
which time, it is calculated that nearly
ten thousand have been carried from the
State for army purposes. This immense
levy for horses has been made through
out the entire country. When it is con-
sidercd that comparatively few of these
horses viii! find their way back that
the number that will die of disease or
become unfit for service is twenty times
as great as it would be were they used
in other kinds of business that to meet
this great want of the Government, a
large portion of the business horses in
our large cities, which have been thrown
out of service by general pros ration,
have deem bought up it readily appears
that, even during the war, horses must
advance in price and at its close, when
business shall revive and trade resume
its former channels, the demand for good
horses must exceed the supply. Reason
ing from these premises, no more profit
able LABOR can be engaged in than the
production of good business horses.
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Official Dcspatches-A Military Proui-
sionnl Government to be Established
-.fndrew johnson to be Brigad.er
General.
Official information to the War De
partmcnt, from Nashville, represents
that the military work in that State is
about completed, and that it only
remains to effect a civil reorganization
of the State Government.
The rebel forces under Albert S.
johnson, are being steadily pressed
backward by Gen. Buell..
Cotton to the value of 100000 has
fallen into our hands at Nashville, and
the Treasury Department has taken
measures to have it brought to New
York.
The President has designated the
Hon. Andrew johnson to be brigadier
general, and he proceeded to Tennessee
on Tuesday, to open Militrry Pro-
vlsional Government of Tennessee, until
she civil Government shall be recon-
ttruced.
LOUISVILLE, March 3.-Ralroad COM
munication between here and Nashville,
Except over the creek ten miles north OF
Nashvillc.) was damaged by the rising
of the water on Saturday. 1t will be
repaired tomorrow.
An election was held at Nashville, on
Saturday, for municipal officers. 1t
passed off quietly. The retiring mayor
issued proclana ion assuring the citi-
zens that they would receive he protcc-
ton of the United Sta cs troops if they
quietly pursue their accustomed avoca-
tlons.
Several rebel prisoners have been
brought to Nashville. General mail
communication is established to Bowling
Green, and for military letters to Nash
vile, and Colonel j. j. Miller, the
Government mail agent for Ken ucky, is
making energetic efforts to extend
the mail facilities to every part of Ken-
lucky.
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The Louisville Journal on Sympathy
for the Rebels.


1t appears that the ladies of Louisville
have determidcd to present suit of flags
to General Thomas division, for The
gallantry displayed by them at Mill
Springs. The Louisville journal, in an
editorial on the subject, says:
But the American people, though they
deeply regret that the mad ambition of
the turbulent plotters of the Confederate
Staes has deludcd our land In blood
and brought it to the verge of anarchy,
cannot assume the superior virtue of
forgiveness to such an extent as to over
look the pestilcnt crimes of those who
have torn their fathers, husbands, broth
ers, aud sons from once happy homes to
repress rebellion and resist INVASION
The women of America, though their
hearts are attuncd to the most sympa-
thctic chords of pity and charity, cannot
forget that, in striking at the Govern
ment of the United States and the
nationality of the Union, bastard, cruel,
and coward blow was aimed at their
peace and security. They cannot forget
that this rebellion has been the most
wicked and uncalled-for since Satan,
Moloch, and their confederate friends
first thought to fire the archangcl heart
and precipitate the realms of Heaven
into revolution Nor have they forgot
ten what Eden blessings their country
enjoyed until this serpent of Secession
tempted its weaker half" not simply
to taste of the fruits of the tree of
national life, but actually to apply the
axe to is very roots in the insane a tempt
to destroy it, The retribution has come;
the flaming sword is now placed all along
the borders, from the seacoast to the
Potomac, the Cumberland, the Tennes-
see, and the Mississippi, to drive forth
the rebels, while the ground beyond to
which they are cxilcd brings forth but
thorns and this'les.
There is retribution in the glorious
victories which grace our hcavcn-inspircd
cause. When the Union troops marched
through one of our towns wi the beam
ing s,ars and stars and stripes waving
over them, beautiful rainbow "a bow
of promise, let US hope-a covenant of
honorable peace) appeared in the
heavens. A little boy, percciving it,
ran to his mother, exclaiming " Mother,
God is Union man % His mother
asked him his reasons for thinking so.-
He replied that {" he had seen his flag in
the sky, and it was red, white, and blue"
Every soldier i'll arms, and every patriot
who loves the land he lives in, feels that
God as Union man, for this nation has
been His peculiar care, and its people
have been His people. The Union
troops, then, are Gods soldiers, fighting
for the right and for the truth. Let
them go on, then, conquering and to
conquer, "Thrcc is he armed who hath
his quarrel just" and what cause so just
as that which wars for the preservation
of our Union, reared by patriot prayers
and patriot blood.
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A Cheap Paint.

About seven years ago, Mr.. Wheel
er, of this place built bridge for the
town, which he painted with the follow
ing composition Water lime Hydraulic
lime) mixed with SKINNED milk to the
consistence of common paint. 1t was
put on with a short-handled whitewash
brush eight or ten quarts were mixed
at time, and two or three coats were
applied. 1t can be shaded by addition
of various coloring matters to suit the
taste or fancy. The bridge was panied
seven years ago. l pass it almost week.
", and always supposed it was covered
with lead pain, till told to the contrary.
This paint is adapted to coarse, rough,
outdoor work, and out buildings which
are covered with unplaned boards
There are a number of barns in this
vicinity painted with this mixture they
have a rather neat appearance in con-
trast with those not painted. The cost
is but little !; the time can be procured
for So to 80 per barrel. Often for
81 rs to So. Those who have used it,
speak we'll of it. Any one can put it
on with a whitewash brush.
American 4pricuNHrisf.
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Cecil County Directory.

GTFor the convenience Of our readers We
publish below a list Of all persons now hold
ing public Offices In this county and Their
employees, which may be useful Tor refer.
cnce:
Judge of the Circuit Court-HoN. join
ii. PRICE.
Clerk-WILLTAM Fl. RICKETTS,.
Deputy Clcrks-GEORGE Ii. JOYCE and
BENJAMIN f. LoDoRE.
Shcrih-ELI CosGRoyE.
Dcputy--E. WESLEY JANNEY.
States Attorney--WnLIAM j. JONES.
Auditor--WlLLIAM j. JONES.
Commissioners in Chanccry--F. A. ELLIS
and j. S. CRAWFORD.
Crier--JoHN S. RossELL..
Bailifs--WM. DENNIsoN.
Terms of Court--The Second, Monday in
February; the First Monday in April ;
the Third Monday in July, and the Second
Monday in October.
Judges Of the Orphans Court--JosEpH
HAINEs, Chief Justice LEVI II. EVANS and
NOBLE BIDnLE.
Register of Wills--JAMEs McCArLEY.
County Commissioners--G. W. BOULDER,
FRANCIS e. PARKE, THOMAS GRuBB.
Clerk to Commissioners--J. S. CRAWFORD.
County Surveyors. HARVEY JACK.
Physician to the Jail--DR JUsTUs DUNorT.
School CommissiOners--GEo BIDDLE,
LIST Dist. JoHN l.. CLAYTON, End Dist. +.
A. ELLIS, 3rd Dist. CALEB c. BRoKAw, 18th
Dist. DIR. CHARLES 7. SIMrERs, 9TH Dist.
ISAAC r. TAYLOR, 9th Dist JEFFERSON
RAMSAY, 18th Dist. Dr.. VIM. b. ROWLAND,
9Th Dist. NATHAN GRIFFITH, 9th Dist.
Clerk to School Commissioners--WILL1
ToRBERT.
Trustees of the Aims House--FREDus
ALDnIDGE, ThoMAs McNEAL, REV. JosEpn 7.
BROWN, JOHNSON SHIPPERS, SAMUEL j. ENG
LAND.
Oversccr to A Inns Iousc--JonN CANTwELL.
PhySician--DR. H. G. CARTER.
NotarieS Publc--DR. r. WAKEMAN and
SAMUEL rEAco, Port Deposit; F. A. ELLIS,
Elkton.
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5rlcrt poetrp.
MARCH.
BY BAYARD TAYLOR.

With rushing winds and gloomy skies
The dark and Stubborn Winter dies;
Far.of, unseen, Spring family cries,
Bidding her earliest child arise:
March
BY streams still held in icy snare,
On Southern hil-sideS, melting bare,
Ger fields that motley colors wear.
That summons fills the changctul air:
March
What though conflicting seasons make
Thy days their field, they WOO or shake
The sleeping lids of Life awake,
And Hope is stronger for thy sake,
March
Then from thy mountains ribbed with snow,
Once more thy rousing bugle blow,
And East and West, and to and fro,
Proclaim thy coming to the foe:
March,
Say to the picket, chilled and numb,
Say to the camps impatient hum,
Say to the trumpet and the drum:
Lift up your hearts, come, | come!
March
Cry to the waiting hosts that stray
On sandy sea sides far away,
by marshy isle and cleaning bay,
Where Southern March is Northern May
March
Announce thyself with welcome noise,
Where Glory's victor eagles poise
Above the proud, heroic boys
Of Iowa and Illinois:
March
Thcu down the long Potomac's line
Shout like storm on hills of pine,
Till ramrods ring and bayonets shine:
" advance! the Chieitain's call is mine:
MARCH!'
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Chrome Ore.

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oe'' '''' "'''P l. i9so" we
extract tue io''o"lhg IN rela'1on to chrome
which will interest the people of Cecil
county,
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not,sh far dvinn Th. f,rn,,,;'" -. w., w.
pp,n',i,;,, ;; Wv" a. .no
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th. snr,h and Wa, o,l ,';n, .i,, ""
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ox;ds Of nIrnn,n n'Ii,''d y, ;, ~ p 'n o.". W
of nxi1n " ,rnn INV, s ''so,i'. ~ ps' c.":.
n,oro Wv lass r,;,.'' , ;I ,,' ;'1"'u'
so as IN rnduc. th,, n.rc.rtana ~ tha a,",
liz oxides II 10 imhndIsJ i, ;r,' '.'a'r
masses in the sernantinn and ,,,,o.t n,.. IT,.
,. , MI: 80 "'''"'' iva" 40
nursnit nf thc or,. nncnrt,;r '''e
From aiaht ~ t.n villas ,os. L.. .,.
frnm th R,r.hi,,s ;s annth.,r e,,n ~. "D' VI
s.rn,nti,a .,li.a cn,dar,s n ILL.,, .n;,"
NAV he cI,ss.d Win IN, s.c,nd r7',,,,rr,n,'.,.
district
Tho only ,,i,oro,s - ;rars..;a, ...,, :.
contains 10 chrnn,a nr,, and ~ ,o,n',s;' '"'"s
er,l. tho Iattn, ho,jrm h,an go e., H..
m,nnt,ctrrn of onsmr, s.,1,s N'oN ''' '"o
m, chrome or. b.r,. 10 similar to cha, -.
tb, R,rrhiIls and cont;nnns r. h.. r,ir''a ~
snmn rx,.nt hnt nnnr,tinns h,r. mrt h,r
extensively carried m witli,, ,.;thor ~ ,h.,a,,
formations since thcv war;. c,nn,a ", .o ~,
Hartford county abnut thirty years sircn "
Ono or thn mast im,,ort,rt n,,,,,,I;c,,,,
districts in MARYLAND RANGES oIona thn nnr,h
western edge of the m.tnInornl,ic rocks
Rrrinnins in the n.rth..ast w.. Gnd " o. .,o,n
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Magazines.

Hnrper's Magnzine.-The March number
of Harper is more profuscly illustrated than
usual, and contains such variety of inter-
estlng reading matter that it cannot fail to
meet with cordial reception in every house
hold. During the present year an analyti-
cal index to the first twenty four volumes
will be published, thus enhancing the value
of this justly popular periodical Harper is
without exception the best and cheapest
family magazine in the country. Published
by Harper & Bros, New York, at So year.
Tie Knickerbocker Magas ine.-The March
number of this neat monthly is on our table,
and as usual well stored with choice articles
Besides the Editors Table, which is always
rich and racy, there are thirteen articles,
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including the last part of "The Revelations
of Wall Street" "The Seventeen Year
Locusts,' is an interesting paper to the
lovers of Natural History. "The Execu-
ton of Mary Queen of Scots, is a historic
story, told by James W. WALL in the present
number, whose sad and melancholy beauty
will never grow old. Price, So, or two
copies for $3.50. j. r. Gilmore, Publisher,
$50 Broadway. New York.
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r,vanua of tho Ruos;,

TThe revenue of the Russian
Empire for the year, arising from ordinary
sources, amounts to two hundred and
ninety six millions OF roubes, and from
extraordinary sources-namely, from the
loan of lS60--fourteen and half mil
lions of roubles. The ordinary cxpcndi-
turo is stated at two hundred and ninety
four millions, and the extraordinary
expenditure at sixteen and half millions
of roubles.
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A NICE DIsTINCTIoN.-Rcv. T. Starr King.
an Universast preacher TO an Unitarian CON
gregation, lately defined tho difference be-
tween the two bodies to be Ibis: 1.-THE Uui-
versalists hold that God is too good to damn
them; and the Unitarians hold that they are
too good to be damned by Him."
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NFrom all portions of the great
Wes', in diligence brings favorable
accounts Of the growing wheat crop;
and it is stated as general fact that, a.
this season of the year, appearance for
an abundant harvest were never more
promising -Genesee Farmlr.