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The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

ATTENIiVN! GynnID0DE

ATTLNiiVN nYauAy0DE
Every man Of You h harlten and heed
Every one Of you listen and read
Fathers and brothers. and unccs and cousins.
All your relations, by dozens and dozens.
IIaiken and listen. We hravely declare
Here are the GARMENTS roa SUMNER WEAR;
Garments for persons of every condition.
For men Of all shapes aul Of every position
Elegant suits of appropriate colors.
All TO be had for very few dollars
Novelties splendid in VI \SCrliNE KaiMnyr.
AT sho ckirs low prices for ready casn payment.
Clothing for gentlemen long or tail
CioihnS for stout men. clohing for small
Certain to fit You tonne hurry and buy
Elegant clothing for june and July.
Trumpet the tidings from city and town
Tell the intelligence gladly around
Bring your relations and neighbOrs all
Come and buy clothing at ihe GREAT OAK HALL.
rI"PARTICrLAR NOTICE This extensive
establishment is directly on the corner Of Sixth
md Market Streets
Persons from this part of the country in visit.
ing the City, should aim to go there to purchase
heir CLOTHING! They can have large
assortment of styles AMI qualities To select from
and all the goods arc made up good and strong.
md sold at reasonable prices.
As we buy them from first hands. and soil
exclusively for Cash. we can sell to everybody
cheap. for he buyer does not have to pay for
osses incurred somebody else through the
Credit system. In one word-wc guarantee to
sell goods ten per cent lower than old concerns
hat stand cut for big profits. Our motto is the
nimble siXpcnce is better han the slow shilling .
Jomc and sse for yourselves.
Wanamaker g. Brown,
(OAk IlALL)
$ f. corner SIXTH and MAEKnr STREETS
June Il, ls62toc. PHILADELPHIA
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
Notice to TaX-Payers,

YHNA AX-PAYERS arc hereby notified, that
( the sevcral Collectors of the add itionaf
County Tax of liIty-four cents in the 500,
levied on the md inst, are duly auth )rz ed
to allow n discount of five per ccntum on all
of said taxes paid on or before November
lst, next. Ky Order.
J. S. CRAWFORD, Clerk
Sept 49, lSG2-tNl CONS Cecil co.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
MISCELLANEOUS.
TIE SONG OF THE SHIRT.

With fingers weary and worn
With eyclids heavy and red
woman sat in unwonan!y rags,
Plying her needle and thread
Stitch stitch stitch
In poverty. hunger and dirt.
And sill with Il voice OF duorous pitch
She sung the " SoyG THE SuInr
Work W work-work
Till their brain beg to swim
W"rk-work-wurk
Till the eyes are heavy ana dim
Seam aud gussrt and band,
Band aid gussct and seam
Till over the buttons fall asl cp,
Aud them in d cam.
o men. with sisters dear
men. with mothers AMI wives
1t is not linen yon re wearing out,
But human creatures lives
Hand sewing is fast becoming among the things
of the past and what fam!y will be without
Sewing Machine when the fr tnkln will sew better
more uniform and expeditions than can possibly
he done with hand. The Franklin Sewing Machine
which contend to be the CHEAPEST. SIMPLEST,
SIMPLEST and BEST of all the various sewing
Machines in use at the present day.
l.. w, STAPLES. Agent.
3rd door above Post Office
PRICE. s25.
tyFur hcrmore we hope our Machine will not
be denounced worthless. like other cheap ar-
clcS. simply because it is cheap Try them, and
be convinced that our prices correspond with the
times and this progressive age.
sept 20, 1862
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
$4,000 sEwING MACHIxEs.

TINlIE new Franklin Double Thread Lock
L Stitch Sewing Machine is the cheapest
and most simple Sewing Machine now III use.
Strangers and citizens are respectfully invited
to call and withcss the operations Of this
Machine.
a full set Of Needles, Oil Can, Screw
Driver, and the fullest directions for opera
ting. accompany ca ch machine.
Price, $50, with Hemmcr and Gride.-
Warranted, and kept in repair one year, free
Of charge. For sale by -.,,
f. w. STAPLES,
lkton, July 10, 1862. Agent.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
Special Cavalry Service !

W7ANTED.-Fifty young farmers, who
w own good, strong, fleet horses, and
who are willing to engage in Cavalry Ser
vice in defense OF the State, where the duties
will be of a very dashing, but pleasant
nature, to call at my office Immediately
No man accepted unless he is under forty
years of age. intelligent, strong and active,
and Fl st rate horseman, and of the most
nndouhtcd loyalty. W. j. JONES.
Sept 49, 1862
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

ssCKEDADDLE, THE adoption Of this new
- word into tho family Of "Amcricanisrn "
seems to be quite an event 1t signifies pretty
much the same thing the following familiar
expressions "a bsconJ,. .decamp, eyaeuate: scud.
back track, give leg bail, cutand run; cut-sticf,
make a-virtue-of-a- necessity, partcohpany. sheer
off. quit bolt wriggle-out-of. The word, how
ever. has no connection with those who patroniHc
the Stove and Tin. Ware establishment Of L. w.
STAPLES. 3D. door above. the Post Office. where
the cheapest assortment Of goods in his line. can
he found in the town July II, 1861
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
AN ANALYSIS
OF TIE
LEYT LIST OF CECIL COUNTY,

A s agreed upon and settled by the County
n Commits sioners for the year 1867, show
lag the actual and estimated expenses of
the wear 10 the 18th day of June, last, with
"A statement Of the amount of property in the
county iiab To taxation for county purposes,
and the amount of county tax thereon ut )
cents in the 500, inclusive Of School tax.
Amoum of Property liaJle to County
IurufiOn
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
WHEAT AND Rye STRAW
WANTED.

)" n WED.
StTRAW in large or small quantities will
- be purchased at Marley Paper Mill, tor
which full prices will be given.
1t will be required to be delivered in bales.
Farmers having straw for sale arc advised
to protect it from the weather. For further
particulars apply to WIN. f. HOWARD, at
Marley Paper Mill, or by letter addressed
to Cherry Hill, Cecil county, Md.
July 2G, I8G2-tf
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
NN1iCe to Creditors.

Notice to Creditors.
TIlIS is to give notice that the subscribers,
l. IF Cecil county, have obtained from the
Orphans Court Of said county, letters tcSta-
mentary on the personal estate Of John
ReyboIi. late Of said county, deceased.
All persons having claims against the said
deceased. are hereby warned to exhibit the
same. with the vouchers thereof duly nuthcn-
ticatcd, on or before the 9Th day of Septcm
Der, 1868; they may otherwise, by law, be
excluded from all benefit Of said estate. All
persons indebted TO said estate are req uestcd
TO make immediate payment to the sub
scriber. Given under our hands this 18th
day Of September, 1882.
BARNEY REYBOLD,
ANTHONY REYBOLD,
Executors Of John Reybold, decd.
TcSt-JAs. MCCAuLEY, Reg.
Sept l3, lSG2--tw.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

COtN TRY MERCHi Ant S.-Mcrchants in the
" country in want of Tnware can be snrr''ea
with good article at City prices, and at a snort
notice, by scIding orders to
L. W. STAPLES,
> May 81. 1876? Elktsn, Nd.
tYGeols delivered il pe1uigod,
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
Gas Consuming Cooking Stores.

TTNllESE Stoves have hollow CRATE of such
u form that the air, entering through
holes in front OF the stove, must traverse
one bur after another before it escapes into
the buck fire plate. which is also divided
into passages through which the air must
pass before it escapes through ncrforations
into the fuel, so that the latter is subjected
to two series of thoroughly heated air which
tend etfcctualiy to consume the gases mixed
with the product Of combustion. The advan-
tagcS of this arrangement is the great econ
omy in consumption of fuel, and the thorough
cqnaliZi:g Of the heat throughout til. oven.
The stoves are warranted to give SatiSiac-
tion, and are offered at city prices for cash.
f. W. STAPLES.
y. S.-Wood can be used in the stove as
fuel TO Il great advantage. [sept 6, 1862.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27
MECHANICAL.
CARRIAGES! CiRRIAGES!!

Make all Kinds OF CarriageS
TO ORDER, and guarantees to give sats-
faction to all who may favor him with their
work. An experience Of fourteen years
eaahlcS him to say that his Carriages viii
compare tavorahy with those OF any other
manufacturer, in finish and durability. He
returns thanks to the public for former pat
ronagc, and SoIicits the custom OF the people
Of the county. generally.
O-y> Second hand Carriages taken in eX-
change for new. at fair prices.
Aug lS62-Gm.
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

ECONOMY A Dollar saved is two Made
T. This can be done by purchasing 1HWnre
and other Housek eeping Goods at
E.w. STAPLES.
June q, 1862 Syd door above Post Nfce
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

koah DAIl.)
$. f. corner SIXTH and M>Eknr STREETS
June q. 1862 toe. PHILADELPHIA
The Cecil Whig., 1862-09-27

Total in the county, SS,u2! Il3 90
In the SluU is sl3 32 .n3, which is dstri-
hutcd OH the Levy List as follows, viz:
For Expenses Of Commissioners Court:
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
What Sort of an Animal is Scotch
man2

"When he travelled on the Con-
tinent lie was sometimes asked,
You are an Englishman, of course?
No, l am o Scotchman,' he an.
swered. lie never admitted that
he was an Englishman. On the
Continent the Engllshmen had
such a bad character, partly from
their pride, formality and conceit
partly from their gross ignorance
and stupidity. They were so much
hated there that he always found
himself on the right hand of the
host when he said he was a coun-
tryman of Walter Scott and Burns.
He next reviewed the peculiarities
of the Scottish character, asking
what sort of animal the Scotchman
really was? He had fonnd out
eight points in when the peculiar
ity of the animal Scotus consisted:
1St. The Scot was essentially a
working animal; 2nd. c'he Scot
was an enterprsing and adven-
turous animal; Sd. The Scot
was thinking and philosophical
animal 4th. The Scot was a prac-
ticed and utilirarian animal; he
knew what was before his nose,
and he knew where he was going
to strike; 5th. The Scot was sure
and cautious animal; 9Th. The
Scot was an earnest, serious, de-
vout, and religious animal 7th
The Scot was a fervid, impassioned,
and poetical animal-peyerrid
iagenium Scoroum; and the 9Th.
AS this audience seemed all to
prove, the Scot was a humorous,
and amusable, and amusing animal
he was jolly animal, not at all
the grim, grave, man of iron aid
wire that Mr.. Buckle seemed to
think" ."-Prof. BLackie at GLaSgow
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
Munifcent Bequest to Printers.

In 1858 George Biggs, Esq,
original proprietor of the Family
Herald, by his will left the residue
of his large property amounting
to upwards of 7O,0OOl.)-atter Civ
ing nearly $50 legacies Of large and
small amount to individuals and
charitable institutions - to the
treasurer, trustee, and governors
of the Printers Almshouse Soci-
ETY., for the benefit Of aged printers
and their widows, providing that
the women were to share equally
with the men. After the payment
of legacies, the residue amounted
to between 10000. and 10000.
but as some portion Of this con-
sisted of real or freehold property,
it was fouhd that such could not
be appropriated to charitable pur-
poses, and thus upwards Of 4,OOOt
was forfeited under the Statute OF
Mortmain. This circumstance and
other matters of IL technical nature
necessitated u reference to the
Court Of Chancery as to the right
disposal of the sum remaining (he-
tween 11,000l. and 12,000L.) The
Master of the Rolls has decided,
"that such sum (Which Las already
been paid into Court should be
transferred to the four trustees OF
the Printers Almshouse Society
the capital to be retained intact
and tile income to be applied ac'
cording to Mr.. Biggs' will, it being
declared that the participants are
not to be confined to the inmates ot
the almshouses, or members of the
Society, though these are not eX
cluded-the Court holding the
trust to be for the benefit of prin
ters and widows of printers gen.
orally" .sF
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
SeIstteA poetrp.
The Ship Of State.

y Sail on, sail on, Oh ship Of state;
Sail on, Oh Union, strong and great
Humanity; with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate.
We know what master laid thy keel,
What workmen wrought thy ribs of steel;
Who made each mast, each sail, each rope
What anyils rang, what hammers beat.
In what forge and what heat E
Were shaped the anchors Of thy hope.
Fear not each sudden sound and shock,
IT'S of the wave, and not the rock;
'Tis but the tapping Of the sail,
Andnot rent made by the gale.
In spite of rock and tempest roar,
In spite of false lights on the shore,
Sail on, nor fear to breast the sea:
Our hearts, our hopes are all with thee.
Our hearts, our hopes, our prayers, Our
tears,
Our faith triumphant Ger our fears,
Are all with thee, are all with thee,
LoNGFELLow.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
The Wisdom of Silence.

Experience teaches the wisdom
of silence, even in the common
place scenes and occurrences of
life. Never volunteer advice nor
give information unless duty stern
ly requires it Of you. Always,
when asked a question, unless you
have an unusual knack of being
accurate, transfer the responsibility
to somebody else. 1t is an excel
lent rule to think before you speak;
but, since many of us do not find it
easy to think on the spur Of the
moment, is often better neither to
think nor speak, but simply to be
silent. Travelling once on the
West Anglican line, we had for our
fellow-passengors an interesting
young couple, probably newly mar
ried. Night was closing in, and
we were reused from a casual nap
for a sudden query from the hus-
band, pray, sir, Is this ---?' nam
ing a pleasant watering place,
famed for u frst-rate hotel, Some
what confused, yet anxious to be
useful, we hastily consulted our
watch, saw that the train was due
at -, and politely answered
Yes Up sprang the young
couple, collected multitude OF
wraps, parcels, and carpet-bags,
bade US a cordial goodnight, and
disappeared. The train immedi-
ately proceeded, and five minutes
afterwards, with shock of the
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
EXTRA cts FROM OUR LATES1
FILE or EUROPEAN PAPERS
Spontaneous Combustion.

A death attended with extraor-
dinary circumstances has just taken
place at Cesena (Romagna), in the
person of resident of that towr,
the Countess Cornelia, who had
reached the age of so without aby
kind of infrmity. One night her
attendants observed that, contrary
to her usual habits, she appeared
rather heavy and sleepy immSsii-
ately after supper; but she never
theless sat up three hours talking
with her maid, and then said her
prayers and went to bed. The
next morning the maid, alarmed at
not being summoned by the Coun-
tess long after the ordinary hour,
entered her chamber and called to
her. Hearing no answer, and fear
ing something had happened, she
opened the shutters, and was hor-
ror-stricken at seeing the body Of
he" mistress in the state we are
about to describe Not more than
a yard from the bed was u heap of
ashes in which lay two olegS--entire
from the foot to the knee-and
two arms. The head was between
the legs. All the rest Of the body
had been converted into ashes,
which when touched left a greasy
and fetid humidity on the fingers.
On the floor was a small lamp
without oil, and on the table stood
two candlesticks, the candles of
which had lost all their tallow, but
the wicks remained unburnt. The
bed was uninjured, the clothes
lying as they usually do when a
person has risen; all the hangings
of the bed were covered with a
grayish SCOT, which had even pen.
etrated into some drawers and soil,
ed the linen they contained. This
SCOT had also found its way into an
adjoining kitchen, and covered the
walls, furniture, and utensils. The
bread in the safe was also covered
with it, and when offered to seve-
raj dogs they would not touch it.
In the chamber over the Countess S
room the lower part of'sthe win
dows was soiled with a fatty, yellow
fluid. The whole atmosphere a.
round was impregnated with an
indescribable and most disagreeable
smell, and the floor of the chamber
was coated with a thick, clammy,
and extremely adhesive moisture.
The Countess had evidently been
consumed by an internal fire. DIR.
Bianchi, a physician Of the town,
who had published a pamphlet on
the case, thinks that the fire began
in the lungs, and was developed
during sleep; that the Countess,
being awakened by the dreadful
pain, had no doubt risen to get air,
perhaps intending to open the
window, but had only been able to
leave her bed when she sank under
the fire that was devourng her.
The Marquis Scipio Matfei, who
has also written on the same sub
Iject, says that the Countess was in
the habit of rubbing her body with
camphorated spirits Of wine, which
she used frequently, and he think:
that the frequent use of that liquit
was one of the causes of her death
London Times.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27

sanS Shipments of cotton still con,
tinue to be made from Liverpool
to the United States. Several thou
sands of bales were exported during
the past week Dan. 18). 1t is
gratifying to learn that, VIII ereas
at this time last year, $1,000 bales
of Surats were sea-bound for Liver
pool, at the present moment the
Indian cotton, on its way to that
port, amounts to $4,000 bales.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
EsS" Althouph the State of Y

HeS"Although the State of Vir.
ginia, in the midst of her struggles
as a member Of the Southern Con-
fcderacy, has effected the payment
of her dividends due in London
on the 1st inst, the State of Ten
ncssce, which is still claimed as
true to the Federal cause, has not
been equally successful. Her divi-
dcnds fell. due in London OIL the
bth inst, and the answer returned
by the bank ers was, "No advice to
pay"
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
Taxes in 1914.

The Congress which met in 1914
levied a tax of from one to fifty
dollars on carriages twenty cents
per gallon on distilled liquors, in
addition to the existing license on
stills; one hundred per cent. on
auction duties an increase Of fifty
per cent. Oh postage; a direct tax
of six million dollars; iron castings,
one dollar and a half per ton; pig
iron and rolled iron, one dollar
nails, one cent per pound; candles,
three to five cents per pound /;
cards, fifty per cent. of their value;
tobacco, twenty per cent. I; hats,
caps and umbrellas, eight per cent:
beer, ale, porter, gold or silver
ware, six per cent. hides, skins,
saddles, brides, leather, boots or
shoes, five per cent; paper, three
per cent. one dollar Oh silver
watches; two dollars on gold
watches, and from one dollar to
one hundred dollars on every
household establishment, according
to value. People should remember
these things, these times.-Ricine
Press.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
A Miniature Pyramid.

We learn from Australia thatthe
Victorian industrial Exhibition of
1861, which was a collection OF
articles meant for exhibition at the
worlds fair at South Kensington
this year, has been complete sue
cess. Perhaps one of the most iu-
terest,ng exhibits is the large pyr-
amid, gilded to resemble gold, and
intended to be visible representa-
ton in size of the actual amount
of gold produced by this colony
from the first discovery OF the pre-
cious metal till now. The quantity
exceeds 800 tons. The pyramid is
ten feet square at the base, and
rises with a gradually decreasing
circumference till it reaches the
height of forty feet.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27

THE DAHoMEY Mission. - The
"Courrier" of Lyons announces
that letters have been received by
the five missionaries sent by the
Society for the Propagation of the
Faith in Quidda, on the Coast of
Dahomey, in Africa. They were
well received there by the King
and the authorities of the country;
and the old Portuguese fort, which
contains a chapel in good repair,
was assigned to them as a residence.
They have already founded schools,
and obtained a good number OF
pupils. The King has invited them
to Dahomey, and they have accept.
ed the invitation, but on the con-
dition that their visit shall not be
made a pretext for human sacri-
fees, with which the arrival OF
strangers is usually celebrated there.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27

ra.Japanese pigs are most extra
ordinary animals, if we may judge
from the pictures of them. They
have the long ears of a lap-dog,
head of a hippopotamus, the snout
of u hog, the tail of a COW, the
legs Of a sheep, and a body pecu-
liar to themselves.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27
E9~ We once heard a practiC

t%We once heard a practical
farmer urge upon his brethren, at
a farmers club, the importance OF
keeping farm accounts-an account
with every crop, cost of seed, labor,
&C., in producing it, so as to ascer-
tain the comparative profit of diff
ferent crops and the same with
the dairy, fattening animals, and
every department Of the farm
when several gentlemen expressed
the opinion that not one farmer in
a thousand was able to keep such
accounts, and nineteen out of every
twenty who attempted it would
fail and abandon the undertaking
In a month. Is there another pro.
fession in the world whose mem.
bers would sit quietly under such
an imputatlon.
The Democratic press. (Eaton, Preble County, Ohio) 1860-1865, 1862-02-27

We have frequently had occasion
to speak of the sad lack of good
teachers in America. In fact ev-
erything done in the United States
is done in haste, and much there
fore that is done, is only half done.
We have now before US on our
desk, the Eighth Annual Report"
of the State Commissioner, which
gives a deplorable account Of the
stupid ignorance Of many persons
who go about in search of schools,
of which they are anxious to be-
come teachers. 1t does appear to
us, that when fellow becomes
short-sighted, or is too indoleht to
work, he looks out for a school, or
tries to get into an Office. "From
the sole Of the foot even unto the
head there is no soundness.in" the
land ;"but wounds and bruises and
purifying sores" We let the
School Report speak for ITSELF
Verify there is a needs be, that the
tree Of liberty should be deprived
of its rotten branches, and its roots
bathed in blood.
"We suGjoin a few specimens of
the answers we have received:
Number 'denoates A Collection
of units, multiplication is Short
Way of performing many aditions;'
common multiple Of several num-
bers, is one that cannot be de-
scribed excepting it and unity )
prime number, 'one that cannot
be divided by itself and unity;' a
composite number, 'one that CAM
ratio, is the product arising taking
a certain number of times
Gender, lis the distinction of
sects;' nouns are active, passive
and newter;' the principal parts of
verb are subject, nominative and
object
Geography is divided, 'into land
and water;' the basin of river,
the country which it dreams : the
delta of river, "a deep place into
which it empties a republic is
country governed by one man :
the change of seasons is caused,
by the inclenation of the earths
orbit : continent, lis half a globe;'
the axis of the earth is, Imaginary
lines passing threw the earth ; the
Amazon, 'empties into the pasi6c !
the four eXtremities of South A
merica "are Sable, Hatteras, Horn,
Fear.
AS examples of spelling we find
'hoal,' 'circul,' 'rusie,' TURNS seer,
cles,' Sur wright hand,' 'moar,
'applide,' 'partisipel,' 'earregular,
'rashaw,' 'extreams,' ascending,
WHARF, etc."
"One teacher, in defining 'stee.
ple,' was unable to tell whether il
is a part of the inside or outside
of a church,"
"Since May, we have rejected
twenty, mostly old teachers in the
county, and have examined only
seventy-fve.
Some of the candidates did not
know whether London was in the
United States or China. Some
would parse adverbs as nouns
and verbs with cases. For instance
in the sentence How still the
morning air is,' &c., one parsed
How as Il noun and nominative tc
still /; and the next one parsed still
as verb in the objective case.
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