The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1863-01-10

) .lnhh Ramsay, Lizzie McCullough Bertha
thorpe, Alice y. Martindcll, Carrie T.
Brock Carrie II. Moore, Miriam c. Janney,
Mary d. Way, Sidnie a. Way, James s.
3 biddIe, Thomas &. White, John Galbraith
New ARRANGEMENT on TIE RAIL
ROAD, AND DlSAEgANGEMENr OF THE MAILS.
The New ear has inauguratcd change
III the running of the trains, which has
Knocked our mail arrangements into I" nj. =
But few of the trains now stop at Elkton.-
From some that whiz past, the mail bags
are thrown out and scattered along the
road. One night this week the mail bag fell
under the cars and shared the fate of all
untortunatcs that are run over by the cars.
The mail arrangement is so out of JOINT. so
far as the Ekton Office is concerned. that
the majority Of our way mails take the cir
cumlocution route by the cities and are
pitched ont, perhaps day behind time. of
flying train that roars past. If our sub
scribers fail to get The Wig they may lay
the blame to the K. r. Company.
The CHRISTMAS CONCERT AND FFsTI-
'N'"' ne Nohcclt nclu Ill Inc VI. T.. Cnnrch
OF Eikton. on Christmas evening, was bril-.
liant success. The Church was crowded.
and the music, both vocal and instrumental,
was very crcditable.
The Festival for the benefit of Trinity
Church, which was held in the Court House
at the same time, was very successful.
SALE OF THE STEAMER FAIRY.-Cap,.
Balance has sold his Steamer Fairy-onc of
the boats which piled between Port Deposit
and Havrc-,tc- GrAcc-to Clement l.. lIumhs
for the [. g. Government, lorS3,5Oo. The
Captain intends placing larger boat on the
line next season. Navigation having stop
ped on The SuSquchanna, the travelling pub.
lie are accommodated by Mr.. John J. Smith.
who has placed two stages on the line, and
who is ever prompt and polite i'll his efforts
to accommodate the public.
PRoTRAcTED MEErlNGs.-Vcry sue
ccSstUl protractcd meetings are in progress
at the NJ. +. Churches at North Fast and
Gravcllcy Ill., Bishop Scott will preach
Il: North East, tomorrow Sunday morn
ing: at 10 clock.
THE WEDDINGs.-Thc IIymcnial cp-
idcmc has been making fearful rayages in
Cecil during the holidays. We record a
long list Of eases this week, and up to the
hour Of going to press the victims of the
blind god are still being gathered in.
In looking over the record of licenses in
the Clerks office, we find there has been one
hundred and twenty marriage licenses issued
by the Clerk in the year 1862.
ELKToN SmINpLAsTERs.-Our Board
Of Town Commissioners have at last CON
Snmmatcd the long meditndcd folly of
" Rcsolyc y to issue batch of shinplasters
Six thousand dollars, we believe, is the sum
fixed upon as the nccdful amount of patches
and plaStcrs to properly doctor the change
of our little business community. What
good effect this illegal proceeding on the
part OF our Town Commissioners will have
upon the business Of the community is not
easy to perceive. In the first place, the in.
crease of postal change is fast Supplying the
community with far better paper change
than any corporate notes, which ut this late
day makes the issue from any new quarter,
OF the miserable paper trash entirely use
less. In the second place ncigbboring cor
poratons have issued those small notes at
an earlier period when the hue and cry for
small change was at Us hight, and every
mans pockets, who handles any considcra.
bic amount of money, are stuffed with them.
In the third place the plates for this new
Flkton currency will cost some $500, which
the citizens OF Elkton arc expected to pay,
but the Commissioners having no authority
to create such debt, have no authority to
levy taxes to pay it, and consequently the
individual property of the Town Commits
sioncrs is liable for any illegal debts they
may attempt to saddle on the citizens of
the town. In the fourth place, if this latter
day batch OF tirc-pcnny, ten cent, twenty
five cent bits, etc., arc all or in part issued,
and new Board, having the good of the
community and the fear of the law before
their eyes, should refuse to redeem these
notes, then the property of the individual
members of the Board that authorized their
issue is liable to the holder of the notes.
And in the fifth and last place, this whole
} proceeding in the matter Of shnplastcr
linanccring on the part of our % City Faith
crs, i'll addition to being in violation of
law, is, we believe, in direct violation of the
wishes of II vast majority of our Citizens
Whatever excuse might haze been made use
of at an earlier day, when change was scarce,
, and issues of shinplastcrs were made by
other corporations to relieve that difficulty
!, of the trading community, that excuse no
, longer exists for swelling the 9 lamp black
/, and rag" food that threatens to cngulph us
: In short, this shinplastcr enterprise on the
, part of our Town Commissioners, is unau-
, shorzed and unnecessary at this late period
of shinplastcrism, and in opposition to the
wishes of our citizens.
WE PUBLISH in our advertising
columns Statements Of the Farmers and
! Merchants Bank of Cecil county, at Elkton,
I and the Cecil Bank, at Port Deposit.