The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-02-13
An ASS Oh Exhibition.


The following specimen of fine writing is
the work of one of Uncle Sans mail agents
or Route Agent" as he phrases it. 1t
appeared in The Cecil Democrat of last Sat.
urday.
To the Editor Of the Democrat:
A recent copy ofthe "Whig" having boon
handed me by a friend wherein appears an
article headed Compliant of the Mailsn
which can only apply to me, beg tie favor
ofa small space III your paper iii answer to
the same. The gcntlemanlyi?) Editor, or pro-
prietor, or both, it's Of title consequences
which, says first: ''Tne papers are all mail
cd in Elkton in dae time to reach their
destination on Saturday" This is palpably
untrue, as on several occasions and | can
prove what assert,-l have not received
any papers whatever, therefore | would re
specially ask, when there are no papers
delivered at the mail car on Saturday how
are they to reach their destination on that
day ? In the second place the writer says:
'The fault is not ours" of course not. The
Philosopher stone is at last found, ''there.
fore it must undoubtedly if tits no, "ours"
it must be some other persons, "be either
in the stage lines that supply the county or
in the agents on the cars and we believe the
latter, as general thing, are the guilty par
ties" would feel obliged to the writer if
he would inform me about what period of
time he arrived at this sage conclusion, an
unjust one, as it is.
The article bears upon its face marks Of
the ignorance Of what he was penning, and
the conclusion stamps him as wanting in that
which is necessary to make up gentleman.
for no man who il a gentleman would be
guilty Of using such language in reference
to one with whom he was wholly unacquainted
and without reasonable cause, save, as was
most likly in the present instance the want
OF something to fill up"
"CHAS. II. CRAFT, Route Agent"
The following are the declarations on
cath Of three responsible witnesses RS an off
&C. to Mr.. Crafts flourish of disjointed jar
gon.
l, Harry c. Layman, on oath say that I
nm employed in Tile Cecil wig otiice,-that
it has heretofore been my duty to deliver
the papers at the Post, office, and that /
have delivered them there, every Saturday
morning. in time for all the mails that leave
Elkton. Witness my hand this 9Th day of
February, 1864 HARRY G. LAYMAN.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year above mentioned.
WIN. TORBERT, J. P.
I, James McKinsey, Post Master at Elk
ton, Oh oath say that all papers delivered
ut my office on Saturday mornings in time
tor the mails are duly mailed the bundles
that are to 60 by the p. W. & b. Railroad
are put in the sack in time for delivery at
the mail trains, regularly every Saturday
morning. Witness my hand this 9Th day c.
February, 1854. JAMES McKISsEY.
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year above written.
VIM. TORBERT, J.P.
I, Matthew Cantwell, on oath say thst
AIN contractor for the delivery of the mails
to the cars in Elkton, and that always
have the mails at the Depot in time for de-
livery to the route agents on the mail trains.
Witness my hand this 6lh day of February,
1864. NJ. CANrwEIl,
Sworn to and subscribed before me the
day and year above written.
WIN. TORDERT, J. P.
The E-aigs are all delivered in time for
the mails en- Saturday mornings, being
printed and put up in packages on Friday
night with the exception of a few packages
which are for distant Offices, and are dis
patched by the Friday night train going
North. The Post Master at Elkton declares
upon oath that he puts the packages Of pa
pers that are to so by the P. W. & b Rail
road IN the sack--not IN the sacks, but they
are all put into one sack, 80 if any 60 they
mus. all go. On last Saturday The Hhigs
we're received at the North East office but
they did not reach their destination at other
Offices in the Northern part of the county
Port Deposit, Rising Sun, and Bay View we
have heard from. On the previous Saturday
(January 3oth) no Wigs were left at North
Fest, but they came back to that town on
the following Monday by the train from
Baltimore. How did they get to Baltimore?
Simply By this smart Craft leaving them
ia the mail car CT Saturday in place Of de-
livcring them at'ti,e proper stations.
Mr.. Crafts classical language is rcmarka-
bly, we'll adapted to himself. His "article
bears upon its face (quote from Crafts
article 20 "wholly unacquainted."
We have proven that The papers are all
mailed in Eiktcn in due time to reach their
destination on Saturday" and that =" the
fault is not ours" So We dc not rest with
merely asserting that Mr.. Crafts statement
ais palpahly untrue" but we prore it to be
false by the oaths Of three witnesses as well
M other corrohoraing evidence.
We asserted, in ihe article that so " dis
crundled " Mr.. Craft, that there were some
Z" donhe,s" among the mail agents and
10! NC have found one Of them. Before
AIr. c. attempts any uors smart articles for
s,hs In. nct-1t we advise him to try and gct