The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1864-03-12

LITTLE CEEEN HUNDRED. Feb. y, 1864.
MIR EDlTuR.-As the readers of The
'fAfg are not acquainted generally with
this par Of the country, perhaps a few
lines will interest them.
Sharp'own Circuit (of which | have
charge) embraces a part Of Delaware,
Sussex coun y, and is bounded on the
East by The Delaware Railroad, on the
West BY the Nanticokc River, and the
North by the Broad Creek, which emp
ties into the Nan locke ten miles below
Scatord.
shIrptown is situated on the Nanticoke
about Ii miles from the Rivers mou h..
and fifty or sixty miles from its junction
WI. h the wa ers from the noble Chcsa-
peake. The own has about two hun
died innabl ants, four $ ores, two Meth
ODDS churches ; one N. &. and ,he other
NJ. =. church.
Boats Of IA large size can come up for
wood, grain and lumber, which can be
had here in large qunn ties.
The soil, generally speaking, is
sandy; and Indian corn is he stable
prouuct since the war the farmers grow
cotton, flax, tobacco, &c. The land is
generally poor, as most Of the attention
is turned toward getting timber. This
Is one Of the Creates coun ries | have
ever seen for pine timber.
Within the bounds OF my circuit alone,
there are twenty wa,er saw mills and
two steam mills, which are almost CON
stan y running, and yet they cannot
meet he demand for saving plank. One
of these steam mills saws 5000 feet in
- hours aud oil Laurel circuit, which
joins this, here is one stream a one which
Is said to have 81 mills on it: SO. YOU
see, whl.e we have the timber, proyi.
dence has provided means Of getting it
out.
The first grow of pine is very full
OF tar and turpentine, and will last, ex-
posed to the weather, without paint,
eighty or "A hundred years This thcy
call Z" heart pine" and will sell for So
and So. 80 per hundred. Tie loves,
p''ce plank sell for about 81 per hun
dred 50 you see, Mr.. Ed or, there is
considerable wealth in pine. There are,
also, thousand, of cords of wood cut
here every Winter, which sell for So or
81 delivered on the shore, and where
the timber Is cut off this Win er, it will
grow up again IN twenty-five years,
tbicker, and large enough for cord wood /;
80 it wi take Years to exhaust it.
A. regards churches and religion, the
NJ. l.. church is " the church" he,e ::
and the present conference year has been
one of great prosperity. The Rev. 4
Wallace, p. f., of this distric, says
there has not been such a general re-
viva) for thirty years. About seventy
five on this small circuit have professed
religion this conference year, and more
or less In every town and circuit in every
part Of the conference.
This part Of the work has been very
much affected with the evil spirit of pro-
slaverylsm; but thank God, the church
and nation are shaking off this iron hand
OF dcspo ism, and will, | believe, ere
long, come forth from the furnace purified
rs gold III the lire.
NO one can help seeing the sad effects
OF the so-called " divine institutions"
aud wo be to that party that attempts
to ay the downfall Of such plague. -
| feel proud that my native country is
taking such stand for immediate eman-
c'pation: God hasten The day when
" My Mary land " shall be freed from
slavery and it's sad effects, and linked
WI h her free sister states in their onward
march Of improvement. J. vi. GuAa.N.