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Cofal AGairs.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE ORPHANS
CoURT.--The Orphans Court was in session
last week, and transacted the following bus.
mess
Acct. of George Simcoe, adm. of Zebulon
Kirby, passed, and distribution made.
Samuel Blake (negro) bound to Lydia
Peacock
John W. Bouchell appointed guardian of
Robert Tilghman, in place of William Pur-
dy, (resigned,) and bond approved
Acct. of Samuel Smith, exc. of Elisha
Smith, passed.
Acct. of Edmund B. and Caroline John
son, adms. of Jacob johnson, passed, and
distribution made.
Acct. of Benjamin F. Foulk, guardian of
Laura Foulk, passed.
Acct. of Onias and Abncr Mershon, adms.
c. T. A., of Thomas Mershon, passed, and
distribution made.
Acct. of William Purdy, guardian of Rob-
ert Tilghman, passed.
Acct. of Isaac letter, adm. of John E.
Anderson, passed.
Anna L. Eansant appointed guardian for
Ara, Rebecca, Mary, and Louisa Vansant,
and bond approved.
John H. Henderson appointed guardian
for Maria l.. Henderson, and bond approved.
Acct. of w. J. Jones, adm. of Annie S.
Alexander, passed, and distribution made.
Acct of Curtis Cordray and Lewis r.
Roberts, adms. of John Watson, passed.
Acct of George Janvier, adm. of Thomas
Janvicr, passed
Acct Of A5ner Brown, adm. of VIM. A.
Towson, passed.
Acct. of John Z. Alexander, guardian o.
Charles E. Alexander, passed.
Acct. of Mark Mousdae, adm. of Thos
Astell, passed.
VIM. c. Coleman appointed adm. of G
H. Coleman, and bond approved.
Joseph Hopkins appointed adm. of JOS
+. Hopkins, and bond approved.
Onias &. Mershon appointed adm. O.
John H. Mershon, and bond approved.
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nlarrico.

WOODROW-N ESBITT.-On the 18th
inst. at the parsonage, at Bay View. Md,
by Rev. james NJ. Elderdicc, STEPHEN J.
WOODROW and ElNoRA FEsBIrr, all of
this county.
Observation-Disclosures the 18th inst, by
the same, SAMUEL s. BOYER and LOUISA
BIDDLE. both of this county.
EDMUNDSON-CROTHERS-In Elkton,
on Thursday afternoon, Sept Dist, by the
Rev. NJ. ID. knrtz. SAMUEL J. EpMuYDsoN
and ANNA NJ. Crothers. both of this co.
TAYLOR-HARRlS.-In Elkton, on the
I'D inst, by the same. DAVID S. TAYLOR
and INDIANA HARRIS. all of this county.
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WOODEN MILL,
ASTRAY.

State of Maryland, Cecil county, set:
T hereby certify that Chas. B. Snyder brought
L before me, the subscriber, one of the justices
of the Peace in and for the said county, this
2lst day of September, 1865, as stray tres.
passing upon his enclosures, one Red and White
BULL CALF, about six months old, white
star in the forehead, both hind legs and tail
white
Given under my hand.
WIN, TORBERT, j P
sept 90, 1863 -3w*
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Dic0.

WALKER.-Sept. 18th, at Zion, MARY
JANE, daughter of Mrs. Jane Walker, of
Ellicott's Mills, aged IA years.
BROWN.-On the 25th instant, near Brick
Meeting House, DANIEL BRowx, in the
10th year of his age
WOLF.-On the 26th instant, MARY L.,
daughter of Benjamin B. and Mary c.
Wolf, aged years, months and % DAYS.
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ATLANTIC MoyTHLY.-The contents of
The atlantic for October, are Saints who
have had Bodies, No Time like the Old
Time, Coupon Bonds. II, The Author of
Saul" Needle and Garden. X, John
Jordan, Noel, Wilhelm Meister's Appren-
tieeship. II, DR.. John. TX, Down the River,
Abraham Lincoln, Reviews and Literary
Notices. Price, 81. Ticknor & Fields,
Publishers, Boston.
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To DelinOuents,

There are some persons who have been
notified two or three times to make de-
tailed list Of their Income, Watches, Car.
riages, &C., and hand the same into the As.
sistant Assessor. This is about as much
grace as the Internal Revenue Laws possess.
The next process they will be served with is
an assessment with the penalty.
E. E. EWING,
Assistant Assessor.
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SPECIAL NOTICE,

HAVlNG purchased DIR. Bings's Account
- Books with the Dental Establishment, we
hereby give notice to persons indebted to him
that by settling their accounts between this
and November lst, 1868, Il discount of ten per
cent. will be given; otherwise the accounts will
be placed in the hands Of an officer for collec-
ton. MCSGRONE Il DARBY.
sept 80, 1S65-5w
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RIoToUs CoNDUoT.-Hugh Devlin, S.
Bullock, John Jordan and Andrew Queary
were arrested and taken before Justice Den
nison, Tin the absence of Justice Torbert, J
on Tuesday last, on the charge of creating
row with the proprietor of the FELTON,
House, breaking tumblers, and afterwards
throwing stones through the windows. They
had their hearing and were committed to
Jail. Bullock has since been released on
bail. They hail from Wilmington, we un.
derstand, and formerly belonged to Co. l..
9TH Md. Reg.
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STRAYED OR TAKEN

t>ROM boy, on the road leading from
L Hare's Corner to Red Lion, dark Iron
Gray Go,ernment MULE, years old, No.
56, OF medium size. Any one giving infor
nation of such Mule or returning the same.
will be suitably rewarded.
GEO. W. INGRAM,
sept 20. 1861 Townsend p. o., Del.
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Our You've FoLKs.-This welcome little
visitor, for October, has reached us. We
have SO often spoken of its merits as Ju.
venile Magazine, that it is not necessary to
reiterate. "Winning his Way" and "AAoat
in the Forest" are continued in the present
number, and grow in interest. Price So
Ticknor & Fields, Publishers, Boston.
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NOTICE,

A LII PERSONS Indebted to me by Book
IA account or Note, are requested to make
immediate payment. All accounts not
closed by the 10th proximo, will be placed
in an officers hands for collection.
sept 30. 1865 +. w. STAPLES.
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NOTICE.,

THE County Commissioners will meet at
L their Office, in Ellston, on TUESDAY and
WEDNESDAY. October 10TH and 18th prox, to
examine and pass accounts OF Road Supervisors
of 1st5.
BY order. JAS. S. CRAWFORD,
sept 30, IS65-2w Clerk
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Deafness, Blindness and Catarrh,

T 1SAACS, NJ. D.. Ocuist and Aurist,
-. Professor of the Eye and Ear, fnrmerly
OF Leyden, Holland, located at No. $40 Pine
street, Philadelphia, where persons afflicted
with diseases of the EYE, EAR or CArARRH
will he scientifically treated md cured, il
cnrable. The Medical faculty is invited, rs
he has no secrets in his mode of treatment.
Co Artificial Eyes inserted without PAIN
No charges made Tor examination.
Jan 2S, lS65-ly
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49, At the request of many citizens,
GlsA~a<a ALEXANDER EVANS will be a
candidate at the ensuing election for Judge of
the Ninth Judicial Circuit, comprising Cecil
and Hartford counties. sept 80, 1S65-6w*
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4 RE not only unexcelled, but they are
n absolutely unequalled, by any other
Reed Instrument in the country. Designed
expressly for Churches and Schools, they
are found to be equally well adapted to the
pmlor and drawing room. For sale by
EN-. BRUCE,
No. Is North Seventh Street,
sept 80, lS65-1y Philadelphia.
UWhere can also he found complete
assortment Of the PERFECT MELODEON.
DAlso, BRADBURY'S PIANOS, and
complete assortment of P Feet
MELODEONS.
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. b8 Pianos and Melodians advertised in
this paper by E. M. Bruce, No. Is N. 18th
street, Philadelphia. Those of our readers
desiring articles in his line, will do well to
give him call
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THE CECIL WING
Is PUBLISHED VERY SATURn.v
BY L. T.. EWING.

IERMS.-S2. 90 year, in advance.
ADVERTISEMENTS not exceeding ene
Square, will be published three times far
'ne dollar, and twenty five cents for eacl,
subsequent insertion; longer ones in the
same proportion. D5-EIGHT lines BREWER
or space equal to that, make a so uare.
Advertisements published Quarterly, Semi
Annually, or Yearly at moderate rates
Advertisements sent without the nrn,-
Der of times they are to be inserted beino
ctated' WIN re continued until forbid, and
U-Fractions Of square charged as a
square.
, No advertisement inserted for less than
one dollar. ......
Obituary notices charged for at advertise
ing rates, and none inserted unless paid for
in advance.
O-No Paper DISCONTINUED until all ar
rearages are paid.
% Single copies of the paper, FIVE cents
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SALE OF REAL ESTATE The farm
of BENZ. W. Harris, deceased situated on
Bohemia Manor, in this county, was sold at
trustees sale, on Tuesday week last, for
$685. 04. John j. Williams, of Delaware,
purchaser. The tract contained BAG acres of
first quality land, and well improved.
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90 Deaths and Marriages are inserted in this gaper
without charge but Obituaries. either in prose or verse
must he paid for IN ADVANCE Mt the one cent per
WORD Tor prose and two cents for poetry, in order to
secure publication.
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STOLEN.

nN Wednesday night, the 9th inst, the
" subscriber had small BAY MARE.
rather thin, and BUGGY, the top of which
had been taken off. the wheels all of same
height, stolen while hitched near the Elkton
depot. A liberal reward will be given for
the recovery of the same.
JOHN W. BEDWELL.
sept 30, lSjj-lt Elkton, Md.
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The Mason & Ma Min Cabinet

organs, for different styles, adapted to sacred
and secular music, for $50 to $500 EACH
GOLD or SILVER MEDALS
or other first premiums awarded them Illus
mted catalogues free. Address MASON g.
HAMLIN, BosToN, or MASON BROTHERS,
NETWORK. [sept 8, le65-ly
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Whiskers! Whiskers!

Do you want Whiskers or Moustachesi our Gre
elan Compound will force them grow on the
snootEeSt htce or chin, or hair bald heads in Six
Weeks. Price, 81 .oo-3 packages for $500. Sent by
mail anywhere closely sealed, on receipt of price
Address, WARNER Co.
apr 3D. lS65-1y Box 13S, Brooklyn, n. Y.
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THE subscribers having been established for the mast
ten years. and having supplied the adjacent countie,
Of Pennsy together with those of Delaware and
New Jersey contiguous thereto take this method of in
PRODUCING themselves to the Dealers and Public rener
ally of Elkton and Cecil County.
Our Brands Of Segars and Tobacco for excellence and
flavor, have been the guarantee of success 1t is
our aim to sell nothing but superior Article ut small
advance on cost. Our motto Is "Quck sales AMI small
Profits" All the goods manufactured at our establish
ment are under our immediate superintedence We
keep on hand, als, varied and select assortment of
Scotch and Rapee Snuff Pipes Canes, and in fact every
thing pertaining toa rst-cass store At this
ment the dealers are assured that they procure their
goods cheaper and superior to those of PHILADELPHIA and
Baltimore. The people of Cecil county are especially
invited to call and examine stock previous to pur
Chasing elsewhere. [sept 80, 1S65-3m
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|N0AL.-T The celebrated Baltimore Company's
~ Coal for Family Use,on hand and for sale.
Sept |, 1859 u. SCOTT & BRO.
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WILMINGTON, DEL.
HAVING erected the largest Carriage Factories
- in this country with the advantages of steam Power
the in st improved Machinery. with capacity lnar-
nficure fifty to sixty Carriages weekly and an cxpe-
rence of over twenty years in the business am now
prepared to furnish all who are in want with the best
class work Work all warranted
sept. 80, 1SG5--ly
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New Advertisements.

The following new advertisements appear in
this mornings paper to which we invite the
attention of our readers:
He3hns Iheaise-Ihe Zanfretta Troupe
have grand programme in for this evening
1.-The House that Jack built" concludes the
performance.
TIE american Insurance Company-J. G.
Deming, the President of this company has
an advertisement of much importance in
another column.
John 0. Gomage gives notice tha@ he vii
renew the commission, coal, lime, cement, hay
plaster and tar business SO long conducted by
his farther Elisha Carnage
Harrison Robertson Attorney at law, refers
anti be'inm clents to Richard H. Baker Jr
Root l. Sibiey advertises for sale a valua-
bic farm in Matthews county.
Commissioners Sale.-J. +. Croker, Esq.
Special Commissioner, advertises to sell some
valuable real estate.
Ma"lih d Hation, Anctioneers, Portsmouth
advertise an important sale of furniture t.
come off tomorrow at 100 ocl elk.
Tia, rison Robeyts'n, Attorney at Law, give
notice that he has located in Danvile Va
II. McNa;F, Administrator, advertises {
valuable sale of property suitable for farmers
| and two small farms for rent.
THE Estafe Of the taie John S,"thqa'e. =
| Read an important notice, in another 'umn
| in relation to the settlement of this estate.
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DETERMINATION OF TIE PoLIcE.-Wo
,oorn that tho Joint Committee of the Coun-
Ills OIL Police, have under consideration
alan for the reorganization of the police sys-
tom Of this city We have not been Informed
What the plan is, nor do we think the COM
,,;ttee have entirely perfected plan, but we
ore disposed to think that they incline to some
thino after the metropolitan system OF New
York. Be the plan what it may, it must add
,,orv much to the expense of the city, and the
a;tv is hardly in condition to increase its ex-
nenditure ut this time. N'..
In view of the peculiar circumstances by
,,l,;ch we are surrounded we think that every
man in this city, between the ages of eighteen
nnJ G,rtv-fve. should be organized into a po-
Is'e and from fifty to one hundred Of them
"rJerod out every night. This would put
each man on duty once i'll two or three weeks,
and if any one was absent from duty ON the
night his turn came round, he should be made
tn nav fine, and thus the police of this city
coild be organized and carried ont without
expense indeed the fines for non-attendance
would add something to the revenue OF the
civ. Beside, in the event of a row, Or OF any
outbreak requiring all extra large Il rec, there
would be an organized police of twelve or
fifteen hundred men to call on. This is now
fine only effective police that can be organized
20 suit the times. Every man is interested in
thc protection of his own home aud tireslde,
and there is no telling at what moment We
might require the presence OF .tw" or three
hundred policemen for we heard one OF the
officers of this city remark last evening, that
,hc,e were from one to two hundred suspicious
characters in this city, many of whom We're
were ready to commit burglary, robbery, or
any other deed that had money in it,
we respectfully call the attention of the
committee to the suggestion OF enrolling every
man in this city, who is not over tofty-fve
years of age.
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MAYORS COURT Portsmouth VIM Peel
arrested for drunkenness and disorderly con-
duct, and for carrying concealed weapons, was
fined in the sum Of ten dollars, which he paid
Antonio Garcia, cabin cook on the I. s.
steamer . Shanokin," arrested for drunken
ness and disorlerly conduct in tho Streets was
locked up to await requioiton from l.. s.
Spencer, the Executive officer of the steamer
ly offered for this man. which will be paid
when The man is delivered ON board.
George Pearson, discharged soldier, for
being drunk and acting in a disorderly man
ner, was sent to Jail for the term OF ten days,
in default Of payment Of a fine of ten dollars
imposed by the Mayor. g
Cornelius OConnor AMI Daniel Council, two
marines attached 10 the Hospital Guard, were
sent on to Colonel Dalany, charged with be-
ing very drunk and acting Ia rotous man
ner III the frame house on Court street. next
to the Baptist Church. These aoortties resist
ed Officers Harrison and johnson, who ar
rested them, i'll most stubborn manner, and
were with difficulty secured, and the disturb
ance thus created drew to the scene of action
nearly two hundred idlers who amused them
selves very much at tho performance.
Edward Rivers, IA negro lad attached to the
'contraband MINISTRIES" for stealing shoes
from the stores of Marcus Lessncr and G.
Roskam, while in a state OF INVESTIGATION, was
sent over To Chas. f. Johnston Esq, in this
city to have the case investigated,
This boy on being Gagged, made most sire
nuous efforts ta effect an escape, by pricing
out the bars of the window with for
midable lookin., LOWE knife, which he
managed to C mccall on his person. A single
barreled pistol was also found ON him, and
his inients could not have been other tIan of
II belligerant character.
| VIM Peel, mentioned abovc) for selling
liquor without license, was fined in the
sum of $50 and costs.
Mrs. Gallier, charging Harry Stafford with
having in his possession one chicken valued at
forty cents, which she claimed as her proper
ty, was ordered to appear this morning with
her witnesses for the furtherance of her claim
Stafford asserted that he bought the fowl. and
| did not come in possession of it nnlawfully.
| Portsmouth was considerably noisy on
| Tuesday night, and the whistles of the police
We're continually sounding through the night
and order was not gained til nearly day
break.
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A CARNIVAL OF CRrME.-The color6 ID portion
Of the population of Norfolk and Portsmouth
have been engaged i'll a continual carnival OF
petty theft for some months past. Arrests arc
made day after day by the mutsry and civil
police, but with all the vigilance of the authori-
ties, the carnival continues to increase in num-
bers and enormity Sometime last summer,
when Captain Stephens was Provost Judge, a
case was being tried before him in which one
OF the legal gentlemen made the assertion that
"custom was law" Good forbid exclaimed
Captain Stephens; ''it is very customary for
the negroes of Norfolk to steal and surely that
can never become law" And on every visit to
the Freedmen's court since, we have been re-
minded of Captain Stephens remark
Colored men, women, and sometimes chill
dren, are brought up day after day; sometimes
two, three, and even greater number of cases,
in which the parties are charged with the theft
of all manner OF things and in almost all cases
they are fined aud in default of payment are
sentenced to Something under thirty days in
the hard labor prison. And this, we under
stand, is the extent of power in the Frcedmen's
court. If this court is to have no greater IL
rlsdlction ii it is not to be empowered to pun
isl crime in the negro, to the same extent
ilidC VIC "ihCo ulti 10 puhiniltu Iltn lile Leg
islature Of Virginia had better anticipate their
usual time of meeting and hasten to remove
that clause from the sstaue books that pre-
cIudcs the negro from giving in testimony, and
by thus putting him on Il footing with the
white man as a competent witness, make him
equal to the white man in the extent of pun
ishment due to crime.
TO punish theft by fine, will never have the
effect Of lettering the unprncipled from en-
gazing in it. If A steals twenty dollars worth
from b, and is fined twenty dollars for the of
telse, a is none the loser, but B, by having
twenty dollars worth of goods to- excite the
eupility Of otievs an indueement to crime,
and actually pays the expense Of the thief who
rol him.
We again repeat, let the State Legislature
convene as SOON as possible, and repeal that
clause which prohibits the colored man giving
testimony in courts of justice, and ,hen the
freedman's Bureau will turn all that class of
cases ovel to the civil courts and the negro
will be in some measure deferred from theft,
because he will be punished to the same ex-
tent that a white man. would be under the
same Circumstance
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SELF CONSTITUTED PoLIcE.-About tea
time last evening, we saw three colored men
who, having resolved themselves into COM
mitt.e of self preservation, had arrested Jack
White, ON charge of obtaining money under
false pretences Jack, whose name was White
but whose complexion was black, acknowledge
ed having rented one Of thea Il house and
did not deny having collected the rent in adj
vance, he also pleads guilty to having rented
the same house, and collected the rent from
another Of the party. but stated that the men
"didnt give him a chance" What ''chance'
he referred TO, except the chance,to give them
the slip, we are at q loss to state The sell
constituted police seemed bent on locking
Jack up for the night ind no doubt his case
will be investigated to-day.
The court commences its sessions in this
city to-day, and we earnestly hops the Freed
mans Bureau will give them the power Aeces-
sary to carry out the law and to punish crime,
whittier among the white or colored, as it
merits. The Freedman's court, which will
be superseded by this new tribunal could
only imprson fr thirty days. no matter what
the oftensc; but this court should have power
to extend the time of confinement, or other
erwise punish, to a degree commensurate with
the enormicty of the of1cnsc.
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\ HINT ON C,RPEls.--Of all the expensive
things in modern house OF Tho ordinary class,
nrrbaps carpets are the dearest. In case of
removal they become almost useless, and have
to be sacrificed nj any price that can be got
for them, because, having been cut and meas
ured for one room. perhaps of a peculiar
shape. they are useless, in any other; ftT if the
pattern could be matched, which it ofton can
noj IA bit of bran new carpet scwcd On to a
bit n,t so new, would be out Of harmony, and
srl story which the pride of poverty would
rather were concealed. The Persian and
Turkish system OF Competing rooms is infinitely
better and prcttier than ours. The Persian
carpets, especially those from ltesht, are ex-
quailiycly beautiful. Their eolorsAre more
brighter the designs prettier, and they are far
more durable than European carpets. They
AZ. made III strips usually between two and
three yards long, and about one yard in
breath to 50 round the sides Of u room, with a
sluarc carpet, or any size preferred for the
centre.
They do not require to he nailed or fitted,
and sufficient number of them will, of course
carpet any III, however large or small.
They have II very rich and grand appearance
too In summer they are easily taken up,
beaten. rolled, and put aside by a single SER
want