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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Didn't Present 1t.

Mr.. G. p. Whitaker, of the House Of Del
cgatcs, Maryland Legislature, writes us that
he didn't present the petition from the End
district to prevent hogs from running at
large, published in last weeks Wig and
desires us to correct the mistake. We do it,
most chcrfully. We copied from the Legs
latve reports, as published in one of the
Baltimore papers don't remember
which. The reporters ought to be summon
cd before the Bar of the House for placing a
member in such wrong position. Mr.. W.
suggests that a reference to the "Journar"
will show an error in the statement. Doubt
less it would-but the Journals never arrive
in time for newspapers to copy from. They
are principally valuable to trace mans re-
cord at some future day. Mr.. w. further
adds in bis note that ''lour own good Judg
mcnt should have suggested the improperly
and ,mprobability Of IA petition from the End
District being presented by member from
the It'll
We don't exactly see it in that light, but
on the contrary have noticed that petitions
are sent indiscrminately to the members
from the county without regard to location.
The petitioners, for instance, might have
been Union men, and knowing that the mem,
Der from the md was claimed by the Cop.
perheads as their exclusive property, and
that the member from the 18th was a thorough
going Union man before the crafty, copper.
heads invented that cunning contrivance for
quilting the wool over Union mems eyes"
called Conservatism, and conservatism,
since the meeting of our.. obstructive Legisla-
ture having played out, asis evident to every
one, we presume that the member from the
9TH will be found again on the Union side,
there being but two sides to choose from
Union and Rebel. But aside from the
''pint' at issue-th,s is only a supposable
case-Mr. Whitaker didn't present the hog
petition. Now this is what we call doing
the amende honorable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
holland & CO.'S
STEAM PLANNING MILL,

Now, John, I'll tell you in good faith what have tc
You know it has been the talk with me, this many
day. longer
our House is getting too old to live in with comfort
The Doctor says if work never can be stronger
IL keeps me busy all the time, just going round and
As fast as clean up the dirt, more comes tumbline
yesterday when the rain came on, ran up 10 move
hgains: that offset in the WALL nearly broke my
With buckets pans, and everything, tried to catch
the rain, tlgan
But there are SO many leaks the carpets got all wet
Thsother day, "nen Dan came he brought along
She is so big was afraid she'd break into the cellar
The roof is bad the walls are crackd the floors arc
very thin live in.
Indeed, ON the whole, John, the house is not tit to
Dear wife, you have truly told, and intend heed
new house we will have, for this is too very bad
Indeed. (stuf,
So to hollands Steam Mill I'll go, and order out the
Where they keep Lumber Dressed, and Lumber in
the rough ftrHe
The Mill is in complete order ii runs so smooth and
And warmed by heaters, to run The season through;
The Port Deposit and Columbia Rail Road runs close
by the Mill, Ebuild:
Aaordng facilities of access, for those that want to
They have Frames OF all descriptions, for Windows
And Boards ready worked for WeaIierboarding
Some of the Doors are plain, some moulded thick
ard stout
Just as they are intended for the inside and the out
Its all the same what the building is; stone frame or
brick, thick
Monidngs neat, OF every style; all sizes of Sash and
And 50 many other fancy things, can't tell ali the
Turning done true and neat the machinery all new
and good; iire wood
And if you saw the Brackets, you'd wonder if they
The work will be made to order, neat and smooth as
All the builder will have to do to set it up together
The Sash will be prmed and glazed, the Frames
groove in,
And in about four weeks, the house will be ready to
move in. Jan 10 1sG7-Gw
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Gen. Butter and Brick T'OmerOy.

The Democrat Of last week gives promi
ncnt place on its inside page, to corespon
dence said to have taken place between Gen
Butler and the notorious miscreant, Brick
Pomeroy And although il was so stupid
that any one with sense enough to go III out
of the cold would have known the whole
thing was manufactured by Pomeroy, we
have no doubt that many Of the readers Of
that delectable sheet, swallowed it all as
gospel The following letter from General
Butler nails the lie:
TO the Editor Of THE n. J.. Tribune.
SIR May | ask you to stamp forgery p
An announcement is going the rounds ofthc
papers that have brought suit against
one Pomeroy, of The La Crosse Wis. Dem.
ocrot for libel. That action, so contrary to
my determined silence as TO newspaper
ISLANDERS, needed confirmation, so The Dem,
ocrat publishes "A letter purportng to be
signed by me, offering to withdraw the suit,
to which he makes Il grandiloquent and
abusive reply. Need say that | have
brought no such snt against him or any
other slandering scribbler?
The letter is a forgery to bolster lie.
Yours truly, Benz. +. BuTlER
Ncw York, Feb. 4, 1867.
If the Democrat has any regard for hon
csty or truth it would undccieve its readers
by publishing the above letter next week.
But will it do so? Meier time. You can
bet high on that.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

ApPoTNrMENrs.-On Tuesday night last,
Gov. Swami sent the anxiously looked for
by the Coppcrhcads-appointmcnts to the
Senate. Quite a stir was made by those ap
pointments of the Governor among the
| Democracy, some of whom swore roundly
| that they would "smash ~ several Of them
in the Senate.
The prevailing opinion among that class
of politicians is, that Mr.. Swami, having re-
ceived his coveted election to the United
States Senate, should have resigned his po-
sition as Governor and allowed his success
ser, who will be responsible for the acts of
the appointees, to make the nominations.
We don't know how our Cecil Conscrva
tives will relish their share Of the spoils.--
They certainly lied equal to any other add
mirers of the great Swami in the State, and
spilled as much of John Barleycorn's blood
on Cecil soil for his sake, and the only ap-
pointment credited to this county is Inspector
General Of Grain. Mr.. b. f. May, the pres
ent Inspector, is rcappointed and accredited
to this county where he has not claimed u
residence for several years. Mr.. May is q
very excellent Inspector OF Grain, but he
should have been accredited to Baltimore
city, and left our Conservatives standing out
in the cold without the pretense of rag to
cover them. L.ack-a-day! that Swami is a
mighty "unsartin whiteman." We pity
some of our Conservative" friends who
had their eyes filled with big Offices, but we
have no tears to shed with them in their
very great affliction.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

Sign lT.-A memorial is being circulated
among the citizens of the State, for sigma
tars, which sets forth 10 the United States
Senate some of the frauds by which Thomas
Swami received his election as U. S. Senate
from Maryland, and praying the Senate to
investigate the circumstances of his election.
We trust the Union men Of this county will
place their names to this petition, and thus
aid to set on foot an investigation that will
bring to light the unparalleled corruption by
which that reckless demagogue practiced to
secure his election
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

CONCENTRATED LITTLENEss. "--Under
this caption The Democrat makes one of
those harmless assaults on Mr.. Creswell,
which has rendered it the laughing stock of
the county. After series of we weres,"
"we recognizes" we expected" etc., like
increases to a small resolution, it discloscs
the astonishing news to its gaping Copper
head congregation, that this incarnate Rad
ical s-Creswell, had abolished the First
Collection District Of Maryland. OF course
the Coppcrheads were all delighted at this
news, naturally concluding that this "abol
ishmcnt carried with it thcer excise taxes.
But how any wag should have thought of
getting of such a joke on our gullable neigh.
Dor, is the wonder. 1t matters not how ri.
diculous fiction may be, if there is any
prospect of saying something "bad about
Mr. Creswell, The Democrat snaps it like a
hungry gudgeon.
Perhaps it was the port of Berlin, little
port of entry somewhere down the Shore,
where the wings Of commerce seldom or
never whiten its waters, that The Democrat
has heard was abolished at the instance of
Mr.. c., and its magnifying optics have ex.
banded it into the whole Eastern Shore, con.
founding the internal revenue with that of
foreign commerce. COMPOUNDED Blundcring
would have been more appropriate title for
The Democrats article.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

TIE Boon BlLL.-We printed in last week s
Wing communication in opposition to this
great improvement to this and Hartford
counties, and this week we have a communi-
cation from the other side. The chief rea-
son alleged by the writer last week against
Bill, was the special privilege it granted to
the company to condemn and take the land
along the river shores for the use Of the
company. If the bill, as at present drawn,
operates in any manner to the disadvantage
Of such individuals, let it be so amended as
to allow the company no such undue advan
tage; but that any citizen of this, Or Hartford
county, should oppose an enterprise of such
manifest advantage to this section of the
State, is surprising to say the least of it,
We commend the letter Of sport Deposit"
on the subject to our readers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
PORT DEPOSIT ITEMS,
Exported FOR THE CECIL WIG.
PoRT DEposIT, Feb. I. 1856


Last week the only object was the
pigeon match. The shooting was on the
ice, and resulted in favor of the Elkton
marksmen. IA return match took place in
Elkton yesterday but we did not know the
result on going to press.
The cold and snow has disappeared dur
ing the thaw, which commenced last Thurs
day.
Our late townsman, j. b. Preston, who
has Stafford Mills, on Deer Creek, was badly
damaged in property by a freshet in the
creek, which, in addition TO other injury
carried away the bridge across the creek. =
The Octoraro was Overlooking and the river
road from Rowlandsville here was closed TO
travellers for short time. We had a thun-
der gust on the evening Of the 2nd, where.
upon the weather. wise disagreed; some pre-
dlcted cold weather; others warm others
moderate February-but Il bowling March
and shricking April. doctors differ.
Mr.. Thomas, of Philadelphia, preached
in the NJ. T.. church, last Sunday, and raised
IL collection for the Tract Society," 1t was
the largest ever raised here for that purpose,
$500.
The colored Mothodists opened sub
scription, last Sunday, to purchase pa.-
sonage, and raised $3.50, which is about half
the amount required. They propose getting
the house adjoining their church, from Mr..
j. Orr, for $3.50.
Mr.. David Way, ex-P.M, has been APP
pointed Agent for the Branch Railroad.-
Tickets are sold for all stations between the
cities. The Company have secured good
man for the post, and one who will look
after their interests.
Several distinguished gentlemen attend
ed the funeral Of Hon. ii. S. Magraw, on
Tuesday last, among whom were Secretary
Stanton, Gov. Curtin, Messrs. Dawson and
Roberts.
Tuesday night, the Odd Fellows had
supper at Mr.. Buckeyes hotel Members of
the Order were here from Havre dc Grace
and Baltimore. Some of the officers of their
Grand Lodge participated l2O partook of
the feast.
The same evening, Prof. Ascberfeld had
musical entertainment at the Town Hail
Owing to the protracted meeting at the NJ.
E: church and the supper, very few attend
ed. Last night no gave another, which was
more fully attended. If the Professor had
waited until the meeting had closed, say the
middle of February, he would have had D,
Eany as the Hall would contain,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
CECIL COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL,
ELKTON, MARYLAND.
REV. WALTER S. DRYsDALE, AM, Principal.


THIS Institution has been recognized to
i afford the citizens of Cecil county an opportunity
of securing superior education for their sons and
daughters. The capaciouS building has been re-
painted, and the School-room retitted; and every
facility il is believed is now possessed for cumlnl-
nicating thorough instruction in al the branches
adapted to prepare pupils for Business, for Teach
ing, or for the Glasses Of College
The arrangements OF the Centred High School are
,ch that the advantages the hes, Acahcrmics may
here be secured at an almost nominal cost. Board
ing can he obtained in the town al rcasouabl" rate,
rhe Scholastic year is divided into -Four Quarters Of
eleven weeks each.
The Tution-Fec for the first lowest class is
Three Dollars per quarter: for the second class.
-Four Dollars and for the third class, Five Dollars.
An additional charge per quarter will pc made for
s'rench and also for Drawing and Painting Glass
books, (eXcepting for Optional sturieS,t Stationery
and Fuel are supplied by the Board, a moderate
charge per quarter. Until otherwise ordered. Pupils
from other Counties will be admitted upon the
terms az the children of Cecil county. Ih" Board Of
school Commissioners have reserved III" right to
Introduce into the High school, free of charge, a
number of pupils from the Public Schools of the
county, whose attachments in their studies justify
ruch advancement and who shall be recommended
~ the Commissioners of the Districts in which the
schools they attend are located.
The regular Holidays appointed by the Board are:
Washington Birth Day. Easter Monday, Fourth of
auly, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Wsck
BOARD OF VISITORS flames r. Mccullough,
Esq., Hiram Mccullough Esd, Il. u. lamar, E-q,
DR.. Joseph Wallace, Rev. James McIutrc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Ss,DscriDtiOn Bills.

We have placed a number of those bills in the
hands of our collector, Mr.. James Denny some of
them dating tw" years back and others for n longer
time. Mr. Denny will ctIl upon those persons whose
accounts he has in few days, and We hope they will
promptly pay the same, are in need nf the
money. We place subscription and other bills in u
regular collectors hands or JIrirntc agent and
not public officer. and solely because we have
not time to wait upon subscribers and advertising
patrons in person. We hope thcy will all clearly
understand this. We would greatly prefer to call
upon them in person, i; in our power to do
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

PUBLIC SCuooLs.-The Commissioners Of
Public Schools Of this county were in SEES
sion this week, at EEton. The principal
business transacted was passing accounts.
The amount of tuition bills paid to teach
ers was So, 100. 81, and the amount for re.
pairs of school houses, etc., $39S.00. A
petition for the building Of a new school
house at Carpenters Point Neck was laid
over for future action. A new brick school
house has been finished at Rising Sun, for
which the citizens of the neighborhood did
the hauling, and contributed $500 in funds
toward its erection. The school room is to
he fitted up with Soper's Patent Desks, for
which the citizens contribute one half the
cost. A new school house is to be com.
menced between Porryvilo and Gurleytown,
in the spring, for which the Board have
already appropriated 81, 500.
The county is divided into five School Dis,
trcts; the LIST and End Election Districts
composing the 1st School District; the 3rd
and 4th Election Districts, the I'd; the 9TH
Election District, the Sd ; the 9Th and 9th
Election Districts, the 4th and the eth and
Sth Election District the 9TH School District.
pIptt
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Removal Of the Naval Academy.

The following resolution was adopted in the
House Of Representatives on Monday
''ReJolced, That the Committee on Naval
Affairs be instructed to inquire into the
propriety Of an immediate removal of the
United States Naval Academy from its
present location in the State of Maryland to
some point in a loyal State where the pupils
of the institution will be secure against the
surrounding of pestilentand social influences
hostile to the National Government. which
now predominates at Annapolis, and report
by bill or otherwise.
We trust the Committee will report favor
ably upon it, and that the Academy may be
removed without delay. 1t is shameful that
u loyal people should maintain an institution
for the education of her seamea, in such a
miserable hot bed OF treason as Annapolis.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
legislation a la Copperhcad.

Our Copperhead Conservatives have
performed something akin to the great feat
of the French King, who with forty thous-
and men marched up the hill and then
marched down again, They set to work to
abolish the city government of Baltimore,
and hold an election for Mayor and Councils
on the 9Th inst, last Tuesday. The genuine
Democracy who were for secession to a man
in 81, concluding after paying Governor
Swami for his services that they could stand
alone, nominated men of their own faith
for city officers, giving Swann's men, the
ed row in the camp, and the Radicals
standing together, threatened to contest the
legality of their revolutionary legislation be-
fore the Courts, and appeal to the National
Congress for justice. Things began to leok
decidedly ugly to the Copperhead party at
this stage Of affairs. Mr.. Kimmel, of BAL
timorc city, obtained leave to introduce a
bill on Friday, Feb. LIST, to ''rcpeal the bill
passed a few days since, changing the time
for holding an election in the city Of Balti,
more for Mayor and City Council
The rules were suspended, and the bill
was read a second and third time, and finally
passed in hot haste. Mr.. Tome voted against
it, alleging that he was opposed to such bur
lcsquc legislation.
The american remarks;
1.-The reason given by Mr.. Kimmcl fol
introducing the bill, that it was calculated
to produce q conflict between the State and
the General Government, is mere false
pretence the real reason is undoubtedly the
fear that it would injure the prospects of Mr.
Swami for obtaining his seat in the Senate
and that his particular friends in the Legis
lature would refuse to give their votes to pass
the Convention bill unless the law was re
pealed. This with latent fear that the
bill, as passed, was imperfect and illegal
are the real reasons for the repeal
The bill went to the House, which con
tlnued in session on Saturday, for the pur
pose of putting it through, but the Radicals
refused their sanction to such hasty legis
ation," and Notwithstanding the splitter o
its parents to effect their pet scheme Of hast
cning Baltimore city int rebel hands, thu
bill went over till Monday, when the law
conceived in iniquity, on the 10th OF Jauu
airy, was swept from the statute book of TIL
State.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
COURSE OF STUDY.

FIRST Enytish-Orhograph Reading
penmanship, Geography, English Grammar, Dicta-
zion History of the United States. Essays De"lana-
zion JaiheniaiicS-A Arithmetic, Mental Arithmetic
LyrssicS-Iatin Grammar, Greek Grammar,
SECOND CLASS. EpHSh-rcumuiship Reading
English Grammar, Geography, Universal History
Book eepng, Rhetoric, Essays, Defamation
Observation-Disclosures, Mental Arithmetic, Algc-
bra CioSsicS-.atn Reader, Historic Sa"rH. Caesar
Natural iscienee-Physology Physical Geography,
Natural Philosophy
THIRD EaJiish-liiStory of England
Rhetoric, PenmanshIp, Constitution of the United
States. MathGaidticS-.iigcbya Geometry, Irigo-
Ao,netry. Natural Scicnce-Natugal Philosophy,
Astronomy Chemistry. CIosSicS-SaIiust, Virgil or
ovid, Latin Tutor, Greek Reader Gi,rca Minora,
Xenophon's AHabasis
FLA. ELLIS. President
Board Of Commissioners Public Schools
NM. TORBERT, Secretary Sept -, lS6G-ti
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

Rss" The Democrat is upaLle.to see the
difference between political and social equal
ity, or between NEGRO suffrage" and the
'embrace of negro equality" 1t has a
pencham for " embracing" the truth very
rarely. ti2 not surprising that the Copper
head family are so befogged and frightened
about ~"negro equality" having such a
schoolmaster as The Democrat. We wonder
if the editor considers that all the white.
skinned people, who vote with him, are on
social equality with him. Does he keep
up social intercourse with al "classes?"
Exchange visits, make boon companions of,
treat and drink with all alike? Before an
election the party managers may do good
bit of drinking and treating among call
sorts Of white people, and if the negro
could vote they would embrace " and
" treat" him just as well, we admit, but we
rather think the social intercourse would
stop when the polls were counted, as it does
now between the " classes"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Corrected Friday, Fe's. !, 1867,
ELkTON MARKET
4florric0.

ROBINSON BOWMAN.-In St. Georges
Del, on Thursday, the 31st of January,
by Rev. D. H. Emerson, JOHN 7. RoBlN-
son, of Elkton, to SARAH REBEccA Bow
MAN, ofSt. Georges.
-.MURDOCK.- the 31st of
January, at the residence of the bride S
father, at Weymouth Works N. D., WILL
LIAM j. CLARK, Of North East, and HELEN
MURDOCH.
MAHAN-SIMONTON.-On Feb 9TH at
Whitehall Farm, by Rev. Wilmer Coilman,
JAMES II. MAHAN and EMMA NJ. SIMoNToN,
both of this county.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

ELEcTIoS.-It will be seen, by reference
to advertising columns, that an Election
has been called to take place on the 81 inst.
in this county, for delegate to the General
Assembly, to fill the vacancy created by the
death of Mr.. Magraw. By the time a new
member can take his seat the term will
have pretty nearly expired
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09
Deafness, Blindness and Catarrh.

T ISAACS, NJ. D., Oculist and Aurist,
81. Professor Of the Eye and Ear, formerly
of Lcydcn, Holland, located at No. SO Pine
street, Philadelphia, where persons afflicted
with diseases of the EYE, EAR or CArARRn
will be scientifically treated md cured, if
durable. The Medical faculty is invited, as
he has no secrets in his mode of treatment.
ry-Artifcial Eyes inserted without PAIN
No charges made for examinations.
Jan 81, lS66-1y
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

We notice among the resources of the
National Bank Of Elkton, as published by
the Cashier, are S37, 1893. 90 of notes Of Farm
ers and Merchants Bank of Cecil. We would
like to find out where these notes are re.
daama1
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-02-09

EXAMINATIoN.-The examination of the
Elkon High School, under the charge OF
the Rev. W. S. Drysdale, will come off on
Tuesday next. A general invitation is ex.
tended to the public, but the parents of the
pupils are particularly invited.