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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-07-04
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Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1867-07-04
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Mlisffllantons.
Milk Cows for Sale.

IA 81 INTEND TO QUIT FARMING;f I viii
IN sell my superior stock OF Milk Cows, some
with young calves and SOME sprinaers.
Also, - head of Young Cattle, good Work
Horses, buggy and Harness, Spring Wagon
and Harness, good Ok Cart, OK Wagon, and
Hay Ladders. CALEB BRACKEN.
api-amf Near j. Maulcis Store. on Plank Road!
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
WATsoN's ISLAND, May 80, g..
ARREST. time last Ontohnr III

ARIEsT.-Some time last October the
premises Of n duckins shore on Elk river,
Cecil county, were invaded. and property
valued at $500, consisting Of guns, clothing,
material, &c, was stolen. On Saturday
officers Bowling and Smith arrested q man
named John Galena, alias John Lewis. on
the charge OF being connected with the rob
berry. Justice League committed him to
Jail to await the call of the Cecil county
authorties.-Baito. Sun Of Monday.
The robbery referred to above was that OF
the Club House, or Otter Point Fish House,
situated about two miles below Ekton, on
Elk River, which created considerable com
ment at the time of its occurrence. John
Galena, alias John Lewis, was captain ofthc
sloop Mark Vital, On board Of which the
stolen property was atterward recovered -
Lewis, her captain, who turns out to be the
thief, made his escape at the time, but was
arrested on Saturday last, as above stated
The prisoner was brought to Elkton by
Sheriff Janney, on Thursday last, and had
hearing before Justice Brown.
Capt. Alfred Coz2ens and Mr.. Adam Mat
singer testified to having seen the property
on board Lewis boat, in Chester river.
where Lewis, whom they identified as the
prisoner, was Offering it for sale. Justice
Brown committed him to Jail to await his
trial at next term Of Court.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

FMLrREo SYMpATHlzEHs Frazer, Tren
no I'm x Co., of Liverpool, have failed
This firm was the mainstay of the rebellion.
and did a big business in blockade. running
and other methods of sustaining the cause
Of the Southern traitors. The house has
no doubt been overwhelmed by its connec.
ton with the Rebel Government, which
must lave been largely in the debt of its
members. They managed to stave off the
disaster for two years, bat at length they go
like their patrons, to destruction. There is
probably no firm in England the failure of
which will casSe more remark IN the United
States, and none whose misfortune is emit.
tied to less sympathy. The Rebel cotton
bondholders in England, who had some
hopes OF getting possession of the assets, or
supposed assets of tins house, in recompense
for their risks, will not be much elated by
this disaster They now have no indorsers
Of the Conlederacy to look to, unless it is
the United States Government; and, although
they may obtain opinions Of Queens coun.
sci by the score, they have no more chance
Of getting their money from the United
States Government than they have Of getting
1t from ''the Coutederacy, and the latter
they have probably discovered, by this time,
is hopelessly defunct.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
---- es

HE TYRANNY OF SlCKIES. Sick.
les has perpetrated what will be declared n
gross wrong in his district, by interfering in
the manufacture of whisky. Nothing could
be done so much calculated to convince the
South of the tyranny olmilitary government.
as this Acknowledgement with one of ''the
necessities OF life To make the Charles.
ton iiremen salute the American flag, was
terrible atrocity, which affected only the
gallant boys who We're thus Inundated {:
but an interference with whisky touches the
comfort Of every man in North and South
Carolina, and is grievance which will be
loudly deplored. And yet General Sickes
gives plausible reasons for this action. He
declares that bread is Of more Importance
to the human system than alcohol, and that
when people are starving for want Of solid
SuStenance, it is a crime TO waste their grain
by distllation, and thus send many a poor
child suppcrless to bed. In addition, he is
of the opinion that Carolina whisky pays
but little tax; that it not only cheats the
nationa! revenue. but inures suffering
people BY the conversion of the grain INTO a
nid. which Injuries those who use it, and
produces misery, restitution aud crime in
the community. These reasons will have
their weight outside Of the Second Military
District, and will be approved of by every
one who believes that it is not only the duty
OF government to protect the interests Of
citizens, but to enforce them, when no other
course can be found satisfactory.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
A COpperllead Teacher.

Every one has heard of, or seen the New
York Day Book, rebel print which was
flooded over the country during the rebel
lion, at,the cheap rate Of Sl.oO year, and
found in the house Of almost every Conner.
head in the rural districts. The following
is an extract from it of recent date:
when Robert L. Lee surrendered his army 10 Grant,
IN Virginia the sun Of liberty down in n sea OF
blood tn rise ns more this Continent dnring YOUR
life on mine Noble old Virginia. the mother ~ Pres.
ilenis the nut of heroes and statesmen she ed
the iyTan TIL she could resist and fell stricken
win wounds, bleeding ut every pore, hut covered with
immortality. In her fall behold the triumph of ,lsspo-
tisn aud the shaun ol Democracy. Every Democrat
should have enlisted under General Lee and fought a
common enemy: had they done So the Abolition
mon ter would have been dethluned and our country
saved
With such teaching, is it any wonder that
the rural Democracy, the men who will tell
you--as If it was browning virtue, that
they never voted any other but a " Dimocrat
ticket and that no true Dimocrat will
split his ticket Is it to be wondered we
say that the rural Democracy display such
prodlgious ignorance Of Republican Govern.
ment, under such teachers as the above.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
CONDITION OF The TREAsURY.-Th Treas

CONDITION OF The TREAsURY.-T Treas.
ury of the State has not yet recovered from
the effects Of the raid made upon it by the
Democratic and Conservative Legislature of
last winter. Colonel Leonard, the Conn.
troller OF the Treasury, has addressed cir.
cular to the collectors Of taxes in the sew
eral counties, in which he says that the duty
devoves on him ito notify all persons in.
debted to the State to make payment with
out delay, otherwise all claims now due will
be PUTIN suit lie also states that ''the
condition of the Treasury requires these
claims to be collected at as early day as
practicable. One hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars were appropriated for the ex.
penses of the body now assembled at An.
napolis
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

ATLANTIC MoNTHIY.-The June number
Of the atlantic Monthly contains the follow.
ing articles, to which we take leave to APP.
pend the authors names |. The Guardian
Angel. VI. By Oliver Wendell Holmes.
2 The City of St. Louis. By James Parton.
g. The Red School house. By Lucy Lar
com. 4. A Venetian Experience. by Miss
E. Fl. Appleton. 5. Negro Spirituals. By
I. W. Higginson. 6. Poor Richard. L.
By Henry James, Jr. I. G. l.. S.. By
John G. Whittier. 8. Golden Chains. By
Mrs. Jane G. Austin. 9. Shakespeare, the
Man and the Dramatist. By f. P. Whipple.
10. The Founders Of Montreal. By Francis
Parkman. II. Russian America. By J..
Fl. A. Bone. II. Among the Comedians.
By l.. Clarke Davis. 10. Reviews and Lit.
erary Notices. OF these the poem by Whit
tier, the notice of Shakespeare by Whpple,
the Founders of Montreal by f. Farkman,
Mr.. Bones article on Russian America
Supplying well timed information. J Parton S
spirited notice of the City of st. Louis, and
l.. c. Davis pleasant paper, gossip and
criticisms on various comic actors, deserve
to be particularly noticed.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
PORT DEPOSIT ITEMS.
REPORTED FOR THE CECIL WING.
PORT DEPosIT, May %, 1867.


Last week n couple of Italian boys appeared in
town and speedily collected crowd of young and
old listen to their performance harp and violin
Saturday afternoon, man cantered through
town blowing his own advertising trumpet for lee
ture at night. His subject was b'dchno, which he
sold until his stock was exhausted, practically ex,
employing its merits by polishing boots. Consider
ing the fact that ne practiSed the black ART lie eX
hbted degree of polish only met with among
shining lights, and never manifested by those who
follow 4 bOotess occupation.
An ardent equestrian in high spirits, while eN-
hihiting his horsemanship on the side walk, brought
on himself the iron hand of the Bnilifl who, after
some diminishing surrounded the enemy, conveyed
him before Justice Knight, who vindirated a town
ordinance by imposing q fine Of five dollars
On saturday, 10Th, there will be game of Base
Ball at Nottingham, between the club of that place
and the Granite Club. The ground of the latter has
been plowed and they have had practice lately.
The last game between these clubs was won by the
Granite.
by the close of this week the rails will he laid
10 the intended Depot, near the Public School. The
track now reaches the Baltimore steamers wharf.
The continued wet weather has brought mnr-
tuurs from the farmers. Those who planted corn
carly expect 10 have large amount Of rc-planting
to DO. The mutt PROSPECT has been damaged by the
crop oi 1868 for satisfying portion.
We understand that br, J. +. Register, Dentist,
of Hayre de Grace, is meeting with great success in
the administration of Nitrous Oxide or Laughing
Gas for the painless extraction of teeth. Numbers
tt2t have been operated on under it, influence are
delighted with H..
bishop Ames preached an excellent sermon to a
crowded house, last Sunday morning, from Galatians
", IL. At . Pm lac adircsss, the coored people Mt
Howard Chapel lie left Monday morning. While here
lac the guest Of Hon. J. Tome.
1t has been publicly announced that after service
next Sunday morning in the NJ l.. Church the made
members twenty-one years. will he requested to
decide by ballot, the location Of the church edce,
som" favor the present Suatien where the church is
projected by being ankcd by its property others
object TO demolishing the Old building, and propose
lots opposite the edee to be built with its side the
street. There are two other PROPOSITIONS to build on
the west side OF the streeone III, the other south
of the present site. A, the church will doubtless
| for the next half century. the parties in authority
i'll deciding upon location, style and
should consider the possible requirements and tastes OF
the generations TO succeed and he governed by lii.
sral, iar-sighted policy.
for the new Catholic Church here" St Zcreru will
| be held Sunday, 9th June prox. Vicar General
faley. Of Baltimore will oficiae. This nleiIrise has
been Helutisly lorwarded and the Luildn" add ina
feraily 10 the appearance of that part Of the town
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

The Atlantic cable of 1866 has just been
broken by an iceberg, and our only line Of
communication with the Old World at pres
ent is the cable Of 1865. The Company ex
poets to repair the damage without delay.
MANHOOD AND YOUTHFUL vIGoR are regained
by HELaBeLD's EXTRACT BucHu.
John II. Surratt, who played a very
subordinate part in the Jefferson Davis re.
bellon, it is announced, is to be tried on
the 9th of this month. Great is the law
and logic of the johnson Administration.
SHATTERED CONSTITUTIONS RESTORED by
IELMBoLD's EXTRACT BucHU.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

The GROWING CRoPs. unusual cold
wet weather Of May is likely to shorten the
grass and hay crop, that crop requiring warm
sunshine to produce an abundant yield
The wheat crop never looked finer, the cool,
wet weather of the present month being
favorable to the growth of that grain. Corn
and oats are very backward on account of
the cold, but may prove abundant crops if
June and July are favorable.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

EDITOR OF CGCIG. WIG: What is the
meaning Of the notice published in the
last number of The Wig under the title
Public Local Laws?n
1t is generally known that an act was
passed by the last session Of the legislature
to prevent stock from running at LARGE in tho
second district, but one would infer from
this that another had been passed for tho
| benefit Of the whole county. Is such actually
the case? Is that "rcic of barbarism. =
the old Geary Law, a thing of the past and
is every farmer now allowed by law 10 have
the exclusive use of that which grows nnou
his own SOFT and no longer compellcd. nt
the expense of some hundreds. or even
thousands Of dollars, to fence in. or rather
fence out, portion OF it, to make n pasture
lot for the cattle and hogs of his neighbors i?
This question is OF immense inheritance
to the land owners Of tbs county, and it is
proper that they should know the trnc state
of the case
There are some who think it hard that
poor man should not be allowed to let his
stock get their living along the public roads.
but they should remember that this land
belongs to the public no more than the adj
joining fields do; our public highraJs are
not public property. And, farther, il any
person owns stock, which his neghbors must
lind pasture for, it will he vastly easier Cor
those neighbors to support then, in their
fields than on the roads.
Will the Editor please tell the true state
OF the case, and oblige, if not the public,
ut least ONE IyTEREsrrp
- The Legislature did not pass a gen
eral law to prohibit stock from running at
large but they repealed sections 81. %. a3.
"a, 50, Of the fence law Of Cecil county.
which our correspondent terms the old Gcarv
law. These sections fixed the hight and
character Of the fences Of 'all grounds kept
for enclosures - or fields, and made the
owners Of all stock that broke them liable
for such damages as should be awarded by
two respectable landholders. They also
made the landholder whose fences were not
Of the hight and kind therein specified, and
who should kill or do any damage to stock
breaking into his fields, liable in such dam.
ages to the owner of the stock as should be
awarded in the same manner by any two re.
spectacle landholders. Judge Constable,
we believe, decided that the award of the
"two landholders Il in such cases was final.
and there was no appeal from it TO jury
Since the repeal of the sections above-men-
toned Of the fence law, any man whose
stock trespasses upon another's land is liza.
BILE for damages, and the man whose stock
is injured by the person trespassed upon, is
liable in the same way without any regard
to the hight, kind or quality of fence that
encloses the ground trespassed upon.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

The New York Times understands, on
what ought to be good authority, as coming
directly from Chief Justice Chase himself.
that he was not in any way party to the
release of Jefferson Davis on bail. He knew
nothing whatever of Judge Underwood's
intention, was not consulted by him on the
subject, but fully expected that the trial
would take place, and that he himself would
preside at it. Nor is he now aware of the
reasons which led to different result
Judge Underwood acted in the matter wholly
on his own responsibilities far at least as
any persons officially connected with the
Government were concerned,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

GoDEY.-The June number Of Godey's
Lady's Book completes the Seventy.fourth
Volume, and the thirty seventh year of its
publication. The author claims that the
Book has constantly been increasing in pop.
ularity during all that time, which is an evi.
dence of the excellence of the magazine
and the enterprise of Mr.. Cooley. 1t re.
quired no small degree Of taste and skill to
keep pace with the growing wants of the
American people through this long series of
years; and a vast amount of enterprise to
cater for that demand.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

MELANCHOLY CASE OF DRowyING.-It
becomes our painful duty to relate one of
the most sad and distressing instances of
drowning we have ever been called upon to
chronicle, the particulars of which, as we
learn them, are as follows:
On Saturday afternoon last, about 2
O'Clock, Reuben Emory, son of Capt. l.. G.
Ford, Elk Landing, aged four years, went
to his father and told him gentleman wished
to see him. The Captain proceeded to the
wharf, followed by little Reuben and a
younger sister. Having seen the gentleman
to whom we refer, the Captain returned to
his residence, leaving the children on the
wharf, supposing, of course, they would fol-
low in a few minutes. He had scarcely ar
rived there ere the little girl, but about two
years old, came running up crying, and told
the family that her little brother had gone
into the water and would not come out
The true state Of the case Immediately pre-
scented itself, and in as little time as it takes
to write it, they all repaired to the water to
seek for the missing one. In about ten
minutes they discovered, to their great hor.
ror, the lifeless form of the child, washed
mp on the shore, but few yards distant
from where he fell overheard. Not more
than fifteen minutes had elapsed from the
time he was at the house, in the midst of his
childish glee, till he was brought home a
corpse. .......-. .....
One of the most singular circumstances
connected with the case, is the fact that at
the time he was drowned the tide was run.
ming out strongly, and that the body was
not borne away by the resistless current.
1t seems as though the little one was per.
mitted to remain in his watery bed only
long enough to render life extinct, and then
was delivered to the sorrow stricken parents
To the bereaved family we, in common
with sympathetic public, tender our warm
est sympathies in this their ad affection,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

Tue FISHERIES Prom all the informa
ton we can obtain, the present fishing sea-
son has been the most successful one in this
county for many years. All those engaged
in the business have caught great numbers
Of herring and shad On Wednesday last.
Mr.. Alexander Wilson, at Bulls Mountain.
caught more than he could find sale for or
otherwise dispose of: and consequently he
" cut out " on that day.
The time was, many years ago, when i'm.
mense quantities Of fish were taken in the
waters of Cecil; when in fact herring and
shad were the only products the county ex.
ported-with the exception of wood. The
people Of the adjoining counties of Pennsyl.
vania resorted hither in great numbers for
their fish. In the county, family was not
considered properly provisioned unless sew,
eral barrels of herrngs were "put up."-
Indeed, such large dimensions did this pro.
duct assume in the eyes of our predecessors
that they chose 3" the fish - as the yane for
the Court House steeple.
But for fifteen or twenty years past, few
of those engaged in the business have done
more than clear expenses. Therefore the
number of seincs has decreased, and the
people have had to look to other sources.
and in farming and the mechanical pursuits
large strides have been made in the last
dozen years or so.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

The PEACH CROP OF SAssAFRAs NEcK.-
We have been informed by q gentleman
residing in Sassafras Neck, the great peach
growing district Of this county, that the
peach crop of the present season would,
from present indications, be even less than
it was last year. The blossoms or young
peaches have been injured by the cold, and
drop off when they become shaped and the
blossom has left them. If this statement
proves generally true, the crop will, we fear,
be very light. which is source of regret
our peach growers in the lst District de-
pending in great measure on the peach
crop as principal source of income.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

Fix Governor Foote, OF Mississippi, has
published in the st. Louis Democrat the first
OF series Of articles on universal suffrage.
In this article, which is very long, he alludes
to the question of womans suffrage as
grave and interesting matter, and contends
that the influence of the gentler and purer
sex is wanting to keep our country exempt
from the horrors of foreign or domestic
war, and from various other evils Of an
alarming character.
TIE GLORY OF MAN is STRENGTH Therefore
the nervous and delitatcd should immediately use
HrLMGoLDs EXTRACT Bucnu.
AT Mobile, Col. Shepherd, with the APP.
proval of Gen. Swayne, commanding the
United States forces there, issued ain order
suspending the city police and admnistra.
ton, placing the government in the hands
of the military, in order to prevent the re.
currence of such outrages as took place
last week, on the occasion of the attack ON
Judge Kelley. The order also contains n
warning to the incendary and riot-incitng
newspapers Of the city.
HELMBOLD's FLUID EXTR ACT BUCHU is pleas.
ant in taste and odol free from all injurious properties
and immediate in its action.
When General Grant, the commanding
officer of the American Armies, visited Rich.
mond, last week, he was kept in Davis late
prison, at the Spottswood House. Com.
ment is unnecessary. The people have
made up their mind on the unbecoming farce
played in Underwood Varieties, -Press,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

Rev. E. B. BRuEN, Of Philadelphia, will
preach in the Presbyterian Church of this
town, to morrow, the Goth inst, at l04 Am.
and 4 Pm. Also each evening during next
week. The public are cordially invited to
attend,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25

Ice COMPANY MEETIyG.-Their will be q
meeting Of the Elkton Ice Company to night
at s O clock, at the County Commissioners
office. Business of Importance will be be-
fore the Board, and all the members are re.
uuested to attend
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
FARMERS HOTEL
EIkI0N MID.

THE subscriber having taken the above well known
| and popular house, formerly OCcur.cd by ". Falls.
respectfully announces TO TEAN ELERS and thc
PUBLIC, thnt he is prepared TO accommodate them
in the beat manner.
The TABLE viii always he supplied with every
delcacy Of the season.
The CHOICEST BRANDS OF LIQUORS may be
had At the Bar.
The STABLES are commoious and convenient.
ana kept 10y JosGrn ILMrulLL the best hurs1man in
the county. r. - p
RsHEvery attention viii he paid to the confogt ana
convenience of Guests JAMES B PRICE.
Elkton, Mar 30 lS61--tf
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1867-05-25
The Gathering at Annapolis.

Tile gathering at Annapolis transacted no business
Of Importance yesterday. Notwithstanding all their
protested anxiety to get through with the work En
which they assembled, they manifest strong desire to
hold on to their positions ami per diem
This is a very fair criticism on the so.
called Copperhcad Convention. A Bill OF
Rights was reported last week by the com.
mittce having that branch Of the proposed
new Constitution in charge, in which it is
declared that colorcd witnesses shall be adj.
mittcd TO testify in all legal cases wherein
whites are competent. This advanced step,
although behind the age, met with deter.
mined opposition, and was adopted by a
small majority Of the committee. 1t is an
evidence, however, that so strong is the
pressure of public opinion in the direction
of equal rights, that even the dry bones of
the old Calhoun party Of Maryland are made
to perceptibly stir in their last resting place.