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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-10-10
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A few of the many Recommendations:
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THE FALL CAMPAIGN R5,r, s; sss:

Yorker, the Leaning and Largest-C Circulating RURAL,
LITERARY and FAMILY NEwEr,rER. begins Quarter
Oct 3 and hence Nor the Time to Sabscribe! Eight
dozen distinct departments, each ably conducted,
the Best Talent being employed. Election will soon
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OLD NEWSPAPERS for sale at The Wing
Office for 80 cts. hundred.
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LEGAL BLANks.-A full supply Of Mngis-
trates' Blanks, Attachment and Trustees Bonds
always kept on hand at The Hhig Office
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A FARM FOR SALE,
Private Sale Of Hotel Property,

The undersigned offers at Private Sale
the Real and Personal Estate of the late -
Roht. Smith. situated in PORT DEPOSIT, f.nfS
Cecil county, Maryland, and known as the sssbA
Farmers and Commercial Hotel. ssSskSA
This Hotel has been long and fivorahly-a.sSS
known to the travelling community, and Is receiving
large share Of public patronage. The House is
large and connections, with good Stah!ins,, Ice
house. and all the aprurtenances attached for first
class Hotel
Persons DESTROYS of purchasing will please call on
the subscriber, on the premises, who will show the
same. MARY C. SMITH.
Port Deposit Aug % lS6S-tf
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DORCHESTER COUNTY.

There will be grand Republican Mass
Meeting in Cambridge on Wednesday, Oct
14th. Eminent speakers are announced.
Mr.. James r. Wheatey, one of the
Trustees of the Poor, for District No. l, has
resigned his position, and the County Com
missioners appointed Mr.. J. J. NJ. Gordy
in his stead, Mr.. Samuel Griffin has also re.
signed his position as Registrar, and Mr.. T..
i II: Handy: formerly of the Rebel army has
Little Otis, son of Mr.. Joseph X. Bran
bic, while playing on some timber logs,
lying at the Jail wharf, Cambridge, on Sun
day, Sept. 9th, had one of them to fall on
him, burying him in the mud, and injuring
him seriously.
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THE ORIGINAL
one DOLLAR BROKER STORE
Established in 1868.
@ N e . @ L L AR
FOR EACH ARTICLE.

Our Sales for the last t,relrc months hare
been about one million dollars.
sS-oar business has been decided lu tie Courts of
this State and by the United States npth'eS not to
be a Letery ora Gift Enterprise bit regular lsgiti-
mate business.
Terms of sale for Club of IS, selection of one of
the following artcles:-2o yds. Brown or Bleached
sheeting, superior quality Popin or Alpaca Dress
pattern. Wool Square Shawl; "a yards Doeskin.
eaf ses 'o White ss 9" sssr p sSh
Chased Castor with bottles A Morocco Photograph
plated Cake Basket. &c yards Brown Bleached
Sheetng, common quality Also printed notices of
GO articles for sale at 81 for each article comprising
n variety of articles usually sold at retail prices
from $50 to q for each article
Dor club Of 40. n selection of one of the follow
ing artices:-i0 yards Brown or Blcached Sheeting,
Long Shawl. Brocha Long Shawl. yards Black
German Broad Cloth. Common Sense Sewing Ma
chine price ss-tthe s machines hi will hem stitch,
a most superior manner) Gents or Ladies' Silver
Hunting Case Watch, new. q Yards Hemp Carpet
ing. 3 yards Beaver Cloth. SO yards good Doeskin.
Silver plated Ice Pitcher. yards Wool Cloth dou.
width pair superior Blankets. - yards Brown
printed notices of articles for sale at 81 each com
rrising a variety of articles usually sold at retail
from S15O to $40 for each article.
NJ u We hereby inform the public that we
~. -. not connected with any of the Gift
Enterprise One Dollar Concerns in this city. All
concerns offering Git, Premium, any article
free Of cost to Agents. to any one, in direct
violation of the laws against Lottery. We have in
formation from reliable authority, that all Gift
Concerns in this city will be closed up by the
State Police.
ts-FOR ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS SEND
FOR OUR CIRCULAR.
t1-Semd a Draft, Postal Money Order, or
Registered Letter.
Be sure and direct your letters to
ANDREWS & CO.,
100 SUDBURY ST,
BOSTON, MASS.
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1acal Gstnte.
FOR SALE,

A NEW DOUBLE FRAME DWELLING HOUSE,
with every convenience; very desirable property:
situated on Church street, in the town of Elkton.
For further intor nation, amply to
WM. McCLELLAND,
Aug Is lS6S-r Elkton.
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NoTEs-From reports and letters received:
l. Your Axe is bound to be THE AXE.
II. 1t will cut - per cent. better.
Ill My brother lost one arm in the war, but with
your Axe he can cut as well as any one else can.
~. If could not get another, twenty-five $50
dollars would not bIy it.
" 1t will cut hoop-poles better than any other Axe
VI. would not be without it for anything.
: For sale by all responsible dealers. and the makers,
LlPPINCoTT & BAKEWE ELL,
PITTSBURGH, PA. Sole owners of the Patents.
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Nem advertisements.
GREAT DISTRIBUTION
BY THE
METROPOLITAN
GIFT COMP NYi

Photograph Albums and large assortment of fine
Gold Jewelry, in all valued at $1,000, 0oo
Il Chance to Drdic any Of the Gborc Prices
by purchasing n Sealed Ticket for IS cts. Tickets
describing each P-ize seated in Envelopes and
thoroughly mixed. On receipt of - cts. a Sealed
Ticket will he drawn without choice and delivered at
our office sent by mail to any address The prize
named upon it will be delivered to the ticket holder
on payment of ono dollar. FRIES will be imme-
return mail.
You will know what your Prize is before you pay
for it, Any Prize may be exchanged for another Of tie
same rniuc NO BLANKS.
AS-Our patrons can depend on fair dealing.
RefcrcHces.-We select the few following names
from the many who have lately drawn Valuable
Prizes and kindly permitted us to publish them:
Monroe Chicago. ILL.,. Piano. valued at $3.50; Robert
Jackson, Dubuque. Iowa, Gold Watch $3.50; Philip
McCarthp. Louisville, KY. Diamond Cluster Ring,
s6N; r. A. Patterson New Bedford Mass, Silver Tea
Set Sl75; Miss Emma Walworth, Milwaukee, Wis,
Piano $500; Rey. 7. W. Pitt, Cleveland. Ohio. Melo
deon, Si25-
TIVE publish no names without permission.
Opinions of the Press They doing the larg-
est business; the firm is reliable and deserve their
success."-Weekly Tribune. Feb. s, lsGS.
I'VE have examined their system, and know them
to be fair dealing firm ~ T. Herald, Feb 2s 1858.
LAST week o friend OF ours drew $500 prize which
promptly received Daily NNes, Mr. ,. 1865.
Send for circular giving many more references
and favorable notices from the press Liberal in
ducem"nts to Agents Satisfaction guaranteed
Every package Of Sealed Envelopes contains ONE
GIFT. Six Tickets for 81; Is for 81 IS for IS;
All letter. should he addressed to
HlRPER, WILSON & CO.,
f73 Broadway N Y
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GRANT AND COLFAN.
BOOK AGENTS WANTED FOR HOWLAND'S
G II A N II.
ONE Large Octaro Iolumc Fineiy WustratM.
One Agent has sold 80 Copies in S Days.
One Agent has sold 60 Copies in 3 ! avs.
One Agent Ga lady) has sold 40 Copies in 2 Days.
We employ no General Agents and offer Grtrd in
ducemcnts to canvassers. Send for circular and
learn terms to agents before engaging elsewhere
j. B. BURR & CO, Publishers, Hartford, Conn.
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AGENTS WANTED FOR THE
OFFICIAL HISTORY Of The WAR

BY HON. ALEXANDER Ii. STEPHENS.
Its ready sale, combined with an increased commits
sion make it ths best subscription book ever pub
hshcd. One agent in Ea>ton Pa, reports ~ sub
scrihers in three days. Another i'll ioston LOB sub
scrihcrs in four days.
Send for circulars and terms, and full
descrp ion of the work. Address NATIONAL PUB
LISIII ING CO Pliladcphia Pa
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QUEEN ANNE's COUNTY.

The steamers now run daily between
Crumpton and Baliimore-lcavisg the lat.
ter place a; and Crumpton at 81 A. NJ
Compliant is made of the miserable
condition Of many Of the bridges and roads
in Queen Annes. They endanger both life
and limbs of man and beast.
The school house at Crumpton is being
repaired, and school will soon be opened
therein.
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KENT COUNTY.

The parishioners of ST. Pauls Parish
have completed their new parsonage ard it
is now ready for the reception of their Pas
tor, the Rev. Robert Wilson.
Mr.. S. S. Usiton has sold his dwelling
house and blacksmith shop, at the upper
end of High street, Chestsrtown, to Mr. G.
W. Parks of Belair, for the sum of 81, $50.
"A substantial bridge for the first time,
has just been completed over Radcliffe
Creek.
The Kent railroad has come to dead
lock, the contractors having suspended work
from one end of it to the other, and dis
charged their hands. The ostensible cause
assigned is, that the company have not COM
piled with their contract.
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NOTICE..
Notice to Creditors.

This is to give notice, that the subscribers, of
Cecil county have obtained from the Orphans Court
of said county, letters Tctamcntary on the personal
| eSfo of
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The GREcIAN BEND,
76Nn YEAR TO AGENTS to sell tn
fnL NhMfiic Scicinu LncLiues

kVA~~~ STAR MHfffc ScfrtRU 4EucHtHfS.
Fail particulars free. Extra inducements to cxprr-
ience.l Agents. Call on or address W. q. WlLSoN&
CO., Cleveland o.; Boston, Mass, s.. Louis, Mo-
The south-western. [volume] (Shreveport, La.) 1852-1870, 1868-05-27

Tue BART ALE AND LAropKGaE.-These two fine
packets, under the management of their enerprsing
and skillful masters exciting little public inter
est. 1t is not confined here any discussion now Of
their relative epeed but the fact that the round trip
be safely H:ade in the week is leading speculation
''os:he most feasible plan for establishing line of
weekly packets between this city and the pdrtto New
Orleans In this natteT, the shippers Of both sites
are directly and pecunary interested, and hope
soon to hear Of movement their part to carry it
OFT The only drawback we heye heafq suggested is,
want OF capital bnt, IN opr fiew, this is 40 obsta
Gle whatever. We have boats sufficient already on
the river and when these too slow too large,
otherwise Objectionable they could be exchanged for
such steamers would answer the purpose. To US,
it seems the great drawback is want of concert. Let
the movement be begun in the right spirit and it CAN
not fail Of success
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New York He drew ten thousand here in thousand
dollar bins Shook de1ies asng deposited this money
TO Wooey's credit. WooleS drew hsefhousahe ihs 1
Cincinnati Wooey refuses to swear wha. Ne ais
with this money. Nothing yet TRANSFERRED connecting
Senators with the s4eaey. asA@ aenounees all the
parties connected with the affair." so ar Is goe gam
blers and sslisky men are concerned. Ihe amount
mentioned by Adams as necessary to secure the Ieur
votes was thirty thousand TIE evident dis
nns:.,on Of the House is TO compel uoey to account
for his money. Among the dispatches is one from
Wooley describing a meeting between Judge Chase
and certain Republican Senator's locking to new
party organisation Several dispatches regarding the
gold market were produced Baker, Radical, OF
Illinois, denounced in bitter terms the whole proceed
ing. and blamed the House for permitting it to go on
without allowing the Democratic party TO be repre-
scented in the Investigation. s.-~ "a. ..E.
NEw ORLEANS, May 26.-fhe grand jury waited
unon Gen. Buchanan in abody Yesterday, accompanied
nv attorney and District Attorney, and msde CON-
paiut that the Chief of Police avowed himself IN the
possession of knowledge of the whereabouts. within
the State of a noted burglar named Watson, who he
agreed 10 arrest if compensated refusing to give the
necessary information to The sheriff to enable MN 10
make the arrest. Watson has forfeited BOND Inc
charge supported BY adavts OF the sheriff ana depu
tee The grand jury sta.estliat the oehse rs h'
cred bv any law of the State, and ask action OF t1e
Commanding General, who replied he would lh'estl
gate and take the necessary steps in the matter.
WASHINGTON, May 26.-0n the I'd aud sd articles
the vote stands follows Guilty, S5-not guilty. H.
Court then adjourned sine dSs. r-
NEW YORK, May 26-aayor HOFFMAN mas recelv C
ANTICIPATED distress Demand for labor don't equat the
supply The mayor will receive contributions
WAsH1NaroS, May 26.-Excitement in court this
morning intense. On all preliminary questions Aos'
voted with the majority and moved m qRepdnept to
motion adjourning court to the lst OF September. H
was thonoht these votes indicated Ross had gone
The grave question turned on his vote Ross rose from
his seat, pale, but otherwise gave no indications of e1-
element.
New YORK, May 2e-At Meeting of the Baptist
Home Mission Society, report was made in favor OF
RECONCILIATION between Northern aud Southern pap
lists Southern delegates invited to the platform, Dr.
Jeter of Richmond, made warm UNION address.
WASHINGTON, Nav 26.-Wooley is confined in the
room of the Committee on Foreign AHhEs.
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MEETING OF 7aE SHREvEpoRT DEMocRATgc CoLoREl
CLUB No. 2-Pursuant to previous notice, Shreveport
Democratic Colored Club No. met the court houst
on W ed. esday, at 8 o'clock n. The meeting being
called order by the president the following resolu
tons were unanimously adopted
Whereas, committee has been appointed by.Clul
No OF Shreveport, to take whatever steps may be
necessary to meet the nefrious efforts OF certain per
sons to defeat the duly elected representatives tlem
this parish in the coming State Legislature,
BE it .Tesolued, That committee of three be ap
pointed by this cyb to cooperate with the committee
appointed by club No |, and whose instructions shall
be to use all legal means to defeat the attempt of GER
tain persons to deprive US of rightl reprcseua
lion. z'
-Resoired, That NJ. White, Senator elect and
Messrs John \. Howell gao. Howell and James Chris
tan, Representatives elect to the lower House, from
this parish to the State Legislature, are tho true
rghtpl and duly elected representatives of their con
sqeqts of Caddo parish, both white and coored and
deserve aud have the confidence of all of us.
RssesDed, That standing committee of three be
appointed by the club, whose duty it shall be ap-
point subcommittee of two render such assistance
as may be necessary for the better organisation of col
ored clubs throughout the parish. Henry Virgins,
Jack Sharp and Als. White were appointed on said
committee.
-Resolped, ThatI.em. f. Gardner treasurer, and Ed
ward Hickman be requested solicit contributions
defray the expenses of this club.
Or. Davis being called on to report progress of the
organising of Democratic clubs in Caddo parish re-
ported very encouragngly. Ambrose Eagle also re-
ported avorably Of the organisation in Bosser parish
Both concluded with very happy remarks.
On motion, the city papers are requested to publish
the proceedings of this meeting.
fhe meeting then adjourned until "Wednesday, the
9th inst. AMBROSE EAGLE President
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SOUTHERN INAlGRATIoN-We refer our readers to the
card of J. A Ehrng, who proposes to bring over to
this section from two to three hundred Swedes of
Tous cangs and occupations, and to furnish them to
parties engaging them in advance for twelve months,
At the low rates of FIVE to seven DOLLARS per month.
We have 20 personal kuo~ledge OF Mr.. F., brt le re-
fers to wellknown citizens. That his scheme is prac-
ticable we have no doubt, and suggested by Colonel
Wharton, of De Soto, who brought over last winter,
and has now in his employment, about twenty swedes.
We have felt great interest in the srccess Col W.,
and hope he will favor our readers with information in
regard to it. Certainly Immigration not smiaration
is our present policy ts eass- sd cheaper, and we
believe it gpst prove more profitable, to bring good
laborera fom EaTeF2e a43ff wqrk opr own cleared
lands, than to emisrae elsewhere aud open up homes
for cultivation
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IMPORTANT DEcrsIoN-A few months ago, Alexan
der Clark, an intelligent and Influential colored resi-
dent OF Muscatne, was notified by the officers Of the
Independent School District of the city of Muscatine
that his children could NOT be permitted to attend the
schools where white children are taught, but Nigh,
avail themselves ST the advantages afforded by school
set apart especially fer colored yoslil Mr. Clark APP
pealed to the courts. Judge Richman of the district
court ordered writ of mandamus to issue, COMPEL
ing the school board to admit the children of Mr.
CLARK to the privileges Of the public schools The
board appealed to the Sppreme Court and that
has Just decided that the board OF directors of school
district have not the right require colored chillre
to attend separate school; that all youths in the
State Of Iowa equal before the law.
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Died
n e VS. pEPOT
~City Post Office Building.

TN1fE undersigned would respectfully announce
Il the citizens of Shreveport, that he has established
in the City Post Office building,
A Legitimate News Depot.
where can be found for sale at all times and nrs'
duced prices all of the principal Political Religious
Ss;en TIC, Literary and COMIC
NEWSPAPERS OF THE PAY;
Aso-Perodicals, Magazines, and Fashion Plates fe'
the Eadiss, and choice SELECTION of Sheet Mu'E
for the Piano aud Guitar.
The Depo, will be constantly supplied WITH hs art,
cles above enumerated, by publishers III The 3E'H''
cities in the United States
Lists of Papers, Magazines etc. with prices sen''o
parties application, by or otherwise, at the
Post Office.
Soliciting the patronage of the lovers of Literature
and Music, have the honor to be-
Very respectfully. r. E. RANK1SJh
Shreveport Nav 1sSS rmv27 IF
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BRl7IsH HosnuRAs.-We are indebted to our friend
Capt Frank Seth, just returned from flying trip to
Belize, for the-ondon Morning Herald of the 26th of
December last 1t contains long and interesting ar.
tice British Honduras, giving its history, form of
government boundaries and productions extracts from
which, we hope to be able to furnish our readers at
future time the article is the fullest and most
satisfactory of any account we have ever seen. We
very far from wishing to encourage emigration to
ent condition of our own we cannot well afford to
spare single emigrant. Still, as matters here may
grow worse, it is important to to know there is
place orefuge near Belize is only about roo miles
from New Orleans ="
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DEMOCRATIC MEETING.-At meeting of the Demo
cratic colored citizens of Ward No held at Green
wood Nay 3d. 1868, George Parsons was elected presi-
dent aad Washington Robbins vice president Major
Ross hkinson requested to act secretary and
Richard Fields elected treasurer.
The club organised with membership of forty
four names, embracing as we understand, the best
representatives fre the most intelligent class Of the
blacks. list Of names and the proceedings mas
furnished but space will notpermit its publication
in full. The reporter of the proceedings says:
Short addresses were made by White, Roach and
other coored speakers in explanation of the object and
designs of the Organisation and showing the necessity
of a cordial cooperation with Southern whites. The
remarks of George Parsons, the president, old and
well Informed man, were especially concatory and
sensible. Among the speakers there was entire
unanimty of sentiment in regard to
called Some had trusted, and others had always
distrusted them; but all agreed that the negro bad
need of imported guides, and several az the speakers
predicted that, in less thsp sig months the great
Of the coored people oud see the of their ways
and fall into the ranks of the Democratic party. The
audience large, and enthusiastically responsive to
the speakers. 1t being suggested by of the speak
ers that fraud, intimidation and bribery had been
charged by the defeated Radical candidates upon the
party in Ward No. 2, the club took the necessary steps
to reute the charge, which repeatedly branded
false and caumnious Messrs. A Flournoy, Jr.,. ARD
Walker Vinson were requested to act with William
Truman, colored, as corresponding committee. The
meeting then adjourned subject to the call of the pres
ident There was authorised delegation from club
No 2, Of Shreveport in attendance The colored Dem
ocras Of Greenwood determined to make theirs the
banner box.