The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1868-05-30

through carefully.
TnE ROADS. The Uemocrm publishes II
statement last week Of the expenditures ON
the roads the past year, and takes this state.
ment as u text to read supervisors lecture
on road mendng. 1t is, perhaps, much
easier to make and mend roads ON raper
than on terra lirma. d" But one more week
remains OF the Spring MONTHS says Tile
Democrat, when the roads should be re.
paired. For the last six weeks it has rained,
and there was not averaged more than one
or two partially clear days to the week in all
that time. OF what USE would it be to at.
tempt TO mend country roads when the earth
is like mortar? and what system of Super.
vision could have avoided the mud EXCEPT
turnpiking? twill be remembered that the
unprecedented Hoods tore the roads into
gullies last Spring and Summer, aud the
heavy outlay WAS unavoidable. Supervisors
should have some allowance made for floods
or earthquakes things over which they have
no control.
But as the editor Of The Democrat seems
to have " right smart " knowledge of road
mcnding, and is mixed up in the business of
the County Commissioners, VIC suggest that
the old plank road and the road to Sites
mill be given to him to keep in order and
introduce his reforms on. We should like
to have seen him stopping mudholes on these
two pieces of road, from The LIST to the Goth
of the present month.
The PROPOSED PRIZE FIGnT.-Considera
BILE excitement was caused in Elkton, on
Saturday morning last, by the arrival, in the
$40 AN. train from Baltimore, of gang OF
roughs from that city, and it was but little
while before the news spread that prize
fight was on the tapis. The principals were
Carroll and White, who had been arrested
in Baltimore and put under bonds not to
fight in Maryland on the preceding Thurs.
day. Arrived here, this crowd of cut throats,
followed by a large number of men and boys
who have taste for such sport, marched up
the railroad to the Delaware line, formed
ring, and were preparing for action, when
Collyer, one of White seconds, ascertaining
that the Lightning train, which passes here
at o'clock, did not stop, left the ground,
stating that he had to be in Baltimore before
night, and arrived at the Elkton depot Just
in time to take the TO- so AM train for that
city. On Collyer's departure, White backed
squarely out, much to the chagrin of all
parties. Carroll was eager for the fray, and
jumped into the ring and proposed taking a
few rounds just for the fun of the thing; but
White couldn't see it," and the whole
crowd came back to Elkton, about noon,
very much disguised at the result. Sheriff
Alexander was present to see that the fight
did not come off in Maryland.
After their return to town, these ruffians
were comparatively orderly until about four
o'clock PM, when they began to do pretty
much as they pleased, up about the FELTON,
Hotel and the Depot. But their riotous
proceedings were suddenly stopped upon
the arrival, i'll the 4.30 Pm. train, of Deputy
Marshal Gray and Chief Detective Crone,
with twenty-five policemen, from Baltimore.
On seeing this force the roughs scattered in
all directions, fearing they had come to ar.
rest them but on ascertajning that the OBJ.
ject of the officers visit was to protect the
passengers and see that they Uhe roughs)
paid their fare on the road, (Which they had
not done in the morning,) they gradually
re-assembled, and all left in the evening
train.