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The Cripple.

A correspondent sends us the following
sketch Had he given the name of the per-
son alluded to, it would have made his sketch
more interesting:
In the Summer of 1S- was to be seen
small boy of perhaps fifteen, with dark hazel
eyes and fair complexion, but with def
cheney, in the loss of a limb, by that fell
destroyer Necrosis, or death of the bone.
His parents being poor, he received none
other than the advantages of common
school education fitting him for a good
many positions which business men would
fain give to those who are able to do that
which cripple cannot.
Men of affluence passed him by with a
cold nod of recognition; those of the mid
die class would converse with him in out Of
the way places, plying him but though his
clothes were tattered and torn, they would
never say, here is a dollar to help you along.
The working class, of course, not being able,
couldn't be expected to do anything.
Time passed on, and the man began to
develop in this cripple. After while, kind
Providence interfered, and friend came to
his aid.
A banker, living in a small town, in one
of our eastern States, in which this young
man Cat this time) resided, found that the
honorable business man formed predomi-
nant feature in him, humanely advanced a
sufficient sum to purchase an artificial limb,
with the understanding that he was to repay
the favor when able. The young man took
the money, and with tears Of gratitude, hast
ened to the city to make the purchase. In
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Grant Oh Incipient Rebellion.

In 1861, while l.. s. Grant was returning
from Covinston, Ky, to Springfield, in obedience
to a despatch from Gov. Yates, rendering him
the command of the twenty-first Regiment, he
with several newly appointed officers from Ohio
and Indiana Regiments. dincd by invitation
with the late Hon. Daniel Mace, of Lafayette,
Ind, formerly IL member of congress from that
district OF course the condition Of the country
and probabilities of the war, then just begun,
were the chief subjects of conversation among
these new soldiers of the Union. Tie dan
ger OF Il negro Instruction being under
discussion, an Ohio officer declared that,
were he in line OF battle, about to engage the
enemy, and slaves should revolt he would stop
the fight long enough to join the Confederates in
supprcssing the instruction and reducing the
slaves to obedience. Grant, who sat by his side
until then quiet listener, turned to him and
replied: "Coloncl w., don't want to
interrupt you OF hurt your feelings; but l must
tell you that a man who can express such a
sentiment as that is not far from being traitor,
and an unsafe man to lead our soldiers" Col. W.
was deeply exaspcratcd under this telling rebuke,
but Grant was firm, and it was only through the
pacific interposition Of Major Mace that per-
sonal difficulty was avcrted. The foregoing in
cident was related by Major Mace to a company
of friends at Lafayette in the winter of 1865 s,
Just after his appointment by Mr.. Johnson to
the Office of Postmaster at that place, and we
have it from an officer who heard him make the
statement. Quincy (nD Hhig.
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Curious Statistics

CONCERNING MEN WITHOUT TRADES OR PRO-
PASSIONS.
In a recent conversation with DR.. Gihon.
private Secretary Of Gov Geary, VIC gained a
curious fact concerning crime and men without
trades or professions. DR.. Gihon has been
paying particular attention lately, to tho april
cations daily and almost hourly made for Exc
cut5i.. clemency and pardon. Those-not ac-
q,tanted with the burlensome routine of Exc
cutive duty in this respect cannot possibly form
any idea of the embarrassment in the narrowing
solictude and the overwhelming responsibility
of properly welding the pardoning power
The curious part Of DIR. Gihon's statement is,
that in 10 cases out of co. young convicts are
men without trades or profession, who have been
left by their parents to reach maturity without
having undergone the discipline and the train
ing acquired while learning trade OF studying
profession. When parents or friends applying
for pardon for such offenders have been asked
why they were not taught trades, the reply has
been vouchsaied, !' lie ,cas too ,ceakiy:' " He
,cas too sensitire or Hc thought 1t ,ras beneath
him." Too weakly, too sensitive, too proud to
learn trade, but not proud enough to keep out
of the penicntiary. OF course we DO not pre-
tend to assert that learning trade profession
is the sure way of keeping out of wrong doing.
There are great rascals among mechanics and,
professional men But the man who has Il trade
or a profession, is always the most independent
and has iairer prospects at hand of permanent
success in life And what is also true, in this
connection, in practical way IS the lack of skill
cd labor in the United States. American boys
for the last ten years. have been loath to learn
trades Too many of them desire to WELD yard
sticks instead of hammers, saws AMI planes
The consequence now is, that skilled labor is
scarce ard that the best places in our workshops
are flledby Foreigners. By some kind of teach
ing We must reform this evil There must be
encouragement for boys to learn trades-and the
mechanical vocation must he dignitied and ele-
waited by being recognized as worthy the study
and the requirement of the most intelligent and
N ost favored in every community. We met q
lad 90 day or two since from neighboring
village. who was OH his way to enter one of the
large machine shops in Philadelphia to learn at
trade Tie had an education to fit him for any
profession. and when he reaches his ma ority, he
will bccu ne the possessor of competency;
nevertheless. the native good sense of the boy,
backed by the practical advice of an older
brother induce hill to learn trade, and we pre-
dict that boy will become man otresrectability
and influence in any community blessed here
after with his citizenship.
Gihoa's observations aud conclusions on this
subject are sound and practical. He thinks if
more boys learn trades future Governors of the
Commonwealth will have less applications for
pardons to dispose of-IhrrisJurg State Guard.
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WYOMING VALLEY" Graybeard," Of the
Philadelphia Press, is responsible for the
following statements:
"The entire erea of the Wyoming Valley,
about one hundred square miles, is under
laid with veins of anthracite averaging sixty
feet in thickness. This is calculated to form
q deposit of six thousand million tons,
enough, at the present rate of consumption
to supply the entire population OF the UNI.
ted States for four hundred years. The en-
tire shipment of all the coal fields in this
country, last year, was fifteen million tons,
while the shipment of coal from the Wyom-
ing basin was 1883, 537 tons. Seven thou.
sand tons were shipped from this region
through Chicago to Omaha, and the demand
from that region this year will be quadrupled.
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Fruit Prices

The following figures will speak for them
selves, and will show without doubt that
fruit farming is profitable Systematically
and successfully carried on; Mr.. Z. Hale,
of Vineland. this season has sent to market
100 bushels of the Hale's early variety of
peaches, which averaged him SO per bushel.
This is the product of $50 trees. A lady of
the same place, Mrs. II. W. Bostwick, has
disposed of her crop of peaches to a firm in
New York, for the following prices: Craw-
fords early, IS per bushel; other varieties
she gets Sc per bushel. She has contracted
for the sale of her Bartlett pears to be de-
livered at the Vineand station, for the mod
est sum of $40 per barrel.
We learn from the Hammonton RepuJH
can that the amount of Strawberries raised
the present season in that place will not fall
much short of 42O,367 quarts. On the
whole, their fruit has brought fair prices,
and will amount to $4,000
~, j. Courier,
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Correspondence of The Cecil Wing.
West NOftingh ni, Md, and Little
Britain and Fulton TNps Pa.
SEPTEMBER 9th, 1868.

SEPTEMBER 9th, 1868.
Mr.. EDITOR The tourist is amply remu-
nerated for visiting those hospitable parts
for the natural scenery exhibits a variety of
features. AS the traveller proceeds along
the winding banks Of the saucy Octoraro as
side are seen gentle undulating hills clothed
with rich verdure, between which little brooks
and rivuets pass, affording sufficient water
power for the numerous mills that are to be
seen on every hand. On the immediate
banks of the Octoraro miniature picturesque
scenery abound, with nothing to disturb
the senses but the murmuring waters, the
note of sweet singing bird, or the cinking
sounds of COW or sheep bells. Those places
are called the Barrens." This word APP
plies only to the surface, which is almost
devoid of vegetation, except in Summer
time, when there is some scanty grass, and
number of cattle pasture thereon. Not
withstanding, at some places, it is rich UNI
derneath in minerals, such as magnesia,
chromate of iron, &c. For instance, look
at Woods Pit, owned by the Messrs. Ty
son, of Baltimore, which has been worked
nearly forty gears, and is six hundred and
sixty feet deep,-the deepest mine for many
miles around, probably the deepest chrome
mine in the world. Picture to yourself tens
of thousands of tons Of chromate of iron
that nature concealed within its serpentine
Golfers, over which our forefathers walked,
disdained it, and called it - Barrens. -
Since then industry has developed it, and
has given work to hundreds, yea, thousands;
for just every person that wears clothes, es-
pecially the ladies, has chromate of iron
about them; even the greenback " owes
to it its color. Therefore, why call the
place barren? When Nature refuses to yield
her treasures, then call those hills "Bar
rens.'
Most of the people inhabiting those parts
are of an humble disposition, or rather ad-
here to the principles of their fathers; but
when villages thrive, of course the inhabit-
ants increase, they have more amusements,
they have pic mics, and dress in city fashion,
&c. Then those outside say, "What a
change since we were young. Even SO and
So, our schoolmates, think but little of us
now. How arstocratc that place is becom-
ingr' Poor souls allow me to remark to
them, in order to allay those imaginations,
if your schoolmates have little more money
or better clothes than you, remember they
are the same people and they have the same
brains they used to have when you were sit
ting by their side. Perchance it is your diff
idence, if not, and they avoid your com
pany, let them go and in the course of time
they will be deemed, not only by you, but
by all who have known them, as bigoted
fools. DO you not know that this is a land
Boosting of its equality. Tow SINCERE.
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TUT tIIU W.T.
Ode to the Moon.

Oh who can look up to thee, luna fair,
Exhalted and soaring among the worlds OF
light:
When full orb d and thy crystal lamp glare,
Without blessing thee, rejoicing in thy
sight?
O Queen Of the shade, in thy modes
We liken thee, thou ruler of the night
For thou, like we, have vicissitudcs
Sometimes dark, anon respondent light.
Thou nocturnal lamp, with rays so clear,
So soft, cheering and tender,
Doth look down on this benighted sphere
Where all our hopes and cares doth centre.
Ambassador of heaven, the seas to thee
homage show
They rise and fall at thy command. flow
Oft have | view d the curling waves ebb and
When wandering o er the shingled strand.
Thou hast in chaos reign'd from time to man
unknown;
Hast seen the rise and fall of nations.
And heard vain monarch Boosting tongue,
And bearded sages act INDIGENOUS Of their
stations.
Thou didst see the rise and fall of cities old;
Where large pyramids now doth stand
The only relics of the days of yore,
Wrought by the hands of man.
Thou diJst see of old rivers full of life
Bearing galleys laden with rich freightage
not IA few.
And vessels battling against oceans strife,
Waited and borne by every breeze that
blew.
Thou didst see the world laid in q watery
waste,
And heard our ancient fathers tuno their
Tyres,
And prophets and Redeemer speak to tribe
and caste,
And listen to the prayer of martyrs while
in fire.
Thou didst hear the morning stars l,ar-
monious strains,
And hast heard our songs of praise
Ascend to heaven from hills and plains,
With mingled voices from oe' r ocean waves.
Say, dost thou e'er mourn thy lone lot in
heaven,
AS we in our pilgrimage here; [given,
Or art thou contented with what to thee be
Or dost thou seek like we another sphere?
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the space of one year the bankers money
was refunded with interest, and at that man S
death, he had enough Of this worlds goods
accumulated to bestow to each Of his three
children, stock to the amount Of about ten
thousand dollars.
There are crippes to-day, both SOL
diers and citizens, who are left in that
situation, merely because men of wealth
and influence are afraid to advance the pal
try sum of about one hundred dollars which
sum would purchase pretty good limb
Oh! misguided humanity, why will ye bestow
your thousands on a sect or sects, to gain
popularity, when those that are around you
need just such aid as this young man?
WARDEN.
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The Weaver.

A weaver sat by the side of his loom,
A.Ainging his shuttle fast; [of doom,
And thread that would wear till the hour
Was added at every cast.
His warp had been by the angels spun,
And his welt was bright and new,
Like threads which the morning unbraids
from the Sun,
All icwelled over with dew.
And fresh Tipped, bright eyed, beautiful flow
In the rich, soft web were bedded;
And blithe to the weaver sped onward the
hours;
Not vet wero Time feet loaded!
But something there came slow stealing by,
And shade on the fabric fell; lfy,
And saw that the shuttle less blithely did
For thought hath wearisome spell.
And thread that next Ger the warp was
lain,
Was of melancholy gray;
And anon marked there tear-drop's stain,
Where the flowers had fallen away.
But still the weaver kept weaving on,
Though the fabric all was gray;
And the flowers, and the buds, and the leaves
were gone,
And the gold thread cankered lay.
And dark, and still darker, and darker grew
Each uewly.woyeu thread; [hue,
And some there were of death hooking
And some of bloody red.
And things all strange were woven in;
Signs, and down crushed hopes, and fears !;
And the web was broken, and poor, and hin,
And it dripped with living tears.
And the weaver fain would have flung it
aside,
But he knew it would be sin:
So in light and in gloom the shuttle he piled,
Aweaving these life-cords in.
And as he wove, and weeping, still wove,
A tempter stole him nigh,
And with glozing words, he to win him streve,
But the weaver turned his eye.
He upward turned his eye to heaven,
And still wove on, on, on! lriyen.
Till the last, last cord from ks heart was
And the tissue strange was done.
Then he threw it about his shoulders bowed,
And about his grizzled head;
And gathering close the folds of his shroud,
Lay him down among the dead.
And | after saw in robe Of light,
The weaver in the sky;
The angels wings were not more bright,
And the stars grew pale at sight.
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Among the soldiers who fought gallant
ly for our flag were ten brothers of the name
of Rood, who went from Britztown, Penn
sylvania. Eight of them were killed in the
field, the ninth died from starvation at An
Jacksonville, and the tenth, after being
wounded in eight places, was discharged.
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20 The song of Home, Sweet Home was
written for an operatic dramma, entitled
"Clare, the Maid of Milan,' which, in 1926
Mr.. Payne sold to Charles Kcmble, of Covent
Garden Theatre, in London, for the sum of thir-
ty pounds 1t was at once produced at that
theatre, where it met with brilliant success
The song was first sung by Miss Tree, the elder
sister of Mrs. Charles Kcan, who so fascinated
wealthy gentleman of London that he made
her the offer of his hand and fortune, which
were accepted. One million copies were sold
by the publishers, whose profit within two
years were ten thousand guineas. But poor
Payne was cheated out of the twenty-five
pounds he was to have received on the twentieth
night of performance, and was not even conlp-
mented by the publishers with Il copy of the
song.
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"A certain judge, pronouncing sentence
of death on an Irishman, said: 81 You shall
bo taken to the place of execution and there
he hanged by the neck until you are dead
and may God have mercy on your soul!'-
At this the prisoner exclaimed: "Hold,
there, Judge; want none Of your prayers,
for never knew any one to live long after
you prayed for him.
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CoIIections.-JAS. DENNY, ESQ.
is the regularly authorized Agent for IHE
WING, for the collection of Advertising and
Suhscription bills.
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NOTICE.

THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS of Cecil GO county u !. y
will meet at their Office, in Elkton on ioEIopa
and WEDNESDAY, the I'D and ed OF september
instant in order to accommodate persons attending
the Circuit Court. By order. W. I. MlLLEk,,
Sent II lS6S-2w tierk.
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A very amusing incident of travel is re.
lated by gentleman of this city as having
occurred recently on one Of the railroads
leading into Utica, New York, the home of
Horatio Seymour. A number of New Ad.
ventists were aboard the train, returning
from one of their religious demonstrations,
at which the doctrine that this world would
wind up its affairs about the first of the new
year had been extensively held to. Two of
them sitting near him opened conversation
on the election prospects, when one remark
ed:
81 haven't the slightest doubt that the
Democrats will elect Seymour and Blair this
fall, and l believe it ought to be done, too
81 don't see low yoa figure in that way"
remarked the other; "Grant and Colfax
will be elected as SIRE as November comes,
and if l were betting man I'd put up some
money on it."
At this another N. A., with long, funeral
countenance, very owl of transcendent
wisdom, drawled solemnly:
"You are both mistaken, my friends; the
Lord Jesus Christ will be President of the
United States in 1862"
Hardly had this sage prediction been ut.
tered when big Kentuckian on the other
side of the aisle, who had heard the last
speaker rather indistinctly, jumped to his
feet, and bringing down his fist, shouted:
"Tll bet you twenty-five dollars he don't
carry Kentucky"
In five minutes the whole car was in
roar as the joke went around, and the dis
cassion was abruptly wound up, leaving the
enthusiastic Corncracker very much aston
ished and puzzled at the result Of his share
in it.--LouisuiVe Courier.
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A weaver sat by the side of his loom,
A-ainging his shuttle fast; [of DOOM
And a thread that would wear till the hour
Was added at every cast.
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THE TURF.

,si
Entries fissS slGs;S SiT@TtfspAv SEPTEMBER
hdr.s snd s to M . ifSe
ness Free for all horses except Lady rhorn Lucy aud
W l. simmons IN mons enters br. 9. Geo. Wilkes.
Bnda Dobe enter. D. m; Goldsmith Maid.
SECOND DID, bAYIWEDSkspAY, " sRprEMBERa
s Z, @ s1 Ssss sso s heas
harness; beat "a prior to s'Juy
Hiram W. Howe enters spotted 6. Giraffe.
sGssn enters a %sf S
James Ward enters br. m. Lady Guiford
N. E0den enters b. g. sSsaR sxSR fsstE bnY:
for horse that new never beat Is prior july lSd
j. Seedin enter: enters !: 6: General Thomas. sg ~
R. P. steison enters m Lady Lishtfoot.
cds cSSn om.ra snss enter: M IL & cn horse No Name
rnrsaa 5s,S Ss ss s5 8 second
horse mile heats; best in s. in harness free for ALL
Badd pobie enters 5 m Lucy,
s, Mclaughlin enters b. 8. Mountain Boy
Dan ra,sf FoUFfH fsif'
PREMIUM 81 OO0For double teams 800 to first team 1900
to Soo third mile heats, best three in
Budd Dobie enters b. m Goldsmith Maid and mate.
Jas. Ward enters br. IN Lady Guilford and mate
X. d. Stetson enters b. m. Ga7ele and s. T. harry D.
M Roden enters b. G. Myron Perry and j. J. Bradley. 49,
kind Mr.. A. Wech the celebrated trotting
Flora Temple foa will be at the park during the
meeting .
win leave Baltimore depot II A. NJ 80 and
ESQ =. NJ. each day.
Tickets be had at Continental HOTEL Grard House ana
Baltimore depot.
Trong will commence at O'Clock punctualy.
FASHION CouRsE.-TRoTTiNG.- FRIDAY, AUGUST
a. at o'clock stake of $3.50 mile heats, best In o. TO
harness. according TO rules of track Col nckey enters
D. X Prescott; Mr. Sayres enters br Mary Sayres u
r. Gof enters br st. NaugatAugh; j. Dshman enters c. g.
Dandy A. q. Whitson enters {. g. Charley.
FASHION CoURSE-TROTTING.-F AUGUST
Gs stake Of $l50 mile heats, best IN In harness. at
O'Clock r. NJ Dan Creaner enters bay geldlnG Mr. Bour-
re enters brown A. G. Whtson enters b. T. Rocket
SPORTING-DOGS, BIRDS, &c.
LII KINDS OF FANCY DOGS AND BIRDS FOR
N Medicines for all diseases. Prepared Food for
mocking BIRDS at b. DoYEYS, Nos and Greene street.
OF Canal.
A LII BREEDS CHOICE DOGS AND MEDICINES
n FRANCIS BUTLER, No. Peck slip. Buffers Infai-
ble Mango and Flea Exterminator 15c Buffers
work. So. Extra stock Dogs. Ferrets for sale.
HORSES, CARRIAGES, sc.
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BILLIARDS.

w n opIrrr ~. ,H FULTON sTREET-MANU-
w acures The besN Combination cushion BILLIARD ar tables
patent cnshions LsamiA for youysel,es No sse up."
verc batsrs satisfied,
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PERSONALS

MAN OF sEvENTg-F1vE, MISSING FRoS. 81
"A North Fourth street, Brooklyn, wore osc1 pants,
brown vest white duster plain white Shirt ps'e' leather
shoes black hat used stick account Q, sore on hls
left ankle, named edward Coad ANY INFORMATION VIII ".
thankfully received by his children, lo kor Third stree
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I 0w FARE TO ALBANY AND TROY.-oNTY 81 3d.
~ The elegant steamers VANDERBILT and CONNECT.
Gt leave pier ~ nor,h Of Spring street foot OF
days eiceIed connecting NTH rail West and Nor,n
sunday ~ Returning leave Troy At and Albany AisP NJ
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AT JOHNSTON 4 VAN TAssELL's-THIs DAY, AT

At JOHNSTON 4 VAN TAssELLs-THIs DAY, AT
Administrators sale OF establishment removed
the city for convenience of sale, and comprising
One elegant dark chestnut family Team.
One Coupe Rockaway, In good order.
One two seat covered Depot Wagon with shifting top.
Que half top Depot Wagon.
One top Buggy, single and double Harness, &C., &c.
Also
one elegant reneman's Turnout comprising valuable
Mare, with city made Wagon, best Harness. dc
several other Horses top and top Wagons Harness. Pony
Phaetons, &C, dc.
For particulars catalogue above.
We never postpone sale account OF the weather.
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J,oR WASHINGTON AND GEORGETOWN, ID. c.. AND
u Alexandria, Va. Express line.
The fine steamship EMPIRE, Captain Price, s now
loading st pier II East river md VIII sail on Saturday,
August 90, at4 T. ~
For balance Of freight apply TO
JAMES HAND,
fla Wall street, corner OF South,
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FINANCIAL.

INTEREST FROM THE lsf OF SEPTEMBER ON MONEY
deposited before September !; per cent, free OF
tax on 50 70 $4,000. Dime Savings Bank, Nos and
Broadway, Williamsburg.
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7 oNDoN AND NEW YORK STEAMSHIP LINE. :,
IL Steamers fortnlghty to London direct from pier NO.
BELLONA -. September 8 WILLIAM PENN October 2
CELIA. 80. .Sentember 10 ATALANrA.. October j!
For passage to Havre Paris Antwerp and Rotterdam a.
cheapest currency rates apply to ROBERT N CmAEh' %
south street.