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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

Color opposes no obstacle of social or
educational progress in Brazil. Neither
law nor prejudice stands in the way of the
negro who desires to become doctor of
laws, a chancellor, or even minister of
State. The public schools, high and low,
are open to them, and they seem to mingle
upon terms of familiarity and equality with
their fellow students. In the public libra
ries of Rio one may see dozen black stu
dents for one who is white. One result of
this liberality has been to diminish the
hardship and hopelessness of captivity in
Brazil. Many purchase their liberation,
accumulate property, and educate their
children. have seen perfectly black men
and women riding in sumtuous carriages,
attended by grooms and servitors, and girt
with all paraphernalia of wealth and social
station. Talents and abilities are frequent
ly evnced by this class. They occupy
bureaux in the public offices, conduct mer-
camille establishments, plantations and
other enterprises; and are in all respects
an important and not unexpected part of
the social economy here.
HdrDer's N0o1zi7s
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
He's Going to Propose.

He went up to town to-day, girls,
With very business air;
He'd oiled up his mustache, girls,
And parted well his hair.
There's something in the wind, girl
Whichever way it blows;
And I'll tell you what it is, girls:
He's going to propose.
He's taken to curious ways, girls,
Signing, and looking ''blue;;'
And-only think of this, girls
He's writing poems. too.
At times he'll even think, girls,
And then he sober grows;
I know the reason why, girls:
He's going to propose.
Sometimes he's confidential,
And says Maria,s fair,
And praises Bessie's hazel eyes,
And Jennie's flowing hair;
Says Alice is angelic, too,
Admires Lucinda's nose.
| knew how it would end, girls:
He's going to propose.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
Dancing.
Zionwartl.

A distinguished clergyman, in one of his
sermons recently, made these remarks on
dancing:
"People ask, frequently, DO you think
there is any harm in dancng?' No, l do
not. think there is much good in it
80 you object, then, to dancing parties??"
No, not of themselves l do not. But where
unknit youth, where unripe muscle, where
unhardened nerves are put through excess
of excitement, with stimulants, with irregu-
lar food, and food that is unwholesome;
where Il gayety that is excessive is INDUCED
in by the young all through the nights
when they should be sleeping, l object to
it. why? Because it is dancing?' No,
but because it is dissipation. 1t is taking
the time that God unquestionably meant
for sleep, and putting it to the highest
state of exhilaration and excitement The
fault does not lie in the fact that they
dance. Why, if it were as the peasants
dance; if it were in the open air, and under
4 tree, and upon the grass, and in the
comely hours OF Il SullSnllly uds, IL HlSut
be praised, even. 1t would not be virtue:
but it would belong to those negative
things that are beautiful. But the wassail
of the night, and the wastfeulness, will
not say of precious hours, but of precious
nerves-for hours are not SO precious as
nerves are-the eating ont of life by in
diligence is dreadful. And to see it pur-
sued night after night, and week after
week, and through the whole season, is
painful in the extreme"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
COunterfeiterS.

Col. II. c. Whteley, Chief of the Secret
Service Division, has consummated one of
the most important arrests in the annals of
the Government. 1t will be the means by
which millions of revenue will be saved
All the parties arrested are implicated in
the manufacture of the celebrated sixty
pound tobacco stamp, the three-dollir
stamp, and the one-cent proprietary stamp.
The names of The parties are Hart l.. Pierce,
well-known engraver, formerly employed
by Tiffany, New York; subsequently he
was engaged by the American Bank Note
Company, but recently he has been doing
York: Col Robert B. Clarke, late of the
18th Regiment New York Infantry, and
Robert Ripon, printer at Staten Island,
together with his brother-in-law, William
Kempton, and Reuben Carpenter, an ell
graver at No. II Bromtield street, Boston.
Pierce and Carpenter are considered the
most skilful engravers in this country
Over $4,000 worth of stamps, all the
plates, printing, transfer, and perforating
presses, and unfinished plate of the five
twenty bond, and all the requisite para
phernalia for carrying on the counterfeit
business, have been captured. 1t is esti-
mated that the gang had printed over one
hundred thousand dollars worth of the
stamps, securities, etc. They have made
clean breast of it, confessed their guilt,
and are now safely lodged in Brooklyn Jail,
to await their trial. This effectually
breaks up the counterfeit stamp business III
New York This is one of the most per-
feet sweeps of counterfeiters ever accomp-
lshed, and Col. Whiteley, who. superin-
tended in person all the arrests, deserves
the thanks Of a grateful community
There is no doubt of the conviction of the
parties.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

HANDS AND FEET.-I went into shop
the other day to buy what the diapers call
"gent's hose" A smiling young lady was
behind the counter and when had made
an appeal to her to show me some socks,
was somewhat a: !. loss what course of ac-
ton I ought to pursue in order to demon
strate to her the length of my foot. AS
am not a burlesque writer, it was clear that
l could no! lay my feet on the counter and
say, "wii.i all my sole > nor could para.
phrase D;llin's Jack Tar, when he spoke
of the dancer, "who so lightly handled her
feet" The little woman, however, speedily
removed my first perplexity, though only
to plunge me into another.
evil, ;ou," said she, "please to double
up your it. and lay it on the counter -
Ircrlicd that did not want gloves, but
socks.
"And want to take your measure, :"
she said.
"But. | urged, ait is the measure of
my foot that you require"
Yes, she replied, "and I can get it
equally as we'll with your hand. Once
around your clenched fist at the knuckles
is the length of your foot
And she took the measure of my fist,
and took the socks on the faith of the
damsers re presentation; and, in due course,
/ found that she was quite right, and fitted
me to nicely.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

THE BULK OF THE WORLDS GoLD.-The
New y DIRK Mercantile Journal, in discussing
the folly of attempting to conduct the flu
ture business of the world upon "A gold
basis, makes the following statements
All gold that exists in the United States
to-day, could be placed in square box OF
less than fifteen feet in length, width and
depth.
A room one hundred feet long, one hun
dred feet wide, and ten feet high, would
hold eight times the total amount Of gold
in the known world.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

An imaginative writer says" Wo-
man is compounded Of three articles,-su-
gar, tincture of arnica, and soft soap. SUI
gar, because of the sweetness which is ap-
parent in most women,-alas. that in some
it should have calculated into strong do
nestle vinegar; arnica, because in woman
is to be found that quality of healing and
soothing after the bruises and wounds
which afflict US men in the great battle of
life; and soft soap, for reasons too obvious
to need specification"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

LIVE IN THE SIGHT OF GoD.-This is
what heaven will be-the eternal presence
of God. Do nothing you will not like God
to see. Say nothing you would not like
him to hear. Write nothing you would
not like him to read. Go to no place where
you would not like God to find you. Read
no book of which you would not like God
to say, "Show it me- Never spend your
time in such away you would not like God
to say, "What art thou doing
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

EXTRAORDINARY PHENoMENON.-On the
evening of the 30th of May the inhabitants
of Greiffenberg, Germany, and the neigh
boring villages for more than German
mile in circuit, were the witnesses of an
extraordinary natural phenomenon. Be
tween nine and ten O clock thunder clouds
seemed to be gathering round the Iser and
Risengebirge, to the south, while the rest
of the sky appeared to be covered only by
light clouds. Now and then few flashes
of lightning were seen in the far distance.
Suddenly all eyes were blinded by fall of
fire. differing both in form and color form
common lightning, which was followed in
four or five seconds by a deep and terrific
report. like loud peal of thunder. All the
windows ratified and the houses seemed sha-
ken to their foundations. Those who were
in the open air say that they seemed to be
wrapped in fire and deprived of air some
instants 4 mild and moderate rain, with
out thunder or lightning, followed. Opin-
ions differ as to whether the above appear
ances are to be attributed to a meteor or to
Il sudden discharge of electricity.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

81 think have seen you before, sir"
said one gentleman to another. care you
not Owen Smith ?''
sob yes" said the other; "Im OWN
Smith, and OWN JONES' and OWN Brown,
and OWN everybody"
We think Mr.. Owen was one of our SUBJ
Scribers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

Beautiful extract-a handsome young
lady just helped out of a mudhole.
The paper having the largest circula-
tion-the paper of tobacco.
Dentists are favored with more open
countenances than any other class.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
603 and COS Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Touching the delivery of some corn, a
Southern freedman furnished the following
lucid evidence:
81 know no NOR IL dis De pertractys,
de commanders, and de allemanders sent
me on for to answer for de corn. l DELHI
cred de corn at Williams stable and de-
claimed: Here's Muscovoy's corn Dey
sent on de answer all right, and dats all de
prefixes oh de circumstances knowed by
dis drayman'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

eB-If you want to be in good humor
all the week, get your washing nicely done
by 10 o'clock Monday morning and have
the clothes ironed and put away before
night. Now if yon don't know how to do
this, just inquire at Moore & Bro, who
manufacture that famous Wilmington
City Soap" Ask your grocer for it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

"A young Kentucky couple recently
made successful elopement. Soon after
an officer was sent in pursuit, and arriving
at the hotel where they were stopping,
found them snug in bed. He explained
his errand, when the young lady said, with
a ringing laugh: "Tell ma its too late
Snuggle up, WILL and don't get out of bed
for him.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

A MAMMOTH PLANT.-Specimens Of a
gigantic plant which is quite new to Sci
ence, have recently been forwarded to
England from Nicaragua. 1t is closely
allied to the Arums (of "Lords and
Ladies ~, of the hedges, and until the pres
ent has wholly escaped the notice of travel
ing botanists. 1t produces but one leaf,
nearly fourteen feet in length, supported on
a stalk ten feet long. The stem of the
flower is a feet in circumference, the spathe
or flower two feet long, purplish blue in
color, with powerful carrion-like odor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
CLOTHING.
GREAT THINGS
IN THE
CLOTHES LINE.

GREAr is the stockIat the G.1A- BnovS HALL,
" or the fines. clothes for the present Fall.
d oCKHILL WILSON continue to keep
IL The best OF Clothing wonderful cheap.
El1crLLIsr Elegant. Extra Clothes,
d. As each Of our customers thoroughly knows.
A IL our best citizens come this Fall,
n And buy their clothes at the Great Brown Hall
YTHGLL your relations and neiShbors. all
L How chespy you buy, at the GREAT Brown Hall.
DROWN. and olive and drab, aud green
ID The richest shades that
D EaDYMApz Clothing or style and taste,
IL Or made TO your measure with promptest haste.
OvEReo.rs, stylish, and strong and stout,
" That will not bother by wearing out.
VLTnAr can a gentlemen wear, at all,
w Better than Clothes from the GRnAT BROWN HALL.
NyoS. in the world good, cheap,
N As the Clothc. which Rockhill Wilson keep.
"ALL filled full Of magnificent piles
III OF Fine Fall Clothes, Of the richest styles.
A Ii the varieties i'll store,
IA And constantly adding more and more.
r short though our customers be,
IL We mt them exactly; come and see.
r OVER THAN EvKR the prices. all, HALL.
IL or the goods We sell at the GREAT BROWN
All Good and True Men
Are always invited
To buy their Clothes at tho
Great Brown Hall of
ROCkHILL & WILSON,
6O3 and COS CHESTNUT Street,
PHILADELPHIA.
Nov 9. ls69-1w1p
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

AS fop was riding very fine horse
in the park, young and pretty lady was
very evidently admiring the animal, when
he stopped and impudently asked: "Are
you admiring me, miss 90
"No," was the ready reply; 81 was ad-
miring the horse, not the donkey
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

my son." said a tutor of doubtful
morality, but severe aspect, putting his
hand on the boys shoulder, 81 believe Sa-
tan has got bold of you-'
81 believe SO too was the reply.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13
A Street in Rio.

Rosario is an old Moorish street full of
balconies which project over the roadway,
so that lovers living on opposite sides of the
street could almost hand their amorous
missives across to each other, or if very
lonS-waisted steal a fugitive and illicit kiss
across the intervening space. The houses
are generally of two stories, though some
have third, and others send their long
sloping concave roofs almost to the ground
Scarcely any two are alike, though a SINH
lar character pervades all. All are rooted
with the red tiles which seem to be exclu-
sively employed for that purpose in Brazil.
and the roofs usually project for some dis
lance beyond the walls as an additional
protection from the sun and rain. The
material employed in these structures is
generally granite, but the walls are COW
cred with Il kind of coarse plaster or stucco
and in many cases painted in varigated
colors. The prevalence of bright tints
imparts a cheerful aspect to the street.
which otherwise, from its narrowness and
the deep shade in which it is involved dur
ing the greater part of the day, would wear
a gloomy and dismal appearance. In the
evening these narrow causeways are light
ed by lamps suspended from brackets which
are fixed against the walls of the houses,
and it is then that they take on their most
attractive and animated aspect. They swarm
with life, and the pavements murmur with
innumerable feet. Troops of blacks, releas-
ed from the toll of the day, gather about
the shop doors. and the lamp-light burns
upon their dusky faces and kindles in their
melancholy lustrous eyes. They don their
brightest attire for this harmless evening
recreation, and some are as gorgeous as
tiger-lilies. Turbans and earrings and
strings of golden beads, armlets of curious
form and device, decorate the women; while
such of the men as have achieved stove
pipe hat and pair of shoes appear to have
realized their ultimate ideal of personal
splendor, and to feel that beyond these
achievements there are no sartorial worlds
to conquer. The shoe in Brazil is the
symbol of freedom, as the bare foot is he
sign-pedal Of bondage. The social gulf
which yawns between the she'd and unshod
black is something Tartarean and unfath-
enable. The conquest of the shoe entities
its conqueror to wear beard, and if
nature endorses this arbitrary privilege he
is certain of much consideration from his
less fortunate fellows. They reverence the
tuft of wool upon his chin as other races
reverence the coronet, the mitre, or the
ribbon of the garter.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

A parishioner inquired of his pastor
the meaning of this line of Scripture:
"He was clothed with curses as with
garment
cit Signifies replied the divine, that
the individual had got a bad habit Of swear-
ng.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

THE immense business done by RocKHILL
& WILSON, enables them to say 30 gentle
men who live out of town, as well as those
resident in the city, that they can sell
clothes cheaper and better than any other
house. Clothes forevery occasion, of every
material, made in the choicest styles, and
at the lowest prices, at the Great Brown
Hall of
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

A movement in real estate-An earth
quake.
A fact-Courtship is bliss, but matri-
mony is blister.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

-"Pa, what's the use in giving our pigs
so much milkP" $50 they may make hogs
of themselves darling
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-13

Member Of the Royal College of Surgeons London era
duae of of the eminent Colleges in the United
States and the greater part of whose life spent
in the hospitals of London, Paris Philadelphia and else
where has effected of the astonishing cure.
that were ever known troubled with ringing in
the head and when asleep great nervousness being
alarmed at sudden sounds, T,sbfuness with frequent
blushing, attended sometimes with arrangement of mind
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-05

shan subject the party SO llsng 10 pay onequarter
or per cent; and on. all purchases ana safes OF
gold made for settlemf mt through the New YORK
Gold Exchange Bank failure to deliver through
the bank shall SUI ect the party 80 falling TO pay
one quarter of op, per cent"
Rule number eleven, relative to buying and sell
ing under tho rule Is st held in suspension by tue
inlunctions # last week. The room still transacts
business, Clearing House, and to-day disposed Oh
about 81 600. The quotations given below MUS
trate fLe gambling characteristics OF gold opera
tors " the board. Fluctuations varied al the rate
OF q per cent throughout the day, and were gov
ened almost entirely by the operations OF hteen or
twenty men who occupied the Gold Room and bid
no
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-05

establishment Ia stiii transaeting business hnn -
much ffequented by brokers and gold operators.
WILLIAM HEATH CO.
Yesterday made new proposition TO their creditors,
which consists Of an offer to settle contracts on
basis OF 1876, paying Hfty per cent within ten Gays
from the acceptance Of the proposition by two'tnrds
Of the creditors. They atate that II this plan Is
adopted, as soon as the Gold Exchange Bank can
give them their balance, amounting, they say, 10
over $4,000 they win Ray the remS.nasr Of their
obligations.
pUlEsToN RAYMOND co.
were yesterday busily engaged in examining their
books for tue purpose Of efecting an early Settle
ment The defauting cashier, Mr.. Sanders0p,
returned yesterday morning to the office, and made,
it Is stated by the firm. full confession. The only
additional information that would be given by the
firm was to the effect that Mr. Sanderson In the
Office assisting in the examination OF the books. and
that no criminal prosecution would be undertaken
OF present. Mr.. Pnleston left Europe for New York
IN saturdays steamer
ADAMS, KIMBALL 4 MOORE
are In fair way to make an adjustment perfectly
satisfactory to their creditors. They report their
liabilities at 100000 and state that II little time
Is given them they win be able to pay all their obl-
cations in full The following circular gives an idea
Of their status and corroborates the reports OF
eeutidi CNtlIe AMONG tHtT CIeullOIb W ntip tlcu
out OF their diffcultes:--
No. IA WALL STREET. /
NEW YORK, Oct. 2, 1859.
We regret to inform yon that owing to circunn-
stances beyond control we have been obliged TO
suspend, and with the advise OF many OF our prin.
cpal creditors now have made an assignment OF
our assets to N. q. Brown, of Pttsfeld, Mass. But
our friends and creditors here hope for and advise
an arrangement whereby an extension OF our llabi-
ties may be effected and the assignment given up.
To effect this object meeting Of our creditors has
been called at our Office on Thursday, october at
three O'Clock p. NJ, and your attendance at that
time Is earnestly requested. II yon find 1t impos-
sible to attend personally will you please send your
acceptance Of whatever decision may be arrived at
by majority OF the creditors PRESENT.
ADAMS, KfMBALL & MOORE.
BELDEN co.
report nothing new in their affairs. Their ONCE re-
mains open throughout the day, with some member
OF the firm always present but business seems to
be entirely suspended. Like the others they state
they are awaiting the settlement Of the Gold
Exchange Bank question.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-10-05
$ HIPPIN G N E w s.
Almanac for New York-This Day.
Sun rises. .... 6 90 Moon sets. 80. EVE -
Sun sets. ...... 5 SO High water. eve ~
PORT OF NEW YORK, OCTOBER 4, 1899.
CLEARED.

Steamship wesphalia tNG) schwensen, Plymouth, Cher
bourg and Hamburg Kunhardt \ Co.
Steamship Hatteras. Roberts, Norfolk, &c-od Dominion
Steamship CO.
Steamship FranconIa. Bragg. Portand--J Ames.
Ship Caope (Br, Liswel Llverpool-Snow 4 Burgess.
Ship Corielia tBr) King Antwerp-snow Bursess.
Bark Idea 1ta) Ramano Cork or Falmouth for orders
Slocovich & Co.
Bragg {Nor Jorgensen, Cork for ordersWendt Te
tens & BocknanD.
Bark Annie {Br Brown, Glasgow-H 4 Brookman
Brig Mariangela (lta), BasIy, Naples-James Robinson
4 Go,
Brig catharna tNG), HERMANN, Rio Grande do sul-C
Tobias & Co.
Brig L II Cole (Br), Jones, Aguadlla PR7Waydel & Co.
Brig Mary Givan tBrl, Roberts, S. John NB-Smithers &
Co.
Brig V Williams, Thompson, Chareston-N McCreaiy
Co.
Brig Thermuths tBr), johnson, Richmond, va-a Bull
lev
schr Azeda & Laura, McIndoe, st Kitts-B weinberg.
Schr Randolph (Br), Fleweing, 81 John, NB-Heney
Parker
schr Wapella, Penny, sayannah,N McCrcady &Co.
Schr Princess, Lowell, Boston-S W Lewis 4 co.
Schr Uncle joe Baxter, New Hayen-Ferguson h W od
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DUREAU OF ORDNANCE, NAVY DEPARTMENT.
- Washington City, September H. lsGaSeaed propossa
Will be received ut this ofce tuesday. October 1850
At y for the manu,aciue and delivery 1000 barrels u
and 200 barrels at New York. - ~~''os
The cost Of delivery TO be the expense OF the anufsc
the powder 10 be subject 10 the us,a
ton before acceptance. -'- '-'S~~
livery "a LiJiDLDW az AZ "
Chief OF Bureau