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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-05-01
North East Items.

Edrcationu!.-North East Seminary has
been opened. under very favorable auspices,
III the lecture room of the Methodist Epis-
copal Church, i'll charge of Miss NJ. l..
Rccdy. She is a thoroughly competent
teacher, and has ALREADY won the confidence
and esteem of parents and pupils. There
is rising appreciation, in this community,
in favor of education as qualitier for the
duties of life, as well as an accomplish
ment.
TIE C0ncert.-Elaborate preparations are
being made for the forthcoming Sunday
School Concert, in this place. 1t bids fair
to be one of the pleasantest affairs Of the
/ kind had in the town for a long time
There will be delightful singing by the
children of the school, as well as by some
Of the best amateur singers among the
ladies and gentlemen. We will give the
programme next week. The time fixed
for the entertainment is Tuesday and We'd
nesday evenings, the 18th and 10Th of May
next
Religious. Joseph Dare, Preacher
in charge of Charlestown circuit, preached
in the North East Methodist Episcopal
| Church, on Sunday evening last, the 2Sth
ultimo. from the Sd verse of the Sd chapter
of the Gospel by John, Except a man be
born again, he cannot enter the Kingdom of
God.
! Ceased Operations.-John W. Shippers,
Esq, who has been working the first Fish
ing Shore on North East river below the
town, during the present season. cut out
his nets, and ceased operations. for this
Spring, on Wednesday morning last, the
18th ultimo. This fishery is perhaps the
earliest in the season to be worked, and al
so the first to be abandoned.
Morning On.-The Engineer corps, who
are surveying a railroad route fran Della
ware City to Port Deposit. passed North
East in their operations. on last Tuesday,
and made the town headquarters for a
couple of days. They expected to reach
the terminus of the route this week
Deceased.-Onc of the oldest citizens of
| this community. Solomon Wooden, aged
/ about seventy-three years, died at his resi-
dence, i'll North East, on Monday last. the
! Goth ultimo, of heart disease.
Building -4ssoriation.-At the monthly
meeting of the North East Building Asso-
citation in Good Templar's Hall, on last
Wedne sday night the 2Sth ultimo, thirty
six hundred dollars were sold at an average
of over thirty-eight per cent.
Hail !Storm.-Quite spirited hail storm
visited this vicinity about noon, on Thurs
day last. There soon followed a very per-
ceptable change in the temperature of the
atmosphere, making it at least an overcoat
colder.
Officers Evected.-At regular meeting of
the Mt. Horeb Lodge of Good Templars.
on Thursday last. the Goth ult., the follow
ing named officers were elected for the ell
suing quarter. viz:-W. c. T., II. Clay
Baker; W. V. T., Miss Ella Hill; w. c.,
Mrs Elizabeth Campbell: w. T., William
Lardner; W. f. S., Jacob r. Lowrey; W.
T., Wilbur F. Shippers; w. NJ, James b.
Rutter: w. ID. NJ. Miss Annie Foster; w.
|. g., Oliver Mccullough; W. 0. g., Isaac
n. Benjamin; W. r.. II. s., Miss Kate NJ.
Foster: W. l.. Ii. S., Mrs. Matte L. Lowe.
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Town Election.-On Monday next, at
three o'clock PM, the polls will be open
for an election of seven Town Commits
sioners. The useless expenditure of the
money collected from the property holders
of the town for years past has been brought
to the notice of the tax payers. They have
been induced to think about it, and all,
without exception, as far as we have heard,
admit the facts to be as heretofore stated
The utter uselessness of a Town Bailiff.
and the great waste of the public money
caused by that office, with scarcely an ex-
ception, for series of years, is, we believe
universally admitted While the system
of Bailiff continues, no one hopes for any
thing better than we have had in the direc-
ton of economy. All admit that under the
men who aspire to he Town Bailiff, nothing
better can be expected than we have had.
1t is with the people to decide whether
they will have continuation of the waste
which has made way with the town taxes
for the past years, by continuing in the old
ruts, and electing one of the tickets which
are got up by those candidates for Bailiff,
or attempt reform by clecting Board of
Town Commissioners, who will dispense
with 4 Bailiff to "rulc over Them, and
thereby inaugurate reform by which the
property of the town will receive the ben
eft of the tax levied upon it. Let every
reformer vote the g No Bailiff Ticket
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kOrner Ketch Eyetums.
Nrar knrne- I'.tn,I 9Th dist.
Mistor EdditOr:-

Near korne" I.>tc.l 9th dist.
Mstor Eddtor:-
thot id rite youe 4 flu lynes to lett youe
no that wee ar oil well and hope ynue ar
enjoyn the Same CRATE blessn. And
thinkin that youe mite like to here tie
nues, abot things an and round "horner
hetch, i'll tri to Civ youe the rarist, eye
tins ov the da. \ rooral exquisit frum the
westt sydc of the kounti, cum into our toun
on a kourtin Expedishun, hee colled scveril
tymes to pop the question to his Dulcynia
Del Tobosah, before he got it popped, she
popped cut the back dore. So lice finished
popping to her Poppy x y i = who
sed No! In walkin round toun, on Sunda
last saw in the Semetry, the biggest red
Byrd ever seen i'll this end ov the kounti it
whistilled or sang bewtifully. Sum thot it
was equal to martingale, it flu towards
the westt, at shutdown. Supposed to bee
huntin its mate. saw a Grant
HILL" Lothario huntin .'brume korn sede. :"
hce found wherever hee colled that it WIS
list like hisself, .'AH Mro,oed out," our gals
amt to be sneezed at by every Teller, that
"hunts bruno korn scde.' went down
Chestnut strete to the Rale rode stasion.-
They coll it "Cholera Stasion,' or Cloro-
form, or sum SIGH oil fired I,,me; it is a
perfect .jawbraker to pronounce,-s lots
ov nice lookin gals lemonadin with ''kuntry
sports.' Sum had jist kut loose frum
their mamma Aprun stryngs. 1tremynd-
ed us or a ManAigh and Banty, yoked
together. Sclah!
The Rale Rode has got a aoAole strete ,
fur an agint at Cloroform Stasion. In
runnin out OF surveyin the stretes at Cloro-
form, one ov tile sagss ov that big toun told
the Topografikel Inginere to not lug out the
stretcs too narrow, as the Dray's mite not
hav room to pass. Wonder if Cloroform
won't sune eclipse London or Korner
Ketch?
Wanted-boys ov 81 years old and
upwards fur escortes, or boys ov IA would
be preferid bi our bells, to armalade with
Whenever youe want any more lite from
this paat ov the kounty, lett NEE kno and
then youe may here agin from
FANNY FREELY.
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Port Deposit Items.

Accident.-Our worthy Bailiff, Mr.. King.
met with a very serious accident a few days
since. He was on the cars, and just as they
stopped at the Depot, he stepped off, and
! in doing SO his foot caught on the step of
the car throwing him to the ground and
breaking his leg in two places, besides par
TALLY dislocating his ankle. The cars were
not i'll motion at the time. | understand
he is getting along as well as possible, but
it will be many weary weeks before he will
be able to go about unassisted.
WAeat-In my rambles over the hills, in
our ncighborhood, I have been much de-
lighted in the promising appearance ofmost
of the wheat fields. In some places have
have frozen out Il portion of the roots, but
to no great extent. The fields as general
thing, look unusually mxuriant. This is
the case especially with the two fields of
Mr. j. j. Abrahams. l doubt if there can
be found i'll Cecil county more beautiful
fields of growing wheat They are truly
magnificent.
| FIsh.-0ontrary to all expectations our
OILERS are doing a brisk business in the
catching Of herring. having quite a harvest.
For several days past the catch has been
unusually large, and no signs of falling off.
The hauling seines are also catching i'm
mense quantities, and from present appear
ances, this season bids fair TO make up for
all losses of the past two years.
Tracel.-A large number Of our citizens
left here, on Monday, to attend the odd
| Fellows Celebration in Phila delphia. Mr..
Way, the ticket agent, disposed of over 100
round trip tickets by the Phila. G. Bait.
! Central Railroad.
! 1.-THE paragraph in these items in refer
renee to the Ethiopian Concert was omitted
on account of the writer having left the
time of the exhibition obscure-Ed.1
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Zion Items.

Religious.-Last Sabbath being a beauti-
full and pleasant day, my steps were direct
ed toward the NJ. Z. Church. l found on
entering that it was the commencement of
the Sunday-School. They elected their
officers for the ensuing year; and afterward
Rev. A. l.. Hood, junior preacher of Zion
circuit, preached to us a very interesting
sermon. His subject: 'sThe Christians
Privileges" l confess l was agreably sur
prised to hear one of his age and experience
handle the subject with so much ability
lie certainly promises fair to be talented
preacher.
Information Wunted.-It would relieve
the minds of some to know what has
become of the committee that was appoint
ed to procure the material for our side
walks. Can it he possible that the stock
holders will be compelled to elect another
committe? Surely they cannot be insensi-
BILE to their duty.
Accident-Mr. Levi o. Cameron met
with quite an accident few days ago
He, with others, was in the act of prying
up a building for the purpose of putting
some new timbers under it, when the levers
gave way, and nearly the whole weight of
the building rested on his fingers, for fifteen
or twenty minutes before the men could in
any way release his hand, crushing it very
seriously. 1t will be some time before he
is able to resume work.
Farming.-The farmers in our neighbor-
hood are at this time busily engaged with
their Spring work: They are in the midst
of corn planting and the wheat, in general,
looks well. We expect fair crops.
Not Correct.-We noticed in your valua-
bic paper, some County lettings, in which
it said that our pleasant and thriving little
village had come to stand. Now 1 think
Authorax in taking observations must
surely have had some of the bad whisky he
spoke of on the brain, for we perceive by
reading his letter, that it began with hotels
and landlords and ended with whisky. l
think VIC have the spirit of improvement
among us. There have been three new
dwellings erected i'll the past year in our
village. S. b. Ford has made some i'm
provement in the interior of his store; and
has reprinted the outside, which gives it
neat appearance. We learn also there are
to be two new dwellings put up the present
year. Now if this is coming TO a period, it
is strange.
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SEmmer.-The past ten days have had

SHmmer.-The past ten days have had
more of summer in their beams than spring.
The latter season seems to have been omit
ted from orr present year and summer has
succeeded winter almost with arctic rapid
ty. Within a week the trees from bare
branches have been clothed in full foliage.
and May-day opens upon us with shady
groves summer skies, and field and meadow
presenting blooming partarre. 1t is very
rarely that the denizens of this latitude
find the first Of May presenting the June
like appearance of the present season.
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Closed Ups. B. Foard & Son have re-
moved their dry goods from the storeroo
i'll the Odd Fellows Hall to the store in the
Hollow, uniting their dry goods and gro
Gerry departments, which have been hereto
fore separate. The store-room in the Hall,
the finest room in town, is for the present
closed and is offered for rent.
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Change Of Cashier. James s. Craw-
ford, Cashier of the National Bank of Elk
ton, has resigned the position, his resigna-
ton to take effect 1st of June and Mr..
Richard Mcfarland, present Teller, has
been appointed Cashier in his stead Mr..
James McKinsey has received the appoint
ment of Teller i'll the Bank and will in a
few days enter on the discharge of his new
duties
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More Good Beef.-The Messrs. Cantwell
Il Smiths were driving into their slaughter
yard, as we returned from our Office yes
terday evening, two more of those PENN
sylvania fat steers. from which herd they
have been supplying our town for some time
with delicious, tender, fat, juicy beef We
hope they may be able to keep up the sup
ply for an indefinite period.
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School Trustee EIection.-Thi.

School Trustee EIection.-This (Satur-
day. afternoon, at O'Clock, elections will
be held in the School Houses of the county
for the election of two Trustees for each
School District. The people should attend
these elections, and select such Trustees as
will feel it duty to give the schools every
possible attention.
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To Lovers OF Flowers.-On Thursday,

To Lovers OF Flowers.-On Thursday,
May 9th, there will be on exhibition and
for sale, in front of the Court House. in
ElktOn, choice collection of Bedding
Plants, from the Green Houses of Ran
dolph Peters, near Wilmington, Del. Those
desiring to add to their collection will do
well to be on hand early.
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New Market House in Oxford.-Our

New Market House in Oxford. Our
Borough is to have market house. Rev.
Samuel Dickcy has torn down his large
stone barn on Third street, and intends to
build on the site a fine market house. The
new building is to be 100 feet long-run-
ming through to Lime street, with a front
on the same-and 50 feet wide, which will
be divided Off into stalls in the most ap-
proved style. The building is to be two
stories high, the second story to be occr-
pied by shops. &c.-Press
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MIR. EDIToR:-The article which appeared
in your last issue, headed 8. Malicious Mis-
chief charging some person at the Union
Church with scratching and distiguring the
carriage of a young man of Elkton, while
he was in church. is a very unpleasant and
unexpected charge, as we are particularly
opposed to any such conduct, and do not
allow any one to act 50, if we could detect
them, to go unpublished We are always
pleased to see strangers at our church, and
make every effort to have them treated
with respect,
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Commission Arrived.-J. L. Mahan re-
ceived his commission as Postmaster at
Elkton yesterday. About month has
elapsed since his appointment was con-
firmed.
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The Philadelphia & Baltimore Central
r. r. Co., has been engaged in rebuilding
the bridges along the line of the road, and
putting the road bed in good order.
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Fruit Fruit Mrs. Hall has just re-
ceived fresh supply of tropical Fruit,
consisting of Apples, Oranges, Lemons,
Pine Apples. Cocoanuts and Bananas.
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LOCAL AFFAIRS.

Postmaster at Rising Sun, in this county;
vice Thos. Holton. removed.
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Put Off the Cars.-A well-dressed young
lady, hailing from New Castle, Delaware,
was put off the g. N. train, on Monday last,
reeling drunk. She took refuge in the Jail
till morning.
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Golden neutrality-suspicious. to any Tobac-
co ever offered in this market. For sale by
MCCRERY in the ''Hollow.' Try it.
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The County Commissioners were in Sc.

The County Commissioners were in ses-
sion on Saturday last, and appointed W..
V. Moore, Supervisor on the old plank
road, from Elkton to Cherry Hill, and re-
appointed Capt. L. G. Ford, Collector of
Third District, Mr.. James McCrery, whose
appointment was announced in last week S
issue, having declined.
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s- Mr. John c. Hindman is our regu-
larly authorized Agent and Collector to
procure subscriptions and advertising for
The Wing.
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Dissolution Of Co-Partnership.- our
advertising columns we publish notice of
the dissolution of co-partnership of Thomas
i Finley, Bankers and Brokers, who have
been engaged in the above business in Elk
ton for the past year. Mr. Finley proposes
to engage in business in Newburn, n c.,
and Mr.. Thomas intends, we believe. going
into business in Baltimore. We are sorry
to lose two of our most esteemed citizens
and at the same time, two of our most en-
terprising young men. but such is the for
tune of Elkton.
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Singular Accident occurred to George
Wilson, of Rising Sun, on Thursday of last
week. He was driving home from Porter's
Bridge, when bolt came out and the shafts
dropped down upon the horse hells, which
caused him to jump 50 suddenly that Mr..
w. was thrown out of the wagon head fore
most. He alighted upon one side Of his
face, and had one of his ears cut or torn off
close to his head as cleverly as though it
had been severed with knife. He was
very little otherwise hurt. DR.. Worrall
dressed the wound, and Mr.. w. is about
again, but minus an ear.
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Proceedings of the ORPHANS, Court

Proceedings of the Orphans Court
The Orphans Court held special session;
on Tuesday last, at which the following
business was transacted:
Ordered. That Benjamin Miller, Admin
lister on the estate of Edward Davidson.
decd.
The following bonds were examined and
approved: B. G. Reynolds, Administrator
of w. NJ. Reynolds; Mary A. Sheridan, Adj
ministratrix of Nicholas Mcclure; G. w.
Hensel. Administrator of Edward F. Hen
SELL John McCauley and Mary A. Boulder,
Administrators of Ezekiel Boulder: Mar
tina A. Burns, Administrative of Owen
Burns: F. A. Ellis, Executor of Ann How
ard; Je..e S. Boulder, Guardian of Geo A.
Boulder and others; Lewis Boulder. Guar
dian of William Boulder and others.
The inventory of W. NJ. Reynolds was
examined and passed.
Ordered. That B. c. Reynolds, Admins
traitor of w. NJ. Reynolds, sell at private
or public sale, the goods of deceased.
Third account of Mary E. Griffin, Guar
dian of Ebenora Clark, passed. First ac-
count of Samuel Haines, Administrator of
Elizabeth Grist passed and distribution
made. Account of John F. Stephens,
Guardian of Emma G. Davis, passed.
Third and Final account of W. J. Barwick
and John r. Price, Administrators of John
Mcars, passed and distribution made
First account of Eliza johnson and Jacob
Rambo, Administrators of John c. John
son, passed. Court adjourned to meet on
second Tuesday in Nav
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A FARNf FOR SALE,
135 ACRES OF GOOD LAND
NOTICE..

All persons having claims against Cecil county are
required To file thu in the Office of the County Com
mis'ol.rs. with legal voucher before lith day
of May, next. WM. 7. MILLER, Clerk.
-Iw
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Destruction of Property by a Whirlwind.


AS we were going to press, last week, we
received report that Mr.. Lewis T. Rob-
erts, residing near Bohemia Mills, in the
Second District, had sustained serious loss
in having his barn blown down by a heavy
wind. The report was too true, and the
destruction was even greater than at first
reported. The disaster occurred on the
night of Tuesday, 10Th of April, between
ten and eleven o'clock. The family were
all in bed when the storm came up with
terrific violence, and were aroused by the
crash of falling buildings, and on looking
out heheld the large frame barn but recent
ly built, and some other outbuildings lying
in a mass of ruins The cattle, horses and
sheep, 1--WE did not learn what number. but
the necessary stock of q medium-sized
farm, were all buried under the ruins
Several neighbors were gathered to the
scene of devastation as speedily as messen-
gers and the ringing of large bell could
assemble them, and the stock extricated
from beneath the crushed buildings
Strange to say, none of the stock were
killed, and so far as we have learned, but
one sheep fatally injured. One granary,
which had considerable grain in it, with
stood the violence of the wind, and the
dwelling of the family also escaped with
some damage to the wall plates, showing
that the wind had almost force enough to
have lifted and demolished the roof of the
house also. A large willow tree near the
house was torn out by the roots, and a
number of peach trees destroyed. The
fences on Mr.. Roberts farm were blown
down, but the storm does not appear to
have extended beyond his property, as but
little damage was done anywhere else.
The destruction was evidently the work
of a whirlwind, as is proven by the nature
of its devastating power, which was almost
t'rely confined to one spot, there being
no track to mark the course of hurricane.
The wind was accompanied by heavy fall
of rain.
Mr.. Roberts estimates his damage, as
previously stated, at $4,000. He is public
spirited man, of noble nature, and highly
esteemed by all who know him; and in his
sudden and serious loss, has the sympathy
of his neighbors and acquaintance.
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BEECHER.
Would He Have Accepted the Senator.
ship?


From his Sermon at Plymouth Church.
am the happiest man that lives. You could
not tempt me out of this place. Suppose they
had offered me the Senatorship of the Unlted
States: do you suppose | would have accepted
it? Never! never ] do not expect to be
tried. 1t is not the style Of men that they are
after now. They do not look into churches and
pulpNs for public men to day. But were they
TO do ii, there would be no temptation in 1t,
There could be ne temptation in it, Do you
suppose I could be bribed out of the pulpit If
Brown Brothers offered me full halfDartner-
ship IN their business? Never There is not
money enough in all the Rothschilds' Golfers to
bring me the happiness that | have in your
confidence and generous support, and the
liberty which have OF dlscharging my con-
science by fiee speech in your midst;
good. There is secret in fidelity to mems
ConscieDces, and in that sympathy which eau
appeal to God and say, "Thou knowest that l
love my country; thou knowest that love my
fellow-man; thou knowest that love thee, aud
that my whole life, from core to circumference,
and from circumference back 10 core again, is
in this blessed work OF reconcilng men TO God,
and thus building them up to Christian virtue
and purity More of happiness than you can
extract from wealth, or honor, or pleasure
itself, you can-I say to every young man who
is rightly endowed, and who has a heart that
beats for this world-extract from the sphere
of the Christian minister. You never will tnd
a nobler sphere than that. If you come for the
sake of honor, II you come for the sake OF sup
port, keep away; but If you love the WORK, and
are willing TO take it through good report aud
through evil report, there is not on this earth
another calling that delights as 1t does to be an
ambassador for Christ, aud to be a friend OF
man among meE.
Here is a place where q man, humblmg him
SELF becomes a leader. Here is a place where a
maD, throwing his life away, finds it. The pulpit
is above all other places on the earth. 1t is
higher than the law, higher thau the Senate
higher than the Governors seat, higher than
the Presidency. And it is open TO al. You can
come If you love the business, and here you will
find Joys that care cannot ruffle, aud remunera-
tions that time itself cannot take from you.