The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-02-20

us that "winter is past and the rain is over
| and gone Our cruel boys wage a savage
warfare upon them and they have departed
| our land.
Elkton Presbyterian Church.-At
meeting of the members of this churl, held
last Sunday morning, after service, it was
decided to abolish the pew system, and
have free seats hereafter. This plan has
been adopted with the view of increasing
| the congregation, and will doubtless have
| that effect A great many persons object
| to attending pew church,-feeling them
| selves intruders, we suppose, if they are
| not pew-holders. With one exception, we
| believe, all our churches will now have free
| seats.
We understand it is the intention of the
Presbyterians to improve their church con-
siderably during the coming Summer.
Proceedings Of the Orphans Court
| Inventories of DR.. John Gilpin, and Eugene
D. X. Richardson, examined and passed.
The Executor of DR.. Gilpin was ordered
to sell personal property, also, Ambrose
Richardson, Adm. of Eugene D. X. Rich
ardson, ordered to sell personal property of
deceased. The following list of debts and
sales were examined and passed:
Debts of Thos. Richards; do, Elisha
Kirk do, of Andrew Harvey do, Henry
Crawford List of sales of Elisha Kirk,
dec; do, of Josiah Ramsay do, of f. A.
McMeans; do, of W. Myers. Inventory
of Catharine Mackey, examined and passed.
and Administrators to take the property at
| appraisement.
On the petition of Jacob A. Howard, it
| was ordered that the distribution in case of
Thomas Howard, dec. be set aside and pc
titioner allowed to state new account, &c.
| Sundry account examined and passed. 1t
| was ordered that the time of J. G.. Smith,
| Administrator of Francis P. Smith, dec,
for settling Administrator account be OK
| tended three months. In the case of Lort
| VS.. Percy it was ordered that G. r. How
| ard, John Shippers and W. I. Miller act as
| referees. Clinton Mccullough Admins
TRAITOR of r. Hudson, late of Philadelphia,
| was ordered to pay over certain monies
belonging to estate of deceased, to E. S.
Buckley, Adm. of deceased in the State of
Pennsylvania. Sundry account of Admin
istrators, Executors and Guardians, passed.
The petition of Mary A. Riddle, widow
Of Umphry Riddle deceased, praying that
Executor of said deceased be ordered to pay
certain monies to petition was rejected.
The bond of Mrs. Sophia NJ. Christie and
Jas. A. Davis, Executors of John S. Chris
tie, was approved; also, bond of Ambrose
Richardson, Adm. of +. d. X. Richardson,
approved.
Abandoned ROads.-Not 4 few of the
roads in this county which were opened at
large outlay of public money, we are led
to believe from observation and inquiries
made from time to time, have been virtually
abandoned, or are SO little used that they
might as will be closed for all the advant-
age they are to the public. We were trav-
| cling on the Charlestown and West Noting
| ham road short time since with gentle
man well acquainted with the different
| roads which travers that section of country
lying north of Charlestown and North East,
when he pointed out an opening through
the bushes, which he informed us was
public road connecting the Charlestown
| and North East roads, = short distance
| above the latter town. This cross road,
| about miles in length was opened a few
years ago by an enterprising party, who
| being out of work got up petition to the
Commissioners "numerously signed" and
the road was pronounced public necessity
and opened at a very heavy expense to the
county. and an annual levy for repairs. A
short time before this road was pointed out
to us it had been cleared of the bushes
| which had been allowed to acquire two or
| three years growth. When we saw it there
| wasn't hoof or wheel track to be seen on
| it, but mere avenue opened through the
dense underground of that neighborlood.
There is no travel nor ever has there been.
across that part of the country demanding
| such road to be opened, and the clearest
evidence of this fact is that the bushes
"SiO oilo"Su " SlON III luc Deu Oh Gnc ROAD
after it had been formally opened We
have no doubt that the county has large
numbers Of such roads which ought
| to be stopped up and the expense of SUPER
visions saved. The taxpayers have been
| put to an enormous expense in opening
| these useless roads to serve some private
! or individual enterprise, and are still taxed
| that corps of bungling supervisors may
| spend the public money by hiring boys to
| walk over them, carrying axes and shovels
OH their shoulders. In other places some
| very convenient and useful roads have been
allowed to get into such horrible contli-
| ton as to drive travel almost entirely away
| from them, into old established Thorough
fare which from the mere pressure of COLI
slant necessity are kept in a condition that
| is at last passable. Cannot this wretched
wasteful, ruinous system of highways in
| the county be reformed and made both
| cheaper and better? Half the number of
good roads would much better accommodate
| the public, than our present numberless
bad ones. We would not be understood as
opposing the opening of any new roads in
| future that the public interest and travel
unquestionably demanded. Such cases
| will occur as the county resources become
more largely developed, but no more roads
should be opened until it is ascertained be-
yond doubt by the County Commission
ers, that such roads would be a permanent
| public benefit
That Giant Of the Eastern Maryland Bar,
VIM. M. Goldsborough, Esq, originally of
Easton, subsequently, of Cambridge, and
recently of Elkton, has opened law office
i'll Salisbury, in the new county of Wicom-
ico May the the marvellous success which
has heretofore attended his practice, follow
hin, 10 Z; C.