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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-20

GopEY's LApY's BooK.-The following
list of attractions is presented to the read
ers of Cooley for December:
Two Steel Plates, two Christmas Plates,
Colored Plate of a Cushion in Bead-work,
and another large sheet Of Embroidery
Patterns. Cooley presents to his subscri-
bers real gem for December. The en-
bellishments excel in attractiveness any
before given. Although the last number
of the volume, to many it appears better
than the first. Nameless and Friendless is
the title of the first steel plate. Then
comes handsome title-page, with tableau
pictures, also engraved on steel. A tinted
picture, representing children engaged in
Christmas sports. A colored fashion-plate.
Cushion in bead-work, handsomely printed
in colors. Extension Sheet. Skating
Costumes. Fancy Costumes for children.
A page containing fifteen designs of bon
nets, hats, and headdresses. A great
variety of other useful and ornamental de-
signs are scattered through the number
In the literary department grand array
of literary celebrities in the magazine
world contribute rich feast. A number
of Christmas games will be found in the
Armchair department. Look on page 535
for rich collection of holiday sweets. At
the beginning of the new volume is the
very best time to make up clubs. The
magizene for one year, single copy, is 3d.
Four copies one year $40. Direct to L. A.
Cooley, Philadelphia.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-20
LANCASTER.

LANCASTER.
The number Of pupils in the public
schools of Lancaster city is 2771.
B. Reynolds, of Philadelphia, has been
appointed Freight Agent of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad, in Lancaster city, vice A.
F. Slaymaker.
John w. Bear, known as the Buckeye
Blacksmith, has been appointed Special
Agent OF the Treasury Department, and
stationed at Baltimore
The hotel of Brisben Skiles at Mt. Yer
non, near the Gap, was entered on Sunday
night, 18th inst, and robbed of two over
coats, gun, tablecloths, sheets, and other
clothing including all Mr.. Skiles' shirts,
except the one he had on his back,
S. F. Eagle & Son have sold their pro-
perty, known as the Eagle Furnace Prop
erty, above Columbia, to Colonel E. Burd
Grubb, of Burlington, N. j., for the sum
of one hundred thousand dollars. Posses
sion was taken OH the 1st inst. by the new
proprietor.
A barn belonging to Ephraim Hershey,
near Columbia, was set on fire about IL
o'clock on Saturday night, 9th inst, and
entirely consumed.
DIR. Hartman, proprietor of Mishler' s
Bitters, IN Lancaster City, was surrendered
by his bail, last week, to the United States
authorities. lie is now in custody of the
U. S. Marshal. He is charged with de-
frauding the Revenue Department In
addition to this little affair with the U. S.
Government, a Sheriff from the State of
Indiana, is anxiously awaiting his leisure,
to carry him to that State to answer sundry
charges of fraud, &c. The Doctors sex
tensive" Bitters establishment reveals the
fact that the whole thing is covered by
$4,000. Verify we live in an age of "hum-
bug"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1869-11-20

A COOP ORDER.-Postmaste General
Creswell, it is said, will shortly prohibit
the carrying through the mails of the
s'swindling circulars which have cursed
the country for the past few years, offering
prizes, &C., &C., but which always turned
out to be brass watches, or something, if
possible, of less value. A great deal of lot
terry swindling has been done through the
mails in this county. A rascal had box
rented at the Elkton Office some months
since which he attended regularly and car
ried away his letters that gudgeons sent en-
closing money for lottery tickets. Charles
town used to be favorite hunting ground
for these scamps, who used the mails to
rob the unwary and simple. We trust that
Mr.. Creswell will put stop to this use of
the mails.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-07

THE RAGE For OFFIcE.-I was speaking
to the distinguished Senator from Illinois, one
day of this week, upon the moral effect of up
setting all the desks ofofiice every four years
"We shall be broken up" said Senator
Trumbull, "unless some administration will set
the example. or some legislation will compel
it, of making the price Of office good behavior
only. The scenes and the scramble Of the last
month have been disgraceful, as you know.
But you do not probably know the effect Of
this periodical rotation upon Congress- For
example, 1 want the Secretary Of the Treasury
to give my man. an office. 60 up to the De-
partment and wait there for an audience, long
OF short, as the case may be. The Secretary
speaks encouragingly. Next day go up
again. and he is not quite so sanguine. It is
by this steady persistence that offices are OBJ
tanned here. Not merit, nor recommendation,
nor impulse, but dng-donging obtains the
Offices. Well, the Secretary has financial
policy, perhaps. How can /. as a Senator,
speak independently of his policy while my
man is in a state of suspense. Thus, the ex-
ecutive part of the Government paralyzes in
great degree the legislators independence.
We must reform this altogether, or the poll
tical state of the country will be degraded be-
yond recovery"
asked the Senator if he was kept very bus
lily employed in legislative business.
yes" he answered.; ''the duties Of Sena-
tor are extremely onerous. We used to adjourn
from Thursday until Monday and get through
all business promptly enough. Then the bet
ter social enjoyments were available to us, and
we had leisure for reading. conversation and
thought. So manifold have the functions Of
the central Government become that all our
time is occupied now. Thousands Of things
which were formerly disposed of in the States
OF in the Executive Department, come up to
Congress now. BY Saturday night am very
weary. = Correspondence Chicago Tribune.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-07

same time The first firing was at Kamaka's
horse, they did not fire again I; there was no
powder &C. After the right side fred, then
the left fred the guns were divided from one
side 10 the other The two sides were dis
tinct from each other. Kupakee was little
way ahead he said nothing, he did not say 60
ahead. Guns were the only weapons l saw
l saw no sticks or knives in the hands
Of any one standing near me. / did not
see the right wing. was on the left wing. Lo-
ka was on the right side. The parties who
first fred at kamaka's horse, were on our right
side-on the Kohala side. This division OF
ours was mauka Of the lanai they did not 60
to the makai side Of the lanai. Those on our
right division were some distance, but those
on my left l was near to. and saw the firing ; /
did not see any one hit. did not see ka-
mai of Kaona's party hit. picked up stones,
but did not throw but once. / wished TO
get another stone; but as I grasped II
saw all my company had gone; so l went
also. fed on foot, as / had lost my horse.
| heard no report of a gun after had fed
don't know who stood with kamai. There
were more than ten with Kamai. As saw
they were picking up stones and throwing
them, about the distance from where stood
to the hau tree by the road. There was
stone wall to the kohala side Of where Ka-
mai stood. turned a little while after and
saw them running; did not see them after
wards. There were indigo bushes, kukui
trees, brambles, breadfruit trees. de-, ON the
Kohala side of where Kamai stood. When
last saw Kamai he had no gun.
know Kupoohiwi; l did not distinguish
him there. did see Aalona he was near
the place, and was running away / am not GER
tain whether he was with Kamai or not. know
that Loka was with Kamai. He is the only
one that l am sure was with Kamai. The
second time 1 went down was after dinner. 1t
was in the afternoon. am the only one who
went to the lanai; others were at various dis
tances. called to Kamaka and the other
two l asked for the body Of Neville; these
three were between me and the lanai.
The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-07

JOHN ~ cRAKEN,
Portland
The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-07-07
GEORGE WILLIAMS,
LICENSED SHIPPING AGENT

Continues the business his old plan Of settling
with officers aud seamrn Immediately their ship
ping at his office. Having direct indirect con-
nection with any Quitting establishment and allow
ing debts to be collected in his Office he hopes 20
give good satisfaction in the future he has in
the past. Ism
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18
A Hit at the Fashions.


When say that the street dress Of the
majority Of respectable women oil New York
to-day is disgusting, l but feebly express my
emotions. say the respectable women, and
yet, save 10 those who know them 10 be such
their appearance leaves wide margin for
doubt. The clown at the circus wears not
more stunning or pRTtl-colored costume; in
fact, his has the advantage of being sufi-
ciently 'taut, ITO use a nautical phrase
not TO interfere with locomotiOn; while theirs
with what disgusting humps upon their
backs, and big T0settes upon their SIDES and
shoulders, and loops, and folds, and buttons,
and tassels, and clasps, and bows upon their
skirts, and striped satin all too short to hide
often clumsy ankles-and more col0rs and
shades oil colors hesped upon one poor little
iashion-ridden body than ever we're gathered
in one rainbow and all this worn without
regard 10 temperature, or time, or place.
say this presents spectacle winch is too
disheartening even 10 be comical.
One cannot emile at the young girls vino
are, one day,-Heayen help them Ito be
wives and mothers. WiDes and mothers
say 10 myself, as / see the throat and neck
with only the protection OF gold l0cket be-
tween itself and the cold autumnal winds
Wives and mothers ! say, us | see them
running their feet, and throwing their anklei
heels like cords, fastened far into the middle
of the soles OF their boots; aud those boots
so high upon the calf of the leg, and 81
| tightly buttoned across it that circulation IL
stopped and, violent headaChea follow
Wives and mothers say, as I see tht
heating and burdensoms pauer tucked OF
| the most delicate portion OF woman
frame, TO make still surer confirmed invalid
ism.
What fathers, husbands, brothers, lover
can think about it, 10 be willing that the wO
men they respect and love should appear il
public looking like women whom they de
epise, is a marvel 10 mt.
oh, the relief it is 10 see healthy, firm
stepping, rosy, broad chested woman, clal
simply in dress all Of one color, and ire
ifom punches and rags turn to look a
such Q one, Win true respect that she hit
the good seBse and courage, and good tast
10 appear on the street in Giess beftlin
the street; leaving to those poor, wretche
women whose business it is 10 advertise thei
persons, field free from competition. Ii
seem to speak harshly, 1t il beeause / LEI
earnestly on this subject.
Oh, how / wish that bevY OF younl
handsome girls Of good social position
would inauguIate a plain, iady-hke COS
iume for street and chulch wear. so
young and handsome, because il an old We
man does this the lille chits toss their heat
and say, "Oh she has had her day, al
d0n.t care now--and we want ours I'D
ng Fern.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18
The savsntssnth Amendment.

'oot damned spctl Out, sayi" s,.,,a..-.
AT the Equal Rights Association held IN
New York last week, Fred. Douglass in-
troduced a resolution for the amendment Of
our National Constitution by striking, out
the word "white." Freddy's legal educa'
lion must have been sadly neglected., or ne
certainly would have been more familiar
with our organic law. For his sake We are
sorry 10 inform him that wiser heads than
his saw that this was matter which belong
cd exclusively to the States, and jealousy
excluded from the Constitution such words
as white, black, slave OF slavery. Perhaps
if he aud his Radical friends were more
familiar with the laws which they profess to
despise, they would learn to look upon them
and their trainers as at least worthy OF some
regard, and would find them something
more than 'leagues with hell" or "coVe
nants with the devil.n His ignorance is no
surprising when viewed in the light of tn
last few months. 1t was the, New .Yor
' World that informed Congress Of the la'
which disabled Stewart from acting as se'
" retary of the Treasury, and twas only whe
h some good natured Democrat limited to u
"a Missouri Legislature of the hoax that h'
been perpetrated on them, that they d
covered it was not the fifteenth amendmer
in but something else they had ratified. t
1T folly OF wisdom, when ignorance is so Bill
to iul, cannot be disputed.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18
General matters.

B. B. Comegys, formerly Of Delaware,
President OF the Philadelphia National
Bank, has been granted six months leave of
absence by that bank. lie will sail on the
22nd.
A contract for building three new school
houses in this city at Se7, ,14S has been
awarded to PaAsmore Ii. Mitchell.
Copies OF the bylaws OF The Young Mems
Loan Association can be secured by calling
on Jos. l.. Killgore, Secretary, s3S Market
street.
Tic Water Witch Fire Company expects
visit from the Taylor Fire Zousves, OF
Trenton, NJ j., next June. They number
about 100 men.
Rev. Fielder Israel lectured in the City
Hall last Thursday evening TO large and
attentive audience. HIS subject was Brain
aud Muscle, and II was treated in an ahle
manner. lie was warmly applauded during
! the course OF his lecture.
| Joseph Eising is building a large new
pork packing house in Tatnall street, below
| Third.
The steamer Perry takes the place of the
Major Reybold on the Salem line while the
latter is undergoing repair.
A contract ior the completion of the juno
ton and Breakwater Railroad from George.
town TO Lewes has been made by the Direc-
tors. a pier is TO be erected at Lewes BY
the 1st Of August.
The public Will not forget the large sale Of
machinery and shingles at McAlpln q 90. Z
Sbingle Mill, ioot OF Sixth street, next Wed
nesday Ogle is the auctioneer.
$4,000 to invest in bond and mortgage
Appiy 10 J. NJ Barr, Attorney At Law
journal Building, No. $40 Market street
Wilmington.
The greatest compliment paid to whining
ton artists is to he found in the order book
OF L. & NJ. Garrett, 72O Market street. New
York, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore
and Washington crowd them with custom
ers. The Cheaper the fares the better TO-
them. The celebrity of these artists i
world wide.
7. NJ. Oge adyertises sp!endlo sloop ioi
sale at auction, Saturday, May 2s.
{ A halt witted negro woman name'
Georgeana Brown, who drowned her llttl
daughter ia Dragon Creek, about year ago
plead guilty TO an Indictment for manslaugh
ier, and has been sentenced TO pay hne
$1,000 and he imprisoned year
Thomas NJ. Ogle will have on eAhibiiioi
this week al Institute Hall, choice eollec
lion Of works OF art, from Scott's ATT da
lery, Philadelphia This lot comprise
paintings OF both American and iofelgn ar
I iisls. 'fheY will be sold at puehc sale,
the Hall, on Wednesday aud THURSDAY ever
ings next
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

A Bio JoEE "A huge joke was perpe5s
trated at tie expense Of the open ooafd OF
slock-brokrs New York, one. day last
week. II hltlng been rumored that the
Lieutenant lbveTnor OF Louisiana, negro,
formerly known as C9lee Dunn, would o,,osai VISIT
darkeys that appeared were cheered voclter'
ously by the mischievous bulls and bears.
Finally two oily brokers hit upon ma, sPlenn. p en-
hoard. Quietly taking their leave, they went
to neighbOrhg barber shop, and for Zee
of ten dollsrsengaged colored professor, to
porsonate The Lieutenant Governor. The
brokers and the colored guest then proceed
cd 10 The board, arm-in arm, and perfect 81;
ience reigned during which they advanced
through the crowd TO the Preeldents chalr.
After the escort had introduced the guest to
the President they turned and began intro
ducing him 70 the other members, while the
cries for speech filed the room. 1t wai
not long, however, before the brokers dis
covered the ''sell' and the bogus "gov
was compelled to retreat rather hastily
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

FATE OF WASHINGTON CLERKs.-A
Washington correspondent OF the Cincin-
natl Gdsettee thus confirms all that has been
said OF the miseries of clerical dependence In
Washington. No one who has watched the
clerical changes which occur at the opening
ri any administration car conscientionsly
sa,ias friend TO accept 7'--~'aentnlafe.
"'The city is to-day--sayh the writer-6ll-
led with men and women who, at week'a
notice, have been discharged without dol
lar in hand, or resources Of any kind, TO be-
gin anew, after yeara of service, in making
their way in the world. Hundreds ot these
cases are of the most distressing character.
Men who have performed department work
TIL totally untitled for any kind Of business,
find themselves at middle life with families
upon their hands, left wholly adriti. The
appointment office Of every department is
crowded each day with women who, by
! charge, have been stricken IN day into the
ranks of paupers. The situation OF great
numbers OF these people is absolutely Terri
BILE. Underneath the roar of the capitals
political life, there is sorrow and suffering
among those who but q week ago were in
the service of the Government, which In
many OF its features surpassea the distress
which hides itself in the alleys and the gar
rets of the great commercial cities. Let nj
Young man who hopes for a future in which
his powers shall have full play, or in which
he shall be independent, seek il through th'
doors OF Government department.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

DRsPoTIc ENOUGH FOR A PHILIP OR AN
ALvA.-In Tennessee the Governor appoints
a register Tor each county in the State, and
no citizen can vote without a certificate OF
qualification of his register. The only OK.
cepiion is in favor Of those who have voted
in certain elections held prior to the passage
of the franchise law. Outside of this, every
applicant for certificate must prove by two
Witnesses known 10 the register to have been
ever loyal in sentiment and conduct to the
government, and the applicant must take
similar oath. After this the register grants
the certificate or not, as he pleases. The
Governor can then declare the entire regis
tration VOID, and appoint new register and
require new repatriation; or he can, with
! out proof, or even the form of political
trial, declare any number, or oil the votes
cast in on election, fraudulent, and thus
elect either candidate; or he can call the
election void, and appoint new register
THIS power extends from the lowest 10 the
highest office And this act OF the Legisla
tuTe has been declared by the Suprem,
Court OF the Stale to be IN accordance with
the Constitution vi the United States bu
the Judges SO deciding were all appolntees
tine Governor, and Senter, formerly Speake
OF the Senate, is now eG'etleiO Governor Q
the State. The Conservatives have conclu
, ded to run no candidate, as there is u
chance for Democrat IN the coming cleo
tion in the lace OF such an infamous law, an
J. the use made OF 1t.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

This YEAR's1SouTHERN CRoPs-There
will be increased crops of cotton, rice and
sugar, but less corn at the South. A diver
sion Of nj least a million of acres from corn
to cotton predicted, and an Increased use
of guano and fertilizers. Three million of
bales, ia place of 5000, 900 bales expected,
the average before the war. We might have
more, were it not for the fact that the ne
groes have in part abandoned the plow,
| while strong force is devoted to rice and
cotton. Three million bales OF cotton will
now be raised, and eighty thousand tierces
of rice, and two hundred thousand hogs
heads Of sugar. Last year, although the
crops were less than before the war, the ag-
gregate sums realized from rice, cotton end
sugar at the South, after conversion Into
gold, exceeded the returns of 1860. The
rice crop may exceed our local wants, and
if NOT too high, be exported. In sugar, Ol
which we consume thirteen hundred million
pounds, our crop will not supply fifth ol
the consumption. As for cotton, the Stock
!. must be nearly exhausted by July, and thii
: must, for the present, tend to sustain prices
!, but by The autumn may we not we'll antici
= pate an accession of 800, 900 bales from IN
!, creased growth ln India and Brazil, and hal
a million bales from our Southern States
An accession of 500, 900 bales might not Sc
IT riously depress prices, except In the prom
J. ised completion of the 5uez Canal In Oett
p ber, which will reduce the passage TO France
l. Spain and England, by propellers thToug
ar the canal In place of ships by the Cape, 1
80 least iour months. The cotton of Bomha
ID can take this route, and will accelerate Il
ld delivery of India cotton four months, whiC
e. will be equivalent to adding for the hr
'ie year one-third 10 the deliveries from lndi
say 900, 900 bales. II we are correct 10 thi
we may expect expect to see cotton declil
below twenty-five cents by the close of Il
year, aud then take at least a twelve mon
~ to recover.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

sHoppY ApRoAD.-It is rarely by sale
that the old palaces of Florence pass into
the hands OF others. But recently there has
been an example of such transfer The
Baciocch Palace has been purchased by
MIR. James Ewing Cooley, OF New York.
This house was probably built before
America was discovered to Europe by Co
lumbus. II forms part Of the vast Picci
Palace, built by the ancient family OF that
name, The dimensions of the portion of it
now sold are about 110 by 140 feet, which
figures will serve to give an idea OF the ex-
tent Of these houses, THE ball room, which
would be rather wonder In private house
In London or New York, is iorty by seventy
| feet, and forty-five feet high. The staircase,
without being monumental, Ia of such gentls
rise that it would be easy 10 make the ascen'
on horseback. Besides this there Ura tnul
other staircaseB in the palace.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18

CoMIoAL GRIM. Con- CAIE.-There was
a very comical Grim. con. case in village a
few miles north OF here q few nights since.
The landlord of a village hotel caught his
wife aud spruce young man in most I'M
proper situation, and at once put the former
out Of doors. The latter ran up stairs, having
on only his night clothes. II was dark, and
in searching for him the landlord ras against
an iroiensive wagner, guest of the house,
who had heen attracted from his room by the
noise Mistsking him for the destroyer OF
his peace, he administered to him most
unmerciful thrashing, He swabbed the
floors and secured the walls OF the passage
ways and upper halls with the unprotected
body of the wagner, despoiled him of a
couple OF teeth, and ''colored" his eyes
under the hallucination that the driver was
the despoiler of his age. Meanwhile the
young man had got out of second story
window, still in his night clothes only, and
taken refuge in the cellar of house near by.
There he stayed until about four O'Clock in
the morning, nearly frozen to death, when
he was arrested and locked up for vagrancy,
indecent exposure, &c. The landlord how
ever, Is OF lorgiving disposition, aud has
taken his frail wife back to his bosom. The
young man has been let out OF jail, the
landlord has "made it all right with the
wagner, and ell is peace.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-05-18
I'm N0nRruutCu,

5SNI1IS is TO GIVE NOTICES THAT ON
1 ~ SIN day Of JUNE, A. D.. 1865, Warrant IN
Bankruptcy was issued against tho Ratate of Minor Q
Harvey Of St GeOigss, la the County 81 New Castle
and stsp OF cslawsIs, has been adjudged Bank
rupt u pon his petition
ihstthe payment Of any debta and delivery o. any
haIongjng to such Bankrupt to him or toE his
nss and The transfer Of any prop r by him, sIs for
bidden by law. .,,.. a.. -, u.,.,.
N rovs ther iebts aud ch0ose more Assigneea
~ is psta,e viii be held at Court OF Bankruptcy 10
b hsl,sn 10 the City OF Wilmington at the ofhes OF
svt a Bird No. 0OO King Btrsst, before Levi g. BIRD,
psyister On ths zlst dEy Vi MAY, A. D., ls6s, at
ss1asE p NJ JOHN Al. DUNN,
mayi4-9t U, 5. Marshal IS Messenger.