The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1872-02-03
American Colonization Society.

American Colonization Society.
The fifty-fifth anniversary of this Society
took place at the Metropolitan Methods
Episcopal church, Washington, on Tues
day evening, January 10th. Bishop E. S
James, Rev. DR.. Haight, Rev. DR.. Potter
Rev. DR.. J. p. Newman, and others, were
on the platform. Judge Latrobe, the ven
cradle President, sent Il letter of regret
that he was unable, for the first time il
twenty years, to be present.
The report of the Secretary stated that
year-namely Bishop Andrew, Bishop
Baker, Rev. r. ]. Breckenridge, and Dan.
iel Huey, of Illinois. The total receipts
we're $jJ, 303, and all expenses 54,979,
leaving balance of 1891 Two hundred
and forty five emigrants had been sent to
Liberia during the past year. Two thou.
sand eight hundred and thirty-three had
been coionized since the war. There were
now $500 applications for aid in the same
way upon the books. The 1914 emigrants
sent out during the fall of 1870 had proven
a great element of success. The prosperity
of Liberia as to its commerce, in the ex-
tensive cultivation of coffee and the large
manufacture of palm-oil, has materially
advanced. England disputes the North
west possessions of this country. Arbi-
traitors have been appointed two by Eng
land, two by Liberia, and the fifth by the
President of the United States. They are
to meet in Monrovia. Two schools, now
in a very tlourishing condition, have been
established during the year. Thirty-five
students are in Attendance at the Liberian
College. An endowment of $4,000 was
desired. and one donation of $4,000 and
several of $1,000 had already been made.
The country east of Liberia is full of
facilities for emigration, and surrounding
nations were very DESTROYS of alliance.
Bishop James made an address, draw
ing a comparison between the colnization
of this country and that of Liberia, show
ing that the latter was a much greater sue
cess.
SOME OF JOSH BILLINGS MORAL PRE-
EPTs.-Forgiving our enemys has the re-
freshing effeclst upon our souls ez it duz to
confess our sins.
What lamentable cuss man iz-he PHYS
his nabors, misfortunes, hi calling them
judgments from Heaven.
miliarity, and at the same time making the
company satisfied with you and pleased
with themselves.
Tew be happy-take things as they cum,
and let them go jist as they cum.
1t takes great deal of money to make
a man rich. but it don't take but little vir-
tew.
1t liz the little things ov this life that
plague us.
What an agreeable world this would be
tew live in if we could pump all the pride
and seltishness out ov it. 1t would i'm
prove it az much az taking the fire and
birthstone out of the other world.
Don't mistake plezuro for happiness; it
is intirely different breed ov dogs. There
il a CRATE deal ov exquizit plezure in hap
piness, but there IL a great deal of plezure
that haz no happiness in it.
Experience haz the same effect on most
folks that age haz on a goosc--it makes
them tutfer.
"Sewing Societies " are generally places
whar the wimmin meet to rip and soup
the naborhood.
1t takes smart man to conceal from
others what he don't know.
A lazy man alwus works harder than a
biZZy one-the hardest work kno ov is to
grunt-it is harper to sit, still and fife flies
than it IL to get up and escape from them.
The man that controls hiz pashuns sits
at the helm Of biz ship.
1t is very difficult to kalkulate upon sue
cess, unless man sets up fur phool-in
this department have known hundreds to
succeed, contrary to thare expectatashuns
OLD IRoN.-The oldest pieces of
now known are probably the
sickle blade found by Belzoni under the
base of sphynx in Karnak, the blade
found by Cononel Nyse embedded in the
of the great pyramid, and the
portion of Il cross-cut saw eXhumed at
Nimrod by Mr.. Laya-d, all Of which are
now in the British Museum. A wrought
bar of Damascus steel was presented by
King Porus to Alexander the Great, and
the razor steel Of China for many centuries
has surpassed all European steel in temper
and durability OF edge. The Hindoos ap-
pear to have made wrought iron directly
from the ore, without passing it through
the stage OF wrought iron, from time i'm
and deliberately ornamented
wrought iron of huge dimensions are still
standing in India, which date from the
early centuries of the Christian era. Iron
ore has been found in the Hazarebaugh
in India, which is said to contain
eighty per cent. of pure metal, together
with o slight admixture of manganese
There is said to be FIVE hundred square
miles Of this ore in the Diamoda coal
fields, Under the deposit there is layer,
to he about twenty feet thick,
g tl,n ,,,1 India