The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1873-06-07

! lTOIu Iu6 eIeCLS VI WHICH, u6 ul6u
The Moonlight Excursion, mention of
which was made last week, takes place
Wednesday evening next, June 18th on
the steamer C. p. Smith. 1t is private
affair and all those receiving invitations
will please be on board the boat, at Elk
Lsnding at o'clock. The Elkton Band
has kindly volunteered their services, and
pleasant time is expected.
An Important Case Decided.-The case
of James II. Smith rs the County Commits
sioners of Cecil county, to recover extra
compensation for building the bridge over
Little Elk, on the new Elk Neck road which
was removed from this to Baltimore coun-
ty, was tried this week, at Townson;own,
and decided in favor of the defendants.
The sum claimed was some two thousand
dollars, which was marked to the use of
Isaac r. Trimble.
The case occupied four days, and was
argued by JAS T. Mccullough and Richard
j. Cuttings, Esqs., for Cecil county; and by
Judge Emory, John T. Ensor and J. H.
Kenne, Esqs., for plaintiff.
AnthrOpolOgy.-The lecture on this sub
ject by Rev. ]. II. Johns, at Zion, Md, on
Wednesday evening last was good one.
1t was an able exposition of the unity of
the human race, and refutation OF the at
| tempt by some modern theorists to prove
that the human family had not the same
/ Al, Il InIl low, ay,I
ed from the lower order of animals The |
manner in which Mr.. Johns handled his
subject showed that he had made deep and
careful research after the truths of science
and his deductions and conclusions were
| logical and convincing. The lecturer held |
his clever audience for over an hour and
half in rapt attention to the close, there |
being number of persons present from
distance. Mr.. Johns delivered two lect-
ures ON the same subject in Delaware |
| College, Newark, on Monday and Tuesday |
evenings of this week.-Orford Press.
The lectures ought to be delivered in Elk
ton. Apply the antedote where the poison
has been so profusely spread.
Arrested for Murder.-The letter of our |
Chesapeake City correspondent gives an |
account OF the arrest of two colored men |
for murder on Sunday night last. The
names of the parties charged with the |
murder were Lawrence Woodey and John |
Cooper Ned Taylor was murdered on
Monday night, Goth Of May, at Richmond |
and his body thrown into the dock.
On Wednesday last two detectives from
Richmond, W. F. Knox and John Wren,
came to Elkton with requisition for the
OF the sheriff, and took them in charge. |
They said the younger Of the two had |
committed the murder by knocking his
victim on the head. The murder took place
in groggery. The eulprits were aged
IS and 90, respectively, and it was the opin
| ion of the detectives that one Of them was
pretty sure to stretch hemp.
Lodged In Jaii.--A colored man named |
Alexander johnson, whose habitation was
Water street, was arrested Oh Wednesday
night, by deputy-sheriff r. White and
lodged in Jail, charged with stealing goods
from the auction room of G. X. Collier,
some three wsalrs ago. Aleck had been
lodging the officers fof some time and was
very shy, and it required some strategy
to secure him. The deputy-shsriff dis
guissd himself and laid in wait near his
dwelling place. About eleven o'clock
Alexander made his appearance, when the
officer rushed upon him, but he succeeded
in GLIDING the officer, when race ensued,
officer White firing a shot to bring him to,
but it served only &c accelerate the fugi
tive's speed. Aleck was headed By sheriff
Thomas, who was stationed on the bridge
in the course he was attempted escape,
and in his efforts to run up Bridge street
the officer over hauled and secured him.
Installation Of Rey, W. W. Heberton.-
On Tuesday last the day set apart for that
ceremony, the installation Of Rev. w. w.
Heberton, as Pastor of the Elkton Presby-
terrain Church, took place. The day was
one of the brightest Of this pleasantest
season of the year. The sun shone in his
summer splendor; the trees and shrubs
were clothed in richest green; the birds
sang merrily in the baughs; and the perfume
of thousands of blossoms and flowers
blooming in every field, garden and hedge,
filed the rustling summer breeze with the
swestest fragrance. The ceremonies were
performed in the chapel to the unfinished
church, and commenced st 2 o'clock Pm
The attendance was small for al occasion
| of the kind, the chapel being 10 more than
comfortably filled. The room, we should
jrdge, has not a capacity to seat more than
one hundred persons without crowding.
Rev. 8. A. 9sy.ey, of West Nottingham
Church, presided, and proposed the custo-
mary questions to the candidate Tor ;astal-
lation. After this ceremony, Rev. &. L.
Moore preached an able and impressive
sermsu.
Rev. John Crowl,,1,. D. D., performed the
ceremony Of giving the charge to the Pas
tor in very neat and appropriate manner,
reciting the duties and grave responsible
| ties which devolve upon the shepherd in
his caro- of the flock placed under his
charge.
Rev Justus r. Emsted closed the services
by reminding the congregation oftheir duty
toward their Pastor, and exhorting them |
to the faithful performance of it. His clos
| ing remarks were full of wisdom, and per-
tinent to the subject, in which he impress
| ed the duty of allowing the Pastor entire
freedom Z: his manage Of his domestic |
affairs, and his choice of tradesmen, doc
tor, etc. He also reminded the congrega-
ton that the habit of making presents to !
their minister, though ever SO small, was
bond of union which served to strengthen
| the attachment between Pastor and people.
Mr.. Umsted, at the conclusion of his re-
marks, stated that it was customary on
occasions of installing new Pastor, fol
the congregation, great and small, as
mark of their cordial welcome and esteem,
to take the minister by the hand, with a
good wish for his future happiness and sue