The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-01-10
GENERAL NEWS.


Legal tenders outstanding $319, OG9,
102.
The siege of Cartagena is prosecuted
with increased activity.
The smallpox and scarlatina continue
to increase in San Francisco.
The Pennsylvania Legislature assem-
bled at Harrisburg, on Tuesday last.
1t is reported that Gen. Concha is to
succeed Jovellar as Captain General of
Cuba.
Governor Hartranft has officially pro-
claimed the adoption Of the new Constitu-
ton.
The President has nominated Daniel
Burton to be Pension Agent at Whining
ton, Del.
Treasurer Spinner left Washington
for Florida on Tuesday, accompanied by
his daughters.
The President, on Monday, sent to the
Senate the nomination of Caleb Gushing to
be Minister to Spain.
Governor Whyte's friends are said to
be very confident of his election to the
United States Senate.
| The death of Mr.. Ralph Keller, the
correspondent of the Ns,o York Tribune, is
now considered beyond doubt at Havana.
The Treasury payments during De-
cember aggregated $40, 7GS, 926, not includ-
ing payments on account of the public
debt.
There was a fog at Boston on Satur-
day evening SO dense that objects could not
be discerned beyond distance OF forty
| yards.
The total number of hogs packed at
Chicago since November LIST was 900, GGS,
against $50, 800 for the corresponding peIiod
of last year.
"A severe snow storm prevailed at Salt
Lake City and northward through Mon
tana on Saturday. 1t had ragged for
twenty fou. hours.
New Hampshire is preparing for tie
spring campaign, and the Republicans are
first in the field with Luther McCutchins
as the candidate for Governor.
According to DR.. Livingstone, the
Victoria Falls On the Lambesi are eco feet
wider than the combined Falls of Niagara.
Their native name is Mosoatunya.
A band of suburban robbers were ar
rested in New York, on Monday. Some
of the band are reputed to be the most
skillful bank robbers in the country.
A committee of the McEnery Legisla-
ture, La, has tele~raphed at great length
to the presiding officers of both Houses of
Congress, asking relief and recognition.
Admiral Case assumed command of
the fleet at Key West, on Monday. and
ordered all the vessels to complete their
supplies of coal and be ready to sail at any
moment.
| fI,a r =
berwe learn that 4, 100 miles of railway were
built in the country during the year 1873
The total number of miles now in opera
ton is 1,564.
The Protestant Episcopal Church of
the Ascension at Baltimore, partly de-
stroyed by fire last May, has been rebuilt
service on Sunday last.
Mayor Cobb, in his message, states the
gross debt of the consolidated city of
Boston at S43, 4G6, 304 and the &c means of
redemption y at $14, 527.313, leaving the
net Indebtedness SOS, 931, 900
The Bar Association. of New York,
condemned the nomination of George II.
Williams, for Chief. Justice, and advised
| Congress to amend the Bankrupt act
judiciously rather than to repeal it.
There was "a heavy fall of snow" at
Galveston, Texas, on Monday night and
Tuesday, and snow fell at New Iberia. La,
Tuesday morning. The thermometer stood
at 10 degrees at New Orleans on Tuesday.
Attorney General Williams has recon-
mended the pardon Of John b. Wright and
George w. Waters, convicted at Pittsburg,
six weeks since, of c0unterfeiting, and
now serving terms in the Western Peni-
Tertiary.
At the request of Attorney General
Williams, the President has Withdrawn his
nomination from the Senate, and it is re-
ported from Washington that Senator Nor
ton is likely to receive the nomination of
Chief Justiceship.
There were received at PHILADELPHIA
last week 14.T19 barrels of crude and 90,
S27 barrels of refined petroleum. making a
total of Al, COG barrels. 1,1S0,1 100 gallons
of refined petroleum We're exported in the
same period.
A telegram from Vienna says that &C
cording to advices from ST. Petersburpb
the Shah of Persia has offered assistance
to Russia in Spring campaign against the
Turcomans, and in seizing the capital of
KhorasSan.
The late Mr.. Thomas Barring has left
one years salary to all the clerks and ser
wants in the employment of the firm of
Barring Brothers. The sum which will
have to be paid under this provision is up-
ward Of $50, 1000.
Isaac Evans. young farmer, residing
about four miles from Lancaster, was kill
ed on the Penn. Central Railroad on Fri
day. while walking on the track. He was
20 years old, and was to have been mar
ried the next day.
"A terrific wind storm began at Cimar
ron, New Mexico, on Friday mernins and
continued on Saturday. A stage coach
going south was blown over, aud two of
| the passengers were seriously injured
The telegraph lines were badly damaged.
Two men, named McEvan and Smith.
got adrift on 4 cake of ice in Saginaw Bay.
on Dee. 3lst, but reached the shore on
Tuesday 9Th instant in safety, though in
an exhausted condition. Some men who
went in search of them last Sunday have
not yet been heard of.
Clinton Kouff. aged II, murdered his
sister, near West Jefferson. Ohio. on SIM
day last. His sister threa eued to tell their
mother that he was playing fiddle ON fine
sabbath. whereupon he struck her on the
head with a poker, killing her Instantly.
The murderer and lis victim were children
Of widow.
Bishop Wilmer, of Louisiana, called
upon the President on Monday. and in
formed him that many persons are starry
ing in that State" The President, ac-
companied by the Bishop, went to the
Capitol, and sent for Speaker Blaine and
the Louisiana Representatives, with whom
| he had conference
A petition nine hundred and fifty.
three feet in length and containing 81, i 10
names was presented by Mr.. Sumner in the
Senate on Wednesday against the proposed
theological amendment to the constitution.
lie Judiciary Committee will decide
which Is OF the most weight, the length of
the petition or the number of signers.
A horse belonging to Walter Cunning
han. near Highland Store, Hartford com
ty. Nd. went mad short tiniu since
He rushed ont of the stable to the house.
IN furious manner. and in a blind cordj.
| tion ran aroand the yard, attempting to
attack everything wherever a sound at
tracted his attention. He finally got fast
In the fence and was knocked in the head.
The case of ex-senator Pomeroy,