The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-03-14
GENERAL NEWS.

-Ex- President Fillmore died on Sunday
night last.
Congress is doing nothing for the f.
nances of the country.
-Ex-Gov. Henry A. Wise is recovering
from his dangerous illness.
The Iowa Legislature has passed a
bill regulating freight and passenger tolls
on railroads.
jay Cooke is to be succeeded by Gen.
Negley in the management of the National
Soldiers Home.
The snow blockade of the Central
Pacific Railroad is broken, and trains are
again running regularly.
The Ohio Constitutional Convention
by vote of IS to 30, refused to allow a
separate vote on the section allowing woman
suffrage.
The Hon. Alexander Stephens is still
confined to his bed, and the prospect of
his resuming his place in the House of
Representatives duling the present session
is not very good.
Returns from nearly all the towns in
New Hampshire have been received, which
show there is no election of Governor by
the people. Weston, Democrat, lacks
about 300 of majority.
The Methodist ministers of New York,
in regular weekly session, have taken
strong ground in favor of total abstinence,
and on Sunday next portion of the SER
vices i'll all the churches will be devoted to
speeding along the present movement.
"A large trunk, full of wedding dresses,
valued at So, 500, was seized by the custom
house authorities at New York, on Satur-
day last. 1t is reported that the wife of
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Europe with 100000 worth of goods in
her trunks.
The more the Sanborn contract bust
ness is investigated the worse it appears.
Such another scheme fer plundering the
Treasury for the benefit of corrupt ring
has never been exposed in this country.
There is no aspect of the case that makes
it excusable, or anything else than scan-
dalous.-Boston Adcert,ser, (Rep.).
"A call has been issued for meeting at
Cooper Institute, to give expression to
public feeling on the national finances, and
protest against the delay of Congress in
concluding effective legislation on the sub
iect The date of the meeting will here
after be determined. The call is signed by
leading merchants, with Peter Cooper at
the head of the list.
"A special from Fort Laramie to the
Cheyenne Leader reports that General
Smith, with eight companies of cavalry
and four of infantry, has left for Spotted
Tail Agency, where the Brules and Mime
contours are concentrating and threatening
to fight Red Clouds Indians are also
reported to be greatly dissatisfied, "and
there is much bad talk about soldiers being
in that country
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has written letter to a Congressman stat
ing that the aggregate amount of internal
revenue collected, from September, 1869,
to February %, 1874, was 81. 1872, 555, 900.
OF this amount there is now due the Gov
eminent, from late collectors, So, go, 139-
or about fourteen one hundreths of one
per cent of the total sum collected-and of
the whole amount due, So, 1876, 4S9 is due
from officers appointed prior to March 4,
| 1869.
The organization of temperance bands
continues in New York, but as vet no
| active demonstrations have been made. In
Brooklyn, one liquor dealer is reported to
have promised that he will leave the bust
ness Gas soon as practicable. In Will
Transport, Pa, Wheeling, w. ", and
Cincinnati, lively preparations for crusade
are going on. In Columbus, Ohio, on
| Wednesday, the saloons in the northern
effect. In Jacksonville, Ind, a saloon
keeper, named John Little, knocked down
Mrs. Jackson, who was leading the charge
upon his saloon. and told the crusaders
that sit would look better for them to be
| at home and look after their own families,
instead of trying to make trouble at other
people houses" They continued services
| in front of this place for two hours after
| this, but the crowd WAS finally dispersed
by having several buckets of water thrown
upon them from the second story windows.
DEATH OF CHARLES SUMNER.-Senator
Sumner died at 3 o'clock on Wednesday
afternoon of heart disease. He was taken
i'll on Tuesday night. During the last two
hours of his illness his intellect seemed to
be much clearer, and he was perfectly con-
doubtless the result of his recovery from
the effects Of the morphine which had been
freely administered to him this morning to
relieve him of the intense pain which he
suffered. His suiferings towards the last
seemed to be intense, and he several times
exclaimed: 81 want quiet. l am tired"
He recognized friends who came into the
room, and one of the last to whom he
spoke was ex-Attorney General Hoar, of
Massachusetts,. to whom he said: "Take
care of my Civil Rights BILL Summers
age at the time of his death was precisely
63 years 2 months and days.
MARRIED.