The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-07-25
GENERAL NEWS.

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Wyle decided in equity that the contracts
of building associations with their stock
holders do not come within the statutes
against usury.
On Saturday, "harvest home" was
held at kingsbridge, on the Peach Bottom
Narrow Gauge railroad, eight miles west of
| Oxford, Pa, and there was much rejoicing
over the completion of fourteen miles of
the road.
The boil and army worm have appeared
in middle Alabama and eastern Mississippi
and in many parishes of Louisiana. A
Mobile despatch says that they have within
three days "entirely destroyed three large
plantations in Alabama
Vice President Wilson left Washington
on Saturday evening for his home. He
says his health is SO much improved, that
if Congress were to assemble at once, he
would be prepared to resume his duties as
presiding officer of the Senate.
Acting Governor Davis, of Mississippi,
has telegraphed to Washington, asking
that two companies of United States troops
be sent to Vicksburg to preserve the peace,
party feeling in that city being very high
on account of an election which is to take
place on the 9Th of August. The acting
Governor says that in the present morgan
lied condition of the militia of the State,
he is unable to preserve order.
Theodore Tilton has made his long
threatened exposure of Rev. Henry Ward
Beecher to the committee appointed by
Plymouth Church to examine into the
scandal. The statement is very scandalous,
and the inference to be drawn from its
pesural is that Tilton is great fool and
Beecher grand scamp. Mr.. Beecher is
preparing an explanation of the whole
matter; kind of counter report.
The Board of Underwriters of Chicago
have adopted resolutions intimating that
the companies represented by them will
entirely withdraw their protection, unless
the Fire Department of the city be reorgan-
lied by change of officers, and the addi-
ton of new and more powerful steamers;
unless fire walls be constructed or danger
Gus and intlammable buildings be demol-
ished, and unless the present building law
be rigidly enforced.
Trouble has resulted from the change
of compositors in the Gazette office at Gin
cinnati. On Monday morning, the new
compoSitorS were escorted to their homes
by policemen. During the day, threats
were made against the new men, and sis
ter of one of them received letter, threat
ening that if her brother did not leave the
composing room, there would be blood
she'd" At night, after the midnight lunch,
a number of the compositcrs were taken
very iii, and it is supposed the coffee they
drank was poisoned.
-Ex-Secretary of the Treasury McCul-
loch is reported as expressing it as his
belief that the new financial bill will have
very little effect upon the business interests
Of no nd
able to the adoption of a policy looking
toward resumption of specie payment,
bitterly opposing any further initiation of
! the currency. The present tariff he re-
CARDS as unjust and oppressive in many
respects, and favors strictly revenue tariff.
He endorses the financial views set forth in
the Grant Jones memorandum, and wishes
the Government had adopted them years
ago. The eX-Secretary is at present at
Fort Wayne, indiana.
The news from the frontier presages
general Indian war all along the border.
Colonel Carpenter, of the Sixth Cavalry,
has been wounded, and six of his men have
been killed in fight with the SavageS near
Fort Sill. After the fight the Indians killed
and mutilated a stage keeper, in the pres
ence of his wife, whom they carried into
captivity, and it is believed they also mas
sacred a party of wood choppers. Thirty
| five miners in Wyoming have been attacked
by Sioux, and one of them has been killed.
In other directions. as far south as Texas,
the Indians are equally hostile and are
committing outrages. The War Depart
ment has authorized Gen. Sheridan to
| chastiSe the hostile Indians in accordance
with the request of that officer. On June
2Sth the settlement at Dolly Wells, Texas,
| I,,t = 10 Al, T.
and Cheyenncs, but the savages were re-
! pulsed with a loss OF Is killed and 20
wounded. Three surveyors were also killed
by Indians near Antelope Hills, and it was
reported that a company of United States
cavalry had been attacked at Otter Creek,
and lost four men by capture and all their
horses. All the warriors and young men
of the Comanche, kiowa and Cheyenne
tribes were on the war path. Friendly
| Indians were collected around the Wichita
Agency.
The great university regatta, or rowing
| match among the students of several of
the colleges, came off OH Saturday forenoon
last, at Saratoga lake, in which the Column
bians OF New York, were victorious. A
foul happened between the Yale and liar
ward boats, which created a great deal of
bad feeling. Fifteen thousand people wit
messed the race, which had been postponed
several days on account of wind which
made the lake too rough for the shell boats.
Nine boats entered for the race. The lake
was as smooth as glass. AT 9.45 the first
gun was fired; at TO- 20 the second, and the
starting gun was fired at 10.47. All the
boats got off handsomely together, the Col
umbia at the half mile taking the lead; then
Trinity made squirt, overhauled the Column
bia, and at the end of the mile took the lead
away from Yale, which had shot ahead,
| but at that moment fouled and fell behind.
Princeton came up close behind Trinity.
The others were about even with each other.
At the mile and ahalf the Columbia came
to the front again, with the Harvard strug-
Cling sharply, the others kept their posi-
ton. AT the two mile point the Columbia
was still in the advance, with Cornell max
ing squirt to overtake her, and passing
| the Harvard. At the two and ahalf mile
point the Columbia was still ahead with
the Wesleyan, which now showed great
vigor, pressing her sharply and steadily.
The last half mile was then one continuous
exciting pull between the Columbia Yves
leyan, Harvard and Dartmouth. and they
came in in that order, Columbia ahead
about two boat lengths, and making the
distance in sixteen minutes and fifty sec
onds 1t was greeted with tremendous
cheering.
New SwARMs OF GRAssHoPPERs IN MIN
NEsoTA.-A despatch to the Chicago Tri-
June reports from various points in the
western part of the State mentioned the
appearance of vast cloud of locusts, high
in the air, flying southwark, so high that
they were barely noticed except when the
observer happened to look directly at the
sun. Lines to include all places where this
movement was noticed would extend 100
nilaS ct and and Nll 10