The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-08-14
GENERAL NEWS.

The distillery of Vessel & Co., at
Covington, Kentucky, has been seized by
the revenue officers.
The Massachusetts, mills at Lowell have
received an order for twelve hundred bales
of goods for China.
Three children while picking berries
near Gaiteneau, Canada, were attacked
and killed by bear. Only the feet and
arms of one of the children can be found.
Mrs Harriet Beecher Stowe receives a
large sum of money each year for the
copyright of "Uncle Toms Cabin."-
Since the close of the war the sale of copies
in the South has been large.
AS anticipated, the jury in the Noun
tain Meadow massacre trial on Saturday
reported to the Court their inability to
agree, and were discharged. The jury is
said to have stood nine for acquittal and
three-one Gentle and two Mormons-for
conviction.
"A Damascus letter of the 22d of July,
received by the London Times, says that
the cholera is raging in that and several
other Syrian cities. In Damascus four
hundred cases were reported daily, but the
real number was concealed. Sudden deaths
occur in the streets, and there are no ply
sicians, medicines or supplies for the suf.
ferers.
Tweed is on the high road to freedom.
The order for "bill of particulars " in
the civil suits has been confirmed. mas
much as it is impossible for the plaintiffs
to comply with this order, it virtually deter.
mines the suits in favor of Tweed. An
appeal has been taken from Judge Barrett S
order refusing to reduce Tweed's bail,
and no doubt this Judge will be overruled
in a few days, and the great criminal will
be discharged from custody.
Five carloads of Maryland wheat
were shipped from Baltimore on Saturday
to the Ohio millers. This is owing to the
bad conditions and scarcity of wheat in
that region as a result of the recent storms
and floods. Three cargoes of Rio coffee
were received at the port of Baltimore on
Saturday, aggregating nearly thirty sever
thousand bags, including the cargo of the
splendid steamer King Richard. which alone
amounted to over twenty five thousands
bags.
The detectives of the Metropolitan
police force of Washington have effected
the arrest of sporting man named Thee
er, and Benjamin B. Black, a clerk in the
cash room of the treasurey at the time Of
the late robbery of $4,000. Halleck, who
was arrested in New York, where he was
spending his vacation, has made confession,
which settles the question of his guilt
Brown is said also to have made state
ment in which Gilman figures as furnish
ing him with money to bet on races. The
detectives hope to recover $25, 900 of the
stolen money.
"A letter received at Philadelphia from
Hon. John V. Farwell, of Chicago, who is
expected to arrive on Saturday in the
steamer Spain, in company with Moody
and Sankey, says that the London Com.
mittee, after paying all the bills connected
with the labors of these gentlemen, amount
ing to S150,000, had a surplus of $4,000
which was appropriated to maintain the
MONDAY prayer meeting established by
the Evangelists. At breakfast given be.
fore the departure of Moody and Sankey
they suggested that measures should be
taken to raise $500, 900 for the erection Of
an Evangelical building in the West End
and before leaving the table 5000, 600 was
subscribed. The Evangelists declined a
proposition to give them testimonial and
the copyright Of their hymn book, the
sales of which amounted to $4,000.