The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.

Mr.. Beach did not finish his argument
for the plaintiff in the Brooklyn scandal
case on Thursday, as was expected, and
the Court adjourned over until Monday.
Immense swarms of grasshoppers have
appeared at Omaha and Plattsburg, Neb.,
moving in a northerly direction, and are
reported to have destroyed everything
before them.
The New York Court of Appeals has
decided that William NJ. Tweed was only
convicted of one misdemeanor, for which
the penalty is one year Imprisonment and
$3.50 fine, that the cumulative sentence of
Judge Davis who held that the conviction
covered fourteen distinct offences was con.
trary to law, and that Tweed, having served
out the term prescribed in the statute and
paid the fine, is entitled to be discharged
He was discharged on Wednesday.
The long strike in the Wyoming, Pa,
mining region is apparently en- ed. A dis
patch from Wilkesbarre states that the
miners of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre
Coal Company, after series of stormy
meetings, Monday, in which large numbers
decided to be governed no longer by the
Association, surrendered Internationally,
and their action was confirmed by a region
meeting. The men on accepting the Com
pany's terms stated that they had made a
mistake in holding out so long, or in max
ing strike, and were in want of the neces-
saries of life. This Company employs
about 1000 men and all Of their works
will be started as soon as possible. The
miners of the individual operators will fol-
low their example.
"A dispatch from Brownsville, Texas,
confirms the recent account of Captain
Mo- I've r1oit E.
in which twelve Mexican cattle thieves
were killed and one wounded Cortina.
chief of the bandits, is said to be incensed
at this disaster to his thieves, and is thought
to be meditating revenge. He is in
dilemma also, as the Mexican General
Friero is marching to the border with 3, 900
men to put down cattle raiding from the
Mexican side, and perhaps arrest Cortina
1t is feared that Cortina will organize his
thieves and fight Friero, and invade and
lay waste the Texas border before he gives
up.
The Ohio State Democratic Convention
met at Columbus Tuesday and renominated
the venerable VIM. H. Allen for Governor,
Another gentleman who has been promi
nent in politics for nearly half century,
Gen. Samuel F. Cary, was nominated for
Lieutenant Governor. The "Intiation-
lists seem to have had almost undisputed
sway in the Convention, and the platform
will not satisfy the "hard money Demo
Gratis" of the East. The Convention de-
mands "a volume of currency equal to
the wants of the people," The platform
proposes the paying of half the Gus.
tom duties in legal tenders and the sum-
mary extinction of the National Banks.
People who have heard General Cary de-
liver his brilliant temperance speeches will
be somewhat surprised to learn that he is
running for Office on platform that de-
nounces all "sumptuary laws"
Boston got through with her great
celebration on Thursday last, with credit
to herself and satisfaction to the hundreds
OF thousands of guests drawn within her
limits. In every point as to the numbers
in the procession, the vast concourse of
spectators, the enthusiasm of all engaged.
and the grand decorations of the city, the
affair was success without flaw. A
specially pleasing feature was the enthusi
astic welcome extended to the visiting
military organizations, especially to those
from the South. In these demonstrations
our Fifth Maryland Regiment shared most
literally, it forming the marked point of
attraction in the long line of military, upon
which continual expressions of admiration
and good will were showered. The immense
length of the procession and the wonderful
masses of people crowded into the streets
through which it passed delayed the cere-
monies until late in the afternoon, and the
more formal exercises which followed the
procession were brought to an abrupt close |
by nightfall.