The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1875-09-04

The Democratic Executive Committee
for Baltimore county have adopted what is
known as the Crawford county system of
making nominations.
-Four children of Mr. Wafer, in Ascen-
sion parish, Louisiana, were poisoned on
Wednesday, by eating French worm loz-
enges, and died in few hours.
The Secretary of the Treasury has is
sued call for redemption of $13, 900, 900
of $50 bonds of 1864, eight millions of
which are for account of the sinking fund.
The Wamsutta Mills, at New Bedford,
Mass, which stopped running July 81, will
resume operations on Monday next, pro-
vided the operatives will go to work at the
reduced wages paid last Winter.
1t is authoritatively stated that there
has been actual fraud in connection with
the suspension of the Bank of California.
Over three millions of the assets are mis-
sing, and there is talk of the criminal
disposition of them.
Fifty additional suits have been insti-
tuted against the Whisky Ring. The
amount involved is over two hundred
value of condemned liquors seized, which
is about one hundred thousand dollars.
Attorney General Syester has not de-
clined the nomination for Governor by the
Reform party as has been stated, because
it has not yet been formally rendered to
him. When it is offered he will then
answer decisively. Meanwhile there is no
doubt as to his sympathy with the Reform
erS.
The Maine Standard having complain
ed that its copies sent through the mails
have been opened and Republican cam
paign documents inserted, Postmaster Gen
eral Jewell has addressed letter to the
editor stating that he will at once dismiss
from the service any one who may be
proven to have been guilty of the offence.
The steamer Faraday has SO far been
only half successful in recovering the lost
portions of the direct Atlantic cable. One
section has been picked up, and the ship is
in Geographic communication with London,
but the section ending on the American
shore is still missing, and the Faraday is
retarded by unfavorable weather.
The first steamer of the Mississippi
Valley and Brazil Steamship Company will
leave St. Louis on the list of October for
Brazil, and in accordance with the request
of the Company, the Postoffice Department
has resolved to despatch mail by that
line, allowing the ocean rate of postage as
a remuneration.
Reliable returns from the California
election are still wanting. Such as have
| come, however, indicate that the Democrats
have carried the State and elected three
Congressman, and perhaps all four, al
though there is still doubt as to at least
two of the districts In San Francisco
there is an especially close fight, which may
not be decided except by the official count.
The Seminole negroes, the unfortunate
blacks who were held in slavery by the
| Seminoles in Florida, and were sent to the
Western Territories with them at the close
of the Seminole war, are petitioning the
| Government for aid. There are about 500
of them living in Texas in great destitu-
ton, and they beg to be transported back
to Florida, where they can at least obtain
work if the Government will not make
them an allotment of territory.
An extraordinary suicide occurred at
Island City, near New York, on Tuesday,
at a clam bake given by Congressman Odell.
| Among those present was a young Italian
named Vianni, said to belong to the
suite of Count Corti, the Italian Minister
at Washington, and connected with prom
inent Roman family, who, while giving a
recitation in imitation of Rachel, drew a
pistol from his pocket, and placing the
muzzle to his temple, fired. and fell dead
/ before his astonished auditory, who for
some moments were under the apprehen-
sion that he was still acting. and were only
undeceived when DR.. Doremus pronounced
life to be extinct. No cause can be as
signed for the act.
| Get your Boots at the GLASS FRONT. hest