The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-04-29
PORT Deposit:
LETTER No. IL.

hh. EbiTpR:-'l take my pen IN nanu
to let You know that | am, &c, &c . in
receipt of the several letters that have been
addressed to nou by some Of the gentlemen
named in my ainN letter, who do not think
themselves Of sufficient Importance TO be
made the subject OF sketch for TIE Cecil
Wig, not notable enough to be held mp as
examples to the young and rising genera
ton. Well. | have no right to insist, and
if they wont think it a sarcasm, prompted
by disappointment on my part. | will re
cite remark | once heard Bishop James
make to Il conference of Methodist minis
tiers. Brethren" said the Bishop. "if
you think you have no talent for the pas
toral work Of the ministry, no talent for
conducting extra or revival meetings, no
talent for special attractive discourses, and
ten g0ur people so, they will believe you.
and, as rule. the church will not estimate
you any higher than you estimate your
self; But there are exceptions to all Jules.
| estimate those gentlemen above what
they modestly think o.. themselves, and
would really liked to have sketched them.
4 thought Just strikes me. Perhaps, after
all the objection is to the uuSkillfunesS OF
the artist. Well, to be frank about it,
never took lesson in drawing, and never
attended a school of design" And Mr..
Editor, You remember that when | pro
posed writing up some of Ports most
prominent men, only promised free and
easy charcoal sketches any thlng more
dignified or artistic | have not attempted.
Perhaps ] could not if | would. | hereby
inform those gentlemen that Guyas Cutas
has stricken their names from his list, and
inserted the names OF others, not of Port
nor its surroundings, but note worthy gen.
tlemen of Cecil, and may vary the enter
tainment by introducing sketches of gen
tlemen from other parts Of the country.
| Perhaps prominent Democrat would not
! look out of place in The Win and be ac-
ceptable to your readers of both parties.
| But to come back to correspondents.
| That that has come to TulJots Cure 10y
| other means than Uncle Sans mail bags
has been both entertaining and amusing
| Those Of complimentary character are
numerous, but modesty prevents my quot
| ing from them. The faut-finding ones
| have amused me. One says, | have
| brought out all the good and suppressed all
the bad" of certain parties. Another,
"that | have given undue prominence to
some and not sufficient to Others An
| Oh b,t I b,I al
and some things that ! ought to have re.
membered.' Another - that am MT my-
self, but somebody else.' Another wants to
know il there really is such a place rs Tai
| bots Cave. or if it is not al! a myth,
whether the story of Talbot and his cave
is not, after all, legend. | answer, Tai
bots Cave, in the rocky bluff known as
Mount Arrarat, on the east side of the Sus
quehanna river, between Port Deposit and
Perryville, is a yeritabie reality. If any of
your readers are incredulous, let them do
as | did, cish the spot, and they will then
"beleve because they have seen | visit
cd the cave first in 1873 40 matter about
the fourth figure. Some who were of that
they were not children ihen, but grown
up people. the occasion was a Nag day
party, given by Miss II. +. Ny. Among
the guests were the Misses +. and a. S-n:
one of whom resides in Baltimore, still
blooming in single blessedness: the other
married, removed west. and is long since
deceased The Misses T. and {. and f.
As, all of whom married in Port, bui
subsequently removed to Baltimore, where
they now reside. Two of them are W idows.
The Misses c. and Z. W-b, both of whom
married prominent gentlemen of Port.
One is deceased, and the other resides near
the town. Miss II. We, who soon after
removed with her father to Illinois. but
was shortly brought back to Cecil. the
bride of W. W. Ne, aud still resides
above the Octoraro. In addition to these
We're a number Of ladies' and gentlemen
from Baltimore. OF the gentlemen present
there were Nh l.. II. P-l. Of Elkton, who
afterwards married Miss ii. K-t, of Phil
adelphia. Both are deceased. Mr.. J.
In, merchant of Port, who subse-
uuently removed to Baltimore, and for
many years was successful merchant in
that city. He is deceased. Mr.. c. VS.,
of Hartford county, who removed west,
and believe is long since deceased Mr..
+. VI, of Baltimore, and others. After
we had roamed the fields aud woods, gath
ering trailing arbutus, Spring vioets and
fr,,i. nj
blossoms as had made their appearance,
the gentlemen arranged them in bouquets
for the ladies' Mr.. F.. W. presented to
Miss II. E. NJ simply sprig of cedar aud
peach hlosSom-ln the language of flow
erS "Uere / ,fe msy choicH::" and am quite
sure that in all the viciSstudes of the years
that have passed that hc, Ill least, has never
had cause to regret it, Full of romance
and 1.-THE as deers on the mountain. invig-
grated by the balmy air of that Spring
MOI ming, and refreshed by the fragrance of
flowers and sweet scented trees of the
forest, with bouyant spirits, we bounded
on our way to the rugged cliffs of Mount
Arrarat to explore Talbot Cave and rumi-
nate on the daring, the perils, and advcn,
lures of the man, who, two hundred years
before, had fled from the laws avenging
{ officers and taken refuge i'll this wild and
lonely spor, where the foot of the white
man had never trnd but where the proud
Susquehanrocks roamed monalchs of all
they surveyed.
In lG:i2, Charles |. granted to Cecil, the
eldest son Of George Calvert, the first Lord
mis- d to his father of the country named