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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29
THE TWO BUFFERS.

Gen. b. F. Butler, of Massachusetts,, has
been held up to public scorn by ever unre-
pentant rebel and sympathizing copper
head, as the perfect personitication of every
thing that is mean and dishonorable. The
cause of this especial hatred of General
Butler is not found in the fact of his having
once been first class Democrat, but in
the recollection of the services rendered
the Government by him during the Rebel
lion, as well as the numerous castigations
administered by the Essex statesman to the
champions of the lost cause during a rather
distinguished career in Congress. While
General Buffers cause does not need any
defense at our hands, one very striking
fact, however, every impartial observer of
passing events will have noticed that he
has always successfully defended himself
when attacked, and through all the long
years during which party vipers have been
enough to attack his personal honesty, and
maintain the charge.
AS set-of however, against Gen. B. f.
Butler, the object of SO much Democratic
hatred, take Gen. NJ. G. Butler of South
Carolina, the chivalrous instigator and
defender of the Hamburg riots. What
more despicable role could any man, sup
posed to be honored by the military prefix
of General" be imagined as playing.
Shooting negroes for the pure fun of the
sport is doubtless very elegant and harm
less amusement with the class of Demo
cratic warriors to which tbs Gen. Butler
belongs. Reports do not state whether the
practice is to scalp their victims after shoot
ing, although cases of bodily mutilation
are numerous enough. We can imagine
the peculiar satisfaction with which this
doughty General would run his sword
through the lifeless body of dead negro
particularly when he remembered that had
he lived he would, if aN0ned, have voted
against Tilden. Well may Mr.. Lamar
apologize for and depricate the brutal acts
Of such Buffers, and Democratic news
papers express their misgivings as to the
effect of such acts upon Mr.. Tilden's pros
poets. IT'S foretaste of the negro milen-
Mum South, when the great Reformer shall
rejoice the hearts of the Southern Democ-
racy
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When the devil was sick,
The devil a saint would be;
When the devil was we'll
The devil a saint was he.

The devil saint was he.
If, as punishment for some inconceiva-
BILE national sin, Samuel Jones Tilden were
to be elected President of the United States,
it would require but little speculation to
name in advance the representative Mary
laud reformers to whose hands would be
entrusted the dispensation of Federal pa
tronage. Prominently conspicuous for their
political and personal virtues, VIM. Pink
ney Whyte and Thomas Swami stand first
and foremost in the State as representative
political purifiers. 1t certainly is no idle
compliment to say of these gentlemen, and
one at which the friends of neither Mr..
Slater nor Mr.. Bannon need take eXcep-
ton, that they we'll merit the regulations
they enjoy, and are undoubtedly the high
est types of Maryland Tildenism. True,
they have both been charged with the
basest demagogism and the vilest prostitu-
ton Of public trusts to private interests,
while obscure Maryland Democrats, like
S. Teackle Wallis, have, with most pointed
basing practices that have grown up under
their joint party leadership. True, the
elections of the favorite son-in law and the
Centennial grandson were secured in the
Fall of 1915, by the vilest Frauds practiced
in the name of party reform. True, an
infamous /" Ring" differing only from that
of Tweed in New York in the more limited
opportunities of personal achievement, and
under whose iron rule the electors of the
city and State have been bought and sold
by the promises of place and favor, has
disgraced the State, until, in Maryland,
the name of Pinkney Whyte has grown to
be as synonymous with corruption as that
of Swami is indissolubly linked with ruff
fiauism and brutality. True! But what
has all this to do with Reform and Tilden-
ism? Much, certainly, since such political
service constitutes the highest grade of
qualification for honored service in the in
terest of the "Zamiel" of them all.
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Campaign Notes.

Robert 7. Lincoln authorizes the state
ment that he does not support Tilden for
President.
Lincoln was a man who split fence rails,
but Hendricks is a man likely to split him
self setting on them.
The "Boys in Blue" are organizing
Hayes and Wheeler clubs throughout the
North and West Their name is legion.
The imitation bolt in Indiana means
trouble for the Democrats. If Governor
Hendricks can't hold the soft money vote
of what use is he to the ticket.
"Too thin is obsolete 'Tilden re-
form - has taken its place. The latter is
more diluted, and better expresses thing
that lacks requisite thickness and sincerity.
-NorristoUn Herald.
General John Coohrane, the well-known
New York Liberal, and one of the earliest
and most impracticable, will stump Indiana
for Hayes and Wheeler during the first
two weeks of September.
"Brick " Pomeroy of Democratic news
paper notoriety has started an anti-Tildeu
paper in Chicago. He says if Tilden is
elected, John Morrissey will start faro
bank in the Treasury Department.
Shammy Tilden is a salary grabber.-
During his administration as Governor of
New York, the salary of that office has
been raised from four thousand to ten
thousand dollars a year, and yet Tilden is
reputed to be worth five millions. S. Wash.
ingt0n Chr0nicle.
General NJ. c. Butler, the Ku Klux Sit
ting Bull of the South, who directed the
massacre of the negroes at Hamburg, is a
lineal descendant of the Senator Butler, of
Edgefield, S. S., with whom Summer had
so many successful tits, and upon whom
Bully Brooks, his nephew, made so brutal
and cowardly an assault.
The following are the State elections to
be held previous to the Presidential cleo
ton in November:
Kentucky, first Monday in August.
Alabama, first Monday in August.
Vermont, first Tuesday in September
California, first Wednesday in September
Maine, second Monday in September.
Georgia, first Wednesday in October.
Ohio, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and West
Virginia. second Tuesday in October
Texas. first Monday in November.
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THE SHAM REFORMER.

DEMOCRATIC OPPOSITION TO TILDEN-RE-
SIGNATIoN OF A MEMBER OF TIE TAM
MANY HALL GENERAL COMMITTEE.
William McNally, a well. known Demo-
crat of this city and member of the Tam
many Hall General Committee, being un-
able to conscientiously support Gov. Tilden
for the Presidency has sent in his resigna-
ton as member ofthe organization named.
In doing so he says, among other things
81 will oppose to the utmost of my abil
ity the nominee of the so called Democratic
party. Seeing in him a thoroughly cor
rupt, vicious, and bad man, and one whom
| believe would entail lasting disgrace and
suffering Oh the people of this country if
elected it's Chief Magistrate, | recognize
him as the associate and companion of one
of the most desperate bands of rutfians that
ever cursed any civilized community. For
years he aided and abetted them in ali their
rascally raids on the Municipal and State
Treasures, and the still greater robbery of
the liberties of the people by stufiing ballot
boxes and guessing at the contents thereof,
canceling the votes of honest voters opposed
to them. Did not Connolly, of the Tweed
Ring, gravitate to this man, and would he
have done so if he were not a kindred spirit,
and did not Connolly escape through him
with the money plundered from the people.
and was not Tilden's protege appointed in
Connolly's place? This protege once said
to Oswald Ottendorfer pointing to safe
in the Controllers otiice) that there was
evidence enough there lin the safe to send
twenty of the Tammany Hall leaders to
State Prison. May | not fairly ask why
they were not sent there, and, as they were
not, were not those papers in the safe used
to blackmail them into the support of
Samuel J. Tilden9 Did not Tilden advo-
cate the election of James O'Brien as
proper man to represent the people of one
of our Senatorial districts and make vari-
Gus speeches around the district urging the
people to elect him? Are they lTilden and
O'Brien) not, therefore, kindred Reform
ers ."
The letter contains many more passages
to the same purport.-N. Y. Times.
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THE Indianapolis Journal, wearied with
long waiting for the letter of acceptance of
Tilden and Hendricks has written one for
each, setting forth at considerable length
the inducing causes of becoming the Demo
cratic nominees. The weighty reasons put
into Mr.. Tilden's mouth are these: 81
have concluded to accept the nomination.
do this for several reasons, few of which
L may be permitted to name. First | am
reformer; second, l have had large ex-
perience as reformer; third, the country
needs reform President; fourth am the
man; fifth, the people are demanding my
election, and sixth, they ought not to be
disappointed; seventh, l am independently
rich and could give my whole time to
reform; eighth, l have no wife nor chill
dren to distract my mind from reform:
ninth, there is no other party but the Dem
ocracy, and no other Democrat but myself
capable of furnishing a pure article Of re-
form, and | believe, unless l am elected
President, that bloody revolution is i'm
minent." Mr.. Hendricks sums up as fol-
lows: " Permit me, in closing, to say that
L regard the choice of that distinguished
reformer, Gov. Tilden, of New York, as
the most fortunate that could have been
made, next to myself. On the question of
the currency, we are totally at variance,
but it is probable that this will be settled
by a repeal of the Resumption act as to
Indiana and one or two other States, and
allowing it to stand as to the remainder
of the States. l proposed this to Gov.
Tilden during our recent interview at
Saratoga, and he said he would lay the
matter before Mr.. Morrissey ard Mr..
Kelley, and see if it could be done.''
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READ AND CONTRAST.
THE PATRIOT AND THE TRAITORS

TIE TRAITORS.
Samuel j. Tilden's
reply 10 az appeal
from u g0lunteer.
Early in the war,
a young man of eX-
cellent family and
superior character
and attainments was
DESTROYS of raising a
company. He wait
ed upon Mr.. Tilden,
with whom he had
an acquaintance, and
asked him to give
him a letter of rec
ommendation to GER
tain State officials.
Mr.. Tilden's reply
was as follows:-
" Young man, you
need not come to me
for any such letter
of recommendation;
this war is an out
rage, and | will lend
no assistance what
ever TO its prosecu-
tion.'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

THE MOHAWK DISASTER disaster
to the yacht Noha0k, of which we pub
lished "A short account last week, continues
to be the universal subject of discussion.
The search for the bodies was recommended
at an early hour on Friday morning, and
during the day the divers succeeded in re-
covering the bodies of Vice Commodore
VIM. r. Garner, his wife, Marcelite NJ
Garner, Miss Adele Hunter and Peter Sui
livan, the cabin boy. The body of Mr.
Frost Thorn, IA brother of Mrs. Garner,
was recovered, on Sunday. They were
buried at Greenwood Cemetery on Monday
Capt. Rowland was discharged from Gus
tody by the Coroner's jury.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

UNCLE SAMMY TILDEN heard of the rail
road robbery in Missouri, and Immediately
voice scarcely above whisper: "Clare
to gracious it wasn't me. was at home
with the cholera morbus, and l can prove
it."-R0chester Democrat.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29
Travellers! Attention.!

You cannot have better rGie tecuDa your Jour
ncy than IIostetter's Stomach BittcrS That prim.
medicinal agent will enable you to drink hracki,h
water without running the risk Of disorered stomach
and bowels. will Leutralizn the Influence of foul or
masmaic air, and will prove n most agreeable and
who esome stimulant and means counteracting the
fagueS of travelling On long voyages, where the
crews of whaling other vessels almost wholly
restricted to salt meat it las proved admirable pre-
ventivc of scurry, and in the tropical the
sailor from ship fever and malaria. 1t has ever proved
the surcst reliance Of the enigrant, exposed to the
miasmatir complaints which prevail in regions Of
country newly cleared of timber where the RAYS of the
perhaps since the creatun cxlale vapors laden with
the seeds of disease.
AcclimatiOn. the halt,tion Of the constitution
to tie peculiarites of an unaccustomcd climate is
greatly facilitated by the regular of this protective
clzr which impart such yiaor and elasticity to every
and fiber that 1t is impossible for the vital cncr-
health In unEtvorahc cond tiGu- of the atmos pIrre
the Bitters should be used least twice lay morning
and evening being the best times. pursuance of this
when there i danger. the system dcy clos
evidences Of debility will cilectunly ncutralize the
peril.
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county Bonds for Sale.
SEALED PROPOSALS will be received
~ ut the office of the County Cummissi Of Cecil
county, in Ekon, till TUESDAY, the LIST day of August
FIR liz.
Purchase Of the COUNTY BONDS

issued 10y authority of the Act Of Assembly of 1876
chapter H. for the purpose of paying the School debt
of said county.
These Bonds payable the first day of October,
i'll the years lS1S 1873 1850 1851 and 1852 one-fth
each year with interest semi-annua the first day
OF April and October in each and every year: and will
be sold in of hundred dollars any multiple
thereof l. +. VANARSDALE
July 81. lS16-2w Clerk
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R6Wc call attention of Il

H6-We call attention of readers to the advertise
ment of the Soluble Pacific Guauo. which appears il
this issue The Pacific Guano Co of Boston. of whicl
McsSrs ShalpleSS Il Carpenter, of Philadelphia, are
agents making very handsome display the Cen
tenuia Their pavilion east Of the Woman Building
contains all the crude articles that theiI
Manufactured Guano, and surrounding this Pavilion in
about an acre of ground the company has beautiful
display Of Corn Tubcco, Cotton. Vegetables aud Flow
crs all growing in ground where the Soluble Pacific
Gnann has been used. The exhibit il worth II careful
examination tn. part of agricultural fl lends
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

ETHAN Allen, Chairman of the National
Committee of Liberal Republicans, has is
sued an address setting forth that that Or
ganization endorses the nomination of
Hayes and Wheeler. He declares the call
for a National Convention of Liberal Re-
publicans to be null and void in conse-
quence.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

THE latest recruits reported for Haye:
and Wheeler are Ex-Governor Curtin, of
Pennsylvania, and General Banks, of Mas
sachusetts. The Democrats accordingly
entertain very poor opinion of the abil
ties or influence Of either gentleman.
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PLOWS! PLOWS!! PLOWS!!!

THE undersigned respectfully informs
AGRl uLTuRAI. WORK and RLACKSMlTHING g,r-
orally. near Smc""'s Stor" North East, Cecil co. Md
PLDNS aud llARROWS always on hand mall hv "A;
PRACTICAL WORKMAN. and from the best % material
Pillow Points &c always on hand. All work warranted
to give satisfaction. &c. YEAMANS
JuIy 1876
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THE PATRIOT.
Coz. Hayes letter de-
clsning to election
GER fer Congress.
In Camp, Oct ., 1864
Yours of the goth
ultimo is received.
Thanks; l have 9TH
er business just now.
Any man who would
leave the Army at
this time to cleo.
tioneer for Congress
ought to be scalped.
Truly yours,
r. b. HAYES.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

SPEAKING of Gov. Hayes, Ex- Governor
Noyes, of Ohio, says: "I look upon him
as man of spotless character, whose pur-
ity cannot by any possibility be questioned
And let me say right here, Gov. Hayes
goes into this canvass pledged to no man.
Not soul living, from the President down,
has received any pledge or promise from
Gov. Hayes. When elected-and l am as
certain of it as l was of Grants election
in lS12-he will go into the White House
unfettered, and will carry out to the letter
every word he has said in his letter of &C
ceptance. His cabinet will be composed of
men as pure as himself'
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

SOME of the Southern Democratic papers
are bitterly condeming Congressman La
mars speech denouncing the Hamburg
atrocty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

THE Baltimore Sun is the only daily
newspaper north of Virginia that pretends
to defend the Hamburg murderers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

TIE Lowell (Mass.) Courier remarks
"The bloody shirt this time has Ham
burg edging."
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NV COTTAGES
BEEF AND MUTTON,

fish, clans, hard and soft crabs. Eegeta-
b!es and fruit are abundant and very cheap.
Good butter must be obtained from civil
lied regions as the average Sussex coun-
tian don't know the article; and what will
Booth and Bell say, when tell them that
here, hundred miles south of them, they
have not a ripe tomato. l hold these enter
prisng growers up to the lazy SusseXites
almost daily. These advantages Of cheap
building and cheap living are having their
effect, notwithstanding the fact that Reho
both is not advertised. With one fourth
the printers ink spent on Sea Grove which
by the way ought to be called Bay Shore,
for the place is on the Delaware bay and
not on the ocean, and has no grove at all
there would be now two hundred cottages.
Mr.. Tome spent three or four days here
this week, and talks of building on his
two beautiful lots on Baltimore avenue.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

TILDEN, interviewed concerning the
Hamburg massacre, says: "What Internal
fools they are down South. So injudicious.
Can't wait mnute."
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CEMETERY LOTS.

THE ELKTON CEMETERY COM
A PANN will sell, prior September LIST about
NINETY LOTS, situated in the most desirable portions
OF the grounds, at prices ranging from Sd acl
These lots will he sold AT Private Sale. After Sept
l>t. tho" prices will not he continued Plat at office
"t W. j Jones. lJnly ~. 1S16-Im
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WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENCE.


WASHINGTON, d. C., July Goth, 1876
DEAR WuG:-Our Washington Their
mometers took downward tumble on
Thursday of last week, and since that
time the weather has grown quite pleasant
The thermometer keeps its temper, and
to day scores IS. We are also rejoicing in
southeast wind that floats over the city
as soft as the gentle gales of Calypso.
There is air enough here now to temper
both Houses of Congress, and give pleas
ant feeling to our Centennial visitors, who
move about Washington in swarms very
much like Kansas grasshoppers; but they
don't eat SO much. there's the difference
The receipts at the Exposition are far
below the anticipated average, and the
Capital is disappointed in it's hopes to real
lZe something as a side show. The major
ity of these travellers move on an economi-
cal basis, much to the disgust of our hotel
proprietors. About five hundred of these
pilgrims visit the White House daily; every
one is dressed in a brown linen Ulster dus
ter and is armed with palm leaf fan. and
they respond to the prophetic idea of a
Democratic pilgrimage to "Salt river"
next November.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

The only man who refused to pay his
hotel bill at st. Louis was w. r. Pelton.
nephew of Governor Tilden. The proprie-
tors of the Planters House sued him for
1925.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

Gov. HENDRICKS says he will accept, of
course, as it is a rule of his life never to
refuse any thing, but he would a great deal
rather the gentlemen rendering him the
position were able to deliver the goods
at the time of acceptance. Still he will
accept and make a grab at the office as Mr.
Wheeler runs past him with it.-Hankeue.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

DoRsnEIMER, who read the platform in
the st. Louis Convention, rebuking the
Republican party for sixteen years of crime
and wrong, was himself, for thirteen years
of the sixteen, an officeholder and office
hunter in the Republican party, which he
left for the bride of an office. He is a lovely
reformer.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

IF Governor Tilden handles the reins of
his horse, it would surely be unsafe to trust
him. While driving at furious rate on
the road near Albany, on Tuesday last, he
overlook and ran into a carriage occupied
by gentleman by the name of V. W.
Grant. a merchant of Albany, with his
family, smashing the vehicle and seriously,
if not fatally, injuring Mr.. Grant
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

THE grand Tammany, Tilden and Hen
bricks ratification meeting, advertised with
flourish of trumpets, for Tuesday night
last, in New York City, was an utter fail
ure. Randall, Gordon, Meade, Herman,
Cox, Wood, Hewitt, and many other strong
men, announced to be present, failed to
put in an appearance. If this meeting is
to be taken as fair illustration of Demo-
cratic enthusiasm" then New York will
go Republican by an immense majority
this Fall.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

THAT long delayed letter of acceptance
suggests that the Democratic candidates
are in the position of the captain and mate
who were navigating schooner. The
captain was steering, when the mate went
aft and proftered certain advice as to the
course, which offended the superior officer,
who cried out, g. Mate Tompkins, you just
go forward and tend to your end of this
skinner, and ILL tend to mine" The mate
went forward and there was plunge in
the water, accompanied with the informa-
ton" Gaping Jones, my end of the
skinner is at anchor" The moral of which
comes in the form of a question: Has
Hendricks anchored his end of the schooner?
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MERCERSBURG COLLEGE.

IN its Course of Instruction, from the
L beginning To its close its students Taught in the
Christian religion. Starting with Lessons the Life
OF Christ the Course goes TO completion in Christian
Culture, Church Confessions and Christia Ethics
MERrERsBuRG COLLEGE commcnds itself to public
favor also by the advantages of its location. 1t
OF access being in direct railroad communication with
the great thoroughfres of travel every side yet
at the sam" time sufficiently retired To form secure
retreat from the stir and noise public Ii f In this
respect its students removed from the
and distraction OF large city, and brought under the
eerating and educational power of nnsturbed col
leSe life i'll the midst of scenery almost uurivaled in its
beauty and grandeur. In point of air, water and gen
eral climate it is all that the most anxious parents
desire.
For boarding. tuition and room. not supplied with
anything but fuel 500 per year. Send for Catalogue
Address REV. Il. 4. HIGBEE, b. d.. PRESIDENT.
Merccrsburg, Pa. june 10. lS16-lGw
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Hon. Allen T. Caperton, L. S. Senator
from w. Virginia, died suddenly in Wash
ington, on Wednesday evening, of angina
pectors.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1876-07-29

A Central Pacific Railroad train killed a
man near Truckee, on Saturday, who was
onnd to have been dashed to the track.