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STEAM Frs.
l. POTOMAC FERRY COMPAr

J. POTOMAC FERRY COMPANY,
May 70 1877.
,PECIAL NOTICE-Both Fer .~
y Boats will be on the line between. &4218EC
Alexandria and Washington on and after Sun
day next the Goth of May. running as follows
LEAVE ALEXANDRIA
Att 80, 80, 9 go 10 80 and II 80 g. M, and
II go 80, 2 80, 80, 80, 80. 6 80, 730 and
p. N.
LEAVE WASHINGTON
% % 81 81 90 5 so ~ 81 an o. 81 m sno
p. m.
ON SUNDAYS.
Leave Alexandria al 9 80. 10 80, and II 80 q.
No., and II 81, 50, 80, 80, 30, 80, 80, SO
and p. m.
Aesve Washington at 90, 10 60 and II 80
M. sad II 30 81, so, 80, 4 80, &c, 6 80, 80
and p. u.
GEO. r. PHILLIPS, Msnsger
SAML GFDNEY Sup't nv 16
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FOR NEW YORK

The AL Steamships e. =. KNIGHT 1S1xs
and JOHN GIBSON leave the COM A&f4&i
pany's wharf, Alexandria, EVERY MON.
DAY MORNING, and Nav York, from pier
Al East River, EVERY SATURDAY At fo,Ic
O'Clock p. N.
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EOR POTOMAC RIVER LANDINGS.

TOR POTOMAC River LANDINGS.
On and after Monday. February g. -H:T h
877, the steamer MATTANO, Cap
VIM. h Byles, will be run as follows: Leave
Alexandria EVERY MONDAY and TIL u Rs
3. N for Landings on the Potomac a. far down
as NoIDini. Leave Nomini EVERY TUES
DAY and FRIDAY MORNING, at O'Clock,
for Washington, arriving early the sane even
ing. Freight received daily.
feb rs j BRODEKS & CO.. Agents.
INLAND & sEABOARD COASTING co.
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DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

ibis company Offers unrivslled facilities for
the transportation of freight and passengers,
and vii! run their stesmers regularly IS follows:
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NV Council, he removed
lard to Petty France. where
MON with the first scholars OF the
ne lived Tor eight years. surrouodea oy al
the moral worth of his time. Here us nfs'
w;fe died in giving birth to her fourth ooisu;
and Milton, shortly after her death, marrieu
oua;n. here he also lost, from similar cause
b;s second wife, 10 twelve months atter mar
riaon Lastly, it was in this house that nc oe
came totally blind" 10 demolishlDg, the mouse
The stone tablet erected to Milton 8 memory
ard affixed 10 the wall by jeremy beptnam'
who atlcrward occupied tbe next premises was
carefully preserved. l. bore the following 10 o,
serip,iop: Sacred to MitoD, Prioce OF Poets.
It is said that when Be0tham took visitors 10
the house he compelled them to kneel Deiore
the slab. This must have been meant as
grim lest, The eccentric recluse was no lover
of poetry. AZ a duty, be once reaa Mn.oo -
works through, but he used to declare that a."
time spent either 10 reading or 10 "tl'ipg
poetry Was sadly msapplIed.
OPENING AND CLOSING OF MAILS
further notice the following will b. the hours
for the opening and closing OF the mails:
CLOSING.
Northern and Western mails, 5:l5 p. M. and
800 y. In. go
South western, via Gordonsville and Lynch
burg, 7:9u a. m.
Manassas Division, 1880 8. m.
Washington and Ohio, Alexandrs to Round
Hill, Va, sou m.
Southern, via Freder ;cksburg and Richmond,
Va, 5l5 p. N. and $50 p. m
Night mail Tor Lyncnburg and points beyond
at $40 p. m.
OPENING
Northern and Western mails. $50 a. M and
1880 and 7 p. M.
South western, via Lynchburg and Gordons'
VILE zoo p IN.
Manassas Division, 2 80 p. m.
Washington and Ohio, Round Hill to Alex.
andria, $3.50 p. m.
Southern nlsils, via Richmond and Freder'
icksburg, Va, $50 u. m. and LOO p m.
Ny- General delivery window closes 1T S:OO p
m Doors close at 800 p. m
$3.50 8. m.
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South Bound,
Apfess' Mail. Acc

South Bound. Exn,.u, A.,
p'0S'' Nail. Accc
w Washington lie > ~ - 49, ,mdn
alexandria 40 ~ q; ~ Is ~
Gordo nsville..... 6 Do .o"s, 65Jp.m
Charlottesville.. o4o 10 ""
e. m. all 55 "
- nc' 70 Wv Conn't TO
=, Richmd
.,urg lar 1923 30 &Hunt.
.nvllle .......... ! ~ Pm lngton.
Dundee...-"... - -
|
North Bound. Express. Mail. Accomdn
| Onndee ....... 10 III 40 %. IConnect
| Danvlle.. ..".... ~ 40 =. q "
Lynch burg. sec" 90 Pm . 90 20 o. m East q
| Charlottesville. 420 II o0 pm west.
Gordonsville..: gig ZUO Is w q. m.
| Alexandria ...ar . 5s =. 00o :. ~
| Washington. y 20 o 50 %
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3kfan0rla Gaxettf
oAiuROAY EVENING Jr1rvoo

,ba a.., OF M1LToN's RESIDENCE
ma,e oaf'y part of this year the last Of tho ~
uaaIu uousss Inhabited BY MiltoD Che mo-,
D.. lsVe,'ed 20 the grouod. It Vas s;tus,aJ =;
w. es'y france-Oow Queeo Anne's Ga.. ~
Green p,rL =, ana originally overlooked the
into York t' sire The back Of the building opsuios
of poets passed H., he this house The erea'
years Of bis life. "S WEEP Vbep'e cau and til"
S Seal'h, 10 1862. to resign - '0"
from Scotland :, saddles
in comp -pelled by il
sge .,e situation of Latl
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

ont, with steady lustre, the names of Daniel
Delaney, Lnther Martin, William Pinkney,
William Writ, Robert Goodloe Harper,
Roger b. fancy, John Thompson Mason,
John Nelson, John Y. l.. Mcmahon, EZe-
kiel +. Chambers, James Alfred Pearce,
Henry Winter Davis, Ohio Scott aud Rev.
erdy johnson. With some of the latter of
these it has been my privilege to associate
at the bar and in the social circle. In the
intervals of professional occupation | have
sought to learn from their own lips the
duties which we, rs lawyers, owe to our age
and country. AS link between the dead
and the living, l would complete the chain
tonight, and hand down to you the coun-
sci which came to me as a sacred tradition
from preceding generations. Know then.
that the sages, whose names have been
mentioned, if alive, would cxhort you with
one voice to preserve and liheralize the
principles of the law, to reform and amend
its details, and to elevate and purify its
administration beyond every pretext of de
traction, so that the high and low, the rich
and poor, the cultured and ignorant all
who make up the coherent mass Of society
may be taught to revere the law itself, as
the perfection of wisdom, the safeguard of
society, the guardian of mperiled rights
the vindicator of the oppressed, the avenger
of wrongs, and the fearless champion of
human freedom.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

inc American readiness ofresource, took
the Costom House officials on board
the steamer to sea, and sailed to Callao.
There the Chilians had influence enough
to get the Peruvian government to seize
the steamer and put her under the guns
of thes fort. Our Minister at Lima adj
vised the Captain to assert his rights
and sail, which advice he followed, but
was pursued bv Peruvian man-of-war
The case was then laid before the State
Department, when this emphatic dis
patch was sent by Mr. Evarts, viz:
WASHINGTON, June 4, 1877.
Gibbs, Minister at Lima, Peru:
Formal complaint made of the forci-
BILE detention of American steamer Geor-
gia at Callao. Demand her immediate
release. Secretary of Navy sends order
to naval commander to cooperate with
you Instructions by next post. Re-
port results of your efforts by cable.
EvARTs, Secretary
A dispatch to the " Sun - from Wash
ington adds:
When Mr.. Gibbs made his demand
the Georgia was promptly released, but
Jones Immediately had her libelled by
the Peruvian legal authorities and
thus she was not permitted to go
to sea. The Captain reported to
the Minister and to the steam
ship company, and the State De-
partment, after the receipt of all the
information to he had, took prompt
measures. Evarts telegraphed to Mr..
Gibbs to demand the immediate release
of the Georgia, on the ground that no
offence had been committed against Pc
ruvian law, and citizen of Chill could
not invoke the power of the Peruvian
courts to enforce his contract or to pass
upon case that was altogether without
their jurisdiction.
1t is about time that the South Ameri-
can governments learned to respect the
the rights of our citizens, and they
will find Mr.. Evarts a very competent
and energetic schoolmaster.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

NELLING the INFALIIBLE FIRE
I KINDER pays better than digging
a for gold" My Agents have some
times made as high as $50 day !!
~ Every family in some entire towns,
even, have bought one-Thousands of
testimonials and diplomas from all parts
of the Union, Six years of use, with
increasing and overwhelming sales,-
Agents wanted for every unoccupied
Town and County in the States and
Canadas.-Circulars giving full parti-
culars sent on GALA Kinder sent to
any one wishing to become an Agent,
for 50 cents-Agents receive their ter
rltory free.
Name the paper yoH this vcrtispnlrnt in.
Address Il. p. SMITH, Drawer II,
Beloit, Wisconsin,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23
For The Cecil Wing.
To the Town Authorities of ElktOn;
THE TOWN BAILIFF, THE SHERIFF, CON-
STABLES AND MAGISTRATES:

We ask why it is, that day after day,
time after time, persons are allowed to
drive through our streets at furious rate,
endangeriDg the lives of citizens, and par
ticular!y those of small children?
1t is common sight to see numbers, par
ticularly two or three young sports, driving
trotting horses up and down Main street,
where numbers of small children are at
play. Their names are known, and | wish
to call their attention to the fact, that if
they run over any one, it is penitentiary
offense. There is a town ordinance impos-
ing a fine for driving over six miles an
hour through the town, and our town
authorities are responsible if the ordinance
on this subject is not enforced. 1t is their
duty to have arrested and taken before a
Justice, any of these young men who have
undertaken to make racing course of our
public thoroughfare.
Young, helpless children ought not to be
made to suffer FOX the sport of these reck-
less boys. If the village authorities refuse
or neglect to put i'll force the law against
these persons, the people, the lives of
whose children are thus recklessly and
needlessly exposed should take the matter
in hand. CITIZEN.
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the houses, of course food, clothing, drink
ing water all went with the out rushing
waves. Many ships were lost; some dashed
against the cliffs and went to pieces, more
came IN collision and went down together.
At Pebelon de Rica, where there is large
guano depot on a high bluff, overlooking
the harbor. the ships anchor close in shore,
their sterns tending seward. When the
tidal wave struck them, it lifted their sterns
up so that the ships stood at an angle of
forty live degrees, the crews expecting to
see them go down head foremost On one
large ship ready to sail for lone next
morning, three other captains went to spend
the evening with her captain, and she went
down with all on board not one saved''
hope this depression from my own rem
iniscences for occurrences of such late date
may be pardoned, as being more interesting
than anything | could have written.
Our next Portray TIA queer little
place NO commerce, no factories, not
blade of grass, tree or flower to be seen
Nothing bat sand and barren rocks so far
as the eye can reach. The best house in
the place is not worth over five dollars. and
what the people do for living is one OF
the problems of life have never been able
to solve. The only amusement witnessed
was their flee killing" for the sands and
2
here that your correspondent first felt the
| shock of an earthquake, having Just lance
from the ship, which was being gently
rocked by the swell from the ocean, The
first shock was imperceptible, although the
peopie We're fleeing in all directions falling
| on their knees III some open space. calling
apan all the saints in the Roman Catholic
calendar to save them. But the second
shock, which topled over their only church,
rather startled me, as felt the earth Civ
ing way beneath me.
The frequent occurrences of earthquakes
and the unsettled condition of the govern
ment does not make Peru very desirable
| place for strangers. Therefore, while Chill
is prosperous and becoming greater every
| year, Peru never has advanced in COM
merce Or manufactures, and but for the
revenue received from the guano deposits
would be without means to sustain the
miserable government.
More anon, l..
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

Mr.. ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS still
refuses to- give the quo warranto agita-
tors any encouragement. In reply to
a correspondent who wrote him con-
corning the accuracy of recent in
tcrview with him, he replied: " What
l said was substantially that the matter
of fraud in Mr. Hayes election was no
longer an open question-it was res
adjudicata Mr.. Hayes now (whatever
may have been any of our opinions
touching the infamous frauds of the
returning boards of Florida and Louis
lanai holds the Executive Office by legal
tenure that can never be successfully
assailed and which ought not to be ques-
toned He holds it by a judicial de-
cision rendered by the highest judicial
tribunal ever constituted in this coun-
try"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

The Democratic editors grow more
and more positive that thu remarkable
attentions to Gen Grant in England
mean that he is to be candidate for a
third term. Ifthis should happen to be
the case, it looks now as if the General
would carry England by a large major
ify
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

THE Mississippi editors met last
week and solemnly resolved to discour-
age and deprecate all Independent party
movements. What does this mean?
If the South is so tremendously solid.
why this perpetual guarding against
ruptures9
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

A terrible fire occurred in St. John,
New Brunswick, on Thursday last, by
which half of the city was laid in ashes.
This includes nearly all the business sec
ton Thirteen lives are reported to
have been lost, and some persons are
missing, who it is hoped will yet be
found in salty. The loss in money is
estimated at from slO,OOO,O0O to Sl2,
600, 600, and many families are in des-
titution. Efforts are making in many
cities to send aid Immediately.
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Our Watchfnl Secretary Of State.

Secretary Evarts has taken charac-
teristically prompt and energetic action
in the case of the steamer Georgia, be-
longing to the Pacific Mail Steamship
Company, which was wrecked in Ma
gellan Straits, taken into CHILEAN port
and siezed there by the Custom House
authorities. The Captain, with genu-
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

COOP ADyICE.-Now is the time of the
year for Pneumonia, Lung Fever, &c
Every family should have bottle of b.
sCEHE's GERMAN SYRUP. Don't allow for
one moment that cough to take hold of your
child, your family or yourself. Consump-
ton, Ashthma, Pneumonia, Group, Hemor-
rhages, and other fatal diseases may set in
Although it is true GERMAN SYRUP it
curing thousands of the dreaded diseases,
yet it is much better to have it at hand
when three doses will cure you. One Bot
tie will last your whole family Winter
and keep you safe from danger. If you
are consumptive, do not rest until you have
tried this remedy. Sample Bottle 10 cents
Regular size rs cents. Sold By II. II.
Mitchell, Elkton; E. B. Frazer, Port De-
post; and DIR. l.. R. Kirk, Rising Sun, and
Druggists generally.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

Mrs. Lucy LITZENBERG's Millinery
and Trimming Store grows more and more
attractive. New Hats and Bonnets of all
the very latest styles received every week,
and sold below city prices, trimmed or IN
trimmed Hosiery from Gets, to $1.25cts.
Every new style, ruches, ties, collars, cuffs,
kid gloves, best Lisle gloves, coral and jet
iurelry, bustles. corsets, fans, bows, Rib
bous, notions. Go there every time; its one
door below Mitchell's drug store and op-
posite the Howard House, Elkton.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23
HIRES ROOT BEER PACKAGE

NJ AXES gallons of delicious Beer for
ANA = cents; mai from Gipsissewa Sarsaparilla,
Dani' lion and other medical roofs delicious hev.r-
possessing properties which will change any NOR
h action 1T the stomach liver and kidneys and keep
them IN healthy condition, promoting strength and
vigor. To farmers and ahorng it is Indispensable
III waritns Oft the effects of heat ana prustratou dur
ing the Summer months. Manufactured only by e. F..
HIRES. Wholesale Bo,;nt Druggist No. Lctitia ST
Philadelphia. ASH your druggist for it.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23
ELKTON. JUNE 23, 1877.

If Mr.. Key were New Highlander
he would be in imminent danger of
being called ga little bob-tailed clam
Yankee"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

Coz. GEORGE p. NAME received the
Democratic nomination for Mayor of
Baltimore, on Thursday last. This is
considered a triumph of the Ring.
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FOR RENT.

Several Tenant Houses suitable for me-
Mechanics other families. with Gardens attached
also small Store House. Possession 25th of March
Apply to WI. r. FREEMAN
at Back Greek Mill Coo! county, Nd
Feb 19, lS76-tf
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Philadelphia, Wilmington and
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.

IARS LEAVE ELKTON,

TRAINS RUN AS FOLLOWS.
Leave Port Deposit $50 $50 j39 and II 90 A.. NJ and
200. and obs +. NJ.
Leave Perryville 80, 200 and lbs A.. NJ. and 426
and 100 p. NJ.
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MEDICINAL.

Cheapest P-.o: azi sas: Eaa? Medicine il the Verdi.
For DYSPEPSIA CONSTIPATION Jaundice Bill
ions attacks SICK HEADACHE, CuliO, Depression of
Spirits, SOUR STOMACH Heart Burn, &c &c.
This Un.!ralled enuherI. Remedy is warranted not to
contain single particle Of MERCURY, any injurious
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FOR SALE

A No. 1 DRIVING HORSE; bay, 6
"A years old; travel close 5 minutes; sound
gentle in all kinds of harness.
Also NEW FALIlNiTOP BUGGY.
IL. SIIARPLESS New London
June 9-2w Chester county, Pa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

WE see by local in the Baltimore
"Sun," that the Grand Jury now in
session in Baltimore, have made, or are
trying to make, an Improvement upon
the Jurisprudence of the State. When
they find presentment against per-
son there, they give the presentment to
him, so he can skedaddle if he thinks
best. 1t used to be the practice to
make these presentments to the court,
and we are not sure that it is not the
better way; but as the innovation is
very great, and the change very radical
we take this method of calling the at
tention of the proper parties here to
the matter, and if it is found to work
well, let US have it by all means. The
case in question was presentment for
selling liquor without license. The
Foreman of the jury wishing to do a
neighborly act, gave the papers in the
case into the custody of the offending
party.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

News comes from Armenia that the
Turks suffered severe defeat on Satur-
day at Zeidikan, point about II miles
from Toprak-Kaleh, small town on the
road from Bayrzid to Erzerun, from
which it is IS miles distant The fight
ing lasted two days, and resulted in
rout Of the Turks, who were driven from
the battlefield and pursued by calvary
This victory endangers Mukhtar Pas
has communications with Erzerum,
and enables the Russians to advance
confidently against Toprak- Kaleh which
will probably fall into their hands with
out further resistance The Turks claim
to have recaptured Bayazid, but the re-
port is evidently as baseless as that
which gave them possession of Arabian.
Fierce fighting continues between the
Montenegrins and the Turks. 1t is
feared that the former may be over
powered, as the Ottoman forces are
combining to crush them.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-23

BALTIMORE seems recently to have
undergone a tolerable waking up to the
fact that in enterprises she is so antedi-
luvian that Philadelphia and other cities
are taking her trade from her very doors
All her leading papers have sounded
the alarm, warning her merchants that
the war is being pushed by her rivals,
and that she is in imminent danger of
losing what little of the Eastern Shore
trade she has enjoyed, l. E., that which
is accessible to her by water. We clip
the following upon the subject from the
ST. Michaels "Comet -
"There are indications that even the
retail trade is drifting towards Phila-
delphia. The Baltimore merchants do
not advertise enough ON the Eastern
Shore, especially in the water front"
Until recently Philadelphia has not
sought to extend business to the parts
of the shore so convenient to Baltimore
But her merchants are now making the
effort, and are already seeing the fruits
of it. John Wanamaker, for instance,
commenced to advertise in Talbot coun-
ty, only about a year ago, and to our
own knowledge he has received enough
orders from St Michaels alone to paw
him many times over for the amount
spent III advertising. There is now
keen competition every where for bust
ness, and more than one city finds the
trade even of the water front of the
Eastern Shore worth struggling for. If
Baltimore would retain it, her business
men must be prepared to do it in the
face of efforts made elsewhere to pro-
cure it.
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HIDES.

II lGllESF price paid for BEEF and
L CALI HIDES
For CALVES VIC Pay the highest markc, tGures.
Feb 10, 1S77-tf JOS. WELLS.
The Jasper weekly courier., 1877-09-21

taking him with them. But when thew
came 10 the lonely little house no one
cared to be the first 10 90 in; but al last
the doctor, as being best used 10 such
things, opened the door and stepped IN.
II was mean little room, and furnish
ed only with table, two chairs, some
shelves and bed, and on this bed sat
an old gray cat washing her face.
As soon as Dodd's eye rested on this
animal he uttered cry Of Joy and ilew
10 her side; but she at once set up her
back and uttered loud "Mee-ow. NJ
while her tail swelled 10 immense pro-
portions.
"Oh, don't mind, don't mind
said Dodd, ~ deserve you should be
mad at mc--any thing, any thing, SO a.
you're alive. She's come 10 life again.
Glory, glory, glory"
Why, you don't mean 10 say you
were talking about cat all the while?-
screamed the woman with the basket.
. You said she didn't cook your meat
properly, and"
"No'm, said Dodd, ~ meant to
say she ate most Of il up for me, and
tore and chawed what she didn't eat
but she's welcome. So that she's alive,
don't care. Though she's weaned
from me; | see that. Our happy times
are over; she doubts me-
Called me in to cat, indeed" said
the doctor.
:. Left my business for cat" cried
the storekeeper.
I" Oh what an old fool" said the
woman.
" Miaow!" yelled the attendent train
Of boys; but old Dodd never looked At
them. lie listened to none of their in
suits, and they left him doing his best,
with tears in his eyes, to get that Of
Tended cat to take a little milk from a
saucer that he held before her lips, and
saying, 'sOh, make up, Pussy; your
own Dodd will never do il any more. ("
- Pictorial World.