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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-30
THE LICENSE OF LAWYERS.

Judge Briggs, in the Court of Quar-
ter Sessions, in Philadelphia, a few days
ago. voiced the sentiment of the major
ity of decent people in his severe repri-
mand of Counselor Temple for his sour,
rilous and unjust assault upon wit
ness who had been summoned by the
prosecution in the case of Kelley charged
with murder. The witness in question
was detective who had been employed
by the Commonwealth to "work up :
the case against Kelley. For the en-,
ergy and ingenuity displayed by him
in the performance of his duty he was
violently charged by Mr.. Temple with
subornation Of perjury, and without any
foundation whatever for the charge
Judge Briggs promptly placed Mr.
Temple under arrest for contempt Of
court, but subsequently released him
with the remark, among others, that " ii
is high time that respectable witnesses
should be properly protected by the
court from the unwarranted assaults Of
counsel" The habit among lawyers
has become almost general. Counsel
as rule, seem to think their duty to
their clients but partly performed until
they have poured out TRADE of abuse
upon everybody and every thing con
nected with the opposition
The only hope that witnesses have
of escaping ga tongue-lashing' is tC
be as mild and moderate as possible in
delivering their testimony, and if any
one of them has the temerity TO speak
the truth in its planness and fullness
he has been guilty of conduct that will
open upon him the foodgates of sour
rility.
Right here in our own county court
we have heard eminent (?) counsel at
tack, in the most offensive and insult
ing manner, respectable witnesses quite
their peers in every particular except
in their command of the vocabulary OF
Billingsgate. We have heard gray
haired men, gentlemen Of the highest
standing in the community, abused and
denounced without stint by shricking
barrsters because, in obedience to the
summons of the court, they had ap
peared to relate the facts with which
they were acquainted.
There is no sufficient reason why a
witness, when he enters what has been
called the temple of justice" should
be considered fair game for the vitupera
ton and denunciation of counsel. MOI
is there any species of logic that can
sustain the claim that in the trial OF
cases lawyers are entitled to full, unre.
strained license Witnesses, when they
enter the court room, take their man
hood with them, if they have any, and
it is unreasonable and unjust to permi,
counsel topubliclv and vehemcntIy brand
them as liars and perjurers and bribcd
scoundrels when, in fact, they-are sim
ply honest men telling the truth. 1t Is
high time that the judges of our courts
should take the matter in hand, and we
hope to see the reformation begin, like
charity, at home, where it is very sadly
needed.
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Why is it that ministers of the gospel
will permit and encourage festivals to be
held in the interior of their several churches,
when they are aware of the illegitimate
character of the enterprise Simply be-
cause it is an easy way to procure sum of
money supposed to be needed, which, if
necessary, should be raised by voluntary
contribution. " AS ye have received, freely
give y is the rule to regulate your indebt-
edness to the church. Not freely give
money and get ice cream, candy, tobacco,
etc, in return. How charitable and be-
nevolent some persons really are!
The gospel shepherds cannot plead ignor
ance of the evil results of these affairs, for
they are aware that they invariably tend to
draw bad characters, and all manner of
evil is INDUCED in on such occasions, such
as cursing, swearing, fighting, etc. Even
in the absence of these grosser evils, we
never knew of one being held without some
dispute or i'll feeling among the partici-
pants. Somebody wants to do something
that somebody else has done, some one is
displeased, another feels sighted and is
angry, and thus it goes; circumstances &C.
curing that reflect discredit on religion.
The sacred class room is often transformed
into scene of gay festivity, thus desecrat-
lug WuaI has Deeu SOlemQly QeQlCateQ TO
the service of God. How can any one har-
monte this with the teaching of the word
of God? Does the Lord love such sacrt-
tees as these Does not Ezekiel's solemn
charge, with the penalty attached for it's
non-fultillment familiar to every min
lister of the gospel, apply with equal force
to all those who have been called to deliver
the message of salvation to the people?
Will some one of the clergy rise and ex
plain that these actions are consistent with
the gospel of the Bible? If they can sue
cessfully establish the propriety of these
affairs why not fit up room in connection
with the church Ia class room would serve
for the purpose, as has been recently used
and keep first class permanent confec-
tionery? A handsome sum might be real
lied in this way. Perhaps the services of
some friendly band could be secured occa-
sonally, which would assist to draw a large
audience. Church people should not en-
gage in any thing that will not bear analy-
sis. If this will stand the test of Gods
word, we should like to hear it. Light on
the subject respectfully requested.
North East, 9Th, 1877. CONSISTENCY.
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THE French Republicans are boldly
meeting the issue presented by the recu-
SAINT President Mcmahon. They have
resolved that at the new election to be
held there shall be no Republican can
didates in opposition to the 1858 men,
beers of the Assembly who voted for
the resolution censuring the President
and his ministry. There seems to be
no doubt that the Republican strength
in the Assembly will be fully main
tanned, if not increased, in spite Of the
bulldozing" threatened by the Gov
eminent
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THE Reformers in Baltimore have
gone to work with will The conven-
ton met on Monday evening last and
nominated Harry NJ Warfield for Mayor
Mr.. Warfield accepts the nomination,
and promises to make it warm for the
Ring. The assembly was composed OF
delegates representing the intelligence
and responsibility of the wards for
which they were chosen, and was quite
enthusiastic.
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PRESIDENT HAYES, on Friday last,
made the following appointments John
L. Thomas, Jr., Collector of the Port of
Baltimore; D. II. Corkran, naval officer;
and w. II. Rudy, deputy naval officer.
Col. Wilkins, the present Collector has
been requested to resign, but declines
to do so; therefore the President will
be compelled to suspend him, and leave
the Senate to settle the matter.
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THE friends of Kenneth Rayner, re-
Gently appointed Solicitor of the Treas
ury, resent the statement that he is
nearly 20 years of age. They say he
is nearer 60 than 10, and is younger in
intellect and energy than in years.
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DEATH OF ROBERT DALE OWEN. -Robt
Dale Owen, the well known author, philan-
thropist, spiritualist and politician, died on
Sunday, at Peerless Point, Lake George,
n. Y. He was born at New Lanark, an
industrial settlement near Glasgow, Scot
land, in November, 1901.
In 1925 he came to the United States
with his father, and soon after began, in
Wright to edit paper in Indiana, called
the New Harmony Gazette. 1t was after
wards called the Free Inquirer. In this
occupation he was engaged from 1925 to
1884. In 1885 he was chosen a member of
the Legislature of Indiana, in which body
he remained three years. His work of MOI c
in that assemblage was procuring the pass
age of laws securing to women independ-
ent rights of property. He afterwards
served in Congress from 1913 to 1917, where
he took leading part in settling the north
western boundary dispute. He also intro
duced the bill organizing the Smithsonian
Institute, and was for a long time one of
its regents. During the late war he pub
liShed various letters to members of the
Cabinet and to the President, advocating
the policy of emancipating the slaves. For
many years he was prominent believer in
spiritualism, and published number of
books on the subject. Mr.. Owen, several
years since, gave evidences of insanity,
caused in some measure. it is thought, by
some OF the developments of the trickery
of so called spiritualism, and was confined
in a lunatic asylum, but was released some
time since, apparently entirely restored in
intellect.
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THE MARKETS.
ElktOn Markets.
CORRECTED EVERY FRIDAY.
pY n. SCOTT d RRO
MARRIED.

ARMOUR-BRICKL the Zion NJ.
E. Parsonage, June 21st, 1877, by Rev
J. Owen Sypherd, JAMES S. ARMOUR
and MARY E. BRICKLEY, both of Cecil
county.
-WHITE.-Near Bay View,
on Thursday evening, June 2lSt, 1877,
at the residence of the brides parents,
OLIVER SIDwELL and LULA l.. WHITE,
both of this county.
Y--TERRY.--Iu Oxford, June
18th, by Rev. +. B. Harvey, VIM. P.
KELLEY, of West Nottingham township,
to ELIZA TERRY, of Cecil county, Md.
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FROM SOUTH AMERICA.

A letter has been received at the State
Department at Washington, from the
United States Consul at Buenos Ayres, in
which under date of the 14th ult., he gives
information concerning one of the heaviest
and most disastrous rain storms that has
ever occurred in that country. 1t was al
most continuous for several weeks The
losses of cattle, horses and sheep must
amount to hundreds of thousands if not
millions of head. The arrivals of interior
products had fallen off in consequence of
this rain and nearly all the wool in the
market had been sold. Cow hides and
tallow had risen to high price owing to
the war in Europe.
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THE Iowa Republicans met in State
Convention, on Wednesday, and nomi-
mated Hon. John H. Gear for Governor,
and Hon. Frank j. Campbell for Lieu
tenant Governor.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-30
Regular Secretion Essential to
Hpalth

The regular secretion aud flow of the gastric juices
and of the bile which the of liostcttrr'S Stomach
Btters PROMOTES effects which C"niuce materially
t" the restoration of health. when the system disnr-
dcrcd, Food is not dgcstc in til" dyspeptir stomach
because the gastric llud is deficient. snperabunnt or
vithted til" liver Incomes conge>tci and the bowels
C"n>lti"i because the supply of bile is inadequate
mishrert" Til" Bitter r"ctihes all this and
every i'll consequence of non-sSim aton and bilious
regularity Furthermore, II stimulates thu action IF tine
kidneys. by whc! impurities to speak strained
from til" blood, and any tendency i'll the urinary organs
to grow sluggish and isorered puncractrd Whether
1t he used as means Of re- atug gastric bilious
secretion. and relieving the overloaded bowels or To
promote complete and therefore healthful, uriuatuu
Hcstettcr Bitters be relied upon with confidence
to accomplish the end i'll view.
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Fol
JOTTINGS.
New LEEDS, June Goth, 1877.

New LEEDS, June Goth, 1877.
Mr.. EDIToR:-With your permission l
will jot down some of the most important
incidents of the day.
We have not as yet started our newSpa
per. Madam Gossip thinks we might fur
niSh something that would look more like a
paper than that "4UOsS coyGred one at Chesa
p.ake City. The name CheSapike seems
10 puzzle all the wiseacres about here to
find any meaning or sense in it. But Chesa-
peake has many traditions to hand down to
the next generations; among others the ori-
gin of the name of the village side. Every
day l expect some important town will
spring up from the appearance of the po-
tato bug. | think we might have a name
for two towns. How would Tatervile -
do for name and "Bugtown9" So look
out; our next county map will have those
names.
But, Mr.. Editor, l have wandered far
from home. This has been quite an event
full week. Two services in the NJ. p. Church
the junior preacher, Rev. Mr.. Valiant, oc-
cupying the pulpit each time. Morning
service was concerning Elijah, and was quite
good sermon. In the evening his dis
course was concerning this life, being a
preparatory state for the next, aud thought
that this life was the only sure place to
begin to live for eternity. Mr.. V. is quite
young man, and if he continues, bids fair
of associating his name with preachers of
the first class. His father stands first in
the NJ. 2. Conference.
Tonight the Ladies' Aid Society was to
meet. This is very flourishing institu-
ton; the officers and collectors are faithful
i'll the discharge of their duty, and the CON
ditions will be made known to any one by
applying to the secretary residing on one
of our principal streets.
The farmers are busy harvesting.
Our supervisor, Mr.. Miller, is mending
the roads with weeds and dirt. Any thing
is preferable to the powders that you chance
to knock sore corn against.
Our polite merchant, J. 5. Settle, Esq.
since repairing and remodling his store
offers dry goods. groceries, as cheap, il not
cheaper, than the merchants of Elkton.
The writer of this visited Mr. Warburton's
school house. The teacher and scholars
We're all gone home. After surveying it
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A Democratic majority of 8 has been
decreed for the next House of Repre-
sentatives by that high and mighty tn
bunal which consists of Clerk Adams
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1877-06-30
No T. All that PARCEL of LAND
20 ACRES. ? Foods and 20 Perches.
SHERIFF'S SALE,

RI virtue of four writs of fieri facias,
Dissued out of the Circnit Court for Cecil county
two at the suit of John A. j. Creswe Trustee one at
the suit Of Joseph P-nnel. and one at the suit OF
William A. Richards use OF Noble T. Biddle); also hy
virtue of writ of eri acias issued Of the Court
OF Appeals of Maryland at the suit Of John A. J Cres
WELL Executor of Eliza A. Taylor and all against the
good, and chattles. lands and tenemcnts of David NJ
Tay Tor. and to directed. have seized and taken in
execution all the right, title interest claim and estate
both at law and in equity of the said David VI Taylor
in and to all the following
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Isl ACRES, more or less.

l2l acres less of which was formerly owned
hy James Davis dee d. and WAS conveyed To said Tay lur
by deeds from Henry C. Nackali and James T. McCnl-
Tough Truste.s, from Rachel Davis from Frsly Wallace
DAYS and wife, Henry +. lamar and wife, lillian W
Taylor and WIFI and thirty of which conveyed
To said David NJ Taylor 10y i. Frshy Henderson by
deed dated February 4th, 1857, recorded among the
Land Records of Cecil county. in Librr II H. 81 No
folio III.
skI9Hr THIS farm has on il IA DWELLING HOUSE.
Is!1I and the usual uuthniliings. Land is Of fair
quality, and especially adapted tho grow til
rSsaxkS of wheat and grass
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ELKTON. JUNE 80, 1877.

THE President has been absent from
Washington the greater part of this
week on visit to Boston.
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Is What blessing to the poor would
be such wholesome purifier and preven-
tive of contagion as Glenn,s Sulphur Soap,
could it be distributed among them. Why
don't some philanthropist act on this hint
Depot CIittenton's, No. Z Sixth Avenue,
New York. Hills Hair & Whisker Dye,
black or brown, so cts. 40.
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PRESIDENT HAYES attended the COM
mencement exercises at Harvard, on
Wednesday, with his Cabinet officers
In the procession to the hall he was
escorted by President Eliot and fol-
lowed Immediately by ex-Chief Justice
Bigelow, Gov Rice. Charles Francis
Adams, the Cabinet officers, and other
public men. The degree of LID. was
conferred upon him during the exer-
cises, and called forth great deal of
applause. In the afternoon banquet
was given at Memorial Hall, and
speeches were made by the President,
Gen. Devens, President Eliot, Mr.. Key,
Carl Schurz, James Russell Lowell,
and others. Most of the speeches were
patriotic, and all were heartily applaud
ed, that of Gen. Devens particularly.
A banquet was given to the President
in the evening by the City of Boston.
THE quantity of specie or metallic
currency now in the United States is
estimated at 1925, 900, 900, and it is be-
lieved to have increased at least $45,-
100000 during the last year. This is
an amount nearly two-thirds as great
as the whole sum of legal-tender notes
in circulation, which the Government
proposes to begin to redeem at the be-
giuning of 1879. Our supply of specie
is likely to increase faster in the future,
because the balance of trade with other
countries is in our favor and will proba-
bly, continue So At this rate the coin
will, by the resumption date, equal the
volume Of legal-tenders, and the work
of resumption will practically effect it
self. The abundance of coin will of
course make it sought after, while the
reduction of greenback circulation cor
respondingly improves its relative value.
When the time for legal resumption
comes no one will care to exchange his
paper for the metallic equivalent.
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175 ACRES, more or less.

This farm has on it II larg" and handsome 49,
BRICK DWELLING HOUSE. with grounds fN iii
we'll laid out. The land is Of good quality. tHl!l
2nd The DAVIS FARM. Being
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Tracts, Parts of Tracts, Pieces
or Parcels of Land.

all situate lying and being in the Second Election
District of Cecil county.
No. |. HOME FARM. Being all
that portion of the farm which said David NJ Taylor
now resides. which lies east of the public road from
Elkton To Warwick, and which said TAYLOR inherited III
part, and which also conveyed to said Taylor by
tw" deeds one dated 10Th April 1874, recorded i'll Lher
e. McC. No. Il, folio 32l and the other dated May 18th
ISL rctur!ed in Liher q. McC No. folio L cunlainms
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Philadelphia, Wilmington and
.LTIMORE RAILROAD.
lit Branch Railroad
CARS LEAVE ELKTON,


Leave Port Deposit $50 $780, $50 and II 90 A. NJ, and
200 and els ?. NJ.
Leave Perryvile. $50, 900 and IL o5 A. NJ and %
and 90 ?. ".
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MARBLEHEAD NEARLY DESTROYED.
TERRIFIC STORM IN THE WEST.

A terrific storm of rain and wind, vary
ing slightly in violence and considerably in
duration, according to locality, ragged on
Monday morning. throughout Iowa and in
portions of Missouri and Michigan. 1t
reached Chicago soon after one o'clock i'll
the afternoon and travelled eastward through
Indiana and Ohio, breaking upon Cincn-
natl at quarter past four O'Clock. Every
where in its path, trees and telegraph poles
were leveled, and bridges and buildings
damaged or demolished. Near Kankakee,
H., an express train was blown from the
track, and several persons were injured.
In Cincinnati, three men were injured and
one was killed
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John E. WILSON,
y Office in the old Democrat building North ST.
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81 ACRES, more or less.
FOR RENT,

Seyeral Tenant Houses suitable for me-
ochauIcs or other families, with Gardens attached
also small Store House Possess ion 25th of March.
Apply Ia VIM. i. FREEMAN
at Back Creek Mill, Cecil county Nd
Peb l9, l876-tf
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FIRE AND FLOOD.
ST. JOHN FIRE

We noticed last week the great fire in st.
John, n. b. Later details from the terri
BILE scene of the calamity, show it to have
been a fearful one.
or $40 acres in the city, 400 were burned
over, and the 20. 900 persons living therein
are homeless. They have crowded in else
where. or are under tents. Two-thirds of
the business portion of the city has been
destroyed, including all the banks but the
British. nearly all public buildings but the
Court House and Jail, and about fifteen
churches. Not leading establishment has
escaped. All the principal dry good stores,
the leading groceries, all the ship brokers,
commission merchants, all in the business
Of wholesale liquors, flour, provisions, coal,
salt, lumber, tea. West India goods, etc,
are wiped out. Forty odd blocks, nearly
two hundred acres south of King street,
have not six buildings remaining. All the
daily newspapers are swept away, but the
Daily Telegraph issued small sheet, with
a comprehensive account of the desulation
in the city.
MARBLEHEAD NEARLY DESTROYED.
A fire broke out in the city of Marbehead,
Mass Monday, which burned for four hours
and laid in ruins track covering 10 acres
of ground. Several large shoe factories, a
Congregational church, the Eastern rail
road station, and about 20 dwellings were
burned, and three quarters of the working
people thereby thrown out of work and a
large number of families left homeless.
The fire gained great Roadway from the
fact that the tiremen were interrupted and
had to wait until certain buildings were
destroyed before they could make use OF
the main reservoir of the city.
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or The Cecil Wing.
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CHURCH FESTIVALS.

For The Cecil Wing
, 1877-02-27
WISCONSIN,.
THE LEG1sL&TUHE.

Spsct1f U'SpQfch.sQ JAS 1F5tHHkt
MADISON, Wis, Feb. aj.-ln the scnatc, ut
Its evening session, tho vote by which tho btll
authorizing tho bIndlnE Of the Railroad Com
mlss!opers' report was Indefinitely pustuael was
reconsilcrcd, anl laid over t1l tomorrow.
Thlrty-odd petitions were presented from d
1arga number Of ctlzens OF tlts State fayorang
In strong terms the passage ot tho Textbook
bill. A joint resolution for bill WIS con-
cArrcd In, under suspension Of tho
rules, to Incorporate tho City Of New London.
Bills wcro concurrc1 In relating to Stnta road
frum Jenny to Gaicsvillc. Hills were passcd to
lfs' r1buto more equally Tho burdens Of taxason
In tue counties of this State; amending tho Re.
visel Statutes, entitled "Exerutfon and
scuato Killed t!,o niil to authoriza
tho Governor to appoint q Circuit
Judge to hold court In any circuit where there is
yasa'sy; to approprIata s9o9t to tho ,, saste Il,
concnrred III 70 provide for thu support
Of the poor Of Milwaukee County; scla-
tlrc to wltnc1s-fecs III Courts Ut Record; amend.
lug the charter ot Watcrtowni .fclas!nE to tie
repatriation Of persons becoming citizens. a
bill tor division Of Oconto County nnu the
erection of the Cu,,ntv OF Wells was tnale tho
special order tur II :B0 d. IN. to.uorrow.
ASSEMBLY.
Tho Committee un Town and County Organ
tzatou reported uttrcsac!y to tho It'll to dIstao
Chrku a,il Marathon Counties to Ecrease tho
County Of Forest. 4 b!lf pasted approprtattng
sll,5o0 to purchase additions to ti!s stlte Lan
I.ibrary;, ALSO. to incorporate. tho CITY ot
plymouth; to 1ct the eily printing Ut Hllwau.
kcc City 10 tho lowest bidder; TO declare ware-
house receipts negotiable; to arnvnl the Insur-
anco Laws; to authorizo Chippewa County TO
tssue bonds to sGttle its indebtedness.