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1.-TWO statesmen who THOROUGHLY understand
i the crockery business. and can come well
recommended. Apply to CHAS. N. ERICH,
Memphis, Tenn. l28-l30
Cincinnati Commercial, Chicago Times and
New York Heralt COPY st..
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oIO0O of Bluff City Cotton Mills stock,
OlVVU at Mechanics and Traders Bank,
No. 9 Madison street. Of
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BOARDING.
nHr
FOUND.
PERSONAL.

DY little son Of W. N. Brown, a sum Of
ID money: Owner call at 81 Union st. list
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FOR SALE

A LII colors and prices Of job Ink, also
n News Ink in kegs, at this office. list
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$otHHNG ?, HRSAFEfFSMAN, %t. I @EgBss,'
L. II. LEIDY.
1NHE BOOKS OF THE ASSOCIATION ARE
i open for subscription, and parties wishing
to subscribe can find books in the hands Of
each Director at their respective places Of
chants Insurance Co., 20 Madison street
This Association will make loans upon
farms in any part Of Shelby county, as per
terms Of its charter. 1871
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T FAVE your orders for dry wood atGN
IL 1851 1873 MAIN ST.
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E0R sALE-OLD NEWSPAPERS, Ac PER
J. hundred, at this Office. the chea pest wrap
ping paper you can get. 55-f
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A FINE horse, buggy and harness (new).
IA Apply at No. 9 Madison st. ut
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16
WHEN TO DlSOBEY

The action of the Grand Duke Mich
olas in disobeving the order of the Gar
to enter ConstantinopIe, wheu the new
was received that the British feet had
passed the DardaneIlcs, it is quile GER
tain was of incalcuIable importance to
all Europe. Disobedience in this in
stance has, for Il time at least, averted
actual war between England and Rus
STA, and possibly general war through
out Europe The occupation of Com
stantinople at that critical moment was
all that was wanting to kindle the glow
ing spark into the lurid blaze of open
war. Russia has lost none of her pres
tige by it, but has steadily gained by
every diplomatic event that has since
TRANSFERRED 1t requires great man to
disobev orders, especially when orders
come from such commanding source
as the Gar of all the Russias. The
Grand Duke Nicholas was equal to the
occasion in this instance, and it will
stand in history as an act of greatness.
of true heroism. The Gar may not
only well pardon such an act of dis
obedience, but if it were within his
power he might well exalt his noble
brother to higher station than that
which he now occupies, for .bus daring
to do right When the British fleet
under Sir Hyde Parker, with Nelson
second in command, was fighting the
battle of the Baltic, Sir HYDE Parker
made the signal for discontinuing.-
Nelson ordered it to he acknowledged
but putting the glass to his blind eve,
exclaimed, II really don't see the sig.
nal. Keep mine for closer battle still
flying. That's the way answer such
signals. Nail mine to the mast" This
battle, the most terrible which Nelson
was ever engaged in, was thus saved
by disobedience, and disobedience in
that instance raised Nelson to the rank
of Niscount The Gar wants no bet,
ter precedent than this in dealing with
the disobe Hence of the Grand Duke
for by it Russia has gained as great IA
moral victory over England, as Nelson
gained over Russia, Prussia. Sweden
and Denmark combined at the memora-
Bile battle of the Baltic.
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THE POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

The House committee on Banking
Currency agreed to report Postal
Savings Bank bill, in conformity with
the recommendations of the Postmas
ter General and the Secretary of the
Treasury The bill will authorize the
reception of money on deposit at the
post Offices in sums not less than twenty
cents. The deposits remain without
interest until they reach the amount of
ten dollars, when they may be con-
ver,ed into postal savings bonds" in
denominations of ten, twenty, fifty and
one hundred dollars, which bear inter-
est at the rate of three and siXty-fve
and one-hundredshs per cent per annum
These postal bonds may in their turn
he converted by the holders into four
per cent United States bonds The
depositors can draw their money or
any portion thereof by changing these
postal bonds or the entire amount Of
their deposits by giving five days no.
tice This system gives the depositor
quite as much facility as is afforded by
IA savings bank, with much greater Sc
curity. 1t may require some little time
TO accustom the people to the use Of
The postal banks, but there can be little
doubt that in the end they will prove
great success and he boon to the la
boring classes who are prudent enough
to lay up little out of their earnings
When their convenience and safety are
fully established and command the pub
lie confidence, the postal banks will
have a tendency to encourage frugal
habits among the people and to induce
them to make provision for old age or
for their families. They will also pre-
vent the widespread suffering too often
occasioned by the failure Of private
banks There is very fair probability
Of the passage of the bill
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were concerned alike. we welcomed Mr..
Calhoun's recent letter, as being ex-
plicit in statement and frank in the
av"wal Of its authorship. As will be
seen by our local columns. today, the
School Board attached enough import
ance to Mr.. Calhoun's charges to sum-
mons him before it for investigation of
the actual facts of the case. The re-
suit of that inveStig cation. so far as the
school book test was applied by the
Board was unfavorable to Mr.. Calhoun.
The test, and actual use,-as stated bv
this teacher-do not agree. With a
view, then, to ascertain whether the eX-
perience of other teachers in the county
corroborates or contradicts that of Mr.
Calhoun, we thus publicly invite a cor
respondence with them, through the
columns of TIE CECIL WING, relative
to the quality and durability of the
text books, &C., now in use. and in ten
derng our columns, respectfully request
them, for obvious reasons, to WRITE
OVER THEIR OWN SIGNATURES
If the contracting firms are furnish
ing the schools with ind tftrent books
and stationery, both School Board and
people should know it. If the school
books are of standard quality, the book
men should have the benefit of the pub
lie vjndcation, aud the Complaints
should cease. We consider the teachers
IN the public schools the most compe-
tent judges of their implements of
trade, which the books are, and have
the authuritv--in letter of which W.
are in receipt-to inform hem tina, he
school Board desires the expression OF
their opinion and experience in the
manner suggested, assuring them that
The frank avowal Of the same cannot
subject them to unfavorable criticism.
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during the past three years than the re,
pairs We're really worth, or. on the
other hand, they have taken them at n
I loss now. If the latter he the case, it
I Is far to assume that the repairs will
not be done properly, except upon the
strctcst enforcement of the contracts
under the security given the county for
their performance. But, in explanation
OF this discrepancy in prices in the
three districts named, can it be said
that The roads are already in such en-
cellent condition, as the result of the
last three years work. that they can be
now maintained in that condition at the
reduced prices to he paid by the county
under the new contracts? So far as
the Third district is concerned, we
doubt the truth of this proposition; in
deed, we are inclined to believe that the
roads throughout the county were never
as bad as they are now, certainly were
never worse than at this time. We
base this qualified assertion upon the
general complaint reaching US, and do
not make ii cautiously or as matter OF
partisan taultlinding If it he true,
even, that the roads of this district-to
I,, -,
~ood,-and that is putting the case
mildly.-while for three years past
81 1874 30 have been expended upon
hem, how can they he made and KEPT
God, during the next three Years, for
the sum of 81, 1868 80? Some sections
f them posSibl v NAV be maintained in
a passable condition, but other sections
If them, already had, will grow worse
under the reduced expenditure Of labor
upon them consequent upon the dimin-
'shed contract price paid for them. Or
stating the case Of an individual con-
tractor: A farmer rencws his contract
with the county to keep in repair Il
road section for the sum of SIS, for
which he heretofore has received $40
per year. Taking $40 per mile as Il
faIr average price for the yearly road
maintenance, who loses the difference
when he takes it at 50 per annum :!
Doubtless, theories as diverse as the
religious creeds of men can he offered to
Justify the wisdom Of this cutting com
petition over road contracts. We are
prepared to admit that the county saves
money in immediate outlay. That is
selfevident proposition. But whether
low priced repairs are really cheapest
in the end is altogether another ques-
lon.
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rs New Spring styles Paper Patterns
received to-day at
MCCHERY d BoULDEN's
IS Fall line of CarpentInyS. d: r. ad
John NJ. Evans advertisement in this
week, issue
Us Hamilton celebrated all bone Cor
sets. Il. Z. Lewis. GLASS FRONT, Elkton,
sole agent. Look at them.
Us The ladies will find large assortment
of Millinery Goods at Mrs. Nelson's No
lions of every kind cheaper than can be
found elsewhere. She respectfully invites
a call
S8 New Spring Hats, complete line
lowest to finest grade, latest STYLES.
GLASS FRONT.
GB Wall Paper, Wall Paper. new S,ring
styles. GLASS FRONT.
US send for Spring catalogue of Fash
lons-iree. MCCRERY & BOULDER.
Is shoes, SHOES. full stock of Shoes.
many new styles never before shown IN
E'ktoh. GLASS FRONT.
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THE New York Tribune saws thai
Mr. Hale held up the mirror to the
Democratic majority in the House, Oh
Tuesday, and then left them to ask
themselves how much their claims OF
economy amounted to. He showed on
one side, the cheeseparing retrenchmenr
which saves a few millions out of tn.
expenses Of the Government one year.
to be largely made up by deficiencies
the next, and, on the other, the prodigal
lberality which proposes to empty the
National Treasury into the infinite nav
Of the South Mr.. Hale told the whole
story OF Democratic economy in a single
sentence. 1t consists in reducing
clerks, cramping consuls, and turning
out ministers" but when Southern
claims come up before these members.
" it is as inevitable as that water runs
down hill that they will vote for them.
and will advocate them. and if they do
not so, they will not dare to 90 homr
and face their constituents" Mr.. II. :
suggestion seems to have absorbed the
Democratic mind of the House. For,
unless Mr.. Whitthorne is representa-
tive Democrat, and unless Mr.. Cox's
antics are supposed to be mani
festations of human intellect. no re-
ply was made to Mr. Hale. and the
Democratic majority seem to have
walked away from the glass
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ANNAPOLIS.
non.

In the House Of Delegates on Wednesday.
two matters were disposed of which earlier
III the session prommsed to create someth-
ing OF 4 breeze in the Legislature. One
"as the proposed repeal of the law requlr
ing the United State Senators to be selected
trem opposite shores of the Chesapeake bay,
and the other was the memorial and reso
buttons offered by MIR. BLAIR in reference To
Mr.. Hayes title to the presidency. Both
were failures.
On Tuesday, on considering the free pub
tic schools bill an amendment, offered by
Mr. Steiner, was rejected, to have the
county school commissioners to be elected
ny the people every two years. On the
anne day, the House of Delegates killed
'he dill To give fam laborers lien on
crops of employers for wages. Mr.. Car
M chael. OF Queen AIMS reported the bill
untavorably from the committee on agu
culture. MIR. Mitchell, of Charles, advo
Gated the bill III set speech Mr.. Merrlck
said 1t would be utterly destructive I"
agricultural prosperity, aud would prevent
farmers from borrowing money III the city
Mr. Mathews said 1t was poor man bill,
md he had discovered 1t was as nard o get Il,
poor mans bIll through this house as tor ii
camel to get through the eye Of needle
Mechanics have lleus on buildings in the
city, and farm labrIers should have liens
the crops. II one was Just law the
rEher Is also just Mr.. Weldon finally
ave the bill the coup DE grace, and IL was
KILLED.
The committee To investigate the StaCe
House expenditures and repairs has MAD,
1p Its conclusions. The total cost uf III,
rpalrS ascei tanned - have been Sill 3St =
20 Of This. sol 1913 81 las teen PAD gu.
II the appropriation of $32, 0C0. 10 com
oIete the repairs $25 600 will be Ut cessal,
ihe v"lumInous testimony will be suu
united for printing. from winch the Hous,
"lll inform itself. l. is not likely the com
mittee will make any recommendations
The building was found to be III such a
state when stripped for repairs that the
expenditure had I" be far greater than any
one contemplated in advance. In regard
10 the board of public works exceeding the
appropriation. the committee will report
hat they have not been able to discover
ATTY authority OF law for such action
y bill introduced by Senator Dennis and
which has been favorabIy reported from
select committee, prohibits mllers from
demanding or receiving above one eighth
part of every bushe! of wheat, corn or rye
FOR grinding the same, under a penalty of
$50 for every ottense, one half to 90 to the
lnformer. In st. Mary's and Worcester
the sixth may be taken for grinding rye
and corn.
The bills regulating the shooting of par
trdges. etc, III Hartford and Cecil couu-
Ties, and regulating fishing in certain wat
ers of Hartford and other counties, were
reported favorably in the Senate.
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TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOL TEACHERS,

We have been in receipt, recently. of
a number Of COMMUNICATIONS of
them from teacbers-relativc to our
county public schools and their manag e-
ment These letters cover wide range
OF comment, suggestion and criticism,
some of it intelligent aud Just, but
much of it evidently personal, and,
therefore, to be received cautiously
We have published several of these
letters In our Peoples Column y
they being most specific in statement
of those received-and shall, for appar-
ent reasons, continue to publish them
so long as their pith and marrow are Of
sufficient public interest TO warrant it.
We have noticed, however. that the
complaint of the quality of the school
books, ink, states, &c. furnished the
schools, seemed to be general, and to
ventllate the subject as one in which all
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States, and who said these claims had
not been paid by the Confederate G. v
eminent. 1t happened, however, that
The Confederate archives he az in POS
session of the Government. at Wash
ington, some industrious Republican
member of the House had them search
ed for evidence on the subject. and dis
covered and exhibited to the House the
official documents issued under Rea-
gan's own authority, showing that the
Confederate government had not only
paid all these claims, but had seized
and appropriated to its own use all the
United States postal balances to do it
with! The claims amolnt to a very
large sum, and but for this exposure the
bill would have passed and the Treas
urv would have been again robbed I'M
der rebel auspices When confronted
with the evidence furnished by his own
Olnclai recOruS, htdSa WAS ldhch coll-
pletelv aback aud was so Inundated as
to be only able to say that he had for
gotten all about the matter How he
could have done so is rather singular,
as these acts were among the very first
and most important during his admin
istration as Confederate Postmaster
General. The case illustrates large
class of ways of defrauding the Ma
tional Treasury by means of spurious
claims arising in some way under the
events of secession and civil war
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16
In the Whole History of Medicine

\" preparation has peri lrmcl such cur
maintained wide u reputation as AVER,
CHERRY pictorial. winch is recognized as the world.
remedy for al! diseases of the throat and lungs It.
lung-coninurd series of wonderful cures in all climate
has made it ersalIy known as a safe and reliabl,
agent to EMPLOY, Against ordinary colds. which ar,
the f"rernnnrrs Of serious disorders il ACT.
speedily and surely, always relieving suffering and uftr
saving life. The protection it affords. ly its timely LIZ
in the throat and lung disorders IF children makes il
an invaluable remedy to he kept alwi,y, on iapd il
every home. \" person afford without it, aud
those who have used it never will. From Ill, il
knowledge Of lis composition and effects Physicians Us.
the CHERRY Pc Tor al extensive in their practice,
and Cler-> m"m r-r"nmrId II j. aEsnatriv certair
in its remedial ELI els and will always cure where cure.
possible.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

THERE seems to be the ioveliest kind
of a fight brewing at Washington
The McGarrahan SANDER mill is at the
bottom Of the trouble, and the delight
full prospect Of it all is a fight between
Jeremiah S. Black and Montgomery
Blair One of the men smirched bv
the charges Black is stirring up, was
the late Frank Blair. The Hon. Mont
gomery rises to say in "The Washing
ton Post that neither he nor Frank
ever received dollar from McGarra-
han, and then adds "The Blairs have
lived to little purpose if old Black and
his crew can stain their escutcheon
Old Black sold out that company when
he represented the Attorney General =
This means war of sulphurous adiec-
tives if nothing else
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

A GOLD exchange puts it in these
words: Judas was paid off in silver
and went and hanged himself If the
majority of the members of Congress
shall be paid off in silver, is there any
hope of similar result ~
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16
MARRIED.

COSGRONE-TISON.-On March :, 1878,
at the residence of the brides brother,
near North East, by Rev. Samuel Logan,
JAMES CosGRovE and RUHAMAH Tyson,
both of tins county
SlNGLES-NAN~ANT. On the evening
of the 18th of March. 1873, at the resi-
dence of Rev. William kershaw. VIM
Ii. Singles and MARTHA J. EANsANT,
both of this county.
DANlS-W lATT.- In Chesapeake City,
on March l4lh. 1878, by Rev. c. p NAL
leIy, JOHN p. DAVIS. of North East, and
CLARA Ii. WYATT. of Chesapeake City
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16
DR.. VAN DYKES SULPHUR SOAP

lr. Van lYk", who's" lifelong speciality and worl
wd' rrputatIpn curing skin diseases, has after yea
1T txp"lm"ntn. Compounded thu u a,ttst of al! eytrr
nal mrtich applications. DR. Van Dykes, Sulphur
soap which ~ fl from all n,,us and is dali,
growing more famous. OWING To it, efficiency curin.
cuIac Hs dI~"-"- Nhrn used connection witt, ill.,.
"th II etFnsi !iurr" mars tn W t with uur" Il
"i sulphur an" Other medical -ii-uIs which i
maxim. remarkable" cures: and III crrisruucn-e inv,
lids ar" turning their attention patronage thereto
sulphur ttt" with i'r Van lNh" sulphur Soap /,
c"n-il red Icy the medical fIcnfy extremely brrf IA
Tor the lils winch hnmen sh is heir tn AK for AND
TAX" only DR. Van Dykes sulphur Soap Price - cts
trN - CakrS,l I'll cents Sold by Dr. H. II NIfrueII
E'h''h' MI IA "fuEG!riS stn"rtii.. L., lI-y
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Mr. MARTIN |. TOWNSEND doesn't
agree with eX-Confederates as rule.
or, rather, ex-Confederates don't seem
to agree with him but when Mr.. Whit
thorne suggested that the present Civil
Service Reform meant putting Repub-
licans out of Office and Democrats in
Mr.. Townsend was glad to admit thai
that was "a good definition
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

A WASHINGTON letter writer makes
this cruel and wicked suggestion:
look to see change next Spring when
the Democrats get possession of the Sen
ate. Then it will be in the power of the
President to make great changes in the
civil service if he chooses, and, if am not
mistaken, good many Republicans in Con
gress, who are now unfriendly to Mr.. Hayes
will begin to court him. 1t will be in his
power then, by moderate concessions to the
Democrats, to make such changes as he
chooses in the office holders throughout the
country. Thus it will be in the power of
the President next year to fill 60, 900 offices
with Hayes Republicans if he chooses to
do so.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

In hard times legs are better than
brains. Won Hillern can make more
money with her little muscular legs
than anybody outside of the profession
of the law can earn in hard times
Cartier, the waltzer, draws full houses.
while the opera languishes Brains
are at discount unless they are To-
Gated in the heels.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

In Congress, last week, while the
House OF Representatives had under
consideration bill to pay to pos,mas-
tiers and mail contractors in the South
ern States the amount of their claims
for services rendered by them to the
date of secession, rather remarkable
scene occurred. The measure then
pending was urged by Mr. Reagan, of
Texas, who held the position of Post
master. General Of the Confederate
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Hamilton Easter & Sons,
OF BALTIMORE.

OF BALTIMORE,
Invite correspondence with individuals
and families desiring to supply themselves
with Dry GOODS at FAIR PRICES and Mop
FRATE PROFITS. SAMPLES. WITH PRICES,
VIII b. sent on application. and goods by
EXPRESS {. o. d., or by mail on receipt of
postal order or check The latter mode of
delivery being very advantageous to buyers,
packages costing but one cent per ounce to
any part of the country.
Our stock is the LARGEST. MosT VARIED
AND CHEAPEST III the Southern States. and
our prices at retail. TO CUSTOMERS as low
as usually pad by DEALERS who do not
import or receive their supplies in large
quantities direct from the manufacturers.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

WE feel sure our readers will thank
US for the sketch and portrait of DR..
Brooks, published to-day. Cecil county
has produced few men his equal in
scholarly attainment and possibly none
his superior in classical culture. Be-
side, as teacher and educator, he has
done work that honors the place of
his nativity.
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s8A gentleman writes: was a con
slant sufferer from chronic dyspepsia, anG
have taken all sorts of mineral waters. but
with little relief. My family physician ad
viSed me to take kELLER's Vegetable Life
Drops, and after the use of only three bot
ties, | was entirely cured. l have since
recommended the Life Drops to my frienu.
and they have found the same result.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-03-16

The State House investigation is
still on hand al Annapolis While a.
Washington we have the Cheney in
vestigation, the Doorkeeper Polk inves-
tigation, and scores of others nobody
can remember But who shall investi-
gate the investigators?
THE river Rhine, it is we'll known,
Doth wash the city of Cologne.
Tell me, We nymphs, what power Divine
Shall henceforth wash the river Rhine.
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institution seems ~ be at stake. 1t would
he a disgrace to Nelhadsm on the PENN
suia 10 permit this Institution to fail or
pass ont of their hands cons idera Bile
portion of the session of FRIDAY will be de-
voted 1" the consideration of these inter-
esls Our next letter will probably con
tam the list of appointments. ID.