The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1878-08-31
the Great "Quartcrly" at Wilmington.

The announcement by hand bills. As wei
rs 10y advertisements ia the county rlpcrs
last week, that = special excursion train
would leave Port Deposit on Sunday NOM
ing last for Wilmington aud stopping al
intermediate stations, had the rlfrc, "f rat:.-
crlng together 4 happy concpurSc uf our
American citizens Of African descent at tie
Eiktom depot as well a. at all the WAY sta
lions on the road, IN route for the great
quarterly mcetin. at Wilmington. THIS
train was met at that city by three special
excursion trains from Philadelphia. by 4
fourth one which came up the Delaware
Road from Harrington, and by a fifth on
the Delaware Western Railroad. In addi-
ton 10 these half dozen trains. six steam
boats arrived there from different points,
and deposited their valuable living frcights
1t her wharyeS, among them the WfjDr Rsy-
j"'i from Salem, New Jersey, the .SH.iH,-
f,'i from Ieipaic Landing. aud the H-C,iu
from Chester. 1t Is estimated ;ha, fully
i've thousand colored people found some
kind Of sanctuary in the commercial me
tr"PoiIS ri the great commonwealth on that
day. To some of the higher toned repre-.
Scutativcs of the cuIranc!liScd race in Elk
ton, the inducement Of a round-trip ticket
offered by the T., W. X b. X. r., ut the
attractive price of seventy cents, proved of
little account If there is one enjoyment
over another. for which the African heart
* 4 Ii.
No matter how large the vehicle. or how
small the horse, it is all the same if there
be room to crowd in. The respectable lee
Of eight dollars day is no drawback to
the complete enjoyment of barouche on
4 quarterly meeting Sunday. As usual on
such occasions. Elkton contributed its pro-
portion of emotional ard devotional wor-
shippers in ph;cton, hack and buggy. Charles
Frederick Augustus, sable and murky sat
close beside his Ann Jrmima Jane rs he
drew 4 stiff rein owe: and lavishcd iIn-
cral whip upon the painting sides Of some
unfortunate livery hack, while eight al.
the sides and six down the middle Of some
rnnderous caravan proved mercilcss bur
den upon many a pair Of uucomplaiuin.
beasts - that had already done SIX days
honest work for their noble human mas
trrS. Aunt DiuliI and PhIlliS were there.
- brrsS de Lord, and fopsy and Peg Il
double pigeon wings. Cur Wilmington TX
changes of Monday give graphic accounts
of the scenes witnessed there on sunday.
All the cnlorcd world, and the rest OF sable
mankind, were there
sight worth seeing. Here WAS the great
outdoor restaurant Of the cOiDrrd visitors
and both sides Of the streets were huldcrcd
with stands and booths for the sale of Ie-
i!Ushment> of different kinds, from ic"
cream and pie down to colo ham ana boiled
tTIpc. " atcrmcluuS and cIutllnupes were
also scattered around in prufusiun but they
wegc pretty well cleaned out before night.
The square from Eighth To Ninth streets
looked more Ike an agricultural far ground
than any thing else. with crowded refresh
mcut stands, incoming and outgoing hacks
with yelling drivers and the swarm OF col
orcd pedestrians that thInngcd the side.
walks until they were almost impossible.
During the afternoon religious services
were held in the African Union. Bethel
Zion, and Mon American and Mt. Olive
churches, and the wnrshipers put forth
their most vigorous efforts for the Fccl1ml-
ton oi the unregcncTate amongst them.
The tent in the rear of the African Union
church was also utilized after the rain. Rev.
Moses Chlppey preaching there To a gnndly
congregation. Rev. Henry DAVIS preached
Ia the church itself to a crowded cougrc-
CATION, while great many others who were
unable To get into the church up STAIRS.
organized a prayer meeting in the room
below and went Ia work in earnest III their
= sculIlr WHY. Warming up To- their work
the most Zsalnus of them stripped oil their
coats and clustering IN the center OF the
room, they began jumping up and down
with all their force, clapping their hands