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THE REToRT COURTEOUS.

When we find one honest man who cred
il the insinuating ISLANDERS !evele.i hv the
NIig last week AT HE Editor of this paper.
we may get permission from our s+lf-rt-
poet TO stoop "a rcpei them.
Cecil Democrat.
Stoep! i Oh need not, Sir. You are al
geady there. And in descending TO a ques-
tionable political transaction to secure
your ambition, your very obliging self
respect doesn't seem to have troubled
you much.
10 quote your own words culled as a
sweet morsel from the tangled mass of
linguistic sweets, for which your recent
open letter is distinguished. your own 20
'itical friends have '.pWoried you lnr
Eour apostasy to them.
Insinuating ISLANDERS, indeed
We have but exercised our unques-
Toned right of fair political criticism,
upon an attempt to cut down Judge $
suit to make it fit a politician. and 70,
which act of violence toward your for
'her political associates, one Of them
odd you the truth i'll plain, common sensr
words, when he was reported rs having
said to you, THAT although you may not
have made political bargain to secure
the nomination for the Judgeship. you
' would find it exceedingly difficult to
persuade ninety mine honest men ont o,
every hundred, that you had not done
80"
Slapdered you, indeed.
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WHAT WE'VE COME TO.

There was time i'll the history of the
3ench of Maryland when the men rec"%
,ized as tit To hold seat upon it. would
rave resented the suspicion nt seeking
>uch position by personal solicitation a.
, gruS, insult. Now candidates !ur he.
iu,i@ e>hip run around the streets. bnttnr-
'"lo voters. solicit support. kiss dirty
iaced babies. to please the old woman. 81
>he ii be sure To send the "uld tnau t.
The primary, to vote a cut and dried
ticket for Our" candidate FOR the Judge
ship.
The rival factions behind each eandi-
ate invade every mans door they dare
enter. They whine and whredls.. bother
ard beg. every voter IL back up this OF
the other Dem pcratic candidate.
In this state of things. it is really 4
,reat public blessing that Local Option
prevails in Cecil: else had the general
decentralization been something terrible.
Ii the bars of the county were open.
and treating possible, the dfhaucherE
OF our voters. particularly young ones.
would have been fearful.
Fortunately for the public welfare dur
ing this unseemly squabble between rival
Bourbon factions. the currupting of vot
ers will be conducted privately. BY what
means, it does not matter much, so 0Hr
candidate succeeds
To this pass hath it come at last. IT,
secure nomination for the dignitied
position of a Judgeship.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

,bserved in Nebraska in wav to fully
,eet the wishes of Gov. Vance, and t.,
luce the people OF several other State.
adopt similar plan. In States where
ere are no forests. some etfectua
,tans should be employed to encour
~ tree p anting. and in other States
uch care should be devoted to the pre-
walton of the forests. The wanton de
;ructiun of trees in Yellowstone Park
i but one instance of an evil which is
very common in the far West. and iii
Northern States east of the MiSSiSsipri
irnhered lands are being strippcn with
rat rapidity and without any prnvi>
II lnra new grnwth of forest. It. is be
itved that the great pine forests III
!ichi.an, Minnesota and Wisconsin will
,e exhausted within twenty wears, and
.ther kinds of timber are disappearing
very fast The destruction of American
forests is an evil to which Arhor Dav in
Nebraska should direct attention through
nut the nation.
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NEWS IND NOTES.

John +. Slater :; wealthy philantllrv-
pist of Norwich. Ct. has given $1,000,
Cos for the education Of the freedmen.
The fund will not he invested il TenneS-
see bonds.
Andrew Jackson. having been nomi
| mated for the Presidency by the Demo
Gratis. We beg leave to suggest James
Buchanan for the second place on the
ticket.-Denrer Tribune. Does George
Washington get left. Or will he have a
place in the Cabinet
Pretty state of affairs in Ohio. The
Legislature wants to adjourn sine die
next week. and the press and people are
crying out against short sessions. In
Maryland things are just reversed. Our
Legislature thinks that the shorter its
sessions the bigger the reform boom.
At the meeting Of the l'rasnvtery of
Baltimore, body two hundred years
old. and containing many distinguished
and learned divines. took place in the
Madison Street Colored Church. this week
and WIS presided over by Rev. VIM IIar-
grave, a cuIored minister. This fac,
speaks volumes.
Mrs. sGcviiia lit. nieu. or is alleged to
have filed, some kind of document
claiming the guardianship of the grace
less brother. and To have berated her
husband for having hitherto put obsta-
cles in her path in this direction. Now
Guiteau, the assassin, himself takes
hand in the little game, and repudiates
sister ANA brother in-iLT by the express
sion, 1.-The Scuvilles are nuisance any
way While he may be quite correct
in this, it is more than probable that the
general public. in Shakespearean phrase,
will exclaim, A plague on both your
hoqseG. "
When Jumbo met Barnum other ele-
plants on Tuesday they all appeared
dumbfounded at his size. They breathed
hard. elevated their enormous ears. and
whiSked their tails. Jumbo trumpeted
joy fully and showed himaeit inc,ined to
be sociahle. lie approached the others.
and putting ont his long trunk. atfec
tonately caressed them. Prince and
Gypsy responded ia liz; manner. The
three trunks eucircled one another like
huge boa constructors writing in mid
air. Jumbo's eyes glistened and his tail
wagged with satisfaction.
The Paas banquet of the Last Mans
Slab, If Philadelphia. on Tuesday night
was a swell AFFAIR. 1t was held at the
Bellevue Hotel. There are only seven
teen members of the association. Of winch
Moncure Robinson, 4 brother of Mr.. John
Robinson, of Baltimore, is president. The
mFHu was engraved ON tinted goose eggs
the dishes on one side and the wines on
the reverse; With name It "Hest: Tie
punch Vas served III real turkey egg
shells standing en- end in nests of sugar
The first toast was drunk from massive
three handled loving cup of hammered
silver engraved with the names Of the
seventeen last men. and filled to the brim
with champagne. inoti4rY lii,le ieature
of the dinner aeTe the wish bones at
tached with ribbons to the name cards
of each plate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
ToRC . FRJd TIE AEII.

II the Army bill passes the S'naLe rs
it passed the House, President Arthur
will have occasion for another exercise
of the veto power. or Cen. Sherman.
Mi Gen. Mcdowell. Surgeon General
3 Barnes. and sew, raj other viii known
and highly esteemed Officers will he fore
ed to retire. \ = rider WAS attached
IT, the bill which III ks thu retirement
of army officers compulsory at 90 ears
of age. or after forty years If >ervice.--
Such Il provision is intnerably un just.
aud We cannot believe that the Senate
will sanction it. II it does. the country
will eX pect President Arthur to defeat
the measure. The forced retirement Of
Gen. Sherman would bs an outrage.
Gen. Hancock Is but IS years Old. but
he will complete forty years Of service
two years hence. having graduated ut
West Point in 1874 What do the peo-
pie say to the proposal to force him to
retire i'll 1884? The army cannot afford
to lose such officers at GO years Of age
Were there danger that an incompetent
man might retain an important military
position i'll time OF peril, there would he
some excuse for the enactment of the
House of representatives.. Bat there is
not. Unsuccessful generals are unheSi-
tatin.ly dep,sed during the progress of
war. and the stern military usage lacks
nothing as to the removal of inconpe-
tent officers. There is no good reason
Why army officers should be forced to rr.-
tire at t2 wears OF age. The provision
that retirement shall be optional 1T that
age or after thirty-livc years of service.
is well en"ngh: but to force officers to
retire ut time %! life when in wisdom
aud exprri"uc,. they often are at their
best would b. both unwi>e and nm Just.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
LATTER DAY SAINTS IN COUNCIL.

"The antag 'nism We now experience
here has ways existed but We have also
! come out o: our troubles strengthened.
[ say to you. be calm. for the Lord God
Omnipntent reigneth. and he vii! take
care of u.s." declared President Taylor.
in closing the tiit:-secord annual confer
cncc Of the Church of Jesus Christ or
Latter Day Saints. at the Salt Lake Tab.
ernacle, Sunday evening. 1t is said that
more than 100j0 Mofmans attended the
council, and the whole hierarchy of L tab
took part in the proceedings. The coun-
Gil ranks as one of the most important
ever held by Mormons, and it's proceed
inys vii! be studied for indications of the
course of the Mormon leaders as to the
anti Pnlygamy law recently enacted
All the speakers enj,ined the saints to
stand true and >tcadfl>t." aud it is
evident that ii the leaders can induce
the masses to obey them as unques, ion-
ably and Implicitly as heretofore. they
expect to be able to defeat the purpose
of the Edmunds bill JOSEPH, Smith,
whose expression of thanks for the
enactment of that measure provoked
mirth III Congress, Is Il inonn.anist Nor
most who believes that the Mormon
Church c"ntamplttrs no concessions. be
cause the late council adjourned without
the intimatiOn of any b. President Tay-
lor. either directly or privately 10 his
cnunselors of whom Smith is one II
is evident, therefore. that the nation
must expect evasion and perhaps open
resistance to the new law against pol
ygamg, and the question must soon
arise as to whether the government will
tolerate the contempt of the Mormons
Of Utah,,for its authority. The Edmunds
bill has placed the nation in n position
where there ig 20 alternative but the
determination Of Morrison polygamy or
submission to defiance Of national au.
thority.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
NO LONGER A FARCE.

Judge Wylie's decision in favor of the
validity of the iuiictments of the Star
R0utc pluudeIers was some what of sur
prise to the general public, u great sur
prise to those who have known tho inside
history of the prosecution, and a paralyz-
ing disappointment to the indicted par
ties, who expected to escape under the
provisions Of a forgotten old Maryland
statute. dating b1Gs 10 1872. Up to the
moment Of Judge W!lie's deeisian it was
the general opinion, in the best inform
ed circles that the prosecution was an
expensive farce, which was doomed to a
ridiculous end. The Star Route men were
placid. p and rather inclined to be
def
= '';oie, s.lla1io1 aaS
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Wicked for Clergyman.

Rev.. Washj:a arun. u. e.. writes
believe it tn be al. WOE: and ever wick, d
for r!rr|vmer nr ether public il"r IL H.. led
into giving testimonials I" puack doctors or
vile Stuti> called medicines, bur when n
really meritorions article made Of valuable
remedies known To all, that all physicians
Use and trust in daily, we should free, Y
commend il. therefore chcerfiI;iv ana
heartily commend Hop Birtrrs for he good
they have done me aud nv friends, firmly
believing they have ms equal for family use.
will not la witilou; :l4efa. N-r York
RnIttiSt NrcIln
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
aRB0R DAY IN NEBRASKA.

Next Wednesday is appointed Arbor
Day in Nebraska by proclamation of
GOV. Vance. Every person in the
State is requested to plant a tree on that
<iay, and 452 4O2 trees would be added to
yhe State were one to DO planted for
every man. woman and child of the pop
ulstioI as given by the census o. 1880.
Il is to be hoped that Arhor Day vii! be
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
PUBLIC LOCAL LAW.
OPERATIVE In CECIL COUNTY.
IrUrLisuEp ny Authority. ]
CHAPTER

An ACT !" anrhuri.e and c,nl,swer the
Clerk III the t1un,: commissioners ii
Cecil county IL Administer an oath or
Affirmation in certain cases.
SE.'rIoT |. b, il enacted By The Gfnerdl assembly
Of -hGfyidHd. That The CLERK oil the County Com
miS>iulIerS ut Cecil county l. hereby authorized
and empowered To administer oath a!tirma-
tion 10 any lcrSnn W persons hin" i'll the oicc Of
81 i'll Commissioners ella i'm against said county.
or other paI"r> I" which an affidavit may hr re-
CURED hS law or 10y order al sand Commissioners.
To any person TT persons vii" are 10 be examined
"a witnesses II amy matter before sand CommIs-
Sioncr>. and i'll all other cases i'll which he may be
required III the iScha -! his duties Clerk TO
sand Commissioners L. administer oath or aiiir
nation: and tur such additional serNc 10 addI-
ti"!"t compensation shall I've ALLOW cd >lid Clerk.
ST;'roS =. ind l., Il onG.tCd. That this Act shall
take effect from ard aIer the date al its passage,
We hereby certify ;i!at ;ilIt the atUreyoin" i Il
correct copy ri an act NJ the General Assembly
al Maryland. PASSED January Session, lss2
Approved March II. ISL
JOSEPH b. SETH.
Chief Clerk ct Ia. House ot Delegates.
i NJ. MILLER.
Apr l'-.w Secretary OF the Senate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

THIS is the logic of the "Oiive Branch.
Mine enemies have offered much and are
capable of giving it, NY friends - have
serted my friends, and gone over to mine
aponioS
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

DID the circular-not square-lettrI
comport with the supposed dignity of a
candidate for Judicial honors? Respect
fully submitted to the sober second
thought of our contemporary.
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NOTICE.,

TNIIE firm of J. \. DAVIS 4 SONs was
L dissolved ali the 1st of March. All persons
indebted to said firm will please call and settle
that tbc Books can be closed.
The business will be conducted ny the under.
signed. under the firm name OF J. II iiArfs Y
sos. JAMES y. DAVIS.
ANTHONY =. DAVIS
Port DrTn-it. Md. March T. laS2 Inar Him
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

WITH its characteristic enterprise, the
Baltimore san has presented to each of
its subscribers an artistic photographic
map, showing the rc-division of the
wards and precincts Of that city. under
the recent act Of the legislature. The
Sun always leads the van in local spirit
and vim.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

"Boss" CONSTABLE appointed the
tax collectors on Tuesday, to .ttt the new
combination. Talking about fits, wal,
till the back eounties are heard from.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

SEVENTEEN years ago yesterday, Abra-
ham Lincoln laid down his life for free
dom and humanity. Cycles of years. as
they roll on, cannot dim the luster of his
name.
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NOTICE.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC,

\ Ii persons are hereby notified not
"a to negotiate rromiSSHrS Note or SO.
drawn by me III favor OF onc lan!e> Smith dated
March 3st 1881 and paNaDl" sixty days after
date. ut the National Bank OF Rising Sun as 1t
4h.a3ned upon fraudulent representations,
and without consideration.
WILLIAM =. CUMMINGS.
Eighth district. Cecil county, Mi
A,rii
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The Boss crushed John Conrey
" like an eggshell.'
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N Black Cashmeres from y cents to s.

:A Black Cashmeres from 81 cents to s. .
4itkSE.
~ First lot of fresh Mattings received
this week. Look at them, while they are
fresh, Mt the GLASS FRONT.
~ Ladies' Kid Button Boots at one dol
lar n pair. If they are not kid, they are
sheep skip, but y dollar is the price.
iRRsa.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

THE rumor that Father Taft" of
Ohio, is soon to supersede Mr.. Lowell
as Minister 70 England has aroused heat
ly all the Boston newspapers to an unu-
sual degree. and they protest strongly
against any such change.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

II Democratic politics. what is the
difference between Ring" and a
" Boss 80
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T|'e (eei| A>h'e.
ELKTON. APRIL Is, 1882.

The "Ollve Branch y evidently is the
Generals orifamc.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

THE passage, without amendment, of
the Presidential Counv bill, BY the Senate
is great triumph, for the coun.ry. 1t
settling the connr of disputed electoral
votes by the States. The bill is the same
as The one whica Was reported by Mr.
Edmunds in 1878, and passed by the
Senate.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
COFFEE.

IT is NOT GENERALLY KNOWN
THAT ONE OF THE FINEST FLAW
ORED COFFEES NOW IN THE MAR
KET Is GROWN IN NICARAGUA.
1T Is A HANDSOME, LARGE BERRY.
AND WITH A FLAVOR NOT so
HARSH OR PUNGENT As THE RIO,
But DECIDEDLY MORE PIQUANT
THAN THE JAVA. ONLY \ COM
PARATIYELY SM ALL QUANTITY
HAS YET FOUND IT'S WAY INTO
OUR MARKETS. BUT THE GENERAL
FAVOR WITH WHICH IT HAS BEEN
GREETED. AND THE STEADILY IN
CREASING DEMAND FOR IT, ARE
UNMISTAKABLE EVI ENCES OF
ITS EXCELLENCE IT Is LESS
COSTLY THAN JAVA, AND ONLY A
LITTLE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN
RIO. ANOTHER ARGUMENT IN IT'S
FAVOR
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

Mr.. WV. J. HOOPER i, prominent citi
zen and business man of Baltimore. has
purchased a controlling interest in the
Morning Herald, OF that city. The Herold
is now one of our most welcome en-
changes, and the new spirit that Mr..
Hooper will doubtless infuse into il, will
soon be apparent in its increased value as
{. cheap daily newspaper
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

az Young, old. and middle-agrd find
health aud strength in Bsown's Iron isilsss',
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ORDER NISI.

JANE ANN BROWN by her husband and next
friend X chmund I. Brown.
re
EEANGFL,EE J. NDERSON. and ALIEN
ANpER ANDERSON, her husband
In the Circuit Court for Cecil county. In Equity
No. lrS9.
ORDERED. This 3ls: day of March.
" A. D.. 1852. that the sale made and reported
by John T.. Wilson. Trustee Tor the sale 81 Inc
Real Estate ricDtinEe, ~ tats cause he ratified
a..u r,,naIlu.u, unfeSs cause to the contrary
thereof he -hown before the Second day Of
June next: provided, copy OF this Order he
inserted in some newspaper printed at Elkton. in
said Cocll county, once week for one month
before the Sccono day of May next.
The Report states the amount OF sales t. 80
T., 5000. JAMES \. DAVE ,,ierk
True copy: test iA1IEs 4. DAVIS
April lin Clerk
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TiIE STORE lInTST. on Main "a
Z street f.i:l"u. row occupied l.; y. \.
t'r.ulo. Possess tuH gwen .mr..t!iAt. ". -
..lr' ~ HARRY G. Ill ES
J .f ct
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

John +. Slater, Il wealthy philanthrv-
pist of Norwich. Ct. has given $1,000,
coo for the education Of the freedmen.
The fund will not he invested il Tennes-
see bonds.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15
ORDER NISI.

Best in the world. Get the genuine.
Every package has cue trade. mark AMI i
MAR >th Frax.r'>. SOLD IN ERYWIiERF
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1882-04-15

AN act TO add additional sections to the
Code of Pnhlic Local Laws, title Cecil
County," suh-ri1lr "Couatv COMMISSIONS
rrS. providing for the Collection cf Tax-
eS i'll Cecil county as follows:
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-23

The Dexter Gazette regards the move
ment In favor of Mr.. Neatly in Bangor
as unwse and uncalled for. Many who
signed the paper have withdrawn their
names. The Gazette thinks Capt Boutelle
has earned a right to denomination, and
that the resolution which unanimously
passed the district convention in 1880. en-
dorsing him. voices the will of the dis
trict as much now as then. 1t says that
the movement for Mr.. Neatly twill have
''neither the sympathy nor the support of
1.-THE republicans of the country towns. nor
edo we for moment imagine that the
''small petition referred to represents the
"views Of the 20OO and odd republican
"voters of Bangor"
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-23

An Orland correspondent Of the Ellsworth
American chronicles the establishment of "a
new meat market and printing office. all in
one, under the management of Richard Har-
riman," and adds that Mr.. II. is doing some
s'tasty jobs" No further particulars are
given, but the type butcher, at least the meat
printer-or, we should have said, the market
typographer, will doubtless give his custo-
mers fiat takes" and see that his oppressed"
beef is extra condensed Our Orland
friends who desire choice ''cut' for dinner
should call at the new butcher ofice-at least,
the printing shop. The 'proof" of the TASTY
jobs" will doubtless be found Gin the eating -
There are many butchers" in the printing
business but this is the first open acknow-
Judgement of the fact.-kf. Desert Herald
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-05-23

The Progressive Age says: THE con-
"stitution was made by the States. They
"formed it by virtue of their several
"sovereignties." But the constitution it
self tells very different story. In the
very preamble it says. 1--WE the people of
"the United States do ordain and es-
"tablish this Constitution for the United
Estates of America" That ought to be as
good authority as any dictum Of Lord
Brougham. De Tocqueville, John C. Cal
houn or JEFF Davis. We don't deny that the
war on the government side was fought
to preserve the Union. and we maintain
at the same time that the principle which
they fought against was that the constitu-
ton was but n compact between the
States. from which any one of them could
rightfully Withdraw at any time. This
was the doctrine of the secessionists, and
is the doctrine which the Progressive Age
is now supporting in its columns.
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4ailp gtn,rtbtf 5Ourual.
Augusta. Tuesday Morning. Nay %.
Failure to Abolish the Executive
Council in Massachusetts

Council in Massachusetts
The Massachusetts, legislature before
which the question of the abolition of the
executive council came up disposedOf the
resolve last week. There was some dis
cussion over itspro and con. Mr.. Baker
of Beverly was among those who opposed
the abolition of the council. He said the
council has contained some of the ablest
men in the State in finance, and has saved
the State millions of money. If he had to
choose between the abolition of the gov
ernor or the council, he would abolish
the governor. The latter is but
an outgrowth Of a monarchy. If an
amendment could be introduced to abolish
the governors staff, he thought it would
be largely supported; at least the staff
should be limited so that it should be no
larger than the procession which it escorts.
Mr.. Baker defended the council as finan-
cially necessary, as valuable for the right
management of State institutions and "a
historically able and efficient. The resolve
IN favor of abolition was rejected, riua
voce. by large vote and no count. The
need Of an executive council has been
made SO apparent by the struggle between
Gov. Plaisted and The Maine executive
Council that the Massachusetts, legislature
no doubt profted by the example in vot-
ing to retain their council.