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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
AN INTERESTING SKETCH.

The Washington correspondent oi tie
Philadelphia Press furnishes the !"iinN-
ing:
| Lear that Fred Douglass is soon to
marry very accomplished and a very
handsome woman, almost white. and
many, many years his junior Mr.. Doug
lass wife died a year OF two age. and al
though he is about G6 years old, he has u
perfect right to marry, providing the
girl is willing. To me there is much
that is interesting in the lie Of Fred
Doug lass. Born slave, sold. starved
and beaten, sometimes, as a child, being
obliged to fight with dog ior the pos
session Of a bone, he has made himself
one of the first orators Of the world. and
secured for himself Il position that any
educated whiH man might be proud Of.
lie stole the time IN which to learn 10
read and write, and when he ran away
from bondage the event created almost
as much excitement aS the rebellion Of
John Brown. lie fled to Philadelphia,
thence to Massachusetts, being pursued
like a thief, as he was. because he stole
himself, but the excitement became So.
great that he had to 80 t. Europe.
10 the shame of this country. lie it
said, that England raised the money to
buy Fred Douglass freedom In England
he was the guest of John Bright. and his
lectures were an event that Was COM
mented upon all over the British King
dom.
Douglass fortunes have come and gone
He has been lucky and unlucky. I3ut
am very glad to say that in Ills old acc
he is independent. He owns an eighteen.
room house near Washington, and is
worth not far from hundred thousand
dollars. What a contrast. Twenty years
ago a slave could not be out after nine
o'clock at night in the city of Baltimore
without pass from his owner.
He is good deal of the dcma-oguc
and hyppcrltc, but lie is eloquent, per.
suasive aud convincing-but he is not
any better than other people, though he
will try 20 make you believe he is. Mr..
Hayes made him United States Marshal
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
HIS LAST COURT.


VIA Judge 'fePH"il' Il justice ol Inc
peace, was never kn""h I" snlis. lie
came 10 Arkansas Years ago, before the
carpet "aggeiS began lhtir sway, and
year ai;er Year ~ 'Ae VIII "i the voters.
he held his place as magistrate. The
lawyers WHO pact'cd IL ms court never
Joked with Inn, because every ne soon
learned that the "l' man never engaged
in lerltr. livery morning. TO matter
how bad the weather might be-. the "I!
man took his place behind tue h1" hich.
with his own hands he lad made. and
every evening. Just at 4 certain time. he
closed lis books and west home. No
one ever engaged Hlih III private CahNt l.
Sail"n. because he Noaid talk 10 10 one.
No one ever went IA his LONE, a little
cottage among the trees ~ the city's
outskirts. because he bad never shown il
disposition to make welcome tie visits
Of those WHO even lived in TIE immc diate
vicinity. His office WAS not given him
through the influence of '!cctioneeling,
because he never asked any man for his
vote. He was first elected because. hay
Ing been summoned in a ease of ;.r6itra-
ton, he exhibited the executive si.ic Of
such Il legal sni.,d that the people
nominated and elected him. lie soon
gained the name al the " lizard Justice.
~, J
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
May l Kiss that Baby,

To soldier, far away from home,
there is no more touching sight than
that of a baby in its mothers arms.
While on their way to Gettysburg, our
troops were marching by night through
a village, over whose gateways hung
lighted lanterns, while young girls shed
tears, as they watched the brothers of
other women march on to possible death
\ scene of the march is thus described
by the author of "Bullet and She'll"
Stopping for moment at the gate of a
dwelling, noticed young mother lean
ing over it with a chubby child in her
arms, Above the woman's head swung
a couple Of stable lanterns, their light
falling upon her face. The child was
growing with delight at the strange pa
geant, as it watched the armed host pass
on.
II beg your pardon ma am" said Jim
Manners, one OF my men, as he dropped
the butt of his musket on the ground,
and peered into the faces of mother and
child.
Il beg pardon, but may l kiss that
baby of yours? I've got one like him at
home, at least he was when saw him
last, two years ago."
The mother, sympathetic tear rolling
down her blooming cheek, silently held
out the child. Jim pressed his unshaven
face to its innocent, smiling lips, for
moment and then walked on, saying:
"God bless you, ma am, for that
Poor jim Manners. He never saw his
boy again in life. A bullet laid him low
the next day, as we made our first
charge. Companion.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
a WORD FOR MUTTON.

The mutton of Il wcll-led sheep of
every breed. from the Downs and Shires
down to the little wooded Saxony, is
paIatlble and heaithlul. None of the
can be brought against the use of mutton.
Il never has been known to impart
scrolnla, tlichinap or tapeworms to its
consumers. The sheep does not thrive in
The nine. nor does it consume garbage or
ycrnin, or decay ing meats or vegetables.
Il does not wiilOw in the trough it feeds
from, bat it is Il dainty and careful
feeder and is clearly as needs be in its
habits. Mutton is more easily and
cucap.y produced than beef, is just
a, nutritious and may be served in as
treat variety OF forms. AS steady
food il is far superior to poultry, and
AID costs Ii" nipve. We mean good, fat,
ju3.y mutton, not that from the half
starved. srtbby cr foot disordered Speci-
mems tiiaI have ontlised their breeding
furnish sNuuGy Blankets for tribe of
Indians. People in cities seldom know
huN really good mutton tastes, and the
remark may also apply to most families
upon the farm. The latter too often
iai! to Try it, We know of many we'll
stocked farms, who do not slaughter a
sheep during 4 twelve month, yet who
XII Pr every month in the summer
season, aud in the fall put down" pork
enough to last every other month during
the year. This is nation of meateaters,
but it confines itself too exclusively to
pork and beef. 1t is better to sandwich
in a little more mutton. \ few sheep
lor family consumption, even when they
are not kept for sale or for wool, will be
found most excellent investment on all
farms.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
GROWTH OF CORN.

~ i Will s,u,, In Tho Sans,.n for ,I,n+
inc corn. g FEW observations ,es,ao,;,o
fine conditions most f,vnr,hIo r,,. ,,or
miuation and or.vth arc hero t,lcr from,
the bp!!rtia issued nv DR. Stuytevapt of
the Ncw York Experimental Station,
The experience Of last YEAR showed better
results from shallow than from, door,
planted corn Kernels and experiments in
The greenhouse SHOW that the corn grains
have tho power to terminate after beino
IA led rcreaicdIv. and under conditions
isr more adverse than would occur in the
open field. One of ;hc best assistants to
favorable termination was the compact-
ing ~ the soil around the seed at the
.ute ct planting. and the difference was
very marked us compared with seeds not
50 treated.
Regarding tie nutrition of corn plants,
OF the physiological processes connected
with such. the first is assimilation.
through which the food is taken tbrouch
the root and through the leaf in the
presence of sunlight, and stored in the
plant. Then. by chemical process
within The plant. Thu: stored material
from the air is GcoXv, lied and formed
into soluble material, DESIGNED for the
Support Of Growth or for stovaoo II
therefore. follows th,t in the darkness a
plant can only crow from the material
a. ~: :, Al
when this elaborated material has
been utilized there can be no more
grewth until through the action of
| the sun. new material is supnlied Inv AZ
sanitation. The corn kernel is comnosed
| Of q germ or chit, surrounded bv 4 mass
| oC material placed there for the use of
! the .rermiDatina r'antlrt Tho distance
to whicl the plant can crow ana,t rrom
| the Ii.lt is determined bv this omount
| OF prpu3rrd C,nd. onnsouront1,, ,Lo l,roo
! s,rd j.. c,,1l.I f. ,,,,.,, -, .,.,.1,.
through greaterdepth of soil ON it's wav
| t, the surface than is the small seed
An orilinary->ized flint CvhiteN CORN
ear carry its ,lantIets +brourb a;rh+
inches OF soil but MANY pIantIets nerisb
in suo! cndcavor. The seed veoetates
ruder one half inch of soil more quickly
| than under six inches and the Growth
instead of being massed into extension Of
STEM, passes into the formation of leaf
and the increasing of the ORGANS of as
sanitation. Different degrees of depth in
planting Showed like firm roofing and
the same mower to withstand heavy
| winds IN. .iiut v,rietios ybep u,do,
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05

Writers who can write fluently on both
sides of a question are more welcome
than those who write on both sides of a
sheet of paper.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
A RECEN I VISIT TO ANDERSON
WILLIE

Anderson is the name of station Oh
the Southwestern Railroad, about sixty
miles from Macon. 1t is nothing but a
railroad station, and the only thing that
chalacteriheS the spot is the immense
Mon cemetery, about twenty acres in
extent, over which floats the star-span-
g!cd banner. The cemetery is construct
ed ON the spot where the prisoners are
buried, and the trenches were dug with
such regularity and precision that the
soldiers were not disturbed, but allowed
to remain as their comrades had buried
them. working under the watchful eyes
and fixed balnnets of the Georgia Home
Guards.
The cemetery is surrounded 10y stout
vail with an iron gate, and is under the
supervision of a superintendent, who
lives on the GROUNDS. 1t is plain spot.
There is not much attempt made to or
maIncnt this city of our martyred dead.
1t would take Il great deal of even such
influence is plants and flowers possess
to diSpe! the melancholy memories that
hAGnt this hill in the pine woods of
Southern Georgia
Southeners shun the spot, but the
cemetery is much visited by Northern
t.avclerS, and the register in the super
intcndeLt'S lodge contains many strange
inscriptions besides the names of the Wis
TORS. One lady asks God to forgive
them Tor the murder of her bro. her.
Occasionally Il man who was in the
stockade turns up among the visitors.
These men. whatever their natural tenn
per, the superintendent says. can almost
always be distinguished by the effects of
fear, dread and vivid recollection, which
comes back like shock into their faces
as they again stand upon the now quiet
aHd sunl;t scene OF their war experience.
In the cemetery the ground is of gen
crai level, and the graves of the known
and unknown dead, properly separated,
range in rows, closely laid, as far as the
eye can reach.
.'here are actually buried on this ele
walton, Is 10 men. The soldier whose
identity was preserved by his comrades,
is marked i'll his resting place, by white
marble stone, rising eighteen inches
above the ground. \ square marble
block with the word " Unknown on it.
is repeated about one thousand times in
the cemetery.
Part of the stockade is still standing
There are two rows of trecS-one inside
| the other. The outer row has fallen
down, save a few posts here and there
but large part of the inner wall stands
frees have grown up around the old pen
aud Il thick growth of underbrush now
covers the sight of the prison.
80 traces OF the famous brook that
ran through the stocliade remain, nor of
the wonderful well dug by the prisoners
1t is all now a mild and peaceful section
of the country.
Many of the soldiers in the cemetery
have handsome headstones lifted to their
memory by friends in the North, and eff
forts are frequently made to have certain
graves kept gleen,' with flowers and a
ShUWeT-pot.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
Lincoln'S Reliance on God
The following interesting letter of Pres
ident Lincoln is worth preserving:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, }
Nv ,cIIINrrpN Co,% q .ntt

EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, Sept, 6, Gas
ELIZA p. GURNEY-Ny Esteemed Friend:
i have not forg ,tten, probably never
shall forget, the very impressive occasion
when yourself and friends visited me one
Sabbath forenoon, two years ago, nor has
your kind letter, written a year later,
ever been forgotten. In all it has been
your purpose TO strengthen my reliance
on God. | am much indebted to the
Christian people of this country for their
constant prayers and consultations, and
to none of them more than yourself. The
purposes of the Almighty are perfect,
and must prevail, though we erring NOR
tails may fail to accurately perceive them
in advance. We hoped for termination
Of this terrible war long before this, but
God knows best, and has ruled otherwise
We shall yet acknowledge his wisdom,
and own our error therein. Meanwhile
we must work earnestly in the best light
He gives us, trusting that so working
will conduce to.the great ends He ordains.
Surely He intends some great good to
follow this mighty convulsion, which no
mortal could make and no mortal could
stay. Your people, the Friends, have
had, and are having, very great trial.
In principle and faith opposed to both
war and oppression, they can only oppose
oppression by war. In this hard diem
ma, some have chosen one horn and some
the other. For those appealing to me on
conscientious grounds l have done and
shall do the best l can, in my own con-
science, uuder my oath to the law. That
you believe this, doubt not. and believ-
ing it, shall still receive for the country
and myself your earnest prayers to our
Father in Heaven.
Your sincere friend,
A. LINCOLN.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1883-05-05
The Balance in our Favor.

The fiscal year 1882 ended with the
balance of trade swinging heavily toward
the wrong side of the account, and there
will be much satisfaction, therefore, in
the statistics which show that the fiscal
year which ends with next June is likely
to leave wholly different record. The
exports of the nation during the eight
months ending with February were $780,
$50, Al more than the imports, the aggre-
gate of the latter being $500, 500, $40. The
balance in our favor for March is believed
to be not less than $4,000, 900, and the
total ought to increase until the end of
the year. There are some who deprecate
the Importance popularity attached to the
balance of trade, and say that vast I'M
ports are an indication of prosperity.
People buy foreign goods freely because
they have plenty of money to buy with,
is the argument. But vast imports are
apt to signify the extravaganza begotten
by paospeeity, and the return of the bal
ance of trade to the right side of the ac-
count may be regarded as an indication
that the people of the United States have
halted little in the headlong rush of
extravaganza which has excited so much
apprehension in the minds of the thought
full.
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she locked at the magistrate with curl
Gus gaze. 81 have been arrested on
charge of disturbing the public peace,
and ana willing to submit my case. / am
dying Of consumption, judge, and |
know that any ruling made by the law
can have but little effect on me-" and
she cOughtd hollow, vacant cough, and
drew around her an old black shawl that
she wore. The expression on the face
of the magistrate remaintd unchanged.
but his eye!ids dropped, and he did not
raise them when the woman continued:
" rs | say. no man can defend me. ] am
too near that awtu: approach, to pass
which we know is everlasting death to
soul and body. Years ago | was a child
Of btightosS promise. | lived with my
parents in Kentucky. Maynard and
light,Acaled, was admired Of all the
gay society known in our neignbofhood.
y man came and professcd his love for
ne. don't say this, judge, to excite
your sympathy. | have many and many
and many a time been drawn before
courts, but have never before spoken Of
my past life. She coughed again and
caught 4 flow Of blood on a handkerchief
which She pressed to her lips. Il speak
no" because | know that this is the last
court on earth before which | will be az
rajsEe4. was fifteen years old when |
fell in love with the man. My father
said he was bad, but | loved him. He
cIni2 again and again, AMI when my
father said he should come no more |
ran away and married him. My father
sail should never come home again. ]
had always been his pride and had loved
him so dearly, hut he said | must never
AGAIN come to his home, my home. the
h~me Of my youth and happiness. How
IOnged to see him. How | yearned to
put my head on his breast. My husband
became addicted to drink. He abused
ne. wrote to my father, asking him
to let me come home, but the answer
that came was. i do not know your
Ny husband died. Homeless and wretch
ed, and with my little boy, | went out
into the world. My child died, and |
bowed down and wept over Il pauper's
grave. | wrote to my father again, but
he answered. | know not those who dis
obey my commandments | turned
away from that letter hardened. | en-
hrac,d sin. | rushed madly into vice.
'puIntd my teachings. | was time and
time again alrcsted. Now | am here"
Several lawyers rushed forward. y Grim
son tide flowed from her lips. They
leaned her iiie!ess head back against a
chair. The old magistrate had not raised
his eyes. great Cod" said lawyer,
81 be is dead" The woman was his
daughter.
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WHOLE No. 2,1O8

Of the District Of Columbia, and never
re, orm.zcd him At the White House
The judges . the courts did not like him
and he was unpopular among lawyers.
Garfield removed him in order to appoint
hi, dear friend, Captain Henry, but he
gay" Douglass better Office by appoint
iua hum Recorder of Deeds. Douglass
r".e get, big fees and does no work He
has nearly all his relatives in office. lie
plays the color dodge for all it is worth.
| sometimes wish was smart coloGed
man, or a smart old soldier They get
along 50 Well
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The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-11
Court Proceedings.
l Denver naturaliZed.

w II Denver naturaliZed.
State VS. Sheen: will plead to-day.
State VS. Patterson and Allen; Al
len plead not guilty; Patterson will
plead to-day.
State VS. Durbury; plead not guilty.
Worden VS. Worden; default.
Berry VS. Parker; Reply to com
plant to-day.
Olney VS. Warren; Reply on Mon
day.
Grand jury presented four indict-
ments.
Stark VS. Campbell; jury trial ver-
dict for plaintiff, 500.
A Anderson naturalized.
State VS. Forest; arraigned; will
plead to-day.
State VS. Anderson; ditto.
State VS. Butterfeld; ditto.
Day VS. Day; default.
Bigelow & Morris VS. J + Conditi
continued for term.
Murphy Grant & Co. VS. Prael
Bros; dismissed without prejudice.
G Heilborn VS. Prael Bros; same.
A p Hotaling VS. Prael Bros; same.
Chapman VS. Bohnart; continued fol
term.
State VS. All Sing; will plead to-day
Court adjourned to nine o'clock thi.
morning.
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-11
How The Firemen in the British Me-
tropolis Take Things Easy.

A Chicago man who has been TO
London thus tells how they put ont
fires there. "Near the American Ex-
change, at the corner of the Strand
and Adelaide street, is the Chandos
street station of the Metropolitan FIRE
brigade. Here are located a manual
engine and steamer and twelve or
fourteen fremen. One day chanced
to be passing the brigade station when
a young fellow, all excitement and per-
spiration, rushed up from the direc-
tion Of Drury lane and breathlessly
shouted: "Urry up ere! There's a
fire Just breakin' hout in Drury lane.
Look sharp, now" The engineer
who was in charge of the place turned
to a group of firemen and said AIRY,
put on your 'elmet and 90 see what it
is AIRY proceeded TO don the bri-
gade tunic and the 'elmet and started
off on a run in the direction Of Drury
lane. He was gone perhaps ten min
utes. When he hove in sight again
he had his 'elmet in his hand, the
perspiration rolled from his flaming
brow, and he was putting like loco
motive. Come along he managed to
articnlate, it's a sure-enough fire.
The engineer deliberately ordered the
manual to be hitched up, and while
one man went around the corner to
get the horses, two Others put the pole
in place and the rest of the men put
on their tunics and 'elmets. When
the team was hitched up they pulled
out and ratified away over the pave
ment to Drury lane. Do you know
what happened theml MOI Well,
they got to Drury lane, found that the
fire had spread from an upper floor,
where it had started to a paint shoT
on the first floor, and the whole build.
ing was booming. Their manual was
of no use under heaven, and they rat.
tied back to the station after the
steamer. When they returned with
the steamer the fire had consumed thC
interior of the building and its con
tents, and there was no use for the
engine. So they quietly returned Il
their quarters. "
The Daily Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Or.) 1876-1883, 1883-08-11
East of Astoria

The collier WalId Wdlld, with two
thirds of load, stuck Wednesday
night at st. Helen's bar, and barge
WAS sent down yesterday to lighter
part of her cargo of coal. As soon as
she discharges the remainder of her
cargo here, she will go to st. Helen's
bar and repeat last years sluicing
operations. This work will take from
SIX to eight days. At Swan island
bar there is now twenty feet of wa
ter, and the river is six feet sbove low
water mark. By the middle of next
month, unless something is done, yes-
sells drawing fifteen feet or over can
not reach Portland. Owing to the
peculiar hard character of the deposit
at Swan island bar, the city dredge
alone is not able TO remove it
The United States engineer has
two dredge boats well adapted for
this work-the Osgood dredge and
the clam-shell dredge. These can be
used advantageously in removing the
upper and harder crust, and the city's
boat following them up will work we'll
in cutting the channel to the depth of
twenty feet. But the government has
practically no funds. 1t will be legal,
and it is in the highest sense necessary
for the city council to appropriate from
the Willamette river fund, an amount
sufficient to pay the running expense
of the government boats. Even with
all three boats employed, the work
must be slow, because so much time
is lost in getting out of the way OF
passing crafts. 1t will be humiliating
next month when the Northern Paci-
fc is finished and the city is full OF
eastern visitors, to acknowledge that
Portland has not enough public spiri;
to clean her river. There are not ten
citizens who will object to the appro.
priation, and the council should act in
the matter at next Wednesdays meet
ing. -OregoniaH, 10.