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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
House OLE ATES,

The House Of Delegates of Maryland
was not in session last Monday
In the House on Tuesday bill was
introduced to authorize the People
Passenger Railway Company to pur-
chase or aid in constructing any other
company. OIders were adopted requir-
ing the Baltimore county commissioners
to furnish statement of their financial
affairs and amounts spent on tramps and
the almshouse. Notice was given that
an effort would be made to Increase the
number of House employees. Joint res3-
lutions were presented looking to the re-
covery of S12, 900 advanced by the State
to the United States in 1870 Petitions
were received against the passage of an
eight hour labor law. Also against the
change OF the time for shooting rail
birds in Cecil county.
The Legislature on Wednesday ap-
pointed committee to visit the Legis-
lature of Virginia a: Richmond on the
oyster interests of the two States. The
committee consists of Delegates Seth,
Fitzgerald; w. Dec. Mitchell and Legg,
and Senators Gill, Hodson and Jackson.
DIR. Eugene W. Humphreys, of Wi.
CoiHlco. was appointed ana confirmed as
fish commissioner, to succeed Mr.. Thos
Hughlett, resigned. In the House of
Delegates bills were introduced to pre-
vent specializing in theatre tickets and
to compel railroads to fence in their
tracks with cattle guards at crossings.
A petition was received from the Mayor
and Council Of Havre de Grace against
the passage Of the bill to limit the
number of trains stopping at the Sus-
quehanna bridge before crossing.
In the House Oh Thursday bills were
introduced to enable the voters of Ale
ghany county to determine on June IA
the question of prohibition of liquor; to
change the official term of the peniten-
tiary directors from six years to two
years; to so amend the law relative to
the great seal of the State as to empower
the chief clerk Of the House of Dele
gates and the Secretary of the Senate to
place the seal on all bills that have
passed both bodies; to allow females
over eighteen years of age to execute re-
leases. The bills to amend the charters
of the Western Maryland Tidewater
Railroad Company and the Western
Maryland Railroad Company We're recon-
mitted to the committee on corporations.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
THE CONSTITUTION FADING AWAY.

An Historic Document Which is Rapidly
Becoming Tlegible to Readers.
Washington Letter in Cleveland Leader.
Few people know that the original
Declaration of Independence is kept in
the library of the State Department. 1t
is in a cherry case and under glass. But
the doors ale thrown open all day long,
and the strong rays of light are eating
up its ink day by day. The Cvnstitu-
ton is, you know, written on parch-
ment. The text of it is in a hand as fine
as copper plate, and the ink of this part
can still be plainly read. The sigma
lures, howe -er, are written in different
ink, and they are veiy fast disappearing
under the action of the light The bold
signature of John A. Hancock is faded
aim ,st entirely out. Only J o II and
an ii remains. Two lines of names are
entirely removed from the paper; not a
vestlge of ink remains to show that
names were ever there. Ben FrankIn's
name is entirely gone. Roger Sherman's
name is fast fading. | could aot lind
the name of Thomas jefferson, ami Ell
bridge Gerry has lost its last syllable.
Robert Morris, Benjamin Rush, Charles
Carroll and John Adams have been
secured off by the light, and only eleven
names ont of the fifty odd can be read
without microscope.
Just below the Constitution lies the
original of it in ,Ietferson's handwriting.
1t is on foolscap paper, yellow with age.
and Worn through where the manuscript
has been folded. The writing is fine
and close, and the whole Constitution
occupies but two pages. The ink is good
and it remains as fresh as when it lett
the quill Of Jefferson over 100 years ago.
1t is full Of erasures and interlincatiuns,
some of which are in Franklin's hand
writing and others in the strong script
of John Adams. These show bnt little
change, however, from the declaration
as adopted by the people.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

Il, "overnor Nicl-ahe naS appointed, ahe
tne SENATE mas cohiiruieo T.. W. lium
Pnreys OF Nlcom'co cnnhtS' as state
flsh Commissioners 70 HI TIE unexplrec
Term OF c'pt. iiusnie'C' appointed clerl
OF 'he circuit court ior TALBOT county.
| Gov. McIane sent to the Legislature
of MARYLAND on THURSDAY a special mes
sage on the public debt and recommen.
dations for settling the Reading Rail
| road arrearares on account of the Sus
uuehapna and Tidewater Canal Com.
papies.
,u+;a,o &c ;,o.; - A.. NJ,
1871, y. inoDi poi 49,, |,E, VI .iie Nhe'
nna ala o N Hp, E "n H"T'o .p,'pans
NJ TIie i.ieu ~ . ~" w vi "esoay l'sI
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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
WHISKY IN A CUP.
A Picture Drawn by MIR. Frye. OF Maine,
in the Senate.

A Picture Drawn by Mr.. Frye. Of Maine,
in the Senate.
When the joint rule which prohibits
the sale of spirituous or malt liquor in
the Capitol building was considered by
the Senate. Mr.. Frye, of Maine, said
"a restaurant of one of the house
of Congress has become an open,
notorious, low, miserable groggery. |
have seen a man with his pantaloons in
side his boots, and with his coarse blouse
on, standing at the bar of Congress
drinking miserable whisky out of cup"
ITO me- he continued, whether
there is anything wrong in it or not,
there is something utterly disgusting
about it, and it is entirely unbecoming
the character and dignity of the capitol
of the United States.'
After some further discussion the
word Intoxicating was substituted for
"spirituous and malt" and the rule
was then adopted.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02

but a single one is Republican in poll
tics, and all the other ninety Demo
cratic? In Alabama but two out of
ninety newspapers are Republican. In
Georgia out of one hundred-sad forty
three local papers, one hundred and
thirty-eight are Democratic.-. Ont of
one hundred and seventy-four newspa
pers published in Texas, but ten are
Republican, the balance Democratic.
Florida supports thirty-three news
papers, of which two are Republl
can and thirty one Democratic. North
Carolina shows eighty-three local news
papers, of which seventy-three are Dem
ocratic and only ten Republican. In
the State of South Carolina out of sixty
three local papers published, but two
are Republican, the balance intensely
and narrowly Democratic. Five Re
publican to sixty-one Democratic is the
showing for Louisiana, and six out of
ninety-two Republican is the exhibit
for Arkansas. Kentucky, the Blue Grass
State, boasts Of one hundred and twen-
ty-six newspapers of which one hun
bred and fifteen are Democratic, the
balance, eleven, only being Republican.
1t is true that the limited number of
Republican newspapers published in the
South, is in some degree to be attrib-
uted to the illiteracy of the freedmen,
who constitute so large portion of the
Republicans Of the Southern States, but
the era of liberal ideas has not yet
dawned there, no surer indication of
which is the intensely partizan character
of the Southern press, no other yet be
ing tolerated by our unreconstructed
brethren. The diffusion of popular ed
ucation, death and emigration will, how
ever, ultimately change the conditions
South. and the more liberal ideas of the
rising generation will supplant the big
otry and narrowness of the present gen
Grafton. This result is not the work of
day. Time alone will accomplish it.
In the border Southern States this
result is rapidly being accomplished.
Newspaper statistics indicate it. Out
of three hundred and nineteen newspa-
pers published in the State of Missouri,
one hundred and sixteen are Republi-
can the balance Democratic. In West
Virginia out of seventy-one local papers
twenty seven are Republican, while as
we advance further North and reach
Maryland, out of one hundred and two
newspapers published in this State, forty
four are Democratic, twenty-three Re-
publican and thirty-five independent.
The history of the increase and growth
of liberal newspapers in the extensive
South will be concurrant with that of
her material development and pros
peritv.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
Qht (ftil qphie.
ELKTON, FEBRUARY 2, 1884.

The Annapolis correspondent of the
Baltimore Sun says:
There is a growing sentiment among
tho members from the western Shore"
Of Maryland that the Eastern Shore
senatorial law should be repealed. Sena-
tor Rusk and Delegate Garrison, of
Baltimore, have introduced bills to that
effect. No doubt the United States
Senate would refuse to recognize the
existencs of any such sectiona! legisla.
ton as the Eastern Shore law if put to
the test, but the members of the Legis-
lature would feel less constrained to the
clamor for an Eastern Shore Senator if
the law were off the statute books Of
the State. The law itself, enacted in
supposed spirit of justice, at time when
the Eastern Shore comprised a much
larger proportion Of the population of
Maryland than at present, has had all
the Justice knocked out of it by the
rapid development of the western part OF
the State. 1t is beginning to dawn upon
members generally, outside of those
from the Eastern Shore, that the Legis-
lature ought to be allowed to select the
best talent that can be had. irrespective
of sactiopS
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
NEWSPAPERS IN THE SOLID
SOUTH.

1t is generally conceded-in this
country at least-that newspapers afford
the readiest and best means of popular
information, and that the average intel
ligence of any community can be best
determined by the number and charac-
ter of the newspapers circulated in it.
As an exponent of public opinion the
local newspaper is unmistakable in its
character, rejecting in its columns, the
sentiments, opinions and in large
measure the character of its patrons.
As public educator, the influence Of
the newspaper press is undeniable, while
as factor in politics, its power is uni
versally recognized. 1t is obvious that
in any community where there is
general circulation of newspaper litera-
ture which reflects the opinions and
sentiments of ALL classes, where ques-
tons of public interest are discussed
from all standpoints, where different
political opinions find free expression
that the popular benefit must be the
greatest, and the true mission of the
newspaper press the best realized.
On the other hand it is equally true,
that where the local newspapers reflect
the opinion, either political or religious,
of one class only, where intelligent dis
cussion of popular questions is dis
couraged, and they assume partizan
character, that the press is robbed of
its real power, and becomes the medium
of prejudice and the instrument of igno-
rance. To large extent this is the
character of the newspaper press to-day
throughout the entire South. With
very few exceptions the newspapers are
intensely Bourbon in their Democracy,
holding, SO far as is consistent with the
changed political condition ofthe South
ern States, the ideas, traditions and SEN
timents of anti-bellum days. Every
popular question is treated in their COL
umns not from broad and liberal
standpoint, but solely from the Bourbon
side of it. No other is considered.
This measure is endorsed, or that de-
nounced, simply as it is, or is not purely
Democratic. The Overwhelming pre-
dominance fpartizan Democratic news
papers in the solid South tends only to
keep it solid, politically, and marks
condition which must be changed before
any very substantial results may be ex-
pected either socially or commercially.
So long as the distinctions of race and
the thousand and one local prejudices
are kept alive by the local newspapers
Of the South, always too ready to pam
der to the narrow partizan feelings OF
their patrons, there can be very little
substantial progress made there.
What condition, for instance, could
be more unfavorable for the promulga-
ton of liberal ideas in politics than the
fact that in the State of Mississippi out
of the ninety-one papers published there
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
Th<ptoplts Qoln"'"
THE ORATORIo OF QUEEN ESTHER

Mr.. EDTToR:-Being on brief visit to
your town. and hearing that some unfa
vorable criticisms and inuendoes were in
circulation concerning Professor Wyatt
and his proposed entertainment. have
thought it no more than what is due from
one gentleman to another to volunteer
a brief statement, which trust will sat
isfy all who are not disposed to be hypo-
critical, that Mr.. Wyatt is not musical
tramp or any other kind of a tramp.
Professor Wyatt was introduced to the
Methodist Church in Dover, Del, by a
prominent, wealthy cultured and influen-
tial member thereof, formerly a resident of
Canada, who vouched for him as an old
friend, a gentleman of unbIemished char
acter and of good musical ability.
The Methodist choir and Sunday School
of that town constituted his class. The
pastor, DR.. Caldwell, gave the entertain
ment his endorsement by allowing his
daughters to participate and by preach
ing on the Sunday preceding the enter
tainment on the beautiful and touching
history Of Queen Esther and her people,
which is so impressively presented in this
CdUUdtd. lie tuItl "dS given
in the large courthouse hall to a full
audience. composed of many of the best,
most cultured and christian of that ex-
ceptionably respectable community, and
tuice repedted-the last time as benefit
to Prof. Wyatt. as an expression Of the
esteem in which he and his entertainment
was held in that place.
am persuaded that the unfavorable
criticisms that are floating on the Elkton
air, are made thoughtlessly, and in ignor-
ance of the high character of this gentle
man and the music he renders.
AS to the objection that the entertain
ment smacks Of the operate and the
Grammatical, so does Chaplain McCabe's
singing and Bishop Simpsons preaching.
Were the drama and the opera eos
tuned with the spirit and the sentiments
of this performance of Esther, the beau
trful Queen; they would become efficient
adjuncts to preaching the gospel.
] give this tribute voluntarily and
without the knowledge of my friend,
Prof. Wyatt u ". Tlpp
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
MARYLAND LEGISLATURE.
THE SENATE.

In the Senate on Monday last petitions
were presented for an amendment to
the bastardy law, for an appropriation
of $25, 900 to the Maryland College of
Pharmacy, and for and against local
option in Garrett county. Leave was
obtained for bill to apportion the State
school tax SO that coored and white
schools may be equalized.
On Tuesday a bill was introduced to
change the license law for restaurants.
In the Senate bills were intro
duced to amend the charter of the An
napolis and Eldridge Railroad Company
so as to authorize the extension of its
road from Annapolis to Bay Ridge, aud
from Waterbury direct to Baltimore, a
distance of seventeen miles; and to do
away with days of grace on certain COM
mercial paper.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
The Reproof of "A Friend.
New York World.

1t is mistake, we think, for the
organ of the Democracy of the District
of Columbia, the Post to repudiatc the
Democrats of Ohio because they have
chosen as United States Senator a man
who has..been voting, acting, and laboring
with the Democracy for a half century,
and who is the moral and intellectual
peer of any man at present in the Senate.
The modern system of sacrificing whole
hecatombs of sterling Democrats and
wiping out entire states simply because
somebody doesn't subscribe to the dogma
advanced by somebody else from an
Illinois cross roads or Blazing Stump,
KY, shonld not be INDUCED IN care
.essly. The Democratic party is not in
position to lose more than eight Or ten
states at present just to please the states
men who are temporarily prapcing up
and down the capitol steps at Washing
ton.
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sanitary objections to the healthfulness
Of American pork is now strikingly OBJ
vious, and the late intcrdictions by for
eisn powers lcveled at our produce
should forever silence our farmers on
the question of protection to home in
dustry, were there no other reason.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
SIN the Medt{O,r."
\ Magnificent Plate Engraving. I2x1-

In the Meadow is perfect plate copy o:
Julien Dupre's last great painting and makes 4
beautiful ornament for the home OF every iweller
in city, town country. ''In the Meadow rep
resents farm scene OF great beauty. In the dist
ance are seen the farmers dwelling and outbuild
ings Nesting quietly in dense mass of rich foil
age; near by are n group Of cattle. standing or
lying down in the shade. In the direct foreground,
is presented perhaps the finest engraving OF COW
ever executed. The marvellous outlining OF the
animal is alike the wonder nd admira ton Of our
American artists who call to examine the picture.
which she was tied, and is moving off to iun the
| other cattle. The peasant woman, to whom the
COW belongs, has caught up the broken strands OF
| the rope. and is endeaNoring to bring back the
hayward animal. The outlines OF the woman :
lace, the whole expression Of her countenance
and her attitude those OF strength and deter
mination fully equal TO that displayed hy the
unruly animal in her efforts to release herself
from the vigorous grasp. Taken all in all, the
farm picture is one OF surprising loyelneSS and
baauty
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
FORTY EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

In the United States Senate on Monday
last, Mr. lIoar. from the judiciary com
mittee, reported bill relating to the
enforcement of the law in Utah. In
both Houses the death of Representative
Mackey, of South Carolina, was an
nounced. and adjournment as a mark of
respect followed.
In the / nited States Senate on Wed
nesday petitions were presented in favor
of prohibition in the District of Column
bia and the Territories.
In the Senate on Thursday the con-
ference report on the Greedy relief bill
was non-concurred in. and new con-
ference was requested. A resolution
was adopted for the investigation as to
how the cost of Geographic correspon-
dence is affected by contracts between
the Western Union and other companies.
The Senate adjourned until Monday.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE.

The Senate on Tuesday after speeches
by Senators Sherman and Malone.
passed the resolution for an investiga-
ton of alleged electisn outrages in Viz
ginia and Mississippi, the Democrats de-
clining to debate the resolution The
bill providing a method of settling in
complete titles to Mexican land grants
was further discussed. 1u the iiause a
large number of bills We're introduced
A resolution Was adopted for an investi-
cation of the charge made by Represen-
tative keifer that during the last Con-
gress II V. Boynton, Il newspaper cor
respondent holding seal in the press
gallery. had improperly attempted to
influence his action to secure the pas
sage of bill.
In the House on Thursday bills were
adopted to forfeit certain lands granted
to the Texas Pacific Railrcad Company
and to certain, States. \ bill was intro
duced from the naval committee to equa-
lie the rank of graduates of the Naval
Academy.
The funeral services over the remains Of
Representative Mackey took place in
the hall of the House of Representatives,
members Of both Houses attending.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
"FOeS or Friends ."
\ Magnificent Plate Engraving. inns.

This grandest work of Philip r. Morris ha. been
completed and exhibited this year in the ROYAL
Academy. Two beautiful children gathering
priInroses in deer park, are followed by the ami
mails, evidently curious to know what the little
intrudersare about The children. suddenly turn
ing. discover them and are filled with alarm and
doubt. They drop their basket plant themselves
against large forest tree with the mingled air OF
curiosity and fear. The beautiful animals mea n
while divide their attention between the bash e,
and the children. and are apparently eager as
the latter TO discover whether they are foes ul
friends. The mutual curiosity, timdity and ire
pidation manifested by both children and ar
mails, is admirably brought out. The maur.iticeut
forest trees, with their long. ovcrhan@ing branch
es, ford pleasing background. while the wealth
OF grasses gives tone and variety to the picture
This powerful engraving with its contrasts stroug
lights and shades, dramatic contours and EXPIRES
sona. presents an animated rural scene OF tine
qualled richness and beauty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02
The .AriStocrat's Refuge

New York Commercial Advertiser.
America is the future home of the
broken down European aristocrat. There
is not doubt that the indications al
point that way. The roomv ANA cyclonic
west is now overrun with gentlemen Of
cabbage at eight and paint their coats
of arms upon their wheelbarruws. An
Irish barOnet is at present engineering
the Wyndham comedy company, and a
Russian nUhleman pilots grocery wagon
in Chicago. The time approaches when
our street cars will be manned with re.
tired countS and marquiSes and when an
asy lnm for played out kings and en-
perors will stand IA monument to the
logical consistency of Republican ideas.
A Letter from Mr.. CoukIng
Col. James VI. Scovel, of \. j., having
asked 1he Hon. Roscoe C"nkling for an
expression of opinion regarding his posi-
ton towards the next Republican candi-
date for the Presidency, the ex-senator
replied as follows:
when the Persian embassy was
about to take leave of the Grecian court,
once in olden time, they asked and re-
ceived some message from each of the
personages present. When the turn of
Zeno came he said: Tell your master
that you saw gray haired old man in
Athens who knew enough to hold his
tongue Please ascribc to my admira-
ton for Zeno and his teachings my sill
ence touching your forecast of my ac-
ton in the politics of the future. Cor
daily yours"
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Christmas is Coming!

CHAPEL ORGANS. ) Octave, unsur-
~ passed in tone. durability and finish, made
by Geo A. Prince at $50 and warranted for ten
years Other styles at from $40 to $50. Sold
only by THEn. ASCHERFELi,.
Isy - Il EatTe de Grace. Nd.
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NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
Fo" -A@".

A PPLY to the undersigned for neat
IA little FARM, containing 100 Acres: good
Buildings, and about So miles from Elkton, Nd.
Terms easy. REUBEN HAINES,
teb2-4t Elkton, Md.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1884-02-02

The AMERICAN AGRlCULTURIST is one of uuI
most valued exchanges. 1t has lust entered upon
the i3d year OF its existence with varied improve
ments. and more reading matter and engravings
1t is inva liable to the Farm. Garden and House
hold. We will furnish the American Agricultur
list, 81 periodical, and the two elegant Engrav
ings. Foes Friends and In the Meadow
elsewhere described. and THE CECIL VINO ion
one year to any address. on receipt OF Two Dollars
and Fifty cents $3.50, with Ten cents extra for
packing in substantial tubes and forwarding lay
mail the Engravings.
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ORDER NISI.

In the Circuit Court for Cecil County. No 1l91
Equity.
ORDERED, this Both day of January.
~ 1884. that the sale made and reported by
Henry NJ. Mccullough, Trustee, for the sale OF the
real estate OF Lydia Jane Shelton, be ratified and
confirmed, unless cause to the contrary thereof be
shown on or before the 5th day OF April next; pro
vided a copy OF this order be inserted in some
newspaper printed and published in Cecil county
once week for one month, before the 18th day of
March, next
The report states the amount of sales to be SOL
JAMES A. DAVIS, Clerk.
True copy-test JAMES A. DAVIS.
feb. 2-5t Clerk