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iA“Vs we often hear inquiries conceni-i( the‘Baltimore ami Ohio Rail Rond or-j

, crs, we copy fionrtiie lialtinioicCl'ppei'•of Dec. doth the following article in re-j

lulion to them.ItAIL ROAD ORDERS.—The Cur-j

rency Convention terminated its labors onMonday evening lust, much to the satis- jfaction, no doubt, of the members, whoare thereby relieved from a responsibleand arduous duly. The principal mea-sures recommended by the Conventionare —

Ist. To retire §500,000 of ¦ t!i c RailRoad orders from circulation foilliwith,by the sale of'city’bonds, payable in one,two anil three years, with legal interest.

2d. To allow an interest of six per'cent, per annum on the balance of the or- jdors, commencing on the first of Januarylast —anil

3d. That die Legislature be requestedUo require the banks ofthe state to resumespecie payments on or before the first day |mf February next.

It is presumed that the city bonds, pay- |able as above mentioned, can be readily jdisposed of for Rail Road Orders (it.par;•because the bonds can be used withoutdifficulty in the purchase of .property. —lull,'had limy to be sold tit a small dis-count by the city, it would not be a mat-ter of much importance. 'I lie witlidraw-tffdf one third of the Rail Road Ordersfrom circulation, it is supposed will en-hance the value of the remainder. It is.certain that the currency at present fur-nished’by the banks is not more than ball’ladeqmilc to (he wants of the people, andthe deficiency must ba supplied from

some source —ifnot by Rail Road Orders,it will come from the Virginia ami Penn-sylvania banks, or domestic currencymanufacturers. As Rail Road Orders are 1beyond alldeubt the safest currency that].vc can have, it is not to be presumed (hat Iit will be voluntarily relinquished by thecitizens of Baltimore. Hut, should thewillidiawnlofone third of these orders not

ijntveihe died supposed, ofdiminish! ng thediscount upon the balance, we think thatthis object will lie attained by

The second Measure —the allowing in-terest upon the orders from the first ofJanuary last.—We think it probable thatthis measure will withdraw a portion ofthe orders from circulation, as farmers

and others who wish to lay by money,wi l naturally prefer paper lliut bears in-jterest, to that which yields none. Weare informed that many farmers June ex-pressed their determination, should the

• corporate authorities allow (lie intercstasrecoin mended, to sell their products lorKail Road Orders in preference to oilierpaper, with the view of making the inter-est —and we have no doubt that it would

give the orders a general credit.The third recommendation—the re-

sumption of specie payments —seems todie demanded from all quarters. Some ofMic banks in this city have signified theirdesire that there shall be a speedy u-

•sumption, and we ran see no solid objec-t-dec tw gratifying their wishes. The banksarc doubtless as well prej tired now forthis event as they will be one or tw oyears hence. Their circulation is nar-rowed down to the smallest point: and itis said that they liavc.a specie dollar forev-•erv paper dollurthey Irave alloat. This, we,ibelieve, is unprecedented. What, then.

Shave they to fear? We presume that•they will not be disturbed by their depo-sitors, ami they arc not subject to dc-

nnantls from abroad that can emlarrassthem. Resumption is the only course to

/restore these institutions to public confi-dence; and it is the policy of all solvent

banks to adopt this measure without de-lay. If any of them be unable to main-tain specie payments, ('which we do notaneau to intimate) they cannot go intoliquidation too soon, and their stockhol-ders should insist on their being woundup as soon as practicable.

We have thus noted the three promt- jiicnt resolutions adopted by the Conven-tion—but they arc recommendations only.Unless the two first be sanctioned and car-ried into effect by the corporate authori-ties of this city, and the last by the legis-lature, they willbe inoperative, and the la-bors of the Convention will have been in¦vain. We presume that the councils willhe soon called to deliberate on these mut-ters, and that members will he guided intheir decision pretty much by public seatiment. We hope that there willbe spee-dy action, that the minds of the people

snay become settled on the subject.

NAVY DEPARTMENT.

The report from the .Secretary of theNavy occupies upwards of seven columnsof yesterday’s National Intelligencer, andiSjloo long to be published entire in ourpaper. It is ei editable to the head of thatdepartment. (Sir. Upshur,) as it exhibitsan intimate acquaintance with the detailsof business, which could not have beenacquired without great industry and atten-tion.

The report states, that the Navy of theUnited Stales is composed of—

Eleven ships of the line; of whichone is rated for 120 guns, and ten for 71gnus.

Fifteen frigates of the first class; ofwhich one is rated for 51 gnus, and four-teen for 41 guns.

Two frigates of the second class of 36guns each.

Eighteen sloops of war. of which ele-ven are rated for 20 guns, two 18 guns,and five for 16 guns

Two brigs and four schooners, rated forJO guns each.

Four steamers; besidesThree store ships, three vessels used as

receiving vessels, and five small schoon-ers.

The Secretary then gives the disposi-tion of this force at the date ol the last

annual report from the navy department

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and speaks in commendatory terms ofour naval commanders and officers gen-et ally.

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Orders have been given dor the con-j struclion of three steamers of mediumsize, under the act of 3d March,, 1841, oneat New York, one at Philadelphia, and

I one at Norfolk, la addition to these,Csipt 11. F. Stockton is-superintending theconstruction, at Philadelphia, of a steam-er of 600 tons to be piopelled by Erics-son’s propeller; and Lieutenant W. >V.Hunter is engaged in like manner at Nor-folk with one of 300 tons, to be propell-ed by submerged water-wheels inventedby himself. Very valuable results are an-ticipated from these experiments.

Orders have been given to build a first-i class sloop.and three small vessels of war,

ami to finish the frigates Cumberland,Savannah, Raritan, and St. Lawrence.

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’The Sccrolary closes his elaborate ami| able report, by expressing the dcleimiua-

j lion to practice a prudent economy in all| filings—but he condemns the savingi which would expose the country, in a

defenceless condition, to hostile attacks.hThe spirit which pauses,” • says he, “tocalculate the cost of measures necessaryfor the support of the honor ami glory’ofour country will never, it is hoped, dis-play itsel fin this department.” We hopethat such a spirit will never he exhibitedby any department of our government. —Clijijicr.

CONGR E S S.

Dec. 13. Semite —several official reportswi re read and laid on llte table.

On motion of Air. Archer, the Senateproceeded to the ejection of a chaplain,

jand on the first ballot the votes being, for! tbe Rev. Air. Tustin 28; Rev. Mi. Gurley|3; Rev. Air. Clark 2; and Rev. Air. Uul-linch 1;—whole number 34. The Rev.Air. Tustin was declared duly elected.

House. —Alter leading of the Journal,Air. Briggs rose and said, that since theadjournment of the House, the assistantdoor-keeper, Col. Hunter, had died.

And on lus motion the clerk wasdirec-¦ led to pay the expellees of the deceased.Mr. Briggs then tillered a resolution stat-ing that the office of assistant door keep-er w ns not necessary and should be abol-ished. The yeas and nays were calledfor and the result was, yeas 123, nays 3.Hence the ollice is abolished.

The standing committees for the ses-sion, were then announced. The fol-lov. ing is a Jisl of the Chairman.

On Foreign Allairs—Air. Adams, Terri-tories—Mr. I’ope, Revolutionary I’en-sioiis—Mr. Talliafero, Roads and Canals—Air. Lawrence, J’a tents —Mr. R. Ale-Clellan, Claims—Air. Beddings, Com-merce—Air, J. ]’.Kennedy, Public Lands—Air. Morrow, Indian Allitirs—Air.Coop-er, Rost Ollice—Air. Briggs, District ofColumbia—Mr. Underwood, Judiciary—Air. Barnard, Revolutionary Claims—Air.Hull, Manufacturers—Air. Sallonstall,

ays and Means—Air. Fillmore, Elec-tions-Air. Halstead, Naval Allitirs—Air.Wise, Agriculture—Mr. Deberry, PublicBuildings—Air. Boardman, Accounts —Air. AJreliaud, Unfinished Business —Mr.Eastman, Alileagc—Air. Thos. W. Wil-liams. Library—Air. Tillingliast.

The Rev. Air. Aluffilt was elected Chap-lain to the House.

Dec. 14. Semite. —In the Senate, thestanding committees were announced.The following is a list of the Chairman ofeach: On Finance, Air. Evans; Com-merce, Air. Huntington; Alaiuilitclmes, Air.Simmonds; Agriculture, Mr. Linn; Milita-ry Affairs, Air. Preston, .Militia,Air. Phelps,Naval Affairs, Mr. Alangum; District ofColumbia. Air. Bayard; Claims, Mr. Gra-ham; Post Ollice, Air. Merrick; Roads andCanals, Air. Porter.

lluusc. —Mr. Adams presented a peti-I tion asking the abolition of slaveI ry, and the slave trade in Florida,which was excluded by die rules. Healso fresented several petitions asking therecognition of 1fayti which were referredto a select committee.

Air. Cushing gave notice of a bill to in-demnify sufferers from French spoliations,prior to 1860.

Dec. 15.—Senate.—Among the resolu-tions offered to day, was one by Air. .Mer-rick, introducing a joint resolution pro-

. vidiug for tlio transfer of the Stock in the, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, owned by

Government, to the State of Maryland.It was twice read.

House. —Mr. Fillmore from the com-mittees on ways and means reported aresolution asking for a clerk. Air. Cave

i Johnson opposed it on the ground thatmembers of Congress being paid for work-

’ ing should do i.’ or if they employed Olli-ers, they should pay them out of their

> own salaries. The resolution was car-> tied nevertheless.i A bill was passed making appropria-¦ lion in part, for the expenses of tbe pre-

sent session; as it made appropriation for• the pay of the mtmbeis, it went through

without difficulty.i Air. W. Cost Johnson presented peti-

-1 tions asking the establishment of a na-tional Foundry. They were referred to

I a relcct committee, of which Mr. John-• son is chairman.

Sundry petitions were presented from> Alabama, asking that the rate of postage

on letters may be reduced, and that the¦ big newspapers may pay more than thei little ones,

The petitions were referred lo thecont-r mittee on ih e Judiciary, ami 1 hope a re-

port will shortly he made thereon, so asto make the huge Boston Notions pay

; their share of the revenue.The correspondent of the Baltimore

Sim says I understand that Mr. Dixon 11.’ Lewis, of Ala. is made to pay double fare; when he, travels, then-why should the big

j newspapers escape.

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[ THE CECIL WtlKj.VXUT.\, .MIL

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1 fL j'Our readers will excuse the tenor oHmr |>a-- per 10-tlay, They will recollect that Whig Kli--1 tors here, have always been attacked in the same

vicious ami villainous ni.iimer, by anonymous5 communications in the “Cecil Gazette”, the JvJ--1 itor of which, seems ever willing to lend it, to

. assist the malicious and the cowardly, in their

. thrusts at the peaceable porl ion of the communi-ty. Had ho not published that base article a-

. gainst us by A.T. For wood, (and common de-* coney should have induced him, to have with-- held it) then wo would not have been obliged toj pursue the course that il remleied necessary,j Hut perhaps it is hotter so. It has enabled us

to discover the loathful fountain, from which hasissued nil the poisonous and irritating articlest hat for years have disgraced that paper.

“Onr voice is not for war,” but wc have cometo the calm conclusion, to hurl back upon him“his own weapons,” after his “own fiishion offight,” holding ourself ready to “cease firing,”

9 when lie shall have left the “field of war,” whichhe entered without provocation.

, K|=*W e went out into the country on a visity las/ Saturday evening, and when we returnedon Monday morning, we found that A. T. For-wood had issued, some time in Saturday night,¦ an address “to the Public.” Wo issued acoun-

. tor card, early on Tuesday morning, and weconceive that wo have nothing more to do in per-sona propria, hut to await his movements.

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L If the person who borrowed a certainBook, from a certain mantel-piece, not furfrom this office, will return it in a few days,nothing willbe said—ii’ not, look oul.*

Krrit\.—ln a few cf our papers that wereworked oil*first, last week, there were some im-portant. errors. As wc wore absent, the proof

I was not read by us. Where it says “making anincrease over the census of JO,” —read IHJ0 —Where it says “the balance in the Treasury ontin* first of January last $ 11,307,51 i SO, —readSJ 1,307,51- 80.—Where the paragraph begins

* “ofthe loan of #9.’,000,000, read 000,000.But a few of the first printed ones, had these er-rors in them.

We have received a communication from a fe-male correspondent, warning the young ladies¦ of this town, to beware ofail How, who has beenhere , and has passed himself otf, as an unmarriedman, while he has a wile in another place. Be-ware! young, ladies; he slow to make acquain-tance with strangers; there arc /units enomdi fo-

-1 ing about in the shape of men, without i spark. of virtue in their-•!darkened hearts, who would

glory in blasting your hopes forever—who wouldexult in yuur destruction.

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[Fur tiii:Cecil Whig.]“Ofall the cants, in this canting world, al-

though the cant ofHypocrisy may he the worst;. the cant of Criticism is the most disgusting,”

. Sterne.

A writer in tin; Cecil Gazette of Satur-¦ day last over the signature of ‘“Adam,”thinks he has made a great discovery, lie

. avers,with much apparent self complacen-cy, that the Editor of the “Whig,” has

f “used the word ‘distinguishmint ,’ which. is not English, for ’•distinction' which is.”

Now be it known to this mutton head-. cd critic, that ‘•disiingnisltincnl' is a genuinet English word, synonymous with 'distinc- 1f lion,' and I marvel much that he did not. look into a Dictionary, before the Press

| [ml it out of his power to ca ncel the crit-icism.

“Fools should not meddle with what3 they dont understand,” is a proverb not

more ancient than true. As this green. horn had not mot with the word in “Moth--3 er Goose” or in the history of “Jack the

1 Giant Killer,” probably the only booksbe had ever read, he look it for granted,that there was no such word in the Eng-lish language, an d forthwith announced

’ his discovery ofa “mures nest” and sat tochuckling overthe eggs, thereby renderinghimself utterly ridiculous, and the “laugh-ing stock,” of every schoolboy in thecounty.

; His littleson may for aught I know, bo’ very smart, and “the D—l for figures”¦ into the bargain, but his daddy, it is very

evident, Ims not yet arrived at the years-of discretion. SNUFF.* Just so, friend snuff, 1 think Adam willt he apt to sneeze after that pinch', dislin-- guishnient, is a proper English word.¦ Walker gives it thus: distinguishment, s.

1 distinction, observation of difference.Webster, gives the same meaning prccise-

- ly, and also gives his authority for the- word, and Sheridan’s definition, is also ther same. Adam is therefore a dull “by the

1 books.”And then about the mispelled words;

- wc know that when we commenced ouro paper, there were numbers of words' wrongly spelled, in every part of the pa-

per, at.nl not in the articles written by usalone. This was occasioned by lire utter

e confusion of the type in the office, and( tire want of lime to make the proper cor-

rections; but we arc getting to do betternow, and while we acknowledge that

s many errors, have appeared in our paper,/ we believe that none, grammatical, or

orthographical, have appeared in it, thatp we are not able to correct. Wc profess to¦ know something about these things, their redoubtable Adam, to the contrary, not-

withstanding.

Eon tub Cbcii, Whig.

Mk. Eiutou: —A few evenings ago at 'file Lyceum, 1 obst veil T. Eorwood, j.Esq., lounging with 1 'how and feet on 1a scut, in the present .. audience of | 1ladies, and also freqo y addressing die j 1President, while ii in a silling jposture. Where . . .s good breed- ‘ing, where then v .tiers, where then 1was that cm •> , i nitty, which a decentman, should t ttfest in the presence ofladies. KA'IT DID. ‘

N. B. 1 live in Elktou, not in Havre- ide grace. K D. 1

[Foil TUB CIiCIL WIIIO.] |When vice fancies it lias obtained a ;

triumph over propriety, when meanness 1and servility stalk abroad uutasked, when 'cowardice wears the cloak of courage, 1and a bully filled with evil passions, and 1bloated with malice and revenge,attempts Iwith high handed injustice to obtain as- 1tendency over, ft browbeat a citizen against !whom wickedness has heretofore wanteda charge; it is time for the good and vir- <tnons to see that the principles of those Iroared on their very hearth stones, become <not corrupted.

To animate a community celebrated for 1their love of valour, justice, anil propric— fty, against cowardice, iniquity, and hide- >deucy, to warn it of the dangers springing 1out of malice, wickedness, and every <mealiness, which degrades and debases the (character of a man, who-e heart is as dou- 1hie as his face, is the purpose of this nr- •tide; and if I hut succeed in inspiring the 'people with an abhorrence for liim,which ;is so justly his duo, I will lay down a 1pen with satisfaction, which had been ta- 1ken up with reluctance, and which had >been prostituted, but for its motives, by 'the description of a character so dead to 1honor, ami so corrupt in principle. 1

Among the indecencies by which bad Icitizens endeavor to irritate those whose 1superiority they fuel, and envy, the articlesby which the Editor of the Cecil Whig, 1has been assailed, are certainly of all oth- fers, the most extraordinary, and unprovo- !keel; nothing but the coldest malice would 1have conceived, nor could any except the 1most poisoned, and envenomed disposi- ilion, have given them harbor; they are themost wanton of attacks, and their cow- <urdly evasion of locality, should at once |have designated the author; no man how- ’ever, is bound, nor lias a right to insult <another upon a suspicion, however well i

founded, it was therefore the duty of the iEditor of the Whig, after having deter- >mined to offer such an insult to the author iof those pieces, that none hut the most iabject cowardice could rest under, to oh- 1lain his name from an official source; such <was the object of both of bis letters to ithe Editor of the Gazette. I appeal to the ipublic to say if ia this he did not sue- Icoed! and 1 have lived to this day, to learn |that any man has u right to demand a Ichallenge from another. Where in the ICode of Honor is this principle to be 'found? none but the most degraded fear icould have imagined so base an advau- ilage; what?—write slanderous pieces over 1a feigned name, and with a false residence, sand refuse to discover the author, except 1upon promise of the privilege of being <challenged! Such an outrage of honor, idecency, and courage, could have origi- 'nalcd with no other man than the 1one who wrote the address “to the Pub- Ilie.” The Editor of the Whig, however, Iprocured the name of the author, without |conceding so unfair an mlvantage, and in ia manner which if it became me, 1 should isay redounded little to their credit, or icourage, and much to bis sagacity, as to ¦the determination of the degree of force, |necessary for that purpose. No infer- 1ence that he intended a challenge can be idrawn from that sentence in Ins lust letter 'to the Editor of the Gazette, which says••You have no right to infer anything else ,than that I intended to hold him person-ally responsible,” for the difference be-tween felling the Editor of the Gazellewhat he lias or lias not a right to expect,

,is as different from telling ,the same to the. owner ofa certain Colt, which may yet

be ll e means of his prostration, as good-. ness and sin! or virtue and enormity!—its

intention was merely to acquaint the Edi-, tor of the Gazette, that he should no lon-

r ger dally or delay, and that he had noright to draw an inference cither to the

, favour or discredit of the Editor of theWhig. By what right could the Editor

, of the Gazette demand that a slanderous,, anonymous slabber in the dark, should

. Ho concealed, unless forsooth be should. be granted all the privileges of the chal-

lenged party? Reader—l answer by theright of shameless impudent demand, con-

i joined with fear! But even the author of• the “address to the Public,” had not been

sufficiently presumptuous to pretend hisexpectation of a challenge, rested uponthe ground of the sentence referred to in¦ the last letter to the editor of the Gazette;

- not at all—but because the hearer of theletters at some time or other—and that

, before he became a member of a dm roll,carried or received an invitation, the lastresort of honorable men; nor can thefriends of the owner of the colt defend

; him—as they do, by saying a bewil-i* doling cloud in him, broods over the places where intellect resides in other men—for

this may well be imagined of one, whosoconstant aim is to confound courage with

’ cowardice.That he has been grossly and openly in-

I suited, I presume even he willnot deny, andflic brave ami chivalrous Andrew Jacksonlias said “there is \o reply to liar, but

1 witliitED ink.” But what shall be said,1 what defence shall bo made of the cour-

, age of the man, who professing to ber bound by the rules of honor, courts the( interference of the police will) the utmost

assiduity?—no other interpretation, no1 other construction of his motives, in wri-¦ ting an “address to the public,” can be

- given; and (hat bis wish to be saved thetrouble of iullclingpunishment, upon the

Editor !' the Whig, is rather strongertliaxi his desire id’ performing it, may hesafely gathered from this, without.resort-ing to his notorious cowardice for an expla-nation;—he, at any rate, ifthe civil author-ities should interfere, will take credit tohimself for giving them due warning, andallowing time for action: which meritcannot be awarded to his street brawls.—1 have now done with his cowardly be-haviour on this occasion, in which all hisendeavours resemble the labours of apuppy chasing his tail, the end is ever atthe same distance. A word or two us tohis egotism. When he shall be respec-ted where he is known, —when intemper-ance shall bn esteemed more than abati-ng ce, —when the endorsement of thebankrupt shall draw gold from the codersof the miser— then, will his certificatemake a man honorable or dishonorable, —but not till then. So much for his en-dorsement of thcEditor of the Whig as agentleman.

To the citizens of this town, nay of thiscounty, 1 must say examine well this man;look into his behaviour,and tell me if it iseven tolerable; to him something might bo¦aid—but that there is no weak side of com-mon sense where at to attack him,and toar-gne with a man who has renounced the use£c authority of reason, is like administeringmedicine to the dead, or endeavouring toconvert an atheist by scripture;— let himenjoy Ids sensibility of redecling, it isthe privilege of animals; —and moreover,as he lias made his exit from the moralworld, and by numbcilcss acts of wilfuland deliberate falsehood, stamped “Acrelics n on his deceased honor, it must beperfect folly in him to pretend concern atthe opinions of the good and virtuous;wba* remains of him may expire at anytime, the sooner the belter; for ho whooutlasts his reputation has nothing to livefor but what he enjoys in common withthe brutes.

Is not Fellow Citizens this ihc man, whodisturbs our town with his midnight or-gies? Is this not he, who to his eternalshame and infamy, openly insulted yourwives and daughters in a Public andcrowded assembly, by his brutal slate ofintoxication, and the overflowings of amouth, unwashed since boyhood!! Oh jdisgrace, deep, damning disgrace, if suchproceedings arc longer sulfered! Shall |we permit the youth of this town to he |conlamii.'atcd ? A poor man allliclcd with !the Small Pox, a disease which ran bill jdestroy this frail tenement of clay, is slmiup from Society; while lie whose moraldisgrace is a leprous plague spot, is jft-r---mitted ti> spread ids demoralizing princi-ples at mid-day. Nor imagine that thecharges here brought arc the only ones,there are others as he well knows, whichmay narrowly ailed his right to residelonger in our midst, ami which may yetprocure him another holiday; these shall 1lie investigated in due season, and proven iby substantial testimony: but you ask,!why is this man found here? why lias lie Inot long since followed his comrades, in(he Texan direction? 1 must confesslids question lias both perplexed and puz-zled me, ami the only solution 1 havebeen aide to give, is that the communitydoes not desire to deprive him entirely ofresidence, recollecting that Tom Pepperwas not permitted to remain in a certainplace unmentionable. Evils like poisons, |have their uses; so when we are rid of tlids one, we shall have had sullicient ex-perience to prevent the introduction ofanother; I can only wish he may soondiscover Amor,* to he a misnomer anddepart immediately; no more remains lobe :said but—when die owner of the colt ap-plies to die Editor of the Whig, lie willobtain the name of the writer, without be-jing required to put himself at any disad-vantage whatever. i'r"*-

“Amor isa Latin wool—in English, 1 am lov-ed—what an outrage of truth in this case!!

For the Cecil Whig.

‘•There was a boy in our townWho was so wond’rous wise,

11c jumped into a briar bushAnd scratched out both Ids eyes.”I was prodigiously astonished at the

prowess of a son of a Mr. Adam, (die an- jdior of a communication which appear-ed in the Cecil Gazeltef of the 11th inst.JWhat a pity it is that children with sucha prccosily of intellect, seldom live to ar-rive at manhood. Pvo no doubt if Idsvaluable life should be spared, lie will atmaturity tell the difference between apig’s tail and a whistle. Will Mr. Adambe so good as to imform us, at what ageIds sou distinctly pronounced die worddaddy, and whether lie is bow-legged orknock-kneed. EVE.

P. S. What a wonderful sight of mo-ney Mr. Adam might make, if lie wouldbox up ids son and put Idm in a mena-gerie.

(Tor the Cecil Wine.)Mr. Ecilor:—There is an anecdote

related ofCol. Crockett, and a similar oneof Capt. Scott, both of which happenedout in the west.

Crockett was out hunting, and saw alarge raccoon setting on a tall tree, andpresented Ids rifle at it. The ‘coon,’ ey-ed him askance, and knowing him to be afirst rate shot, called out, “Halloo! isyour name Crockett?” ‘•Yes,” answeredthe Colonel. “Well then,” cried the•coon,” 1 give in; I’ll conic down and ac-knowledge I’m shot.” Now in mine o-pinion, a difficulty yen have lately hadwith a certain personage, would haveturned out in a similar manner, ifyou hadpointed, not a rifle, but a brandy flask athim, 1 have no doubt but he would havecome forward and give in,and I doubt nslittle, I hat he would have been '¦smartlyshot' very soon, whether lie acknowl-edged it cr not,

HORNET.

(For tub Whig.)Mr. Editor:—A. T. Forwood, in Ids

hand bill, in which he posted himself acoward; says he had engaged the serviceof a Surgeon to act in llic emergency.—As 1 have satisfactorily ascertained that itwas none of the physicians in town, Iconclude it must have been DoctorSusan Cork, an old colored daughter ofEsculapius, who resides in the neighbor-hood. Enquire and let me know, willyou, for I think it highly probable.

Elkton Dec. 15th. SCORPIO.[For the Whig.]

Mr. Editor:— l observe in the cow-ardly card published on Saturday last, byA. T. Forwood, that lie says lie knewyou to be a puppy and a blackguard, andyet knowing tlds, lie had made arrange-ments to light you, thereby placing him-self on a level—on an equality with onewhom he considered to be a puppy and ablackguard, or in other words making apuppy and a blackguard of himself.—Now thin is the position he lias placodhimself in—lids is Ids estimate of him-self; and while all the names lie can callyou, leave you entirely harmless; whilelie cannot possibly injure your charac-ter in the least, in lids community, 1 havenot the slightest doubt but the public willlake him at the estimate he lias made ofhimself. ASP.

For the Cecil Whig.MEANNESS,

Mr. Editor:—l observed that whenyou and the Ifavre-de-grace paper weresparring, the Editor of the Cecil Gaz.tte,published one side of the quarrel, with-out giving the other; published the sideagainst you, without giving your reply.—1 call this downright meanness.

CANDOUR.You need not be surprised, Mr. Can-

dour, if you do detect a little meanness inthat]quarter. ’Tis thought to be nothingnew over there.

For the Cecil Whig.Mr. Editor; —1 am heartily glad tliat

you have brought out from Ids place ofconccalemenl, the man, who, with the

j disposition of a hyena, lias so long beenjcommitting depredations upon the peace10l this community—alio secure in idscovert, lias so long been wounding thefeelings, and endeavoring to blast thecharacter of his unsuspecting fellow-cili-

! zons. Did 1 compare him to a hyena! 1will lake that back. Detestable as i.s thatbeast, it is injured by die comparison. Ihad rather say, that I rejoice, that youhave routed from Ids secret mid loathfullair, that inveterate sl.unh, who secure indark concealment, lias so long been emit-ting Ids nauseous eliluvi:, alllicliug andpoisoning society; yet still remaining an

j undiscovcrable nuisance. And now thati lie lias been ferreted out, let the scorn ofI the community rest upon him, let die old

and young shun him as they would sluma viper.

Filled with the spirit of rowdyism, andwithout common sense enough to res-train him, lie lias been the insligatior ofmore brawls and quarrels ju tlds town,since lie came to it, than ail the oilier citi-zens beside. Like a restless evil spirit,lie is over assaulting, and instilling, anddefaming, some of our citizens; and it istime that lie had been driven from thetown, as all insuflerublo nuisance.

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WASP.For the rPiiiG.

Mr. Editor:—ln a communicationover die signature of “Decency,” in the

jGazette of last week, it was intimatedthat you hull passed through the

j streets in a sleigh, either mad, or drunk.Are wo to infer Irom your silence on thesubject, that you were in one or the otherof these conditions. JUNO.

Arc you the same “Juno” that wrote inHie last Gazette? If your are, you’re apoor silly creature, and have not got three“original ideas above an oyster.” But wehave good reason to believe that that wri-ter, so far from being u Juno, is a profli-gate son ofPluto, and a mere repeater ofthe calumniations ami slander that dropfrom the lips of ids crime blackened asso-

. ciatcs.But to your question. No! you are

to draw no such inference from our si-lence. Wc are known in lids communi-ty, and wc donl think proper to reply to

. such things;but as you appear to be a littleinquisitive, you shall have the particulars.

' Our good old friend Squire Knotts, an old. pillar in the church, (hope he’ll forgive

us for using Ids name) came driving past. our ofllcc in a sleigh, and wc jumped in

I with him. There was u hand bell in thesleigh, and no bells on /he horse, so werang the bell, while the Squire drove; andfor lids, some shole would make the rca-dersofthe Gazette believe we were mad

, or drunk. So there, Juno, you have the3 whole tale. Please not to bother us any

1 more about such tilings. We expect suchattacks, but wc hope to shape our course

| so as to bo “able to stand thunder ai.d. lightning,” as far as our moral character

t is concerned.

| “For the Whig., X-ist! wait a moment! I assure yc,

I can lay its pan-olid before yu.Jarrett.

* “Hold me! Mamma, hold me! If you1 | dont I’llfight,” as the boy, what was a

/ i coward, said.I j Arrest me! Sheriff, arrest me! Catch me!

1 j Constable, catch me! Ifyou dont I’ll2 | break die ponce, as the man tacitly said,s I what lately published a hand bill, in which7 |he threatened to butt, bite, kick, cr cuff,- somebody.

Old Poor human natur, thou hast manyweaknesses. BOW akd QUIVER.