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HO At ..3«-;; 3« . i< X 1 ja \i A -* 1 |-v i ir t LA '•> ".••> d' l WILMINGTON, DEL.. FRIDAY NOVEMBER 27 , 1874 . VöL. LXXX 1 V.-NO. PRICE 1 CENT. -i . T? LINES O F TRAVEL. î^biAmtaroN AMD U ISA DING KAIL Monday, Oct. 20th, 1874, trains Going Northward No/,.No.3.^.^» TiT '°"-No p.m.p iu. a. w. a. >••. a. in. i>. in «.«U J Wilmin*ton 6M U'ff 7.M& 6.03 3.20 7.1'J Uh add's I'ordK 10 12.0'» 6.49 7.10 4 26 n.cH Coap> 3 vilio, 7 .Uj lo «îleld, Going Southward No.4. No ft. , r n 9 28 4.42 8.40 41*4 H.Ü9 3.3) 9.43 8 6.12 lo.« I Uirdsboro', - • i.46 10.51 KomtiuR. UJ CONNECTION At Wilralqgtpn with trains 'Wilmington de Maltimore.Hiid Delaware Kail* road«; at Ghadd's l ord with trains on Phila delphia Jc ..Half improve ntr,»4 Kail road; at GoAtesville wit© trains on Pennsylvania K. R., an t at Heading with train» on Philadol phta Ac Heading,Lebanon V r alle.*, East reinm. aud Heading Ac Columbia und thi Berks 6.3 Philadelphia County. Kuiiro^vL. B. Ç0LL IN Oka, Otiu&ral Siuienutendnnt. _JU l L A Li E L P 11 t A. W1 LU t NllTUN & RALlUROUlS KAlLlsUAl». ' aiä;»r'EMBiS!UiLätn, mi». i : for PailA'letorii»-an l luieriuecLia e - 6.60,8.10,9.33, TiUU, a. 1*1 ; 2, 4.0). 7 20. 9.3 P PnildffeThAi' ftnd Nflw Voi i k f , 1.31 a. 12.17,12.42*5.42,1. m. ^ UalGUUorvftuil iatprine lutte stations, 1 Belli morn and \V shin «ton. 1 a. iu.: 1^09.1.23.3 Z>. 7.1'», n. in Trains lor Delaware Diviui-m New GactUn 5.09, 10.10, a p. m. Uariingt Trains leave Wilmington os folio .52, 203,10.02 loavo for : ».40. 1.2 und iutormudiato st ilioat. 5 09. Drituur mul in tenue 1 Wie st liions. 6 01) HUD. u. tu.; 6-40, i». m. 10,10. u. in SUNDAY Tit A INS liita hi ilion), PliiUddlphut 4JÛ8.6.30. P. iu. 'Philadelphia aud N Balten Vor luttuer ioloiuiatiu foirdd to lh« tiltif li. F. HI ;t, i. l. o3. a. I IV Hill in« n • ugori •»Ich M.Y. c D tile Dopot I UHH'S ; 13 STEAM f R 6 C 3 HT L\HZ ad .ei wjftti'^ydp&Sv is i. 1» ed cal.- uli > GOODS. ECUSViJIlXG ------ - 1 i f M i i'i I PERFECT FITTING, P VitAL : ■ RTT'TÄ® Kl. BOA-HOB, Mil': ir.t SomT Kir bcif-Miriurô:nc;it 4 <ir.'tïl n J I». «OUGHT Li., a* mx'jlTiv WIATT ».«AîlilEÏT'S ,. aid îluvki't fifrvet, VI } Paient-Y olie SHIRTS Market Street, 603 Wllmlaqsrfoiit hri. ■ C. S. MORGAN, Dealer in New and Popular Styles oi 621 MAIUÎE7 STRHBT. WILMINGTON. DEL. OUR EXCHLSIOR SHIRTS ...vE MADE TOOnPER, Cat by Measure 'an<l a PeHcetFjt suiran lecil. mivL-im.l TOWNSEND & CO.. Real Estate Enoiu>ua and Conveyancers, ! J tio. ftin NlnVkot Streut, Proper! »■ Bourht, SnLl, iixohanKoJ end riled owl Rcnti iJolSeU*. J«*m' the Brill Iilw»».inett*iulanre"t the office duriox t>aiiue^s Uourr;. oc9 « 4-4! K JVANIEi. FAKKA, Survevor» Convcvancer» AND NOTAllY PUBLIC, unit* Ko. 6*4 KIiik tilrfiel, id Brick Work. Gradang, &c. »Sloi red. 'S. R. I.ÄLLY, Ir* 1 It Al ARE IH'.'l' STR K KT. jollity sum fiel h'Mlaim mismERs. PROVESTVÏBÏ*tr0lîT sold; and ex I'HANiiKU. . « Houcns Routod. . , Rente Collected. Loan* Negotiated LEGAL PAl'lCitS PREPARED . «PTl-lÿi^ _a—i i OUildren's Clothing, No,;:910) Market Ht ree«. MRS. M. I». McDaniel, fu . new .ml fa. iMOrtmmt of Chil drro's Cluthin». Cawmor*«. Uambur* Ed« CUILDB EN'3 CLOTQINQ CUT a tTO 0RDEH. 819 MARKET STREET ADE mir' ICE WÂÎlTO?r fit JABIBS' ited tho office have No. 2 West Third Slreet. Formerly occupied by the Franklin Tela* graph Co., where they will keep constancy on hand a good supply of tnoir fiuo be ly !;t KENNEBEC HIVER ICE. And will receive ordord lor the coming sura mer. Pomona who want a good olear «olid ICE during the hot summer month* would woll to call end leave tb4ir ordere with th early, and they will bo guaranteed a supply t hrough the entire s enaon._ apr22tl . do GREAT REDUCTION in:tiie price of ICE On uni aller Monday, August 31st. the price of Ice will bo reduced to tbo following rates. 45 ce*t3 per week. 5 poandd daily 8 do do 12 d do do • '. So 85 ft ■1 .1 I do do > 1 ' do 1 Id do 2D do do . ft) lb.", each delivery Jin). 5D0 ** and upwards.. •in 60 cents per 100 lbs Our lee is of tho best quality, anl will be the lowest. sold as low WALTON & JAMES, l'.th aiiJ ivine and No. 2 W..3d Sta. aprHtf loi-acAswo-jEijüäai -IN PRÎOES OFFICE. ust 31, no will Commencing on Monday, A s ell lee nt tho tollnwimr |* 5 pounds daily .45 contri per w**ek •lo do • l do do do .1. 12 io do I lo do 2D d> do 1 h> do U I : ch d; y ; hulv. 4o c M4- lbs t;. rnch «I« irerr : ri lil I* llM) l/UUUUt IX io# II» any «mo ■ I ' ul DDoenG imr ufanteo to noil * \V, '• U*Kf KILL. U-lar. 1516 l"*i .Si.ipky. 4th Oik:.v a prill ilLlU IS AM) CA rs. 11 DUBELL ü A TTE R « ; 2 Snst Th»rJ ntreet, WILMIWKiM. I'M' -ly L. IL Q UAY'S CHEAP HAT and CAP EMPORIUM, " 402 KING STREET 402 CLOCKS , WATCHES, «PC. C. I. BUSH 3 HAS P. 1C MOVED Il 4S KKMOVKD 11A8 K 1C MOVED BAS REMOVED HAS REMOVED HAS REMOVED TO TUB the -x: I". : Nmiili-weftt Corner of Neveuth un i Mnriiel Hi reel •, A LAUGE STOCK OF W atoliesi Jewelry, & tSilver-ware ' \ 2 Constantly on hand. Ajr lie pairing promptly attended to. _apr20-ly tFBr'.'fù VU illfJOCKS' and JKlVRliRY, At Wo.15 ^aat Fourth Btroot &c. WILMINGTON. DEL., The undersigned would re ppectfully call the attention of ludioa and noutlemen to his fine assortment of Watch es, Clocks. Jewelry, (Silver and Plated Ware, all of which is ent irely now and embraces tho latest hu* 1 woet approved styles. Ho asks eiieial attention to his American Lover Watch, W hieb is a superior article, both io finish aud for oorroo* aesi id timo. A good os • sortuicnt of olooks, jewelry and silver and plated ware always on baud, nt low figures Everything guaranteed ns a represented. Repairing of all kinds promptly and neatly dn»*r on reasonably terms. Public patrons^« rospootfully solicited, J CLAYTON MAS.iKY No. 16 K. Fourth street. m fo.: ex Mtnti 407 Market St. 407 BENJ. S. CLARK, Jfcjj A lull assortment of superior Clocks» Watchesi Jeweirv and Spectaclef. » Chil Ed« stflLDtly ow haùd »ui.for-uV»! lh. Inw mVrkot >hd pmonnl ltMOtiOE. «iv.n- to HeoMrlwg any artjelo In tho «bovh line. , „ A fine assortment of Spectacles constant ly on hand, and sole agent for tho Célébra ted Diamond Spectacles. marlfi Cods ADE in The Murder Trial. The Full Text of JiiUrc Woollon'K •J <l»ar«e to the Jury. Aft the late hour in which Judge Woot to'u'd charge to tho jury -was received, on Wednesday, prevented us from publish ing it in full on that day, wo reprint complote, in to-day's edition: New Castle, Nov. 25,1874. Court opened at 10 o'clock, and Judge Wootten commenced Lia charge to tho jury, as follows : Gentlemen of the Jury, I think l may be permitted to congratulate you, my brothers on the bench and myself oil the approach of this protracted casu to its final termination. When I speak of it, however, as a protracted case, I do not mean to say it has been very unnecessari ly ao ; Magnitude requiring time and careful, Hcrutiniziiig attention. Joseph Jl. Taylor,Aba prisoner at the bar, stands indicted for the murder of Hobt. A. Mackey and of murder of the first degree, alleged to have been com mitted on the 28th ot .Inly last, at Diftw yor's bridge and creek, in this county. !;t is charged in the* indictment that the prisoner at the bar then and there, with scarcely a forethought, did cast, throw and push Robt. A. Mackey into that creek in which there was great quanti ty of water, and that by and with tho water, tho said Robert A. Mackey was choked, suffocated and drowned. r i this indictment the prisoner at tho 1j£ pleaded that he is not guilty ; and put himself on God and his country which country you are, and the issue which you are sworn to try, is whether he is or is not guilty in manner and form ffn bo stands indicted. It is proper for mo to suy that under this indictment lie uiqy he convicted of murder of tho first de gree or he may bo acquited indicted, and convicted of murder of tho 2d degree or he may not bo convicted of murder of either degree but of man slaughter. Hut if you should lie satis fied after a careful and full considera tion of all the evidence and applying it to the law as I shall give it to you, tunt is not proven 8uflieicntfy,an{l beyond reasonable doubt that lie is guilty o murder of either degree of man -laugh ter your verdict should he of acquit tal, these being the only offences 1 which ho can be convicted under this indictment. The case gentlemen is of great importance, as well to the com munity as to the prisoner at the bar.— Tho object of the criminal law is not merely to punish those who violate it, but for the protection of Society. Its pains A: penalties are therefore holdout to others as beacons of w arning to de ter them from the commission of aliko offenses. It is of course important to the prisoner at the baa* because his life is ^in rolled in and hangs upon its issue You T 1 1 lie stands it You have the evidence as given to you by the witnesses and I shall endeavor to give yon the law applicable to the case, as clearlv and as briefly as I am able and it will then l>e your duty to apply it to tho and upon the law as you will have it from the court and tho evidence as given to you by the witnesses and oth erwise and thus determined the guilt toe bar wi evide <*r »•rwise _ _ . innécence of the prisoner at out considering what may bo tho conse quences to him, your duty being simply to find the fact of guilt or innocence* It seems that the prisoner at the bar and the deceased Robert E. Mackey were both from Chester co. Pa., and were ac quainted residing not far from each oth The one was in this county profes senly iu the lightning rod busincs and the other for tho purpose of selling phos phates. The first meeting which resulted in this alleged sad tragedy was at Newark Dn tho morning of the 28th of July last, Mackey going to the Deer Park Hotel at Newartt on the night of the 27th of July, Mackey having a h jrse and buggy. About 8 o'clock on Tuesday morning the 28th of July he settled for his breakfast and his horse. ith or. Befow the dccea od left the hotel the prisoner at tho liai* was there in conver sation with him. After Mackey was in his carriage to go off ho got out and ho and the prisoner walke«! into the l*ar room together. Whether ho wa.s invited in by the prisoner at tho Bar or whether they dranlç does not appoftr. . Mackey got in hid carriage and drove off. r l licy were next scon at the Washington hotel in Newark, about 300 yards from the Deer Pork hotel, which they had just left. They drank together at the Wash ington House, Mackey paying for tho drinks. Tho prisoner at tho Bari told tho bar-tender ho thought ho woi|ld be back in an hour or two, ar.d left his va lise. They both got in the carriage nnll drove off toward Ogletown, turning off at Christine. Tiio prisoner said lie had eoaxod Mackey to take him as far us the culvert where he was going, and perhaps to Wilmington. They are afterwards seen on tho road between Newark and Christine, and subsequently at tlie hotel at tho latter place. Taylor said some thing to tho landlady about board for three men and two horses. Mackey was drunk, and the prisoner told tho land lord's wife, her liusbaud not being home, if Mackey wanted anything to drink not to let him have it. There was no intox icating liquors sold at that hotel. They said they wôro. going to JSt. George's but drovo off in tlie direction of Elklou. They were noxt soon at Wallace's hotel, at 8t. George's, between two and 1 bruts o'clock in the afternnoon, where Taylor engaged board for three men ami throe horses, saying he was in the lightning rod business. He proposod to trade horses with Wallace but lie declined to trade. Taylor had the horse ' fed and said ho had no money hut said he would bo back and settle after he went to Del aware City to see his partner to get money. Mackey had taken a nap. Tay lor, after ho had contracted for board, called up several persons to drink. He then went out and soon returned and asked Mackey, who had then aroused, to go. Taylor bought a bottle of whis key. It seems that Taylor put Mackey in th# carriage, but lie got out, saying ho was not going to be put in in that way ; wanted his clothes brushed. They got iq tho carriage and Taylor took the reins and drove off towards Odessa. Tho only claim of ownership to tho horse and buggy at this point seems to havo been made by Mackey. Two men were seen corjbft road between St. George's and Qrfpssn, oneVMvrhg and tho other's hea«l lying in his lap. The one driving hav ing one arm around him and a whip in the other hand whipping the horse. These two men, or two men not identi fied as Taylor and Mackey, however, were next soon by Nathan Farrell, a col ' to io • In ored man, and Rebecca Farrell, a colored woman, who testified that they saw a buggy driving along about fourorfivo o'clock in tho afternoon. Nathan said he saw a tall man walking around tho horse on the bridge and heard a splash in the water. The horse and wagon was standing on the bridge çlose to tho east side. He said ho »awa tall man stand ing on ihe wing wall of tho bridge look ing down, into the water, that he had a full view-of tho man When he got on tho stone wall, but not so clear a view of the horse and wagon. He went on working and did mot seethe man when lie left. He said lie saw tho track'of the wagon about sundown, and it was U3 close to tho wall lis it could be without striking. The prisoner was at Middletown late in the afternoon of Tuesday, the -8th of July, and offered to trade horses as soon as lie arrived, but did not then trade, lfc spent the night at the head of Sassa fras, and on the 29th Was again at Mid dletown and then.* traded horses. From there he wont to Townsend and passed the night, and the last trace we have of him in this Court was at Miller's VN hito Horse hotel, in Wilmington, on the Both of July. He had recovered by his trade of horses and wagons some sixty or sev enty dollars. He left this county und d was afterwards, on the 17th State of August, arrested at Bueynis, Oliio, and brought hero on a requisition of tho Governor. Gentlemen, I have not repeated all tho evidence, and if 1 have not correctly stated such jiortiona aa 1 have referred to, you will correct referring to it at all is mere*. y to direct your attention to the proper 'ine of your investigations, and* have therefore only glanced over the outlines, leaving it en tirely for you to judge of the evidence^ and not but of tho weight and credit which you will give to it. This is your exclusiVo province and I have no disposition to* invade it. In considering the e: i dieting ) id" jültiurutb it you can, Bat it it aliuald U*j lo be iiiecdttcilubte, you uinat givo ciedit to lh.if. Action which yin entitled t) it, may think tnc lc..^t Worthy of ( ï. My object in ly ns to what has been proved Cîof HU rcm-î • m ! ils conflet as to harmonize •si. il roc It all. coiiU.cting y belie va to uu .d ifj-ct such ns yon lit. We licularlv tho re p. u wtii Die inr is 5« prie •linelll Ul 1 t til: 1 <] !.. Cin ul' ni'lictmeiil charge* Mist tbo 28th day ol . T UllC*fch> Id the prist)uar at the biff July Ç s » " luoD^ht, c»»«;, tUitw und pHBhed R)hcii A. RUou-) into Diawyei'e Crtek.ut St. GjorgeS llundud, 1 n which creek ihera was :» great quantity ot w;\eruud thut by reason of sucli Ciatiug, Ihrowiug and pushing of the 0c. ceased, Robert A. Mickey, in atoresuid, was then and there choked, suffo cated and drowned, ot which said choking, suffbejrtiii!. r und drowning, he, the said llobc, A.Macluy lublautly died, this indictment alleges to be murder of the first, degree. Tho prisoner at the Bai-, through liU counsel, denies theso allegations and insists that there is no proof of the corpus dilccti ; that there is no evidence that Mackey w as cast, thrown and push ed into the Creek by the prisoner at the Bari that they further insist that there is no enden».«» whatever that Mackey came to his death by choking, suffoca tion aud drowning. Theso facts must be established by the evidence to ihe satisfaction of the jury beyond a reason able doubt. The evidence may bo direct, or circumstantial or presumptive, The case rests entirely on presumptive evi dence, and you must draw your conclu sion from nil the facts and circumstances which are in evidence to you. I will now, gentlemen, give you tho law applicable to this case as fully as 1 am able. Tho prisoner at the Bar stands indict ed for murder in the first degree, and to determine tho issue it is necessary that you shall understand tho nature and character of the crime and what consti tutes it. Murder of the first degree under our statute is tho killhig of a human being with what the law terms express inalioe aforethought—which is when one person kills another wilfully and deliberately and with a formed design ; such formed design being evidence of some external circumstances indicating the concealed purposes of. the heart, sqph. as lying in wait, antecedent menaces, former grud .ges uqd concouted schemes, to do the par ty slam some l*o«lily harm. livery hom icide is presumed by law to bo malicious and therefore murder, until tho centrai' appears from some circumstances of lcviatian, excuse or justification, whiuh must be shown by the prisoner byway •of defence or disclosed by the evidence on tho port of tho State, so that when the «tente lias established the fact of killing it devolve? upon the prisoner to show Hurt the ** circumstances under which the act was committed are such as to reduce below tlutt of murder unless the evidence on the part ot tho State discloses su»;li facts and circumstances as will so reduce the crime. Tho Attorney General takes the ground that tho prisoner at the Bar is guilty of murder in tho first degree or. nothing. If so, it strikes us, but we are not to ex press any opinion in regard to his guilt or innocence.^ If your investigation should bo confined to that issue it would ho unnecessary for us to explain to you murder in the second degr «laughter. 1 will, however, say that murder of the second degree is when one person kills another without express malice aforethought, but with what the law terms malice implied, an»l malice is implied by law from any deliberate, cruel act committed by one person upon another, as when one person suddenly kills another without any or without a considerable provocation, not amouut ith txprts the crufcli in A. ■ Man iiiB, however, to such paliation, cïeose. or justification as would reduce tlia of fence below tliu crime of unir, 1er of either decree, or excuse or justify the act of killing. Homicide committed without malice either expressed or implied by Iavv docs net amount to murder of either degree, liscause of the absence of in ihre whieh t* the eestn tial element of murder. It is the distin guishing feature betweeu murder and rnnn sluughter. 1 have said that it is conceded that this case rests entireJjMm circamstan tml evidence, much hns been-written upon this subject cDd much said in this Thu rules however may bo stated iu a few words, und perhaps more •utLtactonly to the minds of tho jury than by more ex. tended remarks. Tho ruD is that circum stantial evidence must be otsuoh »character as to 'exclude any otheenhypothesis but that of the guilt cf the party. In such cases a verdict may bo found alone, and t hesc often lead to u conclusion more B'itisfactory than direct evidence can produce. The onus of proof 1« iu tbo Slate to prove the corpus dilccti cither by direct proof or by circumstantial or presumptive circurastancee , eviJencç, and all the material oblegations the indictment must be the satistactiou beyond a reasonable doubt. must be proved first that the party al. Icged to have beau murdered is'duadi Sec ondly that he came to hia death ns rhnrgqil the Indictment in Hug case, by choking, suffocating amt drowning. Foç if it should appear that he ramu to his death in any other manner, tho pi imiter cannot bo con victed under this indictment; and thereby must, b> proved that Ihe prisoner at the bar committed the not which ingulfed in the death ol the pin ty. .fu Ibid case there is controversy about the death of Mackey, but is denied''that T-iyTor cast, threw pushed him Into Drawyer's creek, and mm he came to bU death by elroking, Hnffoca tkm and drowning. The facts wo my to you must lie proved beyond u reasonable doubt aud the evidence offered by the fcjtato being eutirely circutn btuljui they must Lc proved lo the exclusion ol every other reasonable hypothesis except that ol the guilt ul' Uie prisoner. If they are not so proved she pris your veidiet, but by iho cl rouiq* taùct s at tending 1he case üs proved bflOre y =uch »s to lead your minds to the conclusion of the guilt of the prisoner ol every other hypothesis, duly to convict hi careful e cumsmnie& hurrou tiding tl entertain Cf he cfctabh lied lo - tv ft ed • i. entitled ta arc «» the exclusion It will bo your . If upon a lull and (deration of the facts und cit ittio you bhouhl rcbonablo doubt growing out of tho evidence buch u doubt ta inan would he constniuçd I.» eutcrhfiii tho pria Liier wlllbi» entitled to tho benefit of the doubt. nt ! rcuaonubio A lIATKinOMH, IdlCTthr. : T.TK WAY A WIFE AND HUSBAND COM PARED THEIR FAULTS, AND THE I1AF PY RESULTS. After having been married some weeks it came into the head of a young hhsband in tills city, one riiinday t when he had but little to occupyhis nffitd,to suggest to his wife that thcy r sfi,Qul(l plainly and honestly state ffto faults that each had discovered in the other since they bad been mmi nml "wife.— After some hesitation the wife agreed to the proposition, hut stipulated that lie rehearsal should bc w.dh ln nllsini cerity and wilh an honest, view to iho bettering of each other, as otherwise it would be of no use to speak of their faults to which* marriage had opener! their eyes. The husband was of tho same mind, and tin*, wife asked him td begin with her faults. He was *omci wha4 reluct:vnt, but hi4 wife insisted that he wus tlio first to propose th matter, and as lie washt fhc head of th hodso it wa» his place to take ffce Ieiw4 Thnfi urged, luvbegnn the récitai. H» said: . - "My dear, ofie of tliefirét faiflts lob served in you alter we began ke<$Wn.£ house was that you a good deal neglec the tinware. You didn't keep if sèouif ed as bright as If should 1)0, My mother always toote great pride- io her tinwörc, and liept it. as briWit *as a dollar/ • '. ' ' : r a. "I am glad that you have meiVlioned it, dear," said the wife, blushing a iif tie; "hereafter you shall see no speck on cup or pan. Pray proceed. ' ' "I have often observed," said the husband, "that you use your dish-rag^ a long time without washing thcm.anffi then finally throw them away. ÎT o\w; when at home, I rememher that my mother always used to wash out ini** dish-rags wJien sho was done using them, and then hang them up where they could dry, ready for the next Unit* she would need them." Blushing as before the young win' promised to amend this fault. The husband continued with a mojjtr formidable list of similar faults, many more than we have spgcc to enifttierattv when he declared that he could thiiik of nothing more than that wa§ worthy of mention. "Now," said lie, "my dear, you be gin and tell me all the faults you have, observed in mo slnco wc have beeb 'married." Thu young housewife sat in sHmice ; her face llushcd to the temples, and a great lump came in her throat, which she seemed lo he striving hard to swal low. : "Proceed, my dear: tell me all the faults you have observed in me, spar ing none." Arising suddenly from lier seat, llic little wife burst into tears, and throw ing both her arms about her husbandjs ucck cried : ^ "My dear husband, you have not ja fault in the world.' If you havo evoii one, my ryes hava.been so.blinded by my love for you 1 hat as long as avç have been married I have never once observed it. In my eyes you are per fect, and all that you do seems to me to Ik* done in the best manner and just what should be done." "But, my dear," said the husband, his face reddening and his voice grow ing husky with emotion, "just, think; I have gone and found all manner of faults with you I know I have many-— ten times as many as you over hail or ever will have. "Indeed, husbaifd, it is as 1 tell you; you have not a single fault that l oan see. Whatever you do seems right in my eyes. And now that 1 know wliat a good-for-nothing little wretch I am, I shall at once begin the work ol re form, and try to make myself worthy of you." "Nonsense, my dear; you know sometimes I go away and leave you without any wood cut; I stay up town when I ought t<> bo at home; 1 spend my money for drinks and cigars when I ought to bring it home to you—" don t," cried his wife, "you do nothing of tin* kind. I like to soc you enjoy yourself. J should be un happy^ were you to do otherwise than just exactly us you do." "God bless you, little wife!" cried the now thoroughly subjugated hus band, "from this moment you have not a fault in the world ! Indeed, you never had a fault ; I was but jokingj dou'i remember a word I said 1" uijd lie kissed away the teurs ijuft/Ctm, trembled in the little woiuatriô-VjWi'* Never again did the scnitilre izc the tinware or <fiftmunc the filsh rag—never so much as meqüouçd vno Let me hear them. "No y Cf the faults lie liad enumerated ; but soon after the neighbor women were wont to^ay : "It is wonderful how neat Mrs. keeps everything about her house. Her tin-ware is always tis bright us a new dollar; find Itlo helitevc she not only washes hut irons lier dish-rugs !" And tlie neighbor men were henrd to suy : "What u.steady fellow M-has got to he of late ; he don't spend dollars, and cun never lie kept from home half_ hour when he is not at work. He seems almost to worship that wife of his." Tialilin- nnflriinntiler. now coKKi.rs au bounced a Sad-eyed GENTLEMAN. - A- geod story is told of Senators Zaeh Chandler mid itoscoeConklin#. OJian iTlcr's great hobby is his skill as a pugi list, and he severely pummels any one tv ho puts on tho gloves with him. Oofikling is also a good boxer, and has ft private gymnasium nt his Washing ton residence. Into this lie inveigled Chandler, boxed with him and knock ed him ch heavily. Chandler vow <1 to be even with Jijjp, and contrived o have a sad-eyed, golumn friend whom lie called "Mr. IIowmM.of Mich igan," invited nt Conk ling's. ! with him to dinner Of course, dfl er din r, Conkling invited lliem to box, and Mi.. Howard*, who professed to \» ow something about boxing "along time ago,7 gonyented, and jlowly put on the gloves. Air. Conkihig, to his amazement, was uuablo to get in a single blow, and the sad-eyed mall sud denly knocked him into the corner, partially stunned. He stopped boxing and diil not relish Chandler's jokes on his skill. The uext day ho learned that "Mr. Howard ol Michigan," was Jim Macro, the prize-fighter, who had been paid $100 by Chandler t tho conceit out of his friend Conk ling. ne : ; take A Sfoff/ of a Masquerade. A very singular, affair liappcncd in Washington . township, IV, Friday At that time one of tlie farm >f the township was awfty from home, leaving hi*i wife and a hired man at tlhniTibge. ' Almut dark an appeared at the house and reques d to he given lodging-for the night, request wusjgrontctÇ and the stranger assigned u room qpjitaiks^. Just before bed time the hired ' nTaff, jmspccting that nil was not right about, the wo tmnn, slippevl into tï» is room and crawl ed under*, the bed. woman entered and proceeded to dis robe. Alter taking oil the woman's apparu,!, there stood a man in man's clothing. This masquerader took a knife arid revolver ami laid them on « iftblo. He then took ftrope, fastened one end to the bed, and proceeded to hang the other out of the window, probably for confederates ta use in en tering tho house. WhileJie was thus engaged tho hired mayi slipped up, grabbed him jiod threw "him out the window. His confederates took him away before it could be ascertained whether lie was hurt. £'ranlilic 3 InsliSufi* Fremiuius. The Franklin Institute < 'oinmittoe, in the award of prequiyns for articles at their recent exhibition, have made the following to parties in this city : Puu'ey, Jones & Co., silver wed{d, for a rjjrr cnttcr. i'. ife À. Betts, silver inedal/fonRedci's Patent Adjustment for Irat 1 îeToobposts . Trump Broth er h 1 . hvon'/.o i«ed;w, for .thoFlcetwowd Scroll Haf*. - .3.": .* Piwi'y. Jones & Co., Uvunzo 3nedal,'for iti.WiroGuide. I ... Morton & Co.^silvey ^n^dal, Mael.ine Cak'^Uar Ityfts, (l^ffer uia ciuncryd HonorhUe ihentiolTwds also nih.de of Cooling Ä Bro/s aud Me Lear A Kendall's carriages, and .of Puscy/ Jones «StfCo.'s expanding pulleys* '1'. Dixon A* Sons, No. 1J24 (Vnestnut street, who arc well known in AVilming ton and vicinity as* the manufacturers of low down mul elevated firegrates, au* I whoso display at the fair was the most elegant ever made* in that city, wore* awarded iho first premium, a. silver med al. Tfils iiym lias supplied grates in thi residences of Col. il. S. McComb, C'apt. •J. lFikcr, C. P. Johnson und a number of ether gontUuuou iu this city j and have only recently ^fitted up about eighty of their grates ii\.A. J. Dr«.*\el A. Co.'s new and cl gant hanking house in New York city* They, also furnished heaters for liai' num's iiauioijso hippodrome now be ing completed in New York city. Their friends *n this city will be gratified to learn that the business of the firm has become extern ive and «that tln-.y are th».* importe rs of ami dealers in all the finest French and Knglish patterns and styles of heaters, grates, fende it, ike. Those lilting up elegant residen cc should give them u call. night. ors WO .m Boon after the J IV ja The Viroin'.a Dei.eoation in the NEXT Conc.R iws.—-The Virginia dch gation in the next Congress will be the best for many years. Walk*. r,Tuck< r, Douglas and Goode are all men of un usual ability, grade, while Harrie, Hunt« bell are men of sterling integrity excellent repute: Prof. Tucker now makes his first appearance,on «nation al field. Hu was attorney general ot Virginia before the war, hut kept out of polities and devoi d himself entirely io his profession as a lawyen. VAt pj< sent he is a bui < « ssful attorney^ amLin charge of the Law School at thfc Wash ington and T.oe University. Liter Fret. Secyle, of Massachusetts, ProfrTucker was nominated "without his knpWléqg 0 or consent, lie is reported Ifie lft;st public speaker in the Bourn, and wifi le eminently practical, is a humorist.— The new Bunator from Virginia- Hobt. find orntori of n lti.nl mul C'a I 11. Withers, is a i-aiNiblo man, anil fn joys the ccniiileMt of all his const^u eats. A cask of g uupowilcr in tlichiact suuth i shop at &** oati-auce to tho UeW tunhel ' DélaWiti'c and I.ackawaljmçJ ß^feraey 1'dy, — il wf 1 fin ith Oltdliis boy wore i^Wttif!T"kdi6d r .au(^ thui tilated bodies were soon afterward j fQUjad near tho scene of tho explosion.