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Lit^.ry of CongrM.i,y 7 9 I he Daily { 1 ^ r n'E ■ : Li k LXXXYII -NO 10(1 WILMINGTON. DEL.. WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 11 1878. BRICE ON I < K> T HIST EDITION. • ial h n*l Co in mer«* ini. finira* fiLXiROTONi Del.* Dec il IM7X w [0 ck (luoialions lurniHiicsi ny Co Clayton House Budding gioii, 'Del., at 12 M. Ur- lay. 'stock quotation«. i, • .112* A Hud . Vi Erie... , Western (»8 i, • ns •if HJk tret. :i h Mall.... L.j Union pi I Frei,..* * 'hbasii... Pacldc.. (H . -, -, V :u .. 11* *,/•] Valley... ÜJä jtavigalU ^ Trensnnr H* 20 % •!*X lit. A E j unirai . i- >* West. j Central . !», Coupon,... 1(0 .1. 4 J, l|>OU. If*» 100 * on* ii* * b;c.v .104 fer»ter«l. Local Si cliM timl Houilh. q-, B.»nk of Delaware n.Vr.rional Hank. , National Hank. .. are do ..42* Bank Wil. and Brandy wine.. « 1 ' iiank M pany nr* K. K. Co_ .."I, R R Co HU»ck K. H. Ci W«Bl I I , ,V Ball I no M* ire Eire i ir*-stale Bond« n<tonCity «s.. . C In 102 * ltf7 2 ;uton City On Cwlle County Loan Kali road. flrHt Mortgage Railroad, extension. ~ Northern,first Mortgage. 24 hunger Railway Co. 1st mort.. •* * 4 ** Htock, 3* poc.cHallCo Bonds. " 8 took . 103 in re A .... loo Wilmington iflarket«. i.MiNUTO.v. Del.,, Dec. 11,1X78. .w on* at the Hramlywlne Mill* for »ad (Jraln- Corrected Dally. ::.v Flour., ft hour..,. .ane Flour 7 .noa S V» n 7."»a <; 7ß 3 75a 4 7« •J >« 1 05 • 53 luilicHtloiiM for To-Day. Middle Atlantic States, cloudy xrith ram. »now, followed by weather, colder westerly i*ina bitromcter. !»tl '•»H Tc|«>grn|»lalc NuiniiiAry -'t - * ;ii »lie British Parliament on ' i.'Mit policy was resumed yester iladHtone aud others spoke— army of British India is to be men—A number of *f.iti*.smeu have been baulsbed Mr *h| i 15, ( A terrible famine pre Morocco—Col. B. 4 t Mogador, - : ii i- been elected President of '■'"'I f«r 1879—Another American .i' been committed at Bow .'•<lon--The Grand Du« hass of * l,IJ lias diphtheria, is w orse. r r II impton's broken leg was ! yesterday s'x inches below the *i * system bore t lie operation w ell influence of chloroform, and he ' "Rid out oAdanger. - uuy Nu kUmax's Suggestion »sury be authorized ti 'est meats, convertible in ' cent bonds, has taken shape »liich is approved by the Ways ' llis Committee. re : making a total of " I" 1847 it spent on the navy 1 '1 1847 37 non non-in ,108 *.) ■ ,L„ : 7 ', ,000 ' 1,1 1* 18 - * J '-, '8 '' n, ' u °t #23,708,000. Here au aggregate for both branches ''vice iu the three years of the « »ar, amounting to *77,704,000. j tl,at t | le Fraudulent Ad '■"'atiuo apendain three years fifty ' -it tnur* « j |„, r ,w arn| y» an( * one ' ' moreon t * 10 navy,than J' meil on those branches of the "Dvicewhile carrying on the Mexi I e 'i ii.ill ii Al1 - St, :kkt Yesterday.—T he active than it lias a firmer tone.— 'eminent • *'e, hut with at loo*. "linn, Slates ready and rail 2ular. Gi Mi ey oil call was ae •» •» i*or cent., w ith the closing ' !»«-r cent. 110 Folk Administration spent I * r,,lv -10,413,000; iu 1847, $35,840,- • £27,688.1 •or "'kiagiu.-u'«. 'Irin in 1. 'a»», Mass., Dec. 10, 1878. I •*Action fer Mavor ■„ ,i,„ ! or (icon,« I* v °1 resulted ' 1 tl» candidal * ' i 1 « JS? n ' r rk !"? ■■ ■ 1UÄ,e > hy 2,000 plurality, workingmen's ticket is _ j •trief I.aealw. ' • Council „ city . ,Gornelius »tin SoiotL i 1Dlunl * ,îwt «veiling. j 4 ,,. ,ilzaar this evening. Crayons tax "y. His prices are low. , W- augJO-tf. ' .. . minstrels appear next Moudav * I ' I hole ouse, at Jl»« Institute Hall has clos on ( •Icl'dJI 6 * tf l MtDterly's gallery ' re » J02 Murkel street. . ew „ * aug30-tf ^üfr. 131 a very largo market this r . the dentist, No. 835 (•<•> îirnà!' 1 ' 18 ' 11 ,lle world wbicli ^uraÎBiP^r, rwlief to äU sufferers than Keller'* Roman 1 r 'ce 50 cents a bottle. oi l* couvrv couitT. The Mi HI HJH Trial—»'hat Jimmy Jonen l 'rom- Examination — The, • ■'tunnel for //„■ 1><. „intent,and Vole Off cent equally no— Who! Hie rl * l'iiow about the affair—The oner» Proving an Alibi. Nkw Canti, k, Due. 10th, 1878. 'i ll« proceeding of court subsequent to those in our issue of yesterday, a c as fol lows ; on Ill / At the close of our last letter, we men tioned the discussion over the admission of evidence relating to the cause out of which grew the «hooting of James Jones. Hh Honor, the Cniet Justice, at the con clusion of that discussion said that the it ness James Jones could not lie used unless tlie defence wanted to take i he risk of making him a wi fence. Of course, to this the defence demur red, and the matter w as finally settled by the defence promising 10 go so far in his examination and no further, i. e.; that the witness would not be used by them proving the origination of the tales refer red to. The examination was again commcnc i ness for the de <'d. "Mr. Jones," asked Mr. did you sulmi t to the "Because they said "S op!" sternly interrupted the court, "we have forbid you asking that ques tion." 1 ask you if you did not ad mit in the presence of Mrs. Dodson, Mrs. Prettyman an l Dora Dodson, that you bad been lying?" Attorney General—"There now ! Don't answer that." Turning to the court, Mr. Pennington said, "If the witness had told an infa mous lie, that would not in any way justi fy the prisoner in the course th**y adopted." T he court assented to this and reitera ted his former expression that the real question was whether the man had been brought to Delaw Gray, " why hipping ?" had t Id lies Mr. Lore and shot by the prisoners. Mr. Lore—The man Janies Jones lias bee;u brought here as a credit ab 'e wit ness, cannot we show out of bis own mou b that he is a coiif ssed liar? Court—You may at the proper time. If he has made contrary sta'euieuts to eJiHerent parlies you may bring theise wi< nesses to establish the question of verac ity. M r. Grav—We also wish to show that the man Jones was not, kidnapped and taken to Delaware to be slain ; and we want to show that there w cause for any action that followed. The Court—If the man had told a lie of the most outrageous kind it would not justify the act of bringing him to Dela ware to kill him, and 1 shall ins ruct the jury to that effect. Examination was then continued. Question. What kind of a night w 'Hsouable it. Answer. It was a cloudy night. Q. Did you pay that Mr. liodson was present when you went out in the wag on ? A. He was; lie held the horses aud opened the gate. Q. You say that on your oath ? A. 1 do. At the solicitation of counsel for the defence the examination was suspended, so that court might take a recess. AFTKUNOON SESSION. Court re-assembled at three o'clock.— At the instigation of the Attorney Gene ial the witnesses were all placed in an adjoining apartment so as to prevent their hearing any pait of tin; testimony. James Jones, re-called for cross-exami nation : The carriage left about seven o'clock : don't remember going by Ches terville ; weut by Locust Grove and head of Sassafras. When the carriage got into Delaware I was taken out on the right side of the road ; the carriage stopped in tin; middle of the road. Mr. Newcombe took me out and took me through the thicket ; Mr. Vincent was behind Mr. Newcombe was the first one that fired; I was standing sideways to Mr. Newcomb; they didn't untie me. I turned to Mr. Newcomb and said, "you told me you were going to let me go when you brought me here." lit; said, ; here t«» kill you and we are fired quick ; I came to consciousness Vincent was walking away IVnin me and New umloingthe rums.around niy ..Newt-oml) fired, tlie bullet struck me in tbe head ; the bullet from Vincent's pistol went in my neck and is j„ the,« yet ; 1 can feel it when 1 move my head. Newcombe was oidy about two feet from mo ; be clutched the rope arouud my neck with one band ami kept me from hallooing; in the other he held the revolver. At the second house I «topped, the man didn't fire atme; he to j t j |ne to | Pav «, and 1 did so, muttering to myself that I would find a house to stop at if 1 had to walk as far as Galena. About three days ago I went with Mr. Roberts and showed him where tlie spot going i do it." They Andrew Cork, col., sworn : Live in Appoquinlmlnk Hundred; know .Jam-s j ol ' eSi have known him seven or ei^lit ymrs, I married his sister; he was never at my house at any time before the night cf the shooting; he came there on Tues day aboutthreeweekssince. It was three or four o'clock in the morning; he colled me "uncle;" I had been asleep and 1 Jones-I'm sick attbe heart and mybauds are numbed." I lit a far lamp and push e<1 it out D f doom—I didn't put my head out 4 He came in; I didn't put the torch out; he came in all drawed up. 1 what was the matter with him. He told ma to "ease him down on a seat. J was pretty well scared—didn't know who was the most scared me or hi*" " ,a ed gentlemen that's certain ! | Laughter] saw there was a little hole where the blood was coming from. When be came he said : "Oh, Lord, save me! I told .Jm "I couldn't save him. I told Mary Cork's sister-in-law] that here was her brother down stairs shot; and I asked her what J had better do. »She told me to go the doctor's. 1 went to the door it was dark; turned hack, bolted all doors and didn't go out until day as. •ar '''quI'-Hou—You didn't go after the doc tor then. . T « Answer— No, sir; gentleman, I was a t scared black mau; that's certain, the James staid at my house until Sun , _ I*»;q several geullemen came ami took him away; ! h aid shots troai pistols or guns on that night ;t,bought as some ot iS') young men out gun ning tor coons; couldn't sav when it. was; 1 had a pretty good nap 'b fore J come I was wide awake when I heard the pistol shots; heard them some live or six times; they were clear sounds and seetneu be close to my stable, which is just below iiivhou e. 1 live on the road; been living there two years, the stone line—between Delaware and Maryland— is about 200yards from my mother** house and a short distance from mine. Cross-examined: There was always shooting arouud there by boys who went our after coons. I After this witnes* I hi. "!»g. 1! WJ run through the court said to him, "Andrew, where were you this Tiling when court opeoedjean , .. Kive any reason why you should not *>e fined . " Well, boss," be replied, turn mg as near white aw a man in his coudi -ouM possibly do. "yerseu l'ze at nilnitug'oii last night; and I finks to tm seif shuridy I kin be back in time: I s arted an hour earlier an' I trotted «Tiff run and run and trotted; but it wuz inn' hard and dar wuz plenty of mud; and sir J tell you it wuzn't kaze I didn't hurry. It, wuz my slippin' backards and lurrards that kept me fromgettiu' here." I he court deemed the excuse sufficient and the happy negro stepped down to band in his attendance.] George Johnson, col., sworn: I live near Van Dyke's station in Appoqiflni mink Hd; I saw .Jollies Jones at Andrew Cork's hr use; 1 heard pistol shots Tuesday night; thought they came from behind my barn; I heatd three distinctly. 1 was alone and 1 didn't go any further than the door, it was pretty late;I didn't bear any other noise; my bouse is 200 yards from the road; didn't examine the ground where the affair occurred, my house is on the same side of the road as Van Dvke station and Caulk's house. I As George was one of the absent wit nesses for whom an attachment was taken out, the court a«ked him why he was ab The excuse was the same as that as by the court sent. given by Andrew and be uismiNsed from the attachment..] Joseph Roberts, sworn : A short time age 1 went with .Jones and he showed where the shootl a plot of the spot. Jones was carried was about 147(> yards from the Maryland line; the road bears south, 49 east; the shooting took place below Cork's bouse. The distance from the first place—where Jones said he was shot— to the second place on the oppo site side of the road where he was drag ged was 206 yards. (The examination closed by an explanation of the plot.) Dr. Howard Ogle, sworn ; Upon the re quest of the Attorney-General I went down to see Jones on Friday alter the shooting occurred; found him in Cork's house; made a slight examination. There was a wound on the front of the head, I probed it and from its appearance I came to the conclusion that whatever it was had found egress at the back, as the physician in attendance had cut the woulmI 1 couldn't tell whether it ha 1 been done by a pistol ball or not. As the ex ami nation appeared to give him pain I pursued it no further. .Jont plained of Li clotted with blood; found two small abra sions of the skin upon the arm, Truman Rose, constable, sworn : Live at Townsend; remember the occasion of the 20th of November, went, out to Mr. Caulk's house and found .Jones in bed. I got Jones' fiat there;examined and found two holes in it. (The liât was shown; it was a dark felt, hat and marked No. 7.— h through the rim and in the front ras the passage ade bv the bullet which entered .Jones' The bar was placed in evidence. Wm. H. Dickinson, sworn: I live in Appoqumimiiik Hundred. Saw Jones at Cork's house on Thursday, following the shooting; he was lying on the bed. Isaac Matthews, sworn : Live near Chestertown.am a brother-in-law to Wro. N e weotnbejremem her the 19th of Novem ber. Vincent an Newcombe w*ere in my employ; they were busking corn on that, day; Dodson's bouse and my house are about six hundred yards lrom each other, with a road between them; the corn field in which tbwy were working is about half way between them; I was engaged iu hauling; Vincent was absent for a while; I learned that be went to iny house;didn't know where be went; Wil •as also gone a little while; both came back that evening, or about, J o'clock in the afternoon; they took supper about six o'clock; after that they W'vnt away In Newcombe'* II buggy; don't know what time they back;they ngtook place; I took The thicket where great Jones com bis breast whluh I found to be One of tli« holes the other through the b; part. Tl : latter bole heud. Newcombe h ;re not ho rent I iglit o'clock; I got the morning, and , where to bed, hich was at 'clock I in the sitting r fire made. up at five found tin they had exaniiued :—These y r men are in the habit of going out • »f evenings; sk them where they are going; iu they do my work; I In; silting never fact I dou't care have often found them in room upon coming do James .Jones, col., w: know how the young men came to Dod son's house that evening; they ci seven o'clock; the shooting occurred about three weeks ago to-day Tlie State here rested the case, and Mr. Gray opened for the defence. He said : At length it is permitted that these un fortunate prisoners at the bar shall be allowed to come before you,—as best they can under the rules of evidence laid down by the Court—to meet a terrible charge which has been made against them by this negro; and defend themselves as best they can from Its terrible consequences. The case is a very peculiar one, and is to theprisonets at tbe bar frougbt with deep an interest as though they were being tried for their live»-. It is a charge dependant upon tbe testimony of a.single witness—a charge very easy to be made and very hard to be defended against. I cannot imagine, gentlemen, anythiugjn tbe vicissitudes of life moie embarras sing than tlie position in which these highly respected, but unfortunate people placed. They come hero, strangers from their own neighborhood, summoned from their own homes, to appear before tbe bar ol this court to meet a charge made upon them by the testimony ol a single wit uess,—made witk terrible directness and certainty,—which involves the happiness of their lives, and iu involving their hap piness afiects the families belonging to them. I am net magnifying Ibis case when I say it is as serious as though it , matter of life and death. They at stake that which is as dear to them as life Itself. They are persons who have a character in the community iu which they live, ami they are here to defend that character from every shade of reproach. They aie arraigned here for a crime second to murder itself. Unfortunate they have been iu being the victims ol this man's malice; but yet they are fortu na'e iu tkis, that through the goodness stairs. c-calied : Don't about I I was hav ■ or is Wf! ,,r « ft ble to prove to you by testimony .tacts which will completely de niolisn everyscinti I la of evidence dropned lroin the mouth ot tlie c )iiy.cting witness for the State; which will go to convince you ot the entire falsity of the charges, ami impress upon your minds the inno ce r,V. < e th« parties charged. I he facts that we are aide to present to you, which come through. God's kind ness, are very brief. Of the affair of that Tuesday we will show to you a story of human transactions surrounded by cir cutnstances that must naturally envelope all human evidences, and will lead you to the peint where t ruth ends and fali*> hood begins. We will show you a fami ly, happy and contented, of irreproach able characters, living in a community as peaceful citizens until that fated Tuesday in November; we shall Hhow that the ne gro, James Jones, was taken from the bouse of a colored mau in CheBtertown. and brought back by an irate father, who was pro.seeuling an inquiry iuto certain at slanderous assertions circulated by ibis to negro against his daughters; that he was I brought back and confronted bv tbo.e 'Who»lie hade alnmniated; thatm'being thus sonfioutedhe admitted that he had been lying, and submitted to be chastised by these two gentlemen, Pmllip Vincent and William Newcombe. Now, we don't, propose to keep hick from you anything or to deny anything to that actually took place; that James Joues was whipped by these two gentle men for a provocation such as should never as aut for pijui-ihtiientfrom any ma who had a true heart in his breast, not deny; that after this chastisement came the able to show you that after tea James Joues was turned out ofthat meat house, and left with the promise that he "would never tell any mi re lies about that, fami ly." We shall be able to prove to you that the prisoners, Mrs Amelia Dodson, Phillip Vincent and William Newcombe, were in the sitting room of the Dodson home the whole evening until half past eleven o'clock or thereabouts; we shall prove it to you by evidence naturally be longing to the ease; w« shall snow you further that these people are of reputa ble character, and have secure! the un d< lurcerariou. We shall he I of I it at a teem of the community; we shall show you furthermore that that negro is un worthy of belief. Havitig laid down that evidence to you we think you will say that we Lave made a good case. In conclusion I would say we are not here to try this actiou from any floating rumor that has been circulated. You 'must not let that enter your minds. We are here to try it impartially, judicially, and under the sanctity of our oaths. The outlines, gentlemen, will be defeuce ; it will then be for sider utter comments by counsel on both sides. Alice ^ Prettyirau, sworn :—Live in daughter of Mr. Dod married since the 30th day of July; been at my father's bouse during lust month; know James Joues ; I recol lect the Tuesday on which he was whip ped ; he bad been living with us two year» ; he had left on Monday night ; on Tuesday I saw him about noon ; he was going out with papa and Mr. Vincent iu the carriage ; they came up in the yard and then Went, out into the branch ; my father, Mr. Newcombe, mother, Sir. Vincent, Eliza Howard, Andrew How ard and myself went with them. Question—Wbat did Jones do ? Answer—He w«w made to dig. Q—What after? A.—After those things he said he put there. Q — Was there anything found ? A.—No, sir; ami no sigus of anythiug having been nut there. ciul .Jones sav ? vou to con Philadelphia; son ;be be Q.-What A.—He said he couldn't find anything ; and that he hadn't put anything there. We was tak^n back to the house ; he was asked about the rumors and he said they were all false; they asked hi should he done with him; he said he didn't know, and told my father to let the boys whip him; they whipped him with a carriage whip; they tied his hands behind him ; after the whipping lie was placed in the meat house; Mr. Vincent eat dinner with us ; Mr. Newcombe had had his; it was between one and two o'clock ; they then went back to Mr. Matthews to husk corn ; saw them about 7 o'clock that evening; was in the sitting room when they came iu ; my sister Dora there ; we staid thereabout half an hour talking about Jones ; wo then went oui and let him out of the meat house and let him go with the promise he would never come back any mon*, and never tell any more lies about any of the family. After getting out of the meat house he started ; we went i house ; mother, Mr. Vincent, Mr. New combe, my sister aud I went in the sit ting room ; we weut to sewing : Mr. Vin cent laid on the lounge and M combe sat in the chair ; they are very timatewitli us, Mr. Vincent being n< raised in the family ; mother was darn ing stockings ; father was in the room ; he went to laid at eight o'clock ; know it was eight o'clock from the fact that father always winds up the clock at that hour. I staid up until 11 o'clock ; mother and the two gentlemen were iuthe room. 1 sleep up stairs in tl e same my father aud mother ; sister came fo bed a little while after I did ; saw New combe uext morning about four o'clock iu the Bitting room ; Mr. Vincent had gone out ; they very often staid over all night; Mr. Newcombe was putting his overcoat, Viucent hadn't any ; 1 positively Vincent and Newcombe at our house on Tuesday night. My younger brother was also in tbe sitting room ; he had gotten his lesson and went to sleep, on the floor ; he afterward went to bed between 10 and 11 o'clock; my eldest brother, Willard, had been to church and came back 10J o'clock ; he came in, got his geography lesson aud went to bed. dial the r. N n *arly itli on ,! A 2 Cross-examined :—It was about two o'clock when we bail dinner; Viudent bouse in tbe morning, dou't kpow what time ; he didn't stay long ; he went with father to Cbestertown Tuesday morning; they went iu tlie small carriage ; they came back with Jim Jones; we were all in tbe branch togeth er ; they tied «Joues with a plow line ;Mr. Vincent and Mr. Newcombe did the ty ing ; it was about noon when tbe whip ing was done ; they didn't tie him to a post ; Mr. Vincent staid at our house all night ; they came to our house in the Brewster or York carriage; we have a large carriage ; .Jones gaged l ltouse, but nev ing other thau bis own clothes; he w< trusted about the bouse. Dora A. Dodson •laughter of John aud Matilda Dodson ; I will be eighteen next, June; knew .lames Jones, recollect when he left father's house ; next saw him on Tues day when he was whipped ; Mr. Vincent aud father took him to the branch ; father, mother, sister, aud Eliza and Andrew 'colored people) went to the branch ; don't know how long they were came to on I sometimes eti w ash ing dishes arouud the y other kind of wash : sworn :—Am by gone ; they came hack together ; they tied and whipped James, lie said tt*ey could whip him ;tliey talked of sending him away ; and it was then lie said if he i wouldn't they could whip him ; he ad nutted that the stories lie told were all lies; they talked of sending linn awav in the United States array ; the young men to whipped him, he didn't make any resist atice ; they put him in the smoke house between twelve and one o'clock; next of saw the young meu at night ; they came to our bouse on the same : evening; papa, mother, my small brother, my sister and myself were in mom when they came; a short time after i this we all went out and turned Jones out ; he said he would "never corny as back; nor tell any more lies on us;" he went in the direction of the road; never I saw him since until t« -day I saw him on ' thestaud. We all went back to the Bit ting ruoin; I an.l sister were sewing our dresses and mother was darning stock- • ing-; we sat the.e until about. 11 o'clock,'^ wnen brother and sister retired; sister made ih* first, move, she said it. was time | to go to bed; she weut first; I went, up about half past eleven leaving Mr. Vin -1 cent and Mr. Neweoinbe in the room, \ lucent, on the lounge and Newcombe ™".rn?n L g a,ri 1 "" Ucxt . Cross-examined : 1 saw Mr. Vincent about eight, or nine o'clock, Tuesday morning; when .Jones went, to the trench I didn't, go with them, J staid with Elizas children; when Jones was tied they fastened his feet but not so as to prevent, him lrom walking; he didn't, step into the meat house, they lifted him in; Vincent left, our bouse about, four o' clock on Tuesday morning; I didn't sec. only heard bun leave; he went oft' with Newcombe; they both had on overcoats; 1 1 was just coming down stairs when they left; tney are at our bouse pretty near every night; they took Jones' coat off when they whipped him, his coat was taken iu the house; while in the meat house he had no coat was about7:30o'clock; mother,sister, Mr. Vincent, Mr. Newcombe and myself were there; 1 carried the lamps; they untied Jones in the meat house; sister carried his coat to him. The examination of the witnesses here closed, and Court adjourned until 10 o'clock to-morrow moruiug. he ; when let out it of iu The City Connell. Adjourned Meeting — The, bid» for Light ing the City—Cornelius Stinson Elect ed Treasurer's Accountant President Lichtenstein called the City Council to order at 7:30, last evening.aud the following business was trail-acted : Chairman of the Lamp Committee,Mr. Huested, presented the following pro posals for lighting, cleaning and extin guishing the lamps of the city, keeping them in repair aud providing all neces sary material for the year 1879. Pennsylvania Globe Gas Light Com pany-Place an improved burner on the lamps, light, clean and extinguish the same, make all the repairs, furnish all material and provide a light equal to a 16-caudle coal gas, for $21.83 per year for Carpenter, Jr., each lamp. J. L. ottered as surety. Wilmington Coal Gas Co.—Light, ex tinguish, clean and repair the lamps, fur nish gas and all other material, for $17.50 per year for each lamp, provided a three feet burner is used, Brooklyn ; with a four feet burner,$21 25 five feet burner, $25. Benj. S. Clark was ottered as surety. A proposal Middleton, offering to furnish coal oil for the oil lamps at 14£ cents per gallon. A proposal, unaccompanied by a bond, was destroyed without bring read. The proposals were all referred to the Lamp Committee. Ou Mr. Paynter's motion, Council pro ceeded to the nomination aud election of an Accountant or Treasurer's Clerk. Mr. Payuter nominated Cornelius Stiu was in New York and was also read from C. 8. ; SOM. Mr. Chandler nominated John M. Tay lor, tbe present incumbent, find support ed the nomination iu a few remarks. He claimed that the interests of tbe city would be best subserved and the desires of a great majority of the people satis fied by tbe retention of Mr. Taylor. That the office was nut political in its nature, nor was Mr. Taylor a partizan. He said it was never deemed advisable iu chan ges of administration, to entirely change tbe clerical force, and evidenced tbe case ol Col. Win. Ilenipnill Jones, formerly of this my, who retained a clerkship iu the Treasury Department, at Washing ton, for over twenty years, through sev eral administrations. He felt satisfied that the removal of Mr. Taylor would be an injury to the city and to the Trea ;r, and that it was not demanded by the people in general. A ballot was then taken which resulted in 11 votes for Mr. Stinson aud 9 for Mr. Taylor. Mr. Stiusou was declared elect ed. Mr. Lynch ottered a resolution provid ing fjr the appointment of a committee of one from each Ward to distribute' fuel tD the poor, during the winter. Adopted. The chair was authorized to appoint the committee aud will announce it at the next meeting. Adjourned. THE MARKETS. Beef steak, 16al8c ; sirloin, 18a20c roast, 14a20c: corned, 8al2c; chipped 25a30c; ham sliced, 16al8c; wholesale shoulders, 8al0c ; flitch, llal2c; pud ding, 16c; hog s head cheese, 12c; lard 10c; mutton, 10al2c ; chops, 16a 18c veal 10al6c; cutlets, 18a20c; chickens, 8a9 per pd; 75 a $1.25 per ter. 33 a 35c. tub butter^ roll,23a28; eggs 25a28c onions 12 soup beans, 8 10c pair but 25a28o. cents; cents; honey, 25c. per cabbage, 3 a 8c. per head; head;ducks,90a$ 1.25 per pr;, Ï iotatoes 10al6c. per half peck ; heetsr 0al2c. half peck; new apples, 8a20 per half peck; turkeys, $la$1.75 per piece ; pr lit pk ; turnips , 8c . pr . hi pk ; wild ducks 50 a $1.25 per pair; sausage, 10c per lb.; scrapple, 7c ; Rock fish, 15c per pit; pike, 15c. sea-bass. 2 lbs for 25c. trout, 12 c; fionuders, 10; haddock 8c; blue fish 12c: white perch lüejeat fish, 2 lbs for 15c. yellow perch, 12. a 15c per . string; cider 5c pr at.,15c pr gal.;ceiery.8a 15 per buneb; rabbits, 20a30c. per piece; ' partridges, $2a$2.50 per doz. pound ; $2.50a $3, ' We The Marahe. Ov. rHowe.l | A - I esterdav's rain agaih flooded all the arsbes lying on the south side of the Christian .. None of the houses in »South Wilmiugton were reached, however, • with the exception of a small row of tenements on A street, occupied by col ored people, which were flooded first floor. : the Nothing trie« tbe patience of a man more than to listen to a hacking cough, which he knows could be cured by in vesting 25 cents in a bottle of Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup. rn- Ä î 1 oniiiigf Minstrels, *>n next Monday evening, Duprez & Benedict's Minstrels will appear at the Grand Opera House. Jn speaking of them the Pittsburg Dispatch says : "The best minstrel c on pan y whi 3 h has exhibited here for many years is the onginal Duprez & Benedict's troupe : which last night drew a large, fashiona bio audience to Library Hall. The acts were all new and the performances of a i high order of merit. The performance i« closer to that of perfection than that of any other company that visite this city." I - —"*■ * ' A Novel Sale. The Supervisors of West Bradford township, Chester county, have a new • r „ a ,i s • . 1 '° ma * e U \ f, a,d commencing at the Center | House, Marshallton, and ending in a load leading from Trimbleville to -1 Tborndale, near John and B. Clayton's House. The making of this road will be 'given to the lowest bidder at public out . cry, on Saturday, December, 21. The sale will take place on the ground, liooliiiig A ft or l lie Liens. Messrs. Guthrie and Hart of the City Council Finance Committee are now en caned in an examination nf the Uph bnnL i- ai« 5 J™ 1 a oi paving the liens satisfied ^ *. s sau * that there are liens on the book which could be collected without much trouble, amounting to fully $40,000, and 1 the committee propose to have them col lected as soon as possible, SECOND EDITION Accident. Harry Money, aged 8 years, a grandson of Mr. Money, one of the Gazette servers, was run over by a horse at Sec ond and Jefferson streets, on Saturday af ternoon, and severely cut and scratched about the head. He was taken to his home in Browntown, and is now doing well. it The Seven Goslings. The first ball under the auspices of a company styling themselves "The Seven Goslings" took place last evening in the second story of No. 220 Market street. The affair was well attended and all present enjoyed themselves by dancing until early this morning. a DIED. CONRAD—On First-day, 1 >th month, 8th, 1878, at 5 o'clock, p. m., William Conrad, In the 82d year of his age. Funeral Fifth day, 12 th instant. Leave Wilmington at 8 o'clock, a. m. Burial at New West Grove, Chester county, Pa. Friends of the deceased are invited to me'it at bis late residence, No. 9o5 Orange street, on tue evening belore at 4 o'clock. dec^-' 2 L* NEW ADVERTISEMENT». OTICE.-I hereby gl whom It may concern, that I will ap ply to the General Assembly of the Htate of Delaware, at its ensuing session (1879), for a divorce a vinculo matrimoni from my pres ent wife, Mary K. Richards. WILLIAM J. RICHARD«, Wilmington. Del. Dec. 10th, A.D., 1878.—lmwA2td* N notice to all alvary C Social Entertainment, To be held Hohool Room, corner Third and Washington streets, Thursday Evening; I>ec. 12, At 7* o'clock. ADMISSION dec9-4t. 15 CENTS. OTICE-TO WATER RENTER«. Offick Water Department. ) Wilmington, del., Dec. loth, 1878. \ The bill« for D79 are now ready and pay able at the reftpsirar's office, No. lo^o Mar ket street. Tbe law requires tiiat all bills paid on or belore January 31st, 1879, the face ot tbe bill ; those paid during the month of February, five per cent, addi tional, those paid during the month of March, ten per cent, additional, and any amount remaining unpaid after April ]m, 1879, the registrar is required to have the t'errules withdrawn and suit Instituted for the recovery of the amount due, and the water will not be lei into such premises until such arrears, with assessments and $2 for drawing ferrules hours, 9 a decl 1 -eod-Jan ,feb ,eod N paid. Office to 4 p in. w. J. MORROW, Registrar. jpUBLIC SALE >r FUEflH COWS AND STRING HRS, extra good lot ot Cows, , These Public Bale, at Harry Husband's, Ninth Ward, Wilmington, Dei.. Will be sold WEDNESDAY, DEC. 18, 1178, 35 head of Fresh Cows aud Bprlngers. A credit of 90 days will be gi postponement on aooount of weather.— »ale to oommenoe at l o clock. JOSEPH GOODLEY. L. W. .Stidham A Bon, Auctioneer*. decll-d2t A wit* . No Russell & Northrop, 306 Market Street. Attractive display of HOLIDAY GOODS We propose to make this tbe popular re. sort for buyers of Holiday Goods. Every department in our establishment offers attractions to those looking for Christmas Gifts A - JSpled t o every a ge ' , neS Tör c öäSICIöüot lire, ^ ... , . . , . . ° ur reputation of last year for belog the leading house in Wilmington for Holiday Goods, will be lully sustained this season, We wish you all a 'MERRY CHRISTMAS.' RUSSELL A NORTHROP.