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®h«t JfjRiddidoum transcript. MIDlll.ETOW.il, DEL. SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 80, 186«. Attention Democrats!! Pursuant to the calls of the Chairman of the State and County Executive Committee«, a meet ing of the Democratic voter« of Saint George's Hundred, will be held at the house of William t. Chance, lu Odema, on Saturday. June the 6th 11 o'clock Iu the afn ernoon, for the purpose of ■ oWjtis g^Delegates to the State and Count; Nom MANY DEMOCRATS. The High Court of Impeachment ad journed tine die, on Tuesday last, after two more ineffectual efforts to eonviot the President. Votes were taken on the 2d and 8d articles, which resulted precisely at the first vote, on the 11th article, 35 to 19, one vote less than two-thirds. The Senate then as a Court of Impeachment finally adjourned, by a vote of 16 to 34. Thou, after a trial protracted through thirty-fouT days, this whole shameless and EMMMtrous proceeding bas come to an end. The President stands acquitted, and his enemies and accusers are overwhelmed with mortification and disappointment. The verdict, there can be no doubt in the wnprcjwdiecd mind, was just; rendered though it was, on the part of the seven Republican Senators who voted for acquit tal, under the most trying circumstances ever brought to bear upon a jury in this or any other country. All honor to these men, for their more than Roman devotion to the principles of truth, justice and right, in this ever-memorable case, and whose steadfast courage withstood the storm of purty passion which beat so mercilessly upon their devoted heads. The President through all this fiery ordeal, has deported himself with a calmness, a dignity and a propriety, which challenge the admiration of all men whose judgment is unperverted by the frcniy of party. The miserable pretence that these Senators were bribed, it but a shift of tho impeachcrs to cast off from themselves the odium which they are conscious attaches to their own acts. It is unworthy of the Senate, of the tryi and of all who repeat the foul tioa. As a party movement, it was as stupid as it was malignant, and we wonder that respectable, clear-sighted men among the Republicans in Congress, should have followed so blindly the lead of such as Stevens and Butler. The party has lost its prestige, and the failure of im peachment is an additional element of weakness which will serve but to hasten Its overthrow. The country may congrat uhte itself upon the issue. Reflecting ■*** have trembled at the impending peril tnour republican institutions, and at the ••wee strain to which they would have Wem exposed, had the President been de P°*ed- They feared the consummation •* the ill-advised scheme, and the dire *•«■*■**• beyond. But imply we have esenped, though only by a hair's breadth. The intense excitement occasioned by the trial will now, it is to he hoped, snbside, and the business of the country move for ward in its customary routine. coun accusa men eon 8ever»l of our Democratic eotemporarice are treating Beriously the proposition to nominate Mr. Chase as the Democratic candidate for the Presidency, deprecating •weh a nomination. Tho idea is too absurd •© be aeriously entertained. Do the Wash ington letter writers, and sensation-mon gers, with whom these things originate, believe that the party will so stultify itself, or that the rank uud tile can bo driven, like dumb cattle, to vote for a of of of any man, no matter whether he holds one single princi ple in common with them or not? Judge Chase is not a Democrat, nor is he a Con servative. He differs with his party in things, and chiefly in that he baa been overslaughed by Grant. But lie holds to the corner-stone of Republicanism— ne gro tuf rage— tnd no Democrat will go for that under any circumstances. Whoever may be the nominee will have to stand squarely on the platform, and that will have to be built of solid timber, without wind-fthake« or flaw« of and kind, and the New York builders will do well to bear this in mind. It is trifling with the best interests of the party to talk of Judge . Chase, or any one of similar antecedents. The wag» of the press are after Butler with «harp nibs. It will be remembered that he telegraphed to Onslow Stearns, on the 5th inst. from Washington as follows: " The removal of the great obstruction to peace and quiet it certain. Wade and prosperity are •ure to come with the apple blossoms. Signed B. F. BtTLER. The Baltimore Leader, quotes as fol lows, as to Butler and his »Sodom "apple blossoms "To-day he puts forth ' The teaderleavcs of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears bis blushing honors thick upon him. The third day comes a frost—a killing frost"— Another,—'alluding to Butler's failures numerates :—" Big Bethel, Fort Fish •r, Dutch Gap Canal, Impeachment. The apple blossoms have shed their bloom— 44 Leaves have tlieir time to full, And so likewise have I." A wit says the eleventh article was ta ken np first on scriptural grounds, as the impeachcrs hoped that a little 'leven wonld leaven Um whole lump. .. Wade's Cabinet will never com* from tlfe kinds of tbe furniture maker. Subscribe fob tue Tkaxscbipt. —Wc have often been unable to supply the de mand for extra copies of the Tran script. Many persons have called for it inted. The way to remedy this is to subscribe for it. We add extra numbers to our issue, from time to time, but the gradual increase of our subscription list Continually reduces them, so that we cannot always be prepared to furnish transient purchasers. If they would subscribe for it, they would then be sure of receiving it regularly. " and have been d Pendleton aiid Hancock.— We were in Baltimore, lost week, anil among the active business men of the city, there seemed to be a utrong feeling for Pendle ton, as the Democratic nominee for Presi dent, and Gen. Hancock foe Vioe Presi dent. Tltis would make a very strong ticket. Our poetic department, to-day, is en riched by some valuable contributions, and will be found more than usually attractive. We hope" these »re not the last favors of the kind we shall receive from the pens of these gifted authors. From WuhlAgtm. A Washington letter to the Philadelphia Age, of May 2Tth says:—The acquittal of the President! and the sudden dissolu tion of the Court has produced a feeling of relief among all classes here, except the ultra Radicals, who follow Wade's ex ample and utter curses loud and deep on the heads of several Republican Senators, who had more regard for the solemn oath they had taken than for tho behests of their party. From the ind cations to-day, both houses of Congress will endeavor for the remain der of the session to make up lost time, by attending more closely to regular legisla tive business, vfith a view to an adjourn ment about the first of July. The retirement of Stanton from the War Department, is hailed with general satis faction here, and no doubt throughout the whole country. It was expected by some that General Thomas would have assumed the control of the affaiis of the department but he has not done so, and the better opinion seems to be that the office will be permitted to go without a head until the Senate shall cofirm some nominee for the position. Mr. Charlei) W. Woolley, who was placed in the custody of the Sergcant-at Arms yesterday, by order of the House Jacobine, for refusing to answer Butler's impertinent questions, is still locked up in the room of the Committee on Foreign Af fairs. Butler questioned him as to the disposition he made of $20,000 traced to his possession. The witness answered that it was not used, directly or indircotly influence votes on impeachment, and yond that he i|eitorateu his determination not to answer. He was then remanded to the custody of the Sergeant-at-Arms, who again locked him np. It is understood that the President will shortly send to the Senate the nomination of Hon. Henry Stanbery to be Attorney General of the United States, to fill the va cancy caused by his own resignation when he entered npon the defense of the Presi dent against the articles of impeachment. It is stated that Secretary Seward and Postmaster-General Randell will shortly tender their resignations to the President. The reason assigned is that they have been desirous of retiring from the Cabinet for some time past, and only refrained from so doing on account of the impeachment trial, not wishing their friends to think that they had deserted the President under the then existing circumstances. » to be to Retirement of Mr. Stanton. After the adjournment of the court of impeachment Vestcrday, Mr. Stanton sent a communication to the President stating that the resolution of the »Senate of the 21st of February la|st, declaring that the Presi dent has no power to remove tlic Secretary of War and designate a successor ad inter im, having failed to be supported by the Senate, voting yesterday on the articles of impeachment, he relinquished the churge of the War Department, and had left the archives of thifc same subject to the Presi dent's direction. This may be taken as Mr. Stanton's last dying speech as a pub lic official, and is a fitting close to the great drama of impeachment, which winds up appropriately, in the final act, with the re moval, voluntarily or involuntarily, as may choose to be considered, of him only who was the first and superfluous cause of all the great trouble. The Mr. Stanton'tj letter: following in War Department, Washington City, May 26, 1868. Sir —The resolution of the Senate of the United States of the 2lst of February last, declaring that the President "has no power to remove the Secretary of W|ir and designate any other officer to perform the duties of that office ad interim having this day failed to be supported by two thirds of the Semite present and voting on the articles of impeachment perferred against you hy the House of charge of the V^ar Department, and have left the same and the erty in my custody as Secretary of War in the care of Brevetl Major General Townsend, the senior Assistant Adjutant General, subject to your direction! ( Signed ) To the President. } resentatives, I have relinquished ks, archives, papers und prop Edwin M. Stanton, Secretary of War. The letter of " Gondolier," is deferred until our ncj|t issue. Also our letter from Baltimore. The thirty eighth annual Convention of the New England Anti-Slavery Society was held in Boston on Wednesday. Wendell Philips made a speech, in which he said thcnadicals were killed by tho failure of impeachment. Resolutions were passed abusive of the President; that owing to the defeat of impeachment at the hands of the republican party the nation was justi fied in distrusting its leadership ; con demning the Chicago platform ; protest ing against the admission of "Rebel"States, etc LOCAL. AFFAIRS. to at "Fast Horses. —The turf is subject to change, as well as everything else. The running horso used to be the pride of sportsmen, and is yet in England, but in this country the trotting horse seems to be more highly esteemed. Even those who never participate in the sports of the turf, like to have a pair of good roadsters that can move along at the rate of ten or twelve miles an hour. We are, emphatically, a " fast" people, and in nothing do wc ex hibit this national peculiarity more than in our fast horses. We do not intend to speak of the performances of Flora Tem ple, Patchen, Dexter, and other celebri ties of the trotting turf. Those are sufficient ly familiar to our readers. We purpose only to make brief mention of some of tlic fast horsoB in our own neighborhood, several of which possess 2.40 speed, it is said. Mr. J. Cazicr used to own, and perhaps does yet, as fine a trotter as any wc have ever seen in this section; and what is worthy of mention, he used to take proper care of her. It is too often tlic fate of fast horses that they arc sadly abused by being over driven, and forced beyond their strength and endurance. We never see a harem scarcm Jehu behind a fast horse, forcing him beyond bis powers, that we do not think the horse is the nobler animal of tlic two. so Mr. J. W. Mulford, near Summit Bridge, owned a very fine trotter, but since his removal from the county, we understand the horse has been in the pos session of Mr. Carnagliy. We saw him attached to a sleigh, luBt winter, and he gave us a very favorable idea of bis powers of locomotion. Mr. Samuel B. Foard, jr. of Elkton, owns a young horse called " Cecil," bred on Bohemia Manor, by our young friend Jefferson B. Foard, who sold him for $400, and his prcBcut owner has been offered $1300 for him, report says; but he is so well pleased with his go-ahead qualities, that he lias not yet consented to part with him. Mr. Joshua F. Biddle, of Bohemia Manor, also raised a very fine horscand rapid motor, "Stonewall," which ho sold for nine hundred and fifty dollars. Mr. John G. Hicks, of Christiana Hun dred, has one of the fastest horses in the county. It is claimed that he can trot a mile in 2.38. He is of tlic Reybold stock, and is called the " Quebec Horse." Mr. Charles Derrickson owns a very fine pacer, wbich has made rapid time, surpassed by few horses in the State. Mr. J. AV. Baker, of Elkton, has a pair of nimble-footed animals, which it is sup posed would be rather ' • hard to beat," on trial. Mr. Snipucl Gillespie, of Warwick, lias a horse of fine motive powers, under whose feet "no grass grows," when "Sant" holds tlic "ribbons. Mr. Richard C Hayes, of Odessa, has a horse which it is believed can "take 'em all down," when Mr. Thomas Coch put to his mettle, ran, in the vicinity of Middletown, has the fastest "pair," perhaps, in the neighbor hood , and one of them is mneh fleeter than the other. Mr. J. Wilson also has a very good roadster, which moves at something less than telegraph speed when he is fully ' ' straightened out. horses in the neighborhood, which want of space will not permit us to refer to now. But before closing our horso talk, for the the present, wc must not omit to mention a very superb black horse, in the posses sion of Mr. Ilosca Riddle, of Newark, re markable for his fine appearance, as well as his fine action. There are other fine of Two prize fighters, Carroll anil White, came to Elkton, on Saturday last, from Baltimore, attended by a crowd of the fan cy, and from that point came across the lines into Delaware, trudging on foot through the mud and rain, and pitched their ring just within the borders of this Stato. Carroll leaped into the arena an nouncing himself ready for the fray, but White would not fight, alleging as the cause tlic absence of his friend and second Sam. Colly er. The party then returned to Elkton, but finding a posse of Baltimore police in waiting, scattered in different di rictions. No arrests, however, were made. Sheriff Herbert did not hear of the pres ence of the pugilists in this State, until af ter they had left. Collyor had been with the party, but retraced his stops to Elkton and took the next train for Baltimore. The Foot Race. —Frank Hull's great match against time, five miles in 35 min utes, over the Warwick course, will conic off on Monday next, weather permitting, for a stukc of $200. Although engaged in this race, Frank is no " sport," but a very iudustrious, sober, studious young man. And whoever stakes his money against Frank's wiud and muscle, will find out that lie docs so at considerable risk. His young friends about town have given him the soubriquet of " Dexter," after the cel ebrated horse of that naine. He will cer tainly prove himself dexterous, we think, in Monday's race. Hyland B. Penington, Esq. of Smyrna, offers at Public Sale in this town, June llth, his Brick Store and Dwelling situa at in Cocilton, Maryland, about nine miles from Middletown. This is an old business stand, and a desirable property for any person wishing to engage in any mercan tile business. Go and sec. The Delaware Gazette made several er rors ill referring to Mujor Biggs' land, nur series, 4c. Besides, it added five years to the Major's age, which, if he were a single man, would be a very serious mat ter. lie is 45 years of age, not 50; and has 1600 acres of land in Delaware cud Maryland, instead of 1400 as reported; and has sold but 400,000 peach trees this season, instead of one million. In report ing local intelligence, the press aims to get at the truth, but does not always succeed. And when it docs get wrong, it is well to set it right. Mr. Hunter, the Sabbath School Mis sionary, delivered six lectures recently in Odessa, and collected $82. Thirty-six children committed to memory the 1st Psahn, and received each a book for the same. He lectured again, in this town, on Thursday evening, and distributed re wards in books to thirty-three children who had memorized the 1st Psalm. The trial of Wm. Waters for the mur der of Win. Gaines, both negroes, in Mid dletown, on the 17th of August last, was begun at New Castle on Wednesday last, Moore and Rumford for State, Harrington for defense. A number of witnesses were examined, The case was given to the ju ry yesterday afternoon, and a virdict of acquittal rendered. Court then adjourned. Tho vote upon the upper terminus of the Kent Rail Road, was not taken at the meeting of the Directors which took place on Monday last. The question was de ferred until the next meeting, which takes place on Friday next. Anthony Perrigen, negro, was commit ted to New Castle Jail, on Thursday, for an assault upon Mr. J. II. Hukill, of this town. He gavo bail yesterday. The New York letter of tho Ledger, on Thursday, contains the following; Thurlow Weed is out in a statement over his own name in this afternoon's Commer cial, with reference to his examination be fore the Impeachment Managers at Wash ington. He conics to the conclusion that Senator Pomeroy cither intended to dispose of three votes (including his own) or he was willing that his friends should use his name to make money ; or, as some believe, there was a conspiracy between Butler and Pomeroy to implicate tlic President, thus obtaining new material for impeachment. Mr. Weed then proceeds to give, iu con siderable detail, bis "reasons for tlic faith tha,t is in him. he mixes up the names of a Mr. Leggett and a Mr. Gaylord, (intimate friends of Mr. Pomeroy, lie says,) who were not unwil ling to undertake, for money, to obtain the votes not ouly of that Senator, but also of those of Messrs. Nyc and Tipton. Never theless, the writer adds," I did not, nor do I" yet believe that Senator Pomeroy bai ted the hooks with which his friend Legg ett, and his brother-in-law Gaylord, fished. Whether they caught anything, or not, I am unable to say. Nothing certainly from me, or with my consent." And in that connection has A Shipload op Euiurants to Liberia. —The Savannah News has the following account of the departure of emigrants to Liberia from that port : The superior ship Golconda, owned by the American Colonization Society, went to sea yesterday with four hundred and fif ty-one emigrants for Liberia. Most of tho men arc farmers and mechanics, and are well supplied with agricultural implement# and tools. Turning lathes and the requi site machinery for saw and grist mills, for for which ample power abounds in Liberia, wero taken by some of the well to-do of them. Sewing machines were not forgot ten by the women. Our stores were pa- the tronized for some of these articles ; others were brought hy them. Free transporta tion in the ship was given them by the So ciety for all articles tending to promote the success of the emigrants and the repuh lie to which they go. A fair proportion of tho company can read, and some can read and write. The communicants of churches at are remarkably numerous. There are fivc licensed ministers of tho Baptist and Methodist denominations. pur The Busqueiianna Lumbek Business. —The lumber trade on the Susquehanna , during the pant week, and »till is, exceedingly brisk. At Marrietta, the land ing for the distance of scAcral miles is crowded with timber rafts, lying five aud six deep, probably three hundred in num ber. Many are hourly arriving, whilst about an equal number arc being chased by the Eastern buyers and dis patched through to tide water, from whence they are taken to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, &c. Prices range from four teen cents to nineteen cents per cubic foot, according to quality, being about three cents per foot loss than last years prices. The stage of water is now quite favorable for through navigation from tho head waters of the branches of the river to tide water, and will most likely remain so for some time, as the branches are reported as being still full, so that all tho timber and other lumber thut was in readiness will be brought to market this season.— Lancaster Ex. Proceedings of Court. —The case of Mears& Son vs. Joseph Waplcs, in which «vas involved about $15,000 worth of corn, was given to the jury on Wednesday morn? ing last, after having occupied a whole week of the Court. About 6 o'clock in the evening the jui^ came into the Court room, and asked for Home information in regard to certain pointa of the law. Ckief Justice repeated part of the charge he had delivered, after which they again retired to their chamber. The jury after wards returned a verdict for the defendant. This ca»o proved a very interesting one, and was ably arguod hy T. F. Bayard and Geo. Gray, Esqs. for tho plaintiff, and Hon. J. P. Comegys and Hon. Wm. G. Whiteley for the defeudant.— Del. Gaz. Items nr New*. dealt his adversary a dozen blows, after---Castle wards dragging his nearly lifeless body to a fodder stack, where ho was found with scarcely strength enough to relate tho oir cumstanccs of the fight, expiring in an The wife of ltouk ran out of tho house in terror when the fight commenced. Book was arrested on Mon day night, and on Tuesday morning hung himself in Cambridge jail. Whcn the Pacifie railroad is finished, the tour of the world eau be made in two months and a half. From New York to Sun Fran cisco will take bcvcii days; from San Francisco to Hong Kong, by way of Yo kobaina, twenty days ; from Hong Kong by steamer to Suez, thtirty-two days ; from Suez to Paris, six days ; from Paris to New York, ten days ; in all seventy-five days. This can only be done, however, by continuous traveling and succesful eon nections everywhere. Mr. John Naglce, of Prince William County, Va, has brought suit ngaint Sec retary Stanton for trespass in taking poscs sion of his farm, destroying his crop, stock, &c. in 1865, after hostilities had ceased, laying the damages at $50,000. Mr. N. isabrotherofUen.il. M. Naglco, and was in the Union army during the war. An extraordinary case (because unusual) lias been tried at Hubbardston, Michigan. John Waffle has been convicted, under the the statute, for profane swearing, and fined five dollars und costs ($6. 20 more). This he refused to pay, and was sent to jail, as he "considered the punishment unmerited," and refused to pay cash down for his pro fanity. Mrs. Atwell, who is now, and has been, for a great number of years, a resident of Metcalfe County, Ky. aged eighty odd years, lias had'her hair undergoing the pleasant transformation from the snowiest whito to the richest black, and is now in tiie possession of a luxuriant growth of rich black hair. In Stamford, Connecticut, several Ro man Catholic priests have been holding protracted temperance meetings, and as a consequence, two hundred men and women have signed the pledge, and five liquor sellers have closed their shops. The Buffalo gnats arc killing the stock througout the southwest country. The stock along the river counties suffers most. The late spell of had weather has increased the gnats. Planters in some cases have lost their entire stock. Satrap Mead has agreed to pardon the seven young men lately sent from Green county, Alabama, to Dry Tortugas, for committing an assault upon a notorious character named Hill. ■ The regular May anniversary of the Brooklyn Sunday Schools was held in that city on Tuesday. The parade was one of the finest of the kind had for several years past. There were about 25,000 children, representing 112 schools, iu procession. Rev. Dr George Junkin, one of the most eminent ministers of the Old School branch of the Presbyterian Church, died suddenly at his residence at Philadelphia, on Wed nesday afternoon, 20th inst. Dr. J. was father-in-law of Gen. Stonewall Jackson. A resident of Southampton County. Va. has contracted to deliver ou the Seaboard Railroad, running through hiB farm, the produce of ten acres in strawberries for $10,000, the buyer to furnish the packing A bloody tragedy occurred near Cam bridge, Mu. on Monday evening last, re sulting in tlic death of Sliadruch farmer, at the hands of Win. E. Rook, a young man lately married, who was em ployed by him. A quarrel took place at the supper table, and a desperate fight en sued, in which Rook seized an axe and Bell, a hour or two after. Chief Justice Chase having assented to June 3d as the day for commencing the trial of Mr. Davis, if the impeachment trial should be closed by that time, it is under stood that it will certainly take placo then, Twenty-six thousand casos, containing 1,560,000 pair of shoes, were shipped from Lynn, Mass, during tho month of April, the largest month's business evor doue there. Value $2,000,000. Louisiana will yield more sugar this y than last when the crop was only ah 40,000 hogshead's. planted anil tho general prospect is repor ted good. The decree in the Judd divorce case, at New Haven, Connecticut, dismisses the petition of Mrs Judd, grants the cross pe tition of Dr. Judd, and gives him the cus tody of their children. The Provisional Government of Crete has decided to convoke a regular Parlia ment. The Cretans have been successful in another engagement with tho Turks. Jonathan Green, the " reformed gam bler," has been arrested in Gincinnati on a charge of defrauding a wealthy lady, whose agent he was, out of about $6,000. The New Yorkers are about to establish a line of steamers between that port and Bre men. The Smidt, the pioneer of the line, arrived at that port the other day. Tho cable to be laid from the southern point of Florida to Cuba has been comple ted by the English manufacturer, and will he laid this .Summer. The New York Anti-Gambling Society reported forty-three clerks to tlieir employ ers last month aB addicted to fighting the tiger. The prize fight between Joo Coburn and Mike Me Cool, was broken up at Cleve land, Ohio, op Wednesday, by the arrset of the parties. George Iluber, of Ubricksvillc, Ohio, died a few days ago from the bite of a large black spider One man iu Clarke county, Ohio has three hundred Cashmere gout«, imported from Asia Minor. Corn, ear out More land has bueu Mu The daily receipts of the street cars, om nibuses and ferry boats in Now York ag gregate $50,000. There are only 920 miles of the Pacific railroad yet to be constructed. Napoleon has been ill, but his condition is now much improved. Ordinary laborers are paid JOO a month iu Austin, Nevada. The Union Pacific railroad is finished 560 miles west of Omaha. A mau in Peoria, 111. last Thursday ate six dosen eggs during the day on a wager. The health of ex-President Buchanan is said to be improving. Political lien». The State Executive Committee through their Chairman, Thomas F. Bayard, Esq. called a State Convention of the Dem ocratic party, at Dover, on Wednesday, the 17th of June, at 1 o'clock, P. M to select delegates to tlio National Democrat ic Convention, in the city of New York, July 4th, 1868. Euch Hundred County, will send five delegates, A Democratic meeting will be held for Appoquinimink Hundred, at Blackbird, on Saturday noxt, June 6th, to select five delegates to represent the Hundred in tho State Convention at Dover, on the 17th of June; also to select five delegates to represent the Hundred in the County Con vention to be held under the call of the County Executive Committeo, for the pur pose of nomiuating candidates for theLe gislature and tho Levy Court, Tho Maryland Democratic Conservative "State convention, oomposed of delegates from all the couuties of the State and the city of Baltimore, will assemble at Balti more, on Wednesday next, the 3rd of June, for the purpose selecting delegates to represent the State in the Democratic National Convention, which assembles in the city of New York on tho 4th of July next. has in New Delaware Affair«. Episcopal Convention. —The seventy eighth Convention of the P. E. Church of the Diocese of Delaware, will be held in St. Philip's Church, Laurel, on Wednesday, tho 3d of June, commencing at 9 o'clock, A. M. Delegates will take the express train, going South, on Tuesday evening, and return on the accommodation train Thursday morning. Tickets can be pro cured at tho several stations for two-thirds the usual rates, good for one week from Monday, the 1st. Maryland and Delaware Railroad.— The Denton Union, of the 16th instant, says, that if the balance of the $10,000 re quired to be raised for this road in Caroline county, is not made up by the '20th inst. tho road will pnss out of the hands of tho company. The amount to be raised is about $5,000. We snpposo the Philadel phia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company will take control after that date. Committeo to Jail. —Two negroes were arrested on Tuesday for robbing and set ting on fire the office of Mr. Rile, on Ninth st. near Lombard, a few weeks ago. They both confessed the act, and were sent to New Castle jail to await tlieir trial in November.— Del. Gazette. The citizens of Dover arc again talking of constructing a canal from that town to the Delaware River. The State Educational Convention will assemble at Dover, on Monday, July 13th, at 2 o'clock. DIED. At Odessa, on Monday night lust, Mr. Job utnlin. THE MARKET«, and to This ted his tail can to and MIDDLETOWN MARKET. Wheat, prime red. Corn yellow.. " white. $2 70 1 10 05 Oats. Timothy Seed. Clover Seed... Rutter..,. Eggs. Chickens. Lard. Hogs. Beef. Hams. Sides. Shoulders.. Potatoes. 87 3 75 8 00 20®25 cts. $ lb 25 cts ^ dozen 16(2)18 " " 18 («'.20 " " & - " 2ii 20C«!25 " ' 17(5)19 " ' 15(2)17 " " 50®1 7. p >$lm PHILADELPHIA Prime red wheat. Corn, new yellow. Oats. .$2 80(2)2 84 1 18 88®02 — WILMINGTON. Wheat red. Corn. Oata. Flour. $2 75 22 ... 85(2} 90 $13 T5014 23 tor Sale at Middletown, Del. W ILL be sold at Public Sale, at Davis' Hotel, in Middletown, (on the Delaware Rail Road) on Thursday, the llt/i day of June, 1868. at 12 o'clock, (noon) that well known BRICK STORE WITH Brick Dwelling Attached, situated in the town of Cecilton, Cecil county, Mu ry land. The Dwelling is commodious, with necessary out buildiugs, consisting of Meat House, Milk House, Granary &c. with a large Garden, under fence. To any person desiring to engage in any Mer cantile business, or to make a good investment, this is a desirable property. Cecilton is a thri ving Town and is surrounded by a rich and fer tile country, 9 miles from Middletown, on the Delaware Rail Road, and 3 miles from the Balti more Steamboat landing, and this is one of the oldest business stands in the town and neighbor hood. Also a lot of ground, well located in said town. Title good aud possession given at one*. Terms of Sale. —Ten per cent of the purchase money on day of sale ; $1500 in cash for one year for $1500, with app the balance on Rond, secured by a mortgage, or the property payable from throe to five years.— Expense of Deeds und Stamps to be paid by purchaser. Attendance on day of sale by the un dersigned, or H. Robert Pennington, his Attor HYLAND R. PENINGTON, 30-ts Smyrna. Del. Mr. Wm. H. Pearce, of Cecilton, will show the property. i. or a Bond a security ; NOTICE. T HE Annual Minting of the Fruit Grower's Asociation of Delaware and Marylaud, will be held at the Hotel of William T. Chance, in the Village of Odessa, Del. on Saturday, the 13<Ä day of June , 1868. is atone o'clock, P. M. JOSEPH W. VANDEORIFT, Seeretar May 30-tm fa. Odessa, ß-H" Cecil Democrat, Delaware Rupuhlicun, Chestertown Transcript, and Smyrna Times pul> lish till meeting, und send bill to advertiser. FOR SALE. S WEET POTATO PLANTS, Oelery, Cabbage and Tomato Plants, For sale bv J. HENRY HANSON, Near Middletown, Del. May 23-2W B LACKSMITH'S COAL. For sole by K. T. EVANS. April 11, 1868. A CARD TO THE PUBLIC. f I HIE undersigned, having rented the large and JL convenient room formerly occupied by Mr. T. K. Jump, at Warwick, has just opened a large and complete assortment of all kiudsof GOODS, necessary to be kept in a first class store. Haring come utnong you for tlic purpose of making au honest living, he hopes hy close attention to bus iness to receive a share of the public patronage, pledging himself to make it to your interest to give him a call, intending to sell any and all goods as low as they can be bought in any town on the shore; call in and examine, and if it is not so, you are not compelled to buy. No charge for showing goods. Look at Some of the Prices, Calicoes, 8, 10, 12 and 10 cents per yard. Bleached and brown Muslins, 10, 12, 16, 18, and 23 cents per yard. Good and all wool Cassimeres, 05, 76, and $1.00 per yard. Fine black Cloths und Cussimeres from $1,25 to $5,00. A Fine Stock of Beadj Made Clothing at very low prices. GROCERIES. brown Sugar, 12$, 16 and 17cenUi, White, 17, Green Coffee, 25 and 30 rib. at Syrup, und 18 cents per lb. cents pr. lb. burnt Coffee. 30 cents Good Molasses, 55, cts per gal. $1,00 per gallon. Pure Cider Vinegar, 40 cts. per gal. Coal Oil, the very best, 50 cts. per gallon. QUEENSWARE, HARDWARE, TINWARE, WOODEN and WILLOW-WARE. NOTIONS. Hosiery, Gloves, Fancy Soaps, Perfumery, La ces, Edgings and Trimmings. ROOTS, SHOES, HATS and CAPS, a full line, at low prices. Oil Clutlis, Table Covers, Straw Muttings and Carpetings. Collars, bridles, Halters, Rope and Chain Tra cts, Shove s, Spades, Hakes and Hoes. All kinds of country produce taken in ex change for goods, at the highest market prices. WOOL WANTED. Tlic highest market price given for Wool. Call in and examine, and if there is anything you want uud don't see it, call for it und we will have it. P. 8.^9**Remember no trouble to show goods. Rcpectfully; Slay 30-ly A. W. SPARKS. WM L. CHALK'S, Flour, Feed and Provision Store, No. 9. West Main St-. Middletown, Delaware. K EEPS constantly Flour, Meal and Feed of all kinds, Corn and Oil til. Vegetable» of all kiuds in tlieir season, also, Fresh Meat, Beef, Veal and Mutton, sliced Hum, Dried Reef, Bologna Sausage, Rutter and * Eggs. Market days—Wednesday and Saturday. Flour, Feed and Meal, in quantities of 50 lbs. and upwards will be delivered to purchasers free of charge. All the above articles will be sold at the very lowest Cash prices, all goods cash on delivery. Thankful for the liberal Patronage of the past year, 1 hope by strict attention to bus iness to merit a continuance of the same. P. »S. —Having made urangciueuts with the Odessa stage drive», to take orders for me, I will visit Odessa, three times a week, Mondays, Wed nesdays und Saturdays, and deliver Flour, Meal and Feed, in quantities to suit. Orders delivered to Mr. Money, will receive prompt attention. This arrangement will he continued with Mr. Chance or his driver, at the expiration of Mr. .Money's time. — Having made arrangements with the Celebra ted Miller, Mr. Drummond, to be supplied with his best Flour^ I can sell the same at his own re tail prices. Farmers and others from the country can be supplied, without the trouble of driving to the mill, by bringing their money to No. 9. and get their food for Man, and Reust. May 30-if huml the best grudes of FOR RENT. A T Townsend, Del. a good two story House, Brick, building and Kitchen nearly new, good Garden, Smoke House, Wash house, and Pump of water in the yard. Possession ean be given at May 30-lm Apply to SAMUEL TOWNSEND. Townsend. R EGISTER'S OFFICE, New Castle County, May 12th, 1868. Upon the applicaUon of Mark II. Davis. Execu tor of the lost Will and Testament of Mark Davis, late of Saint George's Hundred, in said county, deceased ; it is ordered and directed by the Reg ister that the Executor aforesaid, glv« notice of the granting of Letters Testamentary upon the Estate of the deceased, with the date of gran ting thereof, by causing advertisements to be posted within.,forty days from the date of such Letters, in six of the most public places of the County of New Castle, requiring all persons hav ing demands against the Estate, to present the same, or abide by an Act of Assembly in such case made and provided. Aud also cause the same to be inserted within the same period in the Middletown Transcript, a newspaper published in Middletown, and to be continued therein two months. , . -- w Given under the hand and Seal of of- * < l. B. Vfico of the Register aforesaid, at New * w-' * Castle, in New Castle County aforesaid, the day and year above written. at or R. C. FRAIM, Register. NOTICE.—All persons hav ing claims against the Estate of the deceased must present the same duly attested to the Executor on or before May Pith, 1869, or abide the Act of Assembly in such case inude and provided. MARK n. DAVIS, Executor. Address—Middletown, Delaware. May 23—2m ATTEND TO YOUR TEETH. I ^EW persons are properly impressed . with the*iinportancc of giving early ^jup attention to decaying teeth. The health is often uffected by them, to say nothing of the inconve nience and suffering, which they produce. It is important to have all caries promptly arrested. If treated in time most teeth may be preserved! Teeth Extracted Without Pain, by the use of Nitrous Oxide Gas, a harmless and pleasant anesthetic. J. J. VANDERFORD, D. D. S. Middletown, Del. ; May 9-tf in PURE COOL SPRING 1 ICE E W ILL \*c served to the Citizens of Middle town, on and alter Monday, May 25th, at the following rates—To Regular customers, loo lbs, ami over, 8« cunts per Hit. 25 His. up to 100, 1 cent Jier lb. under 25 lbs. 1J cents per lb. Casual customers will be charged extra May 23—2w CHARLES ADAMS. NOTICE. O NE Instalment, of one Dollar per Share upon Hie Cnpital Stock of the Middletown Hall Company will he due, ami payable to John It llall, Esq. on Monday, June 15th, 18 ( 18 . Prompt lmymcnt of the some is urgently requested J. THOMAS RUDD, Secretary. May 16—5w