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MIDDUBTOWN, DEL.
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SATURDAY MORNINCLJCNE 13, 1868t
The New York Work! has called forth
'« of the Demo
ita advocacy of
acquiescence in
against itself some stricl
e ratio press on acçganh
Judge Chase, and part
the doctrine of universal suffrage. The
World, it is said, is owned by stock
TBWmn the interest of foreign capital
ists, edited by a man of recognised
li ttil iflfl It is devoid at politi
cal influence heyopd its little personal
clique. Its systematic • eifert to radicalise
th# Democratic party, for the purpose of
securing the highest price for American
securities, must, sink it to the level of or
dlnary operators upon the public credit, it
. it alleged, in a Washington letter to the
Baltimore Gazette.
One ef the greatest needs of the Demo-
esatie party, just now, is an able and
thodhx press, at the great political and
" jyiqijqircia? centres of the country. There
MS a plenty of men, having the control of
r-typaa and presses, and pretending to pub-
lish démocratie papers, who have never
been indoctrinated in the democratic faith,
aaal don't know even the A B C of democ-
itnVf. We have no one, now, to wield the
pens of Ritchie, Green, Kendall aud Blair,
and io impale upon their polished lances
thi heterodox moths which buzz so loudly
in the political atmosphere of New York,
^Washington, and some other motopolitan
-iA i-i— 4 ■ p
muss.
or-
Kindly Solicit in*.—It is amusing to
#1 u th# Wndor solicitude of the Repub
press and politicians for the Demo
érttfe party They seem very anxious
thist Chase should ho their nominee, and
„dipt the Democrats should incorporate into
• their platform, the Chase plank of " uni
vmil suffrage and universal amnesty."
▼he Democrats no donbt fully appreciate
■Aé kind consideration bestowed upon them
bgr their disinterested Republican friends,
but they fear that this delicate piece of
c lia s c - work would be rather unsubstantial
'Material for a democratic platform. They
ifoel much obliged to the Republicans for
(heir good offices and kind intentions ; but
with that aclf-reliance which has hitherto
marked their course, they propose to man
age their own affairs in their own wsy.
By dint of diligent search, and a thorough
Interchange of sentiment and opinion in
the convention, they hope to find a suita
ble candidate among the distinguished
•f their own party, and to put him upon a
■olid platform, wherein is neither chase
work nor mosaic.
men
K, K.—Considerable excitement was crea
'tedin this town this utorniiiir over the Ku-Klux
.Klaa. 'Last night long slips of paper were post
ed up all over town, with a sentence printed on
each. Some had "Ku-Klux-Klan," others, "Be
ware —I ou are watched," " The Avenger is on
ddp Path," 4c. It Is stated that a number of
jdtaag men were seen in a York carriage late last
evening, and it is supposed that one of those
dangerous Klans of " Ku-Kluxers" has been or
'CUkiimd In our midst. It is reported that a simi
lar organisation exists in Middletown and other
^ ta the State. We are no alarmists, but
My "something ia in the wind." Let
jfoWjjJawsabMingcitizen be on bis guard.—Smy
The " Ku-Klux-Klan" of Middletown
wiH saule at t
the frightened
the above announcement, and
Smyi na editor himself would
I l Mx Hy be able to repress one, if he were
fcmiliar with the little piece of bagateVe,
on! of which the alleged. Ku-Klux-Klan
of Middletown sprung, and which origi
nated a very grave letter from this place,
published in the Clayton Herald. If all
the " Ku-Kluxers
wore as harmless as
4hè ftin-loving " Klan" of Middletown,
there need be no dread of their nocturnal
Visitations.
The N. York Tribune has been figuring
■p the probable result of the Presidential
election, and falls ten votes short of the
requisite number (159) to elect Grant,
ft It is Wrtain, therefore," says the Tri
hone, " that the election of Grant and
Colfox requires the Republican party to
•arty
VTpon the heavy electoral vote of N. York,
98 , Pennsylvania 26, and Ohio 21, de
pends the result of the contest."
It ia comforting to the Democrats to be
lieve that all three of these great States
•re aare for their own candidates. And,
apt duly so, they expect to "carry the
war into Africa," or, in other words, to
capture a part of the enemy's dominions
in the South. They will yet rue tha day
whe» they mapped out their * ' reeonstruc
or several of the doubtful States.
•too " policy.
A copy of the new Wilmington Direc
tory, just issued by Messrs. Jenkins &
Atkinson. of the Commercial, is upon our
•able. The typography is neatly executed
and the work is got up in a style highly
creditable to the enterprising publishers.
They have compiled, in this convenient
forai, e Urge amount of information which
makes the work interesting and valuable
, not the citizens of Wilmington, merely,'
hfftnf the State at Urge. The price, per
naU. is $2.25 It is the intention of the
pablishcrs to compile a complete Pcninsu
U Directory, for 1869, of over 500 pages.
A change In the Rail Koad Time-tablc,
Ins hern made this week.
Sec.ndv't,
Mr. Hoe, the inventor of the cylinder
press, whose patent of 21 years expires in
July, is in Washington asking for a re
newal, upon the ground that he has not
I. This is
rdBewal ia has*
ted. Twenty
ths fruits of a
io
rcsis J
it
tra is
tiuifto
goy
to
compensate the genius of"any Inventor.
It is due to the publie that it should not
be exhendod, P rq ipc g kinds are
twice aa high aa they ought to he. but the
price of the cylinder press ia out of all
and of
construction. The Goodyear patent ought
never te bave been extended, for monopo
lies are odious to the people. "K '
_ _* r i d a- tfti
Democratic State CpNvaiiTiON.— It it
announced that a freight train, with pas
senger cars attached, will leave Doter at
Ö.40 r. M. on the 17th inst. touching at
all the stations, for Wilmtu^oh, to enable
the delegates from this county to return
the same day. Many persons from this
vicinity will go to Dover, besides the del
egates, and this arrangement will enable
them to return at a convenient honr.
wf
Terti urn Quids. —»It ia supposed that the
Chase movement may end in the organiza
tion of a third party, but never in making
him the candidate of the democrats. Let
it " take any other shape hut that." .
The Quaternions, or a fourth party, is
in process of incubation in Baltimore, with
Fred. Douglas for President, and Hugh
Lennox Bond, for Vice. Both these
ganizations will tend to weaken Grant.
or
Gen. Grant expects ta spend the summer
Speaker Col
fax and family, it is' saifl, are going to
Denver, Colorado, on a visit, as soon as
Congress adjourns. Iu the foil these gen
tlemen will take a trip together, to the
head waters of Salt River.
on his farm near St. Louis.
Democsatic Meeting.— At a meeting
held at Blackbird, Appoquiniuiiuk Hun
dred, on Saturday, June 6th
delegates to the State Convention to be
held at Dover ou the 17th inst. On mo
tion of Mr. Weldon, James Kancly was
appointed President and R. Ferguson,
Secretary.
On motion of Joa. Roberta the Presi
dent was instructed to appoint a commit
tee of five to report the names of five per
sons for delegates to the State Convention.
The President appointed Thomas Deaky
Wm. Weldon, James Roberts, C. Fergu
son, and J. C. Vandyke.
The committee reported the following
dolegateB; —Samuel Townsend, Jas. L.
David, F. T. Psrry, Owen C. Crow and
Joseph Hoffman. Which report was adop
ted.
, to select five
ue.
On motion of J. C. Vandyke, the Pres
ident was instructed to appoint a commit
tee of five to report the names of five per
sons for delegates to the County Conven
tion, (to be held at some future day.)
The President appointed the following
committee : Owen C. Crow, Edward Sil
cox, Alex. Deakyne, Jas. Kancly, Jr.
and William E. Evans.
The committee reported tlic following
names for delegate? :—Gideon R. Roth
well, Wm. H. Staat*, Henry P. Reading,
Edward Siloox, Jr. and David C. Rose.
Which report was adopted.
On motion of Joa. Roberts the dele
gates were instructed ttf fill any vacancy
or vaucanciea that may occur in said del
egation.
On motion of Wpt, Weldon, there was
a committee of five appointed for fhd Hun
dred as an executive committee to
for two years, or until thrnr successors are
appointed, as follows:—Edward Silcox,
J. C. Vandyke, Isaac P. Wajkor, C. Fer
guson and James Bnéksoh.
The meeting then adjourned.
JAMES KANELY, President.
R. Ferguson, Secretary.''
serve
Democratic Meeting. —% meeting of
the Democrats of 8t. Geiorges Hundred
was hold at the hotej of Mr- Chance, in
the village of Odessa, on Saturday, June
6th. t
Gassaway W a thins was appointed, Chair
man and E. T. Evans, -Secretary.
The meeting then elected the following
named gentlemen to the State Convention
to be held at Dover on the 17th instant :
Gassaway Watkins, R. C. Mathews, E. R.
Cochran, Thomas Diljrorth, Purnell J.
Lynch.
Delegates to the County Convention
follows; Samuel Jefferson. W. R, Coch
ran, H. A. Nowland, R. C. Hayes, Thom
as J. Craven.
On motion it was decided that each del
egation be empowered to fill any vacancy
that may occur.
Ordered that the proceei
meeting be published in the
Transcript and Delaware Gazette.
Gassawat Watkins, Chairman.
E. T. Evans, Secretary.
:
mgs of the
Middletown
Extraordinary Pedestrianism.—J.
Goulding completed, at four o'clock on
Saturday morning, in New York, the feat
of walking a thousand miles in a thousand
hours, for a wager of $2,000. He is
greatly overcome by fatigue, however, and
his attending physician has forbidden him
to sleep more than a few hours at a time
until the debilitating effects of hi* long
journey shall gradually wear ot. His feet
and legs are in a very bad «tat«. But few
friends are permitted at present to converso
with him. This is the second time only
that this extraordinary feat of endurance
has boon successfully performed.
Grimes. —Whilst Gen. Batter itmaking
every effort to sift some corruption out of
impeachment corps«, the anti-impaaeh
meut Republican Senators are threatening
counter investigations end suits for libel.
Rosefis anxious for the former sad Grimes is
about instituting the latter.
the
I OCA I. AFFAIRS.
A colored man was retailing oysters in
the shell, here, on Monday. On inquiry
he ikafl, tliejfheamc from Chester river.
We wlonjeee^ how he escaped the vigi
lance .««he-J mnions of the law, in our
Mere it is unlawful to distort»
the!
font April to September,
State provides a watchful
and (there
police to epforce the law. Almost every
Maryland paper we oppn, from the coun
ties bordering the Cheaapcaka. brings us
accounts of the attest of parties for viola
ting the provision's of the oyster law, which
we think are eminently wise and proper.
Qygtert art mueh scarcer than they were,
sdh»5 jyears agtj', in the Chesapeake and its
tributaries, and the object of the law of
ladt session is.to protect the oysters from
molestation during the breeding season,
when they are really unfit for use. If it
be proper to protect game from destruc
tion during the season of increase, it is
much more important to protect the oys-
ters, on account of the Vast number of
persons heretofore engaged in catching
them all the year round. Besides, as the
catching of oysters is now unlawful, from
the Inst of April to the first of September,
it giyes the farmers along the water cour-
ses an opportunity to employ the oyster-
men (mostly colored men) in the produc-
tion of their crops. Hundreds, if not
thousands, of laborers in Maryland, have
abandoned the farms and taken to their
panoes, and subsist by catching oysters.
Two days labor in the week will supply
their needs, of corn meal, bacon and whis
key, and the'balance of their time is too
frequently spent in idleness nnd drunken
The labor thqs withdrawn from
uesa.
the pursuits of agriculture, since the ne
groes were set free, is immense, and tho
farmers along the, rivers nnd bay sjidrcs,
find it difficult to supply tlio deficiency.
This law will be beneficial, not only in
protecting the oysters from destruction,
but in supplying the formels, during the
Summer months, with additional labor.
Land in Sassafras Neck, Cecil county,
Md. appears to be selling at a rather low
figure, judging from several sales recontly
reported in that neighborhood. It Is ac
knowledged to be the finest district of Ce
cil, a Valuable frhit-growing region, with
abundant water transportation, and
venicnfly located with respect to tho pro
jected rail roads ; and yet, land sold there
last week, at the moderate price of $22,
to $60 por acre. The Sncthcn estate, 187
acres, was sold to W. R. Freeman, for
$81,50 per acre. Five farms of the estate
of tlm late Gov. Veazcy, were sold as fol
lows; The Mansion llouso farm, 200)
acres, to Jams W. Veazey, And sisters,
Mrs. Craycroft and Wills, for $00 ; Holt
farm, 130 acres, to same, at $39; Deep
Valley farm, 86| acres, to same, at $22;
Tim e . v 1 » t i ■ A , ,
arm o .. . Lushy at $25 ; and the
rishcry farm to John A. Lechler, of Phil
adclphia, for $46 per acre.
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The strawberry festival for the benefit
ftpiétcoptl Church, of this town, has been
well attended, notwithstanding the unfa
vorablc weather. The room .is decorated
con
with much taste and brilliantly illumina
ted ; th* tables display their tempting del
icacieft ; the ladies wear their sweetest,
blandést- smiles ; and the, indispensable
Ampiiio.ns are there, to add the charm of
music to the gay nnd festive scene. The
festival will be contmuod this evening,
and it is-cxpccted to be tho crowning and
most interesting time of the festival,
the ladies have no doubt reservod the best
wine (figuratively speaking) for the last of
the feast. «
Another Race.—A race will be run
on Tuesday the
16th inst. between the gray horse, " To
ney," owned by Mr. Benjamin Crawford,
and the roan mare " Kate," owned by
Mr. Benjamin F. Knnely, for a purse of
$800, 'distance 600 yards ; the race to
take place between 2 and 5 o'clock, P. M.
" Toney" has quite a reputation
oer, having been victorious in several well
contested encounters. It is expected to
be a spirited contest, both animals being
noted for speed.
At a meeting of the Directors of the
Middletown Hall Co. on Tuesday evening,
the following contracts were awarded :—
For the Stone Work, to Samuel Davis, of
Wilmington ; for the Brick Work, to
Messrs. Stoektill, Floyd & Brican, of Wil
mington ; for the Carpenter Work, Mr.W.
Graves, of Wilmington; for supplying
StoRe, to Messrs. Mcllvaine & Son, Ches
ter, Co. for supplying Brick, to Messrs.
Lewis & Son, Wilmington.
over the Warwick course
as a ra
The Agrieultural Society of this county
were to have held an exhibition of horses
and implements at their grounds near Wil
mington, yesterday, hut it was postponed
till Wednesday next. Wo think it would
havo done them no
harm hud they given
their exhibition a more extended publica
tion.
The seventeen-year locusts have made
their nppearfpcc in considerable numbers,
and are making tho forests vocal with tlioir
peculiar melody.
The heavy north-cast storm of wind and
rain, wli^Jt, set in on Wednesday night,
continued, with slight iutermissions, up to
noon of yesterday. The quantity of wa
ter wVioh hay fallen is immense ; the earth
is completely saturated, and the violent
wind and rain must have prostrated the
wheat in every direction, and prghéUy
damaged the crop to a great extent.
A stalk of wheat, 6 feet 3 inches high,
also a lot of new potatoes, were.left at oiy,
office yesterday, by Sam'l. Townsend, Esq.
Somerset eot Md. Who can beat this*
Some thief relieved Mr. Wm. L. Chalk
of thiB town, of a set of harness, a few
nights ago. It was kept in the stable and
the stable unlocked.
The Commissioners of Cecil county,
have assessed the National Bank of Elkton
at $80,000, on which it will pay tax.
Delaware Affairs.
Tribute to Ex-President Buchanan.
—At a mcottng of the Democrats of Wil
mington, on the 6th inst. tho following
resolutions were unanimously adopted and
ordered to be printed in the Delamtre Ga
zette , Middletoicn Transcript, Delawarean
and Philadelphia Aye.
Resolved, That we desire to express in
fitting terms our respect for the memory of
the late James Buchanan, of Pennsylva
nia ; whose long and useful life, has in
the wisdom of Almighty God, been brought
to a peaceful and honorable end.
Resolved, That during his long and la
borious career, whether in his private pro
fession as a Lawyer, or as a public serv
ant; as Representative in Congress; a
Senator of tho Uuited States; as United
States Minister to tho Courts of Russia and
Great Britain ; or Ns President of the Uni
ted States ; he has exhibited capacities of
the highest order, combined with a person
al character free from stain or reproach ;—
uuimpeachcd and unimpeachable.
Rcs tlved, That as a Constitutional Law
yer Mr. Buchanan stood in the foremost
rank of the Statesmen of his own time ;
the compeer of Clay, Calhoun, and Web
ster; and ever evinced his conscientious
adherence to the letter and spirit of the
Federal Constitution—never suffering the
ends of party to sway his action or judge
ment in violation of its provisions.
Resolved, That his honest name ; the
dignity and purity of his life ; his states
manlike abilities, and great public services ;
will he cherished by his fcllow-couutrymen
long after tho slanders of petty partizan
malignity shall be forgotten.
Resolved, That we commend his life and
public services to the close study nnd imi
tation of our own and succeeding genera
tions, as a true patriot, an able statesman,
and sincere Christian.
On motion adjourned.
Dr. Henry F. Askew, Prest.
John II. Moore, See.
Newark and Avondale Railroad.—A
meeting of the friends of the Newark and
Rai I l ! 0 ? 1 d ' M wiU held at , thc
Odd rcllows Hall, Newark, on Saturday
afternoon, June 13th, nt 2 o'olock, for the
purpose of receiving the reports from com-
mittees appointed to obtain subscriptions
to the eapitul stock of the road, and for
fanerai consultation. This road is design
a country rich in water power, and inex
haustible beds of the best quality of limc
I stonc >. wi *' °° une ct with four leading
roads in the country, the Delaware Rail
road at the junction, Philadelphia, Wil
mington and Baltimore at Newark, Balti
more Central at Avondale, and Pennsylva
nia Central at Parksburg. It will afford
an outlet for the Coal, Lime, Iron, Petro
leum, and Agricultural products of Penn
sylvania, from a point on the Delaware,
accessible at all periods of the year, to
vessels of tho largest size, and will save
forty miles in distance over existing routes.
The measure is receiving the support of
the local interests on thé route ; Delaware
City aiid vicinity has subscribed over
twenty-five thousand dollars ; the Penn
sylvania interests are prepared to build the
road in that State, and at an informal
meeting held at Newark, a few days since,
pledges of subscriptions were given to
nearly fifteen thousand dollars. If tlic
matter is pushed with proper energy, tlic
road can he built at an early day.— Dela
ware Journal.
Attempted Suicide.— Doctor Solomon
Sharpe, of the U. S. Navy, while laboring
under temporary aberration of mind, yes
terday morning, went into the yard with a
razor and cut his throat. He was soon
discovered and the aid of several eminent
physicians secured. The arteries were ta
ken up ; the incision sewed up and at
noon hopes of recovery were indulged.
He is between 60 and 70 years of age and
lias Buffered much from paralysis. He had
not been able to leave his boarding-house
for a week or two.— Del. Gaz. of Tuesday.
The late General Conference which met
in Chicago a short time ago, decreed that
Wilmington Conference Bliall include the
State of Delaware nnd the Eastern Shores
of Maryland and Virginia.
Tho good templars throughout the State
intend to cclcbcrnto tho 4th Of July by a
grand Picuic and Reunion at Milford.
Mr. Hunter, "the Children's Friond,"
will be one of the speakers.
The Eastern Shore Strawberry Cuoe.
—During the week onding on Tuesday
55,732 pounds of Strawberries were ship
ped from the depot in Princess Anne,
Somorset county, to Philadelphia nnd
New York. One farmer picked 2,688
quarts from an acre und a half, with
abundance left.
an
It baa boon dccidod by tho proper
thorities of Kent eireuit, M. E. Church,
not to hold a campmecting the present year.
an
Letter from Baltimore,
Correspondence of the Middletown Transcript.
Baltimore, June 10th, 1868.
Tlic City is quiet at present, and the pub
mind only occupied by events transpir
ing in the capital and throughout the coun
try generally, without sufficient of inter
esting local items to fix the attention at
home.
lie
Now that we have had a few days of
real summer weather, persons are begin
iug to realize the necessity of some rural
.retreat^ near enough to the City to make it
convenient of access, and yet far enough
S5S"«Â ÏÂÏ
whose business requires their presonce in
town during business hours, but whose
love of nature and fondness for the beau
ties of the oountry induce them to seek
pastoral scenes, hnra already began to look
around for some desirable locality to spend
the summer season. Numerous places arc
offered, suited to all tastes and conditions,
and situated at greater or less distances
and to bo reached by the different lines of
horse-cars, and rail-roads running out of
tlie city. For those of more moderate
means, or who cling to the dusty streets
from preference, satisfied with an occasion
al jnunl into the country and a desultory
snuff of fresh air, there are offered
the ad ventages of pic-nies to the woods and
gardens of the vicinity. For the nautical
ly disposed we find numerous excursions
on the Patapsco or the broad waters
of the Chesapeako. I must own a prefer
ence for the latter. There is something
in the broad expanse of water, and the
feeling of the bounding steamer that in
spires one with a sense of freedom and un
restraint. Standing on the deep, gazing
back at the fast receding roofs, spires,
and wharves of the City, and then looking
forward to the dancing waves glittering
and shining in the sunlight, it makes one
realize that life is not all one struggle, and
tnrmoil, and grasping after wealtli and po
sition, hut that it has it's pleasures and
beauties. Thus thinking, one can toss off
all cares and troubles, and giving ourselves
up to tho enjoyment of the hour return
with renewed energy to the battle of the
morrow.
One of the pleasantest places of resort is
the White Bock retreat, situated on the
shore about an hour's ride in the Steam
boat from this city. The grounds have
been fitted up to accommodate pleasure
parties ; and independent of a cool and de
lightful shady retreat, the finest fishing is
offered, together with boating nnd sailing.
The steamers run from Light St. wharf to
White Knelt almost every hour of the day.
It is true, the Mercantile portion of the
community are not very busy, hut a cer
tain portion of our citizens are quite
tively engaged (and when arc they not?)
viz : the politicians.
A meeting was held last night, nt the
rooms of the Democratic Association ; and
Governor Swann, being introduced, ad
dressed the meeting in a speech of over
an hour's length. lie defined his position,
as utterly repudiating the doctrine of ten
States being ont of the Union ; uncom
promising opposition to negro suffrage;
and a firm adherence to the principles of
the Democratic party. In speaking of the
effort of the Radicals to reconstruct the
State of Maryland through the instrumen
tality of Congress, the Governor referred
to Creswell, saying he (Creswell) was en
deavoring to stand in the robes of the
late II. Winter Davis, which very much
remindod him of a " mere hag of bones
in a giants robe.
very complimentary to Grant, ns a Gen
eral, and there are many who agree with
him in opinion, and think thBt the an
cient French term, "le boucher," applied
to their great warriors would he equally
applicable in this case.
The attack of Butler iq the House of
Represenatives on Monday, on the private
Secretary of the President, and Mossrs.
Morrick and Rrcnt, the Counsel ôf Mr.
Woolley, calling them "conspirators,"
has brought out the following card, which
appeared in tho morning papers of this
city.
,-ie
The Governor was not
Baltimore, June 0th, 1868.
I observe in the morning pnpers of this city
that General 11. F. Butler, in the House of Rep
yesterday, spoke of Messrs. Brent
apd Merrick, the counsel of Mr. Woolley as lt con
svlrators ." I do not know that General Butler
understands that such a term implies criminal
condui t, and that nothing but his constitutional
exemption could secure him from just account
ability for so false a chnrgc.
Mr. Woolley was a prisoner charged with con
tempt at the instance of General Bntler. The
House, had in justice , allowed him the benefit of
counsel in his hour of adversity. As one of his
counsel I was on the floor for a few minutes by the
invitation of a menber, but lmd been in the gallery
for some titno before, and when the words were
8|iokcn. It was my duty to explain to members
the memorial of my client then before the House.
This was thfc extent of my imputed offense.
To what a condition must the heart ofthat man
be degraded who could perceive in the position of
counsel just ground to insult those who were de
fenseless? No one but a being deficient in mag
nanimity, honor and true courage, would thus
wantonly traduce gentlemen engaged in the dis
charge of a high professional duty. I make this
statement merely that the facts may be known,
not from any apprehension that my character e
ults from a man who
freuen t* fives.
be injured by
a position which he did not disgrace, nnd whose
at this moment the foulest blot
rer held
his
name
country's history. If I needed any
this calumny, it would be found in the prompt and
manly declaration of Speaker Colfax that the
Counsel should not be called conspirators, by
which he showed his appreciation of justice.
» J. Burnt.
•tut at ion of
R
Mr. Brent is one of the most eminent
lawyers of our city, and honored and
npcctod by all who know him ; further
more, he is a man of determination and
" means ichat he says."
Of course no one imagines Gen. But
ler has écurage enough to reply
spirit that taost men would, to .th'
monté expressed by Mr. Brent ; but he
will either sneak out of it, or brag himself
and a few imbecile Radicals into the be
lief that he is a wonderful hero, but ta
king good care not to run any persona]
risk.—Let us wait and see if anything
comes of it. Athos.
re
in the
o senti
Melancholy Accident.— At Rock
Hall, in the lower part of Kent county,
Mr. George Joiner was engaged in buil
ding a small vessel, and went in under tho
bull to remove some of the props prepara
tory to launching her, when the stays .gave
way and he was crushed to death beneath
the boat,— News.
THE! SKRENADÉ.
Written for the Middletown Transcript,
DV J. C. M.
Half dreaming in my chair I lay, 'twos mid
night • »tilly hour,
Ando'er my senses stoic perfume from shrub,
and bud, and flower:
Through the cool uir, now tremulous with echoes
11 Old Appoqiiinimiultfs" white tombs in mellow
- moonlight sleeping-*.
The grand old trees, like sentinels, aronnd their
night-watch keeping,—
The dewy gras, in sperkling sheen lay bathed In
gem-like splendor,
And Dinn op the scene below smiled dowq^so
sweet* so tender :-sk '
Thcwhip-pouf-will lmd censed his cry, the' night
turd told no story,
The church, the tombs, the cool green sward,
seemed steeped iu silent glory.
Half dreaming—when there came a strain,
H from earth or heaven T
It rose, it fell, the air grew soft, methonght the
skies were riven ;
Or those sweet notes, perchance, might be from
far oft spheres of beauty,
here love responds to love's sweet songs in rup
ture, and in duty. i .
was
softly stealing,
l'd that heaven
dcrncss revealing—
Hut no—amid those angel-notes manhood's rich
tones were blended,—
I sat enraptured by the song,
ended.
"Nita, Juanita!" sweet refrain, so gentle, so
imploring !
Its burthen was, of loving hearts from pain to
rapture soaring.
It
was kissing earth, its ten-
nait! the strain was
I fully woke, the song I'd heard, that seem'd to
steal from Aideen,
Came from a group of loving friends thus kindly
serenading.
The strain w
happy group departed.
And silence waved lier uuiseless wing around the
heavy hearted ;
Yet as he turned, and pressed bis couch, in
dreams he heard those numbers,
That touch'd his waking ear,
sweetly o'er his slumbers.
hushed—the echoes died—the
and now stole
For the Middletown Transcrivit.
THE FUTURE.
Can men think of the future?
Of a coming prosperous day?
Of National wealth, and happiness?
While fanatics hold the sway?
Whilst party rules the country,
And the Southern States are dumb,
Can iuen, I say, look forward
To the crisis which must come?
Can men, but for a moment, think
This " lane will have no turn?"
That Southern blood will not resent,
Nor Southern anger burn ?
That serfs can rule, with lustful hand,
The sons of those who fought,
And hel]»cd to gain the liberties,
From England dearly bought?
Is there no hope? No glimpse of light?
To lead our rulers on ?
Has God forsaken this bright land,
And sent His curses down?
No ! no ! ! He surely sees ns yet,
Our hope is from His hand
He will not suffer slaves to rule
O'er white men's homes and land.
Bohemia Mills, .Tune, 18C8.
Rosalkini:.
A flu 1 ru In WflMliIngtoii.
Tho "Five State" bill, as it is cullud,
for admitting the Southern States, came
up in the Senate on Monday. j\lr. Vick
ers was the first speaker, making his mai
den speech since his entry into the Senate.
He spoke about two hours, and was lis
tened to with much attention by the Sena
tors. His argument was plaiu but solid
and convincing, showing up the absurdity
of the new-fangled radical doctrine of con
gressional control over the suffrage in the
States.
Mr Bowon, frnu lulontly elected Mayor,
occupies tlic Mayor's office, and two separ
ate organizations claim to be. the Council
of the city, one Démocratie, the other Re
publican. A police force is kept about the
City Hall day and night to prevent vio
lence. Tho struggle, however, is an une
qual one, and the Radicals must ultimately
hold the power. The white citizens of
Washington arc not a match for the car
pet-baggers, baoked by Congress and tlic
negroes.
r. C. W. Wooloy has answered, by a
written statement, tho questions of the
managers, and accounted for his twenty
thousand dollars. His presonce in Wash
ington related not to the impeachment,
but to the whiskey tax.
A hill was reported on Tuesday for the
division of Texas into three States, design
ed to guard the Senate against Conser
vative changes iu tlic Northern States by
bringing in additional Kudieal representa
tives of the negro element at tho South.
The Chinese embassy was presented to
the Uouso on Tuesday. A similar recep
tion will probably take place in the Senate.
Rumors of Cabinet changes are rovivov,
hut they do not soetn to be worthy of
credit.
Manager Butler, on Monday, spoke of
Woolcy's cot noil, R. J. Brent, and R. T.
Merrick, as "conspirators." Mr. Rrcnt
publishes a card in tlic Baltimore Gazette,
of Wednesday, in which lie says of Bntler :
"I do not know that Gen. Butler under
stands that sueli a term implies criminal
conduct, and that uothing hut his constitu
tional exemption could secure him from just
accountability for so false a charge. No
one but a being deficient in magnanimity,
honor, and true courage, would thus wan
tonly traduce gentlemen in the discharge
of a high professional duty, I make this
statement merely that the facts may bo
kuown, not from any apprehension that
my character can lie injnred by assauitB
from a man who never held a position
which ho did not disgrace, and whose
name iw at this moment the foulest blot
his country's history."
It is rumored that Mr. Evarts is to he
nominated as Attorney General, Mr. Groes
bcck as Secretary of the Treasury, and
Hon. Rcvordy Johnson, as Minister to
England. Mr. Wooloy was discharged on
Thursday having "purged himself of con
tempt," by answering Butler through
examination of four hours, out of which
Butler made nothing.
The Arkansas bill having successfully
run tlic legislative gauntlets, wont to tho
President on Monday afternoon to receive
his veto,
on
an
DEAFNESS, BLINDNESS, ond CATARRH
treated with the utmost success, by J Isaacs,
M. D. and Prott-ssor of Disease of the Eye and
Ear, iu the Medical College of Pennsylvania, 12
years experience, (formerly of Leyden, Holland,)
No. 805 Arch Street, Phila. Testimonials
tie seen nt his office. The medical farulty hi
vileil to accompany their patients, as he' has no
secrets in his practice. Artificial'eyes inserted
No clmrge for examination.
can
il,
itliout j»« i ii.
Items or News.
Warlike intelligence reaches us from the
old world. The Greek Government is re
portqjj to have xjÿoally recognized Crete
as a portion of the Greek nation, which it
is-thougbt will lead'to war between Greece
and Tnrj^y, to be fttHowud by a general
European war, .with France, Austria and
Great Britain on tlic side of the Turks,
Le NoçLeeserts that the opinion widely
pievniliHp l'arir'that a war will break out
in Eui-opt^before the close of next autumn.
Via Galveston tltl3 Brownsville, Texas,
wc have later nows from Mexico, ft»** —
usual of revolutions and rumors of rovolu
tions. Advices from Browusvillo Tp.a,
* 1 ,,,, t i,„ o._, » 19 '. leX f/!'
state Ujat.lho battta Auua iilUbustarswdl
strike Bagdad by tho 14th, and
prepared' to take the • place,
great excitement in Brownsville and Mat
Amcricans are joining in the
Santa Anna movement.
Iu Cambridge the widow of John E.
Hook, (the man who recently killed Shad
Bell, and subsequently hanged himself
jail) attempted to commit suicide
Monday week. She hung herself and
only discovered and cut down when life
nearly extinct. This is the second at
tempt she lias made since the terrible tra
gedy.
<)t the large number of steamers plying
between New 1 ork and European ports,
none of them carry the American flag or
arc owned in the United States. The Bal
timore and Liverpool line is the only strict
ly American enterprise of this kind, while
the steamers of the Baltimore and Bremen
line are one-half owned in Baltimore.
A colored man named Jim Wiliams has
been arrested and lodged in Wicomico
county jail on charge of being concerned
in the recent murder of Captain Johnson
and Henry Cannon, of the schooner Brave.
He admits that he was on hoard that ves
sel at tlic tome of the murder, but denies
having assisted in that dreadful tragedy.
The money market, in New York, shows
continued and increasing case. The spe
cie shipments, this weok, are expected to
be light. General trade is very dull ; gold
rather more active,
fully
There is
are
antoras.
ou
wns
was
on account of European
Government bonds are stea
wnr rumors.
<iy
A resolution lias been introduced into
the Methodist General Conference condom -
ing the use of tobacco and shutting
from the ministry all persons addicted to
the wood in any form.
A report from England says that the
Bishop of London lias ordered that the
President of the United States shall be
prayed for along witli the Queen aud the
Parliament.
suspended on Wednesday at
portress Monroe, guns fired every half
hour, and a national salute at sunset, io
respect to tlic memory of the late cx-Pres
ideut Buchanan.
^ Galena, Illinois, the home of General
Grant, was, on Friday, carried by the
Democrats by 250 to 300 majority. The
Democrats have also carried Racine, Wis
consin.
1 lie municipal muddle in Washington
continues, and the Conservative members
ot the two Boards propose electing an ail
interim Mayor.
I he canker-worm has begun its destruc
tion of the apple crop in many parts of Mas
sachusetts. This will bo tho fourth year
that they have n sgned.
Captain Jerome Napoleon Patterson,
Bonaparte is at the New York hotel. He
came by the last steamer, and is going to
Baltimore.
One of the United States soldiers on
duty at Georgetown, S. C. was murdered
by having his throat out, by a colored
a few nights since.
A nugget of gold and quartz, worth
twenty thousand dollars, has been found at
Remington Hill, Nevada county, Califor
nia.
out
Work w
man.
There is n prospect of the renewal of In
dian troubles along tho Upper Missouri,
and the Government is making preparations
for a général Indian war.
The first lightning rod put up in this
country by Dr. Franklin is now to bo
seen on the old house No. 52 Daniel street,
Portsmouth, N. H.
New York city, on Saturday evening,
was alinoBt eaten up by mosquitoes, which
came over from the Jerseys in solid col-'
'..I ' 1
The yellow fever is raging fearfully at
Lima, Peru. In the middle of May, from
200 to 300 persons died daily, and 2,500
were iu the hospitals.
The steamer City of Paris recently made
the passage from Now York to Liverpool
in seven days aud half, the quiekest time
on record.
The trial of Mrs. Victor for the murder
of her brotlier by poison, ofl whose life she
lmd an insurance of $3,600, has been
commenced at Cleveland, Ohio.
J urnes Muliida and wife were both mur
dered at Soaforth, Canada, oh Sunday.
Their son lias been arrested for the crimed
Fifty petitions for divorce have been en
tered at the present term of Court of Hills
borough County, N. II.
The Manchester Mirror says all the in
dications are favorable for an immense ap
p)o crop in New Hampshire this season.
The first wheat, grown in Panola coun
ty, Miss, was sold on change in St. Louis
June 1, for $7 a bushel.
For the first time in six years, Now Or
leans is said to be at pi
dicr, white or colored.
Colorado offers husbands to a thousand
girls this spring if they will corao and get
them.
resent withont a sol
A carriage with india-rubber wheels, for
the use of invalids, has been produced in
London.
One thousand laborers arc wanted to
work on the construction of tlic Texas Cen
tral Railroad.
John C. Breckinridge's son writes that
his father expects to be in Quebec by tho
middle of June.
Mr. Sprague has been re-elected to tho
Senate from Rhode Island, without opposi
tion.
Several light Pnow falls were experienced
on the Central Pacifie railroad; near the
summit, during the past week.
Ex-Governor Buckingham, of Connect
icut, recently elected United States Sena
tor, lies^dangcrously ill in lUiruiis.
The State Educational Convention wil)
assemble at Dover, on Monday, July 1 ytU
at 2 o'clock. ■ *