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MIDDLETOWN, DEI..
SATURDAY MORNING, AUGUST 22, 18Ü8.
FOR PRESIDENT,
HORATIO SEYMOUR.
OF NEW YORK.
FOU VICK PRESIDENT,
ÖEN. FRANCIS P. BLAIR
OF MISSOURI.
tor uiRRirr,
JACOB RICHARDSON,
FOR CORONER.
LA WRENCH PHNDKGR ASS.
Will Grant Wltlidinv,
The Washington correspondents of the
New York World and tho New York Her
ald, have both given currency to the ru
mor that Gen. Grant is anxious to with
draw from the Presidential contest, his
journey to the West having convinced him
that lie stands no possible eliauce of elec
tion. The National Intelligencer, also
discusses the matter. The report is that
the lethargy of the Republican party, and
the total absence of everything like en
thusiasm, has discouraged him, and lie
feels that lie would like to withdraw. But,
certain leaders of the party, having " put
their heads together," in grave considera
tion of tho subject, have decided that " it
will never do." The effect of such a step
by Gen. Grant, upon the fortunes of the
Republican parly would he disastrous in
the extreme, and it lias been decided that
it would he better for General Grant to
" grin and hear it," rather than to retire
from tho field, and leave the fortunes of
the Radicals to wilt and wither like a cau
liflower in the sun. While some accept
these statements as true, ethers reject
thorn ; hut certain it is, that there is an
air of probability about them, which chal
lenges our credulity. "Where there is
so much smoko," says the old saw, " there
must be some fire;" hut whether theso cor
respondents have grounds for all thoy say
upsn the subject, tlie public have no means
of determining. Our own view of the
.matter is, that it makes hut little differ
ence, whether General Grant withdraws
from the contest or not. A survey of the
whole field will convince the observant
mind that his chances of election are very
slim, indeed. The democratic veto, in
I860, was divided between Douglas and
Breckinridge, while Bell and Everett
were in the field, aud drew off a consid
erable portion of the old lino whig vote,
that would otherwise have been east for
one or the other of the démocratie can
didates. Mr. Lincoln was elected, hut he
was in a miuority of one million of votes,
—— counting all others against him. Now, the
Democracy arc united, throughout the
length and breadth of the land ; the lar
ger part of tho Bell and Everett vote will
be east for their candidates ; while they
arc strengthened by large accessions, in
every State, from the ranks of the conser
vatives. Tho Democratic party, over for
midable in numbers, is now more formi
dable than ever, bccauso it is not only
unitod and harmonious, hut it is buoyant
with hope, aud full of confidence and en
thusiasm, and is greatly strengthened by
large accessions from tho ranks' of tlie
more moderate men among its former op
ponents. The current of popular feeling
is setting strongly against the Radicals,
as all the elections prove. Their Congres
sional policy is utterly condemned ; their
millions of dollars for the freedmen's bu
~ *retru7 To fcsuL. clothe and educate tho ne
gro; their 50,000 standing army in time
of peace, to "eat out the substance of the
people," and to dragoon our southern cit
zens into submission to the negro ; their
assault upon tlie Supreme Court; their
thrioc attempted impeachment of the Pres
ident and seizure of the Executive depart
ment of the government; their investing
the negro with the power of the ballot ;
all this, and more, has aroused an indig
nation iu the popular heart, that will not
bo appeased until tho power ofRadicalism
is utterly overthrown.
This appears to he a legitimate conclu
sion from a calm, rational and dispassion
ate review of the whole field, and we com
mend it to the sober reflection nud oonsid
eration of all Radicals who hope to buoy
up the sinking spirits of their party by
throwing up their caps and keeping up
delusory hope of tlie success of their
didates until tho Idos of November shall
effectually dispel it.
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can
Tho Democratic State Convention will
assemble at Dover on
There is considerable speculation as to who
is likely to receive tlie nomination for
Congress. The gentlemen named in the
lists ore—Hon. John A. Nicholson, 0. B.
Lore, Bsq. Maj. B. T. Biggs, Dr. Switli
in Chandler, James M. Johns, Edward
Ridgely, and John II. Payntft-, Esq
A nomination is equivalent to an election,
hence a spirited contest for the honor may
ho anticipated.
Wednesday next.
rs.
As wo go to press refreshing showers
»re falling, which will mature the corn.
Hickory I*<
v liMaltijr ul St.
The.Democrats of St. Georges raised a
fine Hickory Pole, on Saturday last. The
pole was 109 feet long, and in attempting
to raise it some of their
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ly
note
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is
old,
old.
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in
tho
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to
to
Mr.
1
the
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tlie
ber
ropes gave way,
and the pole fell, coming in contact with
Mr. Minor Harvey and Mr. McWhorter,
neither of whom were very seriously hurl.
Nothing daunted they took off a section ut
the pole, and set it firmly in iis place, giv
ing their borgec or streamer to the hr
intending to ro-splico and raise tlie entire
pole at a subsequent day. The meeting
in the evening was large and enthusiastic,
aud was addressed by Noble T. Biddle,
Esq. of Klktou, and by II. A. Nowland,
Esq. of this vioinity. The Odessa Band
was present, and added additional interest
to the occasion by its enlivening strains.
The rearing of hickory poles was intro
duced as an electioneering feature, during
tlie campaigns of Gen. Jackson, v. lio bore
the soubriquet of " Old Hickory," given
to him by his grateful and enthusiastic
countrymen for the distinguished part lie
bore iu the bloody battle at the Hickory
Grounds. It also possessed considerable
significance as to tho heroic character
and stem nature of tlie man.
ZC,
;
by
Ho was
tougher than hickory itself, for hia ene
mies, though hacked by the money power
of tlie United States Bank, could never
break him down. On the contrary, he
vanquished every adversary, and bore
down all opposition. Such is the signifi
cance of the Hickory Polo now. The De
mocrats mean to overcome the opposition
in the present campaign, hence they arc
again hoisting their Hickory Poles.
Call for the Rkabskmelinci of Con
gress. —The Washington Star, of Monday
afternoon, has the following, which in not
surprising in view of the desperation of
the political element which undertakes to
govern and perpetuate its power in the
(South :
" A movement is on foot among South
ern politicians looking toward a call from
the Southern Legislatures for Congress to
reassemble in September. They profess
to have no faith that tho military will be
used in good faith to protect the existing
State governments without further h -(il
lation, and expect when tho j
election arrives to see carried ij
most extensive system of terrorism :
fraud. Several new Governors of S a
ont States recently ma le requisitions
the (Secretary of War fur arms und.u
law passed iu 1700, hut th
declined to furnish until farther legislation
is had on the subject. The Governors,
in consequence, have united in appeal to
Congress to meet on tho day to
thoy had adjourned to take action in the
matter."
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A meeting of the Democratic and Con
servative citizens of New Castle County,
will ho held at the Court House in New
5tli,
z
Castle, on Saturday,
1808, at 2 o'clock, 1\ M. to
nominations of the late National Coi
September
ratify the
voli
tion and our Electoral ticket, our nomina
tion for Representative in the Congress of
the United States, the Legislative and Le
vy Court Tickets, and Sheriff and Coro
ner.
State Politics.— The city election of
Wilmington is held on the first Tuesday of
September. The Republicans have madt
the following nominations t For Mayor,
Joshua S. Valentine ; for
Franuis Vincent; for Treasurer, Geo. 0.
Maris ; for Assessor, Daniel T. Hawkins.
Tns New York Democrat. —"Brick"
Pomeroy'B new daily paper, made its first
appearance last Saturday afternoon. Thir
ty-two. thousand copies were sold the first
day, and there was a demand for 10,000
more which could not be supplied.
Alabama Presidential Electors.—
The Montgomery Mail, a democratic
per, gives a report that Governor Smith,
of Alabama, will soon issue !
tion fur an election of presidential electors
and Congressmen, at the regular time for
election in November. ' The election, it
says, will he conducted precisely as the
old code directs—except that those hither
to disfranchised must file their application
with the probate judge of the county be
fore voting.
Tlie President, in consequence of the
shooting affray of tlie negro Zouaves in
Washington on Thursday, li
his order for the disbandment of tlie mili
tia in the District. The order was given
to General Grant last November, hut he
has not obeyed it, and the President ha:
notified tho Secretary of War of the fact.
Instructions will accordingly be given
mediately to General Canny. Seven of
the Zouaves were arrested on Saturday
and required to give bail in $290 to an
swer.
AMormun,
pa
s proclama
■eiternted
us
Dkmockatic Victory in Idaho.— Idaho
advices of August 11, state that Judge
Schaeffer, the Democratic candidate :
Congress, is 100 ahead. ITis c-locth i i
claimed by 000 majority.
Democratic gain.
IT
a
11« ci. George H. Pendleton and Gene
ral Tom Ewing, Jr. arc to speak in Ban
gor, Maine, on the 20th instant, in Augus
ta on the 21st, and in Portland on the
22d, in behalf of Seymour and Blair.
will
for
the
B.
Tho annual statement of tho Post-office
Department for tlie year ending June 30th
will show a deficiency of $8,090,000.—
This is partly owing to the restoration of
Southern mail routes aud to the subsidies
for ocean service.
Enoke's Comjt. — B. F. Sa: di, Super
intendent of the TJ. S. Naval Observatory
at Washington, sends a communication to
Secretary Welles, in which he reports that
Encke's comet was observed there, on Fri
day morning, by Professor Hall. This
comet has not rnado its appearance before
for thirty years.
rs.
LU(!AL AlWAlliS.
Reminiscences or tub Past.—A copy
the
of
of
to
to
of the Federal Gnzetto and Baltimore Dai
ly Advertiser, of the 80th July, 1790, has
recently found its way to the office of the
Baltimore Sun, which journal has made a
note of its contents. The 4tli Congress
met in Philadelphia, and an act of that
session, signed by George Washington,
is contained in its columns. The latest
intelligence, from Boston was eleven days
old, and its European news three months
old. Among the advertisements was one
of a book by John Ilagerty, of Annapolis,
" wherein are stated the disadvantages
arising to the State of Maryland from the
proposed law before the General Assembly
in reference to the cross-cut oanal between
tho Delaware and Chesapeake Bays."
Win. McDonald & Co. 208 South st. an
nounce the "Philadelphia and Baltimore
Water and Land Stages, a sailing boat
leaving the lower end of Bowly's Wharf
every day, (Saturdays excepted) stopping
a few minutes at the County wharf, Fell's
Point, to take in water and proceed to
Frcnehtowu, where stages will be waiting
to couvoy passengers to New Castlo, and
where another packet is waiting to proceed
immediately, wind and weather permitting,
to Chestnut street wharf, Philadelphia."
There was another line of packets to Phil
adelphia via Bohemia and Appoqninimink,
Mr. T. Robinson being the proprietor,
who guarantees that "one week is the
greatest lougtli of time required for the
transportation of merchandise or heavy ar
1 tides from either of the extreme points of
the line, although light articles will be
delivered in four or five days after ship
ping." Tho contrast presented by these
arrangements with the facilities for travel
and transportation now, brings to our view
I ho rapid strides our country lias made iu
tlie march of improvement, within the 72
years which have elapsed since then, a pe
riod within tin: recollection of quite a num
ber of our oldest citizens still liviug in
this town and neighborhood.
lie
he
not
of
to
the
to
be
-(il
to
the
Bail Road Accident. —The locomotive
"Thomas Clayton," of the 1.85 Express
Train, on Monday morning, was thrown
off the track, at Middletown, by the dis
placement of the switch. The locomotive
ran into the platform and tore it up for
several yards*; but did no further damage,
ed of tho train had been checked
1
Tl
a
it reached the switch, else the dam
would have been-much greater,
ich was all
be
[or
The
til
lit at sunset, and it is
supposed it was changed by some malig
nant person. Another locomotive was
telegraphed for to Wilmington, which
came down, and at 4 o'clock took the
train on towards Crisfield. On the Tucs
day night previous, some malicious per
son ran a wood ear off the switch ou the
main track, and the approaching train
struck it and knocked it off the track, do
ing no damage. An inquiry into these
malignant acts ought to be instituted, in
order to ferret out the perpetrators.
5tli,
Elotomen-t.— We learn that an English
uiiod Yfiiiiam D. Long, eloped with
the wife of Julm Hnodell of Appoquiui
miuk Hundred, last Monday,
ties passed through Odessa, aud contrac
ted a bill at tlie store of Capt. Walker,
the faithless woman ordering tho same to
lie charged to lier husband. They procee
ded to Middletown, where they took the
train going north and have not since been
Mrs. S. is the mother of seve
ral elirildren, and heretofore stood well in
tlie estimation of her neighbors. Mr.
Snodell is an industrious and upright man
and is highly esteemed by his fellow citi
z- ns. Since the above was in type we
learn that the faithless wife returned to
her injured husband and children on IVed
uesday night last, and that for the sake of
his children ho consented to receive her
hack again.
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Reed Birds.— It is rather too early for
reed-bird shouting, hut we hear that the
marshes of the Delaware begin to be
thronged with thorn. Sora or rail, will
also soon bo in season. W.c have known
any as 150 of these last mentioned
birds to be killed by a sportsman on one
tide. What a luscious broil, or palatable
pio they make. They command a high
price in the city restaurants, and myriads
of them are sent thither, where their bones
are picked by tlie hungry denizens with
great gusto.
as m
pa
Attkmdt at Rate. —Goorgo Miller, col
ored, was before Ksquiro Black, at Glas
gow, a few days since, charged with an
attempt to commit a rape on a colored wo
man. The 'Squire wrote out the commit
ment, and held Miller in custody until late
in the evening, with the expectation of
getting a constable to take him to prison,
but failing in this, the man was discharged
on liis own 'recognizance to appear before
that officer on Saturday next. Miller lives
with Richard Clayton, Esq. on the Manor.
—Gazette
Try it. —Constantine's Persian Heal
ing Pino Tar Soap. It cures pimples, itch
salt, rheum, sunburn, chaps, ring worm,
ulcers, and all cutaneous diseases,
toutes dandruff, blotches, and eruptions,
and is the best medicated soap ever offer
1 to the public. For sale by G. B.
Ï V pson, Wilmington, Delaware, and by
druggists generally.
Erad
Idaho
Judge
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PiscHAitOD. —Samuel Hill and Benja
min Hill, brothers, committed to New
Castle jail, recently, under suspicion of
setting fire to the stack yard of Mr. Sam
uel Townsend, were brought before Judge
Wales, on a writ of habeas corpus, on
Monday last; and discharged after a hear
ing of the case, there being no evidence
against them to warrant, their detention
for trial.
Gene
Ban
the
30th
of
Super
to
that
Fri
This
before
At a meeting of the Board Mf Directors
of tlie Kent Rail Road, on Saturday last,
Isaac Parsons, Esq. was elected President
in place of Wm. Janvier, Esq. declined.
The ladies and gentlemen of Middletown
should not fail to call at the Academy knd
view Mrs. Rigger's.beautiful specimens of
art in the articles of wax fniit'and flowers.
She proposes to impart instruction in this
beautiful art to' a class in this place.
We took a ride, on Wednesday, in
company with several gentlemen, to see
the celebrated Peach Orchard of Mr. Ed
ward 0. Feniuiorc, situated in Appoquin
iuiiiik Hundred, not far from tlie mouth
of Appoquiuiiuink creek. This name, we
were told, is the Indian term for " Crip
pled Duck," but judging from the looks
of the beautiful country through which
our route lay, wo should say that, finan
cially speaking, there are very few crip
pled ducks there. Certainly Mr. Fcni
morc is not one of them, nor is he likely
to be, while his orchard of 100 acres is as
prolific as it has been for the last eight
years, in no season yielding him less than
$20,000, and some years rising conside
rably above that sum. When our party
arrived at his wharf, about noon, he had
just finished picking for the day, and his
steam-tug, which lie employs at $25 per
day, was gliding down the oreek with a
schooner in tow, and 285 baskets of lus
cious peaches on board, bound for New
Castle, llis crop, this year, will amount
to somewhere between six and ten thou
sand baskets, which are bringing him from
$4 to $0 per basket according to quality,
and earlier in the season they brought as
high us $10 per basket. Mr. Fenimoro's
orchard presents a most flourishing and
healthy appearance, and gives evidence of
having received the most careful attention.
Some thief went into Mr. Charles Ad
ams' Ice House, about a mile from Mid
dletown, on Friday night last, and carried
off, as he supposes, about three hundred
pounds of ice. On Saturday night, a
swill-barrel, which he had left on the
premises of Mr. J. 1$. Peakyne, Middle
town, was carried off. Not long since,
Mr. Adams found one of his hogs nearly
dead, one morning, from the compression
of a stout wire, which had been twisted
tightly around its body, just behind the
forelegs. The presumption is, that it was
the intention of the miscreant who placed
the wire around it, to take the hog away.
These parties may ere lung find them
selves in the clutches of the law, unless
they refrain from meddling with other
people's property.
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iu
in
ter,
of
of
lier
is
es
Killed. — Tho Delawarean says: —A
white man named Joseph Outten, a resi
dent of Milford, said to have been a drun
ken, disorderly oharacter, was instantly
killed near Bower's Beach, last Saturday,
by being run over by an ox cart. Outten,
it seems, being drunk, got in tho cart, j
wliicli was passing him on the road; by |
some means he fell out, a heavy wheel i
passed over his nock and broke the hone,
is
There was a grand hop at the Pier
House, on Tuesday night last. Sixty
couple were present, many from this vi
cinity, and a "good time" generally. An
other took place at "Vacancy Grove," on
tho Manor, on Thursday night. The last
hop of the season at Collins' Beach, will
come oft* on Thursday next.
Mr. B. F Kanely met with an accident
in Middletown yesterday evening while
driving along the street, in his buggy, his
horse shyed and ran the carriage against a
tree by which the carriage was upset and
Mr. Kanely thrown out bruising him con
siderably. llis harness was also much bro
ken.
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to
the
in
we
to
of
her
Killed.— -Tho Delawarean says that a
hoy living with Mr. Donaplion, on Mr.
Charles Brown's farm, about four miles
from Dover, on the Smyrna road, was
killed last Wednesday by a kick from a
mule.
Tho Democrats of Brandywine Hundred
raised a handsome hickory pole at the
Practical Farmer on Monday night.—
They will soon adorn it with a fine flag on
which will he emblazoned the names of
Seymour and Blair.
Accident to the Odessa Stage. —On
Tuesday tho dash-board of the Odessa
Stage was broken off by tho ponderosity
of one of the " solid men " of tlint town.
Tho accident occurred in Middletown.
The Smyrna Circuit Camp near Black
bird, commenced on Thursday. There
are two tents from Middletown, and one
or more, from tho vicinity of Odessa.
for
the
be
will
one
Curious Discovery. —A gentleman in
one of the .Departments at Washington has
made a curious discovery, which we pub
lish below. lie numbers each letter of the
alphabet,and then adds the numbers cor
respoding to the lettters composing the
two tickets, Seymour and Blair, and Grant
and Colfax. The result shows 177 for
Seymour and Blair, and 140 for Grant
aud Colfax, the total being 817, wliieff is
the number of votes in the Electoral Col
lege ; thus :
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votes in Electoral
College.
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Tho city of La Crosse is pleasantly sit
uated on the east bank of the Mississippi
river, and is a point of considerable busi
ness. It has now between 8,000 and 10,
000 inhabitants, and does a large lumber
and agricultural trade, while its saw-mills
and manufactories are numerous. It is
the depot for the disposal of grain and pro
duce from the valleys of tho Black and
La Crosse rivers, and has also an advan
tageous trade with Southern Miunesota.
Tlie city is beautifully laid out and is well
provided with shade trees. The private
residences of its citizeus aro models of
neatness and architectural taste, while its
business houses are substantial aud elegant.
last,
knd
of
this
Fur the Middletown Transcript. ^
A<lvicc to a Flirt.
that
ment
The
had
ter
capture
all
Spanish,
were
money
of the
ment
nel
Young man, have you a mother, a sis
ter, or any female friend, who bolds a place
of esteem or respect in your heart Ï Then
never again trifle with the holy affections
of a trusting, confiding girl ; never make
lier a promise that you cannot, or will not
fulfill, and never give her a reason to in
dulge in hopes which can never be real
ized. It may be a matter of fun and
amusement for you ; it may enable you to
pass many hours of pleasure, which you
would not otherwise enjoy ; bnt, ah ! con
sider the cost of such pleasure ; for what
is more sport to you, may cost life-long
misery to another. Your unmanlincss may
sink' docp in her heart, and turn tlie young
life, budding with promise, into one whose
every purpose will be turned from its legit
imate channel into an existence without
purpose, or even worse. Is there anything
more despisable, anything that should call
down the condemnation of every honorable
man, more than thoso motives which ac
tuate a young man in paying his address
es to a young lady, and monopolizing her
time ; being careful to show bis better
character while in her presence, and lead
her, by every word of mouth-promises to
believe that bis affections are centered ou
lier, until lie has gained her warmest affec
tions iu return, and then declare he did
not mean to encourage any feeling warmer
than that of friendship,, as if it were
valid reasoning for one human being to
sever the head from another's body, and
then plead lie did not know that the act
would cause death. And how many young
men resort to this practice to gain girls'
affections. It, is an every day occurrence,
and an act on which fashion has sot her
seal of approbation. We need not go be
yond our own circle of gentlemen acquain
tances to find many of those most dishon
orable " male flirts." 'Tis true, wo ladies
are not altogether free from blame for our
patronizing air, donned for the benefit of
all smart young men, who can boast of the
number oftheir conquests and victims. Wo,
perhaps, give the male flirts oncouragiY
Ladies are more confiding in their
nature than the sterner sex, anil trust in
man 1 * luaiae, too often, alas ! to find their
confidence betrayed. They are more gen
tie in their weakness and look up to him
as tlie perfect work ; when they are awa- ,
kened and rind they have treasured up a
/'die idol, they are apt to give up to do- u,t
j •"•pair. When yon meet with disappoiut
| ment, young man, you have the world to
i g" 1° hi your despondency ; you mingle
with the grave and gay ; in tlie many con
flicting events of a worldly life your sor
row is soon forgotten. Not so with her.
She cannot make another a confidant of
A
of
ouse,
ding
and
i
against
tion
and
has
of
that
by
French
forage
France,
ington,
the
hail
an
gical
in
failed
lier
potato
the
cab!
while
lllCUt.
clover
ing
A
in
won
lays,
of
Nine
terday
M
her sorrows, aud iu her retirement she can
but brood over your faithlessness, and ta
king you as a counterpart of the world,
doubt humanity. Young man, what would
your feelings be, were you to see a dear
sister made miserable by one of those hu
man vampires ? Would it not wring your
very heart in agony V Your sufferings are
naught .compared with what hers would
Observe the guideu
rule, which is—" Do unto others as you
would have them do unto you."
ty
It
circles
ceived
tween
Baron
serious
for
Incognito.
thorn,
cents
sumo
Ait'oqu i n i m i nk Democratic Meeting,
—A meeting of the Democrats of Appo
quinimink Hundred was held at the hotel
of Wm. liice, in the village of Blackbird,
on Saturday, the 15th day of August, for
the purpose of selecting live delegates to
represent the party in the Democratic State
Convention to be held iu Dover, on the
20th instant, when on.motion, Joseph Ro
berts was called to the chair and Jacob
Deakyue was appointed Secretary.
On motion, the chair appointed a com
mittee of live, namely : Benjamin Gibbs,
Edward Silcox, Joseph Hoffman, Alexan
der Deakyne aud James R. Collins to re
port the names of five persons as delegates
to represent the hundred in tlie Democrat
ic State Convention to nominate a Repre
gross and three electors
for President and Vice President of the
United States.
The Committee'retired, and, after con
sultation, reported the following persons
as delegates, viz. : Joseph Roberts, Jacob
Dcttkj
end and Wm. M. Vandegriffc.
On motion, the report of tlie committee
was adopted.
Resoloed , That tho delegates this day
selected to represent the Hundred in the
Démocratie State Convention arc hereby
authorized to (ill any vacancy that may oc
cur in the delegation.
On motion, the meeting adjourned.
Joseph Roderts, Chairman.
Jacob Deakyne, Secretary.
every
ticket.
vided
and
siding
years
ho
twice
ral
lie
liis
a
a
of
tors:
sentative in ('
blind
blind
tored
last
made
There
such
vague
burg.
be
Ji.sph Hoffman, Samuel Towns
is
tions
and
in
bonds
ring
try.
St. Ghoroks Hundred Meetino. —Pur
suant to publie notice, the Democrats of
St. George's Hundred, met at tlie Hotel
of AVm. T. Chance, in Odessa, ou Satur
day August 16th, 1898, when on motion
Samuel Jefferson, Esq. was appointed
Chairman, and Joseph W. Vandegrift, Se
cretary.
Upon an Election by ballot, Thomas J.
Foard, Samuel Jefferson, Charles Beaston,
Robert T. Cochran and Edward Reynolds
were chosen Delegates to represent this
Hundred in the same State Convention, to
meet at Dover on the 2<itli inst. On mo
tion Lawrence R. Davis, Thomas J. Cra
ven, Thomas F. Dilworth, Henry A. Now
land, William Briidy, James C. Matthews
and Joseph W. Vandegrift, were appoin
ted au Executive aud Canvassing Commit
tee for the Hundred. On motion the mee
ting adjourned.
74^,
Maino
At
P.
of
At
the
On
of
Col.
On
of
In
ter
dence
at 3
Samuel Jefferson, Chairman.
Josefu W. Vandergrift, Secretary.
relnli
is
of
A black snake of uncommon size was
killed by Mr. Tilghman Nuttle aud his
sons of Caroline county, one day last week
whilst getting timber from his woods. It
measured 7J feet iu length 5J inches
around it.
N
see
Another Victim.— A Mr. James Rey
nolds, of Philadelphia, was drowned at
Atlantic City, on Saturday, while bathing
ou tho beach. His body was recovered.
few
and
her
The New Orleans Picayune says a large
number of new buildings are now being
erected iu that city.
firms of Anvs.
Advices from Mexico leave no doubt
that the insurgents are forcing the govern
ment of Juarez into a straitened position.
The Governor of the State of Vera Cruz
had returned to the port of that name af
ter having made an ineffectual attempt to
capture the insurgent chief l'ricto.
Governor's military and naval plans had
all fallen through, although the French,
Spanish, German and American residents
were extensively aiding him to raise men,
money and provisions. He had deemed it
expedient to suspend the civil authorities
of the city, and was expecting a reinforce
ment of five hundred cavalry under Colo
nel Jiminez.
of
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A race has just taken place in tlie south
of France, in the neighborhood of Toul
ouse, between two young men, the one ri
ding a horse and the other propelling a
velocipede. The distance traversed, sev
enty-two kilometres (forty-five miles,) was
animal in (i hours,
and by the machine in (i hours
The latter
accomplished by tin
and
i nuten.
n*ovtTiecl under very
unfavorable conditions, having to
against a strong head wind.
From Washington wo have a contradic
tion of tlie rumor concerning tho Franco
No information
•outend
iïr
and Prussian war cloud.
has been received by the representatives
of those Powers to warrant the conclusion
that their relations were to ho disturbed
by war.
French Government are buying horses and
forage in thi
The
The
report that
nits of the
S;
country, for shipment to
France, is also contradicted.
Mrs. Senator Trumbull dial at Wash
ington, on Sunday, about eight-o'clock, at
the Senator's residence, Capitol Hill. She
hail been suffering for two years past with
an aheess in the right side, and had a sur
gical operation performed a few weeks
in the hope of removing it. The opera!
failed to give relief, aud she sunk under
lier sufferiusrs.
rll
It
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The
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c vie
Hi
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Mich
The bu.
ud to have stripped whole
potato field's in Ohio, leaving nothin
the naked stems—from these they as
cab!
».r
ir
hut
iled
alien—
on the
leaves and other ve
go
while the grasshoppers had levied
clover fields, cahha
timothy, layii
ing the fields
potatoes, oats and"
low every stem, and leuv
barc
IJ
-Ü
jmi
have
will
floor.
A letter from California mentions
a re
markable horsebael
• inst time at
race
Fi
I ri
ll ear
tlU'JS- ;
:
ml
tired
jr m
in fourteen hoars
won his bet.
lays, and go
of them.
The cattle disease has found its
ickusctts, and is creating
citement among the farmers and butchers.
Nine animals died at the Brighton market
Monday afternoon, and five more died yes
terday morning on a farm in
in
d !
minute
He had thirty horses
>t through without killing any i
nine
- ;
.
way to
M
jl
great ex
T 4
vorfolk coun
ty
It ia currently reported in diplomatic
circles that the French Minister lias re
ceived intimations from homo that war he
ia is threatenin
pr,i
tween Franco and J'rus
Baron Giroltis a!s
said to have
d
serious apprehensions on tho sa
Fifteen hundred miners of tho Muh
Valley, Ohio, who have been on a stril
for nearly four months, liav
-e
mu
ood to ro
The strike'is a failure
with
thorn, they not receiving the additional
cents per ton demanded.
The national
sumo work.
for
to
re
the
day
the
oc
JJVERT
■oconrf
«urg,
expenses are increasing
every day to support millions of negroes in
idleness, that they may vote tho Radical
ticket. The negroes are comfortably pro
vided for, while tlie white man must work
and pay tlie taxes.
An exchange says that "Dr. Manly, re
siding at Richfield Springs, N. Y. is 107
years old, and has drank half a pint of
whiskey per day for 50 years." Well if
ho hadn't drank it he might have been
twice as old, or thereabouts.
Brick Pomeroy has a statuette of Gene
ral Butler with a spoon oil his shoulder,
lie has placed this statuette in front of
liis office and written under it in I:
Solo
:
.r
tors: "Thief, Robber, \Voiuun Insulter."
In a recent thunder storm in England a
soldier was struck by lightning und
A
Kldt
blind and :
an who had b -
wo
(il
stone
blind for eight years was
tored to sight.
Oscar Dairy in pb
last year cultivated
made &5(J,0OU out
There is room
such ventures.
A late dispatch from Ottawa reports
vague rumors in circulation of Fenians as
sembling in large numbers near Ogdens
burg. The military have been ordered to
be on the alert.
suddenly re: -
W«
of Minnesota, who
,700 ae
if his h
in Minnesota for plenty more
Tl
es of w
alien.- -
row
The Toronto Globe professes to have
positive information of exten. ivo prepara
tions for a Fenian raid
the Province,
and Canada is indulging in a "big scare"
in eousoqueu'ce.
Eight thousand dollars in Government
bonds were stolen from the house of John
Miller, in Troy, New York, last week, du
ring the absence of the family iu tlie coun
try.
of
Se
J.
this
to
mo
The German North Dole exploring
petition h:iM been heard from iu latitude
74^, steering due north, clear of ieo.
Ex-Senator Creswell, of Md. is
nounecd to make republican speeches iu
Maino and then in Wisconsin.
cx
un
jt
DIED.
At New Castle, on the 11th inst. Mrs. Elizabeth
wife of Capt. Hobt. II. Darr, iu the 75th year
P.
of her a
At liif
the 10th inst. of con;
r.
h
•e near Port Penn.
.
Monday,
ption, Dr. John Alrichs.
residence in Slid P
• of his atrt
III
On ihe 5tli inst. ut i
d,
Col. Jus. II. Gale, in the
On Wwines hiy last nt Warwick, Jc-sh
of Jacob (S. Hayes, Esq. aged 8 months..
In this town, on the 21st instant, EUie, daugh
ter of James II. and El lie .M. Scowdriek. The
aud friends of the family are reapectful
the resi
dence of her parents, this afternoon, the 22d inst.
at 3 o'clock.
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