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•ST JRiddletoan transcript. to of MIDDLETOWN, DEL. SATURDAY MORNING, MARCH 13, 1809. Prom Washington. Things are not working smoothly, at Washington with the new President. Dif ficulties meet hhn at the very threshold of his administration. His inaugural ad dress did not please some of his adherents. Its structure was inelegant, if not com monplace. It breathed something of in dependence of party ; it spoke of the poe sible exercise of the veto power, all of which grated harshly upon the cars of old party hacks, who will be satisfied with nothing less than unquestioning obedience to the behests of party. The Presidcut has not been very for- U tunatc in the selection of his Cabinet. It em» not given satisfaction to the leading j politicians of his party, and his appoint ments have been sharply criticised. He is represented as looking more to the gra tification of his own private friendship than to tho public properly said that the public offices are not the rewards of private friends, but should be filled by men whose ability would assure tbc country of tbo proper fulfilment of the duties pertaining to them. It is conceded that Judge Hoar is tho only one whose attainments are anything more than those of respectable mediocrity. The two most important appointments arc the most unfortunate. Mr. Washburnc has but poor qualifications for the pre miership. He is remarkable for nothing so much as the duration of his term in Congress, and there are already some whisperings that he will exchange places with Mr. Dix, and that while he goes to France for 44 scientific medical nursing," In this Country, Mr; It is very service. Dix will conduct our foreign relations at home. Such is Washington rumor. Had Gen. Grant counseled with his friends upon the subjet of his Cabinet appoint ments he would not have committed the blunder of appointing Mr. A. T. Stewart as his Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the law of 1789 which organized the Trea sury Department, imposed disabilities which prevented him from filling the place. Gen. Grant was ignorant of this law, hut if he had made his purpose known to some well informed friends, he would have been apprised of it, and would have avoided this mistake. How docs he act in the emergency ? He sends a message to Con gress asking that body to repeal that part of the law which applies to Mr. Stewart's ease. Objection was very properly made and Mr. Stewart has to resign. Mr. Stew ards proposition to transfer his interests to trustees, and devote tlio profits of his im mense trade to tire benefit of the poor of New York, was not deemed a compliance •with tfhe law which debarred him from filling the office. So " the man who nom inated Grant" has to forogo the honors of the position to which he was called by his grateful friend. Caw s et Cii.usuks.— Tho President on Thursday nominated to the Senate George S. Boutwcll, of Massachusetts, for Secre tary of the Treasury ; Hamilton Fish, of New York, for Secretary of State, and General John A. Rawlins, for Secretary of War. He also appointed E. B. Washburnc, of Illinois, Minister to France, with Frank Moore as Assistant Secretary of Legation. A. K. Sharp, Marshall for District of Col umbia; C. A. Newcomb, Postmaster for tho District of Columbia. A. G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania, Minister to St. Peters burg. of which stands the Philadelphia Press, suffer no occasion to pass by without east iog' their slurs upon tho Souih for its luck of "morality" and its low state of '•eiviii zatioa," cownared with tho more "c : viliz ad" and "advanced" North. There are one or two such papers in ibis State. The Richmond, for the Morality, North and South.— A cer tain class of Northern journals, at the head iiqnittri of Grant «hooting of Pollard, is maJe the occasion for demonstrating the "low gtitte of mor als," in the capital city of the Olii Domin ion. Have such journals no recollection of the recent Cole-Hiseoek case in the' fitst* of New York ; the Singleton Mercer •nd Ilebcrton case in Philadelphia ; the Smith and Carter case in the same city ; the.Sickles and Key case in Washington, and the case in Wilmington, Del. about two years ago, ? Does tho preponderance of such cases in the North evince a "high «täte at morality" there, while one such vase in Richmond is sufficient evidence of the woful lack of "morality" and "civili zation" iu the South? Will the hitter prejudices of these Northern jonruals nev er permit them to look at the South through the lens of truth, candor, and fair Sealing ? The fienate Committees have been an nounced. Hon. Thos. F. Bayard, of this State, is on the Committees on Finance, Private Lund claims, and Revision of Lavs of tho United States. Mr. Saols burjr is on the Committees on Revolution ary Claims and Mines and Mining, Ta* Fourth or March. —The quadren nial return of thia day always brings in a new administration. Ouoe in twenty-eight years the day fulls upon Sunday, according to the subjoined table, with tile exception of tho period between 1781 and 1821, a period of 40 years. Thia lias twice hap pened slnco tbo organization of our pres ent government, and will occur again in 1877. It first occurred In 1831, Presi dent Monroo being Inaugurated on Mon day the 6th of March; and again in 1840, Zachary Taylor being inaugurated Monday the 5tli of March, an interreg num of twenty-four hours occurring each time, the wheels of government running on, however, from their previous turn. A correspondent who revolving calendar has run it back to the beginning of the 18th century, and traced and tho in of the ble was A on ed tho a WQI U P occurrence of the 4th of March on Sunday, as follows : 1725, Sunday, March 4th. 1753, 1781, 1821, 1849, 1877, on momcn posscsscs a I he Democratic Dte j iv b et ^-Q4-4hiriTrdi ï^islàlÏÏFe, îifërder to prevent action tho proposed Constitutional Amendment, resigned in a body, leaving both Houses without a quorum. Governor Baker has called an extra session of the Legislature to meet in April, and issued writs of elec tion for all the districts iu which vacancies 44 28 years 44 40 " 44 28 44 44 28 " Tweuty-one murders lmvc been committed i Indiana within the past three weeks. 1 these cases only were the murderers arrested ; in five others they were well known to the authori ties, but succeeded in making good their escape ; and in six cases the assassins are not even known, aud all efforts to detect and apprehend them have been fruitless. Isn't there some mistake here ? Ought not the scene of those murders to have been located somewhere in the South, where civilization and morality arc at so low an ebb ? It is hardly possible that all this crime could have been committed iu a State which never was cursed with the pe culiar southern institution so prolific of vice and crime. ten of oil have occurred. Audi Alteram Partem.— We devote much space, on the first page of this issue, to a review of " Stockholder," " Sina pis," our correspondents " W" and "X. is a good maxim to hear both parties to all controversies, for by discussion truth is elicited. 44 Observer" and 44 Firnmess," by It Tho Claim of the widow of Ex-Senator Riddle of this State now pending before the U. S. Senate is for loss and damage sustained in the occupancy of her planta tion in Virginia by a portion of the Union Army during the Rebellion. It amounts to between three or four thousand dollars. We have received a pamphlet copy of the speech of Hon. Willard Saulsbury, de livered in the Senate of the United States, Feb. 8, 1809, on the Suffrage Constitu tional Amendment, for which he will please accept our thanks. There are great complaints here of the failure to receive the Baltimore papers, in due time. Where does the fault lie ? Will the Sun and Gazette inquire into the matter ? They are still discussing the whipping post iu Wilmington. Tho subject must be one of great interest to the denizens of that city. False Repout. —We find the following in the Wilmington Journal and Statesman. We copied tho same statement from the Times, and cheerfully make the correction. Tbo Smyrna Times of last week nouuccd that tho contractors of the Queen Anne's Sl Kent Railroad Company had failed, on account of losses sustained hy the defalcation in tho Fourth National Philadelphia, | "" * j one 1 tin j . an We, in common rz , copied the report. We state that there is not .ith in the statement of essrz. Stearns & Co. the ave not failed, and do not in this or any other contract . .Jertake. And moreover, they never had any dealings directly or indi rectly with the Fourth National Bank of Philadelphia, and consequently are not af fected by its suspension. The whole story is gratuitous, and the Smyrna Times owes it to the character and business reputation ot' the contractors to correct the statement forth ,'ith. The K.oad is now in excellent condition, and the woi'k progresses finely. The gra ding and bridging is all complete, to with in two miles of Gvntrcville, and the cross ties are ready. As .oon as the Townsend end of the road, now i'eing built hy the Delaware Railroad, is finist.'ed, the track will be laid without delay, and strong hopes are entertained that it will be com pleted hy the first of May. Wo bave received the following letter from Mr. Stearns, in contradiction of the arc v LOI n', they ; of above report: Wilhisctoi, D»l. March 8th, I860. EUlurs Middletown Transcript: Gentlemkn In yonr paper of March 6th you state that Stearns A Co. have failed on account of the defalcation of the 4th Nationnl Bank, Phila. Allow me to «ay to yon we never had one dollar dealing with the said Bank. We have not failed, neither do we intend to. Our Labilities will hé paid at any time presented, aud the Queen Ann's Rail Road wit! be built by myself, 'and not by other parties as you represent. Please correct your statement in the issue of the 6th. Yours with respect of Geohoe Steaiinx. WlCil A UK a ms. Terriul.* Storm. —Tho storm of Wind and snow, on Saturday last, was ono of great violence, and tbo cold which eeeded Was very intense, We learn that tho western shore of the Chesapeake Day strewn With wrecks of bay craft, and much damage also occurred in the Dela ware, A vessel loaded with bricks sank in the Delaware, not far from the mouth of the Canal, and tho crew had to cling to the mast for safety through nil that torri ble night. Tho Captain had his feet fro W c did not lear was found on an island in tho Elk River, near the mouth ot Daek Creek, frozen to death. A batteau was found near him. A carriage, with two persons in it, was blown over by the wind cast of this town on Saturday evening, but no damage sustained. Tho protracted religious services at tho Presbyterian and Methodist Churches, in this town, were brought to a close on lust Sabbath. Forty new members, a largo proportion of whom were beads of famil ies, were the fruits of the meeting in the latter Church. The holy communion clos ed the protracted services in the Presby terian Church. Tho town meeting called to amend the charter of Middletown, on Friday and Saturday evenings, ended in a squabble between property-holders and non-property holders. On Saturday night the property holders withdrew from the meeting. Doth parties are making an appeal to the Leg islature. Tho Odessa Building and Loan fund sold at their first meeting, on Thursday evening, at 35 per cent, premium. At tho last monthly meeting of the Middle town Buildiug and Loan Association, funds sold at 31 per cent. New Castle. —Tho citizens of New Castle are about taking action to ' authority from tho Legislature to bor a sum of money not exceeding §00,00(1 for the construction of reservoirs, &e. to supply the town with water. Col . Wm. (iLAVLitelwy-ht about terror move from New Castlo to Wilmington, where he will practice tho Profession of Law, as heretofore. The severe' weather of Saturday and Sunday last, destroyed many of the Peach Buds, but the prospect is still good for an abundant crop. Rev. J. II. Lightbourn, of Dover, has recently received 118 probationers into tho Mothodist Episcopal Church, of that place. ly BIIC WQI u names. A man was procure row Mr. E. B. Washburnc, Secretary of State, says tho Hew York World, has dered the United States Marshal at New York to "regard as cancelled" a pardon passed under the great seal of the United States, by order of President Johnson, twenty-four hours before General Grant was inaugurated in the Presidcntal office. Is it necessary or.cven possible, in becom ing terms, to comment upon such nn act? That it has no legal validity is obvious enough. Whether the pardons issued by Presi dent Johnson during tho last hours of his official life were wisely issued, we doubt; but, if pardons of Jacob and Moses Dupti v ivere really issued in due form of law, or if pardons for Blaisdell, Eckel, and Al coek were delivered to them by order of the Executive, we do not see how they are to be revoked. The power of President Johnson in the premises is indisputable. His pardoning power was unlimited. Fi r the offences pardoned, the accused are be yond the reach of punishment of any kind. Besides, there is no law better settled than that an act within the jurisdiction of the President, lawfully done by him, can not be revised by one of his successors. The contrary doctrine would give an end less succession of reviews and reversals, and there would be no security or stability of rights of property, of liberty, or life. Or The Darien Canal.— A formidable op position to the treaty negotiated by Hon. Caleb Cushing, for the construction of the Darien Ship canal, has exhibited itself at Bogota. The assumed grounds of this dis satisfaction are, that the treaty is negotiated in tho interests of the Panama Railroad Company, and instead of promoting the early construction of American isthmus, it is so contrived as to prevent one from being built, it can read ily be seen'tbat French influence, and per haps French gold, is being used to prevent a ratification of the Cushing treaty, and impede the progress of the United States on the isthmus. As it is uow quite tain that Napoleon has taken the field tivcly against tho United States on the isthmus ship canal question, we must be prepared to act promptly, boldly and with vigor. If the Senate hesitates to confir the treaty, or a division is apparent upon the project, we will strengthen the Mns quera movement in Columbia, and render a ratification of the treaty problematical. Jf the new administration means to haven fixed and determined policy with reference to foreign interference in the affairs of this continent, now ia-tlic time to mencc. canal across the cer &C oom Militauv Ordeks. —The first military order of President Grant was promulga ted on Saturday. By it Gen. Sheridan is again to take command in Louisiana ; Gen. Terry takes command of the Department of the South ; General Reynolds returns to the command of the Fifth Military Dis trict, and General Canby, as soon ns re lieved hy General Reynolds, will take command ic Virginia. General Emory is re-assigned to>i.is oommnnd of the De partment of Washington. General Han cock is assigned to tho command of the Department of Dakota. General Gillem is ordered to give up the command of the Fourth Military Department and join his regiment. There has been a great deal of alarm of late in New York, on the subject of Hy drophobia. Dogs are at a discount ; val uable and, but lately, valned animals given away, or put out of the way, or sold for little or nothing; there is a panic in the dog market. An Act Concerning tile Collection of Texet. Ba it matted by the Senate and Haute of Rtpreten talicet qjt the State of Dclutcan, in Ornerai Alterab ly wet t Read. Section 1. That it shall be the duty of Collec tors of County and Poor taxes in the Beverul Hundreds of New Castlo county to attend ut the places of holding the general election in their respective hundreds, on the first Saturday of Mav, Junq, July, August, September', October unu November, between the hours of uiue o'clock A. M. and five o'clock P. M. in the year eighteen hundred and seventy, and every year hereafter, for the purpose of receiving the County and Poor taxes, and all other taxes hereinafter provided for : Provided that when a hundred has been di vided into two or more clcetiou districts, the Col lector shall receive the tuxes at the different vo ting places, alternately : And Provided also, that taxes due in any part of the hundred shall be re ceived at any voting place at which they shall be tendered. Section* 2. That the said Collectors shall, on the first Saturday of May, aforesaid, demand, from all persons liable to pay uixcs, the sums re spectively charged to them on the duplicate or duplicates; und the said Collectors shall deduct from the amounts of said duplicates three per centum on oil amounts paid cm the first Saturday y ; on the first Saturday of June shall de duct the sum of two per centum from amount of said duplicates; ou (ho first Saturday of July shall deduc t the sum of one per centum from amount of said duplicute ; on the first Suturday of August shall collect the amount of said du plicates: on the first Saturday in September shall demand, in addition to the suras charged ns aforesaid, the further sum of one per centum : on the first Saturday of October the further sum of two per centum; on the first Saturday of No vember the further sum of three per centum ; and the Collector shall, in every instance, mark on his duplicate, opposite the name of the person paying the tux, the date of said payment ; und the said Collectors shall attend at the election for Inspector and Assessor, and at the general elec tion, and at all special elections, aud shall de mand, in addition to the amount charged on the duplicates, the per ventage that is due or would be clue ou the regular day of payment next near est the said election day. Section 3. It shall be the duty "bf each of the said Collectors each of the receiving days mentioned in the pre ceding section, to the County Treasurer, Trea surers of the Poor, and to all other persons en titled, their respective portions of the amounts so received, including the per ventage uforesaid. And upon making payment as aforesaid, after the first Saturday of November, the County Treasu rer, and all other persons entitled, shall make settlement with the Collectors, and allow them at the ruteot' four dollars for every oue hundred dollars so received and paid over/ Section 4. That fr tice and Ray. son by inal until sale bill the bill. to ted on ing An her land sage real a i I act chain itlnn five days of nd utter the first Satur day in November, aforesaid, the Collectors shall -vielkgA \t.'d taxes unpaid, at such time and places as they shall choose, adding wvJo the taxes and four percentage aforesaid, the further sum of four per ceutuin : Provided that this additional four per centum shall not be added to the taxes collec ted ou the day of the general election. Section 5. That the settlement aud adjustment of the accounts of the Collector by the Levy Court, as prescribed by section 21, Chapter 8, of Revised Code, shall thereafter be made in the mouth of February in every year, and on all sums received by the Collectors between the first Saturday ol ember and the first Tuesday of February, and paid over within thirty days after the settlement by the Levy Courts as aforesaid, the County Treasurer and all others entitled, shall allow the Collée ors at the rate of eight dollars for every hundred dollars so received and paid over. •&KCT105 G. That in ease any of the said Collec tors shall, within thirty days pftcr the settlement described in the preceding section, fail to pay over to the County Treasurer or other persons en titled, the balance so determined, the County Treasurer or other persons entitled shall immedi ately proceed upon the oUieial bond of such de faulting Collector. Section 7. That the provisions of this act shall apply to the collection of the Road taxes in the several Hundreds of New Castle county, and that the Road Commissioners of the several aforesaid, shall u of have dent man act ted out an act rate to and Hundreds Dually, on the second Saturday * of their number, being a dred, Treasurer of the said ith freehold se ed by both the other commis double the amount of the road tax lev of April, appoint freeholder ol the II road tax, who shall give bond curity, to be appr ied ; the said Treasurer shall •et vc all inoue\s due the Hundred on account of the road tax, aud ders drawn on him by the other work, or other lie shall be allowed a commission of two on all moneys disbursed. Section h. The Collector of Road taxes shall ake a settlement with the Road Commissioners ally, on the second Suturduy ubject to the provisions of Sections shall pay all Corumi: servies. •s for uiateriui uml Trous of Fein I ü aforesaid. lion 9. The Treasurer of the road tax shall make a settlement annually with the other Road Commissioners before the sec d Saturday of April, and shall pay over any balunce found re maining in his hands to his successor in ofiice, immediately upon his uppointmeut. Section lu. All acts parts of acts conflicting with the foregoing sections are hereby repealed. out was the to to the tle lu Slay the elections take place iu France, and there be those who think that peace in Europe will not continue much after that event. One thing is certain, that with all the talk about peace, both Napoleon and King William are prepar ing for war, and that on a scale of magni tude which dwarfs all former efforts iu that line. More than a million of men will be ready lor the field on both sides by June, while needle guns, chassepot rifles, and improved field artillery will add to the general carnage, in cose word is given to unleash the dogs of war, now ready and eager to fly at each other's throats. Of course the manocuvering now is for combi nations. Napoleon wishes to bind Italy and Austria to bis side, and neutralize Russia, while Prussia is endeavoring to propitiate Russia, and work up the Ger man to a fighting frenzy on the issue of "Fatherland." But, unfortunately for King William, his centralizing policy has made mote foes than friends, and in the event of a war with frauce, it the wooden horse to introduce to his kingdom. As matters now stand, the chances are in favor of France. This Napoleon knows, and hence his calm but firm policy on all issues presented. A few more coil's of the chain and Belgium will be an armed outpost of France, aud then the "Lion of Waterloo" and the last remnant of the "detested treaties of 1815" will disappear forever. The family mis sion of Napoleon will not end until these results are recorded .—The Age. ces may prove enemies in not A Man Frozen to Death.— On Satur day night last a man by the name of Da vid Smith, living with his son, near Wil low Grove, ill Kent oouuty, wus frozen to death while returning home in an intoxi cated condition. He whs seen n.t a lute hour at night returning homeward, and it is supposed that after he arrived at the road leading to his housp ho got off the cart to open the gate, which he succeeded opening sbuttiug, but not being able to regain his place in the cart sank down on the ground where he was fouud next moruiug with life extinct. Ho a man about 55 years of age aud a wid ower, his wife having died about two years before. tn Tho Maine Legislature rejected an aiiionduieut to the capital punishment bill providing for the chloroforming of crimi nals before execution. Proceeding« of tl*e Delaware legislature. In tue Senate, March 5.-—Mr. Ellison introduced a supplement to tho act incor porating the Middletown Hall Company. Read. On motion of Mr. Kllison, the act to in corporate the Peach Growers' Rank of Middletown, was read. The Senate then adjourned to Monday In the House, 31 r. Tomlinson gave no tice of a bill to extend thp Queenstown and Harrington Railway to the Delaware Ray. Mr. Houston, reported a bill to incor porate the Chesapeake, Delaware and Hud son Transportation Company. Passed. On motion of Mr. Vadnegrift tho vote by which the bill to incorporate the Crim inal Reform Association was lost, was re considered, and further action postponed until Tuesday next at 4 o'clock. Mr. Deau from the special committee to whom was referred the bill to regulate the sale of intoxicating liquors reported the bill back without amendment, staring that the committee could not agree upon any bill. On motion the bill was recommitted to the committee, when Mr. Dean reque ted and was excused from further serving on the committee, aud Mr. Meredith was appointed in his place. In the Senate, March 8.—The follow ing House bills w ere read the first time :— An act to divorce Susannah Lynch from her husband, Robert K. Lynch. An act donating three acres of public land near the town of Lewes, for the man ufactory of fish oil and fish guano. In the House. —Mi. llainm offered a petition of Isaac H. Register, for the pas sage of an aot to enable him to sell certain real estate belonging to minors, referred to a special committee consisting of Messrs, i I »ui in, Tomlinson and Doukyne. A bill was introduced by Mr. Jump to increase the pay of members of tho Leg islature from three to five dollars per day. The following hills were passed :—An act to double tbo fees of surveyors aud chain carriers. An act to incorporate tho Wilmington Steamship Company. In the Senate, March 9, Mr. Gooding introduced a bill providing for a division of Wilmington into nine wards, each to have two members of Council ; the Presi dent of tho Council to be elected by the eitizeus ; abolishing the office of Alder man and makiug the term of the Mayor three years. The following bills were passed : An act for the better security of monies inves ted by the Orphans' Courts. House bill, to limit the oity debt of Wilmington, with an amendment, striking out §290,000 aud inserting §225,000. House bill, to open a road near Clayton. In the House, Dr. Brown gave notice of an act to incorporate West Wilmington. Mr. Silver presented a petitiou for an act to amend an act to incorporate the Delaware and Pennsylvania Railroad Com pany. Referred to the Committee ou Cor porations. Mr. Dean introduced a bill to prevent stock from running at large in New Castle county, which was read. Mr. Dean introduced an act to incorpo rate the Newark Building and Improve ment Company, which was read. On motion of Mr. Reynolds the bill to divorce Win. L. Marshall from Anna K. Marshall was read a third time uml lost. The following bills passed :—Senate bill to amend an act to incorporate the Dela ware and Chester coUnty Railroad Com pany, and changing the name to the Del aware and Pennsylvania Railroad. Senate bill, an amendment to the bill to limit the city debt of Wilmington, and striking out §290,000 and inserting §225,000, was concurred in by the Ilouse^ and the bill passed. An act to incorporate the CVi firm Aassociation—yeas 10 ; nays 2. p, the bill to lay iuorges Hundred i minai lle On motion of Mr. Jum out a public road io St. C was read a third tim»- and l<»>d. In the Senate, Mardi 11.— The act t. incorporate the St. Gum proveuicut Co. ; the Middletown llall Co.; the amendment of the act to iucor| Delaware City, and the House bill to in corporate the Peach Growers' Bank, of Middletown, were read and passed. In tile House the following bills had their first reading:—Mr. Dean, an act to provide revenue to pay the interest on the Mr. Vnndegrift, Senate bill to amend chap. 00 revised code in relation to roads and bridges. On motion of Mr. Deakyne an act for the better collection of taxes in New Cas tle county was passed. Also, an act to amend an act to establish a College tor Ag ricultural and Mechanic Arts, ut Newark ; also an act for the better protection of the property of married women. Marsh Im •at State debt ; The Steamer Henry Burden left Jack sonville. Florida, lately for Cuba, with one hundred Cuban refugees, several pie ces of artillery, and five million ball cart ridges and other material The jury in the case of James Grant, charged with the murder of H. Rivys Pol lard, brought iu a verdict on Saturday of not guilty, and the prisoner diseharg was ed. The connection between the Union Pa cific and the Centrul Pacifie Railroads resumed on Tuesday, after four weeks pension, on account of tho snow, Was aus to it , George S. Twitchell, Jr. and Gerald Eaton, are to bo hung in Philadelphia the 8th of April, for tpqrder. , on Russin has just exiled about forty trea sury officials to Siberia for robbing the government. Tho heirs pf Noali Webster receive $25,000 annually from the sale of his dic tionary. During the last 72 years 7 criminals have been hung in Somerset county, Ma ryland. The bullion product of the Nevada mines last year was _18,000.000. Refined sugars have deeliued two rer pound Binckley and Rollins had a etreet en counter in Washington yesterday. an cents ¥bh Lev. W. II. Milburn, the blind preacmr, formerly of Cecil county, Md has recently returned to Paris from Ber lin, wIntro ho has been for a number of months tender treatment in tho eliuie of the celekated Professor von Graefe. He l\as heeniiuceessfully operated upon for ar tificial pkiil ; but a second operation, which, is tjt cessury to give him vision, had to be postp'tnod for some mouths, on ac count of theVnfhuuation which followed tho first, \ - By A under best bweet to o ble the The favorite horse of Rev. Dr. Chan ning recently\ied at Portsmouth, Rhode Island, aged folty-uine years. At the de cease of the DocVor a ptHson was especially charged to take £ood care of him as long as he might live. This person died, and another was selected to sve that the Doc tor's wishes were carried \ut. The nominations for tha Cabinet, to gether with those of Shcrina^ to be Gen eral ; Sheridan, Lieutenant General; Scho field, Major General; Augui\ Brigadier General ; and Columbus Dcîaiîy, Internal Revenue Commissioner ; were a ly confirmed by the Senate. England expects the teen year locusts" this year. Chns. A. Williams, a post office c\ork iu New York, has been arrested, chVrged with stealing from the mails. A Vermont paper says that the annual product of maple sugar in that State is 7,000,000 of pounds. prompt Ne \' seven HAHRIED. In the Forest Presbyterian Church, in (his town, on the 11 tli instant, by the Rev. John Patton, I). D. Mr. G. W. W. Nttudain and Miss Ivute A. Eli son, both of thia county. THE MARKETS, MIDDLETOWN MARKET. EKKLY BY A. T. BRADLEY. 75&I 80 CORRECTED Wheat, Red, prime. Coin yellow,. " white."... :> Oats. Timothy Seed. Clover Seed. Eggs. llutlcr. Chickens (Dressed). Ducks.". Geese. ,u .. Turkeys . 44 . Lard. Hogs... Beef. Hams. Sides . Shoulders. Potatoes.. 4<j(W'»5 . 4 -50 .10 75 ...2,) ets ^ doz ..45(«;50 ets. ft lb 1 5 (a, I G 44 *• ..18(^19 " 44 ..14&15 " " . .H'(r/,20 " " ..20 u*', 22 " " ••*<«,22 " " ..*%25 44 44 ..10020 " " .. 1 Ü(aj 18 " " 85(a> 05'f! I i s'tel Hitt, A IIEI.PIII A. Prime i Corn, u Uals.... Cloversecd Timothy... «1 wheat Si 6 0(H 1 65 owyell Ï2 (a 75 SlO 25 ..$3 03 VIUUXCTOX. Wheat red , New .$1 50(S,1 70 .$90 (£92 73 .510 50(a 11 00 <' Gats. Flour SPECIAL ÏVOTICFS. Couchs and Cow —At the present time Buffer in# fr lie Throat and mind that never fails L Di , tl hould heur i lb < ni» Syrup of 'I r Ci •I Colds. Hoars in the Brens TH it. As:h ml all diseases of excellent rem edy lie Throat ami Lum It is . for Cr pund Hoopii ut it. Sold Cough. i Middletown, at Dr. W. Store, for 5o cents a bottle. Rua 'roprletors Philadelphia. No famil y should be with II. lb Dl The s. 11 1 Landis, 1 Dec. 12 ( ..3iuos, D E A FN ES.S, BLIND N ES treated with the utmost si M. I). iud CATARRH d Professor of Di ise of the J *f IViiiiBylrn •rl.y of Leyden, Holland,) 8()5 Arch Street, Phila. Testimonials can icdicul faculty are in id i;. in the Medical Collep xperil.nee. (for As 11 «•are has N. be his offic vitcd to accompany meir patients, as lie lias no •rets in his practice. Artificial eyes inserted ithout pain. No charge for examination. l be FINE READY MADE CLOTHING. ; 228 MARKET .STREET, 2nd Door below THIRD WILMINGTON, DELAWARE. FpilE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OF Ready Made Clothing iu Delaware, h. ml ami will nc sold 1 ey Muke, now Gur Ü at less than Philadelphia Prices. All our Clothing it inde in Superior uiuuncr by PRACTICAL TAILORS. The Proprietor having an experience of over thirty years iu this Business, will guarantee SHtib tacuou to any purchaser. A full line of FINE CLOTHS, CASSIMERES, and VESTINGS, the all Constantly on hnud for ORDER WORK, which will he made iu the LATEST STYLE AND BEST MANNER, At No. 228 Market Street, JPAl The Oldest Established Clothing Emporium in Delaware. March 6—]y Edward Moore. v NOTICE—DISSOLUTION! T"f Copartnership hitherto existing between the undersigned, under the name of John A Reynolds k Suns, is this day dissolved by consent, E. Reynolds retiring All persons indebted to the late firm will please call and settle up to the 1st of January, 1869, us we wish the business nil closed up to that date E. REYNOLDS, S. M. REtNOLDS. nutuul The undersigned will continue the business the old stund, under the style of John A. Key llollls & ÖOII. J Thankful for past fiivors, we hope, by strict at tention to business, to merit a continuation of the same. J. A. REt NOLD8, S. M. REYNOLDS. at , * I take tills opportunity to return my thanks to tne public for tbo liberal pairouagc so kind I y be stuwed upon the late firm durlug uiy collection "Hit it, and cordially ask a continuation (if the same to my successor. E. REYNOLDS. ■ March 13th, 1869 —lr Tn OrTlCfE. rpj*U annual MeetlntrTor the election of seven -L Directors fur Ute Middletown Hall Company will take pirn* on Monday 15th inst. between thé hours of 2 and 4 o'clock, P. M. in the Hall. March 13—It, "* W. H. BARR, Sc*. PLANTS ! Plants I ! Plants ! ! ! WOODSIDE SMALL FRUIT NURSERY, STRAWBERRIES^ RASPBERRIES, BLACKBERRIES, CURRANTS, GOOSEBERRIE8, By the Dozen, Hundred und Thoueand. BRICES REDUCED! A 1 f?nfv Ve yJ.W.S?i« ho '~ * el «tl<» of ''AUL! \ El,El ABLE PLANTS, grown under glass, with grout care, comprising «11 the best varieties of TOMATO, EGG, CABBAGE, PEPPER, SWEET POTATO PLANTS. All Plants grown in m.v Hot Beds, except bweet 1 otato, are transplanted from seed beds in to new hot beds, thereby giving them more room o grow, making them belter rooted and less lia ble to die when transferred from the hot bed to the open ground. Early Smooth and Tilden Tomatoes, and Nan semond Sweet Potato Plants, furnished in largo, quantities, and shipped to any point on the Del. Railroad at shortest notice. AND SEED POTATOES. EARLY ROSE, by the pound only, EARLY GOODRICH, HARRISON MONITOR, by the bnthel. ' For further particulars, *c. apply to HENRY CLAYTON, Mount Pleasant, Del] AND) March 13—tm. CARRIAGES, Carriages, carriages. \ J. M. COX & BRO. MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, mahuf actum, all xwdq w -** CARRIAGES. ALL \\ 6UK FROM THIS ESTABLISHMENT WARRANTED TO GIVE ENTIRE SATISFACTION.. Repairing promptly attended to. March 13—6uios. CcciVDemocrat, nrnl Whig, News «nd Tran script, Chestertown, Sniyr ~ Time«, und Centre copy 0 munlhs and send bill ami paper to advertiser ville Ohserv Rhodes Super Phosphate* THE STANDARD MANURE. MANUFACTURED BY POTTS & KLETT, Camden, New Jersey. The attention of Farmers is especially called U» RHODES PHOSPHATE As the most valuable and reliable manure for wheat and grass, as well as for other crops, as 11 *!£?., hy nn ex P<-;riencc of fifteen years. I his long established and standard manure is prepared expressly for Drilling and particular «•are is taken to niaiutuin tha high reputation It has obtained. » « i* We e prepared to furnish the Rhodes Super l nosphate in bbls. or iu bags of 200 lbs. os may be desired. J >50- For sale by dealers, und by YARNALL & TRIMBLE, 418 South Wharvet h 41Ö Renn Street, PHILADELPHIA. îs T O TIC E ! ! IJER.SONS who Bred Mares to the Stallion« 1- George M. Putcliem and Prince Albert, Inst year, are hereby notified that the Mon ey i» now due, und prompt payment expeeted, either by Cash or Note. Mh. 13—1m* JAMES T. SJIAL lost. A hv l S l S i 'T n A S r! Su,,on ' "tttl endorsed tahn u- IOr c -. Nc " l » n . for $2,000 in favor of John M. \\ ootl, gtven March 16th, 1868, at six months. The payment has been stopped. March 13, 1869—3m JOHN Jl. WOOD NEW BAKERY, IN MIDULE'roWlV, DEL. North East Corner or Lake and Broad street« rptlE undersigned wisl.es to Inform his friend* A. und the public ut large, that he has uienced ti.e Baking Business in all its incuts, and will keep constantly on hand, Bread, Cakes, Crackers, Pies, Candy, And will supply Weddings und Parties with all sorts of Cakes at short notice ' He has eugaged a first class Baker to the business. all 1 !?.'« 11 Ul f° CODtinuc 'ho Fainting Business in March rX-tf FRANC1S TARONI. com et o pari attend to WEDDING RINGS, No. 35} SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA. March 0—tf NOTICE, T 1 w„ F rlv ,n .u f vm 8 .'" #,a 4 »™.machinists, *e. , n'T |.v 4 ' Md. bavlag been dissolved on thé persons ^indeUed' tu^sai'd UT' ™ 0 Jeai, and se.tie with theVetlt "LÄ * S ofta '« h ° " rc i u,hori "d to close the taTii A RABE CH ANCeTî! qWE undersigned will soil her entire Stock of MILLINERY GOODS AT COST, end rent the old established stand, where a good and profitable business can be done. Ännlv Lni n t S. E. TAÜRÏr f>t. Georges, Del. Feb, 26, 1869—3w. Y,