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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,