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SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 9, 1869.
VO READERS AMD CORRESPONDENTS.
It is a fastidious taste that will not be
pleased with the contents of onr outer
fcnn to-day. The pootry on the first
page —" Tue Beide's Farewell" —is
quite appropriate and well timed, as there
are *0 many young brides, actual and ex
pectant, in this neighborhood, to whom
the " parting hour" is corns, or is soon to
come, and who are soon to bid farewell to
the homes of their childhood and the
loved ones they hold so dear.
The sad story of the dael between Com
modores Barron and Decatur, though told
ao often before, will be new to many of
our readers, and is even yet full of pain
ful interest, at the sudden " taking off"
of one of the most gallant spirits of our
Navy, who aided ao much in achieving
for it its unperishable renown.
* " Tho deep; deep ictr,
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gives us a
glimpse of the wonders of tho fathomless
oeean, deep down in its mysterious abyss,
which fills the spirit of man with awe as
he contemplates it.
" The Cold Summer" of 1816, will he
new to many of onr young readers. Noth
ing like it has occurred since. The near
est approach to it was that of 1836, when
there was frost every month in the year,
and 178 days of v cast wind and rain, ac
cording to a diary kept by a lady and fur
nished to us for publication at the close of
the year.
Onr column of Wit and Humor gen
erally affords the appreciative reader a
good laugh. We endeavor to keep it
free fro an all that is gross, immoral, or
that would offend good taste,
The Farmer's department aims to im
part useful information and valuable hints
on all subjects relating to the farm. Would
that we oould enlist the pens of our most
successful farmers in detailing the results
of their valuable experience for the bene
fit of their class. That experience, if
concentred in our pages, would bo inval
uable, especially to the young. Would
that we eould induce them, also, to form
• Farmer's Club, for monthly intercourse
with each other, and for a mutual inter
change of opinions and experiences upon
all aubjecta relating to their general in
terests as agriculturists. Wbat profit, as
well as pleasure, would enure to them,
from such a stated association with each
other.
On the fourth page, the poetry entitled
*• Indian Snmmer" is appropriate, as the
season is"bow near at hand. "Sunset"
it a piece of gorgeous word-painting,
•rhWk, beautiful as it is, fails to do justice
to the subject, which never yet has been
adequately portrayed in prose or verse.
Sauset, sunrise, the starry heavens,—
favorite themes of the poets and pen
puinters of all ages,—only servo to show
the poverty of human language, the in
adequacy of human conception, when at
tempting to deal with the grandeur, the
beanty, the sublimity of Nature. Finite
(•telfigeaee cannot grasp or comprehend
them ; they fill the soul with wonder and
admiration, and kindle within us yearn
ings for the infinite, and these emotions
bound onr eapabilitics.
" Ancient Lore" will be found to be
not tbe least readable article on our outer
If it does not increase the stock
of knowledge of the practical horticul
turist, it will probably excite a smile, and
thus compensate for its perusal.
We will try and find space, in onr next,
for a description of Northern Neck, Va.
sent ui by a correspondent.
pages.
PSNINBULAR FRUIT GROWERS' ASSOCIA
TION. —This association will hold its third
annual meeting in the State House, Dover,
on Tuesday, October 19th. 1869, at 2
o'clock, P. M. In view of the immense
interest the people of the peninsula have
in fruit, but especially in peaches, it is to
be hoped there will be a large attendance.
This year's crop has been very large in
deed, for beyond any heretofore, yet it is
not half what will be grown hereafter when
the young orchards come in. It ia, there
fore, wise to look ahead, and provide for
what is before ns. Packages, consign
ments, commissions, but especially trans
portation, will claim the attention of the
fruit growers. By united, harmonious,
prompt and efficient action in regard to
these matters, they can greatly benefit
tUeosehres individually, as well as the cit
tsens of the State at large.
The Dcasaerate of Kent county, Md.
have BM B twatod the following ticket :—
For (he House of Delegates, Horatio
Beek, Wm. B. Wilmer ; for Sheriff, Rob
ert W. Calder ; for Co*nty Commission
era. Wm. T. Hepbrota, Thomas P, Dixon,
Stevenson Constable ; for County Sur
veyor, F. Hyland Taylor; tor School
Commissioners, 1st District— Joseph P.
Ireland ; 2d. G. ff. Covington ; 3d.
Isaac Panama ; dtb, Thomas Baker ; 5th.
I. C. Taylor.
Amo* Kendall, ex-President Franklin
Fierce, and Wm- G. ByojroJojr, are all
said to be extremely ill.
CARROLL CO. AGRICULTURAL FAIR.
We attended this exhibition, at West
minster, last week, the first ever held in
the county, and it was ouc of which its
substantial and thrifty farmers might well
have been proud. It was a success in all
of its departments. The grounds are
conveniently located at the eastern limits
of the town, and well adapted to the pur
poses of the- Society. They consist of
thirty acres, and together with the build
ings and enclosures cost about $30,000,
which sum was raised by stock subscrip
tions, chiefly among the farmers. A
beautiful half-mile track for the trial of
speed ; a large two-story Hall, for the
exhibition of domestic manufactures,
fruits, vegetables, &c. ; a pavillion large
enough to accommodate 3000 people ;
a beautiful octagonal music stand, sur
mounted by a handsome flag-staff from
which floated the stars and stripes ; a
stand for the Judges ; and sheds and en
closures for the accommodation of stock of
all kinds, comprise the improvements
which have beca lttid out and erected -with
great taste and skill, by the intelligent
and publio spirited gentlemen who com
pose the board of officers of the Society.
The display of machinery was exten
sive, much of it manufactured in the
county.
Among the stock there were some very
superior horses, and we noticed some fine
Devon, Durham, Alderney, Ayrshire,
Teeswatcr and native cattle. There were
also some very superior White Chester
and Berkshire hogs, and fair specimens of
Cotswold and Southdown sheep/, also
jacks and mules. A stallion of the St.
Lawrence Btock, belonging to Mr. Haines,
of Westminster, is deserving of special
mention. Although very fat, and hav
ing just closed a very successful season,
he trotted his mile in 2.50. If in pro
per condition and well trained, it is be
lieved he would be able to make it in the
20's. A horse of finer form and action is
rarely seen. The best trotting over the
course was 2.33. In the vegetable de
partment we noticed many prodigies—the
largest egg-plants wo ever saw ; five
pumpkins grown upon one vine, the ag
gregate weight, of which was 450 lbs. :
fifty-six potatoes which weighed 56 lbs. :
and we heard mention of one Harrison
potato which weighed over two lbs. We
never saw finer apples, and the display of
pears, grapes, and other fruits, was highly
creditable. But, a noticeable feature of
the exhibition was tbo handiwork of the
ladies, of whom, we were pleased to learn,
there were over one hundred exhibitors.
There were many articles of vertu in this
department, highly creditable to their
taste and skill. A raccoon robe and a
muskrat robe were much admired. Hand
somer articles could hardly be found at
the furrier's. A quilt with over 15,000
stitches ; and as pretty a piece of yard
wide home made Yenitian carpet as we
ever beheld. There was a beautiful dis
play of handsome paintings, rich em
broidery, elegant and ingeniously wrought
hair-boquets, wax fruits and flowers, &c.
&c. which we have rarely seen surpassed.
The weather was fine, fully five thousand
people were in attendance, and the
grounds presented an animated scene,
enlivened throughout by the music of no
less than six brass bands, which gener
ously volunteered their services for the
occasion. Altogether, the exhibition was
one which reflected high honor upon the
people of Carroll.
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EFFECT OP PROTECTION.
No subject has been more befogged and
mystified than that of the tariff. That
specious, adcaptandum phrase of " pro
tection" to home industry has misled its
thousands. When the subject is stripped
of its mystery and simplified, it is seen
that the * ' protection" afforded to Ameri
can industry by the tariff, is only that of
the vulture towards the lamb. Facts arc
often better than arguments to illustrate
the trnth of any proposition, and one of
these facts illustrating the hurtful nature
of a high destructive ( we will not call it
a protective) tariff, is furnished to us by
the Neu> York Herald, in relation to the
duty on coal. That journal says :—"Sid
ney coal, we are assured by a correspon
dent, can be delivered in this city now in
quantities of one hundred tons at seven
dollars per ton. Let the people reflect
that one dollar and seventy cents of this
price is paid for duty. Thus the price of
the same coal, if it were relieved of the
duty imposed to " protect" Pennsylvania,
would be five dollarB and thirty cents."
Thus it will be be seen that tbe article of
coal, now almost one of prime necessity,
is kept at an exorbitant price to ' ' pro
tect" a few wealthy miners who need
protection, and who, Dot content with the
profits afforded them by this unwise legis
lation of Congress, actually conspire to
gether to get up " strikes" among their
operatives to enhance the price of coal
still more. The poor, as well as tho rich,
have to use this fuel, and for every ton
they buy they have to pay $1.70
than they would otherwise have to pay on
aceount of the Tariff. The humblest in
tellect can readily comprehend such "pro
tection" to industry as is afforded by this
■exorbitant duty on coal.
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Ciiatswobtk Hill Select Boarding
and Day School for Yodnu Ladies.—
188 Franklin Street, Baltimore Md. Mrs.
P. L. Eichelberger and Miss. A. E. Has
son, principal. This school is located in
high, healthy and retired part of the ci
ty. The building is furnished with all the
modern improvements, Buch as water, gas,
baths, &c. and having a large and well
shaded yard attached, is admirably adapt
ed to the purposes of this institution. The
School Room is fitted up in the most mod
ern style, and every arrangement made to
secure the comfort and advancement of the
pupils. Board and tuition in English and
Latin, including fuel, lights, and washing,
per session, $175: Music, French and Ger
man at Professors' prices. If any of our
readers have daughters whom they wish
to send abroad to be educated, wc know of
no school wo can recommend more highly
than this.
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A comet is said to be approaching, the
appearance of which was foretold by as
tronomers ien years ago. It may be
seen with the naked eye on any clear
night, in the Northern part of the heavens,
after 11 or 12 o'clock, and from that time
till day light. It will grow brighter as
it approaches the earth.
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The New York Herald, after mention
ing the probable election of Andrew John
son to the U. S. Senate, says:—"Let
the inipeachcrs of tho Senate look out for
him ; for should he come among them he
will he sure to call them to a settlement.
Senators Saulsbury and Bayard will ac
cept our thanks for public documents.
Gunpowder. —The time of the origin
of this valuable composition seems to be
involved in hopeless obscurity. It doubt
less was known to the Chinese and Hin
doos at a very early period. History
speaks of a people whom Alexander the
Great declined to attack because they "o
verthrew their enemies with tempests and
thunderbolts shot from their walls." It is
said that Hercules was repulsed by these
people "with storms of thunderbolts and
lightnings hurled from above,
guage would seem to imply the use of an
agency similar to gunpowder. However,
its invention hus been attributed to a
German monk and alchemist of the four
teenth century, named Schwartz ; but there
are works which allude to gunpowder as
a composition in use previous to his day.
Gunpowder is composed of nitre, charcoal,
and sulphur. The charcoal for this pur
pose is made from the twigs of the black
dogwood, black alder, or the willow. It
is charred in closed retorts of cast iron at
a low temperture. The sulphur and nitre
are refined to a point of almost absolute
purity ; and all the ingredients arc ground
into a fine powder and bolted. The dif
ferent sorts arc then weighed in propor
tions, moistened with water, dml taken to
a mill and ground between immensely
heavy rollers of cast-iron, which revolve
on a circular cast-iron bed having wooden
sides. It is in this grinding process that
those fearful accidents occur. Should a
particle of grit get into tho mill, the re
sult is likely to be an explosion. When
taken out of the mill, it is put in a press
and subjected to immense pressure,
ter this, it is broken and granulated by be
ing passed between fluted rollers, over
seives which have a shaking motion.
The corners of tho grains are next worn
off, to prevent loss from dust wliilo in
transportation. This is done by revolviug
a quantity in a tumbling-barrel, in which
it is also glazed by having the barrels lin
ed with woolen. Drying on sheets com
pletes the process.
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Land Sales in Kent County. Md.—
R. Hyson, Esq. sold at trustee's sale, at
Voshcll House, in Cbestertown, on
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Tuesday last, the Hiram Brown home farm,
situated in Quaker Neck, and containing
of
two hundred and eighty three acres, to
Mrs. E. T. Brown, for $9,197 50, sub
ject to dower. The same gentlemen, as
attorney for the owner, sold at Kennedy
ville, on Wednesday last, the farm of Jes
se Wilson, situated about two miles from
Chcstervillo, and containing one hundred
and fifty-five amj£g*4n Mr. JohD Wilson,
of Still Pond,Tor$l6.425, being a frac,
tion over $106 per acre. Mr. John Wil
son has sold his farm in Still Pond, con
taining one hundred and eighty-three acres,
to Mr. Jesse Wilson, for $9,000, — Ches
terlown News.
James Gordon Bennett, of the New
York Herald, is not In bo preoarious health
as the papers have stated. Advancing
years and the intense mental activity of
almost half a oentury of journalism have
doubtless produced some effect upon him,
but he still supervises the Herald. Mr.
Bennett commeneed his career in Charles
ton, South Carolina, in 1822. Afterward
he came to New York and became oonnec
ted with the Courier and Enquirer. On
the 9th of May, 1835, he issued the first
number of the New York Herald.
A negro, named Quinn, was taken from
the Sheriff and lynched, in Harford coun
ty, Md, last Saturday. He bad felonious
ly assaulted a Miss. Rcip, sixty-five years
of age.
In Texas, the Provisional Governor,
Pease, has resigned, and will enter the
canvass in support of Hamilton, the Con
servative Republican candidate for Gov
ernor.
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The Radicals in Mississippi have nomi
nated for Governor, General Alcorn, who
took a leading and active part in the Con
federate army.
Twenty-seven persons were killed and
fifty-six injured by the boiler explosion at
the State Fair, iu Indianapolis, on Fri
daj.
LOCAL AFFAIRS.
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Tub Case or Wesley Loyd.—T he statement of
the conduct of the colored man, J.
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towards Mrs. Benston and her daughtor, publish
ed in the Transcript of Satur. last, having been
pronounced "a gross misrepresentation of facts,"
we called upon the ladieson Thursday last, to hear
their own version of the affair, and to ascertain
whether the statement, ns published, would be
roborated by them or not. They both averred that
Loyd's conduct was even worse than it was rep
resented to be in the account given of it, and ex
pressed. their surprise that the circumstances were
so partially related. The particulars were com
municated to this office by a gentleman who
deemed it prudent to do so, within bounds, in
order to avoid any undue excitement in relation
to the affair, the public mind being already in a
state of irritation on account of negro outrages,
chronicled almost daily in the public press. As
to his surety, wo are confident that Mr. Biggs
was imposed upon by the negroe's statement.
Besides, the man lias lived with Mr. Biggs and
one of his brothers for fifteen years, and is now
engaged as a laborer upon his farm, nnd lie did
not want to lie deprived of his servicesat this bu
sy season of the year. AVo have been asked to
putdlsh the substance of the negroe's statement,
made before Esquiro Black, and we do so, in the
following words, which have been written out
and handed to us fur publication :
"On Saturday the 25th of September last, 1 lmd
drawn, on a check, from the Middletown Bank,
one hundred dollars; this, with two dollars and
some cents, was lost by me in tbe road between
Mount Pleasant and Summit Bridge. Somewhere
about Mr. Lewis Cavender's peach orchard the
money was missed by me: I immediately turned
and west back as fax as Mount Pleasant On my
way back I met two ladies in a carriage. I did
not find the money and concluded that the ladies
might hnve found it, as no other persons had
passed along the road after the money had been
lost, consequently l hurried on to overtake the
ladies, which I did betw
and Mr. Price's store.
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Mr. Ciirnngy's house
I drove past them and
hailed them to know if they had found a pocket
book, they made no reply, but drove faster. I
then drove on before them to Mr. Price's store,
got out of my wagon, went hack to them and
asked if they had found a pocket-book. At this
time the ladies had stopped in the road, having
overtaken two gentlemen in a carriage, one of
whom was out talking to the ladies. They paid
no attention to my question, but wanted me ar
rested. I tried to explain to the ladies that I
meant no. harm, had lost my pocket-book and
wanted to know if they had found it. I left them
and went back to Mr. Price's store. The ladies
drove up to Mr. James Nicholson's house
and got out of their carriage. 1 went over again,
and tried to explain that I lmd lost my pocket
book and did not mean any harm, but ull in
vain, the ladies refusing to say whether they had
found one or not. This is a true statement ac
cording to my recollection of the facts. I did not
intend to say one saucy word, nor do any thing
that would give the least insult to the ladies. I
may have said something through excitement that
1 ought not to have said; if so I am truly sorry
for it, ns my intention was to do no wrong."
Loyd found his pocket-book, with the money
in it, ou Sunday afternoon, where he had dropped
it, on the side of the road nearly under the hedge,
the edges of the notes pretty well saturated with
water, having laid out in all the heavy rain of
Sunday week.
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Rail Road Meeting.— Another meeting took
place at Elkton, on Tuesday last, to further the
project of constructing a Rail Road from that
point to Massey's. Hamilton Morton, Esq.
made Chairman, and Geo. W. Cruikshank, Esq.
Secretary. The latter stated* the object of the
meeting. Sara'l. B. Foard, Esq. stated that $58,
000 would have to be subscribed by individuals
before the same amount could be had from the
State. The meeting appointed temporary direc
tors as follows :—Jacob Tome, Hamilton Morton,
Wm. Lindsey, Sewell Green, Roberts. Griffith,
J. Black Groome, John Peach, Alexander Wil
son, Wm. T. Weldon. The meeting then ad
journed, and the directors held a meeting imme
diately after. Jacob Tome, Esq. was elected
President, und J. Black Groome, Esq. Secretary
and Treasurer. It was resolved that each Direc
tor be a committee to solicit subscriptions. About
$ 8,000 were subscribed, and a lurge number of
persons pledged themselves to take stock for dam
age, or right of way. The next meeting will
be held at Warwick, on the second Wednesday
bf November. It is computed that $300,000 will
build the road. The distance is not over twenty
miles, the grading light, und the cost per mile will
hardly exceed $13,000 as the road was once grad
ed to near Murphy's Mill. The project seems
to have started in earnest. A charter will be had
next winter, and liberal subscriptions will be made
all along the line, both in Md. and Del. Baltimore
capitalists will certainly lend their aid to the work,
now that it is in a fair way of I icing constructed.
The gentleman at the head of the work knows no
such word as fail, and would build the road him
self, if lie took it into his head, sooner than it
should not lie constructed. Let Baltimore awake
now to her interest.
Our old friends Rockhill & Wilson are as hard
at work as ever, furnishing every dcscripti
men's attractions in the way of elegant and lux
urious masculine apparel. Their splendid Brown
Stone Hall is better furnished than ever with eve
rything that man or boy can want, for warmth,
health, and comfort. All that our friends need
to do, is just to call and examine for themselves
and compare the prices of this splendid clothing
with that of any other in Philadelphia or else
where. *
Sale of Virginia Lands. —Win. H. Newton &
Co. land agents, Baltimore, have recently sold
the following farms : 500 acres in Richmond
county, Va. to O. M. Duncan, of New York, $10
per aero. 500 acres in the same county, to Dr.
Veazey of Pennsylvania, at $12 per acre. 55G
acres in Spotsylvania county, to Thomas Wilson
of Michigan, for $6000 cash. 100 acres in Lan
caster county, to Thomas Martin of Delaware for
$800.
A striking feature of the landscape in this part
'Tew Castle county is its beautiful neatly trimm
ed hedges. They are now receiving their third
and last trimming. It is customary to trim them
three timea a year, In Juno, Allgust, and October.
The trimming is easily and expeditiously done,
one hand with a sharp knife will go over a long
8 trtech of hedge iq a day. It is not near so
troublesome as righting up a post aqd rail fence.
The heavy showers of Sunday and Sunday
night lost, extended over a great part of the coun
try, and produced destructive freshets in many
places, brief mention of which appears in our
news summary. The surplus water had to be let
out of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, to
prevent an overflow of its banks. MilLdams were
preserved ip like manner, and we have heard of
no damage by the flood in this region.
Tho Cruraptonian mentions a secoqd crop of
{ >eaches, about three dozcq, upon a tree iq Sud
ersville, Queen Anne's County, Md. this season.
The first crop was a large yellow free-stone peach,
natural growth, gathered about five weeks since.
The second crop appear to have attained maturi
ty, though they are not larger than a medium
hickory-nut, perfectly formed and qot as juicy as
the first crop.
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Tableaux Vivants, —An interesting exhibition
will be given at tho Town Hall, on Wednesday
and Thursday evenings next. From the prepar
ations in progress we cun promise tlte public a
most agreeable entertainment. The proceeds
to aid iu the liquidation of tho Hall debt. Artec
ftttrac
mas Ward's wax-figures, which formed
tive a feature in a former exhibition here, will be
repeated.
In walking through the fields ope is struck
with the immense number of grasshoppers which
arc skipping before him on every hand. Tlte dry
season, we are told, was favorable to these in
sects, which are more numerous than we ever saw
them before. Let qs hope they iqayjjot become
a "burdenj" as of old, and us they are at the pres
sent time, in many parts of the West.
Is Mrs. Stowe to become a Delawarean ? The
Milford paper says she arrived there last week,
and spent a day or two in looking at the farm of
Mr. A. B. Morrisop, near tpwn. Mr- Morrison
received q letter from Mrs. Stowe a few days ago,
stating that if tlje farm was as represented she
would purchase it. Wp have not been informed
as to the result of her visit.
We are indebted to Col. Joshua Clayton for a
basket of fine Concord Grapes, and also some ve
ry fine pears, for which
We are also indebted to Mr. Zacharias Roberts
' for a basket of very fine apples embracing four
I' teen varieties, for which he has our thank*.
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we tender our thanks.
Hyhknial. —Cupid has held high carnival in
midst for some time past, and the votaries
of Hymen are thronging the court of the nup
tial god. Two weddings were celebrated in this
vicinity on Thursday last, one of which within
the sacred precincls of good old St. Ann's. The
concourse in attendance was very lurge. Three
clergymen graced the occasion by their presence,
two of whom officiated in the ceremonial. The
altar, desk, Ac. were decorated with beautiful
festoons and hoquets of flowers, and the avenue
of entrance to the church was strewn with flow
ers by the hands of the children of the Snblmth
School, of which the groom was superintendent.
There were ushers in white gloves and vests,
who seated the audience, fitting the venerable
pile from floor to galleries. Tile organ was ex
pected to peal out a joyful anthem, but through
Borne mishap this part of the arrangement
On tlte right of the altar, in the front pew, were
seated the father and grand-father, and tile
mother and grand-mother of the groom,
left, the mother, the younger sister, and friends
of the bride. The ucme of the pleasurable ex
citement was readied as the bridât party' en
tered preceded by fivegruomsmen aud five brides
maids, elegantly and tastefully dressed, the ladies
in white with long trails, the groom leuding the
wife of a brother of the bride, and llie bride
leaning upon the arm of her ninrried brother,
w'ho gave her away. A white silk ottoman was
provided for the bride to kneel upon at the altar.
When the solemn and imposing ceremony was
ended, the Rector and his assistant, conforming
to the good old custom of other days, saluted
the bride and tendered their congratulations to
the groom. In the afternoon both bridal parties
assembled at the depot, attended by many triends,
to take the cars. The omens were all favorable ;
the day was clear, bright and beautiful as ever
dawned on Eden, and every face was w
with smites. In the spirit of the occasion an
uncle of one of the brides procured an old shoe
and hung it up in the bridal car ns a talisman of
good luck, and it was specially noted that the
car which was to convey the parly
w'hich brought to mind the
Irish ballad—"There's luck in odd numbers,
says Rory O'More.'' The bell tapped, the whis
tle sounded, and tile happy company were spiri
ted nway, bearing with th.m the best wishes of
all present. Dnnte Rumor lias it that other hap
py couples are to tread speedily in their foot
steps. " So mote it be."
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Marriage in Delaware. —The following para
graph is being published all over the country.
" Delaware requires a man about to be married
to give bonds to the amount of $ 200 , for good
behavior, and for the proper ninintenance of his
wife and family, and parties are trying to get
the law repealed." It is the fato cf Delaware to
be misrepresented in all her institutions, from
the whipping-post to the marital bond. This
bond is not for "good behavior," or for the
proper maintenaoce of his wife and family, ns
frequently alleged, but to guard ngninst fraud
ulent practices and to assure the authorities that
the applicant intends in good faith to use the
marriage license for the purpose for which it is
issued. The obligation is void after the mar
riage has been consummated. Tbe following is
the form of the bond in question :—Know nil Men
by these Presents, That we,-are held
and firmly bound to the State of Delaware, in
the sum of two hundred dollurs, lawful money
of the said State, to be paid to the said State o I
Delaware; to which payment well and truly to
be mndc, we bind ourselves, and each of us,
jointly and severally, our and enclt of
heirs,
executors and administrators, firmly by these
presents. Sealed with our seals, Ac. The condi
tion of the above written obligation is such, that
if- aforesaid and —— may lawfully unite
themselves in marriage, and if there be no legal
objection to celebrating the rites of marriage be
tween them, then this obligation to be void; oth
ise to be aud remain in full force.
The Horse Company will meet at Walker's Ho
tel, this afternoon at 3 o'clock. The following
gentlemen have become members :
N. Williams, Pres't. James Kanely,
R. A. Cochran, Jr. Treas. Jas. F. Shallcross,
Chas. Derrickson, Sec. Benjamin Armstrong,
H. A. Novvland, John Cochran,
Wm. Parker, A. H. Hushcbcck,
Wm. Simkins, L. G. Messlor,
B. F. Hanson, F. Eliason,
George Derrickson, Jr. John Morrison,
Chas. P. Cochran, Henry Jones,
Benjamin Crawford, R. T. Lockwood,
J. P. Cochran, Wm. Kanely,
Samuel W. Roberts, Wm. E. Riley,
Martin E. Walker, Jucub F. Shallcross,
A. Stoops, J. Henry Hanson,
E. R. Cochran, B. F. Kanely,
George Jones, B. P. Hanson,
For a long time we have noticed a gradual in
the number of good-looking men i
neighborhood, especially among
The change has been so marked as to be subject
for general conversation. People ask " Why is
this thus?" We find the general answer to he,
that almost all our fellow-citizens are wearing the
celebrated " Rockhill & Wilson " clothes,
well known that the (»eople who w
of this make command tho esteem of their fellow
creatures. All our readers know where Rockhill
& Wilson's is. The mammoth Brow
subscribers.
t is
tlte clothes
Stone
Clothing Hall, 803 and 605 Chestnut st. Phila.
It is a pleasure to tell the same story over and
over again, if it is a good story. Our story now
is, of the satisfaction we enjoy in wearing the
clothes which they make nt the great Brow n
Hall, Philadelphia. Tlte fact is, there arc
er clothes, made elsewhere, that look half as well,
or wear half as long us tlte Rockhill a Wilson
clothes. Tlte immense and varied assortment of
fine clothes for Full which Rockhill A Wilson
now displuy is worthy the attention of all who
go to the city. Sec their advertisement i
other column.
oth
The horse and buggy of Mr. G. E. Hukiil were
taken from the front of his mother's residence in
Odessa,
Wednesday night last, and driven to
the vicinity of this town.
from the carriage, and being turned loose, came
home with the harness on him, and the carriage
was subsequently found in the road a few rods
north of town. Mr. Hukiil thinks he will join
the Horse Company this afternoon. .
Lieut. Frank Rarr, who recently commanded
the U. S. Steam Revenue Cutter "Miami," on
this station, is at present engaged, by order of
the ecretary of the Treasury, inspecting the
United States Life Saving Stations on the Atlan
tic coast.
The horse was taken
Excursion,— A company of forty, ladies and
gentlemen, left Wiltpington on Wednesday, for
excursion by rail to San Francisco. They will
also visit varions other points on the Pacific coast
expect to be absent a
before they return,
month,
Attorney General Lore has appointed Geo. II.
Bates, Esq. Deputy Attorney General for this
county. Mr. Bates is a young man of acknow
ledged ability, and his appointment will doubt
let» give satisfaction to the bar and the phUIic.
The Superior Court will convene at George
town, on Monday, the 14th cf Opoher ; at Dover,
on Monday, the 28th of October; at New Castle,
on Monday, tlte 15th of November. Five rape
cases by negroes, are to bp tried in this county.
Alexander Warren, died suddenly at Town
send, on the 1st inst. He was taken ill in the
morning and expired between 3 and 4 o'clock.
The nature of his malady was not ascertained.
a
A passing train ran over a mule belonging
Mr. Fredqs Vanhikle.op Monday, breaking both
hind legs. Mr. V. has heretofore lost several
horses and cattle in like manner.
Sal* of Town Puopebtv.— M. E. Walker sold
on Saturday, October 2d, 1 building lot,, con
taining about one acre on Catherine and Ander
son Btreets, for $986,24.
Of Bower's Complete Manpre, the Agent in
formed us, a few days sir) ce, pint he had sold in
Kent county, Md, alone, np to the 2 d instant, 283
toqs.
Tr* Races. —Warwick is opr Point Breeze, opr
Suffolk jflaric, or Long Island There were two
days racing there, 00 Tuesday and Wednesday
last.
to
of
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Familie* aqd others wantiag prime oysters,
should call upoa Charley Adams, who is always
ready to fill order* for these savory mollusks.
Col. Joshna Clayton, of Thomas, has sold to M.
E. Walker, of this town, 7 acres of Woodland for
$ 1200 .
Our merchants have got a prime stock of new
goods and arc selling bargains.
ITERE OF NEWE.
The Phila. Ledger, of Tuesday says:
—The heavy rains of Sunday caused a rise
in the Schuylkill river yesterday, the flood
being one of the heaviest ever known. The
whole Schuylkill front of the city was sub
merged, and the destruction of railroad,
factory aud other property is great. At
Manayunk, Norristown and othci places up
the river, there was also great loss. The
storm prevailed over
country, and despatches from Washington,
Baltimore and New York State give ac
counts of the devastation. In Maryland,
the Northern Central, Baltimore and Ohio
and Elk Ridge railroads suffered,
track of the Philadelphia, W'ilmington and
Baltimore railroad was flooded at several
points, and travel interrupted ; in New
York, the Hudson River. Harlem und
Erie railroads were damaged,
et on the upper Delaware was severe,
damage in Baltimore, though considera
ble, is not as serious as was expected.
Four persons were drowned up the Schuyl
kill, and one at Washington, and
was crushed to death by the falling of
factory near Port Chester, N. Y.
The revenue from manufactured tobac
co in Virginia from March to September
of this year amounted to $1,846,678, a
against an amount for the corresponding
period of last year of $280,247. The man
ufactured tobaeeo shipped from tho State
in bond during the six mouths amounted
10 9,091,088 pounds, an excess of 2,091,
088 pounds over the corresponding period
of 1868. The revenue from tobacco in
Virginia for tho year beginning March 1st,
1869, is estimated at six timea that of the
preceding year.
Reports concerning the progress of the
Republican movement in Spaiu have been
confirmed. Ferdinand, ex-King of Portu
gal, is said to have accepted the throne,
Mit it is asserted that if this combiuutiun
does not succeed within eight days, Spaiu
will be a Republic. The Cortes, mean
time, has passed stringent laws, in
cluding a suspension of the rights of indi
viduals, looking to the speedy and effectu
al suppression of the insurrection.
The New York llerald has a special
despatch from Key West, announcing the
departure of a couple of privateers from the
Florida coast, with arms & ammunition for
Cuba.
large extent of
The
The fresh
The
a man
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Five thousand men aud large quan
tities of rifles, cannon and umniuiition, are
said to be awaiting transportation.
While four persons were descending the
Gardner coal mine, tit Gardner, 111 . on
Friday evening, the hoisting rope broke,
and they fell to the bottom of the shaft, a
distance of ISO feet. All were badly in
jured. One of them, a boy, has died, and
two others are not expected to
Win. II. Botnie mysteriously disappear
ed from Central City, Colorado, a few days
since, having on bis person a large amount
of gold and currency. Believing him to
have been made away with, a citizens'
meeting has offered a reward for his recov
ery.
recover.
In the Superior Court, at Baltimore,
Tuesday, George Snyder, a newsboy, ob
tained a verdict for $250 damages against
the proprietors of tbe Baltimore American,
for libel. He claimed $ 10 , 000 .
will probably go to a higher court.
Tbo whole number of persons iu Char
leston, S. C. as appears by a census just
taken, is 44,952. There are 4620
blacks than whites, and 4000 more females
than males. Tbe population of tbe city in
1860 was 40,525.
In Boston, considerable excitement has
been created by tbe sudden deaths of Mrs.
Ilartington, her child and her brother.
Ilartiugton and Mrs. Humphry, wife of
tbe brother, ba. r e been arrested on suspi
cion of having poisoned tbe deceased.
Jersey City, Hudson and Burg
New Jersey, voted Tuesday, by 3000
jority, to consolidate. Hoboken, Green
ville and other places voted against a
union. Tbe first three cities will unite
under one municipal government.
Mr. Dairy tuple, the great Minnesota
farmer, has completed bis harvest of 2000
acres of wheat. He has reaped 50,000
bushels, using fifteen reapers, and employ
ing 125 men, who performed the work in
nine days.
The cost of the Suez canal and the im
provements connected with it will be about
Tbe canal is ninety miles
long, 328 feet, wide at tbe surfuce,
ty-four feet wide at the bottom, aud twen
ty-six feet deep throughout.
A suit has been commenced against
General J. B. Steedham, in New Orleaus,
for alleged failure to account for
$600,000, in bis charge while Internal
Revenue Collector in that city.
Mrs. Abraham Lincoln is still at Frank
fort, Germany, living in great retirement
and in very unpretending quarters. She
sees but few persons, and those generally
American ladies.
John S. Andrews, who has been doing
a heavy business in the lower grades of
wheat, in Chicago, has suddenly disap
eared with about seven thousand dollars
elonging to cfher parties.
James Brown & Co. bankers of New
York, have commenced an action against
Fisk & Gould for the recovery of two mil
lions and a half of gold, lost by them, as
alleged, in the seven million sale.
A camp meeting commenced at the Mis
sion Chapel, near Salisbury, on Friday,
18th inst. They will probably have a
cold time of it.
The ease
more
n, in
Ilia*
$85,000,000.
soveu
over
A man named Davis was shot at Omaha
on Monday, by another man named Rabit,
whose little daughter ko had feloniously
as suited.
A jealous husband, named Hoppeneack,
fatally stabbed Jacob Schneider in New
York, on Monduy night. Iloppensack
arrested.
Erasmus J. McGee, Internal Reven
Colloctor for the Sixth Tennessee District,
has mysteriously disappeared, and it is
feared be has been assassinated.
Thirteen women haye been arrested at
tho Washington Pension office for draw
ing fraudulent salaries, and po Congress
men there to bail tfiem 04 t.
Great preparations huve been made for
the success of tbe Valley Agricultural
Fair, which will commence on Tuesday
next at Staunton, Virginia.
In view of the complications between the
United States and Spain, the Prussian
government has dispatched vessels of
to the Antilles.
was
war
The Tax on Farmers as "Proddor
BROK uns."—Deputy Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue J. H. Douglass on Satur
day addressed a letter to Assessor Wood
hall, at Wilmington, Del. relative to lia
bility to special tax of farmers who Bell the
roducts of their farm from the steam
out wharf, or along the market wherever*
they can find a place to unload the same,
but having no particular stand.
Acting Commissioner soys: "That far
mers whose occupation it is to sell the pro
ducts of their farms away from the place of
production, and at a store or stand,
liable to a special tax as produce brokers.
Persons selling in the way described
in competition with deulcrs and brokers
who
The
■I -
oome
pay the special tax, and to exempt
the farmer from the tax, when doing the
same business, would be manifestly unjust.
The farmer who actually makes it a busi
ness to sell should be held as a produoe
broker. Occassional acts, however, da
not create a liability to the special tax, and
as it is believed t to be the policy of tho
law to place as few restrictions
sistent upon agricultural producers, the
statute should be construed liberally ."'
Yes, this is unheardof liberality, that a
farmer is not allowed to sell his produoe
in market, without being taxed for the
privilege! Unbounded liberality!!
as is con-.
MARRIED.
On Thursday last, by Rev. John Collins Mc
Cabe, Mr. Richard R. Cochran, and Miss Fan
nie R. daughter of Mr. Wm. A. Cochran,
Middletown.
On the 7th inst. at St. Ann's church,
Middletown, Del. by the Rev. J. Collins Mc
Cabe, assisted by the* Rev. J. W. Brown, Mer
ritt N. Willits and Lnura Eugenie, daughter of
the lute Elios S. Naudain, both of New Castle
county, Del.
near
near
THE MARKETS,
MIDDLETOWN MARKET.
CoaaECTED WEEKLY by a. T. BRADLEY.
Wheat, prime..
Corn yellow,...
" white.
Oats, new.
Timothy Seed..
Clover Seed....
Eggs.
Butter.
Lard.
Hants.
Sides.
Shutridcrs.
Potatoes.
Potatoes, New.
$1 35
..1 O '.
1 00
5 50
. 10 00
.25 cts doz
38@40 cts. $ ItR
24(o,25 " "
25(0)28 " "
@25 " «
@22 « *'
45@ 50 $ bushel,
•50@60^ "
24
l<
PHILADELPHIA,
Prime new red wheat.
Corn, new yellow
Oats (Pcnnsylvi
Oloverseed........
Timothy.
$1 40(?,i 45
..61
$7 75
,3d ÖQ
WILMINGTON.
Wheat, prime
New...,
1 35®. 1 45
c
15
Oats..,
Flour.
.85
,.,$G so®io oa
SPECIAL NOTICES,
INGRAM & GIBSON'S PRICE CURRENT.
Eggs
Butter
20cts. Lard
40. jHogs
Hogs, alive
'Potatoes, round 45.
20 . j Feathers
I Honey
2Outs,
16.
Chickens, dressed
7.
13.
Ducks
10 .
Turkios
Geese
05.
15.
20 ,
Beans
$ 3 . 00 .
The above prices will he paid in cash for pro«
duee delivered in good order ; and we wish to
say that wc keep constantly on hand a good as
sortment of Groceries and Provisions which
will sell reasonably for cash, at the Corner of
Broad and Anderson Streets, Middletown, Del.
ÆÎ 1 * Fresh Meat every day.
March 20 —tf
we
INGRAM & GIBSON.
FINE READY MADE CLOTHING.
228 MARKET STREET, 2ml Door below THIRD
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE,
rjrilE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OK
Ready Made Clothing in Delaware,
Our Own Make, now on liant], and will be sold
at less than Philadelphia Prices.
Ail our Clothing is made in Superior manner by
PRACTICAL TAILORS.
The Proprietor having an experience of oven
thirty years in this littsiness, will guarantee satis,
faction to any purchaser.
A full line cf
FINE CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES, and
VESTINGS
Constantly on hand for
ORDER WORK,
which will be made la the
pa~ LATEST STYLE AND BEST MANNER,
At No. 228 Market Street,
#®~Tke Oldest Established Clothing Emporium
in Delaware. ~
March 16— y
Edward Moore.
GRAND
TABLEAUX VIVANTS !
AT THE
TOWN hall,
Middletown, Pel.
ON WEpNESDAY 4 THURSDAY EyENINGS
October 13th and 14 th, 1809.
For the benefit of the Town Hall, -as,
T HE Ladies and Gentlemen of Middletown wiU
give an Exhibition, on the above named
evenings, consisting of
TABLEAUX,
Comic, Ac. interspersed with
SHADOW PANTOMIMES.
ARTemas ward
Will appear with his celebrated Wax
?HJä 4.MPHION BAND
Will enliven the pecasiop yyith their choicest musio
Admission 60 cents-Chlldren half price
Doors open at J o'clock—Performance at ÎI
Oct. 9—,Jw . 1
Figures.
OYßTERS ! O YSTERS ! !
PRIME CRISFIELD PYSTERS will be served
J- throughout thé season, In quantities to suit
purchasers. Apply to
Oct. 0—3m*
Charles Adaing.