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MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 1», 1870.
OUR NAVAL. 1NBFP1CIKNCY.
The British iron war steamer, Monarch,
has gone in to Annapolis roads, and the
Maryland Legislature is taking measures
to extend the hospitalities of the State to
the officers at the Capital. It is to be
hoped that Congress, with a board of na
val architects, will visit this British levia
than, and learn something of the art of
building iron war ships. Our own war
vessels, according to the admissions of
the Secretary of the Navy himself, arc
wretched abortions, utterly unfit for offen
sive warfare, and scarcely adequate to
harbor defence. AVe have nothing afloat
that could pretend to cope with the Mon
arch, and the presence of this stupendous
iron battery in our waters, has brought us
as a people to a painful consciousness of
our uavnl weakness, and the triumphs of
British skill in naval architecture. It is
believed, that in ease of hostilities, the
Monarch could topple any- of our Atlantic
cities about the ears of its inhabitants,
and there would he no help for it. No
wonder our government " roars as gently
as a sucking dove," on the question of
the Alabama claims, nnd that tho London
Times and Pali Mall Gazette, both taunt
us upon our naval inefficiency.
lots
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Woman Scffraoe.— Two Territories
have woman suffrage a reality—Wyoming
and Utah. The latter granted it last week
through its Legislature, nnd the hill was
immediately signed by Acting Governor
Mann, and became a law. The right
could not have been granted at a more op
portune period. A chance for a practical
test was immediately given. On Monday
last Salt Lake City held its charter elec
tion. We have often been promised that
if the women had the ballot they would
soon put an end to much of the legalized
vice that now prevails, and that especially
the women of Utah would throw off their
present degradation—poligamy. It is
known that a feud exists among tho Mor
mons, and that one of the points of differ
ence between them is this very question of
poligamy. The poligamists under Brig
ham Young, and the anti-poligamists, un
der young Joe Smith, are struggling for
thcasccndency—-Brigham to retain it; Joe
to acquire it. The wonicu can therefore
decide the question. If they vote against
foligamy they will make a strong argu
ment iu favor of their franchise ; if for it
they strike a stunniDg blow at their priv
ilege. Iu Wyoming tliero arc but few
women, and their enfranchise is of little
practical significance, but iu Utah, where
they outnumber the men, aud where they
can, if they will, put an cud to tho grea
test infamy against their sex that was ever
conceived, the right means something.
Their ballot against poligamy will he far
more effectual than the law against it con
templated by Congress. At the municip
al cleetion of Salt Lake City, recently held,
the Brigham Young ticket ga9 elected by
a large majority. Not more than a
dozen women exercised their privilege of
voting, About an equal number on each
side.
at
Tux Fifteenth Amendment —The Fif
teenth Amendment is accomplished, ex
cept that it has not yet been officially pro
claimed by the President, an act which
will probably bo deferred till the 22d of
February, to give it eclat.
introduced in the Senate on Monday by
Mr. Morton, looking to the enforcement
» of the Fifteenth Amendment. It pro
vides that all citizens of the United States,
without distinction of race, color or pre
vious condition of servitude, who are
otherwise qualified by law to vote, shall
be entitled to vote at all elections for
President and for members of Congress,
and at all State, county, towuship and
municipal elections held under the au
thority of the United States, or of any
State. In casus where the assessment or
payment of any tax is a qualification of an
elector, the refusal or wilful neglect to
assess or collect such tax is made puuisb
able by fine not less than five hundred
dollars and imprisonment one month, and
forfeiture of five hundred dollars additional
for each offence. Judges of election who
shall refuse to receive the votes of such
persons are to be punished to the same
extent. The Circuit and District Courts
of tho United States are given jurisdic
tion over all proceedings under above
provisions. That this or some similar
measure will be adopted is absolutely
eertain. And it is equally certain that
this amendment will bo treated, some day,
as though it had never besn.
A hill was
The puerilities of "Josh Billings," "B.
Dad," "Naahy," and others, (in which
there is scarcely a grain of wheat to a
bushel of chaff) still continue to blur the
columns of many of our contemporaries.
The Ways and Means Committee, by a
vote of eight to one, have agreed to re
duoe the internal revenue *30,000,000.
The income tax will he continued but ro
l.OC'Al. AND STATE AFEAIRA
Pc
The two lectures of Dr. J. 0. McCabe on "\Vo
's Worth and Woman's Work,'' and "Wo
man's Rights and Woman's Wrong9," deliver
ed in the Town Hall, on Monday and Wednesday
evenings, were attended by large and apprecia
tive audiences. The first lecture occupied
hour and a quarter In its delivery' the second, an
hour and a half; and the subject seemed not at
all exhausted, but Appeared* to wnlen and deepen
and to swell into vast proportions, increasing in
interest as The Reverend lecturer progressed in
the consideration of the subject before him. The
first lecture was a chaste, elegant, eloquent
position, thrilling its auditors from its opening
to its close. The second pointed the shafts of
ridicule against the clamor for "woman's rights''
and female suffrage, the ludicrous illustrations
employed provoking the laughter and applause
of the audience. Un the latter part of his sub
ject—" Woman's Wrongs," the lecturer was
earnest and eloquent, proving himself to be a
most gallant champion of the sex, willing and
able to wield a lance in the defence of woman, in
the sphere in which enlightened civilisation and
Christianity lmd placed her. His recital of the
beautiful und pathetic lines of Hood's "one more
unfortunate," was thrilling, and challenged the
admiration of every listener. These lectures are
calculated to do much good, and to overthrow
the fallacies of such writers as John »Stuart Mill,
"the polished infidel of the Westminster Review"
and his co-laborers in the propagation of error,
in this country—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan
B. Anthony, Phœbe Cozzens, Ôlive Logan, et id
omne genua. They ought to lo delivered in all
the towns and cities where these newfangled
tions about " Woman's Rights" have obtained
audience.
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The Spruance City Enterprise. —The Smyrna
Times furnishes the following account of the
drawing :—The drawing for the Spruance City
lots took place yesterday on the premises, as per
announcement. The Dover Cornet Baud enliv
;d the town about 9 o'clock,"aud proceeded to
"Font Hill," hut arrangements not being com
pleted at 10, the drawing was postponed until 1.
At the time appointed from 400 to 500 people
were assembled to wituess or participate in the
drawing, which, owing to the inclement weather,
was made in one of the buildings. Mr Spruance
organized the business by calling Mr. Jonathan
Brown to preside. Mr. Pierce Biggs was elected
Secretary, and three judges, Jos. Roberts, Wm.
McWhorter nnd P. F. Nickerson, were appoin
ted. The preliminary drawing then commenced
—that is, drawing for turns to draw. The judg
es placed the numbers in envelops, which w
placed in the wheel. Mr. Win. Worden was ap
pointed to draw the tickets, the numbers on
which indicated each persons turn. The drawing
proper commenced us soon as this was through.
Each purchaser (if present) drew his number.
There were 38G lots, 30 of which were not sold ;
but the full number of tickets were put in the
wheel. Great interest was manifested, and as
fast as the purchasers drew their tickets they
rushed for a plot to see if they were one of the
fortunate "prizers." Until the mansion was
drawn there was a nervous anxiety shown by
many that was amusing to the disinterested ;
and when the lucky number ( 380) did come
the fortunate ludy was almost overwhelmed with
the congratulations of her enthusiastic German
friends. There were eleven prizes—lots with
houses on them—eight of which were drawn, ns
follows: 380, mansion, Mrs. Christiana lleimer
dinger, of Philadelphia; 309, A. MeConaughy ;
308, John A. Caveuder; 359, J. P. Mnnlovc, of
Grecnsborough ; 300, John Maclary, of Leipsic ;
301, Mrs. Jos. E. Williams; 302., S. D. Kielkopf,
of Philadelphia ; 329, Henry C. Spruance. The
others were left in the wheel and consequent^'
*ert to Mr. S., who had 30 chances. A
her uf other lots, by reason of location, are val
uable, but many of the purchasers, as they looked
for their lots in the undefined limits of the fields,
seemed to think their possession! so Utopian that
their faces wore ns sad an expression as if they
lmd been defeated for the sheriff s office or lost all
their able-bodied relations. The mansion lot is
valued at from $2,500 to $3000; the other prizes
at from $500 to $800. A number of the best
lots are valued at from $125 to $200.
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Dover was thrown into a state of great excite
ment ou Monday last, by an attempt of a negro
man named Nathan Anderson, to commit a rape
on a young lady named Emma Flick. Miss Flick
was on her way home from the Methodist Church
at Dover, where she had attended the noonday
service, and was walking on the ruil road track,
and when passing through a branch about a mile
and a half from the depot, the negro entirely
ked save nis boots, emerged from under the tres
tle work after she had passed over, and seized
her. A struggle ensued, but the villain taking
alarm at the approach of some children, took to
as arrested and identified by the
young lady, next day, and committed to jail.
It is said the Sheriff hud to summon a posse to
guard the jail and prevent the excited people
from lynching the prisoner. Miss Flick is about
sixteen years old, and the daughter of a New
Yorker, who has lived someyearsin the vicinity.
A colored man named John Sykes was arrested
at Townsend on the 11th inst. charged with hav
ing broken open the money drawer of the Rail
Road Station at that place, and taking therefrom
some twenty or thirty dollars. He was held in
custody till next day, when he confessed the rob
bery, aud that he had the money concealed in
his boots. Twenty-two dollars nnd some cents
were recovered, when the negro was put upon
the car* to be sent to New Castle Jail, in custody
of an officer. At Armstrong's Corner, the negro
with his hands tied behind him, leaped from the
cars, while the train was running fifteen or twen
ty miles an hour, and made his escape, nnd is
still at large.
Barn Burnt. —The barn of Israel Gunkle, liv
Dexter's Corner, Appoquinimink Hund
red, was destroyed by fire on Thursday night the
10th inst. about
" wood chooping" that day and
the party imbibed too freely of whiskey, among
them one John Ellis, who became heiplcss and
had to be put in the barn. In the night some
time it is supposed he lighted n match to find his
way out and thus communicated the flames to
the straw. It was at first thought that Ellis
was burnt up. He. escaped, however, to the
branch, leaving his boots and stockings sticking
in the mud along his route of exit. Mr. Gun
kle's loss is about $700
The New Castle Levy Court. —The "dead
lock" 1ft tho New Castle County Levy Court ter
minated on Tuesday, Mr. Ingram being present
and giving the Republicans one majority. Tho
Commercial says that after a discussion ns to his
eligibility, the Court went into an election,
publican Treasurer. Collectors, Attorney, aud
Trustees of Poor were elected. After the elec
tion was over the Democrats presented a protest,
which was laid on the table.
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Fertilizers. —At a meeting of the Farmers'
Club, of Dover, last week, it was estimated that
there were sold in that county last year at least
2,000 tons of fertilizers, at
more than $50 per ton, amounting to $100,000.
decided that fertilizers were best for corn,
and guano for wheat. Most of the standard fer
tilizers were recommended.
average cost of
It
Cornelius Watson, living on the farm of John
Fieldsborough, had elevçn mid
C. Corbitt,
dlings and three shoulders of bacon stolen from
him on the night of the 8th inst. The baron was
kept in the granary. Five ßcarch warrants issu
ed against as many parties, failed to leud to its
discovery.
On Thursday morning, a little son of John
Finnegan, only five years old, fell off the wharf
at New Castle, and wasdrowred. The child was
almost immediately taken from the water by Miss
Annie »Sarnnld, a young lady of 17. and efforts
made to restore him, but life was extinct.
Mrs. Mary Voss, died at her residence in Ches
tertown,
the 7th inst. in the 90th year of her
age. She was born in Sassafras Neck, Cecil co.
on the 18th of January, 1781, and has resided in
Chestertown since 1826.
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The Lyceum will meet in the Library Room of
the Town Hall
o'clock. "Should capital punishment be abol
ished?" is the question for discussion.
Judge Morsel I, an officer in the
and U. S. District Judge, died recently in Wash
ington, at the advanced age of 95. He was uncle
to Rev. Dr. Morsell, of Smyrna.
Mr. Anderson Parker, aged 76 years, formerly
of Delaware, died at bis residence near Easton,
Md on Wednesday week
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ml» Fruit Grower* Association.
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once
time.
This association met at Dover, on Tuesday, the
15th instant. In the absence of the President
and Vice Presidents, on motion of Mr. Fulton,
E. J. Carter was called to the chair.
After the readiug of the minutes of the annual
session, which were adopted, Mr. Fulton presen
ted several communications from the President of
the association and the presidents of the different
railroad companies, in relation to carriage of
fruit, which without reading, were referred to
the Committee on Railroad Transportation, for a
more definite report.
The report of the Committee on Water C
munication being called for, Mr. Hevcrin stated
that he deemed it unnecessary for the committee
to report more than progress. The indications
of a large crop were not yet sufficiently developed
to enable the committee to make a final report ;
but the association might rest assured that, if
there was a large crop, there would be plenty of
competition in the carriage of fruit. The success
of last year's experiments, when over 250,000
baskets were sent l»y water in insufficient boats
provided at very short notice, was an indication
of what we might expect the present season with
a large crop, a large number of first class boats
having already been tendered the committee to
enter into competition with the railroad c
necessary for the associa
tion to have control of the boats, in order to
regulate the shirting time from each laudiug.
Parties in New York, owning steamboats, were
roady to contract, but the committee
deavoring to get the boats subject to the control
of the association.
Mr. Todd said he had no doubt of the entire
success of water transportation ; parties in Mary
land who last year shipped by Railroad were this
year determined to send their fruit through the
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal to New York by
water.
Mt. Fulton thought that some arrangements
should be made to take the fruit down the creek
in lighters to the different steam boat landings.
It would be necessary to ascertain whether the
steamboat companies or the shippers would fur
nish lighters.
Mr. F. then read a communication from Mc
Daniel and Todd, Attorneys of the Association
in New York resigning their appointment ss such.
Mr. Samuel Townsend said he did not see the
necessity for accepting the resignation as they
had never been employed by this association in a
single case, Messrs. Todd and Day advocated the
nccepianee of the resignation, which was finally
accepted. *
Mr. Townsend inquired whether the corres
pondence of the President had been rend, and
went on to state that there was a powerful com
bination against the peach growers. There was
no trouble with the P. W. k B. Railroad, it was
all with the Camden k Amboy. Mr. Todd, Trea
surer, read, his report, there being $80 80 on
hand. Une of the members of the association
presented a bill for expenses to New York. Mr.
Townsend opposed the wasting of time over such
trifling things, when by a little effort, $ 00,000
might have been saved, if the association had
used their inf* .;cc and got the four cents per
basket from sey City to New York deducted
from their expenses. Another leak might be
stopped by having the baskets promptly returned
or make the Commission merchants pay for them.
He had spent $500 in going back and forth to
New York in the interest of the fruit growers,
nnd he would not think of presenting his hill.
He wanted to know if a meeting could not be
held in Middletown, for his part he was tired of
coming to Dover to meet a half dozen who had
not yet got waked up to the importance of the
peach growing interests. If this
could not meet in Middletown, he w
forming another association for the peach grow
ing section of New Castle County.
Mr. Brown, reminded Mr. Townsend that he
was a member of the committee on Railroad
Transportation, and hoped that he had some re
port to make upon which the association could
base some action. He believed Mr. T. was on the
committee
the
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of
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ted
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baskets ami fie had not yet heard 1
any report from that committee. lie 'was very
lucky for lie got nil his baskets, and had no rea- I
son to complain.
Mr. Townsend wanted instructions from tlie
Association, if they said so he would wait imme
diately upon the offi< ers of the Camden k Am
boy road, and tell them that we would never
ship another peach over it until they would pro
tect them from robbers and thieves, and he would
tell the commission men of New York that we
would absolutely refuse to pay the four cents a
basket freight between Jersey Citv and New
York.
Mr Brown said the whole matter belonged to
tho Committees, and hoped they would make a
report to the Association, and he had no doubt
that recommendations of the committee would
be adopted by the association.
After a long desultory conversation between
the members, in which it was claimed by Mr.
Ilovcrin that peaches could be shipped by water
for ten and not higher than fifteen cents per bask
et from any point on the Delaware river, a mo
tion was made and carried to have the names
of the members of the following committees
published :
Committee on Water Transportation—James
L. Ilevcriu, William Townsend, John Emerson,
Charles Brown, George W. Cummins.
Committee on Railroad Transportation—John
P. Cochran, Charles Beastcn, Serick F. Sim 11
cross, George W. Cummins, Samuel Townsend,
Henry Todd, John W. Houston, Charles Brown,
William Polk.
Committee on Consignments and Sales—Henry
Todd, »Samuel Townsend, James L. Hevcrin,
Charles Brown, II. N. Willetts.
The association then adjourned to meet in
Dover, on Tuesday, the 19th of April.— Com
mercial.
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Peninsula Machine Works. —We regret to
lice that these valuable works, loented iu this
town, are still unoccupied, and can but wonder,
that works of ihe kind, so convenient if not es
sential to the farmers of the peninsula, should be
permitted to stand idle, i
business community like this. There is money
to he made in the manufacture and repair of ag
ricultural machinery, in these works; money has
been made there in the past, and
again. We sincerely wish some capitalist would
look after these works, and gladden our ears with
the sound of the steam whistle again. The shops
are under a light rent, and contain a good fif
teen-horse engine and huiler in good order, line
shafting lathes, boring mill, drill presses, planes,
saws, and full sets of tools in the machine shop,
a wood and pattern shop fully equipped with
wood working tools; a blacksmith shop and full
sets of forges, tongs, kc. suitable for a first class
shop, together with a foundry containing a large
lot of pattern*, flasks, a new cupola, ladle, kc.
all of which are in good order, and could be put
in operation in an hour. Wc lcaru that the pres
ent owner will dispose of the tools, machinery,
and stock, at a very great sacrifice, and will
make the terms of payment very easy. A large
and profitable trade might be done in these shops;
in the foundry alone arc the patterns for reapers,
horse-powers, and other implements used for
miles around. Let your business merABok at the
matter, und take steps to form a stock company
and start the enterprise upon ft solid basis, and
render it one of the business attractions of our
town.
Mr. John Townsend, of Townsend, Del. on
Thursday afternoon, ordered a colored
his employ to gear his horse to his carriage, when
the negro began to swear at him, and seized a
stone, threatening violence. Mr. Townsend ran
into the house after his pistol, and returning,
found the negro had fled. He at once lodged
complaint against him before Esquire Hall, who
had him arrested, and Mr. T. swore his life and
property against him, when in default of $1000
bail, he" was committed to New Castle Jail.
Removals. —Quite a number of removals will
take place in the Spring. L. H. Davis, of this
town, will remove to Odessa; C. C. Foster, of
Odessa, will remove to this town, also J. T. Budd
from Townsend. Mr. Thomas J. Willis, from the
vicinity of Odessa, returns to Maryland.
Mr. James Doughten will shortly remove from
his present residence, neur Fieldsborough, Del.
to a farm in Miles River Neck, Talbot county,
Md. opposite »St. Michaels.
Mr. Henry Jones removed from the vicinity of
this town, on Tuesday last, to the firm which he
purchased last summer, near Kennedyvillc, Kent
county, Md. His many personal friends here
parted with him with regret. He is a thorough
farmer, and will be au acquisition to the commu
nity where he now lives.
Geo. Warner, Chief Engineer -of the Delaware
! Rail Road has resigned to take effect 1st March.
of
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felt
The
er,
The Town Lota adveitised to-day, in the Mid
dletown Scheme, by George W. Ingrain k Co.
are going off with rapidity. Books were only
Wednesday last, and we are advised
that forty lots have already been taken. Those
who wish to secure a chance had better do so at
once while they have the opportunity, as it is
probable they will all be ta
time.
opened
very brief
in
night anx
A little three year old girl was
iously awaiting the return of her father, amt
looking up the ruitrolld saw the head light of
the engine coining toward her, she ran iu the
house exclaiming, "Mamma, oh Mamma, here
comes Papa in the Moon."
Thc Town Hall Companv offer for rent i
perior business location, where the Bank is _
situated. Possession given on the 25th of March.
See advertisement in this issue.
A report favorable to endorsing the first mort
gage bonds of the Kent Rail Road, to the amount
of $300,000, has been made in the City Council
of Baltimore.
Victor Green, Esq. of this town, lmd all his
chickens, 36 in number, stoleu on Thursday night
last.
"
Wm. It. Muncy lias been appointed Postmaster
at Blackbird, vice Samuel It. Warren, resigned.
the
to
der
ing
been
ply
kind
they
The fair financiers of Wall street—the
three sisters, Mrs. Woodhull, Mrs Clafliu
and Mrs. Miles, the latter constituting
the " Co." of the concern—opened their
handsomely-fitted up apartmeuts in Broad
street, that city, on »Saturday, Quite a le
vee was held. Representatives of all the
leading houses in the "street" paid their
respects, says the Commercial Advertiser,
wishing the fair operators hearty success
in their new venture. The ladies smiled
graciously upon all comers. The senior
member of the firm is by far the best
looking, as the polite attentions shown her
full well showed ; she is to all appearances
considerably more than sixteen years of
age, though a long way oft'yet from forty.
She weighs about one hundred and sixty
pounds ; she is a blonde ; her hair is be
lieved to be natural, and is tastefully ar
ranged ; she uses imported ox marrow to
dress it—as she favors the " bull" interest
in nearly all her speculations. She was
attired in a dark blue cmpress-cloth dress,
made in the latest stylo and neatly trim
med ; her shoes are No. 5's, and are of
kid ; black jet ornaments adorned her per
son, and over her left ear lies gracefully
poised a magnificent gold pen. The ju
nior partuer, Mrs. Clatiin, is rather petite ;
she is of a sanguine and rather nervous
temperament, and looks as if an unexpec
ted reverse would tell heavily upon her
constitution. It does not require any
especial foresight to predict that the hulk
of the anticipated business will fall heavily
upon the alabaster shoulders of her sister.
The office iu which the ladies have started
out on their financial sea of troubles has a
Tho
ces
ous
the
and
ed
bad name to begin with, having been the
headquarters of the notorious forger G ray,
and for a time the golden prison of his
little " Birdie " Htill they arc sntiguiuc
of living down all the former associations
of the place. It is said that as far back
as 1857 they were known in St. Louis and
1 other Western cities as medical clairvoy
auts and spiritualists,
I
A New Ink.— Tho Chestcrtown Truu
script says :—General 11. Clay Crawford
of our town, has discovered, while making
some chemical experiments, a black writ- &c.
ing ink, which ia likely to supercede all
inks now iu use. It is black, flows freely
from the pen, which it docs not corrode, °l
can be sold cheaper than inks now on the
markot, and is perfectly indellible. The
strongest acids applied to this ink will on- 0,1
ly turn it a red color, while the ordinary
oxalic acid of the shops will completely
efface other inks. For all legal instru- of
incuts this ink is invaluable. For cancel- ^
ling stamps it is perfectly effectual, it be
ing impossible to remove the ink. An
other valuable property it possesses is,
that freezing docs not impair it. The dif
ference between this and other inks is this
—that where other inks are a chemical
combination, this is a mechanical combi
nation, and is consequently affected neith
er by cold nor heat. General Crawford
is now largely engaged in its manufac
ture, and it will soon be introduced in the
large cities of the country. It is already
generally used in our town.
No Longer Submissive. —Several of
the Catholic countries of Europe, inclu
ding Spain, have announced to the Pope
that they will not be bound by any de
cisions of the Council that shall be hostile
to their constitutions, or that shall require
them to acknowledge a superior earthly
power. The German Catholic Bishops
recently met at Fulda, to consult
their action in regard to the Council. They
have (issued a letter, signed by nineteen
of the Bishops, in which they do not ap
prove the exalting into a dogma tho in
fallibility of the Pope, and oppose the
restoration of the institutions of " bygone
periods" that are " in contradiction with
the requirements of the present time." In
spite of the »Jesuits, the Pope may not
dare to press that dogma upon the present
oecumenical Council.
Exclusive of the two Atlantic cable
companies, not less than ten submarine
telegraph schemes, with a capital of $35,
000,000, havo been promoted or comple
ted withiu a few months. The capital of
the British Indian submarine telegraph
from Suez to Aden and Bombay is alone
put down at $19,000,000; the Falmouth,
Malta, and Gibraltar line at $3,900,000 ;
the West India and Panama line at $3,
300,000 ; the British Indian extension
from Ceylon to Singapore at $2,500,000;
the China submarine telegraph at $4,900,
000 ; the China and Japan extension of
the Great Northern Telegraph at $3,500,
000 ; anil the Panama and South Pacific
This wonderful activity
is exciting some alarm lest the work be
overdone, and the London Economist ad
vises quiet people uot to meddle with ca
ble companies.
for
the
on
a
ran
this
of
the
of
he
as to
at $1,900,000.
All Europe reports intensely cokl weath
er, on Saturday. At Paris the thermom
eter indicated 30 degrees below freezing
point. The Elbe was entirely closed to
navigation on account of the ice, and the
practice of tho Oxford and Cambridge
boats crews on the Thames had to bo sus
pended. Let our ice dealers start instant
ly for the Elbe.
At Hoboken, N. J. the citizens have
organised a night patrol, for protection a
gamst incendiaries.
For the Middletown Transcript.
The courso of lectures delivered this
week in the Town Hall, by the Rev. Dr.
J. 0. McCabe, have doubtless, demon
strated the fact that that species of enter
tainment and instruction can be sustained
in our community. The first lecture, al
though the cveniug was unlikely, and the
roads bad, drow a very large and appre
ciative audience—the second brought to
gether a still lurger one, and none went
away dissatisfied, except, perhaps, some
oue or two in favor of the strong-minded
movement, who, as the lectures were on
"Woman's Worth and Woman's Work,"
"Woman's Rights & Woman's Wrongs,"
felt the force of his satire and his facts.
The appreciation of the company, howev
er, by repeated instances of approval,
gested the old and apt quotation
Hamlet—
" Let the galled jade wince,
unwrung."
withers are
During his first lecture, he illustrated
the spontaneous chivalry of man. every
where, iu regard to the sex, by the almost
universal reprobation, throughout this
country, and in foreign lands, of the cele
brated New Orleans order by the officer
commanding there at that time, in regard
to the manner of treating certain offending
females. Tho Doctor, having learned that
some friends who were present, were un
der the impression that this reference was
soinewTiat political in its bearing, took oc
casion the next evening, before commenc
ing bis lecture, to disavow most emphati
cally, and having stated in the frankest
uiatiner his regret that he should have
been misunderstood, gave outsiders to un
stand pretty plainly that their praise or
blanio, was, with him, a matter of perfect
indifference, closing his explanation by
quoting from General Butler's recent re
ply to Hon. Mr. Cox, of N. Y.
"Shoo fly, don't boddor me."
The small effort made by those who
were uot present at the first lecture to
make a prejudicial handle of the Doctor's
illustration, when nothing of a political
kind was intended, in the signal rebuke
they received, might suggest another old
saw—
Cease vipers yc gr
file."
VlNDEX.
The Colored Political Element.—
Tho Baltimore Sun says, tho anticipated
consummation of the 15th amendment,
giving colored men in all the States the
right of suffrage, seem to have begotteu
activity not only in the way of political
meetings and movements among tho poli
ticians of that race in this city, but also
with the view of procuring ofticc. It is
represented that already the rush for pla
ces is so great that certain officials find
some difficulty iu disposing of the numer
ous applicants. For some time past dele
gations of colored men have appeared in
the rotunda of the Exchange buildiug,
seeking inteiviews with Collector Thomas
and Postmaster Denison. It is under
stood that the colored republicans demand
ed of the collector a certain number of in
speotorships and positions as watchmen,
&c. The applicants for the postoffice po
sdtions look for a limited number of
pointments as letter carriers, or collectors
°l letters from the street boxes. Post
master Denison, it is understood, has re
plied to the delegations that have waited
0,1 him, telling them that nearly all the
employees in hi*dej nrtment had faithfully
served in the army and navy, and many
of them were maimed in fighting the bat
^ ea which eventually gave the colored
»»an hia freedom, that he is satisfied with
the manner in which they perform their
duties, and that he does not design mak
»»g changes. Collector Thomas, it is al
loged, makes no promises, not apparently
being prepared to remove one set of re
publicans to make room for another.
ap
Conspiracy in Paws—The Emperor's
Life Said to be in Danger.— Thirty-five
persons were nrrested in Paris on Satur
day ou suspicion of being engaged i:i
plot agaiust tho life of the Emperor. In
all cases arms were found upon the per
sons of the prisoners. They wero con
fined in tho Prison Mazas au Secret on the
Boulevard Mazos, and will be proceeded
against, forthwith. Notwithstanding the
Paris officials are anxious to make the
people believe Ahero is no truth in the ru
mor of a plot to take the Emperor's life,
yet the fact is too apparent to admit of
doubt. The people Imre determined
get rid of Napoleon. The French are
tickle and excitable people, and there
no telling to what extent they will go
accomplish their purpose.
of
;
of
be
ad
ca
Death of one of the Haiipeu Broth
ers. —Mr. »Joseph Wesley Harper, one
the firin of Harper Brothers, publishers,
New York, died at his residence, in that
Mr. Har
city, on Monday morning last,
per conducted the literary correspondence
of the house, and was well known to au
thors in this country and Europe. The
only two surviving of tho four brothers
who founded the firm are (John and Fletch
er Harper. The deceased was for forty
years a member of the M. E. .Church, and
was one of the best linguists of the day.
He served an apprenticeship to tho print
ing business. The firm of Harper Broth
ers, of which the deceased was a member,
was established in 1825, aud rapidly rose
to distinction aud wealth.
Disappeared. —Mr. William Whaley,
formerly of this county, but for
years past living near Church Hill, Queen
Anne's county, left hia homo on New
Year's morning to go to a neighbors',
has not been heard of since. He had
bout Ä800, the proceeds of his corn crop,
with him, and it ia feared that he haabeen
♦foully dealt with. His family are left
destitute circumstances, Mr. Whaley's
ditors having taken his property
their claims .—Easton Journal.
aomc
to
the
a
to
sfy
North Carolina has the champion
man. He has reached 143 years by
of living on a purely vegetable diet
drinking spring water, nnd is likely to
as much longer, from all appearanoes.
has survived seven wives, and as the
one died sixty years ago he is beginning
feel lonesome and talks about going court
ing again 1
A Woman Shoots her Faithless lover
in Church. —While the congregation of
St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church in
Piqua, Ohio, were engaged in worship
Sunday morning, a young woman nano d
Mary Maher entered the church. After
being seated a few moments she deliberat
ely took a pistol from her pocket and
shot a young man named Thomas Wise,
who occupied a seat immediately in front
of her. AVise, after being shot,
and started toward the entry,
uian pursued him, endeavoring to shoot
him the sceond time, but was prevented
by a policeman, who arrested her. It ap
pears that Wise promised to marry her,
but hud since engaged himself to another,
which engagement was announced in
church the same morning. AVise's con
dition is rather critical.
arose
The wo
Heaves in Houses. —A correspondent
writes : Seeing spearmint and other arti
cles recommended for .horses, prompts me
to mention my experience with another
valuable herb in the cure of the distressing
and troublesome complaint. Feed no hay
to the horse for thirty-six or forty-eight
hours, and give only a pailful of water at
a time. Then throw an armful of well
cured smartweed before him and let him
eat all he will. In all cuses where the
cells of the lungs are not broken down,
great rolief if not a perfect cure will follow.
I havo seen a horse, with the heaves as
bad as I ever saw, cured by one dose.
Smartweed is valuable for many purposes,
and should be laid away for uso when
uceded.
Maryland lias 373 square miles of oyster
bed, 92 of which are closely covered, and
the rest scattering. To protect these treas
ures a regular commission has been ap
pointed, of which the head officer has just
made a report to the Legislature. He
calls for au amendment of the laws, which,
if secured, he thinks will provide for the
employment of 20,000 men. At present
573 dredging vessels and 1,908 canoes
are licensed for the traffic. Tho annual
product is 3,500,000 bushels. The con
sumption of bivalves is immense, aud is
annually increasing, but as each adult
oyster generates about one million young
a year, the supply will hardly give out.
ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN
VALUABLE
BUILDING LOTS,
IN MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
RANGING
FROM 40 by 120 to 50 by 250 FEET,
All of which are eligibly' situated within the
Tow
e elevated, healthy
d desirable building sites, arc
now ottered by
iimlts, and
GEO. W. INGRAM & CO.
To those who desire to purchase a site for
dwellings or business locations, upon such terms
and at such prices ns make them available to ev
These Lots are situated
BROAD, ANDERSON, LOCKWOOD, CRAW
FORD, CATHERINE, WALKER, LAKE,
COX, OLIVE, k WILSON STREETS,
and are all valuable; and upon
New Frame Dwelling,
very nicely located aud worth $3,000.
A large number of these lots arc worth $300
each; many more arc worth $200 each, while
but a few are worth less than the price usked.
subscribing will be guaranteed n
lot. This is no lottery scheme, but places it
within the reach of every one who desires, by
small amounts, to secure a homestead.
These lots are laid out upon wide streets, and
arc all within a short distance-of the Rail Road
Depot nnd within the town, aud are offered upon
the following terms :
All Lots are valued at
ONE HUNDRED k EIGHTY DOLLARS EACH,
and will be sold by subscription. At signing
the subscription a payment of
THIRTY DOLLARS
rill be due upon each Lot subscribed for.
As soon ns the numbers are all taken, the Lots
will be drawn for, and the
the purchaser will he considered his lot.
In addition to the first cash payment, the pur
chaser will Execute FOUR NOTES, at One, Two,
and Four Years, for Thirty-Seven and a
ith interest from date, and
upon the payment of the last note a clear Deed
will he given for the lot. All deeds nnd stumps
to be at the expense of the purchasers.
< opened and rapidly being filled
mber drawn by
half Dollars each,
Books are
t the office of
GEO. W. INGRAM & CO.
Brokers and Ileal Kstatc Agents,
BROAD ST. ABOVE MAIN, MIDDLETOWN.
ßAt' Correspondence by mail solicited. Plan
of lots on exhibition at the oflice.
February 19, 1870—tf
J rrinE subscriber intending to quit farming, will
sell at public sale, without reserve, on the
farm known as the " Red House F
poquiniinink Hundred, on the road lending from
Middletown to Smyrna, 2 miles from the former
place, on THURSDAY, MARCH 3rd, 1870, at 11
o'clock, a. m. all his stock and farming utensils,
as follows :
FIVE GOOD HORSES, suitable for
farm or road use. No. 1, Bay Horse,(
George, 8 years old, fine,style, will,
work or drive anywhere; No. 2, Black Horse,
Dandy, 7 years old. works well in any kind of
harness; No. 3, Bay Mare, Fanny, 11 years old,
works and drives well ; No. 4, a fine Brood Mare.
Bell, 10 years old, with-foal by
horse, aud is a good farm mare ;• No. 5, Bay Colt
Clipper, 4 years old, well broken and, " ill drivé
or work anywhere. •
PUBLIC SALE.
" in Ap
celebrated
seven Milch- cows, an with
Calf; some of them will soon be in
profit ; 2 Heiffcrs, 3 years old ; with
Calf; 9 head of Young Cattle, 1 fine«Brood »Sow,
Chester county White, with pig ; 2 Shoats of the
sa me stock.
1 Russell's Çorahineif «Reaper and Mower, in
good order ; 1 Rockaway Carriage and Harness,
1 lat® btyle York Carriage, nearly new ; 2 Farm
Wagons, one with iron axle, nearly new ; 1 large
Hay Rigging, 2 sets Wagon Gears, 1 Vanwicklc
Fan, 4 cultivators, 5 ploughs, 2 of them Ilccken
drfrft ; twin harrows, 1 corn drag, grindstone,
wheelbarrow, plow gears, 1 revolving horse rake,
in good order ; forks, rakes, shovels,hoes, spades,
kc. 60 acres of wheat in the ground,
Household and kitchen Furniture—1 churn k
horse, a lot of milk pans, kitchen tables and
chairs, butter tub, scales, and many other arti
cles too tedious to mentiou.
TERMS.—All sums under $20, cash ; on all
sums of $20 and upward, a credit of 11 months
will be given, purchaser'giving a bankable note,
with an approved endorser, stamps and interest
added. J. F. STEWART.
Feb. 19.—ts fc>. M. Enos, Auc.
a
to
S easoned oak and pine wood, sawed
and Split, delivered in town, in quantities to
suit, at *7 per curd, by E. T. EVEN'S.
NEW STOVE, TIN,
AND
HOUSE-FURNISHING STORE.
THOMAS II. ROTIIWELL'S
NEW BUILDING,
North Ride of Main Street,. Building. Weil
of Town Hull,
Middletown, Delaware.
Where he has constantly on hand, and is pro
pared to manufacture
ALL KINDS OF TIN WAKE,
At Short Notice.
Particular attention paid to
ROOFING AND SPOUTING.
Urders respectfully solicited and promptly atten
ded to.
COOK STOVES.
STAR, COTTAGE, NATIONAL,
CHARM, PRIZE, & VICTOR COOK.
PARLOR STOVES.
ROQUET BASE, GAS, BURNING
BASK, DIAL, VIOLET, REVERE, UNION AIR
TIGHT.
Stoves suitable for stores, offices, hotels, and
school houses.
Orders will be received anil promptly filled for
any kind of Stove that may be ordered.
GALVANIZED, RUSSIA, AND SHEET IRON,
ZINC,
COAL HODS, SEIVES,
POKERS, SHOVELS,
TEA KETTLES, BAKE PANS, WAFFLE IRONS
SAD IRONS, BRASS & ENAMELLED
PRESERVING K ETTLES,
ENAMELLED SAUCE PANS.
TEA HELLS, JAPANNED CHAMBER BUCKETS,
SPITTOONS, WAITERS, LANTERNS,
FLOUR AND PEPPER BOXES,
SAND CLTS, MATCH SAFES (Cast Iron,)
MOLASSES CUES,
PEACH CANS,
( Soldered and Self-Seating )
PATENT CLOTHES FRAMES, Jtc. Ac. Ac.
Prompt attention to business, moderate prices,
competent workmen, and
please, may at all times be expected by those who
may favor him with their custom.
determination to
THE VAPOR COOKING STOVE.
JVo Wood , no Coal ,
Stove Pipe, no
Ashes, no Dirt, no Wood Boxes, vo
Coal Scuttle, no Kindling Wood,
But a Friction Match,
And the fire in full blast in half a minute, ov
hot iu two minutes, steak broiled in f
utes, breud baked in thirty minutes, the fire en
tinguished i
Please call nnd examine it in operation at
Thomas H. Rotliwell's Stove Store,
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
of the stove for the State.
moment.
Sole owi
Feb. 19— y
piFTII Year of Publication ! I
TUE DEMOCRA TIC ALMANA C FOR 1870.
We have
d the Democratic Alman
It contains, besides the usual mat-*
of tho
, compared with previous
ac for 1870.
ter of all almanacs, full and official retur
elections held lust y
ones, the most important nets of the last session
of Congress, lists of Federal and »Stute officers,
members of Congress, chronology of ull import-»
ant events of the year, statistical and other inform
mation imlispensible to every politician, planter,
farmer, merchant or mechanic. Orders will bo
filled according to the date of their reccptiou.
The cash must accompany all orders.
7'EIIAIS .—-Single copies, by mail, prepaid, 20
cents; 7 copies, by mail, prepaid, $1 ; 15 copies,
by mail, prepaid, $2; 100 copies, by express,
$12.- Address
I AM E VIIIE, HORTON $ CO.
Publishers, 1B2 Nassau st. N. Y,
feb to—tf
Dissolution of Co-partnership.
N OTICE is hereby giveyi that the Partnership
heretofore existing between the undersign
ed. under the firm of SCOW I) RICK k MOORE,
is this day dissolved by mutual consent, aud
James II. Scowdrick is alone authorized to settle
the business of the late firm.
JAMES II. SCOWDRÏCK,
WILLIAM II. MOORE.
Middletown, Del. February 16th, 1870.
Persons indebted to the lato firm will please
make settlement with the subscriber as soon an
possible, and persons having claims will present
them to JAMES H. SCOWDRÏCK.
Feb. 19—3t.
F
OH RENT.-*-The Room in
the Town Hall now occupied
bv tho Citizens' National Bank of
Middletown. Possession given on,
the 25th of March Apply to
Feb. 19—tf
Wm. It. BARK, See.
FOR SALE.
A PAIR OF MULES that will weigh é ffk.
2-100 pounds ; well matched ns tofflJK^s
speed and size, and guaranteed sound
and kind everywhere. To be sold solely because
my farm is overstocked. Apply
feb 19-tf WM. GREEN, Middletown, Del.
H eavy westebn oats, weighing 36 to
40 pounds per bushel, and suitable for seed.
Price $1 per bushel, sor sale by
Feb. 19— ta E. T. EVANS.
P EACII GROWERS, LOÔK TO YOUR IN
TE RESTS,
And buy your Baskets now, while a Superior
Basket can be bought at a Low Price. A few
thousand of the best
HAND-MADE WHITE OAK SPLIT
BASKETS
k
Ever 'offered for sale in
bought cheap by applying early to
A. T. Bradley, or R. Alvnn Cochran
Feb. 12—6w Middletown, DeL
Middletown, may bo
ORONER!1
To the Democratic Voters of New Castle Co.
Fellow Citizens; —At the earnest solicitation
of mv friends I again offer myself us a candidat®
for the nomination of Coroner of New Castle Co.
thankful to my friends for the* support
they gave me at the last nomination election, and
pledge myself to abide tfie decision of the party.
RICHARD GROVES,
Delaware City, Feb. 5—In
c
and
■pOK SALE.
ls,ooo Peach Tree*,
*
to
Apply to
Feb. 5—tf
VEAZEY A Hl_„_
Near Cccilton. CsefK