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The long looked for proclamation of the potl9nl
President, announcing the ratification of ing
the Fifteenth Amendment, was addressed
to both houses of Congress on Wednesday. muoh
The New lork World characterizes the p rac
message as "stupid, stilted and bombas
The President attempts to play a upon
new role, in this his latest official paper— links
that of commentator on the Constitution,
of which he speaks, •• with most exquisite the
irony," as the Baltimore Gazette phrases ple>
it. as "that revered instrument!" Judge bore
Taney is annihilated with one stroke of jectcd
the President's facile pen ; Judges Story
and Upshur may now stand aside, and
even the fame of the great Massachusetts cut
expounder himself, dwindles into insig- ance
nificance before the acumen of Ulysses S. stra
Grant! The President, with a fine ap
precision of the mental ealiber of the new ranU
class of voters thus admitted to suffrage, els0
declares that the stability of a republic
must rest on the intelligence of the people. 0
He close* by urging upon Congress to do
all that lies within its power to encourage the
popular education. Whether he believes f
that that power extends to the education
of these " wards of the nation, at the ; s
public expense, he does not say in explicit due
terms, but if such is not his opinion, it is
difficult to see the point of his recommen
dation .
The President's proclamatiou is accom
panied by one from tbe Secretary of State,
setting fqrth that twenty-nine States have
ratified the amendment. To make up this
number New York and Indiana are inclu
ded. New York subsequently withdrew
her ratification, and that of Indiana was
procured by fraud, as Mr. Niblack assert
ed in Congress, when he rose to protest,
after the reading of the message. Leaving
out these States, only twenty-seven remain,
counting all the coerced Southern States,
one short of the required three-fourths.
It is clear, therefore, that the ratification
is not legal, and this fact will but hasten
Us expurgation, as it is notorious and un
deniable that the result has been achieved
by illegal and unconstitutional means.
MIDDLETOWN, DEL.
SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 2, 1870.
tic.
Md.
was
for
ded
is
to
no
to
a
Tiie Key-Note.— There is but one sen
timent in the Democratic party, from the
Atlantic to the Pacific, and from the St.
Lawrence to the Rio Grande, touching the
•o-called Fifteenth Amendment, and that
is, that it is no amendment at all, but ut
terly void and of no effect, rightfully and
constitutionally, in law.
forced, for a brief time, by a usurping and
despised Congress, but it cannot stand.
Expunge is the word—the key-note—of
the Democracy, through the length and
breadth of the land. But that would be
revolutionary, exclaims some Republican.
No Republican should raise an objection
like this, since the course of that party has
been marked by revolution for the last
decade. Besides, it is the rightful resort
of freemen, when all other means have
That pretended amendment may
as readily be expunged, as the resolution
censuring Gen. Jackson, which passed
Congress in 1834, and was wiped out in
1S37. Nor do we believe tbat it will take
a longer time to do it. Popular sentiment
will array itself against it, and the
throw of the party in power is the most
probable event in the immediate future.
The Democrats and Conservatives of
White Clay Creek Hundred, whose
lutions appear iu another column, have
■truck the key-note in relation to this pre
tended amendment, and "expunge" is the
word. The Democracy of Connecticut
declare, in their lately published platform :
That the State of Connecticut is to-day the
same free and independent State that it has been
for more than two hundred years, with full pow
er to declare who shall and who shall not be
clothed with the elective franchise within its bor
ders, and when this power is forcibly taken away
and its ballot-boxes subject to the hireling sol
diery of the gennral government, the State will
have lost its sovereignty and become degraded
to the position of a conquered province,
the so called 15th amendment is no amendment
f e of the Constitution, striking
täte Rights, which lies at the
of the compact formed by the various States
in the Convention of 1789; and its forced and
fraudulent adoption at the point of the bayonet,
will be the deadliest blow ever struck at the sove
reignty of the States and the liberties of the
It may bo en
failed.
over
reso
That
but a radical chan
at the
base
peo
ple.
Acknowledgements.— Senator Bayard
tiae our thanks for copies of able speeches
delivered in Congress.
We are indebted to George Biddle, Esq
of the Maryland House of Delegates, for a
pamphlet copy of the able address of S.
Teaekle Wallis, Esq. on the life and cha
racter of George Peabody.
We are indebted to Francis Vincent,
F.sq. for Nob. 1 and 2 of his History of
Delaware.
The Democratic 6tate Committee of
Maryland, met at Annapolis, on Tuesday,
and adopted a resolution declaring that the
Regiatration Law of the State should be
altered oo as to conform to the Fifteenth
Amendment. The reaolution was to be
formally submitted to the Legislature.
Connecticut election takes place on next
Monday. The negroes vote under the fif
teenth amendment,
^Mu m Ä
left, and arrest a citizen of Ohio; can your Queen
do more?— Wm. H. Seward to Lord Lyon*.
This remarkable sentence, uttered by
the Secretary of State to the British Min
ister at Washington, during the Southern
rebellion, will go down through sucoeed
- "
tng ageB, coupling his name with the des
potl9nl practiced by the government dur
ing the .. irrepre „ibl e conflict" which he
foretoMi and which bo probably did
muoh as any one elae to bring about The
p rac tice of arbitrary arrests without legal
process, which it illustrates,was afoul blot
upon our country's escutcheon, and ever
links hu nan)c with infamy No Brit ; 9h
monarcll oould do tbe , ike wit kout puUjng
the throno in j eopardy . i Iere , tbe peo .
ple> feeling tbeir stak(J in the g0Ter „ m ent,
bore eTery wrong t0 nbiob tbey were 8ub .
jectcd by tboae in power _ assured tbat time
would cure the evil Had hope of redrcss
through their own inherent power been
cut offi desperation and sanguinary resist
ance would have ensued ; but this hope re
stra i ne d the arm which else had struck for
revengei and rolled tbo hcads of 8ucb ty .
ranU aa Seward in tbo dust . Notbing
els0 stayed tbe vengeance of an outraged
people . and berein Uel one grcat superi .
0 rity of a Republic over a Monarchy.
Nothing else restrained the people under
the severe provocation imposed upon them,
f rom crushing those who were trampling
them in the du6t . for we bold tbat .. tbere
; s a 8 pi r it ; n man," which cannot be sub
due d by all the bolts and dungeons that
despotism can devise,
The
»very
the
which
residence
lington,
len,
ploy,
was
er
honor
honest
ducted
two
was
Mr.
guilty
him
and
where
find
selves
Many
dence
the
little
their
believed
well
ing,
should
before
directed
not
ly to
many
that
detect
Town
Hall.
and
tee
which
each
the
ed
and
who
to
wheel
W.
and
street,
of
then
fixed
try
»lace
Profits of tiir Peach Trade.— An in
telligent farmer who resides in Kent co
Md. remarked, a few days since, that there
was not much profit in growing peaches
for market, unless tho peach grower resi
ded near a railroad station and could ship
directly to New York.—That little profit
is to be derived from the markets of Phil
adelphia or Baltimore, or from shipments
to any market by water. Land carriage is
no doubt the best, because it is the spee
diest, and admits of better ventilation.
Some peach growers have realized consid
erable profit, after hauling their fruit some
distance to the cars. The highest prices
obtained last season, so far as we have
heard them reported, were obtained by
Mr. Richard A. Frazier, of Kent county,
Md. who hauled his fruit some two miles
to Vandyke Station. His peaches netted
him, if we have been correctly informed,
68 cents per basket. We have heard of
no peach grower, living near to a station,
who has done so well. Gentlemen resid
ing in SassafraB Neck, have hauled to
Middletown, six or seven miles, and made
a profit by the operation. As a general
rule, however, there is much advantage in
locatiug orchards convenient to railroad
stations. We only mention the cases
above referred to, in order to show that
money can be made at the business, even
though the grower resides at an inconve
nient distance from the cars.
this
to
Hd.
Mill
G.
son;
John
ford,
coke
and
and
the
ut
and
be
has
last
may
in
take
most
of
have
pre
the
:
the
been
pow
be
bor
away
sol
will
the
States
and
sove
on
en
the
the
ing
at
is
en
Col. Daniel Dechert, editor of the Ha
gerstown Mail, recovered damages against
the corporation of Hagerstown, Md. to
the amount of §7,500 for the destruction
of his printing office by a mob during the
war in 1862, and upon appeal the decision
of the court below was affirmed by the
Court of Appeals.
Tho State Legislature, also, has passed
a law to indemnify Mr. David Shaw, of
Carroll county, in the sum of §3000, for
the destruction of the office of the West
minster Democrat. His son, Mr. Joseph
Shaw, editor of the paper, was set upon
by the mob which destroyed the office and
brutally murdered.
reso
Thc Banks arc in a ferment over the
funding bill now before Congress, and
meetings are being held for consultation,
in Boston, N. York, and other cities. It
is alleged tbat tbe bill compels reconstruc
tion on terms which the banks will not ac
cept, that it will disturb tbe entire bauking
capital of tbo country, produce financial
disaster, and defeat tbe object of the bill,
which is to fund the national debt at a low
er rate of interest.
That
As we expected Prince Pierre Bona
parte has been acquitted of the shooting
of Victor Noir, the jury being oiit only an
hour. He was subsequently condemned
by tho same court to pay 2,500 francs to
the family of the deceased, instead of
100,000 as claimed. English correspon
dents, present at the trial, comment on the
subserviency of the Court to the Empe
ror's supposed sympathy with the Prince.
peo
Esq
for a
S.
cha
of
The Wilmington Journal and Statesman
has made a mistake in attributing to the
Baltimore American, the spirited and
manly article from the Baltimore Gazette,
which appeared in the Journal of Tuesday
laßt. If the American, hitherto a rabid
radical paper, wero capable of uttering the
sentiments promuiged in that article, we
should begin to think tbat deliverance from
Congressional usurpation was already "at
the door."
of
the
be
be
Gen. Walter Mitchell, a prominent citi
zen of Charles county, Md. and several
times a Presidential Elector of that State,
member of the Legislature, and of the last
Constitutional Convention, died on Tues
day, aged 67 years.
next
fif
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
The exploita of chicken thieves are recorded i
On
years,
Isaac
met
uncle,
9ays
some
»very newspaper published on this peninsula
the largest operation we have heurd of, is
which was discovered in November last, at the
residence of Mr. Samuel J. Corfialey, near Mil
lington, Kent county, Md.. from whom was sto
len, at sundry times, by a negro man
ploy, ten turkies and fifty chickens,
was discovered through the revelations of anoth
er negro man m Mr. Corbaley'semploy, who had
honor enough to inform Mr. Corbaley of the dis
honest practices of his fellow-laborer. He
ducted him to the barn and discovered to him
two more turkies, hidden away there, which it
was the thief's intention to carry off that night.
Mr. Corbaley sent for a constable, arrested the
guilty party while in the field at work, and took
him to the barn where the turkies were secreted,
and then had him conveyed to Chestertown jail,
where he awaits his trial. Many of the negroes
find the difference between providing for them
selves and having-a master to provide for them.
Many of them with the characteristic improvi
dence of their race, spend all they make during
the spring, summer, and fall months, and have
little left to live upon during the winter. Hence
their nocturnal visits to the henneries
but
she
in his
The thief
lowing
their
April,
tends
is
they
of
goods,
All
best
If
who
from
D.
hen
will
jail
New
d poul
•ps. In this section, it is pretty generally
believed that there are certain white thieves, as
well as black, who are engaged in chicken steal
ing, and it would surprise no one if their backs
should ultimately come under the ShcrifFs lash,
before they are much older. Suspicion has been
directed towards certain parties, and if they are
not first shot down in their tracks, they are like
ly to find their way to New Castle. There
many thieves in our midst, and it would appear
that a little more vigilance is all that is needed to
detect them and bring them to punishment.
Tbr Town Lot Scheme.— The drawing of the
Town Lot Scheme by Geo. W. Ingram A Co. took
Saturday aflernoon last, in the Town
Hall. About two hundred persons were present,
and the Townsend Brass Band was in attendance,
playing several of its enlivening airs. A commit
tee of three wa 9 appointed to superintend the
drawing. Chances were first drawn for, after
which numbers corresponding to the
each lot were put in envelopes and deposited in
the wheel. Then the roll of subscribers was call
ed according to the number opposite each name,
and each person stepped forward and drew for
himself, banding the envelope to the committee,
who broke the seal and
to the clerk, who recorded the same. Several
persons did not comply with the terms before the
drawing. The numbers deposited
wheel were 94.
W. Roberts, of this tow
and drew the prize of a house and lot
street, valued at $3,000.
of the wheel till the 70th
then speedily retired. The pr
fixed at $180, and amounted i
$16,920.
try
»lace
tive
at
of
tary.
at
has
been
and
mber of
n ouneed the numbe
ithin the
No. 3, drawn by Mr. Samuel
was the lucky number,
Lake
It was not drawn out
number. The crowd
ice of the lots was
n the aggregate to
is
by
of
to
in
that
libel
a
ple.
er,
a
the
at
the
our
a
"
to
in
Tne Census. —John M. Dunn, U.S. Marshal of
this State, has received instructions from Wash
ington directing hiiu to divide the State into Dis
tricts, and appoint an assistant Marshal in each
to take the census. He has made the following
appointments ; New Castle County.—Brandywine
Hd. W. H. Griffin; Chistiana, Griffin Ycatman :
Mill Creek, Thus. J. Moore; White Clay Creek.
G. Russel ; New Castle, Oliver H. Appleby; Pen
eader, Mahlon Batton ; Red Lion, R. II. Ander
son; St. Georges, Henry Walter; Appoquini
mink, John Walters. Marshal Dunn will per
sonally attend to the work in Wilmington.
Kent County.—Duck ('reek, Theodore Ptihnu
tary; Little Creek und Kenton, Nunes II. Cover
dale; Dover, Moses Rash; South Murderkill,
John W Carter; Mispillion, Rufus Jones; Mil
ford, J. Carey Frazier.
Sussex County.—Cedar Creek, Alfred Short;
and Georgetown, L. B. Day, Nanti
d N. W. Fork, Wm. I). Fisher; Scaford
Broadkil
coke
and Lower N. W. Fork, William Spicer: Little
Creek and Broad Creek, Z. P. Collier ; Dagsboro
and Baltimore, John Willgus; Indian River and
Lewes and Rehoboth, B. C. Pretty
Horrible Murder. —On Saturday morning last,
rere fishing in Kersey's mill
while some
dam, on the road from Canterbury to Frederica,
on hauling in their seine, they were horror strick
en at beholding the body of a man, entangled in
the net. Upon examination, it was found that
the back part of his head was crushed in, show
ing that he lmd come to his death by violence.
Deputy Coroner Sarde, after holding
arrested two negroes, residing in the neighbor
hood, named Lober, and Y
having committed the deed,
Young, confessed that they
murdered
Hogan, of Philadelphia, from some papers on his
person, has not been identified. He had stopped
at the house of one of the colored men, when, it
is supposed, they discovered he had money about
him. They decoyed him to a lonely spot, near
by, and there beat out his bruins with a club,
and threw his body into the pond, where it was
found, as already staled. It lmd been lying in
the water for some days, the murder being com
mitted on the afternoon of Saturday, the 19th ul
timo. A third negro named West, is implicated.
inquest,
of
.*, susptc.v...
lien one of them,
guilty. The
, at first supposed to be Thomas
Ha
to
the
the
of
for
upon
and
Buried Treasure. —Mr. John W. Gallahan,
who died recently, in this vicinity, at
eed age. is believed to have left behind him seve
ral sums sf money in gold and silver, supposed to
have been buried beneath the floor of his dwelling
and in the earth, somewhere near his late
dence. It is said, that his wife, who died a
few days after the decease of her husband, com
mented the fact of the concealed treasure to a
female friend, a Mrs. Holton, but did not tell her
the precise place where it could he found. Mr.
Gallalmn had also made a similar communica
tion, it is said, to Mr. Richard W. Mulford, of
Summit Bridge. No search
yet been made for the purpose of discovering the
money, but Mr. Mulford has been understood to
say that he thinks lie might l»e able to find it
through the information imparted to him by Mr.
Gallahan. It is said he has expressed
adv
investigation hi
illing
to make the examination, in the presence of
witnesses, or in presence of the heirs.
the
and
It
ac
bill,
low
Peach Growers' Meeting. —Bills have been pos
ted calling a meeting of the Peach Growers and
shippers to New York by Railroad, at the Town
Hall, in Middletown, or. Saturday the 16th day
of April, at 1 o'clock, p. m. Of the precise object
of this meeting, we are not advised ; but we un
derstand it is intended as a preliminary to
;ting of the Association which takes
place at Dover, on Tuesday the 19th of April,
and is expected to facilitate the objects and
poses of that meeting. We hear the
iarge attendance at Midddletow
named.
.
pur
rill be a
on the day
d Barney Aaron put up bills
here, last week, for an exhibition of some sort at
the Town Hall, on Friday evening; but it did
not come off, for some reason. This champion
of light weights, in tho fistic ring, though
ted iu his late contest with Bill Edwards, has
challenged him for another combat, for $1000 a
side. This community, w-e believe, was never be
fore honored by the presence of a professional
buffer.
Powder Mill Explosion. —On Friday afternoon
about two o'clock, a graining mill in the Ilagley
yard, DuPont's powder works, on Ihe Brandy
wine, exploded, instantly blowing to atoms Dar
by McAteer, the only employee in the works at
the time. McAtecr leaves a wife and four chil
dren. The loss is said to be about $2,000.
Fine Sport.—A couple of gentlemen from this
town, proceeded to the Isle of Wight, Chinco
tague Sound, last week, for the purpose of duck
shooting, aud brought home 160 ducks 1 Wheth
er any greenback wadding was used, to secure
the ducks, we are not advised.
A son of Mr. Richard Savin, nine years old,
residing on the farm of Mr. Thomas V. Ward, in
bitten Uy a mad-dog on Thursday
morning, 18th ult. The dog belonged to Mr. Sav
in, and was killed before doing further dumage.
Sam Colly
Bona
an
to
of
the
Empe
the
and
rabid
the
we
from
"at
Elk Neck,
Old Folk's Concert.—T he ladies of the Pres
a performance
music of our
byterian Church, Dover, ..
illustrative of the costumes
Wednesday and Thursday evenings,
the 6 th and 7th of April, at the State House.
will ui
cts tors,
citi
several
State,
last
Tues
Tho Smyrna Times says : We are informed
that a steamboat, running from MilVille, N. J.
wrU start soon, and touch at Spruance's wharf,
and Collins' Beach.
John Deputy, negro, of this town,
ed on Tuesday last, by Officer Streets, aud con
veyed to the New Castle asylum for klopema
nioce,
was arrest
On Thursday morning, March 24, a girl of 13
years, named Fannie A. Benjamin, daughter of
Isaac N. Benjamin, of North East, Cecil county,
met with a terrible accident at the house of her
uncle, John H. Graham, of Smyrna. The Times
9ays she was raking down the coal stove, aad by
some means a coal ignited her clothing by which
so horribly burned that she died the fol
ment
death
as,
day
of
and
the
was
West
dered
N.
they
was
five
a
upon
home
stoop
A
one
act
itor
two
this
a
so
cers
lost,
of
of
and
Rv
t
of
of
she
lowing day.
Fine fresh Shad, the first of the season, made
their appearance in our market on the first of
April, brought up by Charles Adams, who in
tends to furnish them to our citizens fresh every
morning. Charley deals upon the square ; there
is nothing scaly about him, except his fish ; and
they will be found all right, or wc are no judge
of the piscatory tribe.
Wm. M. Kennard, 304 and 30G Market street,
Wilmington, is up with the times in cheap dry
goods, und is selling greater bargains than ever.
All our readers who buy iu Wilmington will re
member that Kennard's is the place to get the
best return for their money.
If you want prime Tea and Coffee, call on
Houston, 304 Market street, Wilmington, Del.
who always keeps the best.
Rev. J. R. Hamilton, lately pastor of the Pres
hyterian Church at Newark, has accepted a call
from the congregation at Red Bank, N. J.
Messres. Elihu Jefferson. David Boggs and II.
D. Earned, living
hen roosts robbed week before last.
The election for School Commissioners in the
several school districts throughout this State,
will take place this afternoon.
The case of Ben Bolt arid George Harris, in
jail for the murder of Aleck Rus 3 um, has been
removed to Harford county.
The Republican County Convention meets at
New Castle on the 9th of April.
Moorton, all had their
DEMOCRATIC MEETING.
At a meeting of the Democratic and Conserva
tive citizens of White Clay Creek Hundred, held
at the Deer Park Hotel, Newark, on the evening
of the 12th ult. John W. Evans, Esq. was ap
pointed Chairman, and Wm. McKeowan, Secre
tary. The Committee on Resolutions, appointed
at a former meeting, consisting of Messrs. Wm.
Dean, James Springer, and Wm. McKeowan, re
ported the following which were read and unan
imously adapted :
Whereas, The Congress of the United States
has passed a joint resolution proposing an a
inendment to the Federal Constitution, which is
commonly known as "The Fifteenth Amend
ment:" and
Whereas. The said Amendment is said to have
been ratified by the requisite number of States :
and
Wiieuear, This result has been accomplished,
through the agency of military satraps, packed
Legislatures, and a debased and illegitimate suf
frage in a large portion of the Southern States ; a
mode of amending the organic law which, while in
direct conflict with its own plain provisions, is a
libel upon a Republican form of government ; a
disgrace to the Congress of the United States and
a fundamental outrage Hpou the American Peo
ple. And
Whereas, The obvious design of the Radical
Party in thus forcing ihc adoption of this Amend
ment. is to intrench themselves in perpetual pow
er, behind the rampart of the black constituency
which it calls into being; to enable them more
effectually to plunder the people and to establish
a Congressional oligarchy, who will continue iu
the future as it has for the past ten years, to set
at defiance the popular demand for a ret
the principles of government bequeathed to us by
our fathers. Therefore
Resolved, That we regard the extension of the
suffrage to the negroes throughout our country—
a large proportion of whom have but recently e
rged from slavery and who are utterly unfit
both by nature and habit, to perform the simplest
function of American citizenship,
wrong upon the white free
States and especially designed to secure Radical
domination in Maryland, Kentucky and Dela
d that we rely upon the patriotism, in
telligence and virtue of the* American people, at
tho ballot box, for a sure and speedy
Resolved , That to Ibis end we cordially invite
the co-operation of every true friend of a W
Man's Government, to aid us in bringing this
" Fifteenth Amendment" and its guilty authors
to the bar of public opinion; the former to la*
expuged from the record as a part of our organic
law, and the latter to be branded as the base be
outraged but confiding people.
Resolved , That we the Democratic and C
servative citizens of White Clay Creek Hundred
in common with the Democrats and Conse
tivesof our state and Country, distinctly and em
phatically declare that we lmvc no claim upon
tho neyro voter for his support, we did not furnish
an atom of the influence that made him a citizen.
To the Radical party belongs the undivided glo
ry of the achievement. lie is tho legitimnte oil
spring of the nuptial uni
and Old Abolition parties, about ten years a;,
to them, therefore, he belongs. We do not sol
or desire his vote at any future election
: candidate for office i
:
d
a cruel
of the United
in
his
it
was
in
ul
'd ress.
of
travers of »
between the Radical
vit I
wc conn ten
party who does,
ballot at
act to prevent him from voting at the elections
until a sound, healthy public sentfment shall
cause to he erased from the record, the so-called
article of the Constitution, which gives hiiu the
privilege.
Resolved, That we further declare that wc en
tertain no feeling of personal animosity against
the negro; wc have ever treated him with kind
ness, but for his own sake as well as for the wel
fare of our common country, we denounce the
policy, which for the basest purposes, would
drag him from the humblest sphere which nature
designed he should occupy, and foist him upon
the white freemen of our country i
their solemn protest, as a political and social
equal and as a fit depository of political power.
Resolved, That we respectfully suggest to the
Democrats and Conservatives of the several Hun
dreds, to call meetings and openly avow their
to this Amendment, until a
properly he called.
Resolved. That these resolutions he published
iu the leading democratic papers of the State.
JOHN \V. EVANS, Chairman.
Wm. McKeowan, Secretary.
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April,
SHIPMENT OP SMALL FRUITS.
Mr. Ide, Master of Transportation
adelphia, Wilmington
makes the following
the Phil
..d Baltimore Railroad
pur
be a
day
ouncement to growers of
small fruits and vegetables along the Deluwarc
Railroad Line :
bills
at
did
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a
be
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Sav
" To encourage the growth of berries, small
fruits of all kinds and vegetables generally for
market, Express Freight Trains will be run d
ing the coming season to carry these products
from the Delaware Railroad Line, for the Phila
delphia and New York markets, commencing »is
early in May as the business will justify.
A train design d to carry freights as above for
the New York market, will leave Del in a r on Mon
day, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
mornings, and arrive at Gray's Ferry in season
to allow the Camden and Amboy Railroad Com
pany to get tbe freight to Jersey City by 3 o'clock
A. M. the next day. A train is also to leave
Deltnar late Saturday afternoon, designed to
ry marketing both for New Y'ork and Philadel
phia, to he in market early an Monday morning.
The Camden and Amboy Railroad Company and
Eastern Shore Railroad Company have agreed to
run trains to accommodate this business,
eharges to Jersey City will be about the same
was charged by Market Car Tariff of J
1869, for full
The
24th,
small shipments
to New York, of berries in baskets, packed in
crates, not over three cents per quart.
A train is to leave Del
loads, and
late
Friday af
ternoon, designed to carry marketing for Phila
delphia und Wilmington only. Other trains will
at an hour suitable for carrying market
ing for Philadelphia and Wilmington, on each
d»iy in the week, except tSunday.
Not over 50 cents per barrel will be charged
from any part of the line between Grisficld and
Philadelphia, for green corn, melons, peas in
pod, string beans, cucumbers, beets, radishes,
asparagus and other like vegetables, and not over
I <
Pres
16 cents per crate of 55 pounds, on tomatoes, or
other vegetables, in crates, on such freight going
to Philadelphia.''
N. J.
wharf,
An attempt is being made in the Su
preme Court at Washington, to reopen the
decision on legal tenders.
con
arrest
ITEMS OF NEWS.
little
as a
islands
the
pose
lager
future,
the
by
iu
the
ted
upon
with
ses.
for
all
Dispatches received at the War Depart
ment from San Francisco, announce the
death of Major General George II. Thom
as, after an illness of three days, on Mon
day night, at seven o'clock, from an attack
of apoplexy. He was fifty years o? age,
and leaves a widow, who was with him at
the time of his death. General Thomas
was born in Virginia and educated at
West Point. General Sherman has or
dered that his remains be brought to Troy,
N. Y. the family residence of the de
ceased, for interment, and it is expected
they will reach there the latter part of the
present week.
The equinoctial storm, of Sunday last,
was oue of great violence. A family of
five persons were crushed by the walls of
a new building in N. York, blown dowu
upon them, as they sat in an adjacent
house. A young lady in Brooklyn, going
home from church, was blown against a
stoop with such violence as to fracture her
head". Iu Baltimore, twenty houses were
blown down, and ten large trees were
blown up by the roots iu Druid Hill Park.
A sloop sunk in the back basiu, but no
one was hurt.
The President, by proclamation of May,
1805, offered § 100,000 reward for the
capture of Jeff. Davis, and Congress, by
act approved, July 27, 18(38, appropriated
money to pay the reward. The third Aud
itor has completed a settlement in favor of
two huudred and forty claimants under
this act, which has been confirmed by the
Second Comptroller, and in the course of
a few days the claimants may expect to re
ceive tlie money.
The Inman steamer City of Boston, now
so long missing, had on board 55 cabin
passengers, 52 in the steerage, and 84 offi
cers and crew. If the City of Boston is
lost, 191 persons have perished. The list
of passengers published included the names
of several officers of the Royal Artillery,
and of other British regiments who
returning to England from Canada.
The Conservative members of the North
Curoli
people of the State, represent that Gov
ernor Holden's recommcudation to Con
gress for the suspension of the writ of
habeas corpus throughout the State is uu
wurrautable, and he is guilty of a willful
libel upon a people whose rights lie is
sworn to protect.
Mr. Thornton, the British minister, has
called upon Mr. Revels, and the lattei is the
recipient of numerous invitations to din
ners and private parties. He is invited to
with Mr. and Mrs. Fish. Report
says Mr. Sumner has prevailed on Mr.
Rv Vels to spend the summer in Boston.
Lady Franklin recently arrived ut Rio
Janeiro, cn the way to Vancouver's Is
land, where a settler is said to have a let
t r from Sir «John, or relating to him,
which he will nut deliver except to Lady
Franklin in person. She is nearly eighty
years of ago.
Twenty barrels of silver coin, for
change, arrived iu New York from the
Philadelphia miut last Saturday. It is
being received there from Canada in large
quantities, and is used extensively as
change.
()u Tuesday the law reducing the value
of American silver coin in Canada twenty
per cent, went into effect. The Bank
of Montreal will now probably pass its
three tous of American silver over the
border.
A fire at St. Michael's, Talbot county,
Md. on Monday night, destroyed the Com
et and Advertiser newspaper office, three
stores and two dwellings. The loss is not
heavy.
Over two hundred houses and twenty
five thousand bales of cotton were destroy
ed by a recent fire in the town of Camp
tali, near Nagpou, iu the Presidency of
Bengal.
By a statement prepared at the Bureau
of Statistics, the aggregate amount of gold
produced in the United States, from 1848
to 1809, is shown to be §1,071,401,501.
Over forty families have been massacred
and several hundred horses captured and
many houses burnt in an extensive raid of
the Comanche Indians in Western Texas.
To repress the revolt in the Red River
country, the English government is pre
paring an expedition which will include a
steel battery with 1,000 men.
Ex-Queen Isabella and # her husband
have signed a document consenting to a
separation, their affairs having been
gud by compromise.
Butler's negro cadet has been rejected
as being but sixteen years and seven
onths old when the regulations require
to be seventeen.
The Tonawunda Indians have made a
raid on Texan settlers. Over forty fe
males have been massacred, and several
houses burned.
Miss Fanny Joy, a reigning belle in
Keokuk, has just married a Mr. Blaine.
The thing of beauty preferred not to
main a Joy forever.
The new Postage Stamps will probably
be ready for use in April. They are said
to be much better than those now in use.
It cost §1,845 to wash towels for the
Treasury Department at Washington, last
year, and there were 30,000 towels washed.
The Dominicans have voted in propor
tion of thirty to one in favor of annexation
to the United States.
Iowa has been compelled to discharge a
"lady" teacher in oue of its public schools,
for drunkenness.
Pope Pius IX. will be 80 years of age
on the 13th day of May of this year.
the
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don
ban
that
day
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Legislature, in an address to the
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Mon
Friday
season
Com
o'clock
leave
Philadel
morning.
and
to
The
COBH PL.AHTINO.
The Beason for planting corn will soon
be at hand, and the most of our intelligent
farmers are now making preparations.
The fields will soon be ready for plough
ing, and the planting will go on with
pidity. Considerable activity is already
being manifested in the purchase of fertil
izers, which are now regarded as indis
pensiblc to successful farming.
Whann's Kaw Bone Super Phosphate,
manufactured by Messrs. Walton, Whan
& Co. of Wilmington, is among the most
popular of these concentrated manures ;
owing its great popularity entirely to its
intrinsio vulue as a crop producer! Many
farmers use it exclusively, and oould not
be induced to substitute any other fertili
zer in its place. It is particularly
ccs8ful on corn.
24th,
shipments
in
af
Phila
will
market
each
charged
and
peas in
radishes,
over
or
going
Su
the
BUG
The Land of Robinson Crusoe.— The
little Island which the genuis of De Foe,
rendered immortal, as the residence of
llobinBon Crusoe, is no longer to remain
as a kind of unexplored myth among the
islands of the sea. It has already become
the homo of a German colony, who pro
pose to sing their songs and drink their
lager under the shadow of its trees in the
future, as the
the fatherlam
by Robert Wehrdan, a Saxon, who served
iu the Union army in this country during
the late rebellion, and he has already plan
ted a colony of sixty or seventy Germans
upon it. They find the soil fertile, the
climate healthy, and the country supplied
with wild goats, donkeys, and some hor
ses. The island will be a regular resort
for whalers, and Crusoe, if there to-day.
would not by any means be "monarch of
all he surveyed."
Wheat, prime
New Castle lid. Jan. 22— tu
of To the Democratic Voters of Nt
of
a
a
a
fe
in
said
the
last
a
age
Best
y have heretofore done in
I. It was purchased in 18G8,
It is again reported that General Jor
don has resigned the command of the Cu
ban army.
Governor Chamberloin, of Maine, lins
designated April 14 as a day of fasting in
that State.
Ten inches of snow fell in Maine Sun
day night.
Easter Sunday comes upon April 17tli.
DIED.
Near Mount Vernon, Fairfax county, Va. on
Thursday, March 30th, Hugh Whitton, in the
81st year of his nge, formerly of Odessa, Del.
Of
THE MARKETS,
MIDDLETOWN MARKET.
I.
tt
u.
CORRECTED- WEEKLY BY A. T. BRADLEY.
Wheat, prime.
Corn, yellow, new,
" white "...
Outs, new.
Timothy Seed.
Clover Seed.
.$1 26
. 8 *
.85
... 50
7 50
9 50
. 22 cts doz
40(0)45 cts. $ lb
19v« 20 "
15 (a, 10 " "
19020 " "
19 (a) 20 " "
15(«) 16 " "
5 " "
19020 " "
,16018 " "
.13($14
0 @ 60 c* bushel.
i'utter
L..nl
Chickem
Turkeys
Ducks...
Geese...
Hams...,
Sides....
Hhoulde
Fork, (dressed)
Potatoes.
(dressed)
F
PHILADELPHIA.
.$1 2401 25
.91093
Prime new red wheat.
Corn, new yellow.
Oats (Pennsylvania)..
Cloversccd.
Timothy.
$8 03
$4 74
1LM1NGTON.
$1 200 1 25
.87090
Coru, New,.
Oats.
Flour....
.$5 750)50
KIIKKIFFAI.TY.
s
11KRIFFALTY.
Tu the Electors of New Castle County.
r Citizens :—I öfter
sidération for the office of SHERIFF of New Ca
tic County, subject to the nomination of the Dei
Respectfully yours,
ISAAC GRUBB.
Feu.
self to v
con
ocratic party.
HERIFFALTY.—To the Voters of the Dcmo
} crutic Party of New Castle County :
iged by
öfter myself as
nomination for Sheriff for the County of New
Cnslle. pledging myself to »hide by the nomina
tion of said Party and give my hearty support to
the successful candidate. Respectfully,
Wm. II. LAMBSON.
S 1 ','
y friends 1
Candida e for
I.
induced t
New Casile lid. Dec. 25—tf
c
OROUVuBl!!
Castle County.
Fellow-Citizen s :
of my friends. I off'»
At the
myself as
oner of New Castle C
and hereby pledge myself to support the success
ful nominee of the Demon
nest solicitation
a candidate for
the
of Cor
ty,
ic Party.
JOSEPH EARNEST.
St. Georges Hd. March 26, 1870—tn.
SPECIAL NOTICES.
FINE READY MADE CLOTHING.
228 MARKET STREET, 2 nd Door below THIRD
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE.
rpiiE LARGEST ASSORTMENT OE
Ready Made Clothing in Delaware,
Our Own Make,
at less than Philadelphia Prices.
Clothing is made in Superior manner by
PRACTICAL TAILORS.
r on hand, and will be sold
All
The Proprietor having an experience of over
thirty years in this Business, will guarantee satb
factiou to any purchaser.
A full line of
re
FINE CLOTHS,
CASSIMERES, and
VESTINGS,
Constantly
ORDER WORK,
which will be made in the
LATEST STYLE AND DEST MANNER,
At No. 228 Market Street,
j^-The Oldest Established Clothing Einpori
in Delaware.
Edward Moore
hand for
March 16— y
soon
most
;
its
not
Heavy Stock. —Samuel W. Roberts, has now
1 hand nt his Stove iyul Tin Warehouse, Middle
towu, 125 Stoves, of all sizes and patterns em
bracing Parlor Stoves, Heaters, Cook Stoves
Ringes, Ac. Also, a large stock of Tin Ware
and housekeeping articles. He invites public at
tention to his large stock, which is unsurpassed,
if equalled, by any store outside of the cities.
INGRAM A GIBSON'S PRICK CURRENT.
16cts.
Eggs
Butter
Chickens, dressed 14 .
Ducks
Turkeys
Geese
20cts. Lard
45. illogs
11 .
Hogs, alive
Potatoes, round 35 .
Feathers
Honey
The above prices will be paid in cash for pro
duce delivered in good order ; and we wish to
say that we keep constantly on hand a good
Bortinent of Groceries and Provisions which
will sell reasonably for cash, at the Corner
Brood and Anderson Streets, Middletown Del
March 30—tf
10 .
14.
16.
65.
12 .
20 ,
us
of
BUG
LNGRAM A GIBSON.
EXTRA ORDINARY
REDUCTION IN TRICES AT
Jolin A. Reynolds & Sons.
ONE THOUSAND YARDS
Best MakeB Calicoes, 12i Cts. per yd.
Other
G
11
U il li
61,8,10
Bleached and Uubleached Muslins,
10,12£, 15,18 per yard.
Coates' & Clark's Spool Cotton $1 doz.
Best Soft White Sugar 14 &15 cts. lb.
Yellow Sugar 11, 12,13 cts. per lb.
Best Rio & Lag. Coffee 25,28
Best Coal Oil 35 Cents per gal.
Good Molasses
U
G G
G
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A FRESH LINK OF
alp'aoas,
Just Received and selling at
25 & 30 Per Cent. Discount
ON OLD PRICES.
BONA FIDE
BARGAINS!!
march 19— y
REPORT
Of the Condition of the Citizens' National Bank of
Middletown, in the State of Delaware , at the close
of business on the 2Ath day of March, 1870.
RESOURCES :
I.
tt t, D nm i niscounts .$122,088 55
u. S. Bonds to secure Circulation..80,000 00
Other Stocks, Bonds, and Mortgages.5,241 28
Due from Redeeming & Reserve Agents... 15 097 27
Due from other National Banks.
Due from other Banks and Bankers
Real Estate.
Furniture and Fixtures....1,050 44
Current Expenses.
Checks and other Cash Items...
Bills of other National Banks.
tional Currency, including Nickels
Legal Tender Notes.
3-per cent. Certificates.
988 39
105 88
$ 1,002 10
2,652 54
....670 67
....470 00
.1,651 00
....253 63
.7,569 00
10,000 00
F
$247,788 26
.$ 80,000 00
.8,613 70
4,401 80
LIABILITIES :
Capital Stock paid ii
lus Fund.
Discount.
profit and Loss.
Circulating Notes re
ceived fir
Less amount on hand
Amount outstanding.
State Bank Circulation outstanding
Individual Deposits.
Due to National Banks.
Due to other Banks a- Bankers.
Surpl
.$2,243 08
...2,158 12
C
pt.. 71,000 00
.392 00
.70,608 00
.969 00
.68,184 96
.12,355 66
..2,655 14
$247,783 2«
I, John R. Hall, Cashier of Tiie Citizens' Na
tional Bank, do solemnly
t is true, to the best of my knowledge and
J. R. IIALL, Cashier.
State of Delaware, County of New Castle ,
to and subscribed before me. this 31st
day of March, 1870. J. B. CLARKSON, N. P.
THOS. MURPHY, *
Correct—Attest WM. GREEN,
HENRY CLAYTON*
ear that the abov
state
belief.
Sw
1
Directors
apr. 2 , 1870—1
REPORT
Of the Condition of the New Castle County National
Bank of Odessa , Del. at the close of business
the 24 th day of March, 1870.
RESOURCES.
d Discounts.
V. S. Bonds to secure Circulation
Other Stocks, Bonds
I.
$101,841 31
....75,000 00
tl , , d Mortgages. 2,100 4 »
Due trom Redeeming & Reserve Agents .19 061 94
Due from other Nntional Banks
Due IV
...275 43
1,081 36
8,000 00
...651 85
...105 29
...500 00
•••150 00
tional Currency (including Nickels)...345 9 ft •
Specie.... . 00
Legal lender Notes.13,815 00
J hrec-per cent. Certificates.10,000 00
other Banks
Banking House..
Furniture and Fixtun
Current Expenses.
('ash Items, (includi
mg Stamps)
Bills of other National Banks...
$232,969 57
LABILITIES
Capital Stock paid i
Surplus Fund.
Discount..
Profit and Loss. g Q 2
National Bank Circulation outstanding. 66,433 00
S'nte do do do 2,256 00
Individual Deposits.66,129 37
Due to National Banks. 931 *72
Due to other Banks and Bankers.l|ll 8 54
$75,000 00
..16,750 00
...1,442 02
$232,969 57
State of Delaware , County of New Castle, ss :
I, J. L. Gibson, Cashier of the New 'Castle
County National Rank of Odessa, do solemnly
swear that tho above statement is true to the best
of my knowledge and belief.
J - k. GIBSON, Cashier.
JMibecribcd and sworn to before me this Twen
ty-ninth day of March, 1870.
J. G. BROWN, N. P.
JOHN APPLETON, )
Correct—Attest : CHAS. BEASTON, V Directors
WILLIAM POLK, J
apr 2—1
Lumber at Reduced Prices!!
White Pine Stock, Barn Boards bright and a No,
1 article, $25.
No. 1 Ht. Cypress, 6x20, $11.50.
No. 1 Ht. Cypress, 7x24, $21
No. 1 Fancy Top Pickets, $ 21 .
An Excellent Beveled Siding, $27.50.
A No. I Fertnan Fluted Siding, $40.
White Pine Flooring, Excellent Quality, $3904O X
We offer our superior stock of well selected
Lumber at greatly reduced prices. We have ro
cently inersased our supply, and we are prepared
to challenge competition. We offer inducements
to those wishing to build that will make it great
ly to their advantage to purchase of us. We sell
our own Lumber exclusively, and feel confident
of being able to sell at a lower figure than any
other retail yard in the county. Give us a call
and examine for yourselves* before purchasing
elsewhere. J. JU. Feulmoi'C & Co.
apr. 2 —4t Middletown, Del.
at
PEACH GROWERS'
MEETING.
P EACH GROWERS AND SHIPPERS OF
PEACHES .u the New y orlt Mark e, by B
». aro requested to meet in the 1
Town Hall, Middletown, Delaware,
ON SATURDAY, APRIL 16, 1870,
at 1 o'clock, r. m. as business of great imnort
anco to them will be brought before the meeting,
a ' ir 2 -' m M*sv Psach Gitowaas.
to
for sale.
us
Sizc from six to nit
inches high.
Price, $2 per thousand. Apply to
apr. 2-tf
of
ß. JL CsAwro*D, Middletown, DtL