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NO. 8.
MIDDLETOWN, NEW CASTLE COUNTY, DELA AVARE, SATURDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 2 % 1873.
VOL. VI.
4»
Alfornry at Law,
Orrioa Adjoinivo Hi* Rmioicxc*, N. It no ad St
Professional.
VICTOR GREEN,
MIDDLKTOWN, I'KI.A W A RK,
July 2-y
J. M. WILLIAMSON,
Attorney h. *'oitn«ellor-nt-l.t»ay.
It ANU 13 KXOIIANI.K m it.IU.Mi,
VVII.MIM-ni'. DEI
JOHN A. REYNOLDS,
TNTotnry Rultlic,
MIDDLETOWN, DHL.
DR. THOMAS H. GILPIN,
UrolmOr t>r «lis Pcnnsylmnl* C'ollrur «if
DRÜT4I« SI KUr.ltl *
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AVIS'«; lor
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offer« bis profif-ftioiial t* rvi
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d.rford, r«*>|
« he publie.
THOMAS S.DUNNING, A. M. M. D.
Homoeopathic Physician*
miudi.ktuwn. I»Kb.
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Dread Strict, • j f • • ik* the
Has ratnoved t
Middletown A<ad<
Office In
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REYNOLDS & CO.,
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DENTISTRY.
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UrN.lunO of thr l*rim«yIvnuln C'ollrijr
m:\Tti- si ai.nn.
DELAWARE CITY, DELAWARE.
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Courtesy.
1 ty :
•rved t ha
Nowhere is wdl-b
lack of it, more ul«
Ou the steamboat
in tr:i\ el
and in the ear-»
mg
the «intet observer
easily d.teets tl»o.
who have been educated un I r r tim'd in
tho-., who.
without speei il
I of native jiulite
fluences.
cultivation, an* |»
ties*
or
It is not idu .it
nloti *,
i-»r
wealth, that makes on- u pb-u«-nit
TI. ere tii «i ► t e\
i-i a kin I
tug ennip'ltlton
ms* of h*uling toward sträng- r-, a getnual
reecigniti.ui of cijual rights in tb - e on
forts aud couvctiietiee* provide l
public, an 1 a «juiekem 1 iis- rum nt f >r
ike needs of others The g-ntl-m iu who
spread* out hi* luggage in a couple of
seats in the ears, ami persistently r ad*
hi* newspaper, det-umiunt- ly
that other* wit » have paid as much as be
has an* looking in -*aitt for a seat, is
truly ill bred a* tin* country girl who
noiselessly eat* In r pint of pea-nut«, scat
^ teriug shells on .-cats ami floor, utt rlv
regardless of the 'itim*yam * -lie gi\e* hcr
neighbors. In thi* democrats »■ -uutry
we travel in public cottveyanei* too mucii
as if they were our own j>ri\ it carriage*
flow often the eleventh ntnl twelfth pas
senger* iu a city omnibus, who know they
have full claim to a Mit. arc diacoii.f. rtad
bt the ou.Kfircad jrarmi'iil*, tile iinnuiTa
bie altitude, and .ha blank facet of tlm,,.
wont to have enter, d the ain^.
before them. Common civilitr demanda
that a movement b* made to'givo room
ont» the complement ia filled out ; after
ward courlcy and g niTo.ily will often
prompt to attention» whieh inatiee may
Sot require. Il i. .urpriainR how .„urt
the comfort and pleasure uf any journey,
whether lone or short, ia enha..I h,
tho.« little oamele». court, sie. whieh are
offered in.tmetivelv and nnuffieiously
•tr.n C er. l.y refined, well-bred traveler-.
and parson» in .. native lac. and del
ieacy almost make up for the lack of the
. * . , n . • ,» e i
ÄÜ"*«ülrnw loîrî.oÎlüï'h! e'rowT"!
t., J I trat both of natietice
Doats and cars is a test tint not patntii*.
and poli,eue... Thrice happy they who
pua nobly through it. fir their own »uke.
for the comfort of companion., and
th. reputation of poor human nature in
_ 1
'
An Iriahman, who waa rooently sent to
the house of correction at South Boston
for a year, wa» act at work in the black -
«mit h «hop H« found the labor rather
too hard though, and implored Captain
Rnbhins to change bi» ewployment
'■Faith, oaptaiii,'' «uid he, "if l have to
work this way for a year, I shall die io
lorn than a fortnight "
f-<r tb-'
comseiuu*
w!
I
, ,
Meeting held nt Middl-town on tin« 4th of
•January, "Reach < Hitting a* a Profitable
mean* nf helping the r-aeh <ir»wcr <li^
P«** 1 * nf his crop wa* br<night I tfnro tin*
mooting I let «»uly being a p* mdi tfrnw
t-r, hut what might I- t« run d •»!•*** «•! i
canner, having been engng d iti that bus
. and mv
/'r MM rt u n Tr'in»cri/'l.
Mr. Km tok :
At tli ' !*• ach <»r-'w r*'
11 or 12 years, more
canned punches having hern sold i
1.
me?
t # ni»»"t (
II tiffin t«i ( liienco.as w« 1!
I* A w \ .trk. Philadelphia Mil H •lti«.* "If
and at the l ilt, r plaça having !.. comp tu
with the groat "»t cannera .f the world.
and having .old at .aid plate •„'} lb. can.
f>r jko p.-r dozen, and that, t■ ■ put up in
th.'ir own ayrttp. Mltia wa. in the early
Si "c "' en
every < i> y . fr.
wfM^tw , . I I)»*' I III!
rnr )
• I lb etui In-* .-«J i re. -i ti tin* 2J :
h «ynip ' f tbri'c t * four pounds of thu b< -»
white sugar t• * ihn -i t n. tli prie * I»:»-» d
ÔM iu*r di / '-n. if n ••«*** ti -
i. with
I in -I to nl.»ut
i-l • - to m:il. ti sub* to n
trv e:
n-r
win boil-'
»ther
i'■ t • *fiy to
A - a p. ;n*b grow, v 1
»» i* -, blit Mem ti »Itb «• »tnptds
yotiuc
vish it w:is
"• '«r I.ti rn.' ig d
n who lriv
h , h '., , l ',j" in lir " L " " """ h
'° u ' viil r
y nr» Iv :iml 1 think
u back h:
I d.id not,
t rb - at t !» - • M ; i t*'A
i-lhd it is a play..I
out htlMftc ■*«
ln n I iii3t!i' tli.
m ting, *uj>•
po-c tii-* poach o tuning l-M-im - bud :• i*
- » 1 »w --r uni" lit able h- it bis. until 1
sine-' wr-'te «•• 1'bil i I- !• ?■ ' » md N
York
I In n with app-ml th !■ :* r mark* I N
1, f m M II. . v - .v I' .rviu.of Phi).
«del,.bin, , I,
11.:'' .- Id tie '.1S1II I«. I
-, .
t !» t '. mi i thr Uifh tbi- Iuhi
Hri 1^« ton, N .1
ml geil* ft
'
-obi 1
earn,
r- p-ts. er : •
!* .t tli . 1 ft!
it •
I.-f.r N . 2
Iliil nr 1 «V \| M .i : n.
\| ,
-11 kn .vn
c- iiitnis-i »n n
I , q:t t
fruit .1 1er«
the
\ w \
•tit • •'!
\ v j
•rk. K
in
\ • I a
thi* wb
a I ■**} r . I ;
• it at tin- l u v •
tr- ! t!, t lit- r. Ibr nil
•«' ir i !t, , \ ,
i tin
-p-.e
,
Mr !
II-kn
i- fr
I II g u
I
a Id
i ut d
r* ■
II- Ulit
tli -
!.r t
«n i f ! ,v• • n
Ts;w
putïin : up
-I in .-.id j "
r- b.
■ii v over thi- -i ;*
1 111 r :
of tb Mi 1 lb i »wu i > • Pi
I
to
l kn a tint
' . ' ; I t . • \
Mi Idle -
t!
II
t
r un . f r
the
\ II.
»tld .mite a n ;
•aid ehirtir-:
Hit
r
ard of fl, ,u
' it:
'ii.:
-f -n.' d .M ir ! in
j i: 1 iti. : nd
lilt s,
or
f-r i:
l n! t > him-. It*. <-r t i.
ü n r
»
A j: it m
u ant i
len en
\ ii-. and it is th
Hi 2
dat t!.:»t by it
- m r -I ' "» » '« ! '
• i'll j ut uj. fruit t t th in -
- Iv- - tb it b i- d, -tr ;. 1 the fruit . anuin"
but not hurt tli
r |h » lu ■ r -«f j u In *
is it if (ivIt nt lr 1. or fiv ■ t!
five
1,1
{ ii;- I !i 11 j r -•••' m I' ,n ' f, 2 n|
p 1 * wa- tie ,x tli un fl.'*. tli n s .1 r
"J* ^
' u! K ' ,: ' l
11 r "
*' W P r '' rr y >'* ^
*8° » fr n!li ' "
M irk«-.. N v » : and mil i
>*«"•
h:^!i pr. -
J'.-t a, you
4 1 »** otli-r jar«, and ,»me
>" w.th .1- aa an tb.. rban.
then [>uin|i tl,o a,
arr.,!,^-"" nt vlus ' t'^!•'
Oue to tr>\ before eert.tn partie» bunght
r I d. I no. bel,. v .. would an-wer I
h n.ltht half a gr ; of «allot, «I..» j.r.
and «nine tin pll c„„«. and m" ,1 »
f'-t-Tt.l I. wa. a humbup. I uld , ,r
«r «-*«r *• P • ' "• « '
very natural G.rouol, I ,t they
»ere sour Then eatne ,l„. A: ... I rn
c o * v ait mu,.,, tli.'ii I think mi th r -mi
i«»r'". it, for. u, one ef our l- v.-r peaH,
R»<*eI>Dg«. wc lost about on» b'ur listening
J" » man read over a p.mphlet onthe ,«h
J-ct. Stttco then, and only a few day.
fori»« 0 - Mr 1 °' . our P""' 1
«rawer» a».oc.ut.on at Dover, show, I
I »»me plum» »«nt to him by «nota III in who
had another new prnce«» They wero in
g .lion wooden kee. on.- head out
Thera waa a »w-el'uh water ill with the
plums, and I think some chemical prepar
at ion put in tn prevent fermentation. If
the preparation hat no poison in it. fruit
, in tlii» way might bo kept for pie purpoa
e». I tasted the plum», and they had .
very natural taste So, if thi«' proceaa
, tak,». it will, I think, itlptreede all dry
iingitrorc.se» Barrel« and kegs du not
1. i% •• t'riii'
« -t-lbli-hlll« lit
T r wb ;* 1:1
cr -
I
1. Ill'll*' l ti.- u
jn* uj.
i niji
:
Jifu !.' - > ill •• Hit* 1 t t!i i'i
I»! i - 1. f-r « It r ail :h r i- n- gr,
r.. ■ ip: fr ■
r, . > put up -11 l.in !.
i fanning
tf d H sltiiii.. •
f fruit - , v«-g ! abb - ,
neat*,
fli atti-ntion to all i
l n. v. r p ii !
Tie* H ilrii
1 t IJf
t - till and - »11 t t- iM.
*r !' r ' '
There arc te w method» tu pi - r. . fruit
Four or fin* yea
•ar
-, n
very mar sellin" right*
It m r. put up peach ■«
df I!i • tree-, in
pall ! tb-m
pi ......d
air out and by a c.'rtain
It wa* sent to
'
n tel
. and yon have the fruit green
Kvery hotel and pri
vnti* fimtly run nm up wlmt they want t**
UflM *
After fruit i* Ink- I or it* juice* dried to
nut. they «um not he restored by w.itrr
*|*|: is Abb» Process dort« nut npp'*nr to cr
take, nr tin» factories woul I he increased
At» to the certificates that l see in the eir
cttlar tlu-v sent
Mil, in them
co*t like cj
rin- 1 t'»l- raid* fr**h
\ I cannot put much
to the
It W;
lie»
en rc
reiving the good-, and probably they
tlit puffing might help » heir sales
Wl'.tui r •» pr.tty n spectable corpse ran
|„. Kgvptiau mummy bv
„|,|j I1|r „ater. 1 will begin In believe the
,\l,l. n I'r . - Ita. ...me merit. The great
cann.d g .t.«l. houac in New York. Kemp,
|, lv lV ('„ n „ t ,, vnn e j ve ^„.j,
price current any aalc or tnvntion of the
Aid-ti
Y
The said corn st on.l.nt e'nitnit -.1 can. I
■U
■
to tin* h -k«*t.
I allowed H, strictly if Ǥ
•icin'- n tin y arc >liippr*»l
nt Mi-ldl «town, 7 '-.in** to tl»t* bnnkt t is ns
m 'I It i>h they will averag»*, for a full
roiin.lt -1 j bask«*! of pcntdies only weighs
ilk** n(T 2 pounds t.» iln: 1
>fl' tb • parings ami d
v»*u »ut it down to 2 n *
\oii take tin*
'i * f •omds : ti
|. ., . ,„. w ,„v..
N J "tltnU, all 1
pound*
ds of pea-lie*
Ht 1 .'. I - uii 1 nf syrup; now take out •
the brui-- -i and tin
. ,
p« Mein * that are t »
bard r grci M, ti
bii-k» t, h aving •
ho sa y !», there i*»
b.mb!
1 Vo
can p- r
n again
That i
Tli
!y i cans.
io !..
tn can
rer
Th m >-t pal ti. ular t
I* mi', j ct f-» inak*. -i f- t*t i v »• «•
muff
,
I
i-. aud tin
il! mi-- - 'tue bo!- -, an I if a h !
* *11* '■
i- i ft not I
Th *.i .in h -
i". -I'"'
it
the "t
coMltni-*H HI
1 fr.igh
il.Mphi;
'• • • I fruit fr i/l.i
!
12
eellt*
me.
froi
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,
.
•t nt.- j ' r i un !r. ! j ur !•
With 1 ! ■/. n
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to a c-niitn
n.en
tit . 'h r w l r il freight
. .n- or I. \ • f ti.i r fr* iglit
• • - •• Id- r. *a h tig. ••!■ Mni;.g
n* thing f r
on < nip* v
or haul
I b. r.
•tî- f .
n id I. und nlv 7'2
Mr P-.t r
di
. x.-rvl.w
*'< "» i
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-t .--,.11 pri." la.t „in.
;
n
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Thu
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: in with 1
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nt
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ii .t a
i m. i .vu t-. s '2 :
in l Ii- teilt fro
. *rk *.\ o «i I j
Am.I tb- n ibi- M i-ldl t \' i.
! • : f ** n
dr:
Mil
sforag
-i! H to \.
h. bt
t
- rr -f I lit * • tie tlari-m. «- d f e
•ike off Iti- .
pi* ; It.
tt i-. i
\ h bav ■ Si 71
ce «it-. a
' - t . tin- j». ell- - iti n
, »ml ill v
Irai ••Hin/ • *;j
■ /. ti e.iu
:. I trouble t-- 1
of g .1
-
nt s f r 1
Mel, es
basket«
N »w vtpj. ... y u tak iny
ill give Mr Purt r's
!
I I
for tin
{HI-,'
1 ! -, rt •
Si "I
IT).
r a
I
IJ
l IT "
: - f .r ! .1 z
tl... "
.. > „"..hter , M"|.ped Uf
l.r«."J .. « .... the | u„.-ol , n,
I, .I I p firm, tlm ■ u Ann . ..ttj.
»here <1, y «row tl.e.r ,»»n peaeh.s, tm
|,..rt th.tr and have extensive w ; rk
.hop. dt.l no,. I e.n poach w l.-t
v"ir lik myself Gliding it did nut pay
Aldridce .y Yerltea. some year» a,,n. f-liled
in Phibidulpbia ; one uf t !»•* firm entno to
» • • ». ■ •
l.over and added a ,1.» tilery to hi. .an -
nine e.t. ,l„ h ment, and t d. 1 n t pay. o
1 T"*' In f *!"' 1 aequa.nt.'lwith,
l ut one c.ttntng c.l.U.»ha.e..t tn Del»
ware that ha» »uoocatied. ill, har lson \
llol.hin'a nt Dover, and they uot cxcluaivc
|y in- canning peach'-», if we are lo judge
from their report of thounandaof lb» of ham
and poultry they put up But «» there
If articles are not peach»*, they are foreign
to the »object, only they «how that the
| aticee»» i» not owing to peaehe». Beside»,
. no canuing oompauy eat, hire men to man
age as well a. Messrs Richardson & Hob
bins, for they pcrionally attend to tbeir
owu husincat
cans.
:» lb. Ip.i
;;«i
,h:
•1
:il. Him'.; ill" fli t*.
ni- i lii."
fl' ni V HI«*, Il lilltti" Hid I -mI
12
I. it- ! ■ m ! j.utting
Fr / ' t . 1'hilT ,
•u:. iti
1 .i ct*. cm»
•t■*.. Iiaulin.
.tit., if t
! »
(' a
*i 11 h.r So.
. "I il * s ! : l -I" ill Jtt*
Ihf ti
£2 • I .
;o j |',, r
Tb . tb n! iti
i - ( d 1' . H;-, witb li"ht *yni|«. I -
to *
lo
1 in I'liiii-M '.plii.i
r -*t --f t a v j, • -urlit »
N w -up
•.bout tb
\ •: 1. tv. Hi . , t.t- f •
-tl "- *
:
Il 1 t-k.t- of J
you " r
I M-k ft -
*21 f :t?* for !
n ar r • -tin tr- »
>2
Ai. ! -u, ; - ' whi h i-ih.
you 1 S2 y* » btv. nothi i" f.r \ ur
. - :itid ! tb- int, .,
?. or
■ t.t or
j. '.if
1 wear nn 1 te tr of
nu
to.d
, Mr t ' ri -j, ltd, nt. y u - tv < ut
of ciglif- -Hi canniti" • -t ibli-bm- nt*
p(*uin*uln. but
N m utu*t know but littb f
N
tl,,
Whit
• UCCl •'»fill.
non« hi
Now, nfter all that In s been said, the
true ». eret why p.ach canning establish
ltshuicntf Wo i»"« pay ol l.ito year* la, that
^ ut |l|:l ^ iif | |I|U «keeper* know how
to put tip their **wn peaches
we canin r* An l really the pench gmw- I
cr is not it )•>*« r by tlii* change.
n«**-«!** i* more u w routes and new mar-1
ket* f tr hi* t
cheap a?*
All he
<
1
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Townsend. IVh ln, l*7o
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The Deiul and Wounded.
HAT WILL HR DONK
ITII T II K SOILED C»
AN M. C. ON
Washington eorre.pondeticc „1 the New ,
Y .rk ll. rald: What i. to be don« with
the Congressmen who hare ... -lain by I
I ' ,u ''"dit Mobilier Inve.tigation it the !
S an itll-al.-orbing
nl a. the «. ssion i. draw ,
Your correspondent has
had cnvtrsations with several of th- pro
mm-nt ('-mirri'ssm-I» here witb a view « *f '
I
t. I a so. T. x r* ?
Iint:..n
c. M.
tint
«§ *•• t-•
r *t at pr• *
iug to a »•!»>- *
this foihj-'ct
* hem this ttioriiitu?.
kcni •*! servi r ami a
n-ct rtuiuiiit: tin-opinitiu of tin- II .u«e upon
itb one of
r.
t r.-mg
n ho i-* eousiikri'd n
•< ll-infoi i
n 1 mem
is wer to the interroga
• * r - be -ai-l in i
• nv :
'• What n
'redit M d»i
" W.-i* really, ir is very
d » with the
•• you going « »
. i v■ r lin n
di «Vu* u It to -.iv
«'!,.•
• t of the m In her* :» r»
ia It* up »I the Mll'i 'C't
Tl cNpL-l ail -.1 t: 10 guilty
I ret tv iv » II
How .
1
" A-t» ••xpdi'ug. I ! >n't think anv
un will b
• Are \ «
" Y- ...
;i i • \ nt 1 1 Am -
evp
f A int"
r- 'lh.ro
i i nr
I ! t i - '
t rubh rh ur be
•• it 1 • i- * \ p n i w 1 1 v
lied « 1 *
ill h
*il not - uno - I
ii ?
Th r • -ir • s one hutt
l.«d
u. * n !». r- of tb - ll-i •
■ nt t'.if . • i f tlii- i n
n i r in Ii') r- nt ■ i « • -n th-* «ubi- h .
ill
Ib-y. in
IlC |||
i. 1
tu Utral
\
nin
•
I'.-M I
• t : hi
i* littb
. t
.- wid
t'oil
t
reereatit
>"'l i: ' I •
"Tb. »*..
it n. tb
: \ . - .'. i
of Iii » to ■
■ ' \ » , t nu' i. mI'.ms i» Mr as m bo
-t it I
Ml
- oiviet I ..f brib ry
P ha - i ■ .1 .-!, .'.n: fi» ,t I.
'juin I -i» tli ■ .-f tb.
Mb. -Inr* - Y- t ' '
t i
"lit
2'V-HI to I
but that i
H't s || H l
m rely :
: ilitv t • bi
fr mi ' 1
ie* i"li
m nil - •! - • -f
•ij n
u t. j .di*; -
tb- 1
thev
i;
lb d ft m (' !
ry * \ nl< t.t. fr. in tin t n
.- i?
i; " I
ibl i* •
I 1
nind. that tb- v
lever will b
tius*.
„ iu „
■ . _
>
mmife*ted ,» I -arn'.-f affair» in
; ", ' ' | k ' ,r,, |'., "' *
, | ,,2 Tl ! e«t kn
* «« " • i ^ .
• r .' l,H K * l,,u * ,r
or. r nearly the entire snrlaee. « -no of the
, ,ir '[ l!> ' ,r, ' s fc f 1, m !o ! » :l ' , . t
i ti ci rcumf- r - uicc 1 li r thi. v »« mu en iti -
, ean eoneeive of n nl in" n ère
» ; u „ nntai," whth e
t |,' . u9a ,..l f...,
,1 i ^ 4
. ,
*paee of half an hnnr. and passed «evenly
' w " *■«' r * in *"■« , ' 1 "" w,, '' ,n nvcr "
ago height "f a t.imi-md !».■(
— •
i'ortland Me.. ha» tbe p ditest man mi
record While engaged in carrying wood
into the cellar of a house, the ether day.
he fell down »taira and sprained hi* ankle
, TUo lady of tbe bog*e rushed to hia as.iat
ance, aud wa» received with, " I beg your
. pardon, ma'am, for making so mucii uoise
Laplaud an it is
Paul -iu ( h ii 11 :
!.. Î !..n l :
in a 1 ir • ab- nit
Sivt-li'U uti-i
W ht-u I vv.
i* t
-M«i my int iitit
. î.ai l that I -boul l I»:. v i !
i m •••juit*» > 1. ,d " hi. . f *r 1
md tI*«'iit
. m ! -i i iv. I ti r- *. n
I.
,.tli
wait until t :
• -uld It -« -t
i ll a : lut w
I Imii »lied at th.
,i
i- ved i: :
n
r - « • y i*
ni in nt t.» 1 • r it;j .tn »! w i* !i it
I Hiring tin* rvtgn
1 .1 t T
! thi.
r m
. j;,.,s Cl tli i.f
> "*t tb* u
l ln* hajdmdf r- an* in -t a.-:.
i. ti. : tu \ !«• *vc tbf
*Uti»u
aiuabl. - i;
n tit*- y r-tirc,
It ti,- lit to l.f • e tl
■v i v.it 'à v
n v. r ku •
ate
1 b tt my iu Hi v - b i" one
b. lore I
in i travflb 1
ni>-< d it
I
• :i-t
nil t . m.t
lof. au
at It; - o
my "ni if un i r-t.,n 1 my
t -1 tie iup
"fh I. i p 1..., -1 w " -
\ nit" w
nr - b an'ifiil : t.
h" V'.iciitfi t "I l.
* for nt . w ! i i ' • ! t -b - Hi did
! off
r
d Iter -t.. .' «»f tlf gold, l u? »h ■ »aid
I
N 't kn *wing
>ul i not acs'cpt it
w.»rd be -r, I gave h. r i kt--:
i'i»ltcd. and 1 gave
* intfiiovlv f
nn t,, ' r
of flo
lew cl*, tor
«!»•• I*. *kcd
1
cr
'*'•. J'wsplt- a
Inn th- tl •
cr* :
*uiiiiiu r.
r*
custoi
ell Saturday and
tin at in-
to
Hi M
I".' r
i' cent in
Thoughts OU the Mooted Question of
__ . _ _
Usury What 18 USUrj?
I
F.r the .Vi<i>ll<toirn *,*nscrtpi.
No. 2
4. Tlic«r law**, in Mead of preventing,
give rise to great and disastrous fluctua*
1 tions in the price uf money. Supp»
! that, to-day, inon- y is worth, iu the «»r
I dinary operation* of htmio•**,
cent, aud it is worth tnx p r
loan, a man will as soon loan
it in business, if lie possess mo< than he
wishes t - There will tie n he a fair
I
etn ploy
.upply of
«»ncy in the market Hut b t
the profits of capital rise. sc. that in the
, '•»->"•"»)' •'•»>" <>f I'U.iuc.., capital i.
";-f'h twenty per cent. If now. the rale
I uf '"""V' r,, ' c ' ,ul1 . l . 1 "'. tnere»..-.Irate of
! l' r !' 1 ' ttidtvtluaM would bo a.
-at. aa (.fore; an I thus. th.
, "'TI 1 •' 1 '""if '* l ' ) . d.niand,
arise no pecu.tar totretty. 1 he
'«S« r:, !° " f '" Ur '* waul I also attract
' *■ 7' " 11 ■ ,n, # ' 'h.i«, in a very
short time it would in tin. particular
plaeo l e brought to tlm gen ral level
"Lut suppose that six per c nt was the ,
'** ' !,t ra \ c f In,crc9 ** and that be who ï
nt a Ingh-r rate wa. liable to lo»*
'.»I- pnne,|,al and inter »t. and also
bift imrcautilo character in tb»s nP ,
I "Ot as the profit ot capital in l.u-tnes. j
r.s-t. fifteen nr twenty percent nonne
" ' ' '' 11 ' 1 IUS e "'j , ,j y **. w 'tt-'l ^' i:,n | l
at six |. r « sut II n e, a* soon a. it
thus t - , th" supp.v would I . nnttiv liatc
Iv dtum.t-1, d : and till, wo'tld. of cours,.
lire tr ii-v idint-ii.t *
'»'• ■' lr "" 11 ,r ,. r , •• J 1
' •
U't, >u 1 t tnpi v t.i- r rt{ i' ll -u «chim* »»tli
rôti! I I in. I oil th *
ri'I.-v*
'
wir» '•»
r..n-.Mju.*"ce
.j th • mon •*,
Th.*.*, h
mir!:
f - I! «
■i«k f 1
. in a f v
n- . in 1 f r th
t. Ctlol
I ay-.
dmb!, 1 or t rebit 1 :
.ugh tb * r *al
i. at tie
f m -n
weiit v
.
th.-i
• mm f r
i t > - u p p i *.
the-d. until
II
bv
nr*nev
fra«
'■«•If
It i*. I J r -. n
•an nev
Il V. W
r ini
M n
;i
for if
lor i'. i*i
The
»ly to dri
: î ne u-ury
1« >t an 1 m *st
ut • f th-* mark.
i -us
er- o
to b n l l-v tn an
scrupu!
b rr w - r m :*t | y .
tie um! rnr.' »f int
iectcd. t but m
•I» :»
-u! .-r ' .it-j Mil 1 l<
I or tin- ■> i n-'V tb
.!. 1 h- m- tb • « bit
ng. tits
i- not lik- ..th* r
tii n
•i •* v mu-t
.!!' *- -f
livvr I in: fr
T
ext rt
this it
I H H
•t tbit tlii- inte f- rx r •
el.d.T til-'
eb-lUt's
mu
in
the b
»,
r- Though
W-Ü i i H , II It i
tl, r
tb a-i
b»* may
!» it
'fer-H
!.
itnuni
, , , ,.
. beral I . R t- a wlael, wh.1l U"""'' '-'h
U.irr .»wer an l I nur, snail I-• .• «•> te I
Why should Delaware ,,eb through bad
t 1- gi-hti-m !»• driv* ijitnl from herd
- ;, .i«i , ». „ ,.,•««* « »,,
"k ' ' '.U, m « . w ri' »
e - r ,'Z », » ,
h , , ? V, „ , . y'f \
n-.t have the pres.-nt law a m'shed
fur the world .- I say ,/. , I, ut-e it n,
tn « great extent, innporato and worn out.
" having he, n tried and I un, I wanting in
any clement whieh is cm,nr et», 1 with Del
aware'» prosperity, as that law now
mi stands a /..*»</ nlh , net mu to h - ad
mired for ita antiquity. Why aliould Del
aware remain in •thiln i/iio, nnlrbellum."
when her sister Slates are moving onward
in this march of reform? in V irginia
money is loaned at I'd per cent and the
M loan is made legal by contracts A prom
« I
,- u- • I j
H i'.
by I
tb »« w';- Jl
li »t
M »l I'"*
.ni l l.rii
ut f r
l! n
•!. tin*
.lcii
S. . that
; ti t
1
■
tb
; i
Mi. I -- -,
I - r i 11 . - j d .»
I'
.i - to l 11 u
rati.* of in
f**r a i
t • r-
li t! ■ I I - i V
legal rate of intern
Ti.
•it't tu -Hit« r*t ab*
ti- I J a
c injil
1 utrvi*
fti tdii»' it?
ii-ii *h ni 1
ti t hitiir
r
v iln •
v uld I
*t my
d. line tli
■bfti
tie »u 1 b * in tbf ■ t« * i *.* t
ruubl ;
The
Thi- i
[flic
1
! "I* I wlic
- j not ■ 1 tb'u fr !.. 1'i.if,— r Wav
1! In- bm'
I it
. .1 f. r M.V'ial r
lln- .1, -m - fuib-r jusiic. ih .mi i c.
II h .s l.r ,glit III" wh.il- suh
•! if this specially in iMiii.ical i'Hniiv
m,o i
- it
:
•
• n h.
i;?» t 1 frui-tti*
that calm
c. th" wi.-f legi-bit.
b- "
l
nx ch
1 tl . f
mxi-ti- for t! . j : * - j t ii\ .*f h
oiintv. »hull »hi 1.
1 holt .'lie. and c<
Mtlli.'U*
«»*••* i- ne i -*»hi\. and
pray
»«i ni - t tin it,«*- . in it-
aring up in tin ir j r gr -- >r d«*fîin •
ir- . ex pt ill M'lllO
never ?••• a pr*»*| r .-
-ix p*r cent
. n from her statute
r full y tlii-»
r*
'1 1
i
!)«•!.
! i t i e*
î* « a » c, tili liii«
ij»-d
lu
'
t in- r**
incnt merchant of l'etersburg. \ irgiuia,
in writing to liin friend. a few wcck*»inca,
»ey* : "DU perfectly It j iti mule lure, ami
al»o right, to get 1*2 per cent, for money,"
The Georgia Senate not more than
a fortnight rince pi seed a bill to repeal
the t'iiury law«. It fixes the rate of in- j
terest only in the absence of an agree- |
mellt. A similar measure is pending in
the Ohio Legislature "Modification of
this sort." says the llalliinore .Van. "is
the tending of enlightened legislation, and
l)a , lUr gutes come to adopt it, without
federal interference, or indirect coercion,
I*
each f.r itself, a ituuud principle will be
vindicated.
With one m »rt* f|Uotntinn. and that from
a Wilmington Ibiily Newspaper* the
"Kvcning AVr*,*' I must bring this long
aud unfinished production of mine to a
close.
A writer who sign. him.elf "Autun,"
p | 11PCi , llL . in . light not thought
„f, it , n ay he. by aouic, but one that com
ronn j, attention front grave legislator»,
»„q lboug |„f u | men of every shade of re
li«»io,isi and political opinion. This writer
.„Vuuntlv »ay., "The tiue.tion to be .et
,|ed now, in our opinion, ia not, • l, the
r .„ ( , , )f intcre „ tn0 high, or too low?' We
jjjinjj should bv, 'Is tbe present law
pri judicial to the publie good, or other
XVt . , ro to p |„ rp , rloltar and
, u „t value upon tbe public morals, and
j |( ||,i,| b ' m p upon thin question, we have
POUg |, t lo kuow what may be the effect
produced upon them, under tlii. usury
j aw Kvery good citizen i> presumed to
rlb ,... t |, c |., w nf thia State, hut how far
Mn Wf , upp „„. , 1 , 1 , j, n ,.„ e , hi ,
matter? ('.in money bo borrowed here
f .r the legal interest ?
well kn >wti that interest in«ti
, 1,1 . . „ :
'\„i
I* it not perfectly
1 of being i
nearly doubled?,
-»atilt - fix up. hi tb •« • who do btiMUt *
inv i v i j trau- t *i'»n* -f this nature n 1
II » of iUI
m <
•t thi- vi dati »n of a known
»I *ti n ef tin* law i
! j* : ■ « if the exception,
it.:! in- n in the art of
ami, the principle
r o* ».ling the •
n r ? Au l if.
we arc
Ml/
: i t » 1« i i• • vi*, th
and the
State i« tr
tli •
!
•nv '
--it v î -r \ i
in
•
;
j i ib I in .-vil effect by the
any
n, tbail
- pr- vi-h <1 L» j r- \ nf such eva-i
u. m u'. m * i bis bon *r f r th
i tb
ddi
i -u«, ami itivolvu his
-, un i' r a pi- » of u-u
' 1 rift?.«
:1 .w in In
it
r
Ifli - m .•— i t y force«
it tie- m irk- ? r it *. fix- I
1. 1 1 I I t. which is
i \ i'.lati i
. t li'.v fr
\Ye tVuik n t
il l b j .l r t: ..f
inter -t, nct
nt
r r it
In r.
111. ?t
i 111
1 1 i i! -. l-ut wli» will pay tin* bigb.*«t
Irai * «n . am! i I. -nu* is 1 ut ;i
Hon - . th- b rr
n .'I
i* u <:
him ! •
*• -rr
set- :i
! ; *1 ♦; j . lit . j: Sî.iîo I
tv to tin «Mb-, Such law*
truly -1 ! at ibctnseh *. tli v . reite ^ la k
f r«**p ei f
t » n >t
M Hi bis Ii-hi -r. am!
einpt'
pi:
1 the honor
in tb !.. • j in/, but i
scape -
V.:,. are ivt r i ly *
i valu • ttj ui j ib:
fislt ir laws to !
an l g «in
in lb-*
■naltics
•t m dollar
I
• uioft ir.
* i '..b. ral law.-. Mini a
-• . ! i la: 1 ..f j uldie h :n-r f r pr -t •
caj'M.'i'y.
b and im.ra
v-ntalive- -f wr mj bun", ritb-rthui
ti'ives fo, and eve
r r
rse pow-m to
wb-*- * fru •
l"> llr 1' i' 1 '
i, Miff,
I . u i t.t ll|- -
ill
Hrwifi*.
•it
,
in lu-ft f ill it win*
■ \ t.t.
.■ v :iti'l - v. r v • I i fit. ' u 1 1 y but
• ■r : th hi.
Ml: l ,h-i>
... of
].■* i- bat Imw •• that -I
•; P r «"
■ HI
n-it opj rf-F. uor
H
'
üi 1 v nn 1 bravely
V !.',•! W bo i- th'*
-f - .i'.c the tru •
n iinn. au l i * 'in 1
j. n i* r 1 by our
« \ •« j»t in - nn
f!.*« of the
I kn
bon
di
I
ti lth r of
:
mr
» • ,
, .. t
tl: r* w bo «In u
i'.iti* *, refb
j ! !•* wli •-.* ». rvmt- lb y ara. and wb
ift • fail t o «I • li hi -t duty in tlii* unt
il tn • tli tn ff l the if*tilt at tbf
bill t I x and - • it in tbf cotiiinu l d •
n • f tli- n.-ivitv of bu-itic«* «-f tb.
•* tin
er.
I'i:
Ti,- «ul.j- •' i> l r n
Lu' \ "tr pati ,,*■ -, 1 f
!, ing out.
. m-ans , xhaus.cd,
..nv i . un I ii,v
•ry truly y nur*.
Oat*.
î r h tin
„ , ,. 4ri , bn .,p- r : "Kliza., 0 ,,
, , 1 1 , . J
" turn to tin h-ni.o ; the hml on tn,
- ' • ! t
i-'r-oiialianitvin t he u us ti.md .
» 1 M» If re.t" et tha, hi. Klix.
si, o.l 1 , e him le„ Lutiful than he was
wl.-tt Ini w-.t, her maiden affeeti'Ui (tf
tnk „ „ for pr . lltr ,, th „ lu ,
, , ,. , ,
r ' ir< ' M r . .. 1 '. 1
'' ' ", '!* 11 ! J '' " .
' . , ?** r * c
' j i -'. 2-lf I' ,0 "
'* 1 • ' irl ) ,ih ' 1,1
* ^
"My brethren, said J-wift, in a ser
mon, "there are three sort» of pride —of ,
birth, of riche», and of talent» I .ball ;
not now sneak of the latter, none of yon
1 Iwing liable to (but abominable tin."
i t. urjer c -n*i«i« ration for
W »rn thi« i** ob
f
•j'j,,.
Ftfitclt hu«b-ind i- it ? v- ci illy rdebrat
c t f r .IcV'te.llv loving lit* wiic. Lu. .liai
o l I v il.» following 1
which appeared
Tl».*r * i» it '«hing m rc
Fl.1 ' • HY
. irming tb.
f 'ling* f otb r
l in the lt-'Ui.'hM*!. domestic bli**
'
tl, vet y lin »? f rt i* n«*ur< d
f
be • m do v i-* pr
il adviTtiscnirnt,
r
Did il
Swift Justice.
A merchant left »I. Patera burg to true»
el acroai Kuropc Id the oourea ef Ut
journey |, e arrived at Warsaw. Itaiag
furnished with a latter of introduction, be
repaired to the house of one of the ofaief
cltixens there, and tea» moat courteously
receired. lie stayed at Waraaw fora
week, and his boat spared no pains to
tualie the visit agreeable, and aboeed hint
everything north seeing in the town. In
deed, the visitor was quit« overwhelmed
by an amount of kindness rarely abuan to
any hut a friend of long statid'ug.
At length the pleasant visit drew to ita
close, and after hreukfast the gieret et
pressed his wish to see some p «or parti of
the town, of which he had heard. ••Bm,'*
said he. "I have with mo a small bus ef
great value that I do not like to risk in
such places. If it were my own l should
not he so particular ; but it was intrusted
to me by a friend in another town. It
contains diamonds aud other valuable*.
\V ould you do me the great favor of tak
ing charge of it for the day ?" The boat,
with hia usual urbanity, willingly agreed
to this proposal, aud the merchant de
part d with a light heart on bie tour of
inspection, I forget the name, but Ut u*
say in tbe "Seren Dials," or "Fit*
Points,'' of Warsaw.
Next morning atfer breakfast he cor
dially thanked his kind entertainers for
their Z 'alous hospitality, and ndded that
as he wax about to depart, he would
resume , barge of the box, whieb bod
never before quitted his person sinon be
had receivad it from its owner. The boat
and hostess stared at him in well-aotod
'What box?" asked tbe
now
amnatmenl.
boat. **I remember no box—do
>oy dear?'* turning to his wife.
id. "I have no recollection of ao
hox whatever,
«»Wad the boat ;
1 you.
"Xo i ,,
»bo
i
"What wa* it like?
"perhaps you l«ft it in
Hut on the merchant per
Mating that it was with the host hiiuavlf
it bad been left, oo bis turning to bit
boste-s and trying to make her recollect
th«* circumstance», both f after appealing
to each other several lime* and fortifying
• : *»'b other in their denial) became cold
and distant, and began hinting that
)«»ur
-m
_ some
thing must have happened to tho mer
induce him to persist in
As Il*o host touched
hi- forehead witii a »igiiiiioatit glane... th.»
j ' t man rem mb. r. 1 that lie
chant, t
-*r ingc a delusion
wa* in •
-iing ; » i » • groun 1 *.• »» • 1 tobe
•! * pit «2 fr rn under liii f • * : danger to
him«.-If loomed in tlu* «li-t in •«*.
Ii ten -1 ft -in th house in alarm. Straight
• the p u In* went, and stated hi* case.
I ho t.i i »I listt-uod imperturbably to the
wli-d story and then a-ked :
*ip this valuable box to an
"f w *k 's standing with-ut
»I :
I bo
"You gavo
ac.|uainrnncw
any witty»»»
v written acknowledge -mellt ?"
wry kind, a man in
lle l»aJ .
> u -i
hi« p '-iti -n
Hah!
y *u a man of business! Hut
-Mv * y »u no proof time the U»x bebmga to
you ?
N -no whatever -except the key. It
- 1 . k- d. and 1 have the key—-here it is.**
*'• l be produced a small key from an iu
l be official remained hist in thought
! i .««mho time, and tb it »nid : "Well. I
uly ibittg l can for you. The
\i\h !uke ( Histantine (the tiorernor of
man. but he i*
': ti wtt for his rigorous justice, and if hw
b. I ». v-« yur st »ry he will do bis best for
«11 do the
P : m l » i- a «tern, harsh
,,
Again tho Archduke rang the Ml, and
•» . "„endaot who entered, b. Mid.
deaipnating the guilty man, "Tak* h,D
, to Siberia : ha i. not to go to hi. OWD
, Imun. -min "
®
''Mr. litnnthy,^ Mid a learned lady
" who had been showing off h.r wit at th*
ex pen»« of a dangler, "yon remind mo tl
a barometer that i» filled, with nothing in
the upper itory." "Divine Almira.rn
, plied her adorer, "in thanking yon far
; thi. Mattering compliment, lat mo r«min4
yon that you occupy my upper etorjr •*
i lirely "
l will lukw voti bim at ooce."
'x■*- l"*f ati-l tbe merchant
• > f«»uu 1 hituiclf in tIiu Arcbduke'a
• I warf «b-j
N i time
| r- • l
*•* rv
1 to relate hia
it wa* • Hif|u I •<!, tlit* Arch
.i f w ii)tHiielftl«i' r.'Hv'ci 'fi.
i bvil. An • th i *1 :i{>p- :ircJ "SenJ
timiiti" tbe Irt ucherou* lioei.
I; w .- i'i:-klv *i■ • ti• •. mi l ths Archduko.
without j-rtambb' or «jiif.-tion. *«i<! to the
iru « i* > man: "Sit down ami writ* as I
» .all .it it. t» y nu Tin* man to»>k hi*
* A an l < ■ >'ii up tb- j'«n ; the Archduke
he" m dictating :
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duk' . after
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an«w r
• Mv I bar Wife: A il i.« found nut—**
• \ * '' «ai l the nun ; springing fron
• »cat, • I won't u i itt* that.**
you arc guilty," wa* tho prompt
1 le n
I* tzxl'-l and foiled, lie
and wrote a* lie win desired:
Hear \N if# : All is found out.
>orel tic b,*x by tho bearer '*
1 ben lie signed it with hi* own name,
by the Arcliduk«* »* »»rder, and a messenger
a a* d i - j ate lied with it The mectcugor
toned tin* Indy nt Iter toilet; when sh#
ft a.I tbf mi^ivc *ho turned ashj pale,
tmulding viob-ntlv. Then leauing for
f ward, she drew tile* box ft «un the reooM
in her t* ib t-taldc. ban I«*d it to tho bearer,
swiftly returning, plnr^d il in tht
I he Arehduke. lie immediately
1 i.ended it lo the merchant, desiring hint
*« unlock il ; that being done, lie uked
whether .lie dia.nonjs were all tbaro
. (lie bo* had not heen opened ; thay
were exactly ns the merchant had left
umol hi- eeal.
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