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MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 5, 1874.
habits.
PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON AND
BALTIMORE RAILROADS.
WA1.1. ARRASORBKST.
O N and after Monday, Sept. 8th, 187«, (Snndaya
excepted,) Train« will leave as follows :
SOUTHWARD. NORTHWARD.
Passenger. Mixed. Paxsen*er. Mixed
a. n. ». n. a. a. A. A. n. ». n.
s 3 o* tit — A.ii.d/phia—. 4l ?i£'1 16IÀ *0
7 30 2 43 -Baltimore
1010 « 40 5 00 -Wilmington—
10 20 0 48 -Del. Junction
10 32 7 00 5 25 -Newcastle
10 35 7 05 -State
10 45 7 12 -Bear
10 60 7 10 —Rodney
10 67 7 25 6 56 -Kirkwood
1107 7 35 0 10:-Mt. Pleasant
1127 7 55 0 28 -Middletown —
11 30 8 06 8 42:-Townxend
1141 811 64» -Blackbird
1149 81» 7011-Green Spring- 8 34 2 00 4 40
1150 8 25 7 13.-CUyton- f» 164, ««
1210 $41 -Symrna-8 05 135
12 02 8 31 7 21:-Brenford-**} 1 <4 JJjj
12 10 8 38 7 33 -Moorton- 81« 180 4 00
1224 850 800 -Dover-80# 1 *4, 8 48
12 32 8 68 81»! -Wyoming-,751 JUIfJJ
12 40 8 06 -Woodeide- 7 43 1 04 ,315
12 45 #11 — Canterbury- 7 38 12 67 3 06
1250 #17 8 35 -Felton- 7 88 12 50 2 57
1 04 # 33 8 57 -Harrington-
- - —Farmington—
-Greenwood
3—Bridgevllle—
10 C8-Seaford
In 25-Laurel-j
10 45 -Del mar- 1
11 45' 5 25 ! 8 55
1015 3 60 6 50
10 07; 3 42;
»65 3 30 0 10
• 45 317!
»42 3 13!
»33 3 05
0 3C 3 00 5 55
»20 2 4» 6 2»
»10 2 30 6 24
861 220 604
8 43 2 ll! 4 03
2 35
1230
7 20
2 10
12 16
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115>
1 26
12 06 1 54
11 54 1 37
11 36 I 05
It 17 12 43
nW'12 30
137
158
212;
2 25!
Leave. 1
Arrive.
A. M.
The mixed train will be run subject to delays inci
dent to freight ba.iaeM.and
lion« where time i« siren. H. T. KBh NEY,
sept 1»— lj Superintendent.
■. P. M.
p. M.
PALL ARRANGEMENT ! !
daily une
TO PHILADELPHIA.;
Steamer MAJOR REYBOLD,
AaKSKfcP 1 - p - Rejbold, Leaves Sa
lem, Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Leaves
Philadelphia, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day.
Steamer PERRY, Capt. S. Johnson, leaves
Salem, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.—
Leaves Philadelphia, Monday, Wednesday
Friday.
OK AMD AFTER
MONDAY. OCTOBER 26th, J874,
Steamers " Major Rejrbold" or " Perry " will
leave Salem, N. J., daily (except Sunday) at
8 a. m. Returning, leave Arch Street Wharf,
Philadelphia, at 12 m. Touching each way
at Delaware City, New Castle, Pennsgrove
aod Chester.
Stage Hues for St. Gwrges, McDonough
and Odessa, Del., Sharptown, Woodstown,
and Allowayitown, N. J., connect with the
steamer. i« : /.
Steamer "Perry" will touch at Pennsville,
Wadasadaya down and Thuredaya up. •
Freights at low rates.
^BT* All lout goods mast be reported to
":e captain within 3 days. [Oct 24-ly
WILMINGTON AND BEADING
RAILROAD.
Sommer Arrangement.
OH SED AFTER
TUESDAY, MAY 26th, 18Ï4,
Trains will run over main line and Reading
Branch as follows :
Going Southward.
Going Northw.trd*
STATIONS.
No. 2. No. 4. No. 8.
a. M. p.m. r.M.
No. 5. No. 3. No. 1.
P.M. P.M, A. IT.
6 15 1 45 6 30 Wilmington^ 10 3 12 7 32
6 03 2 38 7 24 Chaddsford, 8 25 2 19 6 49
7 05 3 38 8 23 Costesville, 7 25 1 05 5 57
SOI 4 26 «11 Springfield, 6 28 12 06 5 07
8 34 4 56 »41 Birdsboro', 5 5411 34 4 32
9 07 5 30 10 15 Reading,
CONNECTIONS.
At Wilmington, with trains on Philadel
phia, Wilmington k Baltimore, and Dela
ware Railroads « at, Chaddsford, with trains
Philadelphia k Baltimore Centrai Rail
road; at Coatesville, with trains on Pennsyl
vania Railroad, and at Reading, with trains
on Philadelphia k Reading, Lebanon Valley,
East Pennsylvania, and Raiding k Colombia
R. R., and Berks CountyJRsilroad.
E. COLLINGS,
Jne 20—tf. General Superintendent.
5 20 10 00 4 00
on
!... ÜÉtfOJ'J
Sa ssafr as River«
T HE steamer "TRUMPETER" will, on
and after Monday, dune *th, leave
Georgetown at 8 s. m.. Butk Neck at, 11 a.
m:, and' all tbe Intermediate landings pn tbe
route one hour Inter than heretofore; arriving
in Baltimore at 2 p. m. Returning, will
leave Baltimore at her usual hour—lcj a. m.
We sincerely trust that the friendly rela
tions hitherto existing between the steamer
Trumpeter, her patrons, and the public gen
erally, may never grow less ; for the perpet-'
uation of which we will ever be found striv
ing our very best,
mar 1-ly
WM. CUNDIFF, Capt.
rbhsfbK's efcbEK.*
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REGISTER'S OFFICE,
New Castle County, Oct. 19th, 1874.
Upon the application of Lydia C. Alston
and Wo. P. Norris, Administrators of John
Aimtoh, lata of St. Georges Hundred in said
Couaty, deeeaaed ; it is ordered and directed
by the Register that theAdministrators afore
said, give notice of the granting of Letters
.causing advertisements to be posted, within
forty Rays from the date of sneh letters, in sia
of the most public places of the County of
New Castle, requiring all persons having de
mauds against the Estate, to present tbe same,
or
mad* an* pronacd. Aha area cause the same
to be inserted, within tbe same period, in tbe
BiMtoTOws Tbamcsift, % newspaper pub
lished in Middletown, aad lo be continued
therein two months.
,--,, Given under the band and Seal of
'W 1 »Reiss',«.,,
the day and year above written.
B. GIBBS, Register.
: at
aforesaid,
NOTICE.
Allt Mttfi>taxing t SÜàÿ f jÊ SSL Ifc Es
tate of the deceased must present the same,
duly attested, to the Administrators on or be
fore October 19tb, 1875, or abide the Act of
Assembly in such case made and provided.
„LYWA <3. ALSTON,
WILLIAM P. NORRIS,
Administrators.
Oct 24-2m
A Mezas—Middletown, Del.
A LONG TEAR.
O pays for the Illustrated Christus
^.t)U Weekly to new subscribers from
mow to eed of 1875, post paid during 1875.
Ho Suck Paper mmianea xtixewnere.
400 pictures, costing thousands of
Gives
dollars yearly ; stories, sketches, poems, edi
torials and news. Complete family weekly at
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$45 paid one agent as result of eiperiment
al canvass. Agents, write.for terms. Speci
men copies free. Subscription price $2.50 per
year. Address,
ILLUSTRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY,
jSülcri gocli'H.
SUMMER'S DONE.
Alonjf the wayside and up the hills
The golden rod flames in the sun ;
The blue-eyed gentian nods good-by*
To tbe sad little brooks that run :
And so snmmer's done, said I,
Summer's done !
In yellowing woods the chestnuts drop,
The sqnirrel Rest galore,
.fbaitÿ htfete eyed lads and little maids
Rob him of half his store ;
And so summer's o'er, said I,
Summer's o'er !
The maple in A*'swamp begins.
To flaunt in gold and red,
And in the elm the fire-bird's nest
Swings empty overhead ;
; pided*ù*r'sflfee<hiaid;y *
Summer's dead !
The barberry hangs her jewels out,
And guards them with a thorn !
The merry farmer boys cut dotvn
The pborj did'dried fcpebrii f
And so iummer'8 gene, said I,
Summer's gone 1
The swallows aod the bobolinks
Are gone this many a day,
But in the morning still yon hear
The scolding, swaggering joy !
And so summer's away, said I,
Snmmer's away !
i * A W et * 1
And big and bright ii the sun
A loving band for the whole brown earth
A garment of beauty has spun ;
. But for all that, summer's done, said I,
Summer'* done t
j<tt j$torg.
1-iiÔtfEfcË FATËEtfe-IN-liA W.
The Viceroys of Spain who ruled in
Mexico, wielded almost regal power.
They lived sumptuously, and had aboot
them a miniature court who yielded
them an obedience that at all times
amounted to servility. Happy was he
wta basked in the hvor of one of these
grandees. These were the palmy day«
of the alcaldes. If they were friends
of the Viecroy, no amount of fraud,
tyranny or extortion could effect their
removal. These magistrates, like their
great superiors, were held in awe, but
sometimes with little respeot by the
population over which they rnled. Yet
the people in those days were prudent ;
they did not hare the temerity to
grumble, so prevalent in these latter
times; and no one would have fought
it a safe or politic proceeding, to have
made complaint against his alcalde.
Such a proceeding would, no doubt,
rson to
Juan ;
that is, if the magistrate stood high in
official favor. The alcaldes grew rich
apace, even fester than their masters,
for the field in which they fattened
never had anything left behind after
their gleaning., .
Sn tb» city of Jelspa lived and ruled
one Don Sebastian Alvarez. He had
at the time of oar story been alcalde for
a number of years. He was very rieb;
very vain and very eocentric ; if a
Spaniard can be eomiderad to poeeesa
that peculiarity. He waa also very
tyrannical, and few there were who
would have ventured to diapute a point
With' hub, 'particularly If the matter
waa of an official nature. Don Sebaa
tian had an only child, a lorely daugh
ter of sixteen years. It was a matter
of surprise (secretly expressed, of
coarse) how such a vicions old tyrant
could be the father of bo gentle and
lovely a creature as Senorita
ÊVeVyÉoéy loveef 'tier' 'aud site could
not walk abroad without receiving the
smiles and aalntatipns of the population
composing the city.
Don Sebastian lived in a beautiful
residence, surrounded with orange and
lime trees, and bis bouse Was a wonder
of luxury.
In Jalapa also lived a poor clerk
named Pablo Montes. Re.received a
very small salary, but be always ap
peared contented, and contrived to
make a respectable appearance on his
meagre pay. He poeeeseed the confi
dence of his superiors, and was be
loved by his equals ; seemed to be
happy with his sphere, and always
cheetfel. If foe did not despise wealth,
he could at least dispense with it.
One day Pablo was sent by hit em
ployer, Don Ramon Hernandez, (who
was a wealthy man,) to the Alcalde
Don Sebastian Alvarez At the errand
was not important, the visit was soon
over, and Pablo, having left tho alcalde,
,waAj>foceedtug through the grounds of
the noose, with the intention of return
ing to his home, when he was suddenly
interrupted by a half-dozen servants,
who seized Um and began beating him
with atieke. ' At first he made a very
vigorous defence, but fioding he
powerless against so great odds, he
cried out aud told them they were mis
tdl*n[;Tto Mjlst ioma from the al
have consigned the unhappy pe
tbfe^dtfofikeW of'-the Oasfte of Sdn
is.
calde, and gave them bis name and
residence They, however, never de
sisted until they bad given him a sound
beating, when they all scattered and
ran away.
Forions with rage, he hastened back
to Don Sebastian's* residence, with the
pnrpse of complaining to tbe alcalde
at each treatment on hi« premises. He
was met at the threshold by an old ser
vitor, who took the yonng man by the
.m/.ilTVon m/ .Mi fOY <\VI
arm and whispered in his car :
"Draw not upon yourself the hatred
of so'powerful a man as Don Sebastian
Alvarez. Do not tempt fate. Begone,
and as quickly as possible, for unless
you do so, nothing will save you from
bis vengeance."
"Bot I must have satisfaction on
these peons," cried Pablo.
"Foolish young man," returned the
old servant, "they bnt did their mas
ter's bidding. I heard him give the
order myself. Begone ere it is too
late."
It was vain te make further opposi
tion. So he was obliged to pooket the
disgrace in spite of his jnsl indignation,
and reanme bis usual employment.
Time, however, can effect a great
deal, and already did this adventure
gradually fade from his memory, when
one holiday, as he was putting on his
coat to go abroad, there came a knock
at his door, and on opening it he was
astonished to find the major-domo of
Don Sébastian Alvarez standing before
him.
said the man, bowing
alcalde.'
"I come,'
very low, "front the
face grew very red?
"What would that barbarian have
Pablo's
with me ?'
replied the major-domo,
"Senor,'
still bowing, "the alcalde expects you
at his residence."
"But I won't go to him," oried
Pablo.
"Yes you will," returned the mes
senger, "and it will be better if yon go
voluntarily."
"Bat suppose I don't choose 1 to do
so?" asked Pablo,
Tbe major-domo pointed over his
shoulder in the direction of' thfe street
corner, as' be replied, "I hare a couple
of atout feflowa there wko will take yon.
Come, don't make mo nse fores."
"By what right does Don Sebastian
Alvarez commit this second outrage
upon me?" inquired Pablo, with hot
anger.
"How can I tali'?" replied the major
domo. "It ie his pleasure, and yon
very well know everything yields to
that, in Jalapa, at least." Pablo hesi
tated.
"Come, be a good fellow," said the
major-domo. "Don't suffer yourself to
be dragged along tbe street Hke a
criminal. Think bow it will look, and,
to tell yen the truth, the alcalde seems
in good spirits, although I don't .know
the object of his sending for yon, yet of
this I am certain, you bare nothing to
fear. When Don Sebastian wishes to
punish a man, he generally lets ns all
know it. We never make a mistake
then"
Pablo resolved to brave the issue.
Assuming a firm and tranquil air, he
aceompanied tbe messenger to the al
calde's house. He was at once con
ducted to Don Sebastian's presence.
His eyes sparkled with a^ger when 1 he
saw his enemy, and involuntarily he
clenched bis fists. ' Don SebaStain re
ceived Mm whh open arms, and em
braced him several times.
"I sm so happy to see yon," oried
the alcalde.
Pablo regarded him with astonish
ment, and thought be had gone crazy.
"Yon arc angry with me," cried
Don Sebastian. "I played you a mean
trick. I am zorry for it, and beg your
pardon. Come, let nz be friends in the
future ; you shall spend the rest of the
day with me. Here, taka a cigarette.
In'future a plate shall be placed every
Sunday for yon at my table. If yon
do not come voluntarily, I shall bring
yon by fores. This is the new fancy
that I hare taken into my head. Yon
are surprised. Oh! well, I don't miod
that. You have got to chöose between
my friendship and my enmity. Will
yon oome ? Every Sunday,: mind."
"I will," replied Pablo, still regard
ing the magistrate with astonishment.
"Ah! yon are no fool—ha! ha!
ha !" laughed Don Sebistain.
Pablo apent tbe day with the alcalde,
who placed him at the table beside hia
daughter. She was acquainted with
hér father's treatment of the young
man, and had employed her influence
to indueo him to make amends for it.
Joy at her success heightened her
beauty at that moment. Pablo waa
struck by it and it penetrated his
heart. He oonld scarcely believe he
was by the side of the lovely girl whom
gallant men looked at from a distance,
and few of whom vestured to approach
with their homage. How could he
help being transported with her kind
ness and forgetting all that hid passed ?
He was agreeable, amiable, and easy it
was for him to be so, for be was happy.
The day that Pablo first dined with
Don Sebastian Alvarez there were
several distinguished town folks also at
the table, who were much surprised at
tbe attention whioh the alcalde and hia
daughter lavished on the obscure Pablo
Mootei. They felt some degree'of
Ikf at tita ri reu msta nos, hut Were
compelled to admit that a very poor
fallow may sometimes be rieh in mental
endowment*.
Every Sunday found Pablo at Don
Sebastian's residence A secret charm
drew him thither, tnd the graeisua rf
OJption he met with from Senorita Rusa
produced pleasurable emotions in h's
heart. In course of time he became
the favorite of the man whom he once
thought ho was bound to hate as long
as ho lived.
But while Don Sebastian courted the
society of Pablo, be never offered to
assist him in any manner whatever.
A word from him eould have secured
the youug man a position under the
government that would have paid him
a liberal salary. Don Scbaatian could
have proved a powerful patron, but h e
did not seem to evince any intention of
doing Pablo a service.
One day be had been out ridiog, and
was entering Jalaps by the road that
runs out of the northwest portion of the
city.
A mile outside the town, and one
traveling by this route ascends qnite. an
elevation. Don Sebastian was riding
bis favorite mule, and the animal was
resplendent with the amount of silver
trappings by which he was covered.
For a moment the alcalde baited his
animal to gaze down at the city at his
feet. As he did so, be heard the clat
ter of hoofs behind him, and the next
moment Pablo Montes rode op. After
the usual salutations, the alcalde in
quired of the young man whither he
had been, and, on being told he had
visited (on business) a neighboring
hacienda, Don Stbasliaa rode forward
with Pablo by his side. They chatted
away on common place topios until they
entered the town, when the alcalde
suddenly exclaimed :
"Ah ! I came near forgetting :—I
wish to see yon at my home this after
noon.
Pablo's visits bad hitherto been «on
fined to Sundays. . He therefore felt a
little surprised, but promised te be there.
When be arrived the alcalde was
walking np and down the veranda
smoking cigarettes.' - " 1 ' !f "
"Welcome!" he cried, taking Pablo
by both hands and drawing him with
indoors.
"Send my daughter here," said he,
addressing a servant.
In a few moments the young lady
appeared, and Don Sebastian beckoned
her to approach. Then turning to
wards Pablo, be said :
"Senor, I have a little proposition to
make yon, which you moat not refuse.
I wish you to marry. I have selected
a good match for yon. The young
lady has beauty and some property.
Here she is."
Pablo's emotion and jey may be bet
ter imagined than expressed. He Was
on the point of throwing himself at the
feet of the alcalde to express bis grati
tude. when the magUtiato sternly hid
him arise.
The following day Don Sebastian
gave a grand fete, and announced to
bis guests that they were assembled to
witness the marriage of hia daughter
with Senor Pablo Montât. The con
sternation this speech caused set the
table in a buzz. All eyes were turned
upon the young man, who sat at the
alcaide's right hand, and seme looks,
not at all gtaciona, were directed to
wards him.
The vesper bells had not rang when
the bridal party issued from the al
caldo'o gate qnd entered the church, not
a 1 squats distant, tyhen the eUrCtdoUy
was over, Don Sebastian embraced the
oonple, saying:
"I am^ sleepy, my children, and
mnat go home. Pablo, take your wife
to your own house : we shall see one
another often."
Pablo at first smiled and thought
thia waa one of the alcalde's jokes, but
he soon found that hia fether-in-law
was serious. Therefore he took bis
bride to his hnmble lodgings, and she
appeared > perfectly content, for she
loved her husband Here she lived.
never complaining, and forgetting the
past splendor of her father'« house, she
boot her miod to make her lowly home
happy. '
For two years Pablo struggled, to
support Éis wifé'ant^ was Rarefy able to
Daring thia period Den
succeed.
Sebastian had never offered them any
assistance or even sympathy in their
poverty. The anxiety of the pir daily
increased, and Rosa, for the first time,
shed some tears.
The anniversary of the alcalde's
birth-day arrived, and Pablo and his
wife attended tbe dinner. Their hearts
were sad, for they were becoming
porer each day they lived.
At eventide, when they were about
to retarn to their home, Don Sebastian
called out :
"Stop, my children ! I have forgot
ten something," and he handed Pablo
a pokage. "Leok at ft whet) yon get
home. Goodnight."
try, the value of whioh wa* nearly a
By the tight of their lamp that even
ing Pablo and his wife read the deeds
which made them the possessors of
three ef the finest estate« in the coun
quarter of a million of dotiert. This
hut joke of the alcalde was the most
acceptable he ever played upon Pablo
Montas.
From that day forward the yon|ig
man root step by atop, aided by the
powerful influence of hi» father-in-law.
Ha never blushed at the recollection of
his poverty. On the contràry.he took
pleasure in relating to his children the
singular events to which he owed his
prosperity.
Maryland & Delaware Ship Oanal.
Letter /rom Bon. Reverdy Johnson.
Baltimore, Nov. 16th,*74]
Horace B. Tebbetts, Esq., Pres., etc.,
New York :
Mv dear Sir—Y our two lettera of
.
"November, 1874, were duly received
the 5th of October and the 8th» of
I am not iorprised to leant that the
project of the Ship Canal to connect
the Chesapeake and Delaware Baya la
being favorably considered in Europe,
No enterprise of which I am aware
promises to be more advantageous to a
large portion of the United States than
such a canal.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
with its varions connections, including
its road to Chicago, brings Baltimore,
as a shipping port, much nearer to the
South, the Southwest, end the North
west, and, of course, diminishes the
distance to the sea. The effects of tbe
canal wilt be to make the passage
fro«» Baltimore to the ocean fully two
hundred and twenty-five miles less than
it ia at present,,and to avoid what at
times i* 4 dangerous voyage around the
eapes. Greatly as Baltimore , and
Maryland will be profited by sack- u
work, thé profit to the sections referred
to will be as great, if nqt greater. And
the advantage to' the General GdveYh
ment, during"peace,^ wilt T><T"!argely
promoted ; and, on the océifrence of
war, the result will b e yet m ore b enefi
iajTTdBekli mtghti flïd Rrfllr risiy from
one bay to the other with perfect safety,
and with so maeh* speed us to be able
ct
to meet any enemy that might appear
in either bay.
The engineers who hare surveyed
the route for the larger canal of one
hundrad feet in width and twenty-fire
feet in depth, without locks, are, I un
derstand, clearly of opinion that the
improvement is entirely praetfëablW.
Your company was chartered by
Maryland, April 1, 1872, and by Dela
ware, March 26, 1873, and both chart
era are perpetual. By these grants the
company is authorized to construct a
Ship Canal without locks, aud tbe com
pany, I am told, in» wisely decided
that the canal shall bè 100 feet in
width, and 25 foot in depth. This will
enable ships of the largest class readily
to pass from bay to bay, and with as
sured safety. Not only will the route
to Europe from Baltimore be diminish
ed in distance 225 miles, Jwt the effect
upon the carrying trade to the eastern
and northern cities will be most bene
ficial. If is no exaggeration to , say
that it will increase each trade, as for
as transportation is concerned, at least
one-thkd. This ia to say, whereas, by
the present route, vessels now engaged
in it can make qnly two voyages, they
will be able, by means of the canal,
within the seme period, to make three.
The trade of Baltimore, with the West,
with the appliances of transportation
the city at present has, through the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has al
ready greatly increased. To instance the
trade in grain alone : in 1871 there
was brought here 3,000,000 bushels,
and in 18?3, 7,510,057. And it is
estimated that the quantity will be in
creased during the eoming year to 20,
000,000. And all other productions
of the West, I believe, during the same
period* have increased to the sanie pro
portion. It may therefore, he consider
ed as certain, that, when your canal ia
eompfetodV the increase Ifflf bo still
greater, because thé effect will be to
render the transportation, to the East
ern and Northern States, and to the
Mead, hot'Only.sbbrteri in idistkïce fJts d
in time, but consequently to reduce the
cost to the producer.
In the Commercial Convention_ held
this eify,ip 1871, composed of gen
tlemen, from every part of ourcountry,
of great intelligence, and possessing
great practical knowledge, the subject
of this .canal w«| fully oonridereA The
result waf, the adoption,, by »..unani
mous vot,e, of x preamble and resolu
tion, which stated that tpe building of
the canal "is. çf national importance,
and is especially of importance to the
West, the South, the Southwest and
Northwestfify leeaeamgAierilistance of
European ports, and to New England,
for the export of cereals and provisions,
in
totaoco, cotton and all other products,
and for all imprtations to meet tbe re
quirements for the consumption of those
vast regions."
Tbe Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
]so èsteem8
the work of great impor
tanç; ilo^e/fesfapff^vypfrtrtothe
stock-holders, the matter is thus refer
red to: "The construction ef such a
canal will reduce the distance between
Baltimore and New York, and the
ports of New England, and all Bnro.
pean porta nearly two hundred miles for
steamship and all large vessels. . As
Baltimore haa become the entrept of
vast business from tbe South, and from
the great West, tbe economies of trans
portation, whioh can be sffeeted by tb»
im priant reduction of distanoe, will
enure so largely to the iatercsto of the
consumers, aod producers of imineDs©
regions'thzl 1 the enterprise is palpably
ofnational importance."
It cannot, therefore, b£ doubted that
should it become necessary, the en
lightened spirit and wisdom, which has
made the road itself one truly national,
will be further illustrated by their ap
propriating something out of their im
mense resources to assist in the con
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T"* b0nd ' for
be necessary I. mare .be eemple.lop
oflbe work bearlog a. .a.em.ofd
per ceot., they wd readily bad par
chasers among the capitalists of EiUrepe,
m . , .
and of this country. Ths stock, too,;,.
„ .. m. .'
cannot feil to be profitable. This will
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b. evident to ... .bo „«..to „pen
tb, uamm to^jbtob <dl(U.
..bjee... tbetoll. ...bomrf b,
ebener. Tbe eoaipen,. tberefore, me,
look with confidence to the early c<tn
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«nmren ef to. n...L add to«, pr#
.btob ..11 enure to lb. ...nbbofj.ra, a.
..U^to dto great ad,.,**. *b«b
..11 b. anafemd epen .be pbaMl;
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1 remain, with much regard,
.„ Yûnr obedient servant.
0 oi • HNB0N
etructioo of thp canal. f Nor c^p it, be
doubted that the capitalists of our, city
and all our. people will also ssoist ;•
and if Gongreas ia, aa it eannotibe
questioned it will be, governed by the
interests of almost the entire country,
and by tbe reasons which so persna
sirely invoke the aid of the General
Government, that each aid will be ran
dered. And, in my judgment, it ia,
equally certain that if your company
A Brave Oiri. •
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A Liverpool paper, of the 29th nit.,
mentions that on the Sunday morning
previous, a desperate encounter took
place between a housebreaker and a
girl, fourteen year» of age, named
Alice Slack, at a Tillage near that city.
John Wallwork and family went to
chnrch in the forenoon, leaving the girl
and a baby in the home. The girl whs
going into tbe yard for a rag, when the
man, who was lying Under the window,
sprang into the house, seised her by
the throat, and swore he would murder
her if she did not tell where the money
wat. She refused, and he poshed her
down the cellar steps, and threw'a
chair after her. She got Up, and found
he was going np stairs. She screamed,
and went up after him, and polled him
down by his jacket. He turned and
knocked her down, and pulled her
across tbe kitchen floor by the hair bf
her .head. He then got a heavy walk
ing stiek from the lobby, with which
he .'struck her twice on the head, and
several times on the back. He then
got her . against the lobby wall and
kicked her severely. She screamed
aud struggled hard, and at last he
pitched her into the parlor, shot the
door, and left the house, having ob
tained nothing. On the previous Fri
day the same man oame to tbe home
with a big bull dog, and said thot Mrs.
Wallwork, who had just gone ont, bad
sent him to get his tea at tbe house.
The girl then shot the door in his face.
Dunking for thk Effects.—H e
said he didn't cere anything 'about
liquor, only tbe effects. ' He never liked
the taste of it, always made him "gag"
to drink it, and he made np an awfnl
face as he took it down,
the effects he was after. If it wasn't
for the effects fie would never drink, a
drop of liqoor in his life. He was a
nîcé young"mao when we first heard
him say that; He .tad health, good
looks, property and a respectable posi
tion in society. The only perceptible
effects of bis potations then were r the
heightened color in bis cheek, inureased
brilliancy of the eyes and vivacity in
conversation. He was generous and
liberal with bis monay, too, and had a
"host of friends." Well, he kept on
drinking for the effects and he got them,
as every man will whe keeps at it long
eoough. The last time we saw him he
was that pitiable object, a human wieek.
Ho was standing at a bar pleading for
a drink on time^ bis trembliog fingers
being unable to find even a solitary
niokel In the pockets of his ragged ap
parel. He bad kept on gagging ov^r
his whisky, and drinking for the effects
until he hadn't any effects left, except
those painfully apparent ones, poverty,
disease, privation and vanished respec
tability. Yerily, he got the effects.
But it was
At a recent New York fanerai,
where the deceased was a young and
beautiful girl, over $3000 worth of
flowers were distributed in and around
the coffin. A chorus was sung by h'r
ed vocalists. On either side of the
coffin stood four young gftfe dressed in
white, eaoh holding in her hand a
.WCetohjfiCforWfii*. ^ .While ttaiAniaister
prayed, a tall was tolled in tbe hall
way., and a «haat sang by the hired
vocalists. Tbe lady friends of the de
ceased thought the entertainment "per
fectly elegant."
Money paid on Sunday contracts may
be recovered.
A History of Mowing Machines.
The oldest mowing-machines, though
very rude, were used by the Gauls. A
cart, having blades arranged in front,
was pushed forward into the grain by
oxèn hîtebéd behind, and thus cut off
the heads. A »y*tem of six rotating
soythes was made ky Joeeph Boyce in
1799, nod sn attempt to nse the some
principle was made by Gonrprots Mid
Mason in 1852. In 1811-Ï815, Smith,
of Deans, onoe brought ont a machine
in which a short vertical revolving cy
linder carried a knife on its lower end,
btit all theie rotating machines have
provèd impracticable. Robert Meares,
in prome, in Someisetsbire, established
in 1800 the shear principle as the only
practicable one, Salmon, in Woburn,
in 1867, built a machine with a row of
blades and fingers moving over them,
M .1,. applied tk. ml. tb. Sootcb
^ NM T-fc-bk». »
jggb, aod WiHiam Manning, 0 . Plain,
j, j |. 1932 warn tba fonndara
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of the present style of machines. Man-'
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ning was tbe first to attach the draught
if r. •
at the side of tbe machine, all others
^ M btonpnaltod Urn be
bM 01 m, Hump, of OiaaiMati, .to
Mi(! SütbHfe'Vi.,
.JgV- 1.1835 bapmed to.
^ .V
Manamg sod Hussey machina, and the
..p^toPoa pf tbaae at tbe Labdak ax
^b*, ^ „ 5 , j*,, (h , ^ u „
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^ «SS3i»bm(«toP»I
'Blennim, hu «r pnrhsps a* the. .
^ time by rfi rtts
ting 0 ^ f
followed shorfly, sums like s fiour-raill,
and in 1792. WUlpwgbby, nf Bedford,
Uàâds Una Hke that 1 éf ' Mcinius, which 1
Tön Thaer brought to Germany, and
which served ns a model lor the Meck
lenburg thresher. The machine of
James Wardropp, o# Ampthell, in Vir
ginia, is on a aimilar principle, only
the beaten arc sticks moving up and
down. Finally, ial785,Audrow Meikle
cf TyniPgham, East Ldthian, laid die
foundation of the present form, by ns-]
ing a dram widt four beaten parallel
to its axis, thaï carried the grain be
tween itself and a concsre, famished
with similar roda. An American named
MoSt, in 1854, snbatitnted spikes for
the rods, thdugh Mensiea' machine ad
heres to tbe old system.
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. Ax, Umxuuuy Innnnmox.—The
boys tell a good one on Jim Berodsl
lar, of tbe Osage agency. If seems he
tad sent hie washing to a fall-blood
Osage squaw, •$• **■ to ha?* it done
and bring it borne on Saterday night.
The squaw 'foiled to fulfill tbe contract,
however, and èn Sunday Jim tad to go
to church with the same .suit he wore
during the meek. In the meantime he
tad sent word to hie emsberweinan to
"bring them ahirte." He had jttkt got
comfortably seated in the ohureh, and
the grave minister had opened up in
thunder, tone* on rinnen generally,
when'in stepped a big Osage Indian,
With a package under bis blanket, who
began making all kinds of unintelligible
signs to oar .friend, Jim appeared to
take no notice of hie presence, however,
until by %is nndiMe wkbpen and fran
tic gesticulations the Indian had at
tracted the attention of the entire con
gregation« and fairly horrified onr hero
by drawing forth a shirt With a stun
ningly clean frbkt,'several pair of socks,
and Other things that go to complete.a
fashionable young man's wardrobe.—
This waa too mnoh for him, and he im
m e diat e lg aro se , and bec ko n t ug the per
sistent Isasdry ejktk oat, ta then and
there exhausted both *the English and
Osage vocabulary ' of epithets, after
Which he toék charge of the clothes and
told the dusky warrior to go hia way.
Profane language |a prohibited at the
agenoy ; but it is said that Jim made
good nse of all the emphatio religious
adjective* .that, oame within hie grasp.
— iJoffeeviïte (Ä«n.) Courier.
to
at
of
the
ts
Lo, ran PooR-Wewsx.—The woman
are
a
politics has twice made her appar
ence, daring the rétteüt'élections i One
time was In in obscure Alabama town,
where half a dozen negro women,
pioneera in the advancement of their
«ex, pot themselves intopant loose and
voted, and Were subsequently jailed for
The other waa In Poughkeepsie,
where Mrs, Hanks, of Brooks' Semi
nary. bearing the tanner of the crusade
the shape of a white apron, on which
waa the legend, "Vote for Prohibition
end Temperance,'*—rand basked np by
five other women, made the round of
the pllz, and distributed tempranee
tickets. They weren't knocked down,
bat they were jewed and laughed nt,
and the tempranee cause, unfortunate
got little good by theft motion_
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an
be
had
ried
hia
had
be
the
ten
Sprivgfietd Republican.
The difference between a fool and
looking-glass is said to be that the
fool speaks without reflecting aad tRqi
the looking-g!«*a refleota without apeak
i»<-- -
Wm- B. Aator, of New York, is over
eighty yrara of age, and ia tronbled by
the care of seventy teiHion dollars worth
proprty.
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: Tüfcies
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Tbere ia said to be a birth every five
minntoa in London, and a death every
:. , \i i l i-
-• » ,.? • r b. a •: I'•tit*.! II* '
Wild pigeons are ip Bonaroas in
some; parts of Miaaoori that they Well for
ton cents istdonen. 7 ' i.
The snioide of a woman sixty-seven -
yean old, ip Santa Rosa, Gal,, was at
tributed to hopeless love.
If fa estimated that then nrd'fifty
seven women editing newspaper! in dif
ferent parts nf the «ouqtry. ;
Patti's recent appeUranoe in Paris,
for tbe benefit of the Alanee and Lo
raine Fond, netted nenaly $8000.
At a recent Smi Francisée wadding,
the present- from the
eight minutes.
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ne
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r to
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• It fe reported that Imbetta of Spain
is going to *«11 her dUarahds. röiek
are sud to be worth $2,900,000.
An, old man in Nevada, 70 ycnrz of
•go, wan raoently mat to ja34bni*pnty
yoars. for shooting « fellov-tifetoa. ;
An;Àl}éi(hei,y (Piaj) .p^ng-honra
keep*? # doJlaxiaMt nmto, the
other day, for ringing Va> diferar bell
toohrad/ o.iJ
»dt «cou a
the Vermont State Sei
if Jvefll iJl
l*toed,* bill impomig * tacitf tathbalf
of one peroewk. M tfce dkpcu
tratt «ottpsm|ee. '
. ÄftÄs f®A Mßb Aßt U
*••14 ta; • thing to apply the
prine^le to legfeluton end
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New Bampsbin,«he
recewtiy eolebntodhor handrodth birth
4 totked M dajr feni withont zhiiw
» Twenty-«« gia hbasa in .Geergia,
adarly evary one filled wltfi ootton, have
tara deélrôyed Hy iao^dtttÿW Üaee
in
TodJ-tTC} -rod 1
the
.' A man at East Lynne, Onan., Has
been in bed'fefrifir
jectedbyhhr 8kmtheart,kbiî:
•oled himself pin
The grave of Thomas Dsioe, near
New RocheHe, N; ¥., is said to have
been completely obliterated %jtM o*n
er of the form on which it ie .Hosted.
iff
It is proposed to «tobt a monnment
in honor of William Gallen Bryant, the
distinguished poet and journalist, who
reeepUy attained hie 80th birthday.
A^ty of Amèneras, IpeWingeev
eral ladies, recently made the siéent of
Mount Popocatepetl b flSjfa
■»■pit Mta*t 18,000 font abode aea
level.
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iMrni
Ml'
^'tote. Nei_
be aatard as atona abd .te
poo ads,tor 350 yniiti
the time of bnrial. ^ ^
The goyernmsoi of Cora* i», «s|d..to
hav* politely rinthnatoi its wiKiagness
to send to Japan the liyude of tlf the
persons implicated in the insult to the
Japanese Government.
Landen, Rie estimated; ha* ISO rail
way stations' with ia her Halft*. Seven
hundred traioi daily pass tbe Clapham
Junotion, and a single railway (the
Metropolitan) earned laatyear 48,000,
000 paaseagef*. ' <•'
tab# W-.
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to
at
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p
Keeping a stall in faneuil Hall Mar
ket, in BoMon. muat be a lucrative em
ployment, judging from' the feet that
$11,000 bonus is said to taire been
>tely paid for a single »tell, th* leeae
of whioh had twenty-two moa the to ran.
A couple were marri
respectively 12 and 13 years, at
town, Mich. ; When last seen '
f! ...I»
thaywere i
quarrelling over a potted of mixed ean
diee, and the bride was heard to mutter
threats of obtaining a divorce.. .
A contemporary aska: "What ate
the atréét lamp, for?" The' man who
doesn't know ÿbat à etràét laqtp. > $r
ts hardly fit to tip p , an edÜDriab efetir
end metrid publie opinion. Bttoei
ararfori.wwfey-^bong^toiei' to fou
sgsiOst M 'riidhi|ht, wtap they forgft
it.)
So ft* five oolored men faijW itefo
elected to the next Congress, asd ^hay
are aR cow men. Iwo are frum B»«fth
Carolin», one frrt featok PnzMitel
from Alabama, and one from Lenisiana.
Öpe-nl the $o»9t 'CaraP|t|a||* (Lee) is
a Democrat, and was sleeted bjx Dem
okratie and bolting Repbjicaa somrtit
a oi » fiiiti.ie.Li I
nenoy.
' At the New Tô A Assay oé
10th instant, were reeeived in a single
deposit, three and a halftone ofaUver
bnlltoo.
it V.fi
o« on
This large qnaWtfty of the
pesions metal ie.the greatest single de
posit ever received there, and represents
an actual vaine of $i$$,OO0i It is to
be sent to the Philadelphia Mint to Ip
ooined into fifty cent pieces, h ?
A clergyman, nf New Bedford,, was
rather late on reaShiag hia ebwreh re
eentiy and foaad to hi* tHsmay that ire
had nét hit sermon Wfth'lrhn. ' He hnr
ried to hft place of r*$fae* and tb
hia farther horror disaoverod that ha
had Ml the key tohis
be thwarted ia ttaa way lia IMt the
door open, secured the aerinon, sped to
the ohnreh, told his wife to go and fee
ten ap the door, and he patehal
aooeptanee of hie congregation-" ' ■'*
'ta
btenot to