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MIDDLETOWN. DELAWARE, SATURDAY MORNING, JANUARY 15, 1876.
VOL. IX.
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STOVE A2TD TIN STOKE
1 st Mlfldletewa.
Eliason & Benson,
Manufacturers and Dealers in
S'TOVSB,
HEATERS, RANGEES,
AND TIN WABE
OF EVERT DESCRIPTION.
We bare in stock tbe most popular and
best Parlor; Cook and Room Stove manufac
tured, among them may be found tbe Home
Delight, Morning Light, Florentine, Tuscan,
Boa Ton, Florence, Charm, Belle, Regulator.
Centennial, Palace Cook, Golden Eagle,
Eureka, Combination Cook, Wabash, Model
Complete, Victor Cook, Pretty Range, Pet
Range, and can furnish on short notice any
ether stove manufactured.
We invite special attention to the Regula
tor "Revolving Top" for convenience. Sur
R anything in the stove line ever offered
I market.
Stoves repaired on the shortest notice.
Roofing and spouting a specialty.
hope by giving onr personal attention
to business, and making moderate charges to
reueivs a share of the public patronage.
Give tu a call. ELIaSON k BENSON,
Middletown, Del.
We
LUMBER AND HARDWARE.
J. B. FENIMORE & CO.
Opposite the Depot,
MIDDLETOWN, DELAWARE,
DIALERS IX ALL KIND8 OP
Lumber and Hardware,
BRICKS, LIME, hiab, bash, DOORS, BLINDS
MOULDINGS, PAINTS, OILS,
GLASS, ETC. ETC.
Constantly on hand all kiuds of
Building [Material.
January 15 —tf
The Middletown Boot, Shoe
and Hat Store.
JL CARD.
O ATthWoegk knowledge of ottr \
special line of huainras, gained
by close study of its details, ex
tended and frequent travels
through ail the principal manu
tnriog districts of the country
and in almost daily contact with
leading manufacturers them
selves, enables ns to oflbr to this
community a line of Goods that
for variety, style, quality,
prices, cannot be surpassed.
Goods sold from onr stores in
and
SMYRNA & MILF0BD
have gained a rep
St. Georges, in N<
Frankford, in Sussex.
Our way of doing business
and system of repairing our
goods, insures our customers
against any risk in buying of us.
A little time will convince an
enterprising pablic of the advan
tages to be gained. Call.
Respectfully,
utatiou from
ew Castle, to
B.M.4W. T. JOHNSON.
— ■— ftnuim n
mnmwcown «no omymsL
novfl tf
J. MEIER & BR0.,
MERCHANT TAILORS,
8. E. Cor, Sboond and Abch Sts.,
PHILADELPHIA,
Have in Stock a fall line of
Vit* OvmMHB|i. Saltings, Cassias«res,
ami Vestings
Of tbe newest designs for FALL and WIN
TER wear, which will be made to order in
the latest stylet and best manner. Special at
tention given to Dress Suita.
»^.LAND EXAMINE OUR STOCK.
SEE HERE I !
At Anderson's Drag Store,
(BARR'S OLD STAND),
g et XX SWISS LINIMENT, a sore
rested Feet, Lame Bark, Rheuma
Yneeaa
cure for
tism, Bunions, Neuralgia, Paine in the Head,
Side or Joints, Sore throat, Ac. Use it and
suffer no longer.
IT ACTS LIKE MAGIC.
Taken inwardly it cares Diarrhoea, Dysen
tery. Cholera Morbus, cramps, Ac.
All we ask for it is a fair trial. Sold only
by 'ANDERSON, who keeps all the Patent
Medicines of the day.
Sep 25—ly.
M. 32. DICKSON,
No. 36} SOUTH EIGHTH STREET,
railM.DBl.PHIA,
dralib in
WATCHES AND JEWELRY,
SOLID STERLING
Silrer and Plated Ware
SmtaMafor Holiday Presents.
N. B.—Fine selection of 18 Kt. Wedding
Rings on Hand.
Gold, 8ilver and Steel Spectacles to suit
- Dec. 10—f
THOMAS MASSET, JR.
CLOCK AND WATCH MAKER,
À
Main Mmt, neat Amt to National Hotel
Middletown, Delaware
J"* LOCKS, Watches, Jewelry, Ac. neatly
\j and promptly repared.
Always on band and for sale, Clocks,
Watches. Plated Ware, Forks. Spoons, Sil
rer Napkin Rings, Silver Thimbles, Salt,
Sogar and tea Spoons, Batter Knives,
Breast-Pins, Ear-Rings, Finger-Rings, Sleeve
Bottons, Watch Chains, Watch Keys, Key
Rings; Steel Watch Chaias, Ac.
agent roa
De VIHUT'S SPECTACLES
Dec. IS—tf.
t
JftWdiftwc» ffirfdorg.
CORPORATION OFFICERS.
Tows Conmssiossra — E. W. Lockwood,
President; J R. Hall, Secretary; L. P. Mc
Dowell, J. H. Walker, L G. Vandegrift.
Assessor—C. K. Anderson.
Tbbasuscb.—J oseph Hanson.
Justice or tbe Pbacb. —DeW. C. Walker.
Oonstabui and PotiCBMAN —Vacant.
LaxplioKtir.— P. C. Schrei«.
NOTARY PUBLIC.
John A. Reynolds.
TRÜ8TEE8 OF THE ACADEMY.
Hon John P. Cochran. Pres. ; Henry Davis,
Treas. ; Samuel Penington, Secretory ; James
Kanely, B. Gibbs, R. T. Cochran. N.Williams.
Pbihcipal or Academy.— T. S. Stevens.
OFFICERS OF CITIZENS' NATL
BANK.
Diaacroas.—Henrv Clayton, B. Gibbs, B.
T. Biggs. John A. Reynolds, James Culbert
son, E. C. Fenimore, M. E. Walker, J. B.
Cazier, Joseph Biggs.
Pbesidest.— Henry Clayton,
Cashieb.— J. R. Hall.
Telleb. —John S. Crouch.
DIRECTORS OF TOWN HALL CO.
J. M. Cox, Pres ; Samuel Penington, Sec.;
J. R. Hal', Treas ; R. A. Cochran, Jas Cul
bertson, Jas. H. Scowdrick, Wm. H. Barr.
CHURCHES.
Fobest Presbyterian .—Rev. John Patton,
D. D , Pastor. Divine service every Sunday
at to.30 a. m and 7.00 p.m. Sunday School
at 9 a.m. Lecture on Wednesdays at 7.00 p.
a. Sunday School in tbe Chapel at Arm
strong's every Sunday at 2.30 p.
St. Avxe's Protestant Episcopal.—R ev.
Wm. C. Butler, Rector. Service on Sundays
at 10.30 a. m. and 3.30 p. m. Sunday School
at 2.30 p.m. Services ou Fridays at3.30p.m.
Methodist Episcopal, —Rev. L. C. Matlack,
D. D., Pastor. Service every Sunday at 10.C0
a. m. and 7.00 p tn. Sunday School at 9 30
a. m. and 2.30 p. m. Prayer Meeting on
Thursdays at 7.00 p. m.
Colored Methodist. —Rev N. Morris—
Pastor. Service every other Sunday at 10.30
p. m., 3 and 8 p. m. Sunday School every
Sunday at 1 p. m.
and
Pet
to
m.
MASONIC
Adonirax Chapter No. 5, R. A. M. Meets
ia Masonic Hall on tbe second and fourth Fri
days of every month at 8 o'clock, p m.
Union Lodge No. 5, A. F. A. M. Meets on
the first and third Tuesdays of every month
at 8 o'clock, p. m. Masonic Hall.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.
Damon Lodge, No. 12 Meets every Friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Lodge room in the
Town Hall.
PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY.
PtACH Blossom Gransb, No. 3. Meets every
etdsy evening at 7 o'clock. Grange Room
in the Knights of Pythias Hall.
Tu
I. O. O. F.
Good Saxaritax Lodge, No 9. Meets every
Thanday evening at8 o'clock. Lodge Room
in Cochran Hall, No. 2, Cochran Square.
BUILDING AND LOAN.
Middlitowh b. k L. Association.— Samuel
Peniugton, Pres.; A. G. Cox, Secretory. Meets
on the first Thursday of every month at 8
o'clock, p.m.
Mutual Loan Association or Middletown
— Jas. H. Scowdrick, Pres.; A. G. Cox» Sec-_
. Meets on the third Tuesday of every
retory
month at 8 o'clock, p. m.
MIDDLETOWN LIBRARY AND
READING-ROOM.
E W. Lockwood, Pres.; J. T'. Budd, Sec' y ;
Rooms in Transcript Building. Reading
Room open every day until 10 o'clock, p m
Library open on Wednesdays and Saturdays
from 3 o'clo.k to 5 p m.
AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION.
Psnins. Agricultural axd Poxological As
sociation. —Wm. R. Cochran, President; J. T.
Budd, Secretory ; Wm. R. Cochran, Chairman
of Board of Managers. Annual Meeting third
Saturday in January.
DIAMOND STATE BRASS BAND
Meets for practice every Monday evening at
8 o'clock.
POST OFFICE.
Omca Hours. —Opens at 6 30 a m and
doses at 9 p m every day except Sunday
Mails for tbo North close at 7.30 a m, and
2.45 p m.
Mail for the South closes at 10 15 a m.
Mails for Odessa close at 10.23 a m *nd 7.30
p m.
Mails for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
close at 10.23 a m.
DELAWARE RAILROAD.
Passenger trains going North leave at 7.46
a m and 3 01 p m. ; going South at 10.33 a m
Freight trains with passenger
and 7.55 p m.
car attached, going North, leave at 5.20 p m ;
going South, at 6 30 a m.
STAGE LINES
Stage for Odessa, with U. S. Mail, leaves
shortly after arrival of the 10.43 am and 7.55
p m mail trains.
Stages for Warwick, Sassafras and Cecilton
leave shortly after arrival of tbe 10/43 a m
train.
FURNITURE.
UNDERTAKING.
UPHOLSTERING.
The undersigned respectfully announces to
the citizens of Middletown and vicinity that
he has cn hand a large and well selected
stock of handsome and durable
Walnut and Other Furniture,
which he will sell very cheap for cash. Buy
ing at wholesale cash rates be feels assured
that he can sell as low as the same goods can
be bought elsewhere. By buying of him pur
chasers will be saved tbe freight on their
goods from the city.
Be is also prepared to attend to
Undertaking Work
at short notiee, and in a manner excelled
by none. Persons wishing Metallic or Wood
en Gaskets or Cases will find it to their ad
vantage to call on him. He has, also,
TATLOR A SOM'S
Celebrated Corpse Preserver,
The Corpse may be dressed in the finest fab
rics and not be soiled, (and can be seen at all
times) as nothing bat dry cold air enters tbe
Casket.
GEORGE W. WILSON,
Practical Cabinet Maker and Undertaker,
Middletown Del.
Febl-12m
FOB SALE
Or Exchange,
A VERY fine thorough-bred ALDERNEY
BULL CALF, ten weeks old.
Get 30-tf E. R. COCHRAN.
THE BLUE AND THE QRAT.
B; the flow ot the inland river
Where the fleets of iron have fled,
Where the blades of the new grass quiver
Asleep are the ranks of the dead,
Under the sod and tbe dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
roder the one tbe Blue,
Hader tbe other tbe Gray.
Those in the robing of glory,
Those in tbe gloom of defeat,
All with tbe battle-blood gory,
In tbe dusk of eternity meet.
Under tbe sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
Under the laurel the Bine,
Under tbe willow the Gray.
From the silence of sorrowful hours,
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers,
Alike for the friend and the foe,
I . Under tbe sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
Under tbe roses the Bine,
Under the lillies the Gray.
So with an equal splendor,
The morning sun-rays fall,
With a touch impartially tender,
On the blossoms blooming for all
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day,
Broidered with gold tbe Blue,
Mellowed with gold the Gray.
So when tbe summer calleth,
On forest and field of grain,
With an equal murmer falleth
The cooling drip of the rain.
Under tbe sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment Day,
Wet with the rain tbe Blue,
Wet with the rain the Gray.
Sadly but not with upbraiding,
The generous deed was done,
In the storm of tbe years that are fading,
No braver battle was won,
Under the sod and tbe dew,
Waiting tbe Judgment Day,
Under the blossoms tbe Blue,
Under tbe garlands the Gray.
No more shall tbe war cry sever,
Or tbe winding river be red ; -
They banish our anger forever,
When they laurel tbe graves of our dead.
.Under tbe sod aud the dew,
Waiting tbe Judgment day,
Love and tears for tbe Blue,
Tears and love for the Gray.
jMert. £tor£.
From the New York Observer.
VALLEY F0ÄGE.
BT HON. J. T. HEADLEY.
Valley Forge was selected "for the
winter encampment because from it
Washington could best protect tbe in
terior of tbe State from the incursions
of the enemy quartered in Philadelphia.
The army left Wbitemarsh on the 11th
of December and reached Valley Forge
on the 19th. Tbe soldiers, many of
them barefooted and in rags, had march
ed thither, leaving their bloody testi
monials on nearly every foot of ground
they had traversed. The day before,
on tbe borders of the dreary region
where they were to pass tbe long win
ter, was spent in religious services
Congress bad directed it to be observed
as a day of thanksgiving and praise.
Tbe ragged, suffering army, weary with
their march over tbe froaen ground,
were required 6n this bleak day, with
a prospect full of gloom before them, to
■end up their voice of thauksgiviug and
praise. For what ? There seemed need
enough for fasting and prayer, for
Heaven looked frowuiugly down upon
them. They could ask—oh, how fer
vently—to be delivered from suffering
and want and destitution, and the
gloomy, remorseless winter before them ;
but to be thankful for them, who was
equal to that? Still, Washington order
ed the brigades to be assembled, with
their chaplains, and religious services
to be performed. But, alas, -three
thoussdd of them, or more than a quar
ter of the whole army, were either sick
or too shoeless and ragged to appear ou
parade. These, io the wagons that
stretched over the dreary fields, lay
suffering and shivering in the straw,
thinking that, to them at least, thanks
giving was a mockery. Their enemies
were well fed and housed in tho city
near by, while the bleak hillside most
be their home. Indeed, there was
more earnest prayer, that day, than
thanksgiving, by the patriotic chaplains
who were to share with the soldiers ihe
privations and sufferings of the coming
winter—beseeching, earnest prayer to
Him who alone could help aDd pour
light on the ali-envelopiug darkness.
It was a solemn, not a joyful day,
and, when it ended, tbe army of eleven
thousand strong marched on to the
froxen hills where they were to spend
the next three months, amid scenes and
trials never to be forgotten while a sin
gle page in history is left for the record
of trne patriotism. In tbe orders is
sued by Washington, directing the
work to be done, he told the soldiers
be would share all their privations.
Tbe whole army was divided into groups
of twelve, who were to build a but or
pen for themselves. Each one was to
be sixteen by fourteen feet, filled in
with clay, with a log fireplace lined
with clay a foot and a half thick. Tbe
height was to be six feet and a half
Tbna it will be seen they were mere
hovels, barely high enough to stud up
in, and, with the fireplace, accoutre
a
a
be
it
ley
his
tbo
the
the
of
and
and
ments, &c., would leave barely room
sufficient for the twelve men to lie down
in, packed closely side by side To
stimulate the disheartened soldiers to
activity, Washington offered twelve
dollars reward for the first hut bnilt in
each regiment, and a hundred dollars
to him who would discover the best
substitute for boards (which were not
to be had) for the roofs. Split oak
slabs were selected, whose irregular
surfaces could furnish only partial pro
tection from the snow and rain. It
was a cold, dreary day when the mus
kets were stacked, the knapsacks thrown
aside, and those eleven thousand men.
such as could work, broke up into a
hundred groups and scattered them
selves through the woods. Soon the
rapid blows of nearly ten thousand axes
and the incessant crash of fulling trees
echoed on every side for miles around
From early dawn till the wintry night
shut in, the work went on, and then
the tired host lsy down behind their
piles of logs to break the force of the
wind, or gathered, shivering, round
their blazing camp fires that lit up with
strange splendor the wintry forest.
There was a small house near by, which
Washington had selected for his own
quarters, but he would not occupy il
while his ragged soldiers were uncover
ed, and so pitched bis teDt in their
midst on the frozen ground. Streets
were laid out, and, foot by foot, tbe
city of huts went up, till over a thou
sand of them stretched away over the
surrounding hills. Into these the "sons
of liberty" crept and lay down in tbe
straw.
Wbat passed there for the next three
months history will never tell us It
was written with the pen of suffering
on individual hearts, but never found
outward expression. Wc can only say
that cold and suffering and starvation
were there. Washington's wife joined
him, and the wintry field covered with
hovels presented a sad spectacle as she
came upon it, to share with her hus
band hi§' privations and, if possible,
lessen his cares through tbe long win
ter. Forage soon became scarce, and
Washington was uompelled to use 'he
power conferred on him and ordered all
the grain within seventy miles to be
tbresbed out ; but he was environed
with Tories, who burned up theirs
rather than let it fall into his hands.
Tbe snow soon began to pile around
them, while their clothes fell away in
from their backs Sickness in
rags
creased from exposure, and, as if Hea
ven itself was determined to augment
their misery, exhaust their heroic pati
ence, and drive them to despair, the
cold set in with a severity unkoowu for
years. Therq were do more parades.
do more drills, for there were scarcely
enough left fit to perform mere cauip
duty. Sickness or rags shut them up
in their foul hovels. The dreary days
wore on, all alike in suffering. They
varied only .as the driving snow piled
deeper round their huts, or the pierc
ing cold increased, or food grew less.
All day long, week in and week out,
the wind as it roared by, or the raorn
iug and evening gnn sendiug its dull
echoes over tbe wintry bills, were the
only music to cheer their loneliness.
The dreary monotony of the scene was
broken only by platoons of men, often
several timet a d^, bearing, with re
versed arms, a comrade to his grave
beneath the snow, playing tbe mourn
ful tune of "Roslyn Castle" as they
marched slowly, heavily forward. Some
times a naked soldier would borrow a
blanket to flit to a neighboring hut,
and then flit back again and crawl, like
a frightened, wild animal, ont of sight.
Alocg the snowy paths, Washington,
sometimes with the young Marquis La
fayette by his side, would often slowly
walk, with his heart breaking at the
sightB and sounds that met him at every
step.
Into tbe midst of this desolation tbe
noble Baron Steuben walked one day,
decked with military honora won on the
fields of Europe, aod gazed, one can
guess with wbat a3toDisbmeut, oo the
army that he had given up home, ease
and country, to link bis fortunes with.
At length, forage gave out and gaunt
famine stalked into the midst of this
scene of woe and desolation. Not a
hoof entered the camp and tbe welcome
lowing of cattle ceased to be beard.
Teams and men came in empty-handed.
A foreign officer, walking amid the
hovels, aud seeing men, with no cover
ing but a blanket, flitting from one hut
to another, and hearing through the
crevices the soldiers muttering, "Ho
pay, no provisions, no rum," said he
then despaired of American Indepen
dence. Washington's heart at last be
came filled with fearful forebodings and
he looked around him in dismay, and
in a letter to Gen. Clinton, in the mid
a
ity.
or
lose
the
to
die of February, said : "For some
days past there has been little less than
a famine in the camp. A part of the
army has been a week without any kind
of flesh, aod tbe rest three or four
days." Yet he adds: "Naked and
starving as they are, we cannot enough
admire the incomparable patience and
fidelity of the soldiers." A noble oom
pliment aod nobly won. At tbe same
time, Werren wrote to Greene : "The
situation of the camp i* such that,
all human probability, the army must
dissolve The horses are dying for
want of forage. The country in th<
vioicity of the camp is exhausted. ***
What consequences have we rationally
to expect ?
is with great difficulty that men enough
be found in a condition fit to dis
charge the military camp duties from
day to day, and for this purpose those
who are naked borrow of those who have
clothes."
What a picture is this, though sketch
ed in mere outline by the Commander
in-chief and bis officers ! The imagina
tion shrinks from filling up the fright
ful details. The army was slowly dy
ing, not from the ravages of shot and
shell, but from exposure, sickness and
.low starvation. Night—moonless,star
less night—had closed over that city of
hovels. Even Washington, in whom
"hope shone like a pillar of fire when
it bad gone out in all other men," could
mt penetrate its all-pervading black
ness It was at this time, when all
human help seemed gone, that Mr
Potts, at whose house be was quarter
ed, walking near a secluded thicket on
his farm, heard a low voice, as of one
in prayer, and, looking in. saw Wash
ington on his knees, tears on his cheeks,
and his face upturned to heaven, be
seeching, in agonized tones, that God
would pity and save his suffering army
and suffering country.
"Ob, would'st thou know his name
Who wandered thus alone !
Go read, in heaven's archives,
The prayer of Washington."
In the midst of all this darkness and
suffering and almost despair, as if on
purpose to crush one of the noblest
hearts that ever beat in a human bosom,
a conspiracy was ret on foot in and out
of Congress to disgrace him by remov
ing him from the head of the army and
compel him to serve in a subordinate
capacity. False charges w*re raised ;
forged letters were published ; yet be
bore all in silence, lest in defending
himself be should expose secrets that
would injure bis country. •'Aty coun
try," was ever uppermost in bis
thoughts and dearer to him than life it
self. He could say of bis country as
David did of Jerusalem : "If I forget
thee [oh, my country], may my right
band forget its cunning." He was
great "in the high places of the field,"
amid the storm and tumult of battle!
be was great and noble as head of the
nation ; but be was greater still in his
silent suffering at Valley Forge.
But spring at length came and with
it partial relief, and such soldiers as
could were compelled to take the field ;
and, as it wore on, news was received
that made those hovels ring with shouts
and loud huzzas. On the first day of
May a horseman rode into camp with
the tidings that France had recognised
our independence and formed an alli
ance with us, and that ships and troops
and money were on the way to our re
lief. Soldiers forgot their nakedness
and shook their rags, like banners, in
the air. Congress had appointed a
thanksgiving as they moved into Val
ley Forge which seemed a mockery, but
now they would have one of their own.
Washington issued a proclamation, ap
pointing the 7th on which "to acknow
ledge the divine goodness and celebrate
the important event which we owe to
his divine interposition." A general
parade of the army was ordered, and
tbo several brigade chaplains were di
rected to offer up prayer at the head of
each brigade and deliver a sermon to
the soldiers. And never did more fer
vent acknowledgment of divine good
ness ascend to heaven, and never were
more earnest appeals made to the sol
diers to stand true to their great leader
and their country than were made that
day by those patriotic chaplains. When
the religious servioes were over, the
artillery thundered forth its glad ac
claim, answered by the rolling volleys
of musketry, and "Long live Washing
ton" and "Long live the King of
France" again and again shook those
rude hovels to their foundations.
As Washington rode off the field,
"Long live Washington" rent the air
and continued to roll after him till his
lessening form disappeared in the dis
tance. Aye, long live Washington and
long live Valley Forge in the memory
and affections of the American people
until patriot hearts shall cease to beat.
in
Says Dr. Thatcher : "It
can
to
Paying Debts. —Paying of debts is,
next to the grace of God, the best
means in the world to deliver you from
a thousand temptations to sin and van
ity. Pay your debts, and you will not.
have wherewithal to buy a costly toy
or a pernicious pleasure. Pay your
debts, and you will not have what to
lose to a gamester. Id short, pay your
debts, aod you will of necessity abstain
from many indulgences that war against
the spirit and bring yon into ««aptiwity
to sin, and cannot fail to end in yonr
utter destruction, both of soul and
body,
There canupt be a Rarer proof of low
origin or of an innate meanness of dis
poaition than to be always talking and |
thinking of being genteel.
j
a
do
all
is
by
A MINISTER WHO WAS HUNQ.
for
of
;
in
A Mew Tear'a Letter a Hundred Tear*
Ago aa< Mow.
To tell the story of Dr. Dodd, who
was hong for forgery in 1777, may be
quite out of time in the beginning of
the year 1876 But there is a purpose
in it, and perhaps tbe story and the
moral will prove to be timely, though
the event occurred just 100 years ago
save one.
William Dodd was an English clergy
man, born in May, 1729, and educated
at tbe University of Cambridge. He
married a woman of extravagant tastes,
and in this respect, as in many others,
their tastes were alike.
After being ordained he was made
rector of the parish of West Ham, near
London. There he proved to be so
eloquent that he was soon called into
the city and became one of its celebri
ties. With his popularity and pros
perity he was more and more extrava
gant and reckless in bis style of living
To meet his expenses he engsged in
literary work outside of his clerical
duties; be was made tutor of young
Philip Stanhope, afterwards Lord Ches
terfield ; and at length was appointed
chaplain to tbe King. Chesterfield be
came his best friend : or worst ; got him
through many troubles, helped him to
money, and to his ruin, of course: for,
when he wanted more than his patron
would give him, he committed a forgery
upon Lord Chesterfield for $20,00(1,
was tried, convicted and executed
Great efforts were made to save him.
Tbe jury recommended him to mercy
Noblemen, clergymen, and 23,000 citi
zens of London petitioned the King to
interfere, but the government declined
to do so and the reverend criminal,
under the law of tbe times, was hanged
at Tyburn, June 27, 1777.
Then, as now, oommereial business,
that exchange which requires the con
stant use of paper and signatures, wac
the life blood of social and national
prosperity. To tamper with publie con
fidence in tbe bonds of individuals or
corporations was to taint tbe blood, ot
tbe community, poison tbe springs ot
wealth, derange the circulation, aud
damage irreparably the laws of health
ful trade. A forger might have per
sonal friends to intercede for him, but
government and society looked upon
bint as a pirate, an outlaw, a thief ot
the meanest kind, justly meriting the
heaviest punishment the laws inflict
It was therefore held to be tbe duty of
tho King to interpose no obstacle, but
to let tbe law take its course. Tbe
condemned clergyman became very
penitent. His "Thoughts in Prison"
and ''Reflections on Death" are still
extant and indicate the sentiments ot
an educated clergyman in view of the
scaffold. And so he died.
Even more emphatically now, than a
hundred years ago, the business of men
is carried on by tbe means of paper, and
the confidence felt in the genuineues*
of signatures and tbe honesty of trans
actions, is at the basis of dtily and
hourly intercourse. We give aud re
ceive promises to pay, we make our de
posits iu bank, we take certificates,
hoods, mortgages, relying ou the hon
esty of somebody, for not iu one case
out of a bundled, io the affairs of every
da; life, ia a man able to go back t<>
the original parties, and knojc that it is
all right. He takes it for granted, be
cause of his confidence io human nature
generally, and certain men in particu
lar. And thia cotftdence has become
so large and business habits so loose iu
consequence of it, aod greed has grown
with tbe ease of getting, and money has
cheapened by its adulteration, as rag»
take the place of precious metals, until
it has now come to pass that ciimes like
that of Mr Dodd and crimes in the
same line with his. are of daily occur
rence to the rain of individuals and of
that frost which society has a right to
feel in its representative men. I do
not say that all bankruptcies are crimi
nal, though they are always failures to
pay obligations honestly due. They
are oftentimes the result of misfortunes,
the crimes of others, and events that
no human foresight could anticipate
But, so far as they come from impru
dence, recklessness, greed, baste .to be
rich, improvidence, inattention, extrav
agance, speculation, or an over (an
guine temperament, they are criminal
and merit punishment by law.
All defalcations aie crimes. All
breaches of trust are crimes. All uses
of other people's money without their
consent, are crimes.
Yet it is not uuusual, in our times,
to look upon a defaulter in a bank or
counting room, as a generous fellow,
who intended to put back tbe money he
stole, so soon as he bad made enough
by gambling to warrant him in taming
bimself into an honest man. It does
not occur to me at this moment that we
have punished a defaulter in this city
daring the Isst quarter of a century. I
have no doubt there have been more
than five hundred deteeted in their
crimes.
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requiring the publication annually of
tbe names of defaulting offioers, with
tbo amounts they severally stole. Since
1865 the Uw has not been complied
with It is a good law, bnt it would
be better still to pot the defaulters in
variably into the penitentiary. One
year of righteous justice would save the
country millions of money in the future
When such treasurers as Mann, of
Siratoga county, are caught in their
abuse of trust, they should be sternly
held in the hand of justice. It is earn
estly to be hoped that the professor of
religion, Pond, of Worcester, msy be
compelled to hard labor in'State's Pri
son till the last day of his life on earth.
Aud there are other men whose names
have stood high in the church and
whose false pretences have beggared
thousands, yet these financiers are
clothed in fine linen and fare sumptu
ously every day, while their victims
are hungry and cold. These are seri
ous matters, and big with future ills.
It is not desirable to revive capital
punishment for crimes against property.
Let it be granted that the law con
demning Dr. Dodd to death was wrong,
and was wisely modified. Bnt the
crime, and all similar crimes, by which
the money of others is taken from them
by forgery, or defalcation, or breach of
trust, or carelessness, or deception or
fraud, ought to be punished as crime,
not compromised, covered up, excused
and so encouraged.
Here is the weakness of the public
conscience in this dawn of a new cen
tury of the Republic. This is the fail
ing link in the social chain at the pre
sent day. Men look upon money crimes
as venial sins. One hundred years
ago, Bill Tweed sad Connolly and
Sweeny, and all the men who took the
people's money for work they never
did, would hays bebn BUNS; Harry
Genet and Tom Fields would have
graced the gallows (they never graced
anything else ) How is it now? It is
impossible to discover a public feeling
that demands the punishment of official
thieves. A hundred years ago the men
that let Tweed escape would have been
huog, by law or without law. The lat
ter would have been worse than their
crime : but now there is no official vir
tue nor popular indignation to make
even an inquiry into the matter a pos
sibility.
To what is this tending f Each ad
vancing year increases the desire for
wealth, diminishes the security of prop
erty, enhances the number, the pay and
the opportunities of men holding judi
cial places, weakens publie conscience
respecting stealing, blurs the eighth
commandment in the decalogue, mag
nifies the influence of riches, rewards
success in getting money without scru
ple as to the means, and puts honor on
men who should be dressed in striped
woolens, breaking stone instead of the
laws, in the prisons of the country.
Children in school and in the family
should be taught "it is a sin to steal
a pin, much more a greater thing." I
do not wish to see the gallows made the
punishment for stealing. But, with the
incoming,of the second century of the
Republic, I would be rejoiced to see a
revival of common honesty. Things
would then be called by their right
uames, and treasurers, clerks and trus
tees, directors and traders, bankers, and
all who have the watah and care of
other people's money, would understand
that the meanest thief in this world,
meaner than the sneak thief who climbs
into the window while we are at dinner
and steals, meaner than the man who
steals his neighbor's sheep in the night,
is that professedly honest Christian who
has the custody of another's money and
puts it to his own use, or the man who
abuses the confidence of his fellow men
by forgery or fraud.— Irenatut, in New
York Observer.
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long last a definite movement in regard
to tbe providing of accommodations for
Centennial guests has been made. From
present indications there will be lodg
ings and board for all who may favor
us with their presence, so that New
York need not enlarge her hotel ar
rangements just yet. at least not with
the expectation of seducing our visitor*
from us as soon as they have seen tbe
great show We are going to bave
several very large and splendidly ar
ranged hotels ready for occupation be
fore the grand rush takes place. The
most energetic efforts are making to
bave them models of their kind, and
from the character of tbe gentlemen
whose names appear in connection with
these big enterprises, there cannot be
a doubt that their intentions will be
carried ont to tbe letter .—Philadelphia
Chronicle.
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aa the heroine of tho centennial year
She was born on the fourth of July.
1776, at nearly tbe same hour when the
great bell was ringing oat the news ol
the declaration from the old hall in
Philadelphia. She is in good health,
and hopes to oelebrate the hundreth an
niversary of tba nation's 'birthday in
July next.
If yon have a favor to ask of a man
now, be sore and shat the door after you
when yon go into hia office.
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Taste is the next gift to genius.
Men tire themselves in pursuit
rest.
If rocks ever bled, they would bleed
quartz.
A ray of light travels 192.000 miles
per second.
God sees hearts as we see faces.—
George Herbert.
There are only nine bald-beaded men
in the California Senate.
How frequently it happens that the
experience of others is useless to onr*
selves
Among the Arabs, the inability of a
wife to make bread, is a good ground
of divorce.
Josh Billings says that a red her
ring will keep a man dry better than
an umbrella.
"Grape color" is the name of a new
tint in gloves. It is a blnish plum color
and pretty.
Think all you can of the good quali
ties. of others; and keep silent about their
bad qualities.
A new fabric for ladies? dresses is
"warranted to last until the wearer
bates the sight of it."
With men tbe heart is known by our
words ; but with God our words- are
weighed by our hearts.— Bernard.
The difficulty in life is the same as the
difficulty in grammar—to know when
to make the exeeptioo to tbe rules
Mrs. One-Who-Holds-the-Lodge
Pole-With-Hands was before a Dakota
grand jury as a witness the other day.
If you bn*on bright thought, express
it in the simplest language possible. A
diamond should have a plain sotting.
Tbe most beautiful girl in Washing
ton is Miss Wynne. A ehanee for
some nice young man to Gwynoe and
win.
The gallows on wbieh Hdlenscheid
was hanged in Missouri two weeks ago,
was erected on the highest bluff in the
town.
Swinburne has written a play of 1790
lines on tbe Greek model, entitled
"Frechtbeus," which will be published
in London.
The Temperance Allianee thinks the
spirit of '76 is all the intoxicating
beverage that should be allowed at the
Centennial.
It is of no advantage to have a lively
mind if we are not just. The perfection
of the pendulum is not to go fast, but
to be regular.
Man supposes that be directs bis life
and govern his aotious, when his ex
istence is irretrievably under the control
of destiny.— Goethe.
Why is a man who shoots a granger
like a druggist ? He is a pharmaceutist.
—Exchange. Pharmacy says do better
next time or quit.
One of Tweed's relations says that
he used to be fond of learning verses
from the Bible when a boy. And now
he has committed Exodus.
Keroseqe is superseding pipe knots
of fire kindling in North Carolina, and
the old sexton singeth gaily : "I gather
them in, I gather them in."
Ex-Senator Nye, of Nevada, has so
far recovered bis mind that he has been
taken from the insane asylum. His
uomplete recovery is hoped for.
Never be sorry for any generous
thing you ever did, even if it was be
trayed. You cannot affird to keep on
the safe side by being mean.
Mr. 8purgeon had symptoms of gout
while at Marse'lles, and could not move
for some days, but is much better, and
is able to proceed on his journey.
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Fortune is the best sobool of courage
when she is fraught with anger, in the
same way as winds and tempests are the
school of the sailor boy — Metastasio.
The Duke of Edinburgh has, it is
said, a remarkable memory. After see
iug a play performed onoe, he can re
peat nearly every word the next morn
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A countryman's description of Prof.
Proctor, "He is what they calls 'a say
vaot'—one of them chape as goes into
raptures over things as nobody under
stands."
Love is its own perennial fount of
-treogth. The strength of affection is a
proof not of the worthiness of the ob
ject ; bnt of the largenets of the aonl
which loves .—Rowland Hitt. -
Five great enemies to peace and hap
piness with us, via. Avarice,ambition,
envy, anger and pride; and if tbeae
enemies were to be banished, we should
infallibly enjoy perpetual lifo.
"A seal-skin vest, every button of
a hieb contained a solitaire diamond,"
was what ia aaid to bave once prompted
Commissioner Douglass to advise Su
pervisor MoDonald "to dress more like
a white man and a Christian."
One of tbe girls at Yasser College,
Poughkeepsie, keeps qp her studies,
keeps traek of eight love stories in
weekly papers, writes twiee a week to
five young men, sews for a eharitable
Society, and find« time to praetioe for
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