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, MO^fttAT, NOVEMBER 10, 1879
VOL. VI.—NO 87.
PRICE ONE CENT
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E ntered at the pobt office at
Wilmington, Del., u second-clasz maD
The Weather.
War Department, Offloe of the Chief
Signal Offloer, Washington, Nov. 10—1
A. M.
Indications for Monday—For Now
England and the Middle States, oooler
and partly cloudy weather, southerly
to westerly winds, rising, iollowed by
falling barometer, and light rains in
the northern portions.
SPECIAL MENTION.
Jcst Received bv the Klectbic Line
fbox New Yoiik.— 5,000 pieces of wall
paper, comprising all the latest designs
and tints, whioh we are determined
sell lower than the lowest. $1.00 gold
embossed paper reduced to 75 ots. per
piece; 60c. gold papers to 40c. per
piece ; 25c. satin papers to 22o.; 20c.
heavy grounded papers to 17.c.; 15c.
white back papers to 12Jc.; 12Jo. seo
ond grade white hack papers to lOo.;
J0c. brown hack papers to 8o. per pieoe.
We have a lot of 600 pieoes of brown
hack papers, last spring styles, which
we are selling at 6c. per piece, which
would cost me, including freight, the
same money to replace them in fall
patterns. Those who have small tenant
houses to paper will save money by
buying these goods. In our labor de
partment we are determined not to lie
excelled. A call from those who are In
need ef these goods will oonvluoe them
that this is no humbug advertisement.
Yours Respectfully,
John R. Holt, 223 Market street.
Latest Novelties.— Ladies', misses'
and children's furs, fur robes, fur trim
mings by the yard, ladles' fur oaps, la
dles' and gent's seal skiu caps, plush
caps, ladies' Derby and square crown
stiff hats, gout's silk dress hats, Btitf
and soft hats, Bilk and casBimere caps,
chilkren's stiff and soft hats, silk and
gingham umbrellas, trnnks, valises,
Ac., at Romford Bros., No. 404 Market
street.
Divorcb. —Many a divoroe has been
granted beoaase the wife had the dys
pepsia, and the baby, inheriting the
mother's "fidgets" is a crying baby.—
Poor thing ! Dr. Flagg's Stomach and
Liver Fad will cure the dyspepsia and
the baby too. Office No. 7 E. 5th street.
Uonsnltation free.
To the Ladiks.—Now Is the time to
get your furs repaired or altered in the
latest style. This is being done cheap
every day at the hat and fur store of
W. AUentzer, 227 Market street.
Take Noticb.— Mrs. Daniel Morgan,
who formerly stood in King street, just
above Third, has taken stall No. 93, in
the Third street market, where she will
sell butter, eggs, milk, &o.
Evidently it is for everybody's inter
est to buy their tobacco, oigars, pipes,
Ac., at the great tobacco mart, 4th and
Shipley streets.
Apples.— W. K. Stockley has just re
ceived a car load of fine Western ap
ples, whioh will be sold at reasonable
prices, at the S. K. cor. of Third and
King Btreets.
Maddoch A Co.'s Iron Stone China
dinner plateB, per doz., $1.12 ; break
fast, 98 cts. ; tea, 84 cts. Lawton, 605
Market street.
Brnnet's Bitters, excellent for dys
pepsia, for sale by Taylor A luUarta.
Druggists and Apothecaries, 302 King
street.
Prince Edward's Island maokeral for
sale, wholesale and retail, by James
Blake, at his store, 604 W. Front st.
8utterley A Foster, No. 302 Market
street, are doing the best and cheapest
work iu the oity. Give them a oall.
16 piotures for 25 cents, at Butterley
A Foster's, 302 Market street.
CUPID ON A LAHK.
Uod Plnyln* 16*
the Silver Topa of
The Tonii ii
chief A in on*
Oharrh tttreel.
That the hymeneal fever has struck
Wilrningtou, aud Btruok it bad, our
readers must have noticed by the un
usual .umber of weddings which have
been noted in our columns within the
past mouth. While the gay God who
is supposed to engineer all this sort of
business has, as a general thing, circu
lated amoug the youths and maidens
of proper age, amt has kept himself
pretty straight while he remained up
town, itfieeuifl that once in a while he
loses his hearings and visits the region
of Church street, and it also appears
that when he does strike that section
the Grandmothers and Grandfathers
are made the subjects of his attacks
and the result of his pranks in that di
rection is bringing forth its fruit
A few weeks eiuce we chronicled the
aud festive couple
elopement of a gay
residing on Churoh street above Eighth
whose ages ranged somewhere in the
eighties, and each of whom could count
their grandchildren by the score, and
now we have the acoount of another
couple residing on the same street, who
wentto Philadelphia on Saturday where
they were spliced aooordlng to Friends
ceremony, in tlie presence of twelve
witnesses. This last pair were Thomas
George Lukens aged 78 years, and Miss
Kate Jester aged 65. The happy couple
returned home on Saturday evening
and immediately commenced house
keeping.
Nl. Andretfe-Seflnl-Uentennial.
St. Andrew's P. K. Churoh, Kighth
and Shipley streets, will celebrate its
semi centennial on Wednesday and
Thursday next. The exercises will
commence on Wednesday morning at
10.30 o'olock. There will be holy com
munion, offering for the dlooeaan mis
sion and a historical sermon by the reo
tor. In the evening a sermon will be
preached by Rev W. A. Newbold. On
Thursday morning Rev. W. H. Galla
gher will preaoh. In the afternoon Rev.
Riohard Newton, D. D
A social re-unlon will be held In the
leoture room in the evening and several
addressee will be made.
Flawing Up • Pol »f «»>«*■
A colored man plowing on a farm be
longing to one Price, near 1
Ky., tamed up a Jar containing $1,300
in gold. It had the appearanoe of har
ing been ia the ground a long time.
rmi buno publico.
A Correspondent'* View of Use Mili
tary Phase of llie B-B.
For the Republican.
Messrs. Ferrous:—It is certainly a
matter of very great surprise to the
Republican citizens of Wilmington that
Major S. A Macallister should issue an
order bearing the heading "Head
Quarters, First Battalion D. S. V. M.,
Wilmingtsn, Del.,'' calling* out corn
panics A. and C. of this city, to aid in
the receptiou of Senator Bayard, iu
connection with the high toned "Ex
celsior and Jefferson Democratic clubs,
also the Democratic City Council of
Wilmington. It is certainly a faot
self evident, (no matter how much it
may be attempted to deny it,) that
the whole thing is gotten np as a great
boost or boom to assist Mr. Bayard iu
securing the nomination by the Dem
ocratic National Couvention for Presi
dent. And it is certainly very impolitic
in any man calling himself a Republi
can, to lend his aid to holster up a man
like Mr. Bayard who is one of the most
uncompromising enemies of the prlnoi
pie enunciated by the Great National
Republican party. There is certainly
no man prominently identified with the
Democratic party in the United States,
whose principles openly avowed, could
he more objectionable to a true Repub
lican ttfan Thomas F'. Bayard of Dela
ware. Ills ultra State right views, his
declaration of his principles on the
question of suffrage, aud his whole po
litical record (exoept on the question of
F'inance) are as objectionable to Repub
licans as those of Alexander Stephens,
Jefferson Davis, or auy of the ex Rebel
Brigadier Generals of the so-called Con
federate States. And why our military
companies should be ordered out to re
ceive a mau who soofied at Lincoln's
Hirelings, as they were called,
by himself and his friends dur
ing our great struggle for Na
tional existence, is what our old
veteran soldiers, and loyal citizens in
general, cannot understand. Heel very
that|Captain Wood oithe American
Rifles and at least two thirds of the
commissioned, non-commissioned offioers
and privates of his company, would not
under any circumstauce give their vol
untary aid aud support to a man hold
ing the views of Senator Bayard for
any political office whatever. And 1
believe such are the facts in relation to
Captain Curtis, and a majority (at
least) of the members of his Company.
And lhave been creditably informed
that it is extremely distasteful to a
number of them to be oalled upou
participate in the Democratic
parade at Senator Bayard's boomerang
reception ; and some of the members
positively refuse to appear in the ranks
on that sccasion. Although as a rule,
1 am opposed to insubordination, I most
emphatically state that If I was a mem
ber, I should positively refuse to obey
orders to turn out at a Democratic rally
for a man who had no sympathy with
the soldiers who sacrificed their liveB to
the Slave-holders Rebellion.
sum
to
suppress
I would let them flue me or court mar
tial me, if they dared to do so, for re
fusing to assist in giving eclat to a
who asserts suffrage is a privilege
ferred not an inherent right. Stand up
like men, fellow soldiers, and assert
your manhood. If the Major wishes to
assist in a Democratic jubilee let him
Dare
man
con
do so and take tho oensoquouce.
to do right men, no matter
whom you may possibly offend.
It would he much more oreditsble to
see the members of those companies
abandon their organizations altogether,
than to render their aid in giving eclat
to a demonstration of Democratic Office
holders, and rebel sympathising politi
cians. The Republicans who have been
hoodwinked into this so called non-par
tizan celebration, will find that they
have been made the tools of scheming
Democratic politicians. In conversation
with a prominent Democratic < >ffice hold
er in this city on F'rlday last in refer
ence to the proposed reception of Mr.
Bayard, and the part that several
wealthy Republicans propose to take
therein, he laughed exultingly, aud
said ; "This is not our funeral. If the
wealthy Republicans have made
take bv joining in with the Democrats to
get up"a reception to Mr.Bayard.that is
none of our business." Now my fellow
Republicans what did that assertion
mean ? Siraplv that several heretofore
prominent Republicans have been hum
buged Into participation iu a great
Democratic celebration tocomemmorate
the public actions of a prominent can
didate at the next Democratic Nation
al Convention for President. A man
whose whole public life has been de
voted to overthrow the very principles
and doctrines you profess to adhere to.
Nothing ceuld be more absurd, incon
sistent aud ridiculous than to see in
telligent Republicans joining in a de
monstration to make political capital for
their open and avowed political ene
mies. And if you join In the proposed
celebration you will jnst be doiug that
very thiug.Nothing more, nothing less !
But the most ridiculously absurd
proposition of all those yet advanoed
is that our military companies shall
' _j out armed and equipped,to receive
aoitizen of Wilmington on his return
from Europe, one who detested and
despised the efforts of the soldiers who
went down to carnage and death, dur
ine the late rebellion, to save the life of
this nation, aud who had not one word
of condemnation to utter during the
rebellion agaiUBt the traitors who were
endeavoring by force and arms, to de
stroy the best Government ever estab
lished beneath the canopy of high
heaven. There is another very great
reason why our military companies
should entirely refrain from
celebration
whatever and
this: Previous to
a nii9
here L_
giving the proposed
any oountenanoe
fWastbloniLaf session of the General
Assembly of this State Major Macallister
prepared at great length, with great
labor and great care, a military bill,
with the view of having it beoome a
at that session. To further the ob
leot our military companies proceeded
to Dover, armed and equipped, to give
golat to the inauguration of Governoi
Hall What waa the result f The in
"ugoral address of the Governor, read
?n their presence, utterly disoounte
nanced military organizations, and he
law
had not one word of encouragement
for our soldiers, aud ha did sot, direct
ly or indirectly, countenance the pro
posed arming or equipping of the militia
of this State. But the treatment of our
soldiers did not atop with the Governor.
The military 1>ill above referred to,waH
laid before tho General Assembly for
enactment into statute law. Major
Macallister, aud the friends of the bill,
labored long, earnestly and untiringly
to secure its passage. What was the
result ? The bill was defeated by a
unanimous Democratic Legislature. In
short the Major and his military hill
was democratically snubbed. And
now, in the face of all this, it is pro
posed to turn out armed ami equipped
to compliment the acknowledged head
and front of the Democratic party in
Delaware. Yes, the very man who
holds in his hand to-day the ba
ton which carries the Democratic
party when and wherever he
motions therewith. "Oh consist
ency thou art a jewel." It is gratifying
to kuow that the scales have fallen from
the eyeB of a large number of our citi
zens within the past two days, and
that they now see tho true intent and
meaning of this so-called non-partisan
complimentary demonstration to Sena
tor Bayard, for his past political record.
It certainly would be a very convenient
thing for our Democratic friends to have
our wealthy Republicans put their hauds
in their pockets, and foot the bills of a
great Democratic pew-wow and boome
rang, for Senator llayard's.political ad
vancement.
Gentlemen: Your Republican friends
wish to say to you that not only are
the " eyes of Delaware on you," but
the eyes of every loyal man and woman
iu this country are looking at you at
this hour and trusting for the preser
vation of the great Republican party,
aud earnestly praying to
migbtly God that the party which
saved tliis government from dismem
berment during the infamous slave
holders' rebellion will long continue to
rule it in the interest of all men therein
without regard co race, oolor or pre
vious condition. And this is fully de
monstrated at this hour. The great
tidal wave of pure, uuadulterated Re
publicanism, that rolled up to a great
altitude in Maine, surging around the
Atiantic to its confluence with the
Pacific, it swept along its western shore
and inundated California, spreading
out over Ohio and Iowa, then rolling
back its mighty waters thereby gaining
new velooity, it comes again sweeping
from the East onward to the West and
bears upon its heaving billows glorious
victories for the great, the good and pure
principles of the Republican party from
New York, Connecticut, New Jersey,
Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Nebraska, which Bpeaks in unmis
takable language, that the great loy
al North and West, that conquered the
rebel traitorB of the South by force and
arms on Southern battle fields, will
never give them power by the ballot,
which they failed to acquire with sword
and bayonets. Then in the name of
High Heaven is there in the loyal city
of Wilmington to-day men calling
themselves Republicans, who in this
hour of rejoicing over our recent polit
ical victories, will give aid and comfort
to'the enemy. Think well before yon
act gentlemen. Your political status in
the future will be judged by your
actions of the present.
Al
1'bo Bono Publico.
Nerinon to Railroad Men.
Rev. J. A. B. Wilson, of Asbury M.
E. church laBt evening, preached an
earnest aud eloquent sermon to Rail
road men, ohoosing for his text "Pre
There was
pare to meet thy God."
a very large and appreciative audience,
many railroad men being present. He
spoke of the imminent danger to
whioh these men were continually
subject, aud their pressing need of a
preparation for death. Since he had
been in this oity thirteen persons had
lost their lives on the train, and had
been brought to the dead house on
WalnHt street. Accidents like that
which oocnrre.t a week ago Saturday
uight might ocour at any time, and at
that hour, nothing would answer hut
the consolations of religion, in order
to live in peace in this world, and to
go hence in peace, a preparation for
death was indispensihle. There
the greatest danger in delay. "
pare, net to meet the doom of the im
penitent but to avert it, for there will
come a time to the unprepared on the
road that is leading us to our future
home, when the grade will be down
and a landslide shall have carried
the track, and though yoh re
the engine, yet like No.6 last Sat
urday night, the wheels will slip the
track until the plunge is made, and
the wreck complete." The sermon
listened to with deep interest,
throughout.
was
Pre
away
verse
was
The Bed Hen Jubilating.
The twenty-seveuth anniversary of
Keokuk tribe No. 3 will be held in the
lecture room of tue Masonic Temple on
Tuesday evening next instead of the
Addresses will be delivered
wig-wam. . .
by Great Incohoni, Harris H. Gorham,
of Philadelphia, Judge George W. Lind
sey, past great Incohoni, of Baltimore,
and pale faoe Stansbury Willey,
Henry O. Conrad, Esq , and James U.
Crake, will give select readings. The
exercises will he enlivened by musio
bv a quartette club. The members of
the Tribe will parade from the hall to
the Temple about eight o'clock.
Had Bog Scare.
On Saturday last a mad dog broke
loose among the canines of Brandywine
Hundred. There was a first class ex
citement for the time being in whioh
men as well as dogs took part. The
animal was finally killed by Mr. New
ton Grubb. Among the dogs bitten
were oue belonging to Charles Talley,
one belonging to Thomas Talley, two
belonging to IsaaoN. Grubb, and one
belonging to Alfred Lynoh.
We have our preferences ; but no one
prefers to hear a orylng Baby, when the
faot is so well bnown thit Dr. Bull's
Baby Syrnp would at once relieve the
little sufferer. Rooommended by all
>hyilolans. Askyanr drnggiat fer it.
Mce 25 oents.
THE BAYARIM.
Senator Bayard's Aneertry-LooK
leg a Long Hay Book.
As our citizens are now preparing to
tender a grand reception to Thomas F.
Bayard, the Republican conceived the
idea that a short sketch of the Bayard
family might not be oat of place. Call
ing upon our urbane City Treasurer,
Francis Vincent, who by the way is a
compendium of all that is worth know
ing as regards Delaware or Delawa
reans, the following historical sketch
was gleaned.
The Bayards are descended from Pe
trus Bayard who fled from France to
Holland during the time of the reli
gious persecutions. They weru more
than probable co-lateral descendants of
the celebrated Chevalier Bayard. They
could uot be lineal, as he (the Cheva
lier Bayard) waH never married. Pet
rus (Feter in English) Bayard married
Anneke Ktuyveaant, a sister of the
celebrated Peter Stuyvesant, the last
of the Dutch Governors of New Neth
erlands. This New Netherlands com
prised all the land between the Dela
ware and the Connecticut riverB, as
well as the western shore of the former
river. It consisted of the States of New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania and
Delaware. StuyveBant himself also
married the widow of Belthazar Bay
ard, the brother of Petrus, his (Stuy
vesant's) brother-in-law.
Petrus Bayard had three sons, va
riously named Bathazar, Peter and
Nicholas. One of these (Peter) joined
the Labadists (a religions Beet that
came to Delaware from Holland) and
left New York, and came and settled
in Delaware, where he purchased Bom
bay Hook,of Maecesit an Indian Sachem,
for one gun, and some other matters,
in 1675. From this Peter Bayard are
the Bayards of Delaware, descended.—
Bayard street in New York is uamed
after this family. Amongst the most
celebrated of the New York branch,
was Nicholas Bayard. He was a neted
New York statesman in that day, and
was active in the execution of a Jacob
Leisler. He was afterwards tried for
these prooeediDgs, but succeeded in
getting acquitted. These events oc
enrred at the time William, Prince of
Orange, and Mary his wife, reigned
jointly in England of which, what had
been New Netherlands was then a pos
session of the English crown.
BICUABD BASSETT
the great grandfather of our present es
teemed Senator, Thomas F. Bayard,was
a member of the Couvention that formed
the Constitution of the United States.
His colleagues from this State were:
George Read, Gunning Bedford, John
Dickinson and Jacob Broom. Ho was
a Presidential elector from Delaware
In 1797, and with his oolleagnes,Thom
as Robinson and Isaac Cooper cast the
vote of this State for John Adams, at
the 2nd Presidential election in the Uni
ted States. He was also United States
Senator from Delaware from 1788 to 1793.
He was the first man to cast his vote for
locating the seat of Government on the
Potomao. He was Chief Justioe of
the United States Supreme Court, and
Governor of Delaware from 1798 to 1801.
He died in the month.of September,
1815. aHe left an only danghter, who
married
JAMES A. BAYARD TUB 1ST,
who was born in Pennsylvania in 1767*
He was educated at Princeton College,
and graduated at that institution in
1784. He studied law at Philadelphia,
and commenced its practice in Dela*
In 1790 he was elected a repre
ware.
sentative to Congress for Delaware,
serving from 1797 to 1801 when he was
appointed minister to F'ranoe. In 1804
he was elected by our Legislature to
the Senate of the United States. He
continued to represent Delaware in the
Senate until he was appointed by Presi
dent Madison one of the Commissioners
to negotiate a treaty of peace with
Great Britain. He emlarked in the
ship Neptune from New Castle on the
9th of May, 1813, in company with
Albert Gallatin one of his colleagues.
The other (Henry Clay).going by an
other vessel. They proceeded to St.
Petersburg, hut the F.mperor of Russia
not being there, he (Bayard) proceeded
to Ghent in company with his col
leagues where they made the celebrated
treaty of Ghent, which made peace be
tween us aud Great Britain, aud thus
ended what is known as the war 1812.
At the conclusion of the treaty Presi
dent Madison appointed him Ambassa
dor to Russia. On his way home when
at Paris, he was informed of his ap
pointment to this office but he declined
to aocept it. He returned very sick to
Wilmington in June, 1815, and died on
the 5th of August following. He was
thus only 48 years of ags. He was the
grandfather of Thomas F. Bayard, our
present United States Senator. Iu pol
itics he was a Federalist.
James A. Bayard the 2nd, was a son
of James A. Bayard the 1st. He now
resides af the oorner of Ninth and Mar
ket streets, in this oity, respected by
all who know him. He is, as everyone
in the State knows, the very opposite
to me in political sentiment, but 1 Bhall
always esteem him, as (both politically
and personally) an honest and npright
gentleman. He was born in filming
ton on the 15th of November, 1799, and
he will therefore be 80 years old next
Saturday.
States Senator in 1851 by the Demo
cratic party. Previous to his election
as a member of that body, he had been
nominated as Representative to Com
gress, but his party (the Democratic)
being iu the minority he wss defeated.
In the Senate he was appointed Chair
man of the Judiclarv Committee.
He served until 1863, when he was
re-eleoted, but resigned in 1864, and
George Read Kiddle was elected in his
place. On the death of Mr. Riddle, he
appointed United States Senator by
the Governor in 1867. At the next
session of the Legislature they elected
him to the same position. He waa also
elected the delegate from Wilmington
to the Convention to form a new Con
stitution for the State, which met at
Dover on the 4th of March, 1853. He
left this Convention, on account of dis
satisfaction with its proceedings, in
oompany with John R. Latimer, and
Andrew C. Gray. Mr. Bayard and Mr.
Clayton both opposed this constitution,
He was eleoted United
was
when it came before the people for
ratification, and I gave it no support
for we thought we should have a bet
ter Constitution by calling a new Con
vention.
I suppose most of our oitizens recol
lect that I commenced the movement
in relation to a Convention to reform
the constitution of the State. I ques
tioned three different Legislatures by
oircular, and finally got the Democratic
party pledged to the measure. (This
the reason why I introduce myself
by 3aying, "I gave it no support.")
The principal reason why it was voted
down by the people, was because it did
not give representation according to
population iu the State Legislature.
Mr. Bayard was also a delegate to the
Democratic National Convention that
met in Cincinnati in 1856, and nomi
nated James liuchauan for President.
At this Convention he received 31 votes
for Vice President. He was also a del
egate to the Democratic Convention
whith met at Charleston, S. C., on the
23rd of April, 1860.
From this Convention he with others
seceded, and called a new convention
at St. Andrew's Hall in that city. Of
this convention he was made President,
lie was also a member of the National
Democratic Convention whioh met at
New York in 1868, and nominated Hora
tio Seymonr. Mr. Bayard, (to his credit
be It said) was one of the very few that
came out with perfectly clean hands,
from the credit Mobiller Scandal. He
was often spoken of as a candidate for
the Presidency of the United States.
He was by some considered one of the
strongest men in the Democratic party
for that position.
THOMAS F. DAYABD,
son of James A. Bayard the second, was
born iu Wilmington in October 1828.—
He is therefore bow 51 years of age.—
He was educated at the Flashing school
kept by tho Rev. F. L. Hawks. Mr.
Bayard was originally intended for a
merchant, but he afterwards studied
law, and obtained great eminence in
his profession, lie was admitted to the
bar in 1851. Daring the years 1855
and 1856 he resided in Philadelphia.—
With the exception ot those two years
he has always practiced his profession
in Delaware. In 1863, he was appoint
ed United States Senator from Dela
ware. In 1864 he resigned this posi
tion. He was elected United States Sena
tor for the term commencing 1869, and
ending 1875. During this term of his
Senatorship he was appointed on the
Committee of Finance, Private Claims,
and Revision of the Law.
The same day that Thomas F. Bay
ard was elected to the Senate his father,
James A. Bayard, was alse re-elected
the same position. Thus both father
and son were members of the United
States Senate, and elected on the same
day. [Can this work be mistaken.] If
so this i9 surely the only occurrence of
the kind on reoord iu this country. At
the close of his term Mr. Bayard was
again elected to the United States Sen
ate by the Delaware Legislatnre. He
still holds the position, and If we oan
form any judgment from present ap
pearances, Mr. Bayard will be the
nominee of the Democratic party for
President of the United States. He
has jnst returned to this country
from a visit to Europe, and his friends
oi both parties are making extensive
preparations to receive him.He keeps up
the character of the Bayards for politi
cal and personal honeaty, and integrity,
however erroneous may be his political
views in the estimation of those oppos
to him. And if we are to have a
Democratic President, in that case I
would prefer to see him hold the posi
tion before any other member of the
Democratic party.
I have spoken oue after another of the
lineal line of the Bayards, and their
descendants as public offioers of our
State. There was another, I mean
RICHARD H. BAYARD,
the son of James A. Bayard the 1st,and
brother to James A. Bayard the 2nd,
and the Uncle of Thomas F\ Bayard,
who used to live on the site of where
the Institu e now standB. He was born
Wilmington, November 15th, 1796.
was Senator in Congress from this
State from 1836 to 1839, and from 1S41
1845. He was appointed Charge de
Affairs in 1850 to Belgium. He died in
Philadelphia on the 4th of March 1868.
Mr. Richard H. Bayard was a Whig,
differing in political sentiment from his
brother James A. Bayard.
Riohard H. Bayard was considered
handsomest mau in the United
States Senate, and reoeived the cogno
men of the Chevalier Bayard. His
wife was celebrated as a most accom
plished and excellent lady, who felt a
pride in her husband and had his honor
greatly at heart. One of his sons was
officer in the navy, and met his
death from hot ashes, while ascending
Mount Vesuvius.
The Bayards are not progressive.
They are gentlemen of the old sohool;
they have the ideas of a past age, but
they also have a past age "honor."
They are "Cavaliers" not "Round
heads." Knights, not manufacturers
merchants. They have always been
distinguished in State affairs or at the
never in commeroe or trade. As
as the world would let them aud the
circumstances surrounding them would
admit, they bear the ebaraoter of their
French ancestors in being "without
and without reproach." Every
family inherits peculiar traits from
their ancestors, and they have theirs.
it |ps run in their blood from old
Stuyvesant down to now. Let what
be the struggles they always man
to be on top, where every human
being tries to get and gets that has the
ability. *
Revival at dealt t'hareb.
A very large congregation attended
the services at Scott M. E. church
evening. There was a ready
response on the part of a considerable
portion of the membership to the call
laborers, whioh waa made. The
prnspeotB are very cheering for the out
pouring of God's blessed spirit of salva
on the people Three persons
were received into the membership of
ehurch by letter. There will he
protraoted effort throughout this
week, Saturday evening peshaps,
exoepted. All interested in this good
work and not otherwise engaged are
invited to help in this good matter.
THE FOOTPAD'S BULLET.
A Young Merchant of this UHjr
Waylaid, Shot and Bobbed
Wllhln bight of HI. own Door
step.
"My God, I'm murdered!" This cry
ringing out on the evening air arrested
the attention of Mr. Alfred Ferguson,
as that gentleman was passiug the
corner of Pennsylvania avenue and
Clayton streets on Saturday evening
last,about eight o'clock. Mr. Ferguson
paused and listened, there was consid
erable noise on the street at the time,
an alarm of fire had just been struck
and men were running in answer to
and Mr. F. thought that he might have
been mistaken or that the cry came
from some one running on the other
side of the street. But in a few seconds
the cry came again, this time more dis
tinct, and carrying with it the keen
agony of a death wail, "Help, help,
murder!" The cry came from Clayton
street and sounded but a short distance
off. Clayton street at this point
very dark at that hour in the evening
and objects were indistinguishable at
very short distance. Mr. Ferguson
could see nothing but darkness but
feeling that some one needed assis
tance he rushed in the direction from
whence the cries proceeded and had
scarcely advanced fifty yards from the
corner when he came upon the body
a man lying full length across the
pavement.
It was hnt the work of an instant
raise the fallen man when to his horror
Mr. Ferguson features of discovered the
Millard T. Toft, one ef his neighbors,
and at the same time saw that he was
shot as^blood was upurting out of
bullet wound in his right temple. Mr.
Ferguson immediately tied his handker
chief over the wound to stop the flow
blood, and called for assistance which
soon came, and the wounded man was
removed to his home a short distance
above Clayton on Pennsylvania Avenue,
and messengers immediately despatch
ed for Dr, Greenleaf the family, physi
cian.
Pending the arrival of the physioian
Mr. Toft the wounded mau who
had partly recovered from
Bhock he had sustained gave
the following acoount of the manner
whioh he received the wound :
He had closed up his store, Third and
French streets, where he carries on the
shoe-finding business, at about half
past seven o'clock in the evening and
had passed up Frenoh street to Twelfth
where he stopped at --
grocery store where he had some busi
ness to transact. On the way np Frenoh
from Third to Twelfth, he notioed that
three men were following him, bat paid
no attention to the fact at the time,
other than that he notioed they kept
the same distance behind him all the
way np. On leaving the grocery store
he did not see the men and he supposed
they had gone on out French street.*
Mr. Toft then passed up Twelfth street
to Delaware avenue and thence on to
wards home without meeting anything
unusual until he reached Clayton street
and Pennsylvania avenue, when he
heard some one call him by name.
Looking up Clayton street he saw two
men standing alcngside the fence
which surrounds the lawa of Mr. Tay
lor Gause, whose residence stands at
the intersection of those streets, one
them being a tall, dark whiskered
fellow, while the other was somewhat
shorter and very stout. Mr. Toft hesi
tated a moment on the corner when the
tall man again spoke, saying: "Mr.
Toft can I see you a moment?" Not
suspecting anything, and thinking that
the man was an acquaintance, Mr. T.
hesitated no longer but advanced to
ward the two men. He had almost
reached the spot where they stood,
when the tallest one suddenly sprang
forward and caught Mr. Toft by the
collar of his coat. A teasel then insned
between the two. Mr. Toft divining
they meant robbery, drew his revolver,
but had hardly succeeded in getting it
out of his pocket when the short mau
stepped up behind him and struck him
severe blow on the back of the head
with a blunt instrument, felling him
the pavement. His revolver was
then wrenched from his hand by the
tallest man who immediately placed
the muzzle against the right temple of
the prostrate man, and fired, the ball
entering the right side of the head
about half way between the temple aud
the ear.
Mr. Toft lost consciousness for a few
minutes after the shot was fired, aud
when he recovered the men bad fled,
and when Mr. T. found he could not
rise he called for help. Mr. Ferguson
heard his cries and found him as above
stated. An examination of the wound
man's clothing indicated pretty
rough handling, and the torn and emp
pockets proved conclusively that the
cause of the assault was robbery.
In a short time Dr. Greenleaf arrived
followed by Dr. Grimshaw, and after
making an examination the physicians
probed for the ball but although they
could touoh it, its position was too dan
gerous for them to attempt to remove
and they gave it as their opinion
that while the wound was a bad one,
was not necessarily fatal in its char
acter; they also discovered a contusion
the back of Mr. T.'s head, caused it
supposed by the first blow received
described above.
After plaoing the wounded man safe
in bed, Mr. Ferguson aud several
others procured a lantern and went
back to the scene of the assault.
Upon searching they found Mr. T.'s
revolver, a seven shooter, with one
chamber emptied, a cloth bag in which
T. had about $20 iu silver, and a
small buckskin purse. The cloth bag
emptied but the small purse which
evidently been dropped by the rob
bers had not been opened and oontained
about $20 in notes.
That the assault was a premeditated
there is hardly any doubt, as in
addition to the facts that Mr. Toft no
tioed the men following him on French
street, the lamp at Pennsylvania Ave
and Clayton streets, where the as
sault ocourred, had been extlnguislud
_,, a
evideutly by the robbers. A great deal
sympathy is expressed for Mr. Toft
who is spoken of very highly by those
who know him. He was for some years
-__ - if- a a w
foreman for Mr. A. S. Jones, and but
few months since started buAiness for
the
Cove plants, Ohinooteague and all ol the
best grades oi oysters received dally at tfara
n8r , s 0 , 8t4r depot, cor. Seventh and Shipley,
when friendship's sail on wedlock's seas,
And squalls arise hem a spanking breeze,
"Rooked In the cradled the deep,"
The wind won't let the youngster sleep,
ns then you try, "Alas! poor Yemeni'*
To quell the storm with paregoric.
himself at Third aud French streets.
He has been married about three
veara
and has but one ohild. His young
wife has also been nearly crazed by the
shock.
At 11 o'clock this morning the
wounded man was resting easy, no
ohange either for better or worse hav
ing taken place. His physicians have
hopes that he will recover,although the
bullet cannot be removed from the
wound.
HAS THIS ANYTHINO TO DO WITH THE AT
TEMPTED ASSASSINATION 1
In connection with the dastardly At
tack upon Mr. Toft, our attention has
has been called to a letter received by
that gentleman on Saturday morning
last, from a wholesale manufacturer of
Philadelphia, from whom Mr. Toft has
been purchasing his leather. The letter
says in effect that the wholesale dealer
in question had received letters from
the letail leather dealers in Wilming
ton,urging him not to sell Mr. T. leath
er at the same rates on which he dealt
with them and threatening to withdraw
their custom if he continued doing bo.
The manufacturer in the letter informed
Mr. T. that owing to this opposition he
could not sell him any more except at
advanced rates.
Mr. Toft had always paid his bills,
dealt squarely with both his dealer and
his customors, and in fact is spoken of
in the highest terms, both in his busi
ness and private relatiens, and he felt
that while he had just started in busi
ness it was very unjust in the dealers
of this oity to take this unfair advan
tage of a man who was in honest com
petition with them.
We do not know that the above will
furnish any clue to the dastardly at
tempt upon the life of the young mer
chant, but the reader will no
doubt come to the conclusion that
it puts the retail dealers of this
oity who sent the notice to Philadelphia
in anything but an enviable light, aud
some may also think that the man
or set of men who would thus endeavor
to crush a competitor in the fair field
of business competition, adopted ona
mode of blighting the prospects of Mr.
Toft, while the foot pads who shed his
life blood for his money adopted
another.
There is a prospect that beer will be
higher. F'redrick Lauer, Reading's fa
mous brewer, says that the remarkable
soarcity of hops in toreigu countries
has induced speculators to buy up alt
American hops for foreign shipment.
He also says that the home crop of hops
is only about sereutv-five per cent of
what it eras last year, that the supply
for horns consumption is not large
enough and that these facts will surely
advance hops to a high price; that the
foreign barley crop is also short and
America is furnishing large supplies
to England, that American barley will
advance, and that these advances will
probably put lager and ale up a few
dollars a barrel._
The attertion of property owners,
contractors and house-keepers is oalled
to Mallory's Patent Air Closet, cheaper
and better than water or earth closet.
Warren Harper, cor. Front and Market
streets, sole agent.
BREVITIES.
.Sun sets 4.48.
Sun rises 6.40
Has summer come again ?
Fiich Ion pcjm that a lady In her own par
lor should be dressed in accord with the fur
niture oi the
Duck wheat mixed with sweet skimmed
milk is ihe. test lood ior the rapid fattening
of l .'Wl«.
When you h lye occasion to utter a rebuke,
let your words be soft and yoor arguments
hard.
G. S. Humphrey, hatter and iurrier, aid
Market 3troet.
Will tho "Bird (Guards" turnout in the
deception reception ?
Don't leave yonr doors unfastened, and thus
invite thieves to enter and help themselves.
The protracted meetings in progress In va
rious sections ol the country
very successful.
French china and granite cups and sancera
cheap at the VJo. store; also flower stands.
A place should be made in the Democratic
parade to-morrow night ior the City Hospital
employers.
When a man has a debt to pay it is proper
for him to raise the money, but it he raises a
draft lie must go to jail.
Wo ought not to judge of men's merits by
their qualifications, out of the use they make
of them.
Cupping and leeching at No. 103 E. Second
street. Residence No. 403 East Second street.
Something always turns up when locals be
oome dull. What a god-send to reporters tho
Bayard boom is!
The " Gazette " has a crumb of comfort
from Yazoo, Mississippi. It went Democratic.
The " Wido Awake " range is the boat and
cheapest; lound only at
Shipley.
A Philadelphia bride recently wore a lace
veil three yards lomr which had once been the
property of Marie Antoinette.
Has Mr. Bayard heard of the Republican
boom in the North yet ?
Delaware is a small State, but she has one
large iurniture house—207 Market street, Wil
mington.
Sugar beets at our office weighing twelve
pounds each. Enormous!
When will wo get accustomed to cold
woather ?
The " Edison " parlor stove, which is a sell
iocd sr, can ho seen at Simpers', 111 W. Eighth
street. Call and see it.
Will the Board of Education tura out in the
Bayard deception reception ? Betwoen that
and the Excelsior Democratic club, the Presi
dent of tho Board would scarcely know which
horn of the dilemma to chooso,
the President of the club.
reported as
Ciuigg's, Ninth and
he is also
Thaoksffiving is Nov. 27th. This is a warn*
in# to turkeys. They will now ref use iood and
roost high.
A Lancaster Democrat says " he wouldn't
vote the Republican tloket for $1,000,000,
uo.000.000. " Perhaps not; hut we can as
we have determined not to pay
We can go to New York and
three votes lor that amount.—
sjre hiu that
cent more,
buy tw»
Norristown " Herald. "
Anything made ol wire or light Iron, wire
grave covers tor oiamplo, can be obtained ot
Arthur W. Brown, No. '£U W. Second street.
To the high-spirited hut poverty-stricken
man there comes nothing that can thrill him
with tho joy he l:ols when he discovers that
his coat tails are long enough to cover ups.
patch that has got to go on his pants.
The lilies of tho field have pistils, and
every clttzon of Texas is "arrayed like ona
ol these. "
It Is in the power of tke meanest to tri
umph over fallen greatness, and to do It
shows the mean man.