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FRIDAY MORNING, OCT. 27, 1848.
T. JcANBELL,
Francis Vnec*NT,
Lorum, M. D., the
.itenty Editor.
Editors.
" Milford
Jn
Br.rd,
Democratic White NbrtlnaBou*.
PRESIDENT,
GEN: ZACHARY TAYLOR
:e president.
MILLARD FILLMORE.
GOVERNOR,
WILLIAM M'CAULLEY.
CUNGRI'-Sf.
FOR REPRESENTATIVE Tt
JOHN W. HOUSTON.
FOR SHERIFF»
JOHN RICE.
FOR CORONER.
William Simmons.
FOR A CONVENTION.
;Wts*s:
hrri'rTlm' mb^thh' *\V e Vr«
»tinunit)- lue
next paper the publi
cation of a review of the Convention and Re
form movement, by Augustine Maiily, E«q..
the present day. It
be « rich treat to politicians goner
In particulat.
We shall begin
from its earliest
promises t
«rally and
The Broken Heart, ■
Vi
TRlCMfllANT
in Death. —As great anxiety ia manifested, by
many of
Broken Heart , which
raised
r ? ** i / ■ us,
read the story of The
sometime
forthcoming, bnt which, for certain
that the
teasCn*, was postponed ;
Aral part will appear next week, if nothing
pires to prevent it. Car readers will recollect
that» a short time since, the Milford Bard, in
liis rambles, happoned to fall in company with
ia ladies, one of whom told him or a circum
stance which had recently transpired, on which
he might found a touching tale. The heroine
of this true story, who died a short ti
a beautiful, gifted, amiable and virtuous
young lady, whose peace of mind was blasted,
and whose heart was broken by an Idle
Which wm circulated during a political «ontest
lo prevent the election of one of the Candida
Thu hero of the story, is a gentleman of high
rcopectability, whose heart is alive to honor and
all the finer feelings of our nature, and who, we
Certain, would spurn the very idea of stoop
ing to a dishonorable action.
The leading incidants of the slory
having recently occurred—ihe harte#, of Cohfse
fictitious, and some parts of the tale
embellished by a poet's fancy, to give interest
to the plot. It is a tale calculated to louclt the
tendei^.iart, and todrid the fountains of feclinp
b^^^P^nrth. Still belter» it 1s calculated to
|HHhJiy awakening, the mind
ingsT a Iio
be in
careless word
fellow be
how careful we should
ing unguarded expressions, when s
words,
y blast the reputation, and break the heart of
innocent being in the bloom of her beauty.
Igh her, after days and months of un
imely tomb. It is
ulterable anguish,
cruel to drag a lovely lady i
arena for the purpose of preventing the eleclio
of a
the political
, but thus have
stcrificcd
the pyre of party spirit. Wi
the htdy of Gen. Jackson.
The story of the Broken Heart will
several
OCCUp}
it is a
but be read with the deep
be certain of
crest. Those who wreh
cat
having it, had bet
though we publish ;
exhausted, before
accommodated.
subscribe
, fe
edition, it is always
half who apply are
We observe a long letter from
Louis McLane to a Committee of Cass men
The Vi
of this city, co
denning General Taylor because he is opposed
to the exercise of the
ending the
, except upon
of unconstitutional or hasty legislation.
trouble of leading tlx
letter he will percei
soundness, its anti-republican tendency, and
be struck with the wcnderful facility with
which great minds and great n
for the sake of party—every
mon sense knows that the
Preside
will take
its sophistrj and un
of
, by which a
forbid the enactment of a law bj
the representatives of the people, is a kingly,
a despotic power. It in a relict of monarchy
fathers for useful purposes,
peeling it would be made
In tho hands of a Prcsiden*.
, John Ada
retained by
bet
ginc of drspoli
Neither Jeffers
nor John
raid be
Quincy Adams
better out of the consliluti
used it, and i
nit. Why
nhould or
ran hat
thwart the ag
gregated will of twenty millions of freemen !
and in time, one hundred millions ! In Delà
I'
we have
veto, and
ruption in legislation—here the Legislature
make the law», not th
Governor. Mr. Mc
a little of tire old federal leaven—
Ira is a cunning old politician.
is tho honest, independent
an ultra whig—
will do right regardless of party. Give
us the good old Gen., who, like Ciocinnatus
and Washington, can hnndle the plough and
the sword for the goo$%f hi
Gen. Tayl
didate, who is a whig, but
who
Kent County Convention Meetino.— On
Saturday last the Convention
of
the ftirther
Dover
;
good
ths follow
I o'clock, in the Hall of the
es. A committee of (
appointed
ngat Do
was small,
thn unfavorable
otice, and
■ '
the weather, sh>
fact that
persons expected fo be at Dover
this week. It was however very harmonious
and enthusiastic, and there
«peaking. It adjourned
ing VV ednesday at
House of Repräsentativ
half of each party.
the next mectmp--aleo *
to present officers
committee of twelve, composed in like manner
to present a report or address to the pcoplo of
Delaware. The Convention Ball ia in motion
in Kent M
may he the
ing, hut
suckers of the parties will be
cdly frightened. 1.
except with the words »* F
wall as New CAslle, and whatever
lose noth
in the people
gain, and the old hunkers and
deposlte a ballot
a Convention"
It.
Titr. I sur pendent Dki.aWahian. —'This sheet
ned and edited by John Newton llarkcr
oler, ii
is
Esq.. and its priryripal writer and
Mr. James Montgomery. This paper has pro
fessed to be independent, nnd if this indepen
dence means to be reckless of what is said r.nd
its columns, let the public know it;
if it means independent of political and other
our control, then, thn sh
is changing
last numhe
Ihr
appeared vituperative pieces, kn
bo slanderous, by every one who knows John
Rice, Ksij., intended murcly as political abuse
to injure liis election, (though fr
injustice and violence they will do him good.)
Now, who arc accountable lor ibis abuse ? Are
those who control the sheet 1 Could those
abusive pieces appear will
the editor and contrôler!
the public as the w
list
their known
" the sanction of
^ these
political ofiend
; unde r the pretext of independence, they
suffer the most vicious abuse of ourselves as
z:
I*
well as other citizens. We have been request
ed to publish some statements disparaging Mr.
tîrubh : whether true
dined. Our columns are open to all proper
communications fur the promotion uf virtue and
correction of vice at all ti
or low places; but
If the contrôlera of that sheet
continue its ah
ourselves, so bo it. Wo shall do
whether in high
for
ous purposes,
proper to
of «ho Whig candidate, and
cm justice,
in candidate for Governor, it is
As
the first time, by a great many, that spite
have charged him with that of
which he knows nothing. The " ihres"
munications i
fel scribble
who knew nothing, (as
last paper were each writ
by different pe
believe) of each others communication.—
Mr. Luke F. Kelley*# communication,
respectable
will show that a
a very
, in this paper,
tain portion of tho inis
II the false reflee
luralized citi
ble abuse of Mr. Rice,
lion upon a worthy Irishman, i
hearly every person in this commu
nity believes equa'ly Without foundation. Let
every reflecting citizen ask himself what this
reckless course
unfounded—
I
ards Mr. Rice,
ost Useful, benevolent, and upright citizen
Ihe authors, aiders and abet
of Ihe
means! Who
of such a shameful
1
Mechanics.—U nder
Manufacturers a*
the tarifT of 1842, you w
depression
1846, you
and
raised from great
the tariff of
o prosperity, ôi
this time very many
e measure deprosnod
nufaeluring
oppid,
ployinent. 1 his, o r Lself, Is the strangest evi
dence of the comparative merits of the twotar
itfe—-all the fine spun theoretical argumente ol
fio'ilicians can't upset tlusn ttlf-cvidmi fae
•e Gen. Ca
mills and establish
s h
their workmen and
then why nd
1846,
the tarifT of
ing it has injured the manufacturers
audSteorkiiiOh ! D ibit be CaasV policy. K
r*Vj»n gootr To. fnonny «hovers—it may he
•xj&for slavery, but it will
profit much
the labor of freemen. The tarifT of 184(3,
Uinly more bénéficiai lor the operatives than
thon that of 1846, though neither of them
Qlestioni.no Candipates
orricc.—We
Gazet
copy the following trom the Delaw
of Tuesday last :—
Listen to the voice of the departed patriot
Andrew Jackson t
" I say, again, fellow-citizens, remember the
fate of a
ient Rome, and vote ros
o will not tell you with ihe franknett
V an independent freeman the principle
which, if elected, he will adminitler yo
U/M
That man deserves to re a slave who
would vote fora MUM CANDIDATE, when
hit liberties are al stakt."
We cot
;nd the aboi
the candidates o
both
M big and Democratic parties,
be questioned by comtni
aboi
of large
pectable bodies of the electors t f this
n id
subjects of great public importance.
answer, does not deserve
Hn who refuses
hope will
freemen. We hope there
md
the support *
party slavt
Convention
! !—The clique
your bitter
your friends—all
Aw i
ters and leader
of both parties
»pponenta. Tho people
ho la tvyers, judges, oflicc holders, office seek
rs and cliquesters, with
of the aristocracy
opposed to Convention ; be
of both parties,
u ,
pposed it would bring about a
constitution giving all the power of choosing
ill their public officers by the people, instead
of having it done by a cliq
public plonder that falls lo
these fellows abuse the people—abuse and
every one engaged in the
their share. Hence
■
onventio
tad EL i
Poor fellow
-they
Dining and tremble ! !
Mobk Annexation.—T he iiihubitante of Ihe
Canadas
exalion to tho United States, and i
probable that the day is not distant when they
will form a part of the Americsn union. In the
in great fe
the subject of
Spam, Mr. Saun
der«, is making efforts by order of
islration to ptrrchuse Cuba. We havo territory
ouglt. We prefer Canada to Cuba. But if
havo both,
of slavery. No
or slave States should be the watchword of
every freeman of every party.
ost take it free front
the
slave territory
... , , . , . .
Wednesday afternoon last, bringing
Liverpool papers of the 14llt i
the passage in the astonishing short space of
eleven days—tho quickest
news by the Europia is highly interesting, par
ticolarly that from Ireland and Austria,
The conviction of Smith O'Brien w
ally expected ;
lion or
of a recommendation m m
the jury which convicted him,
The Steambhip Kunot
York
arrived
New
and made
'.MU I
, perhaps, his couden
actual execution, which last. In tho face
to mercy
tho part of
appears scarcely
grave
which the remora or r«pul>llean Jtro
, 1 .i
jectaanda Hungarian league glr. additional
signiftcancy* Not the least sortons circuits
stance, perhaps, In European affairs. ia the do
dining power of Cavaignac. lie has mied
K> . ' . • t . f wit
Prance and be a. ye utttemred republ c wfe*
!y, pacifically» and It cannot be doubted, paw
triotically. A change of ministry—the subtil
provisional chief, tliecreollool'y
n and tho efertlon of a ! real
.
.syIvanin they
aiicceeilcd in electing Gov. Johnson by
, J
and In Ohio, Scabliry ford
(the Whig candidate) majority is about SCO
redible. The
revolution in YU
, and
the aecond flight of the Kmp
«venta»
of a third goveri
Constitut
dent—might, and probably would, bevthe
casion of difficulties and disasters.
I !
i.—P ennsylvania
RioECI
have
readers that
After the moat fluctuating accounts,
satisfaction of
in both of the
elected their Governor. In Pe
cing -
great States, the Whigs have!
nearly 300 votes,
LOCAL milLLlOFACT,.
Tiilitieal Correipomtence .— Alexander Porltr,
C. P. Johnson, it. F. Askew, W. K. Ssllsrs,
Hsniv Hinkt, Wm. Penn ChsmlUw, A. C.
Il nul lord, John McClung, William Ilulfington,
W illisin G. Whittley, Gsor.« Ussil Rid dis
and Jacob Bsrr, a comtnilleo anpointed by the
Dsmocrslie nsity, wmtslo ths Hon. Louis Me
l.snc of Baltimorp, fotmrrly of lliis alaiolo ad
dioas a mssling of Ilia Democrats, in their
letter they mention the revolutionary services of
bis father, and state they look to
cil nnd aid, Ac.
the .non before
cojm*
. they also ask his
the American peopfTand «i
ional measures. Mr. McLann
in s letter of about four colttm
which he
brancc in which he is held by liis
in length in
es he is grateful for the remem
—l.e allude*
ic confide
: reposed in him,
and of Ufa holding tho high
union, and regrets from the
Democrat
operate with the
present canvass. Ho states
sontekt f r the Presidency
pie than the present—that
without principle, and desire to
fuller of evil
the wliigs
offices—that all previous parties w
' ers of prinrip e—that the Democratic
parly always adhe red to popular rights,.*,-..
&c., is against a United Stales Bank ; alludes
to the opposition of Gen. Jackson on
of his being a military chieftain, upon whom
he passes a high etilogiuiu—speaks of General
T.ylor.
whose popularity the whigs wish to rido i
r ; in favor of the veto power ; alt
es Gen. Taylor, for pledging liiir.6elf not
the veto power ;
an uncompromising opposition to the ins'itution
of slavery, without shattering tho union into
«y
to get the
e decided
that thee#
'
Cas«, and opposes t
The above are all the principal matters treat
ed ol in the letter. It is like ail the Demo
cratic speeches, containing the same ideas, and
sentiments, and nearly
There is rarely any difference i
speeches.
languaM—
in political
A Mau Meet inf.' of the Whigs, will he held
Brandywine Springs, on Saturday, 10 o'clock,
A. M. The mooting will be nddressed hy the
Hon'«. John M. Clayton, John W. Houston
d Morton McMicI
The Ball .—The memt
« of the F'redouta As*
semblv, had a hall at the City Hall, cn Friday
night last; a large number attended, and mosi
of the company, particularly the Mechanics, be
haved with great propriety. A few of the young
BIihhIi drank a /title
misbehaved. A number of them towards
ing, led
uoh strong water and
hy " Brick Top ," nearly ail how
I. commenced abusing
i I
t Flail, wd
conduct of the young uri
Corontrt Inqueit .— An inqnc
* 16th in«!., bv Henry L. 1*
held on
st., by Henry L. I'eckard, Fîsn.. at
City, upon the body of Kliam Bray,
found drowned in the Delaware,
that place. Ycrdict, accidental drowning.
Singular Circumitance .—Tho Centreville
the folIon ing singular
circumstance, of a little girl, the daughter of a
respectable fa
from Templesville, in
Slate. The little girl i
years old, and until attaining her fifth year,
laboured under an impediment in her speech,
which was thought to bn incurable. At that
Delaw
'.ill I
(Md.,) Times, red
who resides to
• about eleven
thought
ime, for some trilling indiscretion, her mother
spoke quickly and sharpley to her ami boxed
rare ; and singular to relate, from that
ment for four months the child
word. At the. expiration of that time, however,
when thn afflicted mother had hbcomo almost
frantic al her supposed instrumentality in de
priving her child of even her impaired speech,
this faculty was again restored—and what is
incomprehensible, without the slight
kind—a blessing which
)■ enjoyed to the present
Iff
still
impetliincnl of ar,
uninterrupted);
-it, I,
Hejoidng .—On Saturday last, thn Whigs of
lliis city, fired twenty-six guns, in honor of tin
Whig victory in Fennsylranin, and three fo
the victory in F'lorida.
Democratic Meeting .—On Saturday evening
last a democratic meeting was held in the City
Hall, which was addressed by a Mr. Thompson
from N. Jersey, and Wm. G. Whitely Esq.,
the democratic candidate for Congress. The
inerting was not as large as usual, but a part ol
the time quite enthusiastic. A rather
incident occurred ; two very respectable gentle
acting with the democratic par
inated as Vice-Presidents» but de
loudly that they did not bc
iw, that they were " Burn
, herelofo
ty, w
dined, singing
long to the party
Whig Meetings .—'Hie followin
«ill be held before the elèc 1
At Brandywine Hundred, a
Farmer, on Monday, #Oth Inst., at 2 o'clock
P. M. At .St. Georges, Tuesday evening, 31st
at 6 o'clock. At Cantwell's Bridge, Wedncs
day evening, November 1st,
Middletown, Thursdny, Nov. 2d, a
F. M., and 7 o'clock in thn evening,
gow, Friday aflernhon, November, 3d,
o'clock. At Christiana Village, Saturday
November 4tli, at 2 o'clock, F. M„ and New
ark dur ng lira evening of the sa
A Whig meeting of Appoquiniiniuk'aiul the
neighboring hundreds was held at Blackbird, on
Saturday last. It was well attended.
A Caw meeting was held
Co., Del., on Saturday last. A Cas« meeting
was held at Sraford, which was addressed by
Wm. G. Whitley.
Wm. G. Whitely in his answer
of W m. Chandler, Joseph Loyd
n, the " Free Soil" party, Mates he i
to Congress, passing any laws in re
ig Whig meet
in«,
■
9 o'clock. At
3 o'clock,
At Glas
2
Laurel, Sussex
the letter
d J. W.
Du
opposed to Congress, passing any laws in re
,a,,0 . n 10 «lavery in the Territories, in other
words opposed lo the " F'
mado
Soil" party.
Naturalien !. —A
Dim ul
citizens hi
do application to the Court, now sitting
Dover, for naturalization patters. On Wednt
day last, between thirty and forty left this city
in the steamboat Zephyr, for lit
purpose.
The City Council have rc-sppoitiled David L.
Moody, High Constable; John Vandcvcr and
Isaac Clark, Police officers ; and Josish Sporks
and. Samuel Buzina, city officers. The police
officers are salaried officers, ami attend
crimi,» 1 bu.in... uf ll.o city. Tbocilj uffirtulfully.
attend to the collection of debts, Ac.
the
The Sumior Court of Xtw Cattle Cmmtyt |
E**'* "Ù N *"Lp'" lle ' on Tuesday, thn 14th of
,h " lrl ' l
hot, fuutlcenof whtehare of Inal and argument.
|Th , Mining Ihe e inoa, via t-rT..p«r«JSal„rdaj
6; Debt, 8j Cas«, 47; Set. ft. 5; Rule, 3 ;
Replotin, f ; Gov't, 3; Issue, 1 ; Appeal, 6;
1 ; Ku,e \ 1 * 1 «rtioran,
10; Casc*at*d, 1 ; Demurrer, 1 ; Appea from
t j f,.Libel Ihr Divorce, 1. PP
I he following are thn lawyers and number of
ce»«a in »Ditch each one a e engaged, vit t—J
ÿh'"*. 16 i J«"»« *• Hoyard, U 1
3; Uradfqtl 6; James A. Bayard, jr., 1» ; tlor
don, 5 ;Mn>1finglon, V; Osborne, 1 ; Harr, &;
C hand 1er, i ; Ü. Regers, 3 ; Johnsen, 7; Wolfe,
JL
FWoWing are the sliitors, viz:—Of
ÏVr^ww-Gcorge Hava v Wtm Reynolds;
James MtLaughlin v Richard and Mary Row
land { J.B. Hamilton v Alexander II. Dixon;
Samuel fttajd v Jordan Uikon; Robert Morri
1B0 " v J tie pit Neisa. t)f Debt— Mi
''eniphHIiaoB'gnrri r John lleuijiilin ; Siele
!U»e of Pel» Mitilatrick el. al. v Wen. Adkins :
«'Farmor.' i|id Mechanic«' Bank v Jehu Me
Daniel.
W. Ivi
i^nt, 3 ; Dower, 1 ; Rule, 1 .
4Ô ; Case Hated, I ; Demurrer, 1 ; Appeal from j
Vegister, Libel for Divorce, 1.
the lawyers and nutnbe
ich each one a s engaged, vi?.
,16; James A. Bayard, 12;
, 14; Wales, 15; Platt, I3{
A. Bayard, jr., y ; (lor
iWnglon, y ; Osborne, 1; Barr, 6 |
,7; Wolfe,
in
1«.
The
A
'»•legier v Tho.
al ; George Grubb ? R. T. P. Clay
; lssaeKmith v Jessup & Moore; Rod. rick
McDermrtW John McCormick; Scull A Themp
rood v J. C.
ird
!v "■ ft l'aider 5 Ralph U .
S'™'»*»! J. L. Hsdtlsn & Co. v W. H.
j?"" i JM"' » O N«» » H. Hay«rd ; Itsynnfdl
5J 0 ., f M- Black; Robert Me
"■ ll " «/W 1 .? Chi.!., MoCsIi | Chidoe h
d?" RoBsiid ; M. K. Carnahan v J.
M - K - Gamshsn * Alcxandn. &
tlh S>n * IW« v CharlssJMc
S" ' frfjf nia " dt B««!, v Joseph F.mm
" m . v A. Scrvervo# j Tliroeki
an ;
ton
" ! .
Ur:
n: K
Tllcugh; Owen, K
^ & Co. v
; J - Godley, Spry & (To. v S. H.
Black ; J,Godley, Spry & Co. v ^jAh-L"ar ;
1'I'ISI D(i v Gsorij. Ils« | H. F. 3 aV. if„,l
VVin. G. Meredith v D.i
ney v Geéf» Grubb .
vid M. ttaKirn; R. McFarlai.'s adm'r D. II.
N. C. TdA. v Rockland Manufacturing Co.;
Bcnj. P. Townsend v John S. Tov
Dan. PriwA Co. v Justin Pierce; GfiL K.
Ilukill v Austin Tomlinson; Tho. C. Garn it v
Bnn. Rollon ; James K. Price tc Co. v John .
Marly; II. Garrett & Co. v Dan. Woll; jj.
*' ' ' . v Nat. Wolfe* .Solomon Town
...id « Jos.ll, ForemH.; J.'m. B.usi.sck k
Co. v W. I. Barritt; Buckley & Brother v
I lolliuswjkAli A Teas • C D Hl inev*« V v
1 UockU.'d M..,nl.s»,.ln.
C., , J,.lm|.np,„ ; Sam, , w. G. J„l,„.
's Bank v Joseph EaHihurn; W.
nd;
; Fa
Wile v Sain. Downing; John
Dickson &\Co. v Israel Townsend; Junes
Itobinson yk. Ü. Gilpin; Nicholas Springer
v James II.Hay ; TingTey A Burton v Norris
W. Palm, r I I mgley 6i Burton v Bern. Wcbli ;
B. O. Godjty & Co. v G. W. Kidd.
Fa. Gideoi Jaques' ex'rs. v John Hemphill
Joseph Hayes v VV. Sheward & teire ten't ;
Jeremiah Sjfriuger's adm'x. v Sam. Glass and
r ,,,t ; Sti,t ® U8e f'fiRries Dutilh v
John Tuwuftnd ; Siolo use Chari
W- H. ReJiolds. Of //o/«.—Giles Lambaon
v J. K. Mztuiew ; W. IJ. GÄuze r John Coot
« deft bolöte app't v W. Wt„
erald plt'ITqeloù' reap'l. 0/ Ilepfain. — Han
nab Runyan v Henry Devon & George Plant
McDaniel « Harvey v R. B. Gilpin & George
[ latt; Jordan Dixon. V Sam. Lloyd & R.
\\ right; iwnry Liglitoao v W. Smith & \\ .
L. Hyatt i^sau Cox v Thus. Gillm and Eliz.
Armstrong. Of Cov't. —Ben. P. Townsend v
J. ». Townsend; Jesse D. Anderson v Ma'.
Donobos' ew; Joshua Deputy v Ephraim L.'
Lockerman; Georte D. and Wm. Evans v Al
ben G. IJh is. Of Ejectment .—L
Stephen liters rt al v John Coyle tenant in
P°! ° f ,,arid Tweed T ftt »I * James
and John Srtwart in pos. ; Lessee of Charles
Dutiln v RqÖmnn W ood et al #en't in pos. Oj
anna G. Bordloy v Joshua Clay
—John MeLnar dulTt brio
w cfePtj I
». .. L. Churchman do. do. v Tlen
ry Reynolds do. do. ; George H. E_ _ _
•Io. V Stephen W. Morrell do. do. ; John C.
H. Miller
O/Sci.
Dutilh v
Joshua II
o of
Dower .—S
ion. A,me
do,
G
v J. F\ Zebley do. do. :
do. do. v Daniel Laws
George liarOralo
-lo. do. { w Certiorari.— Fliillis Hsinrs v
Nisi. „I DriCv,,,«; |>„1. Hnmilton , Alsxandsr
GrosDT ; Ja., N. Marlin » Alex. II. Cr.is fnrd ;
»"•iv'rt'." cx ' r v K Ipmxnse el al ;
Dan. Wolf ri hos. Garnit; Dan. Wo.f iT
Garrett hi *n do. do; Rjohnrd lltimnlmsa s
I ho,. I.aymln ; Win. G. Caulk » Jas.
kotl do. do. I Ilf Case Slated.—Wm. Gttthrio »
'tho. Stocktrt, adnt'r. Or Ormmrer— Rook
lund Manu foaitring Co. y John Logan. Vr/Jp
ptaU front Beat'.1er .—John Butlsr et al v Doi
Butler el ,1 IJbel for Uioorec.- M.r, St.
Marsh i John Marsh.
1 '
lun
The Supi Co
Court of Kent County,
i at Dovei,
thirty-five cases
cap. case 7 cap. debt 4, al. cap.
plevfn I, Apical 2, Si
s. b. 3, Ejc
cap. T
need its boss
Monday last,
tho trial list, viz :
1. Re
is fa. d.
• !..
9,
ent 2, Foreign Attachino
pa* 1, sei. fa. on
Trespass I, Bemurrer 4, Certio
1,
rarf 2,*Rule 2,
Quest, of L*w l.
The fol'otring are the lawyers, and number
of cases in Which each one are engaged, viz :
Comegys 4 Daniel M. Bates I I, Fisher 16.
Siniihcrs 5j Laws 9, Bates 10, Layton 8,
-SauDbury 1.
Don't (ferre on Sundays.—Tho inhabitants
of the neighborhood of Eighth street, be
Orange and Tatnall
, complain that the
inhabitants of "
inhabitants of " Sqtterzpgul Alley," (a place by
lira way we sever heard of before,) dr
sing every Sunday evening 'till between 10 and
II o'clock. Tho ledits and gentlemen of Hu
above classically named neighborhood,
the " light fantasti
on Sunday evening last, when High Constable
Moody
joying themaol
for, but when hi arrived all
was quiet. We hope the ladies and gentle
men of that neighborhood will notannoy their
sober neighbors again, and disturb tlioir prayers
Sunday evening.
The Philadelphia Sun says, thrfv think VVil
mington does not contain more tfea
, and th
timalo of «wiMty,
ing 3,000 houses was incorrect. / T|ie
we made, tt# that
liahitahiB, attf
house, taking i
To give
increase,
..mm i,,.
m
city
reckoned fi
estimate
le
, &C-,
brother of the Su
will
PV J
ujt a sample cf our
u -that A communication
paptv/from a gentleman
•portability, which stated that
thished, being erect
(Foirtli St.,) alone this
published i
of undoubted m
hundred houses
ed Ac.,
New Literary Society .'-Some voting men in
this city have establisho a Literary Society in
the upper room of the a/hool house in F'ourth
Poplar. Tray will have books,
papers, carpets and clairs. The
ry evening, tsing it as a pla
of club/oom, where the time will
be »pent in convention, Ac. Much better
than standing
Some such |H
ogether; opr.
tbers will
of social
tie corners of the streets.—
ed for young
the places where they
together lointcrohang# though s
«lores or tnvtrns.
A/i Clark, Esq i, frein Ohio, formerly nfthia
»late, assure« us thn Ohio will go for Taylor
by a large majority
Accident.—On 'Ihursday last a young man,
named Wm. Cutnktins, employed at tho rolling
•»ill, white standing near the steam I
erely fejured by a piece of iron, which
" ' l,e hamster, cutting lus thighs dread
pleased to learn that he
Ding better.
flow from
VVe
is get-IThon
I
DnliMivn.—W, hare Inn informed that a
Tamllj in this city, were in an extreme «late of
d '* ulu "o ,, <^»U> »• rtnalda food and furniture,
land thetr condition war one found
iaat. Two or Uni, child
and the rest were »irk, and the parents wo
out by anxious watching, &e.» unable to
ha*l not even enough money to obtain ntedteine.
It is rea ly too bad that snfferin# should ekistx
|in our wealthy city. MeTtÂîd be
find out those in need of assistance» and relief
should be administered not in the spirit
Full wore giring etarily to » beggar, hut dw
I'he embarrassment of a citizen might be
merely temporary, brought about by aicliocs
enjoy mg comforts from the rowari of his toil,
ttnldranpi circumstances, such as want of work,
Ac., would
had died,
k,
I
licatelv,
The embarrass
merely temporary, brought abo
if
if
bring distress
Such would rather endure the
faring than ask lor charity. Relief should he
administered, and
it; the feelings of
ed by ostenlatio
orul hnn
his family.
little said as possiblo about
family should he w
display. Such charity re
ihe donor. " It is said
he that giveth to tho poorlendeth to tlm Lord."
Those who relievo such distress will find that
a workingman has gratitude, nnd they will
rarely lose by it. Our citizens Can of course
discriminant where to extend tlioir charily.
liuadin Brandywine t/d .—Attempts
boing made to make a new road
at the Weld in road a little abo
nd
H
v
John Elliotts,
to run through the property of Joseph Miller,
Wm. Weldin, Wm. Wilson and Jacob Sliarp
1 to the Foulk Road. The road will bo about
a mile in length, and its principal object is
open a connection with the Newark freo
Church and btpying ground. Thn road is op
posed by some ol the property holders, nnd ad
vocated by others. The first
fused
grant
■owe appointed
ssity
nlly have agreed to
' thn road, and if ihn assess
is satisfactory the road wifi
thu
bo
de.
The estimated expense by the forme
from $1,
We do not know what the
. . . , , , -,
cotrnty. hoforu tt goes
reac ' wo * I0 P° It will receive a large
,?( ' h t e '".«Big.nt chi
, V . i P T T i ra!m " or t "' 0 P*«"<on
18 8U0, ' l,at " ut few •f an will
U estimât
ed at by the pro
The .f
Beaci
Slavery Petition .—Tho Milford
ion in Gilford vet.
No, friend Ki
I" '• 11■ ■ fi
it has to
Kent. When it do
, . i t
18 8U0, ' * l,at " ut few * •f an y will objoct
i:'VA Tl1 ." P' r*" .r .Kr.lücky nnd oll», .miss,
VB*kb.,s is
«nr collar
«»reel
boatir
ually it large amount of slaver}*.
arc discussing mean« to get rid of it. Why
should WVaware, where we
Had tlier
I- »
!..
slavery
lead of selling for #10,
f 1 per acre,
would like thn land of New Castle County,
Sen for $50 and $100 per
Queer Felfnw$.—We
n Kent, thn land i
$0, $1, $3 nnd ever a« low
informed that
Monday night last fourteen
tinted into the coloured Qu
Follow's Soci
. it
he flourishing. It i
similar to the Odd Felluws.
A Frame.— Wo a
d Ihe
barber got inebriated, wc
informed by a person
iso, that a certain Market
who h
it the corner of F'ourth and Market
Saturday night last, and
ng the landlord, who, not relishing the
sport, turned upon him, threw him down
the coal ashes, when he cried pocavie,
thorn ' *
n incnced
I- ■!.
Wood Loh for Sale .—Wo would call thn at
tention of the people of tho Brandywine Banks
and Brandywine Hundred, t
•n, (situ
the sale of wood
near Sharpley'«
far from the New Bridge)
the 9th of November next. Sale
linoneo at 10 o'clock, A. M. It is well
nixed with ohesnut.
ols of Til
I
school house, and
to he sold
The Coloured hait y an MdhadU Church,
the corner of So
have been holding a fair In the church for
weeks.
:
d Tatnall
factory that
¥LrS.
church, arc very much in deh» t
to raise funds to pay with. Gi
ing hand in their
sinners ns well as
hold n
zva
dab le work.
All
n invited
help.
Walker' t buclary on lira Brandywine, that
as burnt, we arc informed will commence on
e 1st of Jnnuary. The olh
burnt is no
ing when it will commence.
A Mistake —The types last week, made
«ay the deaths and dirty streets occurred i
King *t., between 3rd and 4th. It should In
been King st., butween 4th and 5th.
Want an Or P an.— W'e
Flanover Street, (Presbyterian Church,) badly
wants an organ. Several of tho wealthy mem
bers of the Congregation hsve at different
es down for
. The • fTect of the sing
ir.fortned woulj be greatly improved
informed that
almost purchase
s that would
mg
Injustice .—We
ional injustice was done
, on thn Brandywine, i
informed that uninten
c of the
article In
. The article made u_
lion of his keeping his hands at work in order
to prevent the
revival. Such
P >P«1
fro
ending a Method is'
informed
not his
Arrested .—*A colored man named Joseph
Ca>dwell,formerly we believe belong!
Castle, was arrested by Constable Clark, on
Castle, was arrested by Constable Clark, on
I uesday evening last, on the banks of the
Christiana,
with stealing a watch fr«
living n>
dwelling
ar Walter's Saw Mill, charged
Nathan Ilearslry,
Caldwell entered thn
, „ Icy on Monday night,
while they were all asleep, by lifting tho win
dow, and entering the house.
tho morning, and lira watch found
of Air. Hr
lle w as arrested
him.
taken before Esquire Leonard, and
committed to New Castle.
Ho
Practising Line .—Enoch E. Camp, foimcrly
editor of tho Delaware Gazette, in.this city,
and late editor of the Folico Gazetl •, in New
\ ork, has commenced the practice of law in
the city of New York. So
way of a joke that
me. It in o
without that addition
of the smartest and
country.
During the editorial fracas on Wednesday
night last, it is reported upon the authority of
a highly respectable democrat, that while the
fight w
ebody says hy
S should be added to
opinion though with or
o his name, he was one
original editors in the
wo worthy sporting gen
nd bet on the result. Wc
as going on,
stepped out,
I I '
hear which won.
Near a Fight .—At Duncan's store last week,
a lottery broker struck a branch of the Post
office, nnd would have been used up by
bags had not the by-standers interfered. Knop
cool—the election will
A Horse belonging to Lybrand Hall, fell i
tho ditch in F'ront street, dug for the
pipes, on Saturday night last, and got wedged
tight that it took tho crowd, with ropes, Ac.,
two or three hours to got b'
fore they had dug away à great $torlion of the
il
b<
d not bo
t-li.
Thn wheel c:
off n carriage, on Thursday
last, hy the Christiana Bridge, and brought '.lie
carringe down hy tho run. Cause—absenco of
the lynch pin. Thencglectof seeing the lynch
properly secuied, is a principal source of
..
oil
of tira I
Mrs. lMvr.il h
is beon appointed assistant
House.
tin- I'
Mr. James Ellin
been appointed
the F. W. & B. Railroad, in pla
Denny, deceased, lie i
city.
du
best machinists i
Editorial Fracnt .— We loarn that on Wed
nesday evening last a dispute occurred between
Wm. Pcnhi Chandler, Es«, junior editor of the
Delaware Gazette, and Lie
at
Columbus P
, senior editor of the Delaware Rspnbli
,JbIo frort, the army in Mexico. The dis
originated in a hel which Lient. E
made with that gentleman, and which he
ted he (Mr. Chandler) lost. The discute
td warmer and warmer, until Lieut. Evans
ed Mr. Chandler whether he should tell him.
he thought of him. 'Hie editor of the
tiatetle told hi
E
P
oak
wh
do bo. Mr. Evans then
uf rtn expression which it is unne
cessary hrfti to mention, nnd Mr. Chandler
dropping liis Câne, struck the Lieutenant with
his fist, A lively fight then commented, which
was Carried on <)uiio briskly for a few minute«,
during which the editor of the Gazette was
knocked down, hut he w
again. They were
before Mr. Chandler
Evans had his
up, and at i
finally separated, hut no
hnd Ills ear cut, and Mr
Fights .—The cry of mbrder was heard
TOesday night last, proceeding from a bout
" Whiskey Bridge." A number bl titizo
burnt opon the door, when it was found to pro
ceed from the wife of Perry Anderson, whom
ho had knocked down and otherwise maltreated.
As the citizens rusted in at tho front door, Per
ry made his escape at Ihe back door.
j
I
!
On Tuesday evening last, two youths, about
seventeen or eighteen, engaged in a fight
corner of Front and French Streets. One
knocked the other down, and beat his lieaJl v
against the pavement until he cried murder. — !£
They were ported by some citizens.
A belligerent spirit lit
. The
n boys'*
Ihe
IS Blit tin. lb. boys
Irisi.i.u n It..«'' sad !
«I loBB«rhsad., A!*
H»
:
well
the " Up
gentleman informs
boys making their escape from a poaaov ol Up
town boys, who were in hot pursuit of them,
with their pockets full of stones. The triali
own boys in their rapid retreat took oceasio
lo the gentlemen that they intend«
to thn Up-town boys if «ver they
gbt them in *lrisbtown. They hnd no limn
to make further observations, as the Up
boys appeared in hot pursu t.
ihe m
that he
i
Iri™it
, o' 118
this city, is having a large model mado of liis
machine, which from his description, routes!think
very near perpetual Minion. Ho intend« exhl
biting it to the public in a few weeks. \\ hen! if
will keep going of its own ar-jly.
cord, al least ns long as the machinery will
vidai which ho has working, j
admiration.
P. Fairlnmb, has invented a ma- 1
chine lor splitting leather. It was Mr. Fair
lnmb'4 intention we aro informed, to split tlielly
whole hide at once. A model of his machine
/»•
liant. —Mr. Charles Smith «Sn
ad. A
reeds, he info
Mr. Jo
was made at M ssrs. Betts, Harlan, fc IIo|-|
lingsworth, and the machine tried, but with
I. We are
wl
not info
however assured by n currier, that it works
a different principle, and i
the old leather splitting machine.
Mr. Seho has invented
improve im-ui
improved half
bushel for measuring.
.—Our friend, Mr. Benjamin Bodily,I
need tho shoo making business in
thn basement of Mr. Taylor'
78 Market street. He is on
s Chi
n of the host of the
trade, and ha« our beet wishes for success.—
There arc now throe shoemakers all in a row,
viz: Mr. Mullen, Mr. Ilnok, and Mr. lloddy.
So many boing together, always
oh other.
Store, No.
akc he
I'T
Mr. Marsh h
4ill and King
? first
mington.
ovored from hi« «ickne:
d the tnauliing of Mu»ic,
. He hns thn honor of bei
ed a
who op
in Wil
Elliott, Huston, h Co., Machinists, " Old
F'erry," have dissolved partnership.
RS will Iip carried on by Jo
pan nnd W. Huston, under the name of Duncan
ti Huston.
Thn hu
The Sheriff h
seized on the lands of Lewis
Alfroe, deceased, of Appoquiniinink Hundred,
and Uenj. B. Townsend, of Cantwell's Bridge.
No. 63 Mlf.krt st., wish
os to sell out his stock of Dry Goods,
to Philadelphia. A first
Miss Lydia Y. Cannon, luia co
Dress Making, No. Ü5 Tatnall «t.
Accident.—On Friday last, the horae of a gen
asulkey. took fright, dashed
thn pavement opposite Glazier's Lottery of
Hue, and broke the ' '
Mr. John Spe
encod the
tlem I
ached
al'-.
Fc
tho Blue Hen's Chicken.
. Editors :—It may bn deemed so
appear befer
ween "Well
M
what late i
tho public, in the dispute b
wisher" alias R. II.
Division, Sons of Tempo
also unwarrantable for a third party
in tire controversy, if a precedent had not been
furnished hy the gratuitous and wanton attack
of Dr. Gibboi
ey.J
-I
It mights
1. 11 < r r.
.
upon Mr II.
As the facta in the ca
lost sight of by one of
weil for the cause of t i
havo hern somewh
call his attention
. I think they will abundantly sustain
original assertion of Mr. Harvey
That the Bible wut rejected by the I)ii
far at the Division had an opportun u
upon the question. In a letter published in the
Hin
<y
upon the question. In a letter published in the
Fledge and Standard, by tho Kenn
they say : " VVe never had thn fe
from any number of ludiu
renting
I'm-,. „
I ol i in.i lion
r sin ill, that
i , gr
J JcilJticJ I
respecting the Bible,
the n
with a Bihln.—
origin of thn discussion
Th
the
; ol
wr», that the ladies of
dy to g i
in vicinity
them a Bible, if they would
, and the very object of brinui
subject before the Division w
ertuin Ihe
the oppo
ments of the members.
<
nents ol R. Harvey
Xter way !
Its introduction
ing members in
plain this fact
■ ti
opposed by several lead
strong, that it was
. This enables them by a
eontenmuble quibble, to say it was not rejected;
wb ile the only reason why it was not formerly
rejected, was that tho friends of the Bible eitli
er doubted their strength,
■pect for the book,
bu treated with
P«'
I ad
supreme c«f
l
»tempt.
--nication they say,
it.""! " g WM 8a ' d disre8 P ec,ful «f Bra book
was pres«
iber, 1817,
cussiun. It
" the Bible w
tention.
tho Dir»«,
on 1 lth No
id consequently heard tira dis
»H#gw| by Dr. Btebbina that
the c
"
of
--- strife,
n, war, murder and bloodshed, than any
book on tho face of the earilt"—•• that it
was not a temperance hook—w
would'creale disc
of lise import.
b
sectarian and
with
, , . but a specimen
.i r\- .' a "B ua B''» while under the restraint ol
the Division room. What their real feeling«
y bo ousily gathered from the language
used by three of them, the
members, when
that " he would
the Division, as
Th?. 0 "?
ot
tu. .
of the Division :—A. said
old Aim
... tJ , , »he damned Bible." B. that
*ho could find four hundred (100) lies in it
ar.d on« hundred and fifty (150) chapters which
advocated lira usu of rum"-" that if it was
true, that God commanded Abrali;
up Isaac, ho was not fit
that " he would rather
The
offer
be a God." C.
. , . . be deemed disre
spectful tn society, which their language would
mako them as familiar with; but th
in Kennen Square, whoso ideas of refinement
dtlfer very essentially. The remarks quoted
above rest on mere assertion, but are facts
»Inch can bo proven by a sufficient number of
ipetent witnesses And yet in the face of
Hits they gravely tell us they had not "the
least intimation of a design to present them
With a copy of iho Bible,'* and "that not one
word was said disrespectful of the book itself."
On the evening of the discussion, Mr. Lea
' X|U, -. l.i
P. Anderson arose and remarked that •• he hid
understood that five membera intended to draw
their carda if the Bibi« waa not introduced.—
He regretted thin, and yet .would say he knew
at least Jive timet that number who Would draw
their C irds if the Bible mat introduced."
Mr. Harvey is now abst-nt in ths coast of
South America, aa Dr. G. well k
so valoroualy ventured to expo
the Division. Befo
cle which the editor of the Pledge and Standard
refused to publish, under the plea that " it
sever# answer
P
, when he
the c
of
would rail forth a much
from the Division, and Mr. H. would have
opportunity to reply." This article wee after
wards published in the *• Chicken," of fteptera
bor Is?, 1818. As soon as it appeared, thra
kind hearted considerate, Dr., who professed to
be so fearful llmt Mr. H. would be abused,
to defend himself,
for scurrility and abuse,
drawn pretty largely upon even the
abundant supply which the Dr. has at his
d. Of course the knowledge that his op;
is uliseni at sen, had nothing to do with
»ordinary courage which he displayed,
lie has in this instance furnished an illustra
tion of the lines,
i
without
Ihne
The aboro remarks may perhaps tend
j matter at rest, and allow who is the friend of
I truth, and who llie "bigot." I make tli
! from
the
v
— !£
opposition to Ihe cause of Temperance,
from a desire to
»rdi with those who
accustomed to it than 1 am. But I
1 con ?P*0wcl l. »rt» »h.l 1 km
! f'.m . des», to ssc Josh., don. t
A!* h :™ i * m I""",' 1 ,0 .'j* 11 'V
.r .1 I..*.. -«..M ..«• j,nve been slack in vindi
:
i
eating his otcn,gpori name
* remain Your's, 6cc.
JAMKS BIRKMIRE.
Kenhett, October lRtli, 1848.
For the BIuh lien's Chicken.
a ctmiouscRirruR.
! It
is a little Doctor, a
little fellow, who c
ago, but who
o' striped pig
n lo o
iders himself very obnoxi
o' 118 good citizens by his terrible tirngve —he slan
dfcf# people singly or by wholesale, who do not
routes!think as ho does. He is a dangerous crittur —
you have no safely from his slanderous tongue,
if you admll him to Voüf acquaintance or fami
ar-jly. lie is a very gfeul
celt, nnd is highly offended at the world for not
j perceiving it, He Is thn same little chap which
your «entof editor funk Up so shortly and i«
1 baked so severely for liis slanderous and ...
gentlemanly abus« of the rxcclleht, gentleman-*
tlielly and highly esteeme ' "
Whig Club Room, a
little Doctor had bettr
Mr. Perkins
for his to
I in liis
d D.
few
ek« ago. This
go to Mr. MrUcrkle,
or Esquire Roddy, nnd get n hrldlë
e, or else hin back may stiffdi
the neglect.
MORALITY AND GOOD BREEDING.
Ft
tho Blue lien's Chicken,
M.-s
. Editors of the Chicken I oh
Delnwari
of Wed
|., R | t j
^shi
"A F
piny Street Whig," and
much Street Locotac p, "
ion in your last p
I I
Naturalized Cm#
n, who has lioei
by a ci
fellow ci
a candidate f
as he h
fa!
office
I I w
inluc.-d to sÆ
Mr. John Ricj
jus«»
my first and w
I :
lie the pour
and the friend of the expressed.
so of the poor
sailed by this wily masked «la
lie mnko thn press the v.
c k
ployiî
hut hn imposes on
cry pa
. I would
lui
do hi
I-. i
in Ihn la.el
insked kings. ~P3T*>n me M
for Hie length of my co
quired it.
N VTURALIZED CITIZEN
For the Blue II
Chicken.
Messrs. Editors : —Tn
•till the imdi
y-r popular paper I would like
in the
id linving had much \
horses, iiteonsequ
saddle
for
of using: tli
, that has b _
remember, I havu had horses (th
would become laino in the fore
in the back, sore hack and wethrr
that I havo found
shoulder,
now bel it?
P*
of Mr. Th
him to
Saddle Trees; at th
very
oinplaiirs in the hum
Glasgow. Last spr
with o
t time my
of tlie^m^^
. » ,.| , „ . » <•"*» iii»« t »»«
o Mr. Glasgow, amt all tltnsu it, |j„. „ r
tiiisiiiess, or those who used thoaiticle, to state
that my horse's back got well, directly under
Id improved Saddle Tree,
besides all other symptoms of strains, ter., has
entirely disappeared ; therefore I cheerfully re
commend it fur general use.
■
hier
nf
..... . „ , -»«HN RICHTER.
H ilmingtoii, October
For the bim
lien's Chicken.
Messrs. J fandet I & Vi
( will tlmnk ;ou t
o attr
appeared in thn Chicken
signature " I. L. J."
Respectfully Your'
ol
— G
■ 'leinen :—
in uot the
—iminication which
f F'riihry feat, with
state, that 1
, , O. K. HARRELL,
ednesday, October 25lli, 1818.
a
TEMPERANCE CONVENTION.
County T
Central
«•d meeting of the N
... 'ng, Wilmington, on Thursday,
a J9lh liisl. lire President, Mr. Jaote#
mg to order. S. Spring
appointed Secretary. Minutes of the
ng were read and adopted,
following resolution was th n offered :
Hetu/ttd, That wo proceed to form a Tem
I" ranett ticket. After much discussion, this
resolution was adopted in tiro following amen
Cast!«
■
■ held in the
ler, called the
l ist me
! I, G
Hesoloed, That i
Kt 1'.IU|1««|IC. lickt-l. The Cunv.nuoa
»«.iru III. ! enipcnincB quulificiitiona of ttio
conduisis. th. iliir«,e„l offlcc, ; from „| lic k
" *W»wl ">»■ Mr. Ric. for Sim,iff, b„ih
didates for
Legists
Dim
or, aud both candidates for the
» Christiana Hundred, uere
n. Fut liter than this, there
was nothing definitely ascertained. Tho thanks
ot the Convention w«ro given
procuring the u
s, fror
Mr. John
Rice, for his influence i
of
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mgs of this meeting b. published. Th. I: nn .
on ,hen »ojoo.o.J, me« in Wit,„log
1 lb. •«"ood I holiday in llinmbir.
JAMES FRAZIER, Pm.'..
_ SpniNoen, Secretary.
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