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Mrs. R. S. McCONAUGHY,
EDITRESS AND PROPRIETRESS.
CLAYTON, DELAWARE,
Saturday Morning, July 3, 1869.
Brilliant Wedding.—Wo intended
giving an account of tho wedding that
came off in our town on Tuesday even
ing, but for tlie want of space and time
to write it out will have to defer it until
another issuo.
Wyoming College.—T he closing ex
a i nitiations of this college will take ptace
on uext Wednesday and Thursday, the
7th and 8th of July. On Thursday eve
ning the students will give a grand Lite
rary and musical entertainment.
Smyrna Academy.— The examination
of this institution will commence on
Monday, July tho 5th, and continue
morning und afternoon through the
w« ek. The closing exercises will take
Friday. This instiution is in
a very flourishing condition.
place
Gypsies.—A wandering band of Gyp
sies encamped near town on Thursday
4»nd attempted to kidnap tho adopted
daughter of Mr. John Betz, dcc'd, about
fifteen years of age. She succeeded in
getting out of the clutches of the one
that seized her without any damngo ex
cept to lier clothing. Several of them
pursued her to the limits of our town.—
Parents would do well to keep an oyo to
their children while they arc around.
Shipment of Peaciifr.—T ho Peach
growers of Whitehall and Raymond's
Neck hold a # meeting i l Sniyi
make arrangements for shipping their
poaches at less cost than that charged
by Railroad. They resolved to ompioy
u tug and three schooners to run from
Whitehall Landing during the season.
\ It is estimated that from 40,000 to 50,000
baskets cun be shipped from there. The
peach growers around Leipsio have en
gaged two steem tugs and several sail
ing vessels to carry their poaches to
market.
to
-Mr. Borie,
Secretary of the Nayy, resigned his po
sition on Thursday of last week, and
Friday Gen. George M. Robeson, Attor
ney General of the Sthte of New Jersey
was sworn iu. Gen. R. Is about 40 yetufl.
Change in the Cabinet.
raring the
vVtti* he~\vns Adjutant Genera) of New
Jersey and is greatly remembered for
his able services in organizing the N. J.
State troops. He is a bachelor, and tho
in the Cabihct.
mit toil to the Ijar in 1850.
vnly unmarried
T.—The Good will
or
I. O. G. T.—The Good Templars will
hold a grand Temperance meeting and
pic nie in tho woods near Marydell to
day, (July 3). The exercises will corn
mcnco at 10 o'clock, A. M. Tho speak
ers arc:—Dr. Sumner Stebbins, Dr.
Stiles Kennedy, Rev. T. L. Poulson,
W'orlliy Chief Templar of Maryland,
Andrew J. Wright, W. C. T. of Dela
ware, Rev. J. B. Mann, Dr. Samuel
M Collun, Rev. S. Murdock, Major
James R. Lofl -nd, and John Hare, Jr.
The various Lodges of Good Templars
in the adjacent counties will turn out in
full Regalia. . 'Blio Willow Grove Brass
Band has been ongî^ged for tho occasion.
Extra trains will run on the Md. A Del.
Road, from * Clayton, and also from
Hillsboro to Marydell.
Two of Dupont's Mills Blown Ur.
—On Thursday morning between nine
and ten o'clock, some of our citizens
vero startled by a loud report that
shook their buildings very much. Some
thought, from former experience, that it
was an explosion of powder mills. Our
presses were running all tho morning
which prevented our noticing it. Tho
Commercial says:—A grinding mill nnd
composition room adjoining the low'er
Hagley works had exploded. The mills
were quite old but contained a considér
ai)' e amount of powder. Two men were
instantly killed. Their names were Pe
ter Massey and James Mulloy. The firsf
was quite an old man and had worked
in the mill forty years. Several other
persons wore slightly injured. The dam
age to the property was not very great.
MJ1RYLJ.YD JXD DELAWARE
RAILROAD.
51 h w'o made
In our issue of J
remarks aboul this railroad, to
which one of our exchanges appends tho
foil«) wing pleasant ry :
We are glad Mrs. McConaughy Is a Miyy
lander, nnd sorry site is not the railroad com
pany, We think it would be a good thing
tor that railroad to have its course changed.
It has been upon that, tack
would doubtless be a relief tc
anothiT. Great has been the effort to
ïhaJip Clayton and Oxford the poles of the
EuÄern »Shore, llow many times tlie na
tional census lias been taken since tills rail
road was begun, we will not pretend to say :
TTli ~<S|| ii |'/'JU)imll tor-iftmubur. lioulit
less it is recorded In the Bureau of HtaHsWÄ;
and also, tho number of contractors that
have had charge of it. But. don't get Impa
tient, Mrs. M. The turbulent waters cf the
Ttu kahoe have been bridged ! And now T1 1E
* DEEP « UT AT LLOYD'S IIILL is being
g *' ran pled with, as wc read in oil the Eastern
höre paiiei «. If tills latter effort is success
ful, tlie civilizing sound of tlie locomotive
whistle may bavesucli a salutary effect upon
this " poorest and meanest looking'' county
of Talbot that the editr
have quoted may be sorry that she docs
"hail horn a different part of the State. —
We have never asked a favor of the
pany. We have one now to prefer: Will
the company, when they get their trains
running to Easton, procure a whistle large
enough, loud enough, and shrill enough, to
be beard a wav down here in 8t. Michaela,
• » ni all through Bay Hundred? Our people
have a heavy porilonof the Talbot county
to pay, and if tho railroad is not to
'* us in anv other manner, do not deny
•taking it out" in listen
. Besides, it might elvil
so long that it
tho railroad
to
got
from whom w
loa
benefit
tlie privilege or
ing to the whistle.
Will tho Clayton Jft rald lend its in
fluence to procure us this desideratum I—St.
Miihaels Comet.
Izc
The above Is tho Comet's manner of treat'
ini the Clayton Herald s illiberal and unjust
attack upon our people. As a piece of fun,
it is capital ; but as 1t does not enter Into the
fact«, we beg leave to add a word. The per
sonal abuse of the Herald of our people is of
no const quenee and unworthy of notice con
sidering the source from whence it comes.—
The lady who
it
prayed to God through her pa
per that an assassin might murder President
Johnson, for con seien tioSsly administering
the government on Christian principles, '
opposition to the bloody code of the Radi
light Priests, we si) ou Id suppose capable of
almost anything. It is perfectly consistent
with her character for recklessness, for her
to publish abroad that our people
rnandlng "money erougta to build n railroad
to the moon, for the right of way through
their lands." Nothing could be more uni
and unfair. They are nuiking no exorbit
demands of the company; they slmnly ask
an adjudication of the amount of damages
they are entitled to. In one case (J. B. Ben
net) the railroad company made a cut of near
half a mile through ills land then changed the
line of the road, and cut him about the same
distance in another direction. Mr. Bennett
thinks he has been very seriously and im
properly damaged. Tho company has not
paid him a farthing. A deep cut of near a
mile ha-i been made diagonally through
Henry C. Morgan's land, literally tearing up
his farm, yet he has not been paid nothing.
The lino of the road lias boon ro changed
since the first line was graded through Mr.
Bennett that It goes so near Win. T. Kemp's
stack yard, as to compel him to move all his
farm buildings, entailing a heavy expense
on him, yet lie lias been paid nothing. Oth
er parties have been damaged more or less,
but no damages which we have heard.of have
been paid by the company to any
line of the rood In this county,
ties all claim that the road bed lias not been
been instituted
money enough to build a railroad to the
moon," for Hie plain (ill's well know that tho
Md. & Del. R. R. Co. has not more than suf
ficient money to build tire road, but they
have been instituted to force a settlement of
the questions in dispute and the recovery of
fair and equitable damages. If any one lias
informed Mrs. McConaughy to the contrary
they have reported what is untrue. If the
running of the road through their lands will
prove a " fortune" to them, it will also be a
fortune to those near the road whose lands
not damaged, and there is no good rea
son why a few should share all the damages
while the great benefits the road is to bring
are to be general. The whole difficulty lias
grown out of the unbusiness-like and slip
shod manner in which the Ihiih-ond Com pa
ny has conducted the business of making
land condemnations. If it had gone to work
openly and fairly, like every other company
1msdone, and every other company would
do, the way was straight; but we are not now
going to permit our citizens to bo abused for
Its short comings and egregious Wunders.
Easton Star.
It has always boon our opinion that edi
tors should be men of truth, even if men
of other callings were not. From what
we can learn of tho editor of tho Star , he
never tells llio truth, (at least about the
Railroad,) when a falsehood will answer.
Ilis attack on us is a .ZVo. 1 falsehood.
Wo never "prayed God that an assassin
might murder President Johnson," but
wo did say iu our issuo of June 22d,
18(57, thut we felt very much sometimes
like praying tho good Lord to convert
him and then kill him, and if he won't
do that, to kill fyim any how. Wo did
not know that the Supremo Being's
stopping a man's breath was assussina
lian. If this same being were to stop
the bronth of the editor of tho Star wo
do not imagine the State of Maryland
would buffer uny loss, and tho railroad
company at least would not mourn.
Wo are a Marylander, and as such love
our native State, even though she may
according to our opinion, done wrong
have in some things, as many other States
have done; yet "with all her faults we
love her still," and would not bo guilty
of laying anything in tho way that
would hinder her onward march to
prosperity and Wealth. Knowing that
railroads always are a source of wealth
to any country through which they
pas s, we would do all iu our power to
>'i^ >.
■a I
cl<'
usi
ant
the
these par
condemned. Tho suits which have
e not intended to "recover
there will be a rail
within her and did own
every
the
within her borders, and did we own
land thero, would willingly give it for
such a purpose instead of trying to
drive them away by demanding exor
bitant rates for tho land. Any one hav
ing one grain of common senso very
weil knows that railroads benefit those
through whose lands they run live, ten f
or even a hundred times as much as tho
damages ever amount to. Lauds in this
neighborhood that eight years ago would
not bring over eight or ten dollars an
acre, cannot now be bought for two
hundred dollars an acre, and that, too,
without their ever having had one bush
el of lime or any improvements what
ever put upon them, but have increased
in value on uccount of their contiguity
to the railroad. So will it be with
Maryland lands. *
We cannot account for some people
being such fools. This editor says it is
not true that some of these men are usk
from
jured.
of
of
largo
of
on
all
once.
not
out
cipal
a
of
ural
er
a
ing exorbitant rates of tlie company ;
" they simply want
the amount of damages they arc entitled
to." This assertion he ought to know is
is much a falsehood as his wonderful
fish
since aboul lids same company. Living
in the same town where the railroad
company have their head quarters, we
cannot believe he is so ignorant
to know tho fact»about these damages
and their awards, nnd cannot believo
that he publishes these willful falsehoods
for any other purpose than to injure tho
railroad company.
We will give tho facts in the case just
as they aie and as any one can know by
asking tbe company in a respectful
m/iinor. The entire line from the State
line to Easton was condemned by the
same commissioners in strict accordance
with the requirements qf the charter a
short time after the road
monccd. All the land owners acqui
esced in the awards and declined tho
appeals within six months as they had
the right to do if they ware not satisfied.
They kne
greater than the iujuiry, and tho com
missioners were of tho same opinion»
but were obliged by the requirements of
the charter to award damages when they
knew
ed. All the parties who are endeavor
ing to extort damages from the eom
pany,* have obtained possession of those
lands since the road w'as commenced,
with a full knowledge that it had beon
theltmd would confer*
adjudication ot
'ket report published some lime
not
on
in
of
a
vas com
to
tho benefits would be far
to
:
the
1E
docs
—
Will
large
to
to
deny
elvil
damages were in realLty iuflict
it
to
vhich
benefits
The damages awarded by the company
have been paid by the company, ex
cept where tho owners refused to receive
them, in which case they wore deposited
in Bank to their credit as the law di
reels, and whore it now remains subject
to their order. The land of Mr. Mor
gan, which the Star says has been liter
ally torn up and for which he has been
paid nothing teas given by Mr. Morgan's
father to the company before his death,
mid this portion of the land was selected
by the said H. C. Morgan as his share
of tlie este ta with a knowledge of the
above fact, in proof of which he declined
to seed wheat where he supposed the
road would go, and ho like evory one
else will be paid 1'or the crops that liavo
been destroyed by the company. Mr.
w
i
in
I—St.
treat'
Bennet anti Mr. Kemp have both bought
their farms since they were condemned.
The clinngo of the lino of the road from
Nvuere it was first graded was made to
accommodate Mr. Kemp by removing
it from bis stack yard, and for which
land the company otfored him the same
damages that had been awarded for run
ning through it. But he demanded
three times the amount, and the rail
road company were compelled to go
back to the condemned line and which
Mr. Bennett says he prefers, if the form
er work is replaced, which the company
will do at their own expense. It is not
to be supposed that the railroad com
pany will pay damages for the same
lands twice over if they had tho means
which the Star says they have not. If,
as he says, they have no more money
than will build the road, they would
prove themselves a set of dunces if they
were to expend a large amount in pay
ing unjust damagos and then have noth
ing with which 10 complete the road,
lie says those suIFs wore instituted to
Jorcc a settlement of tho question in dis
puto and the recovery of equitable dam
ages. He had tho samo opportunity
with ourself of knowing just how tho
matter stood without giving circulation
to such falLchoods, and we cannot be
liovo he was so ignorant as his remarks
would seem to imply, and think it more
than probable, that gain to himself
cither in hand or promised, has induced
him to help these men defraud and hin
der the Ruilroud company by his course
of action. In your next attack on the
Railroad company or tho Herald keep
1
a
truth on your side, ticiglibor, and you
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Will bo able to accomplish more by it.
To friend Hoddawnv of the Oamet we
10 lllenu uaaaawaj, 01 me (jumet, we
would sny wo liavo laid tho subject of
tl . nf «.?./,/#- before RO rne of tho oomtvinv
lnal Detore some 01 tho company
and will uso our influence with our
to
to
friends, Gen. Tilghmun and Dr. Golds
borougli, to accommodate you. If it
should be accomplished, and tho sudden
and shrill whistle serves you us it does
us sometimes, (almost lift tho top of our
head off,) when we are buried in tnought,
all unheeding its near approach, we hope
you will not go back on us and blame
us for procuring the means " that might
civilize us."
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.
The population of Wilmington is now
nearly 52,000.
Peaches.—A half car load of peaches
road
from the lower end of the Doluw
passed through this town on Monday
lor New York.
Peach Baskets.—M r. Maliood's es
tablishment is turning out fifteen hun
dred peuch baskets daily. On Monday
one boy made
quit work at 3 o'clock.
hundred and ten, and
Completed.—T he last rail on the new
Railroad from Townsend to Masseys X
Roads was laid on Thursday tlie 21th
of June.
Accidents.— On Friday tlie 25th of
Juno, a
for Mr. J. II. Peterson, near Smyrna,
Del., fell fr
himself so seriously that lm died the
iiext duy. On tho same-day, u train of
A --J»» BerJi
of Jeremiah Jones,
< ' r v < • r
n cherry tree and injured
)
--J»» BerJi
)
crippling others. was thrown
from the track and the locomotive so
broken up that it had to be sent to Wil
mington for repairs. No persons in
jured.
for
dit
of
to
Surgical Operation and a Heroic
Young Lady.— Dr. Charles D. Green,
of Philadelphia, assisted by Dr. Veasy,
of New Castle county, removed quite a
largo tumor from the side of a daughter
of Mr. Richard Cann, near St. Georges,
on Thursday last, and it is stated amidst
all tho euttiug and slashing tho patient
never was seen to wince, no, not even
once. Boys, can you boat that? No,
not a bit of it—you would have cried
out for mamma—but she, like a truo
s submissive, noble.
the
you
late
son
not
the
a
a
nd
woman,
heroic, from beginning to end of tlie
operation.
Prof. Bean.—T he many patrons of
Smyrna Seminary will be pleased, no
doubt, to learn that Prof. Durletnn li.
Bean has accepted the position of Prin
cipal in this Institution. Prof. Bonn is
a graduate of the Statu Normal School
of Millersville, Pa., where he lias until
recently been engaged us Prof, of Nat
ural Science ami Mathematics. He
comes into our midst as an experienced
teacher, and is endorsed by such testi
monials as could not fail to satisfy any
oneot his qualifications and moral ehar
Indced the patrons inay consid
er themselves fortunate in securing such
a succossor to Prof. Bechtel, and we
doubt not that tlie Seminary will con
tinue in its career of prosperity, and
usçfulncss iu thifj community.
a
of
actor.
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Drow'ned.—A son of Isaac Davis, of
Smyrna Landing, aged about 7 years,
was drowned in tho creels at said place
on Friday morning last whilst engugod
in fishing. His brother, aged about 10
years was near him, bathing, and wit
nessed iiis going down, and not being u
good swimmer, could not render any as
sistance, or either was there any person
near whom he could summons. On go
ing home lie was asked tlie whereabouts
of his brother, but through fear of chas
tisement, would not give any satisfac
tory answer, and w'ould not acknowl
edge the fact of his being drowned until
late in the evening. Immediate search
w'as made for the body but without
avail, when on Saturday, decomposition
having commenced, he arose to the sur
aud floated near. y a mile from the
luce where the accident occurred before
eing discovered. When taken from
the water he had his hat clinched in his
hand caught in ids struggle for life. A
coroner was summoned on Sunday, and
alter examination of tlie body rendered
a verdict of accidental drowning. This
should bo a warning to the small boys
who visit our mill ponds and creeks.
fae
Newark Academy.—F riday last, 25th
instant, was a gala day at Newark.
By special invitation the friends of tho
College were asked to gather together
and give eclat to the attempted reorgani
InkLiiulioM.
JtlllO 25tll, 1769, NUWIll k A cixetruty -rr««
incorporated. This was followed by tho
incorporation of Newark College by two
acts of the Legislature, one in 1821, the
other in February 5,1833. Alter the pas
sage of tlie last mimed act, grounds were
prooincdand laid out, buildings erected,
and under the efficient control of a boaru
of energetic Trusterai and an ablo Facul
ty tho college was organized and success
fully conducted. For a number of years
past the College buildings have been de -
serted. In 1867 the State granted to tbe
College tho land script donated by the
nt for the encourage
ment of Agricultural and Military Edu
cation, on condition that they should es
Agricultural Department.—
Tlie grant was accepted, the Governor
appointing
old Board 1
er o institute the present Board of Trus
tees. Several meetings have been held
and strenuous efforts are being made to
reorganize the Institution on a perma
nent basis, in this laudable effort the
the
the
one
Mr.
General Gover
i 11111 -li
15 of the 30 Trustees, and the
the remaining 15, whotogeth
citizens of Newark and the students of
1 ho old College, fixed upon the 25th in
stant, the centennial anniversary, as a
day of grand reunion, and invitations
were sent to tho friends of the enter
prise* The day was bright and beauti
ful, and the old students, Trustees, and
11-wishers of the College gathered
from every quarter.
On the arrival of the 101 o'clock train
from Wilmington, bearing Gov. Sauls
bury and u large number of gentlemen
from different parts of tho State, the citi
zens who were waiting in large num
bers with vehicles of every kind, formed
in procession, headod by the Newark
Brass Hand, and witli stirring music es
corted tho Governor and cohipuny to tho
College Campus, whore ample prepara
tions had been made for the festival. The
Stars and Stripes floated from tho Col*
loge buildings and festooned the main
under the infra bordering
either side of tho gravel walk, tables
spread, loaded with
sel
er
no
ed
ed
it,
all
we
venue ;
140 feet long w
all that could tempt the appetite ; to the
right was erected a stand, for the apeak -
hile on
era and scuts for tho hearers
every hand tho people in holiday cos
tume, with bright eyes and hearty Wei
come greeted tho guests.
The order of exercises was to be ad
dresses, music, dinner, ami an exhibi
tion ot Newark Academy, all of which
wus faithfully and agreeably carried out.
The old students of the college met in
the oratorio, at 11 o'clock, A. M., and ap
pointed Gov. Saulsbury President, and
William Reynolds Secretary. Short
and pithy addresses were qiadu by
Governor and a number of the stuuc
and tho walls of the college were
again mado vocal with the olden echo.
Tho Board of Trustees met.&1 11 o'clock
iu tho President's room, mid were in
session during the day. Rathmell Wil
son, President, and Geo. G. ft va ns, Sec
retary. The act of re-incorporation pass
ed by tho last Legislature was accepted
aud much business transacted looking
to tho immediate repair of the college
buildings, und the early re-opening of
the college under new auspices.
Five hundred or more people were as
sembled on the Campus, and listened to
addresses from Hon. Mr. Purnell, of
Baltimore, Anthony Higgins, Esq., of
Wilmington, and G. W. Cruikslmnk, of
Elkton, editor of the Cecil Democrat , all
Oft whom were students ut Hie College in
her palmy days, and spoke with fr
heaits ami gifted tongues. Of the old and
new, ami predicted well lor the future of
tho college, while at intervals the band
discoursed sweet music.
Tho dinner was a pleading feature of
tho day. 250 people sat down at once to
tables spread under the shade of the
grand old trees, and with vigorous ap
pel i: es a ta ken the botäptaous store of
good things under which the tables lite
rally groaned. At tho head of one table
sat the. Governor, with the Trues tees of
tho col logo ; at the head of the other sat
Edward G Bradford, Esq., Hon. Willard
Saulsbury, lion. B. T. Biggs, and dis
tinguished guests. The people of New
ark and vicinity had prepared a plenti
ful dinner for 1000 people, although ex
E ec ing 500 only. A vase of beautiful
ouquets occupied the centre of each ta
ble, whoso groat ful perfume lent an ap
petizing flavor to the savory meal.
During tho day the glee club assem
bled on tho slum!, and beaut.fully ren
dered " Auld Lang SJn»e." All day
long the Trustees were at work, on re
organizing above ; the people w
lening to ud drosses, music and song.
At night the exhibition at the Acade
my under the efficient suporintendauee
of the Principal, Prof. E. D. Porter, w
a brilliant success. The college oratory
was crowded. The essays, dialogues
and spoechos sparkled jvith wit, satire
and sense, while the music, under tho
caro of Prof. Bcggs, enlivened the scouo
and made the hours pass merrily
" marriage bell." Tho exercises closed
at ll o'clock, tho people dispersed to
their homos, a lter cnfovlmr one of the
kstal days. Nothing
Bhsuro of the occa
I In'
cuts,
is
as
to
a
Us
most deligl
seemed to j
so
Wil
in
for the college. )
It is tho intention of tho Trustees to
prosecute (lie work oi reorganization ..
rapidly as possible, nfyd they earnestly
invoke tho hearty co-operation of the
people in making Newark College a cre
dit to tlie State, and an efficient educator
of her people—giving special attention
to the department of agriculture and all
kindred subjects.— (Jazelte.
a
I Written for the Clayton Herald.] s
Opnosltlou to. Secret Societies.
In your editorial notice last week of
the proceedings of a "Christian (?) Na
tional Convention" held in Chicago, III.,
you noto the assertions of the immacu
late Senator Pomeroy, who it seems is
waging a Quixotic warfare against nil
secret societies and making false repre
sentations to sustain his position. He
said "Jeff Davis owed his freedom to
freemasonry;" now I speak on this
subject knowingly and say that Jeff Davis
never has been a Mason or an Odd Fel
low. He further said that Andy John
son would have been convicted had it
not been for the Free Masons." I speak
again by the^ card when I te.l you that
Andy Johnson is a Mason , and so is
Benjamin F. Butler, hm-prosecutor in
the impeachment trial . The republican
Senators thaï voted for tvs acquittal
were not Masons. No, not one of them.
And how much and how far Mr. Butler
favored Mr. Johnson in that trial I leave
j'ou and a discerning public to infer.
What I have stated above I know to be
correct in every particular. So much
for that part of his statements. Now I
will briefly state the cause of this cru
sade against the Masonic and its kin
dred societies in the North west. There
has been as you and the most of your
readers are aware, for several year«
past, a College at Oberlin, Ohio, run on
the equality principle, and had us stu
dents white, block and tan, Ac. Some
of the negro professors and students
made application for membership iu the
society of Masons. But from a certain
clause of their Constitution and obliga
tion, they respectively refused to take
"Sambo" to their busoins, a^ that kiud
of a "friend and brother." Hence the
crusude against all secret docieties. At
a meeting of tho trustees of the Oberlin
College held soon after they passed a
resolution that no student should re
main in College that was a member of
a secret society. The result /vas that
every student that belonged to the Ma
sonic fraternity, or Independent Order
of Odd Fellow's left She College. Since
thPn «*© VaM u**on ai&itated on all
occasions, and finally it h»« baen drag
ged into the Church by' these c*^ v
loons. They may ruin some churches
by their course of condifst, but they
will never affect the secret societies in
the least. Their futile cffolts are like a
hen scratching against thé Alleghany
Aountaius, in hopes of annihilating
them. We have the example of too
many great nnd good men in the past
w'ho lived and died honored and con*
sistent members of those s/cieties, like
wise the best of living men of to day.
Good w'ine needs no bush/' nbr do these
societies need any defense wliatever, and
I have merely stated the aboi e facts for
your information and such of, your rea
ders as may not liuve the advantage of
possessing tho truth in the (premises*
X.
j
Our Washington Letter.
Washington, D. C., June 29, 18G9.
Lawyer Bradley's suit against Judg e
Fisher for libel in issuing an order de
barring him, came on for trial Monday,
before Judge Wylie in Circuit Court.—
After the opening of the case for the
plaintiff, on a request of one of his coun
sel to adjourn ovor for a day that ho
might examine the law cited on the oth
er side, Judge Wylie said further argu
ment would be useless. He had never
heard of such a case as this, and he sup
posed nobody else had. Ho advised
them to take his decision thut there was
no case, and go to the Supremo Court.
That courso was adopted.
The "National Intelligencer" of this
city is suspended by its publishers.—
They inform the public that their sub
scribers will be served until farther no
tice with the "Evening Express," until
arrangements can be made for its re
sumption. The Intelligencer was start
ed in 1800, and was a loading Whig or
gan down to the years of tho rebellion,
when it turned copperhead and espous
ed successively McClellan and A. J. and
finally Seymour &, Biair. It has done an
immonse amount of mischief. The old
inhabitants here, and through the south,
took it because their fathers had taken
it, and their children took it because
their fathers had taken it, and their chil
dren took it for tlie same reason ; and by
all tlieso generations its teachings were
gulped blindly, as coming with authori
to
es,
all
ly
iu
in
In
?
of
is
id
is
is
ty.
Financial embarressmonts have thioa
tened its life for many months past. It
is to be hoped that this suspension of
animation will prove permanent; though
as it lias been the only morning organ of
tho present bogus Democracy at tlie
Capital, it is perhaps to be expected that
that party will allow itself to be bled for
tho replenishing of the old creature's
veins.
Some business men held a meeting on
Saturday evening to devise ways and
means for reviving tho Intelligencer. A
large sum was raised, another meeting
called, and an earnest effort fall 1 y com
menced. But that alone won't amount
to antliing, probably. Nothing less than
a quarter ot a million of dollars is
thought sufficient to establish a first
class daily in such cities as St. Louis*
Chicago and Detroit. This enterprise
need not be quite so heavy, but it will
be quite too heavy for all tho spare
change of nil tho business men of that
political eomploxion in this town.
Tho Union pi inters of this city not in
tho Government Printing Office, are
still growling and snarling and snapp
ing around Black Douglass, under the
vexation of seeing him enjoy in security
tlie savory bone they all covet. More
meetings are to be held, exclusively of
the growlers, snarlcrs and snappers.—
Douglass ,also, has received an anony
mous letter, suspected to have come
fropi among them, giving him until a
.cortain day to leave ids Government sit
uation on pain of death.
is
George M. Robeson, tho now Secrela
liose appointment
ry of the Navy,
took everybody by surprise, was the At
N ow Jersey
tïufiTÂWÏr calL^P
n ev G eneral of
Hncne received
adout 45 years old, and a bachelor. The
its
at
so
in
Attorney Genpralsliip is the only consid
erable civil office ho has hitherto held.
During tho war he was adjutant General
of ids State. Holms not attained to the
front rank of his profession in his State;
but it is thought that he has moreabii
ty for administrative functions. His na
val knowledge is confined to ids profes
sional acquaintance with ship building
contracts.
it
I
At
a
re
of
all
v
in
a
too
past
con*
and
for
rea
of
In 1861 or 2. a man nnmed E. B. Stolle
was dismissed from his place in tho Con
gressional Library because ho wouldn't
take the oath which Congress had just
prescribed for all persons holding Gov
ernment positions. He was taken into
the Quartermaster General's (General
Moig'8) Office; and one of tho duties as
signed to him was the administration to
tho clerks, of the identical oath that he
refused to tako! After tho dismissals
lie is still retained. Gen. Meigs has
never been suspected, of huving too
much loyalty.
A great deal of dissatisfaction is felt
here by some of our best Republicans, in
terested in tho inciter iu no other way
than for their party and its friends, at
the extent to which discriminations aro
made against earnest, radical Republi
cans, in dismissals and reutention, and,
in some cases appointments. I could
give example if it were worth while.—
The evil does not all lie at tho door of
tho gentlemen wielding the execution
er's and appointing powers. Tho names
°f high Republicans to be seen on recom
mendations of women of known disloy
al sympathies, even, while Union wo
men, tho mothers, widows, sisters and
daughters of our dead or crij: plod sol
diers, aro, by tens of thousands, suffer
ing in
prise and indignation of the honest peo
ple upon whose shoulders these gentle
men are elevated. Radical men have
been dismissed for no other reason than
to make room for now appointees, while
suspiciously recent converts to Republi
canism, ifnot still undented " convcrsa
tives" are retained. Then, as to the new
appointees, some of thorn seem to have
been selected for their fit companion
ship, politic, liy, for those retained.
This is by no means the rule ; but tbt
exceptions are numerous enough, and
some of them glaring enough to excite
great discontent. Disinterested patriot
ism is a very convenient thing for a
lion lo.haveutite cull and ii i« • T«ry
pretty thing to contemplate. The Re
publican party is well endowed with it.
But it would be paying it an exaggera
ted compliment t<r assume that its disin
te *^sledness goes so far as to take plca
sure m-«eeing fruits of its toils, expen.
ditures ana «q C | |fi C e8 turned over to the
benefit of, in itsv» e ii e f t the real enemies
of the nation. Nev©i i»as any party done
more to ennoble politics >*ith great mor
al priifecidles and aims,
however moral on one side, have mate
rial orgauizutions, and are operated by
material moans, and thecoinmander-in
cbief of our armies, iu dividing his men
and material with the enemy during ac
tive hostilities, would not out-rank the
'J'
need, would excite the sur
But politics*
folly of party managers giving a share of
the patronage the people have confided
to them iu trust, to their political adver
saries.
J. EVANS.
THE JAPANESE IN AMERICA.
Accouiit of the Japanese Settlement
In California—Industry of the New
Comers—Cultivation of limn boo, Tea,
Silk, Fine Fish, and Japanese Trees
and Vegetables to be Introduced—
Prospects of a Valuable Acquisition
to the Industries of the Country.
The Graynor ranch, now Adzu ranch,
just bought by Herr Schnell, for the Ja
panese colony, is on the Georgetown
stage road, four and a half miles from
Placersville. The land Is best adapted
to line silk and tea, w hich they come to
cultivate. There are 600 acres under
fence, a large orchard of trees sov
years old, 50,000 bearing vines, not need
ing irrigation, plenty of grain Holds in
good crops, good brick house, well fur
nished, a barn, a well-appointed wine
house, implements cf husbandry, hors
es, wagons, cows, pigs, fowls, <fco., <ftc.,
all for $5,000 ! Water is good and abun
dant for irrigation. It is the purpose of
Herr Schnell to found a villager, to be
called Wakameta. Every family will
have a cottage, and a garden for a full
supply of vegetables and for ornament.
The Japanese are apt at gardening, and
naturally fond of it, and regulations are
unusual with them to enforce order and
neatness. Mulberry trees und tea plants
will be allotted in divisions to euch fuin
ly when the plants are ripe for pluck
ing. Each family will feed its own
worms, spin its own cocoons, and re
ceive pay according to its quality or
quantity. Tho raw silk will tfion be put
iu market for export or for home manu
facture. Tea will be mado on the same
principle. Tho families cultivate, p
the leaves, deliver at the factory ami
ceivo payment. Thus the factories can
make uniform qualities for market.—
Wine making will follow a similar ju
dicious division of labor where it is
practicable. There will be an extensive
nursery for the growth and sale of Japa
nese trees, such as are not now to be got
in this State, tea plants, bamboos, wax
trees, etc. The bamboo besides its me
chanical uses, will introduce to our ta
bles a much needed esculent. The
young sprouts combine the virtue of the
artichoke and the jispuragus. They are
more marrowy and delicious than eith
ther ; and in size each is greater t han tho
whole bunch of asparagus. It far sur
passes our vegetables in nutriment and
In kindly digestion. The bamboo will
? ;row large and find itself at home in our
oothills. When we learn its multifari
ous uses wo will value its introduction
into our State. Tho mulberry and the
tea plant alwaj's produce their finest re
suits iu the uplands, where there is
some frost to give winter repose to their
organs of growth. Tlieso peoplo are
skilled in tea making, and have all the
machinery lor it. California is going to
be independent of the outside world in
another important article. Ere long tea
of known purity will form a large over
land export. Bosidcs, China oil, that is
tho cleanest burner amoi g the oils of
commcree, coir cs from the
important part of the profit of the
tea culture. It should bo mentioned
that a highly competent native doctor of
medicine is attached to i|iis colony. The
tree which yields both varnish and wax
is perfcotly adapted to our foothills. To
get the wax the nuts containing it are
mashed and boiled, the wax separating
readily. Varnish is the circulating flu
id of tho tree, as turpentiuo is of the
pine. The surrounding land has a good
growth of oak trees insuring good rain
fall. It is* designed to raise in those
woods the Japanese oak-leaf silk worm.
This worm makes excellent silk and
large symmetrical cocoons. Tho moth
is bright yellow, with largo ornamental
wings. The worm is not domesticated
and fed by hand. Disallowed its own
way among I he trees of the forest; and
families camp out there during the sca
nt production. Though the oak-leaf
is its choice, it is not dainty. It eats
and is happy with the leaves of most
this It is fine
ick
re
nut. It
is
this worm. It is fine and vory elastic.
Its natural color is a pleasant gray ;
and of all silk it is tho most retentive of
its color. The cunning of the learned
men of Japan has been exhausted with
out finding a color that will stand
against the first application of
This fine variety of silk can or 1
at present where its natural color is ac
ceptable. No doubt mordants will be
found which will fix artificial colors,
and then oak-leaf silk, because of the
healthy worms and the elasticity of tho
cloth, will come into general use. The
taste oi Japan runs largely on fish. The
artificial cultureol fish, so new to Christ
endom, has bo n practiced in Japan
from immemorial time. Tho very first
day these people laid out a lake for fish
culture on their new purchase, there be
ing water and a well-adapted spot
among the undulations of the land.—
Fish grow to great size under protection
from devouring enemies. The carp at
tains a length of not (infrequently live
feet. Of all human food fish is the least
trouble to cultivate, and being always
fat and succulent in those enclosures,
the meat is exceptionality nutrieious.—
make such a lake hold water, the
Japanese form a cheap and effective oo
ment by a simple mixture of shell lime,
sand, and ashes. The varnish tree of
Japan resembles very closely our white
walnut tree. Its foliage is less, so much
so that it looks as if it were not thriv ng.
Tho varnish, like turpentine, exudes
from similar incisions made in tho hark.
There is one near the fountai
in our city gardens. Rico will bo one of
the grains cultivated for home use by
the Japcnese colony. All rice is not a
lowland product. There is a fine varie
ty known as hill rice, not inferior in nu
triment nor in flavor. A Ereneh gen
tleman writes thus: "Unlike other
Eastern people, there is something about
the Japanese that is congenial to Euro
peans. Having spout some years in Ja
pan, with opportunities;»!' official posi
tion to observe the higher classes, we
pronounce them in no way our inferi
ors. The men are dignified, woll edu
cated, exceedingly polite, brave, and are
full of ingenuity. The women have re
fined delicacy, very pretty forms and
features and a very winning address.
They are scrupulously neat in their per
sons and in their housekeeping. Their
accomplishments aro quite up to our
standard. They are healthy, frugal, in
dustrious. and ver
any of the refined
of Europe, we know
ese ladies that would command their
own choice of husbands. Not only is it
their personal charms that would be ad
mired, but they would, in the eye of
atrimony, be endorsed by the absence
of theexpensi ve habits that in all
belles interpose so terrible an obstacle
to marriage."
Madame Schnell is a Japanese lady,
evidently of that class that inspired tho
nuent description we have quoted,
the introduction of new branches of
culture and industry, and the utilization
of land« hif.hertn ms Of llltlO
value, be beneficial to California, we
may welcome this first colony from Ja
pan. They interfere with no existing
occupations. They are not an inferior
race. They aro unlike other Asiatics in
many important respects. They at once
costumes, and tuey ccme
with their families to make permanent
homes and investments. Their
ings will be invested here and not
abroad. There is nothing repellant, but
much that is attractive and winning iu
their bearing and their manner of nd
; they have no bigotry ; and if by
Christian treatment we prove the excel
lence of our religion (hey are just such
a people as will be likely to take kiudly
to our religious instruction.
water,
illy be used
'J'
railing
tv affectionate. In
dfrclt*8 of tho capitals
hundred Japun
"U r«.\v ii
<l"
If t
adopt
earn
dr
......It used to be the custom of tho Bmall
fruit growers of tlie South to import
their crates and baskets from the North
ern States. Of late they have learned to
manufacture these articles nearer home,
and thereby a considerable saving is
cured.
30
#!>efiiit QuiUts.
I'URORS OF YOUTH.
A gentleman who suffered for ye
Debility, Premature Decay, and all
the effects of youthful indiscretion, will, for
the sake of Mattering humanity, send free to
nil who need it, the receipt and directin
lor making he simple remedy by which iio
the cured. Sufferers wishing to prellt by
the advertiser's experience, can do so by ad
dressing, in perfect confidence.
John R. Ogden.
No. 42 Cedar street, New York.
from
Nerv
TO CONSUMPTIVES.
Thendvertlser having been restored to health
in a few weeks, by a very simple remedy, af
ter having suffered several years with a se
vere lung affection, of that dread disease—
Consumption—Is anxions to make known to
his fellow-sufferers the means ot cure.
To all who desire it. he will send a copy ol
the prescription used—free of charge,—with
the directions for preparing and using tho
same, which they will find a sure Cure f
CoNsuMFiioif, Asthma. Bronchitis, etc.—
The object of the advertiser 111 sending the
Prescription is to benefit the afflicte*1, and
spread information which hee
iiivaluable; and he hopes every suffe
try his remedy, as it will cost them nothing.
and may prove a blessing.
Parties wishing the prescription will please
address Rev. Edward A. Wilson.
Williamsburg, Kings County, N. Y.
•eives tobe
will
D EAFNES8, BLINDNESS
treated with the utniot
Isaacs, M. 1)., and Professor of Disc
the Eye and Ear ; (his specialty) in the Medical
College of Pennsylvania, twelve years experi
ence, (formerly of Leyden, Holland,) No. 805
Arch Street, lMiilad'n. Testimonials can bo
at ids office. The medical faculty
invited to ne
has
inserted without pain. No chnrge_for
amination.
Catarrh
, by J.
"(
îompany their patients, as I
îcrets In Ids practice. Artificial ey
la*
Feb-27-1-yr.
CLAYTON PRICE CURRENT.
Jl'LY 3, 1809.
Murphey a Parry's F
Flour ft bbl
ft bn.
lly Flour bbl. $0,25
Brandywi
Wheat, white
" red.
Corn, yellow ft bu
" white'fr bu.,
Oats ft bu.
Flaxseed.
Ryo ft bu.
Clover Seed ft bu...
l .
80
r.
2 50
1 10
_10.00
J
Family Marketing;.
%», bfi.
Pork, f ewi
Potatoes,
Engs iloz .,
Butter 1? lb..
Hams ^ ft)....
" Shoulders ft lb
Sides ft lb.
112 0«
100
•jmL.
l.Va.20
20 Lft
Lard ft ft...
Mackcral, No. 3, ft bbl
Herring, new, ft bl>.
Sluid, ft bbl.,...,
12 00
7(0
;
of
ac
be
the
tho
The
The
first
fish
be
spot
at
live
least
Sluid, ft bbl.,...,
CORNS ! CORNS ! !
EDWARD GREWER
CLAYTON, DELAWARE.
»
Will operate on
Corns,
ISuiifon.s,
Warts amt
MOLES without causing the least pain n-t
the time of opernffng or after, but gives im
mediate relief. He will call at the residence
of those afflicted if they desire. Credentials
furnished from former patients who fully at
test tohlß ability in effecting u puiimtiiwit
—— of these troublesome plagues.
4HJ*Office IIourÀî from Ö to 9 o'clock eve»
jun-20-0!)-tf..
ry evening.
HOE CREAM ! ! !
OPElilNG
Jl
IIE subscriber would respectively
Bounce to Ills worthy pntr
public In general-that he has opened to-day
his new place of business on
'V
and tiio
-£ÆJ±TlSr STREET^
(Opposite SMYRNA BANK,)
Where lie will he prepared to furnish any
thing in hifftine of business at lower rales
than
will bo used to make this the very pince fori
ALL. Thank ful'for past patronage, he will
strive to merit a continuance of the same.
before. Everything in ids power
JOHN W. FLICK,
BAKER AND CONFECTIONEER,.
MAIN STREET, OPPOSITE BANK,
SMYRNA, DEL.
June-28-tf.
y]
Walter McMullen,
CARRIAGE MANUFACTURER,
COMMERCE ST.,
SMYRNA, DEL.
IlnvinR established in Com
Repository, opposite the depot, will offer
large assortment of
ente Street
CARRIAGES
Of the latest styles, such ns Top Buggies. Ger
mantown Wagons. Jenny Linds. Goal-Box
auecci Uriel"«. Also a choice us
hund carriages
sor^ment of second
gg-AT COST.-^fi
I would call your attention to the fact that I
have secured the services of both First-Class
Wood-Workers,
none save the
BEST MATERIAL,
I feel confident of giving entire satisfaction
to all who may favor me with their patron
age. 4QrPersonsdcsiring to examine any of
my Carriages, who liavo not the time to
spare to call on me at my place of business,
by informing me of tlie fact by letter, will bo
shown them on their premises free of charge
Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done
and Painters, and using
WALTER MCMULLEN,
Smyrna, Del.
July 3-/f.
HHiminflcs.
QREEN, MITCHELL.—On the 20th of June,
at st. Peter's
by the ltev
Md., Dr. Thomas H. Green, of Clayton,
(formerly of Church Hill,) to Miss Maria
B. Mitchell, daughter of Richard Mitchell,
i Episcopal Church, in Smyrna,
. Mr. Green, of Church Hill,
Esq., of this town.
A Southern Boy.
An incompletely
enter moved to i
reeonstruted South
Vermont lately, and
soon afterward his family was increased
by tlie addition of a native Vermonter."
Ilis oldest son, a boy of lour years, was
at first delighted with his little brother,
but after a few weeks began to tire of his
crying and got a little jealous from
fancied neglect. One clay ho ciimed up
into his father's lap, end asked him,
"Papa, which do you like best me or
babv?" The father, thinking to please
the little prattler, answered that he liked
him best. After a serious thought, the
shrewd youth said ; "Pa, I know why
you like me best." "Why?" asked
the father ; "It's because I'm a South
ern man, aud baby is a darned Yankee."
.Monsters of tlie deep arc flocking to
San Francisco. The other day a whale
was stranded in the bay, and now a ter
rible horned fish, with a shall like a
turtle, has becu caught by a 1 shjrwian.