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The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31

A. MODEL FARM.--We have listened with a
degree of pride and interest to the praises be-
slowed upon Mr.. Daniel Cummins mode of
tlling and improving his farm, and have belIeld
with delight his fields when the ground has
almost groaned beneath the luXuriant crops
with which it was covered; but VIC never had
the pleasure of critical examination of his
place until one evening last week, when, in
company with an intelligent friend from West
Chester, Pa, a section of country in which
Agriculture is thought to have almost reached
its acme, we took ride out to his farm, and
were received by Mr.. c. himself, in his usual
affable and urbane manner. After a few mo-
ments' conversation in his Office, we took a
stroll around the farm. We thought, what an
attractive home his must be! An air of neat
ness and comfort pervades the whole Every
board is tight, and every door swings true to
its place. No broken windows or dangling
gates mar the general appearance of order
which prevails. His out-houses, wood-shed,
pou1try-house, pig-pen, wagon-house, and corn
crib, are nicely white-washed or painted on the
outside, and kept clean and neat within. He
keeps his horses, cows and grazing cattle all
separate, having warm and well-ventilated sta
blcs for each. Hisbarn and sheds, and dwelling,
are all supplied with good spouting. His fences
are all in excellent order, and no weeds # any
kind are visible along the head-rows. He has
nice fruit orchard, well supplied with every
variety of fruit. Mr.. C. studies the theory, as
we'll as the practice of farming, and seems to
possess the peculiar tact of making everything
suhserve the purposes of usefulness and profit
He has not been ON the farm more than about
three or tour years, and yet he has brought it
up to very high state of improvements he
has not reached the aLtima ratio. When he
came in possession of the place, it was abso-
lutely poverty-stricken; but now, the land will
produce 40 bushels of wheat, and 75 of corn
per acre. We might extend our remarks to
much greater length, if time and room admit
ted, but we will only advise all who can pro-
Perly appreciate good farming to pay Mr.. c. a
visit; they will find him clever and courteous,
and ever ready to accompany them around his
premises, and to communicate all agricultural
information (with which his mind is well stored)
that may be desired by those who visit him.
We might add that our friend with whom we
were in company, albeit he is of part of the
country Proverbial for good farming, spoke in
the highest terms of Mr.. C. as a gentleman.
and became quite enthusiastic in speaking ol
tho skill displayed in the internal as well
as external arrangements of his farm SWIFT
has very truthfully said that "whocver makes
two ears of corn or two blades of grass tc
grow where only one grew before, deserve:
better of mankind, and does more essential
seivice to his country than the whole race Of
politicians put together"
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
or" The first duty Of a Government is tt


Or" The first duty Of a Government is to
project the liues Of its people"
A truer sentiment was never uttered than
this; but how wilfully and egrcgiously is it
violated by most of our governments. How
much principle is there among our leading poll
ticiansl Truly did John Randolph remark that
they have "seven, and only seven--five loaves
and two fishcs.' Whet object had Governor
Seymour, in writing his veto, but the "loaves
snd fshesl Some say he had two hundred
thousand principles in doing that one act
Who can tell the number of lives he might have
saved By signing the Prohibtory bill, which
otherwise viii he lost in the space of one year,
What love have such men for their fellow be-
ings What cilre they for human sacrifice, SO
they but have heavy reeompense for it The
day is fast coming when every criminal will
be put in his proper category. The murderer
will have his pace assigned him, whether he
does il with the bowie-knife or ahe poisoning
dranght-cntting one thread after another until
the last one is severed and the victim falls a
hfeiess being at the rumsellcr's hand, while his
family is often without a subsistency and WITH
out character. We advocate prohibitory law
becasse itProtects the lives Of the people. We
are not willing to see our neighbors and friends
die by such process, and the base perpetrator
protected by law from punishment and that law
pronounced constitutional by some of our ablesi
erpOHRders. We must have law to protect
the lives of It's subjects.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
Business. . Parsanal. &c.

0ST The Rev. Goldsmith Carrow left Will
mington on Wednesday last, as missionary to
Iuenos Ayres.
Or Daniel M. Bates, Esq, has been appointed
one of the trustees of Delaware College.
=. or Mr.. Thomas Maybin, of Newark, few
days since. was standing talking with neigh
Dor, with the butt of his gun on the ground,
both barrels cooked, when the gun went off,
tearing his hat and coat, several shot entering
his chin and throat, but not seriously injuring
him.
Or Six Delawarians are, at present, students
il, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pa. -s.-..,-.-.,
0<r The Centreville (Md.) Sentinel says, the
farmers are complaining that the fly is cutting
the wheat in that region, but adds, the wheat
is nearly out of danger as it is all out in head.
o. The Rev. Joseph Barr, who was for sew
eral years the officiating clergyman in the
Presbyterian church at Newark, died in Will
mington, on Thursday last.
6T The Democratic election for the nomi-
nation of candidates for Sheriff and Coroner in
New Castle county, will take place next Satur-
day.
0~F- The New Castle County Temperance
Convention will be held at Red Lion, on Satur-
day next.
% Some fifteen, or more, of the delegates
from Sussex county, went to the Airline Rail
road meeting which convenes in New York to-
day. Delegates from Maryland Virginia, ant
Sussex county, Del, compose the meeting.
LICENSE IN CHESTER County, PA gen
tleman, in private letter from Chester county
says: Sour Judge takes strong ground on tn,
temperance question. All applications for Ii
cense for porter and ale-houses, and for stores
to sell vinOus and spirituous liquors, were re
fused by the Court last week. There wer
also upwards OF forty petitions for tavern licens,
rejected. The court also will notice prompt,
any violations of the license law.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
Popdcr NIL Erplosion-- Men Killed
Sir Buildings BIozpn Up. s.

sAUeEETIEs, Ulster co.., N. y, May 25, '54.
The powder mill of Messrs. Latin e. Smith,
about three miles tack of this place, blew up to-
day, killing seven men and blowing six houses
in the vicinity all 10 pieces. The buildings are
of no great value The principle loss will be
from the destruction of stock, and the inter-
ruption OF the wsrlts The latter loss will be
pretty serious, as this is the largest mill in the
State, and next to the largest, believe, of the
United States. This mill has blown up some
five or six times before, but never, believe
has the destruction of life been so deplorable.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31


TAvERNs AND RrrAnERs LrcExsEs.-The
New Castle County Court recommended on
Thursday last, the toilowug persons as suitable
to keep tavern the coming wear:
Brandywinc Hunercd-David Carr. Henry
Williamson, Eli b. Tallcy. Wilmington
John Foster, Brooke T. Turner, James PInnkctt
Christian krauch, Jon Wilson, Radcliffe Chad.
wick, Richard X. Jones ('remperancc.) Patrick,
Mellon, Neal McElwec, Daniel Sweeny, Charles
Edwards, Hugh Mctiuirc, r. II. p. Clayton,
Allen J. Lemon, Lewis Wilson, Phebc B.
Sharpe, Oliver Wildd0es, WIN. Strimplc, Pat
rick Christy, Hugh McGovcru. Christiana-
Roland ID. Parry. Robert IIodson, Bridget Nc
Hugh, lIoratio Mcneil, Robert Beatty (Tem-
pcrance,) Moses Journey, Sarah Scoficld, Jacob
Starr, VIM. S. Fleming, John s. Walter. Mil
Creek-.Springcr MeDanri, Rcbccca Walker,
Jacob FOulk, Jacob Iiopplc, Jesse B. Bill. Levi
Workman. White Clay Creek--yacob Deha-
ven, John Widdocs, Lewis III. Stidham, Ph lip
Marvel, Scofeld Wiley. New Castlc--lslnc
II. Register, George w. Burns, John c. Morris
son. Joseph Caldwell Ambrose Iaiferty, Elisa
beth Stldham. Red Lion--Beniamin +. Herd
man, Joseph ii. Wsre, John s. Sraith (temper-
ance.) st. Georges--Thomas III. Wright, Par
ker i. Wharton, Bidllle g. Price, lisa Lppincott.
Pencader-James Nicholson, Edward McFar-
N'ffN W,
Collins
The following petitions were refused:
New Castle--James Mc.incspy. Brandywine
James Haughey, James Brown Ghristiana
Hd-Hngh Carroll. Neutrality-suspicious. w.
Price, Edwin Mullin, Joseph Gully.
The following persons presented petitions Of
the right to retail apirituous liquors at their
stores, which SAID petitions were signed by a
majority Of the school voters ofthe School Dis
tricts named, and licenses granted:
Joseph Beck, Schoel District No. 90 James
y. Hal, No 65; Levi w. Lattonius, No. 65
Edward Silcox, No. 65; George w. Dexter. No
~; Wn1. II. Cam, No IA; Jess. ID. Ball, No.
81 Abraham BIatton. No So Price & Rey.
cs, 6olds, No a; iAaac Price. No. 90; Alex &.
Crawford. No Al; Patrick Phelan, No Al Win.
cent 2. Gilpin, No 10; John Nicola ffertv. No
Is; John Gormley, No ls Michael Malov. No No
IA; Edward l.. Rice, Nc Is; Ezekiel r. Aim
No IA; Allison s. Fay, No Ia; An,irew j crow
no ~; Thomas b. Rice, No Is; John Tlradv
No IL; Philip Plunkett, No Is; Henry Mellon
no IL Frances Kelly, No NJ; Ruasel 4 De.
haven. No54 WIN. Foord No ia; Robert III m
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
0~r The following resolutions were adopted
at the Worlds Temperance Conyention:-

ResoIUcd, That it be and hereby is recon-
mended to the friends of temperance in every
part Of the world, to hold simultaneous meet
ings on the second Thursday il, June next, to
be conducted as may seem best fitted to advance
the cause they have at heart.
Resolved, That il be and hereby is recon-
mended TO temperance men throughout the
country, 10 procure petitions to Congress to
abolish the spirit ration in the Navy, for Pro-
for a law forbidding Post Office to be kept, in
any part of the United State, in a grocery
shop or store in which Intoxicating liquors arc
sold as beverage.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
Terrible Explosion Of Powder,


We learn that terrible explosion Of powder
occurred in Wilmington this morning-the
most terrific of the many that have occurred in
that city. AS three large four-horse wagons,
loaded with powder, belonging to the Messrs
Dupont, were passing along Fourteenth street,
two of them exploded, tearing drivers, horses
andwagons to atoms, ,razing houses to the ground,
and doing great injury to all in the neighbor-
hood ~
The residence of Bishop Les was nearly de-
stroyed; two of his children and the servant
were injured, but, fortunately, the Bishop was
at the Convention in st. Andrews church.
Five persons We're instantly killed and many
more seriously injured. human arm was
thrown three hundred feet, and one of the
drivers was carried over the tops of the trees
on the other side of the Brandywine The loss
is estimated at $4,000.
powder and teams were valued at Sc, 600.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
SrEAHBGAT BALLOON FOR PIHtE -
DELpIlIA.

TIE STEAMBOAT BALLOON
- leaves Smyrna l.. nding, ION Long
Point,) for Philadelphia, every TrE.DAY.
THURSDAY and SATURDAY, at y U'cIOck, 4. NJ.
Returning, leaves Chestnut Strert Wharf. Phil
adelphia, every MoNnAY, WEDNESDAY aud
FRiDAy, at o'clock. A. a., touching at Dea-
kynes Landing, Port Penn, Delaware City aud
New Castle, going and returning.
OF Breakfast and Dinner provided on board.
Freight carried at the usual low rates.
WIN. =. BALL, Captain.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
THE DELAWARE HERALD

In puniishSd every "Wednesday morning. IN the
Temperance Hall, Smyrna, Del, by
II. l.. Poei.os n n. d. MsGecker,
AT 81 30 per annum, in advance. No paper
will be discontinued till ail arresrzges are
paid. s
Advertisements not exceeding one square.
conspicuously inserted Que time for ffty cents
two times for seventy-fve cents, three times
for one dollar, and twenty-five cents for every
subsequent insertion; longerones in proportion.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31

6yThe Bookselier's Trade List, a new
sheet Of sixteen quarto pages, has been receive
ed, in which are named nearly all the books
now in the market. The critical notices of
popular works are excellent. J. Hannegan,
Proprietor, III Fulton street, N. Y.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31

or Dickens Household Words. for June, il
on car tahls, and the bill Of fare given, Is, we
think. suficisnt to satisfy any irtersfy epicnre-
The interesting story on = Hard Times IL
continurd wah anabating interest.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31

G1r We learn from several of our Philadel-
phia subscribers that they have not received
the last two or three numbers of the Hcrald-
We know they were sent We are unable to
account for the failure.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
~ a r RI Z D.

j On the 25th instant, by the Rev. p. Mans
field, Mr.. THoxAs CHASE to Miss HANNAH ANN
'WIlLrAws, both of Kent county, Del. \
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
WANTED

I IMMEDIATELY, SIX GOOD JOURNEY
MEN HOUSE CARPENTERS. To whora
good wages (si.s7l per day) asd permanent
employment will be given. Apply TO
~. JOHN A. LAVENDER,
May IL, 'o4-u Smyrna, Del.
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
40 the Citixens OF Srnyrna.
NO DECEPTION.

/ ~ YOU want 10 make SEQ, more, a week. .
~ can easily be done by any active person OF either
sex. And howl BY manufacturing even ssnsls ar
teie of the many mentioned in nay hock ~ each Of
which iuli dir etions are grim prvste family sil
gain ten times The cost Of the hook in aae yras a.
lew cents Will enable thcm 10 mtke fsr themselves
what now them dollars 20 bs,y The p.hssr r.ax
rey that the reespss genuine. The hsak w,li he
sent a any address in the United Ssses ups tAs -.
ceipi Of 81. post paid. Address
May 81. Slim
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31

0r The Cayuea Chief says" Seymour
Saloons and Seymour Retreats are spring.
ing up in our cosntry. The Gov. must feel
proud of these evidences" of the acorrect
ness of his course. Seymour men, of course,
sell and drink tile rnm in these delectable
plsces.
" Mr.. John B. Gonghs tho popular lecturer
on iemperaaee, clentnnes to have the greatest
success IN England. lie has Just given a pro-
longcd series of dscourses at Exeter Hall
The Delaware herald., 1854-05-31
PEACH BASKETS.

fINHE attention OF Peach Grower aud others in want
a OF BASKETS. Ia hereby called TO the large sssck
of the above named article which the subscriber has
now on hand. and 10 which he constantly aiding at
hs Basket Mandatory do1r 90 tn, Office Of The
Delaware Herald" Commerce street. Smyrna. Del.
JOHN E. MOUNT.
May IA, '54.lm
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20
Arrival of the Africa.

New YoRK, Sept T.
The Africa, with three days later news, arrived
this morning.
Cotton closed in favor of the buyers
In -four and wheat no new features McHenry
quotes Western flour at % to Sis; Philadelphia
and Baltimore at 3 Is to 32s Red wheat is SIS cd
to 9s; yellow corn is 80 to Sos
1t was reported at Paris, that the expedition to
Crimea positively left Varna on the 10th
AT the battle of Kars, ia Asia the Russians took
$4,000 Turks prisoners, and left 5000 dead on the
field.
The cholera was on tne decline at Varna but
was still raging at Adrianopie with great vio-
lence.
There has been great fire at Varna by which
one-thlrd ofthe town was destroyed. The produce
magazines were saved The fire is supposed to
have been the work of Greek incendiaries.
Immediately after the surrender of Bomarsund
Gen. paraguay Killers, accompanied by Mr.
Gray Secretary of the English Legation, left for
Stockholm, with the view, it is supposed, OF urg-
ing Sweden to declare tor the Western powers.
The Austrian loan has all been taken.
The moniteur contains the following announce
ment:
Vienna, Aug. 22.-The Austrians entered Wal
lachia on the goth. The whole corps of occupa
ton will have passed the frontier by the 23d
Busharest, Krajova and Lesser Wallachia will
be occupied.
The advance Guard reached Bucharest Septem-
Der 5th
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20
STRAY NOTICE.
ENECUTIxIN,S SALE.

III PROBATE -sSAUk COUNTY COUkI.
In the matter Of tie Estte ef Thonqs E. Jones decef'
NOTiCE is hereby given, that, by virtue ard y y.
~ suance of an order of license made in such lisSs
on the senenth day of August 1854 by the County M
of said county, the undersigned, Executrix OF t -.
will and testament of said deceased, will, on me ~,
fifth 25th) day OF September rext AT one ciocA
aerno on at the village of Dodgeyilie in the c-
Iowa, State of Wisconsin, offer for sale at PuDie
the following described lands, to wit :-Dne
Lot in the town of Dodgevie, beginning al VIC ,I.s.
west of lot sold by James d. Jenkins 10 WIZ
J. lilly Co.. and by them to Aaron Adams, and rpes
thence by line at right angles with said street c.
R. s. Bake's line, one HUNDRED and eight lOol lesr
or less, thence south by said Blske's line to Ine
west corner of said William j. lilly & Co.'S, bTi
(22) feet, more or less, thence west bearing 1
direction 10 the place Of beginning, one huboee III
(lioj feet, more less. The said parcel OF 's III
part OF lot purchased by James D. jenk 1s
Crosby and recorded in the ONCE OF the hes II
Deeds, IN sad coCnty of Iowa Also, corns5
Block No eight, ~ of Pany's Addition to me n ~
Dodgevilie. in said county of Iowa The teImsta
viii be made known at the tine and place o. s ,,r
3x4z MARTHA JONES, EIeeaHp[
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20
The Ayes and Noes.

The following is the vote on the Nebraska res
olutions, passed at the Democratic Convention on
the 9th, published in the official proceedings in
the Madison Argus. We think Mr. Lean of this
county, is placed on the wrong side of the House.
If our memory is correct, he voted no -
Ayes-Billings, Boyden, Lean, Zollinger, n
Dewv, w p. Dewey, Clinton, Rountree, Penn,
Worden, Allen, (3) Rodolf Ladue, Cyle, Rose,
Parkinson. Ogden, Dean, Fairchild, Beardsey,
Brown Sweat and Brawley, (2) 90.
Noes-Tellfair, Stevens, (2) Wriesburgh, Thorn
son, Gardiner, Jorden, Pease, Mel, Smith, Arm
strong, Woodle, Bugh Eddy, Firmin, and Nc
Langhlin, (2) II
Mr.. Noodles resolution repudating the admin
istration of President Pierce, was tabled by the
following vote:
Ayes-Messrs. Billings, Boyden, ZoIlinger, Ste
vens, (2) Gardiner, Pease, Warden, Allen, (3)
Rodolf, Ladue Kyle, Rose, Parkinson, Bugh, Dean
Faircbild, Firmin, Brown, Sweat, Mclaughlin, (2)
Brawley (2) n. Dewey.
Noes-Tellfair, Lean, Wriesburg w. P. Dewey.
Clinton, Thomson, Rountree, Penn, Rockwell
Neil, Smith, Armstrong, Ogden, Eddy, and Boards
ly.
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20

Fngitire Slare Riot IN Chicago.-Three men from
Missouri undertook on Sunday to arrest an alleged
fugitive slave, named Turner, in Chicago. They
seized him the corner of Wells and Jackson
streets; but after a severe scuffie the negro es-
capped. One of the slave atchers fired shot at
him, from revolver; but without damage A
crowd speedily assembled, and the Missourians
took refuge one in the of the c. & r. |. r. r.
Company, and the other in Young America sa-
looa. Hence they were taken TO Jail at their own
request, to save them from the vengeance of the
people. The Democratic Press says:
Knowing the light in which slave-hunting is
regarded ir this portion of the State it is not a
little remarkable that men can be found of sutfi-
cient temerity to undertake it without authority
of law ard the requisite proofs in broad daylight,
and in thickly settled part of the city
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20

full it would amount to the sum of 100,
whereas, in fact, but S23,275 has been paid.
For the purpose of raising the means TO pro-
gress with the work, the Directors have adopted
the plan of disposing of 1000 shares of the stock
at $50 per share, giving to the existing stock
holders the preference of taking the shares at that
rate on paying much the nominal amout of
their subscription. If this number of shares shall
be disposed of, at that rate the sum of $4,000,
including the amount already paid will be real
allied 500, 725 il addition TO the amount al
ready paid. =
The Directors feel the utmost confidence that,
if the stockholders will raise the sum of about
100000 towards the work, there will be no seri-
difficulty in realizing out of the securities of
the company Gts Bonds and Stock sum sufii
Gent to complete the road, with all necessary
equipments and fixtures.
The matter is now in the hands of the Stock
holders, and it is for them to decide whether the
work shall proceed, whether with all the pro-
gress we have made and all the prospects before
us il shall come 10 an ngorious end.
MOSES NJ. STRONG, President
IIr,arn al D-.i.nt Snn.t 1
Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1854-09-20


Editors Of 4" Mineral Point Tribune -
DEAR S1ns The following Resolutions were
adopted at an Ecclesiastical body known as La
Fayette Quarterly Meeting of Free Will Baptists,"
at Waldwick, Sept. I'd, 1854:
COMMITTEES REPORT.
l. Resolred, In the minds of this Conference,
that citizens of this Republican Government,
at this particular crisis ESPECIALLY, that it be
comes imperative duty to exercise our politi-
cal privileges at the ballot box
2. RssolUed, That the course taken by our State
Legislature their last session. in refusing to pass
and defeating Prohibitory Liquor Lap makes
it our duty To abandon all conservative ground
and support only such for Office, without any
regard to political parties, pledged TO advo-
cate and do all in their power to obtain the pass
age of Law similar to that known as the Maine
Liquor Law"
3 Resolred That the issue, forced upon us by
the act of Congress at their last session, in the
passage of law known the Nebraska and
Kansas Bill" thereby violating one of the most
sacred Compromises in Nations history, and
pretending that all Compromises in favor of Free
dom are annued and abrogated and all in favor
of Slavery must be retained anj their provisions
enforced at the expense of the Government calls
upon US In thunder tones men, and more espe-
cially as Christians; that on political banner
we inscribe, as our watchword, /" REPEAL:' = and
that withhold our suf1rages from all and every
man for Office, who are not pledged positively by
all his acts and votes to echo our watchword
=" REPEAL" and manfully oppose Slavery extern
sion directly and indirectly.
4. Ecsolred That in the light of the present day
man can justify Slavery extension, or adhere to
party ties in preference to principle, without vo-
latng Christian character and Republican prnci-
pie.
J. A. DAVIS, Secretary
Fayette, La Fayette Co, Sept. s, 854.