Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1856-10-30

The scene which occurred upun his unexpec led |
arrival hOtnc was truly att cfng. The news
reached them few mcmtn's before bis own
landing, when every nigger rushed from the
plantation, some jumped into the bayou and
swan 10 meet the boat. They shouted, nay.
laughed danced, seized tier master by the
feet, legs, arms, neck and hands, kissel him
wherever they could touch him, he kissing
them in return. AT last. the over loved crea.
lures. eevaiing hin, upon their shoulders. car.
| ried him eft in triumph to the house. thought
to my self, could Henry Ward Beecher his sister
and all his relatives, do more. Journal of
| Commerce.
GREAT FiRE IN THE MICHIGAN SwAMPs,- We
hear very distressing verbal accouI Is of suffer
lns ~ Michigan, III consequence Of Tie dense
smoke, flom the marsh anu bog fires In the
vicinity Of Battle, Creek 1t is SAID, that CON
sumptye persons have died IL spasms, cattle
have sniiocatSd. and poultry deal Thousands
oil acres have bnrut over, and immense damage
has been caused 10 property.
We have also been favored with the persusl of
letter :!om Dr.. Copeland, at Lansing, 10
his father in this city, from which We make tue
following exuac:
"lt commenced smoking last Monday, and
ihursddy the wind went down, and there
Wasn't breath OF air stirring. he smoke oil
settled TO the g'Oupd and became almost sur.
locating. Thursday, alter 4O'clock, you couldn't
see even the pa:h undsr your feat. Abont 3
O'Clock. started to go To the law mill.
about one quarter OF mile aud csmins back [
got lost twice, and over road. | ku3w as well
as you do to go to G-Is
~ passed. the boarding house within ion feet
OIL, anu went 10 the end Of the road, abou /
ten ruCs aud knew not where was until
heard the boys laugh in the house. One of our
men started from his house TO gel pail Of wa
ter al QUE we'l-the only one near--a dis;anca
OF about sixty rods, and q straight road .- there
are 10 iences in tins country he made per
iect c'icle and got home without the water.
The stage oil the plank road came in with
man to each leader; and another ahead with n
lantern, run off the plank, and tipsled over
, twice at that.
about 10 O'Clock man was heard halloo-
ING; one OF our men went out and answ ed
num- anu there came up two men and wo wa
I ihen and wanted to know where they were,
: They had been to a nlighIor's to SPEND the
: evening, but could'n: tind their way back |
: cou d mentions hundred that got lost, and
Is coulnat iad the way back.
10 "Onc riding horseback, the horse stopped, the
o man ara got off aud lUuud he hat ran against
- IL los; ieV around for the road. found it, bu
IL couldn't find ms horse again uat Saturda
when the smoke began to ciear away, and foun
i him just where he lett him. To- day is the frs
10 10 that we eoud see any distance The wood
"a sEe Oh Ilre all arou nd, aud hear that the b.,
marsh, ab Ut 5000 aces, Is all burnt no. On
Y man lost one hundred tons Of hay. We hay
u lived through it, but il did seem as If we cJn!,
"a rot Grea'he Sometimes. ~ ROcheStee DemOCyG
FklGIIrFuL CALAMITY AND Loss OF LIFE. o.
saturday evening, most shocking and hcapt
~ rendlug casualty occurred in Joh1s9n's Ian
!. running from Third 10 Fourth strtetS belu,
= Wharton street. which has resulted ia th
ie death of at least THEE children The facts Z
a. the case are rs follows: .
20 AT aosnt half past s o'clock. while lad,
10 named Mrs Andrew Moore was ia tile act i
'y Killing fluid lamp While burning, one of III,
p chl!Nr,h came in contact with her arm all
% caps zsd the fluid can Az iguation took alac
r. and set fire 10 MIS- NJ and five of the ch'dre
oT WHO were in the room The cons tolnatiun " .Iic
y loowei was OF a most ifishdu character au,
! dEea ted the mos! intense excitement.
as Every eirIrC was made by the neighbors I
lo e&tlnsrish the Il mes Of the liquid die tom til
We unfortunate little sufferers, but they did iu
&c succeed unit! Their agony was most excrucia
~ ing. Their cries were heaTt-rsnding. Drs
10 hammeIGy and Laws, of the United State
Ell Navy, were promptly III attendance, and di
all that medic skill possibly could 10 allay til
IS agonies Of the sufferers. The unfortunate vic
u, TINS are Mr. aud Mrs, Moore and their lou
chiir-n, L,nna H., WIthelmial, Rachel an
ElniFa. aged respectively eight, six and tire
y years, and eight mOnlh'. Also. a little gil
-, - named Ellen Jane Simpson, aged twelve veal.
Ii We learn that three Of the victims have sine
|, died, and that the remainder re in ycry cri
IN eel condition.
The Coroner held an inquest on their bodies
a The names Of the deceased are Ellen SAMSON
. and Emma AID Rachel Moore.
IL rHE INDIANA ELECnoN TO BIC CONTESTED.
he CINCINNATI, Oct. 24.--The Indianapolis Juurn,
Il, OF To-day says that in consequence Of the dis
ecvery Of stupen ious frauds, twn Republican
as nave setermlEed to contest the Stat. election
III The ohicin returns from four iilths Of III
as State SHOW u Republican increase over 1875
oe OF l2,OOO, while the Democratic increase
nv 5000. In the Ninth and Eleventh. Dis,nc
he the Democrats have an incl essed vote Of Coz
he IN each. This would indicate, according to II
10y journal, an nc ease Of population in two yea
In Of over quarter Of a million.
vor OFFICIAL VorE OF PENNSYLVANIA. Ham,
BURG. %. The vote ol the State for Unn
an. Commission er, as published in the Telepral
ich 10 day. all the counties being Official txce
ls- Llk and Mexican presents tho following tota
nri Scot'' pem'' :2l2,S
tho Cochran, Fusion, :o0S /
ed.
ghI Democratic majority. SO
INK FIRES AND Loss OF LFE.-Un the prairies
ing Central Illinois fires have been doing mn,
! in damage. On the 5;h instant, psrty, cqnsis
a aes ing Of three men and woman, were oycrtak
vas on prairie in Christian county, and so bad
ere burned that three have since died, and 1
of fourth Was lot expected 10 recover. TL,
,wn wagon and clothing we're consumed. ltis q
I%a Nus serted that the nel, were drunk.
hat MYSTERIOUS DEATH.-On Tuesday night wee
Lewis B. Norwood Of Granville, N. O., W
The reported by hls servants to have fallen in /
ia fire AM been burned To death. On examipi,
var the body, some slight burns were found, i
an neither hia clothes nor his head were ev
der scorched Suspicious OF foul play are ento
for tanned, as he was in good health two hours i
her fore his death.
ate USE OF GuANo-At The recent meeting of I