Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-22


PURsUrr OF SpEoIE UNDER DlPsrcuLrns.-
Cincinnati asserting broker visited bank
In Lafayette, Ind, with $1,000 in bills, de-
handing specie for the same. Tho teller, on
the presentation Of the notes, offered to liquid
ate the bills aforesaid, one at time, in ten
cent pieces. The fellow wanted gold aud Of
Tered TO discount, but the bank otilcer was In
exorable, so Mr.. Broker gathered up his notes
and departed in disgust. At Laporte, Ia the
same State,'a similar attempt caused mob, US
wan be seen by this paragraph from the La
tayette Courier ISL
| We learn nom gentleman who left Michi
gan city this morning that there was mob and
great excitement in Laporte yesterday, growing
out Of an attempt by some Cincinnati brokers
70 make run on the branch Of the New State
Bank ia that city. The bank aud the whole
| SQUARE in the vicinity was blocked up by large
crowd oil excited citizens, numbering over one
Thousand. Tbs brokers were notified 20 leaves
Town lihmedi iteiy. The president OF the bank
| expressed his ability aud willingness to pay,
but the people would not allow il. ~
says >
Three specie brokers were here to. day from
cincinnati. They were waited on by the citi-
Gems and notified to leave, or take the conse-
quence. They took their carpet bags away as
they came.
LONG LIFE.-There is a gentleman in IJuion,
~. H., VINO Will be lO2 years old on the 7th Of
1uly. bis name is Ralph Farnham-and q
strong effort was made to induce him to be
present al the recent Bunker Hill celebration,
IN boston-he having taken part in the bat
tlo. he declined going on account of the dis.
lance, and when his sou, lad Of 40 or 80
years, proposed to accompany him, replied,
~ ne went, no didn't want to be bothered
| with the care of any childrenin He saws he
uon remember Of ever being sick, but, " be-
neYss ne had fever or something, 80 or go
There is an older citizen than Peter
Nassau of Pomfret, VT, In Wisconsin. He ia
called "Old Crele," and was born in Montreal
lou years ago. His memory IA 'distine for. a
pe,iou OF AZ years. He was married at Now
orisans a century ago, and now resides with
one OF MS grand children, who is upward of
sixty years Old. He is still hale and hearty,
ana does not appear to be- over 20.
Parson Brownlow declines Greeley's proper
| sluOn for discussion between himself and
Fred. Douglass, in the following terms
Greeley does mot accept my challenge for dis
cussion with Breecher, Parker, or some one of
your plous freedom shriekers-but has the I'M
pushing inpudence to name Fred. Douglas
plaek as tar, as the champion of the NORTH
III Dongl ass was to attempt to reply to me In
public, would serve him as Rusk Of Arkansas
dld Greeley IN Washington, for his insolence
1 would wear him out on the pavement with a
big shckl aul willing to meet Greeley in
debate, because of his position and the color
OF his skin, although feel confident that he
possesses less Of honor, and of manly feeling,
than the big Buck Negro Douglass, when you
all lionize.
A TRAGEDY IN NEW YoRK.-A shocking
murder was porpetrated in New York, at ten
O'Clock on Saturday night, the victim being a.
Scotchman named John Swenson. 1t appears
hat Sxua os,Al "a ,,,sfs =
Tenth avenue on their return home from mar
keting, and were engaged in rather earnest
conversation, when three young fellows, appar-
entity intoxicated, suddenly approached, and
accoSting Mr.. s., asked what he was saving
he replied that he was talking to his wife,
whereupon one of the three, without further
words, drew dirk and stabbed Mr.. S. in the
breast, the wound causing his death in few
minutes thereafter. The villains Immediately
Ned, ard have thus far eluded tho vigilance
of the police.
The PANIC WORKING FOR UNCLE SAM.-TEe
Trenton True American says that tue United
States recruiting station In that city is doing
a hourlshiDg business at this time. Large
numbers of meR are enlisting into Uucle Sans
service, who doubtless consider the eleven
dollars per month as better than living ON
hope, or work without pay, or no work and
no pay. There are plenty of able bodied single
men, Of better class than those who generally
join the army, who will be glad 10 enlist now, ),
as an alternative to beggary or starvation next
winter. M
A young lady named Catherine Chancey, re-
siding at Brooklyn, N. Y, committed suicide,
on Monday, by cutting her throat with razor
| She was a seamtress. and ascertaininR that tho
| drm she worked for could give her no more
employment, went to her room and committed
the deed. The landlady, having missed her at
the dinner table, went to ascertain the cause,
and found her in dying condition. A physi.
clan was called in, hut the artery having been
severed, she soon after expired. She was
about twenty-five years Of age, unmarried, and
is respectfully connected in Brooklyn.
HoMIoIDE.-on the 9Th ultimo, ia a quarrel
between some q. S. soldiers and volunteers,
at Fort Myers, Fla, Sergeant Thomas 2. Mon
roe, of the regular army, was shot by Lieut..
Marsh, of Capt. McLeod's Company Of Mount
cd Rifles, from tho effects of which he died
the next day. Lieut.. Marsh was put under
arrest.
The French official bulletin, Des Lois, pub
fishes decree announcing the concession to
Mons. NJ. W. Glover, acting in the name OF
tho International Transatlantic Telegraph Co.,
for the establishment of submarine line be-
tween Bordeaux and the United States. The
cOncessi on is forty years.
MARRIED.