Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-08-20

ny TEg q bEI8T.aRE REPUBLICAN,
aEr 9ITSE 1T Has THE L.ARGESI CIh-
DItT aTTON OF ANY PAPER POBLiSh-
IN IN DELAWARE. .4DHERIIStsfitsSS
5WD OTHERS SHOULD BE:fh :, 4 I az 2
FSCT IN MIND AND LOOK ~ IHhH'
INTEREST.-n -
d. AMrnIcAN NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RALLY TO
yopR CAusE!-A meeting of the American
PARTY of the City Of Wilmington, will he held
Mt the City Hall, on Tuesday evening" 10
make arrangements for the approaching oity
Election. The meeting will be addressed by
several eminent speakers. BY order OF the
executive committee.
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WAFER STREET THE meeting held in the CIV
Hall. on Wednesday evening, came to no definite
dissemination in re gard to widening Water Street.
.va,v nroDosition having been voted down, we be
ucve with the exception of one providing for the
onnointnent of committee of five citizens to confer
with the Railroad Company. of this committee IL
wa, resolved Il. A. Wilson, President OF the meet.
ing. should be chairman and an adjournment was
carried before the other gentlemen were named II
this committee is ever Allied up we do mot see that 1t
can accomplish more than the Council has cftectcd
The Railroad company decline to pay any portion
Of the expense Of widening said street, and any
change is not likely to be wrought in the determines
ton Of the President of III at Corporation That the
lime NAV come when the Railroad company will
wish to occupy the entire street as it now exists,
cannot be doubted, ard it would therefore be pru-
dent to provide for such contingency. The policy
in this matter however appears to be 10 look only
at the present and to lot the future take care Of
itself. That such 4 course ia unwise We shall not
atop to prgue-it being too apparent 10 need any
exemplfcation. Our people generally woud be
PLEASED to sec tile street widened, but they believe
that those who are 10 DO benefited thereby should
INV the expense Of the work The advantage to
tho city must be incidental, arising from the in.
cresse Of the assessment and to that extent the city
should contribute but no further; leaving the Rail
road and the owners Of the property to benr their
proporticna'e share Of The burden, TO say that
either party should lefray the entire expense would
he unfair but that they uld all contribute is so
apparent that many suppose an arrangement should
he effected without difficulty, The street at present
is not only eve sore, but it is dangerous to drive
horses and vehicles along it. We SEQ no way "a
obyate .his, even if the street should be wdened
without mectug nigh board fence on either side o.
the track as to prevent horses getting before tie
train This Is matter also worthy of consideration
In fact 1t has been suggested that the Railroad
should be enclosed having gates which should clOse
the different Streets the time the train passing
but tn is think hardly necessary, though it would
be good arrangement, and well worth while car
rying into execution, II it would save hut single
life in ten years.
To return to the cost Of widening the street. II
The RAILROAD company should ever wish to put dowr
two tracks, the officers should now mate the arrange
ment for doing so as it will never be effected at a
little cost as at tho present time The rropert,
holders, however, should NOT endeayor to enriel
themselves at the expense OF great public con
Venienee Excessive damages should never bo do
Inanded for an improvement that will benefit tn
property holder mure than II injnies him, Ms ha
been the case ia many instances. In short rnilroa
nOmpHuies havo been generally forced to pay dam
ages for tho right ofwRy entirely dispropOrtonate
the amount Of injury, too many looking on corpori
tIons as something which they have right to Ilur
der. This is all wrong To demand ex.essi5
damages where improvements are great plthl
benefits Is little better than robberyno transact,
being just fair whore value Is not given, or ,
equivalent rendered. We lay this down as
axiom worthy of public regard anil at the same til
trust that attention will be syen 1t in this in4tar
and on all future occasions when damages .
claimed.
OANDIDATEs.--At a meeting oi the Dem
Gratis Ofthis city, in Noblitt's building, on =
turdsy evening, tho following gentlemen we
named as candidates to be ballottcd for on S
turday next
Mayor-Wm. Huntingdon, Geo. Bnzine, u
White and Mr.. Darrah.
Alderman VIM. Silver, Jir., and John Fa
son.
Treasurer-Lewis C. Springer, Jno. Wrgn
samuel d. Newlin, Mr.. 0'DonnelI.
Assessor-Milton Lackey and John Burnett
A REMARKABLE HoYAE Across Tnr ATTAIN
TIG.-The Liverpool Post of July 18th has tn,
following account Of II recent voyage across
the Atlantic, by yacht Of only twenty-thret
tons:
'Vh0 arrival at this port, yesterday, of the
yacht Charter Oak, from New York, furnishes
striking proof of what perseverance, can &c.
cOmpsh, and shows to us English the sort OF
stun our transatlantic cousins arc made Oft
The Charter Oak is a little vessel as feet long
is feet wide, feet 3 inches deep, and meas
ilros twenty-three tons. She was built ant
rugged, by her captain and owner, MI. Webb, il
Connecticut, and by him andone man brough
safety across the Atlantic in 81 days. Sh
started with the captain and two mon, but on
OF them was unfortunately lost overheard thu
first day. To most men, this would have bee
enough to tTighten them oil their perious On
terprise, but our two undaunted nayigators
zone of whom had never been at sea before,
were not to be frightened. Without chro
nometcr, (tor no one would trust one in so fra
y conveyance, and the captain was too poor {
buy one,) without q chart Of the coast the
were steering for, these two men pursued the
dangerous way, through several storms, an
reached Liverpool in the time mentioned
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ETERNITY Eternity has no grey hairs 2
The flowers fade the heart withers, man grow
Old and dies, the world lies down In the sepul
ShrG Of ages, hut time writes no wrinkles Of
The brow Of eternity. Eternity Stupcndou
thought! The ever present, unborn, undecay
ing and undying-the endless chain, compass
sing the life Of God-the golden thread, en-
twining the destinies of tho universe. Eartl
mas 1t beauties, but time shrOuds them for The
grave It's honors, they are bnt the sunshine o.
IN hour its pa'aces, they are but as tho gild.
ca sepHlchreS; its possessions, they are TOYS Of
ChuhSlhS fortune its pleasures, are hut hurs.
Iins pu1DtS' Not so in the untried bourne.
IN the dwelling Of the Almighty can come No
footsteps Of decay. Its day will know no dar-
kening-oternal splendors forbid Inc annroarb
oi night. Its fountains will never taiIg.tIsy
are fresh from the eternal throne. It's rlory
%lll never wane, for there is the ever present
Joa, us harIohles VIII never cease ; exhaust.
less love supplies the song. '''"'''
DIsPuTIN0 WITH SATAN, An oll M ,xcrl
tent writer gives the following advice.
If you would not BIO tolled hy temntu,,o,,
10 not enter into dispute with Satan. Whe,
Ifp7l lf.NVu - -
the serpent was too hard for her the devil n,
his logic, disputed her out Of Paradise. n