Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-05-21
LOCAL TNTETT.TcENnE

interesting sermon to quite large congreg,
tlon, last Sabbath morning, from tho iolowin
: 1e&ti The Lord is my Shepherd, shall ne
want he maketh me to lie down in gree
pastures, he leadeth mo beside the still water.
8 lie restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in Tn
! paths of righteousness for thy name sake
fsalms 23d. /. 2. g.. v. He first alluded to tn
title with which the Psalmist invested Jeho
j van, "my Shepherd and remarked that i
oriental countries the life of shepherd wa
one OF the most responsible and at tho sam
Time one of the most laborious occupations
man can engage in. Jacob, the wrestler; Nose
inc mighty man OF Israel; and David who SAM
so sweetly, were all shepherds. Jacob said th
sun had consumed him by day and the frost b.
night. David said unto Saul when objection
were urged against his going out to NEE
Goliah, tho mighty Philistine, s'rhy servan
Kept his fathers sheep and there came lioi
and bear and took u lamb out of the aocl
and went out after him and smote him, anC
delivered it out Of his mouth, and when hC
arose against me, caught him by his beard
and slnote him and slew him. Thy servant
slew both the lion and bear, and this uncir
culncised Philistinc shall I'D as one of them
seeing that he has defied the armies of the
living Cod" This quotation was made to
show the character OF the Shepherd They
also took care otthe sick and went in search OF
the lost, which they restored to the finest pas.
| ture. The Shepherd was attached to the sheep
and they became very docile and affectionate.
| IL was said by those acquainted with the pas
| toral life of the East, that the Shepherd gave
| names to his flock, and they would come at his
| call. AS an illustration ofthis Jesus said Emy
| sheep know my voice and will follow me- but
| q stranger they will not follow" The Lord
| Jesus Christ was spoken Of by the Apostles as
| the Chief Shepherd of the sheep. lie looked
| down from heaven, and saw the lost condition
| OF the world, and at once came to the rescue,
! sprang as it were into the lions mouth. He
quoted portions of two hymns opposite to this
subject which the converted delight to sing
lie referred to the confidence which the
fsalmist reposed in God us his shepherd and
! remarked thai those who could narrow down
the passage and say 'sho is my shepherd -
Gould eSciaim with David, 81 shall not want.''
nc next remarked on the promise that there
| should be bread for the cater and seed for the
! sower, as an evidence of tho folly offhose who
| give themselves unnecessary trouble in regard
| 10 the things of this life. He had himself felt
al tlmes some unoaSness lest through loss of
health or misfortune he should feel the cark-
| ing cares of want. lie was howeyerconyiDccd
that the seed time and harvest was certain,
| and those who prayed and trusted in God
should he sustained, that there should be no
spiritual want where men come up to the proper
| standard He closed with u beautiful ailusion
to the passage from life to death on tho part of
thc christian, which was suggested to his
mind as passing tunnel in car on railroad
Ihey were sweeping on at great speed, suddenly
1t grew dark, but he still could see the lipht. n
mere spock, behind, and turning his ewes for
ward, he behold the feint light in the distance,
Ihc tunnel was lilIencd unto the valley and
shadow of death, the light behind to earth. tho
light beyond glimpse of heaven the river of
Jordan, the entrance to the paradise of the
hlest. He remarked on the solemnity of death,
the terror OF that hour TO the unbeliever to the
ceist and atheist; who would cheat themselves
with the doctrine that there is no God, or no
punishment, and remarked upon the dissolution
% the christian who go down quietly and So
renelyto the valley ofdeath, like one who wraps
the drapery of his couch about him and lies
down to pleasant dreams. The services were
closed by Rev. james Riddle who gave out an
appropriate hymn and made an impressive
prayer.
Proceedings Of Court Of Eew Castle County.
The State Us. Jacob @. Maxwell. Indicted
Tor Keeping booth and selling food within
Two miles Of Il camp meeting, &c.
JoNh IL Deputy, sworn. Was a manager at
the camp meeting, We understood that Mr..
Maxwell had got out a retailers license about
a week before the camp meeting commenced.
no erected booth or tent in his yard, where
saw good many people collected and eating
water-melons during tbeicamp- The
tent or booth was made Of boards.
Edward Sillatoe, sworn. Saw ice-cream sold
al the booth during the camp-meeting, by a
young woman, and Maxwell was about more
or less during the time. The booth was within
four hundred yards of the circle of the tents,
The booth was in the yard of the dwelling
house, which he rented, but not attached TO or
connected with the dwelling house.
Samuel Caspcrton, sworn. Saw ire-creatn
and water-meons for sale there, but was NOT
in the yard during camp.
Tho camp-meeting was held in the month of
August, and it was admitted by the prosecu-
ton that the defendant had takent out on the
10th OF July, previous, retailers license for
Keeping a store, but it was insisted that this
was only done for the purpose of cvading the
Statute in regard to camp-meetngs.
The court charged that keeper of n tavern
or store, regularly established, may carry on
his regular business within the prohibited lin. |
its; that is to say, two miles off a camp-meet |
ing, but if the booth or place which the de-
fendant is charged with having kept on this |
occasion, within two miles of this camp-meet |
ing, was not store regularly established, that |
Is to say, was not store established for the |
regular sale of goods, wares, and merchandise. |
without special reference to the camp-mceting |
and was only got up for the occasion to sell
food, fruits, and candies to persons ATTENDING
it, and that the retailers license was only ta,
Pence ]
with view to evade the Statute in regard TO |
camp-meetngs, then such license would not
protect him, and he would be guilty of the |
offence alleged against him in the Indictment |
Because, whether it be a store regularly estab |
lshed within the meaning of the Act of AS. |
sembly on this subject, and so as to bring the |
case within the exception of the Act, does not |
depend on his having taken out Il retailers |
license for the occasion, and is not proved by |
circumstance n k,1-,.
a license without keeping any store at all, and |
may keep store regularly established az his |
plase of business without any license as a re-
taller for the time being; but it depends al
together on the fact, whether it was q store
established for business generally,
and not temporarily, and without principal or
sole reference TO the custom or trade which the
might afford him.
Enthusiastically. Fined ten dollars and
costs of prosecution.
For Philadeiphia.-The new Steamboat ,Jobn
A, Warner, constructed by Messrs. Harlan x
for company in Piiiladelphia.
to run from that city to Bordentown and Bris
tol, passed down the Christiana, on Saturday
last. Her length OF keel is 2lO feet, beam 2S
feet, depth of hole feet, length of the main
deck 20 feet and the extreme width over
guards is 81 feet with vertical beam engine
the cylinder is IL feet stroke, A inches in di
ameter with balance valves arranged with Il.
L. Sickels variable cutoff; one horizontal
tubular boiler, with 26O0 square feet of fire
surface side wheels 80 feet in diameter with
feet q inches face, and 26 inches buckets
the bull is made of iron and is a very pretty
model, she sits beautifully on the water. af
the same time drawing only between three and
four feet of water. She is furnished in elegant
style, and for comfort and convenience cannet
be surpassed in her arrangements. Her buil-
ders as well as owners, may well be proud of
her, as she is another monument of the skill
and ingenuity of the mechanics of our city.
Schooner Lost.-The fine schooner &c Marga-
ret j. Prettyman," Capt. Werlow, owned by