Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-09-10


Fer the Delaware Republican.
GossP.-lt is unpleasant tO be the subject,
either with or without cause, Of town gossip
Such, have understood, has recently been
the case in respect to myself and family in the
city of Wilmington. have not heard any OF |
this gossip. l can only imagine what il has
been from some hints that have boen thrown |
out by individuals who seem to have heard |
and needed it far more THAI was necesslry.-
Gossip, though it often makes people stare and
open their eyes wide, and sometimes does =
great deal Of mischief, like the spark that sets
Il city on fire, is yet not always to nc depended
on. Facts, that have actEally occurred, arc
more reliable. 1t is one thing to talk malicious
| ly and insinuatingly-qu another TO prove
/ what one says.
Now take It for granted, that in country
whose freedom of speech and OF the press pre-
vail, il a multitude of people have right TO
circulate gossip, an individual has an equal
right to state facts, and to give them as wide a
publicity as has been given to the gossip
There is part, probably the larger part OF
every community, in this age of civilization,
which prefers gossip to facts. There is anoth'
or and a smaller portion who prefer facts to
gossip. Iwrite and publish now for the small
Ter portion, but the larger portion will have an
opportunity TO read what say, and to gossip
on to the end of the chapter, If they think pro-
per; though, so exceedingly auctuating is pop
uar opinion, should not be surprised, il, be-
fore thay have completed the perusal OF this ar
tce, they should find new matter of gossip,
out of which they will make more and better
capital than either myself or my family have
| Afforded.
All these runners in Wilmington are trlcea-
BILE to the fact, that after having been, for the
space of four menths, inmates of certain
Ioarulng house, wc were requested by the
hostess, member Of the society 10 which
ministered, to seek other lodgings. From this
single fact wonderful amount of rumor en-
anated, which has given rise to an equal H.
mount OF speculation as to tho cause of SO
strange and high-handed a proceeding. What
the causes were, have never ascertIincd, nor
has any body else, for the plain reason that no
cause existed which could nationally account
for it. 1t undoubtedly devoves on boardors,
| who enter decent house as dodgers, to he
have with decorum, and ifthey have children,
to cause them also to behave properly. Child
rem are always Objectionable rs boardcrs. They
have not reason enough to. guide their actions
with invariable discretion. A reasonable in
| diligence must be extended to the noise they
make and to their childish lOllies, and humane
and justly thinking persons are always in
huenced by such considerations in making up a
Judgment as to the behavior of children and
the privileges that should be accorded them.
Tho host and house keeper know that when
they take children to board, they will have
more or less trouble with them, and if they are
unwilling to incur the Inconvenience, they
should not take them. A childS cry, II shrug
of the shoulder when il is rebuied in company,
or little indiscretion at the table, are not pro-
per subjects for heroic and indignant criticism.
When respectable bOlrders conduct thum.
selves with prOpricly, and are suddenly turned
out of their lodgings without any adequate
cause assigned, II wrong is inflicted on them,
but the disgrace of the act reflects blch upon
the author Of the wrong, and not upon the vic
tim OF it, The appeal, in such case, can only
be made to public opinion, inlsmnch as tht
law does not recognize the offence, nOtwith'
standing that it is one OF a sufficiently high
grade. 1t might he taken for granted, that
educated persons like myself and wife, who
} bave been accustomed to the best society
would not only know how to behave decOrously
in boarding house, but would actually con
form strictly to all its known uSlg2s. Up t.
! the time that we were most rudely dismissed
from the one in question, can say, on my con
/ science, that no serious causes of cAtrAngG-
/ ment had arisen between us and the hostess
0 on complaint either of us or our children hlt
u ever been made,--that the cordiulity and kind
= ness Other had never apparently abatcd
y and were exhibited, in the most marked man
ner, the very day before ourmust unexpected
q dismission from her house took place. Oar
If relations with all the bOlrders, though profess
. ing different religious faiths, were Of q friendly
character, and with some Of them we Were Of
Q terms Of intimacy. When the ccclaircesso
= ment took plan, the causes assigned for th,
< proceeding were
I LIST. That the proprietor of the house coult
not harmonze with my wife. ID. That my
little daughter "a child Of eight years. annoyed
her boardcrs
t In respect to the first point, the hostess dis
5 tinctly admitted that she had never had Tho
slightest difference with the lady in question
, What meaning she attached to the word har'
| MA l,t
and position in lite of the parties were different
1t will not be dilfcult to understand that they
might differ from each other in opinion on
many subjects. My wife had long moved il
the most refined circles of society, both in thi,
country and Europe, and although she nigh
not sympathze with her hostess in relation &
matters which were within the peculiar sphe:t
of the latter, ct as well bred lady, she coul(
, never fail to deport herself towards her will
| courtesy, and regarding her as member o
the New Church Society, was quite disposet
l to render herself agreeable to her.
,, In respect to the ecOnd point, the chd annoy
OF bearders while it admitted that all chill
dren were Ofesa troublesome in lard:ng house
! yet any particular annoyance of any body, ia thi
! particular instance was distinctly denied, nor hn
it ever been established, can it be, but he diree
contrary sprUYhble beyond all question The charg
was general without any specifications, the part,
annoyed hOV toAea and in tohat toay, were no
Z indicated Items Important and Indispensable ii
ESTABLISHING any such allegRtlOns But,
this inquiries were immediately set on foot to Hs
y certain ii any body had been actuilly hnnoyel, an
the answers, from al the boaTders inquired Of wer
:. that they never had been The truth is, tho ehd
i from her intelligence and 0fGctionatc disposition
was Of a nature to conclate frienly, ana always dit
. 20, where she was kindly trcnted but the smdlles
infringement on her supposed rights or any slight
her parents, OF what she conceived to be such, wou
instantly provoke her resentment and eli it torrcn
' Of sharp words suppressed to be Justified by te Uc
g casion For ut least half the time during which
were boarders ut the house in question: she was con
u fined to her room by sickness and was not in cor
v diian to annoy any body II is sufficient to So
farther this subject, shat the only Two teacher,
20 whose schools my little daughter has attended IN th
j. noighborhoed, Miss Richards OF Wilmington, an
Miss Burnham of Philadelphia, have spoken in hig
l. terms of her docity and attcn'ioa, and have pro
d fessed for her the watmOst afeGtioni-a sentnen
y which know by the child has been ardeh'ly re
u ciprOcnled
For these assigned reasons then such as they ARE
n and my family wore subjected 10 the indghity 70
L ferred 10 Tho evaporation produced ny so St0'
and uppTovuke1 an insult, especially TO my WIG
Df who had never in thought or word knowingly Otan
u ded was such render further intercourse out
es the question; notwithstanding which whea inc 70 y
y offending party encountered tns otneI ~ uuu!ut
IL She would In loud and assured tome oil voice ga
l. her the com pments Of the morning, as u hothin
'f whatever had happened to interrupt rharntsnl
have sought in vain to discover amy reason whc
1t would nmO unit to plausible jusih'alon OF te PFC
ceeding which is nov under review IL Is aus tha
ls notable case OF u similar kind previously occurre
lf in Wilmington, which not only pToducet 20 MI
1t excitement there but also in the city of Phiaie
e phia Ito which the knowledge Of l. oxiended) Dos
sip on That OCCASION suddenly swelied into the Pr
81 portions of the bird of which Vitgl wires Wle
IT Ind tongue under each of its feathers and man
70 eyes and ears as had tongues. This case doabe.
l. furnished an example and an authority; for whG
1t had sensby extended thefame OF rst class board
ing house. might be praotised by ono OF second ca
10 with perfect mpunity, nay, might extend tho repu
as tation of tho latter until it occupied to"'Fds 'h
D. former tho enyinble relation Of pr n0bHe S0Tof"M
Mn hnvn nnnanl nLinn In tho fact that we hlYo bee