Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-10-29

RELIGIOUS JameI Riddle preached an 10.
terestug sermon, In Asbury M. e. Church, last
Sa6bath morning on the times, from the text =
"Shnll trumpet be blown In a city and the pea ole
not be afraid Shall there be evil In a CITY. and
the Lord hath not done lt."-Amos Sd O., 9Th "
Alter auding to the Interpretation put on this Dor.
tloa oil scripture, by Oalvanists asd Armenisns, he
spoke Of the great proneness of men to forget God
attributng their prosperity to their own effort care
and attention, like the patriarch who asked himself
us not this the Great Babylon have reared, p
forgetting Him who upheld and protected, ADD who
could overwhelm aud destroy This had boon tho
case with our merchants, mechanics and business
men In their prosperity had they become proud ,ex
trayagant and reckless, and thus prepared the way
Tor their own downfall We had been hurled FROM
an unparalleled state Of prosperity todepresaon and
want, and yet no pestilence had Tisite our lsnd.
no famine had stricken down. It was not 10 the
lanes and byways but in the palaces and plales
that there had been calamity There might not be
famine, but there was poverty and uff,ring Men
who few moathi ago could command $50, COO
could not now tell where To get laOney to 90 TO mar
ket. many reasons had been assigned for the dee
preston oil business. Some say oyertrudng, other
say long credit, bank suspension, or extravaganza
did the mischief When cLolera visited our coun
Try, there Wero man who attribute il to some de.
rangement OF the atmosphere some disturbance Of
the gases. "Sha.l there be evil in CITY and tile
Lord not do Il? He attributed tae present calamity
| TO the pride Of men. God said cursed be he who
hasteth to be rich. Men hal been running wild
with speculation, they had been forgstful OF Go l.
ana physical suffering was made the col sequence Of
moral transgresson. Though the Lord spoke men
heard not. He thought ii very foolish on the part
Of certain newspapers to attribute the difficulties of
the times to ladies dresses and declared emphlli,
cally that pride ana sin the cause OF the fnln
cal troubles. There had been in every
lhlng-eYen in the building OF churches A church
could not now be erected without three four times
! the cost Of such buildings Ia former times lie
| spoke Of the effect likely to be exerted over the
| world The cholera had travelled from the east to
the west, but these financial troubles beginning at
| extend tai tha ntrfaa NJ Iha
east. He spoke of the punishment being just, and
| said that the effect would be beneheiai-leading
men to call on God in their Affections Instsad OF
appointing days for thanksgiving and festivities he
thought there should be day set apart for fasting
trayer Ho exhorted all to lay their hearts before
God, to trustsn Him however great the prospect Of
suffering, as lie would provide for the wants of al
who sincerely relied Oh His promises.
More -1Io~t he s1oop 1yanay,grne.--we ar.
informed that Captain Curns, of the sloOI
"Brandywine," which vessel was picked up a
sea 10 sinking condition, has written letter
to this mother-in-laW, in this city, explaining
the whole matter. He says that bis vessel LOST
her rudder, and that he anchored her, and em.
barked in the small boat for the purpose OF
| going to New York to procure q vessel to tow
her into port, and that while he was absent, q
steam tug discovered her and finding no one
on board, supposed her to have been deserted
| by the crew to save their lives, unshackled her
cable and towed her into Jersey City. How
true this is we cannot say, but if such is the
case VIC should think that the Captain would
have had the precaution to furl her sails before
he LEFT her, which as we are informed, by the
account given elsewhere, were found in fly
ing condition. . no vessel we are informed
belongs to Messrs. j. T. Cause and Garrison
Ogden Of this city. The Brandywine is de-
tanned at Jersey City by Captain German, for
salvage. The sum demanded by tue Captain
of the tug is 500. -
Deceassd.-Mary, wife of Curtis Mousley, OF
Brandywine Hundred, died on Tuesday even
ing. On Saturday last, she attended our mar
ket with produce, aud appeared to be enjoying
good health as usual. She had, hnwever, been
subject to the asthma or phthisic and on re-
turning home, had u bilious attack. On Sun
day physician was sent for, but he did not
arrive until Monday. She continued to grow
worse, and on Tuesday evening expired. She
was about 81 years of age, and leaves behind
husband, several children and many friends
and acquaintances to mourn her decease.
Concert.-Extensive arrangements have bsen
made for the concert which will take place in
the Odd Fellows Hall, this Thursday eve
ming, for the benefit of the German Lutheran
Church. The performers number about forty,
who have volunteered their services, compris-
ing the greatest skill and talent in this city,
and some of the most accomplished musicians
of Philadelphia. Our citizens who attend may
therefore expect rich entertainment, and
have the satisfaction, at the same time, OF pro-
noting good cause. See programme in an
other column. .-
" Some Pumpkins. flames Bailey, of Mill
Creek hundred, presented us on Wednesday,
with a pumpkin of the sweet potato tribe, be-
ing one of family of twelve from one vine,
the average weight of which is twenty-tour
pounds. This is something extraordinary in
| pumpkindom, we never having before heard OF
a single seed producing twelve pumpkins o
such enormous dimensions.