Delaware inquirer. (Wilmington, Del.) 1859-18??, 1859-10-08

Jr., AUSTIN Dunham and Henry Il. Pratt, VIII
were sureties for Seymour's fidelity in tn
sum of 800, 900. 1t appears that the gen
tleinen gave their bonds when Seymour frs
became treasurer in 1851, and when his tern
of Office expired he was reelected, no new
hond being required. In this way he was an
nually reelected until 1856. The suretirs
/ not being acquainted with the law on the sub
ject, when they heard Of Seymours defalca
ton, supposed that they must pay the bond
aud promised the trustees that they would dc
so. Afterwards, having learned how the Law
stood, they refused TO pay, and the present
suit was brought. The trustees claim that
the bond continued until another person
should be elected treasurer that at all
events, such a construction had been given td
the bond by both parties, the directors, Mr..
Durham included, having asked no new bond
AMI the snretieS having admitted their liabil.
iiy at the time Seymour absccnlcd. The
bondsmen reply that the investment must
speak for itself; it has a settled legal inter
pretration, and it matters not what views the
parties may have taken Of it. This case was
taken before Judge Waldo. who reserved il
tor the advice of the Supreme Court, and Il
was finally tried before that court at Hartford.
Judges Human, Ellsworth and Sanford on the
bench. Tie Courts says that the defendants
are not liable on their bond, which now
amounts TO sl2, 900. and advise judgment for
the defendants.
DELAyE's ATTEMPT TO CARRY A Man ACROSS
THE RlyER.-The Rochester Democrat, of Sept.
Both, says Yesterday afternoon at . o'clock,
Mons. De Lave undertook to perform his pro-
missed feat of carrying a man across the Gen
esee river. lie walked first from Falls Field
to the top Of the saw EMIL, and after an inter.
ynl of ahnut n hnu ,i,triufr 10,
round passing his hat among the free specta
tors on the railroad bridge, he made prepare
tons to return. Tho individual who had CON
scented to iinperil his life in this foolish advcn-
ttre, was one Robert Smith, who resides at
Carthage. He has been 4 sailor. His re-
ported weight is IA pounds.
DeLave had n sort of cushion strapped
about his loins, and Smith mounted his back
i'll such manner that the cushion aided in
supporting him; his arms wereclasped around
DeLave's neck. After proceeding short dis
lance DeLave began to fail, evidently, and
grew momentarily more unsteady on his legs
until he reached point few feet from the
brink Of the falls, where he lost his balance
and fell, carrying Smith with him, of course.
For moment every cheek among the specta-
tors was banvhcd with dread but fortunate
ly both the adventures caught-DeIlave on
the rope, and Smith on guy and by one of
DeLave's legs. DeLave then assisted Smith
on the rope, and both worked their way by
shining" back to the saw mill. Smith
clambered boldly on to the roof but DeI.ave
avoideded the congratulations of
his friends by crawling in window We for
got to say that his pole was lost at the time
of the mishap, and may be in Lake Ontario
by this time.
behave proposed to repeat the attempt, but
was prohibited by the Mayor of Rochester.
DREADFUL HURRICANE IN Sourm CARoLyA.-
friend, says the Warrington (Nortl Caro-
llna) Herald, writes us from Rockingham the
particulars of dreadful hurricane which swept
over Richmond county and the upper part of
Marlboro district, South Carolina on the 10th
Of september. The destruction of dwellings,
crops, &c., appears to have been terrible, and
il is feared one or two lives have been lost
so far as heard from twenty houses are re-
ported to have been blown down, while the
number unroofed and otherwise damaged is
Utmost unaccountable. A kitchen in Marl-
loro', in which were four negroes, was blown
lear away, without hurting the negroes
lhe corn blown out of the fields into the swami
$ represented as being many thousand bush
is. Pine trees, two and three feet in diane |
er, were taken up by the roots and carried
wo and three hundred yards. Lightwood
Jumps, in the open fields were torn up and
blown away. In fact, such wind has never
'een experienced in that section before. A
orrespondentofthe CarOlinan says On some
u the plantations near Bennettsville, over in
there is not a single house stand |
ng, the wind blowing down everything, and
filling several PERSONS both white and black. |
carried negro woman two or three hum
nrtil mi tfff.R ENI L.
family. In the vicinity Of Cheraw it blew
own some few trees otherwise it did little
larm.
Billy MuLLdAH, ESQ AND CAPT. De RlvlERE
A DrEI.-A few evenings since, thu well
.nown Capt. Henri Della Rivierc, the s'gallant
.ouave, entered well known saloon in
broadway The Captain was accompanied
" several friends, and made remark that
he American women, as "A class, were not
and boosted of his being able to
compromise anv of them. No sooner had the
words passed his lips than the well-known
silly Mulligan sprang at the Captain and
wore to have revenge for daring to speak of
his countrywomen so disrespectfully. Friends |
ntertered, and the parties We're separated. |
shortly after this affair it was arranged to
ettle the matter by duel. On Saturday
he parties met in the classic shades of Wee
lawken, and were accompanied by large
inmber OF friends. On meeting, Mulligan de-
tired that each should take Colts six barrel
ed revolver, and standing fifteen paccs apart,
ihould, at the word s'fre," disharge shot
md advanc step at every discharge. Captain
De Riviere objected to this, and desired to
AVE the distance thirty PAGES and not to ad- |
rance. dispute arose, and the parties not
coming to TERMS separated in disgust, without
exchanging shot.-N. y. Courier.
KNowLEDGs is powER.-A jolly old salt, who
las dritted so far to the northward that he
alls Washington Territory his home, owns a
pecimen of the canine species to which he I
las applied the odd name OF "Brandy," and
whose only speciality is a dexterity in catching
lis tail i'll his mouth, an operation, II course,
which involves a considerable amount of
otatory motion. During a cruise of his mas
err along shore one day, Brandy took it into
lis head to jump over hoard and swim ashore
It an Indian encampment. The old salt, feel
ng sure that it the dog succeeded in landing,
10 more would ne amuse him by his gyratory
eats, whstled and called and shouted 10
brandy to come back, but all in vain. The
log kept oil, and had nearly reached shore.
When lucky thought struck the son OF Nep-
une and sung out
"Catch your tail, Brandy catch your tail,
brandy 70
The dog instantly oleyed, swimming after
lis caudle appendage with sush zeal, that he
reated complete whirlpool, and boat had
ime to reach him and bear him ingloriously
ack to his master. So says a correspondent
the San Francisco Bulletin.
As Coon AS III II WERE Esop.-The Nantuek
Islander says that the following story was
ltely told by a reformed inebrate as an apo
~ for much of the folly of drunkards:
"a mouse ranging about a brewery happen-