Delaware State journal and statesman., 1861-03-08
LOCAL AFFAIRS.


PERSONS REMovNG.-ThOse of our subscribers
who intend changing their residences or places
Of business, on the approaching moving day, will
please give us carly information of the fact, in
order that their papers may be left at their pro-
per places thereafter. II.
EPIToME OF BUSINESS AND PERSONAL IsrgL-
Li1gNcE.-Sheriff Moore advertises several yalu-
able Real Estates which arc to DO sold at Sher-
IFS Sale.
B6~ ]. T. Healds Book List for March will
be found in our columns to-day. Every one
should read it.
Bes- We direct attention to the advertisement
Of Finn Jackson, No. 2l9 Market Street.
II will be found in another column. He offers
a large assortment Of goods suitable for house
keepers, which will be sold at reasonable prices.
Give them call.
FEe- Farmers in want Of a superior Grain
Drill, can he accommodated, on reasonable
terms, by calling on Haines & Woods, Pyle's
Building, Orange Street, between Fifth and
Sixth, in this city
DssH Stephen BOnsall and Joseph Hill, have
take out letters testamentary upon the estate Of
John lIemphill, deceased.
BElB- Read II. R. Bringhursts Bulletin in an.
other column.
nay 7. Gallagher, No. 4Os Market Street,
celebrated Garden Seeds.
FATAL ACCIDENT WITH PIsToL.-The Ches-
ter County IWes, says Marshall Bailey was
almost instantly killed by the accidental discharge
of pistol, on Saturday morning last, Of the
mill known as Wilson's MILL in East Noting.
ham township, near Elkdale. He had, few
minutes previous, left the house in company with
Walton Martin, ian appreltce.l Mr.. Bailey
went into the mill and Walton went to the barn
In q few minutes the report of pistol was heard
| IN the mil, and upon persons going in they
found Mr.. Bailey nearly lifeless on the floor
The pistol had been discharged, the ball striking
him just al the inner corner Of the right eve,
passing upwards through the head and hat, and
lodging in the ceiling above. Death was pro.
duced almost instantly.
Mr. Bailey was young man, had been mar
ried but few weeks and was very highly es-
teemed. His remains were taken to the house
of his mother, Mrs Rachel Bailey, in Newlin
| township, where his funeral was attended on
Monday by large concourse of friends and &C.
qunintanees.
The rumOrs Of suicide, and of various state
menis about the deceased having expressed
himself as having trouble, &c.. are entirely
without foundation. The pistol was a new one,
and the bullets, caps powder flask, &C., which
lay on the window sill, together with other cir
cumstOnces show that be was loading his pistol
when it prematurely discharged, entirely by
accident.
METHoDIsM AND SLAvRRY.-The following
resolutions were adopted at the Quarterly Con
ference, on Frankford Circuit, held ut Frank
ford, Sussex County, February 18th, 1861,
WHEREAS, The late General Conference of the
NJ. E. Church, made such changes in discipline
Of said church on the subject Of slavery. as has
endangered that portion Of the Church in slave
territory. aud impaired the usefulness Of the
ministry of the same; therefore,
Resolped, That we request the Border Confer.
ences to memoraliEe the General Conference ia
repeal the New Chapter on slavery, and to refer
the subject to the Annual Conferences, in whose
bounds slavery exists.
RESOLVED, That we are in favor of pettioninp
the Bishops to convene an extra session of the
General Conference in 1861 for the above pur.
pose.
Resolped, That we believe the interest Of
methodism would be greatly promoted by a diyi.
sion of the Philadelphia Conference We there.
fore earnestly request the said Conference so tC
divide as to form Peninsula Conference, which
shall include the State of Delaware, the Eastern
Shore of Maryland and Virginia.
FinEs-The roof of frame house in Orane,
street, near Second, took Gre on Tuesday after
noon last 1t is thought the fire originated BY q
spark from chimney Of an adjoining building
lodging Oh the roof. The Fame Hose was sooT
Gu the ground, and extinguished the FIRE before
much damage was sustained.
Another FIRE took place on Wednesday after.
noon, in Thorn Street, in frame house occu.
pied by colored people. 1t was caused by the
roof lgniting from stove pipe running through
1t. The tremen were soon on the ground and
extingushed the fire before much damage was
done.
WHAT IT DoEs-The scores of victims each
week falling from the eiects of intemperance
was increased yesterday, says the Philadelphia
American, OF Thursday, by the death of a farm
man named Paran Cooper, Of Dover, Del, whose
dead body was found at Reed street wharf on
Wednesday morning. The man had been for
several days in the city, all the time drinking
freely lie ate little or nothing, but engulfed
vast quantities of miscellaneous beverages. The
man was found lying in the dock, where he had
lain oil night. The Coroner held an inquest.
with the obvious verdict as Il result.
OFFICER BADLY nEATEN.-Wm. Pyle, Fourth
Ward Waterman, was badly beaten last Tuesday
night, in John BrockmAn's tavern, corner Of Stb
aud Church streets, by James Coyle, VIM. Howell
and John Powell. 1t appear that they were
very dsordery when Pyle came up, when they
made an assault upon, striking him with decan-
tiers and billets of wood Ills face and head were
badly cut, and his body somewhat bruised
Officers Jones and Legg arrested the culprits and
took them before Aldermen thurman, who held
them to bail on the charge Of an assault and
battery. Coyle was admitted to bail IN the sum
of $1,000 and Howell $500 for further hearing.
ROBBERY OF TRUEK.--A man named John
Wener, was arrested on Tuesday evening last.
charged with stealing from the trunk Of a man
named Dalbo, $50 70. u appears they boarded
in the same house and occupied the same room.
nnd by this means he succeeded 10 extracting tbe
money from the trunk, during the absence of
lalbo Wiener had hearing before Alderman
llarman, Eh9 committed him to New Castle
Jail, TO await his trial. Fifteen dollars was
found on his person, He had purchased coal and
vest with $40 the remaining 44.75 could not
be accounted for.
RETIRED, -AIr Buchanan having closed his
official career, has retired to bis home at Wheat,
lapd, lancaster county, Pa. Ii our readers
would only consult their own interests and pur-
chase at the Store Of CAEAP joins, No. 4l2
King Street, they would save enough in about
ten years 70 retire with On ample competency.
lie sells almost everything you need, much
: cheaper than they eau be procured elsewhere