Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-04-11

LETTEH FROM nARRINoToN.
nAhRlknrnN. Anrll D. lRG.

HAhRlNdfoN, April ,, 1867.
There is not much of importance to he
seen in trip dow this State AT this time Of
the year, except ploughng corn ground,
seeding oats grabbing new ground burning
brush in the fields and hedge.rows, and the
dead grass, &c, on the salt marshes, the lat
ter rmakng very brilliant and pretty light at
night.
The leading business that is being carried
on, so far as ! have noticed, is that Of get
ting and shipping ship timber This com
mences with that celebrated station called
Townsend, and may be seen in active opera
tion ut most of the important stations on the
Delaware Railroad, and as matter of eonrse
is bringing II large revenue to the State
NickersOn ~ Co., ut FELTON, Station, are do
ing quite large business with their Steam
Saw Mill, in cutting white oak plank NC
The fact is very manifest to any one who
has travelled through this State before the
Delaware Railroad started and now The
amount of lime and other fertilizers that are
put out ~ almost every station the differ
ence there is in the land now and ten years
ago also, the effect it has had in causing
new and thriving towns 10 spring up and
grow III II few years, are in striking contrast
with former times or these, | notice the
Town of FELTON,, which few yenrs ago was
no place, $50 to speak) now il quite Town,
having two churches (Methodist and Pres
hyterian) a school house, large number of
very pretty frame dwelling houses, several
stores, which are doing a large business +;
two hotels, carriage manulactOry, wheel
wright, Blacksmith, and carpenter shop.
As IL general thing, the land Oh the east
side of the Railroad is under higher state
Of cultivation than that on the West also,
the marks of Improvement are much more
visible The old towns have not improved
much; this can only he attributed To the
fact that the towns which are growing up
along the Railroad are cutting oil the
western trade.
Secession, that imp of hell, reigns mostly
amongst that God-forsaken and hell-deserv--
ing class of human beings who would be
rulers or runners of the heritage of the
sovereign people of this Republic,
The land Of the free and the home OF the brave"
Dover is the workshop of this Imp, and his
underlngs may be seen ON Ii certain corner
where rum is sold, at almost any time in the
day or night. They are very careful, how.
ever, when Union men are passing to drop
the conversation, and all is as silent as the
pavement on which they are standing
What meaneth these things conld tell
who they are and their names, but policy
whispers, hold OH until the proper time
comes; ] will say, however, that they are
EN Senators, Lawyers, Doctors, and men
who have Esquire affixed TO their names,
Lust aud least OF all, is Fore ordination
Preacher who believes in the doctrine that
but few are to be saved, and hence the peace
men are the chosen ones for him Thon
blinded PhaTisee wilt thou steal the livery
OF heaven to serve your master Imp in :?
This wonld-he Preacher be il known 10 the
cilizens uI Delaware, is very much opposed
to The inHu who compose The Republican
! party, calls them ab0litionsts and many
hard names. Well, this Fore-ordination
| Preacher IS carrying ON farming on large
scale, 9 or 4 miles out Of Dover, and how
many laboring white men do yon think he
has out Of some 10 or 10 men that he EN-
ploysY ] will tell you. am told by reli-
able men residing in the town of Dover that
he has not more than two and yet these
| poor laborlng white men are with this man
IN their political belief
! am happy to be able To tell your renders
Mr. Editor, that there are IL goodly number
who have not, nor never will bow their knee
To secession These men are mostly TO be
found in the middle walks of life and mr..
free men and stand erect and are not afraid
to look Il man full in the face and tell him
that they are Union men. Among these
may be found old line Wings, (who have
not lost their first love) Republicans, Bell
men and Democrats, mot Locolocos) OF
Tins latter class, there is one sitting near by
me, one that is we'll known in Wilmington,
and has filled several important Offices there;
he is for the Union and sustaining the
Government in all of its efforts to put down
this wicked rebellion and further, he is in
favor of sending men to the next Legislature
who are opposed to sending James A.
Bayard to the Senate next term. The men
who are for the Union, the whole United
States, as general thing, have counted the
cost and are ready to do battle for this. the
lreest government on earth They say thew
want no other government, they have lived
and prospered under il and are satisfied