Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-10-21

Mr.. Bradford 10 Deawarran by birth aud
left this city to make California Lis home about
1860.
United States Internal Revenue.
TO THE TAX PAYERS OF DIVISION NO. l.
The United States Deputy Collector of Inter
nal Revenue, for Division No J. comprising viii
mingtou. ChTis.iana, BrandyWine and Mill Creek
Hds., informs the Manufacturers, Butchers and
Others that the duties and taxes accruiDg upon
| their returns to the Assessor for the month of
September, 1864, will bO due on the 2Oih day Of
October, 1864 AMI that he will be at his
office, on and after the 10th until the 3Ist Of
October, for the purpose Of receiving the same.
Payment in all cases to be made in gold or silver
coin or in Treasury notes issued under the au-
thority Of the United States or in notes Of banks
organized under the act to provide a National
Currency, and known as National Banks.
All persons not RvailiDg themselves Of The op-
portuuity Of the time named, will subject them.
selves 10 an addition of ten per cent on the
amount due.
JOHN P. IllLYARD Deputy Collector,
Office GIG Market Street Office hours to
IL A. NJ, to4P.M. oct. 20.2M
KILLRD Sergeant Edward Maui of the First
Delaware Volunteers, wRs killed in nm engage
ment before Petersburg, Va, on the 9th inst
Ills body waa emhRlmed and forwarded to Mid
dletown, aud inferred in the Forrest Burial
Ground, last Saturday afternoon, amidst large
concOurse Of sOrrOwing friends and relatives -
lie was in the three months service, served for
three years in the First Delaware Regiment and
, then rcenlistcd. lie Was trave man never
: shrinking from the post Of duty, and WAS much
respected aud loved by his companions in arma.
lie participated ia eighteen battles without re
= ceiyng injury, but on tho 9th inst ho WAS
struck with a shell taking of his left arm uear
the SHOULDER, and his right hand, producing
a almost instant death lie was in tho 2slh year
y y Of his age.
. TRUAET CAILDREH. "A State 10 g!oIious JUS
9 in proportion hs her citizens arc educated
l. honest and qualified IL need be 10 fill responsi
}, BILE positions with honor and usefulness. An,
h whether her citizens shall bear such higl
10 character depends very much on the kind 0
4 training they receive in their curly yenrs, no
Q the least part of which is given them in th
'f schools.- Educational Monthly.
Of We hRye been much interested in examining
b. the late anpual report Of tho Board OF Commis
sioners Of tue Metropolitan Police We learl
Is from il that the force emplOyed by the Boar
o. consists OF 1900 men, band to whose fidelity
re vigilance and efficiency is enttusted tue prOteo
re ton Of social order in the city. An iu
on rortant ilem in this report comes under lh
be head Of "Truant Children" 1t appears thu
Of during tn, past year, hVo tuBut otictrs hay
Ne tIuant law passed by tho Legislature in 1861
IT, The report says;
ID. The benefits to he derived from this law on
its enforcement cannot we'll be oyereatinate,
The men detailed to look after trunut chihlre
ug visit our public schools daily and receive frol
The the teachers the names aud Ienideucea Of a
ed nbaeutees and visit them at their homes ti flu
ID tue cause oi their ubseLce from school
led many eases the cause is iounl to be sickness
at kept ut home by pal enis, aud In quite nuub,
Tbs VI cases Oh account Of poverty. by far Il
le- largest Rnd worst class of lruant childIen Al
sed those that never attend our public sehools
aid During the pnst year the names
Her bol6 children have been reported by Tue ieAol
ALL efs 20 the truant Ohiocfs 6s tiuaus The
En, children have al been visited ut their hom
vas with lhe exception OF 10 whose residences cou
lao mot be found. 9OD2 have by tue exerlons
ed the officers been Induced TO attend school regl
self laEy; and over 800 have been legally arlesIt
rhe and placed under judicious training.
be Tue report goes Oh to state That, though Il
ere number Of children truaht from school 10 larl
ing aRd the practice mischief which calls for reI
up edial measures. much mole extensive evil
ar found In the fact that vast numbers OF ohildr
OF both sexes do not attend school al all Th,
have no employment, are under no wholesou
re. restraint Of parental authority, and have
a respect for the laws intended 10 preserve publ
} to order and protect private right Many Of the
Jay few to steal. They roam The streets and doc
nly and vacant grounds in gangs, jepredalng up,
u unpi otected properly stOning quiet people Il
ien each other, sc, SO They are growing up
rts, Ignorance and travelling the road TO crime al
for vice. Some Of them commit larcenies aud Grim
under Tho direction aud encouragement of the
ing parente, and divide with them their III gott
dee gains. Numbers become thieves, burglars, al
and robbers, before they become men. Othe
ted plumber pArent5 and guardians alike IL won
he be we'll il the public could be protected fro
these juvenile denquents by "a pystem Of arrel
J as aud punishmentni Lut il would be far better
liy, this course Of life could be prevented by sy
day TEN that should subject them to the saving a
j ai eleyating influence Of education in sch OILS
pom EStrdet from Annual COmDIissonsTS R,pori
AMI SUDDEN DHAFH-Aaout ono o'clock yesterd
,ss q man by the name of William Knox, in the o.
will ploy OF Mark Pedrick x Co., as teRmster, di
an suddenly At the Iron Store. corner Of Third al
lew BhipleY Street, from homOirago of the lungs.
- appears that he had just returned from his di
lis ner, and was about to resume bis work, VIII
: Ia the hemorrAge came on, and after dscharei
blood from his mouth Rnd nsslres for nbou i
minutes, he expired. Mr.. Coyle, who was pi
this sent, had hardly time to place him upon q y,
Nc. before be died, TO quick and sudden was
rch death. He leaves wife in Ireland, from viii
ion place he had come about four months ago.
OF was married in this country seven years AGO a
returned TO his native land, where ho remain
until, as before stated, four months ago
and remaius were taken 10 the residence OF his bro
lot ar in-iaw in Wntar atraal haiwaen Abinl.v .
'oh Orange Streets, where COroners Jury WINS
= panellsd and verdict rendered in Rccorlai
nad with the above facts The deceased has
in brother ia PHILADELPHIA, 10 whom the sad ipt
ligenss will doubtless be communicated.