Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-12-03

lnfnesfsng Lecture. - ev. ". 3. Henson de- |
livered highly interesting lecture in the Sec
ond Baptist Church, last Thursday evening, |
entitled "Fools." In his introductory remarks |
he observed: Prof. Johnson was leciuring on
Geology, when roguisb student slyly slippsd
q brckbat into the collection of specimens be-
fore him On picking itup the Prof. exclaimed,
this is piece OF impudsnce. Some persons
might call 1t impudence in him to appear be
fore this audience. He simply brought small
dish Of pepper sauce believing that all had
strong meat enough. Whatever be might say
of the generation Of fools he need hardly say
that no enc present was meant. He alluded to
the definition given by Webster, OF tools, and
remarked that he made no allusion to idiots
or persons who had been afflicted, but simply
to those who act Absurdly and in defiance OF
common sense. 1t has been said that there 10
bat one greater offence han to call q man
fool. After referring TO this point he sal / men
sometimes 60 mad by herbs as they had recent
ly done down South. As hey also did 10 re-
gard to wiichcrsft Eighty thousand wers put
TO death in the 18th century by FIRE and water
and he regretted that persons were still 10 ex-
istence who believe In such vile heresies. He
also referred to the Crusades as another evil
dence OF madness or fanatelsm; the specula-
ton OF John Law Of France, who got up
scheme to control the trade Of the Missssir pii
the South Sea bubble; the Tulip Speculation
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nous sum of 3 900 forms. When these hub
bles burst, ruin aud bankruptcy followed As
an evidence that the Americans were not clear
of such follies he noticed the Mulicaulus
Speculation, and the oil fever, which affected
} all classes of the people He next referred to
, the religious monomania OF which JOS. Smith
I was the founder, and Brigham Young the
0 Prophet, and then touched on Spirit Rap
t pings" and observed that any one who visited
Hall In al m IN
p Sunday morning, will be convinced tina. all th'
Q fools are not dead yet He noticed The rich
d fool who had stnted himself, bis wife ant
is children and all connected with him, 10 otde
= to accumulate gold. The sons OF such mel
- are generally fools, who look upon lahor q
!, despicable. They look for Amusement - las
Q, horses, dogs and balls and fast wom' n and II
., many cases end their day in prison. DE no
?. ticed the case of Christopher Sly, lhe tinkei
t. who was dtlnded into the osliei that ne was
lord, aud remarked that the parallel Of Chria
- topher was found 10 tue Shoddy Conra
II. the Petroleum Spectator, &c. He also pllce
49, handles and exquisites In the same category
and remarked that an old bachelor had yer
O. wickedly suggested the other dgy that Jud1iu
sd from the style OF bounets worn by ladies, a
ts the fools were not of the masculine GENDER
ret He next noticed the ingenious fool WHO waste
his time 10 order to discover perpetual motto
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Il follies. The pedantic fool was also ridicnl,
as, aad utterly eAtinguishei Young ladies wi
}, had finished their education aud yet kne
zht nothing of the duties of life were also read
o., good lesson, aud The mirror was held mp
such way that ali might see their defectsfth
u we're not blind or void If understanding.
md eulogized true wit but denounced the tiivolo
re- as we'll ~ the solemn fool in stroag terms,
a observing the most Ignorant of this worl'
DR.. fools 10 the solemn man. The solemDest bel
at Is donkey, the eolennist bird is an owl, a
'ad the solemnist man is not always a SOlamon.
OF The one who heaps up goods and says to
len soul, eat, drink and be merry, has been
hey nounced iu holy Writ as u 70 n. He conclud
Nd with the remark that lie alone is wise "
q confirms to the commands ot~.he Decalogl
ELI and bis Heavenly fathers will, The lec'l
lem was well worth listening to and would bear
we be repeated at the Institute.
God ShsriGs Of NsW Castle County.-Mr Vern
to Thinking that it might be interesting t
our portion of the numerous readers o. your va
for able paper, herewith enclose list of
rms names OF the Sherids OF New Castle Coun
not from the year seventeen hundred and tn
ring | O703,) up to the present time. 1t will
loes observed that in the early times, under
= to Colonial Government, their terms of Office
" ried from one to fifteen years. The presuI
ten is that they were appointed by the @
ernor, and subject TO removal at any time