Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-12-24

tutO hhpom VI th1 huehtuto WI Wouuut~
day evening, 10th instant. Hon'J s. valsn-
tine, Mayor, was called TO he chair, and Yves
ley Talley, was appointed Secretary.
]. 7. Head, Esq, stated the object Of the
meeting In some pertinent remarks, that the
the occasion Of our assembling was to devise
some method OF connecting Wilmington direct
ly with the Delaware River, either by extern
ding our Rail Road or any other feasible me-
thod, TO as to extend our commerce. Our
manufacturing interest 10 Its various branches
has become one Of great magnitude, &C. he
exhibited map gotten up by gentleman OF
large experience and nowledged ability,
Daniel Fsrra, Esq. 1t was intended to extend
our connection by means of canal, showing
that this is not an entire new project, as II
vas agitAted In the minds of our people
number Of years ego.
he was followed by Alderman Vincent with
some very appropriate remarks, advocating the
enterprise and showing the disad vantages the
business men OF eur city labor with, by not
having an immediate connection with the ma
viga,ion of the Delaware River; stating thathe
knew that we have had to ship 10 Philadelphia,
Chester or New Castle, to deliver our wares to
some of the towns below who trade with US.
William Hilles, Esq, offered the following
resolution, which, after ssme interchange OF
opinion was unanimously adopted:
Resolped That in the opinion Of this meet
ing the interests of the City Of Wilmington
require better means OF communication to
be provided with the Delaware River to secure
more fully the development Of our commerce,
manufactures and prosperity.
This scheme was further discus sed hy Mes
sers. Lobdell, J. N Barr, Liebrand, and others
whereupon motion, committee OF saven were
appointed, consisting OF Msssers. q. F. Johu-
son, Allen Gawtbfop, William Hilles, William
IakA .1t
TO report on the contemplated improvements
the best and most certain and economical
method of efecting it, at meeting at the same
place Oh "Wednesday evening i6'h instant, Mt
~ O'Clock, TO which our citizens are invited
" attend. WEsLgY TALLKr, Secretary.
Another Car Coupling -wm II. Grow and
r. 3. Newell, have been granted a patent for q
Car coupling invented by them. II Is very
simple yet complete contrivAuce. The hook
is held in it's place ia the bumper by a spring,
and il OF such form thst it matters not where
the link strikes it, connection will be &C.
clred. We think it very probable that 1t will
be adopted by several railroad companies at a
very early date, MS couplings now in use can
be altered by merely cutting Die therein for
the hook and leaving the spring lay on the top.
The expense of the alteration will be- very
slight, while the advantages secured are OF the
going between the cars to effect = coupling
oeing entirely obviAted, and accidents result
| lag theretrom prevented. The cars NAV also
| be uncouplsd while IN motion By merely rails
| ing the spriog which is a consideration OF
some importance. II is high time the present
dangerous mode OF coupling was abandoned
| as the occurrence of accidents iherefrom are
very frequent, and men should not be com
PEELED to endangsr their lives or limb, where
there is not an absolute necessity for doing 50
| Treasure Hidden VS.. Hodx.-Two of our mos
| respectable citizens wer5 terribly hoaxei by q
contrabaud II few days since he formerly livet
| near Memphis, Tennessee, ana stated to severa
gentlemen, privately, that hs had been tbs
confidential elaye Of his master, and that wher
the Union army advanced on Memphis, hii
master, with hia essislLce, had buried forty
FIVE thousand dollars il gold that.he escaped
| North, and soon atterwArd his master wa.
killed, and none kcew The place Of the deposit
Of the treasure but himself. He applied in vsir
to several parties but at last succeeded in get.
ting two OF our citizens 70 go with him 10 Mem
pbs promising to iemunerats them from the
treasure. They accordingly started to Memphis
| with the negro, who eat and drank Of the best
10 fact, lived like lord by the way, and ar
wing there, went in the night with the RegrC
to dig fer the treasure in grave yard Whit,
they were digging the negro mals some ex
cuBe to get away from them, and then making
| - sIAr holt. lAit than, syith thar snudes Rnf
| fLovels, to get away the best way they could
| The suppo Sitiol is thai the rascllly contrab and
wished TO get hons TO Msmphls, q ID took this
method to have his travelling expenses paid
by Wilmingtonians. The operation coat tht
| parties about 5000.
The BrdndyWine Brewery 4 Feb
renbach, of this city, have just completed thei
large brewery, near Riddles factory on the
| BrAndywiue, at n cost OF about $50 000 There
are two vaults, ono OF which 10 lis feet il
length, az feet wido aud l6 feet deep; the Other
is "a feet long, l6 feet deep ard 10 feet wide
being of sufficient capacity to hold 3 900 bar
| relR. They are consequently able to supply no
only the dealers in Delaware, but also all tn ost
of the adjoining States of Nav ,rsey, Penn
sylvania aud Maryland with all the lager they
can sell There Ia also large hotel on the
grounds of the above establishment which Il
conducted by Mr.. Joha Hartman, one of the
firm. The entire works cover almost an aare
of ground, and are OF such n stupendoas char
acter as to be well worth visit by any OF oul
citizens who appreciate enterprise and publ,
spirit.
Compensation for SldDeS-A communication
| was laid before the Senate Of thu Uuited States
on Monday last, in reply to the resolution call
ing for Information in relation 10 the Commis-
sioners appointed to award compensation to
the loyal owners of slave placed ia the Union
army during the war. The report states il
reference TO this State, "That a commission
was commenced at Georgetown, Del, abeut
August, 1864, aud was dissolved March; 1866
It was composed as follows N Gum Alber
Curry and Thos. B. Coursey. The number O
claims filed in the Delaware Commission wa.
ia number Of awards made, 43 number re-
jected, 8; number returned 10 claimants by
reason OF the dissolution OF the Commission
70. Total ll4."
Masonic.-A Lodge of the order Of es and
Accepted Mas0ns has been organize in Smyrnf
under the "di5pensatian" OF the Gran Lod 20
with the following officers; L, Shortmqn
Worthy Master; Lewis NJ. Bal Senior Warden
Vim. A. Clouds Senior Deacon " Il. Bow
man, Junior Deacoo;J. w. Mariner, Secretary
W. o, Jump, Trea,urer;S L Gracey, Chaplain
The membership numbers over 20 Including
IL Master Masons. Four applications have a!
ready been handed ia, and there is every en-
couragement for a floursLiag Lodae.-f Tunes
Ckiaa and Glas!-2ls Market street, vii
mIngton, Delaware. @. Picsela has ,
very desirable assortment of Tes, Dinner aac
Toilet Sets, Glass Dishes, Bowls, Pitchers
Tumblers, Gobets and Fruit Dishes, Fame,
Toilet Sets, Fancy China Vases Motto Cupt
and Saucers, Mugs, Pari4a Vases, Lava Vases
Lava Gard Baskets, Lava Tobacco Boxes, Chin,
Toy Tea Sets Fancy LAMPS, also large assert
ment of China Toys, These Goods will ali b,
sold cheap, on account OF having to move il
the Spring to another store. Give us call
and we will try to suit you la price ald qua ty
Don't forget 2i3 Market stree.
Not Sold-The farm of Jonathan Catip
situated near Brandywine Springs, and Goa
tainirg 1872 acres. was offered at public sale
at Fosters hotel, last Thursday, when 1t wa
bid in at $40 900 The house and lot adjoinln,
were also bid in at $500
; The farm Of the late Elizabeth Gould, sit
uated near CenrevilO and containing l0S a
ores, was not sold on Thursday last, only ST.