Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-11

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beautiful, romantic, ana convenient iocahty iof
TUE people Vi 'nis Guy 10 NJ up as puphc drlve
anu pupnc park ~ Is inc aeeioea expression
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iorA' mat 'le oanhs ol Tue brahaywine' withh
twenty minutes rae OF lhe oiy HAIL. furnish a
locality In every essential respect superior to
'nose VIC huVe hahieu' we are giving the opinion
Oh otners' out II is likewise our own.
We call attention to the noticeable fact that
every visitor VINO has recently been to see Will
mington, and has published his impressions of us,
has spoken In high terms of the excellent location,
and natural advantages of the city.
1t is estimated that Congress will deal with
Reconstruction in a summary manner.
The latest reported convert in the Southern
ranks to the Republican policy, is Gen. Buckner.
We print elsewhere in the paper.a communi-
cation defending the p. W. 4 B. Railroad Co.,
from the charge of dealing unfairly with VIII
mington, and inquiring whether the merchants
of this city can compete with those of Philadel-
phia.
The law Of Congress, passed Mt n recent SOS.
sion, providing for the reduction of The number
of Judges of the Supreme Cont to seven ,y;,,
obviate the necessity of an annointment Nv Tho
President. in place q Judoe WAYNE
The execution of Santa Anna is Ioo,,ea mo,
as Indicating that Juorez nronoses n ver,, ,,ooiaoa
line of poicy-that is to mt To deotb nil HE com.
petitors. The same policy has been often tested
in other countries and usually with very moor
success In the end.
Speaker Colfax will not no IN co,orodo &c
he had intended but to Maine ms the c,,cst Of NJ
Pike.
The nresent Conoress hoe t.,,,,. o., =.
mileauc Tia law ..llous ,o,,r,on, e.. ,,,a -.
lar December session, but the FoTlietn Congrass
has already had one session, and now another has
begun. To both of these as well as to the regu-
lar converting next December, the rate of ten
cents mile must cover all travelling expenses.
The Legislature of Pennsylvania, over year
ago, ordered the painting of historical picture
10 commemorate the Battle of Gettysburg. The
work was placed by the Committee in the hands
OF s. +. Rothermel, the Philadelphia artist, and
his general sketch OF the plan OF the work is now
ready 1t illustrates an important scene in the
thira days lighting. The figures in the fore
ground are he size. 1t Will require frame thir-
" ieet long ana proporuonately high.
Mr.. Pcabody's portrait of Queen Victoria,
which has just been on exhibition In Philadelphia
is copy, and by no means a faithful likeness.
Owing to the continual existence of the
genus chuckehcad, members of which frequently
charge us with the paternity of opinions commu-
nicated by correspondents, we repeat that we arc
In no wise responsible for the tenor of any COM
munication. Correspondents are at liberty to
advance what opinions they please. so long ms
they keep within decent limits, and they may
differ totally from Our own ideas.
Hamilton the Philadelphia marine artist, has
sold three of his pictures of Niagara.-"T The
American Fail, " The Horse Shoe Rapids. and
1.-THE Whirlpool Rapids.n To Col R,rton II
jerks, the wealthy machine builder of Brides.
burg, for $6,50O
General Halleck proposes "Alas,ar os tbe
name for the Just purchased Russia slice
The Agricultural Bureau still makes n favor
able report of the crops and believes the wh,o,
will aggregate two hundred millions of bnsho,s
The advanced nosition nm the .,oor,,
| taken by General Cameron. then Sccretor,, nj
War, when he made his first report IN Presidon,
Lincoln, in 1861, is u well known bstorica, fac,
| In his history of the 10Th Regment Col nor;.
of PennsvIvon,o ro,o,os ~ aS,,,,-, ~. lawn
corning General Cameron's onin;ons snao,.,a,
of the enlistment of colored yo,nn,oors i,a .a.,.
zone evening the last of D.comhor zoe, ~, ~.
"berinn;np of January 1ses ,ros 800. y. .n'
"house of Colonel Forn.v in vash;ns.,o,, c,,''
"on the occasion of n comnl;m on,or,, s,,1,,,a :.
"Georpe ID. Prentice editor ~ M ,,,,s,',,i ',
sinai. At the sumner table in rcsnonso 10 to's,
"Mr. Cameron made few remarks in IT., =.
"took ground in favor of orm;n, ~ ~" y
"puttipa them into t,o Cola aa aa,,,e ~a'
idea. nj tho, t;mo ma, ,,,,,, 49, oe'9, IN
sis no better wav n ,u1,o as ~. -. 'u. 'her
the reporter was reouested M, -, sne .'e
"his notice of the occasion 'A II II
The Union people of MARYLAND b,vo a. s.,
posing memorial setting fortL M Az, p" a ~,
can character of their State Cororn,,,, i pun
, they arc about to present IN conaross "'''
in this the berry season NJ tho vow 49,,
the questions just being debated is which Is II,