Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1867-07-18
OUR NEI0HBORS.


of u two-horse one, though doubtless the in
creased number horses adds force TO the ex-
The Republican publishes letter from Hon.
Thaddeus Stevens, to MI. r.Shortledge, of Concord,
in Which Mr.. Stevens denies giving instructions
some inquiries concerning Mr.. Barton, the mem-
Der Of the Legislature from Chester, says:-
u knew Of the Instructions given to MI: Barton
by his constituents; knew nlso that In that dis
trict Mr.. Cameron had but few friends at the time
| of Me election. A vote showed that the choice
wns between Governor Curtin and myself In
Chester and Delaware. Bsfors went M 70 sa, harrla
heard doubts Of MIR. Barton. His Congressional
Representative assured me that he had a recent
letter, and that there could be no doubt oil ms
| fidelity. When reached Harrisburg, where
was reluctantly persuaded to go-lvery foolshlyl
| l found Mr.. Barton was coariaced that the good
| of the State required Gen. Cameron's election,
and never doubted of his treachery lndeed,
whatever might be the reason, found most Of
| the ant-Cameron men either openly or secretly
converted"
| Mr.. Stevens further says 3
with a few exception the Curtin men were
insnccre; and those protesting for Others, ,longed
| for au opportunity, which knew they would
readily embrace, to disobey the will Of their con-
stituents. Among the most remarkable you may
notice Chester county. doubt not that had II
been necessary, Gen. Cameron would have r'-
eeiycd three-f0urths Of the Republican votes.
to i that # Of assas
sion of the merits Of the candidates, convinced
/ AZ least sixty of the superiority of Gen. Cameron.
For myself, have no fault to find with the de-
i csion."
On Friday morning an Irishman named Robt.
| Clark, who was working for MI. Daniel Robii:-
sou, near 1hurlow Station, was sun struck. Medl.
cnl aid was promptly procured but the man died
about o'clock in the evening.
/ Some discharged workmen having threatened
| to burn the factory Of Campbell Il Dutton in
Aston twp, John Campbell, jr., son OF one OF
the proprietors was sci to watch the factory, an.
seems TO have kept regular guard with heavily
loaded double-barrelled. gun. About half.past
one o'clock on the morning Of the Fourth, It Is
alleged that Campbell, it,, while on his beat that
led past the house of a Mrs. Young, was engaged
DeyeiIn Who was paying attention TO one Of Mrs.
Youngs daughters, came ont OF tne mouse anu
demonstrated with Campbell, and in the course
of conversation good deal OF angry ieeiing was
manifested and loud talking ensued. daughter
of Mrs. Young, aged about thirteen, made her
appearance, and demonstrated with Deyelin and
endeavored to persuade him to go I,s into the h ho'
and fred the charge taking effect In one .. .ss
limbs of Miss Young, inficting o serious and
dangerous wound. A portion of the shot also
badly injured that one of her legs had 70 be am
putated below the knee. Campbell at first
and warrant was got out for his arrest, but &C
afterwards gave himself up and was lodged @ III
Jail to await the result of the injuries to Miss
Young Afterwards Campbell's father had the
parties, who had threatened to kill him and burn
the mill, arrested.
The Chester Republican, from which we gather
, the above particulars, says =" From what we
can learn, iG would appear that whisky was at
| the bottom of the whole affair. Campbell docs
not deny that he had been drinking moaeiaR
, during the day. but alleges that he was sober ~
the time the occurrence happened.
CHESTER COUNTY.
y Isaac Deming, q black man, was drowned in tll'
| Brandywine OF Chadd's Ford, on Tuesday even
ing Of last week He had gone in to baths bH, b.
/ bank. It is supposed he had rush OF blood to
the head. s3A
J, The 91st anniversary of American independence
n passed off in Oxford without any public demon
stration. The day was regarded as holiday by
:, only n few, and the business places were nearly
all open, the boys, however, Kept up continual
firing with crackers, and in the evening few fire.
works were displayed.
It The Oxford Press says:-0n Saturday afternoon
$ last, during the thunder gust, the tightening
. struck and killed Archibald Campbell, of West
-, Nottingham township. Mr.. Nottingham was in
hay ss hsy !. npon oh h
passed through his neck struck and splintered
a | ihe fork handle and wrenched the tines. James
down by the shock, but not seriously injured.
n Two other persons on neighboring hill were
's also stunned by the same discharge. Mr.. Z: was
IT Il young farmer, much respected by his friends
and nefghbors for his good qulites, industry and
sobriety. He leaves wife and two children. II
!, has been stated that violent discharges of elec-
,r trcty are very frequent In this neighborhood the
!, tightening often striking some obect.-causcd no
doubt by some local attrncion.
r A most disgraceful riot occurred in oxford on
a | Saturday evening last. Some fire works intend
"a ed for use on the Fourth of July having arrived
o too late il was proposed to set them off on Satnr
day evening. A large crowd of colored men as
r semblcd to see the exhibition, almost Entirely
3 blocking mp the pavement. 1t is said that a
l. young man named James Mclntre and his sister
| in attempting to pass were crowded of the pave
ment whereupon McIntire struck one Of the
Is colored men and a general fight ensued, other
s. white men joined in and the colored men were
n finally run out Of town but not until one of their
| number had severely wounded two of the whites
nr | with razor.
p The Oxford Press seems to lay the whole
-. | blame on the colored men not seeming to con-
slider that 1t is natural for people unused to them
10 to assemble to fire works. nor to suspect that
in places where the people are used to occnsiona-
to ly seeing crowds on the sidewalks 1t is customary
i for gentlemen Of sense, especially when accom-
- panied by ladies, to go around instead of through
US such crowds. From the Press own account it
III seems to us that the young man who commenced
the fight wds quite as much to blame as the color
h. cd men,
m VIM. r. Ash, Of Coatesyille, had needle one
ne and-a-half inches long extracted from his arm
~ last week. 1t was much cOrroded and had eyi-
= IDENTIFY been in his flesh long time, and yet he
never knew it was there until Just before 1t M was
IN ng met with an accident which would explain
o. the mysterious needles presence.
IN Mary Preston of West Chester, died on last
Wednesday, in the 103d year of her age.
at A new Methodist church Is being put up il
" Springfield
~ The coach shop of Abraham Still, in Wes
Z, Chester was slightly injured by fire on Tuesda,
r. afternoon last. Abraham Still continues tn
business.
,r- James Gibbons, a resident of Phenixville, hat
d. his feet scalded with melted iron, on Wednesday
ty at the Phoenix Iron Works. lie was taken 10 IN
to Pennsylvania Hospital.
The bridge of tis Pennsylvania Railroad, ,acros
of the Brandywine at CoatesYills is not consid're
he safe.
re Two men hired horse last week from liver.
az | stable in Downngtown, and drove the animal =
"a far and hard, that when 1t was brought nome,
fell down from exhaustion
of Captain b. L. Kent, of West Goshen, while o.
IAN a hay wagon, last Monday, fell and struck N
ers side against one OF the sharp points OF tne Magn
of bed Ono Of his ribs was broker mna eute,
he | severely injuring the lung. hopes "e en'ei
tained that Capt. X. VIII recover
Nchae, Dorsey. of West Chester. fell from
1se load of hay In that town last Tuesday, and brok
we his jaw bone in two places, pf0ke Ms couar poi
on and dislocatcd his shoulder. The Iiudge Recor
cnt saws he is getting along comfortably"
er. 4 Indy in West Chester put q warm iron to he
face to ease the tooth-ache and burned the ski
~. off her face Na
nd A young man named William Whitesides Will
nj fishing with seiic III MN u'' ',e, II a,
~ ". on Saturday week, got into a hole where u
by water was over his head and being unable
ci- swim, was drowned.
The barn of Mr. John Miller, in East Vincei
las township, was struck by lightning last friaa
mn afternoon The lightning set fire to the nay, p'
NV the fire was soon extingnished.
~ I'm Saturday week Mr. John Mills Of Warwic
W township- Chester county, while driving tw
" vs. horse wagon stopped under an oak tree to gal
the protecton from a storm. The tree was struck
Dur rbtning. one Of, the horses killed, the harne
burnt oil OF the other, snd MIR Mills .tunne
ap- The horse killed was worth e3o0. Mr.. Mills WI
ard not seriously injured. ~
tier si' u.ay,Axp.
~ ~ Some sharpers have been going around Mar
'hs land selling lightning rods. They make Writ,
can contract with a farmer to pnt rod up tor y
any After having put up all the rods they can ~ N
him neighborhood they go around and present on
for s18 for ptttting up the rod and 40 Genus
| f.ot f,r tl,a rf,5 itoalf he Oyucr OF The Dull