Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-03-05
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

.Hnecl0i allcnLlOu VI hNhiNis 49, |
,umers of Phosphates, Raw Bone, Poudrette,
Land Plaster, etc, are invited to call upon
Messrs. Dixon, Sharplcss & Co. ADVERTISE
ment in this issue. AZ oflH
DR.. Geo. Mcclellan Miller, A. NJ, Of
Village, Assistant surgeon III
the u. s. army, is now stationed as ros'
Surgeon at Savannah, Ga. "a, ,a.
We learn that Joseph W. Day, ESD, nus
resigned the position Of superintendent VI
Monroe Chapel Sabbath School; r.,
VIM. Smith, on the farm OF Joseph Aat,
nall. (former residence OF Moses LampsonJ
near New Castle, will sell his personal pro,
nertv nj hubble sale, on Saturday, al one
n,clock. =. M. Ogie g. Townsend, Auc-
tloneers See advertisement
The Visit of The Dela,oare Legislature 70
Norfolk and Richmond. The delaware
Legislature left Dover on Tuesday last, on
visit 10 Norfolk and Richmond. Ihey ar
rived NJ Norfolk on Wednesday, by inc
steamer CITY of Norfolk, at 2 O'Clock, ana
were conducted to the National holel ny II |
v. Tompkins, the agent oil the ooulneIh
Inland Navigation Company, Sevefal o. tle
members were accompanied by theu laulGs'
'Thev were also accompanied by Isaac IL.
Hinekley. President of the Philadelphia,
WILMINGTON and Baltimore Railroad; James
Ponder Speaker of the State senate, VIM
polk Sneaker of the House; Hon. Joseph
p Comegys. Judge Houston, and Andrew y.
GRAY. President of the Delaware anu Chesa-
peake Canal The visit was MADE purely
for pleasure purposes, and being enllrey un-
of,ciol there was no formal reception ex-
tended them on arriving in Norfolk by the
municipal authorities. They were walleu
unon al the National Hotel by many OF the
residents of the town, and on wednesday
! afternoon a portion of them visited Peters
: burg and Richmond. .,,,u =,
AZ Richmond the General Assembly oil
Virginia passed joint resolution, lnVltlns
the excursionists 10 visit that BODY. n con-
7 mittee was appointed, who escorted lhe
n Delnwareans TO the House Of Delegates,
where they were extended hearty welcome
= Inv the Speaker, Mr.. Baldwin, when wa
a responded TO by Senator jackson oil INN
N county, in neat and appropriate speech;
a. The party returned to old Point Comlor
10 on Friday, and after spending lew houi
in viewing the scenes around inc rorttess
'e embarked for Dover, which place my
oil reached on Saturday much ple"seu VIII
II. their trip. &c a,
4. visitors, says III IL,
us "These Delawar. gentlemen are all I'm
ct snecimens of the representative class
"a. American citizens H. Of the former time
m Most OF them arc middlc-aged, with ma
fast turning gray. All presented nne phys
lo' cal proportions and well.deVclopea Ineh ~
rse and moral characters, and we could moi nc
b a wondering how SO small state coulu pr
n duce such body of big men,"
my Man Found Murdered.-At an early no
en-. on Friday morning, the fleless body
Thomas V. Scott, musician, llvlng at ~
;ul, 904 S. Eleventh Street, Phlladelphla,
INK Gonnd living on the sidewalk at Seventh 81
rat, Bedford Streets, in that city. A color
uld man. in passing the locality named, ma
and Inc discovery, and at once notified the poll
l. n seems that Mr. Scott had been playing
w ih violin on Thursday evening, at party
the the southeastern part OF the city, anu
car for home about two O'Clock in the mornil
efH. 1t is supposed that he was attacked by mi
H. waymen at Seventh and Bedford Stree
A's where his body was found, and that
rred resisted the robbers, who felled him TO
that Ground by blow from black jack, un
the left ear. which Of itself was sutlcien
a.. cause death. They then kicked him ID
ehe mouth. breaking several of his teeth,
qrce disiiguring his face in a shocking mani
olice A broken violin was found lying on
than pavement near the body, showing that u
had been a fearful struggle. Several arr
oWer were made during Friday afternoon OF
a the sons who are believed to have been ms
the mental IN the death of the murdered n
upon Cecil County Matters.-We copy the
Nthe lowing items from the Elkton wing
by it, Saturday,
,uri,v sale Of Real Estate-Reubcn Hal
a,s Trustee, sold at public sale, on Tues
ope- last, the farm Of the heirs of Georgt
Price, near Cecilton, containing lao az
hints for Sit ,672 to jeremiah c. Price.
that Decessed.-We chronicle this week
TI,;. death OF Mr. Caleb Parker, of this Il
MS well-known TO many citizens of our cou
mbers Hewas baiiiff TO both the Circuit aud Orp
cradle Courts of this county, and was chef
# the to the Maryland Legislature twice,a and E
=. in the same capacity TO the CONVEX
must which framed our present Constitution.
OF the death will be regretted throughout the
ton of munity and we, in common with all iri'
nm nf tender our warmest sympathytO the be
vord. ed family, in this their sad aiiliction.
Police Solve find the following parae
in the Elkton Wing of Saturday. We
fer il to our columns, and ask can II he
Is il possible that there is land-hold
t., the State of Delaware, so narrow mi
copieu and bigoted in his views that lie viii
article rent to a political opponent. We can sea
spond- credit the story, although il comes 4
1ndre source altogether reliable. We thln
~ neighbor has been misiniormed The
W lts ment 10 that: 1.-THE same spirit that ru
he In South Carolina is being adopted in the
what and influential State Of Delaware. v
wa asl creditably informed that il isan under'
- -, ing among the lanu-OWncrs OF sec
aa ut" proclivities that no farms are for re
al and Republicans. Persons Of that pOllica
ersonal are to be carefully excluded from the
whose communitieso OF the Diamond State chiy
lightly Serious Acsident-A serious aocidG
vsnaner Cured on Friday morning at Lamott
.;d,is,,, ton factory in Brandywine Village.
iOH9ni' the shuttles flew out Of its frame and
oil his women named Mrs. Caroline Paine
.warean head, fractunng her skull in terrible
NH alil,c ner She was taken to her home in nm il
a. ~ BILE condition, and it is feared that the
the ~ will prove fatal. Mrs. Paine IS a
which whose husband was taken prisoner
1t loyal supposed to have died in prison, no
will mot having ever been received of him sil
capture She has two small children
u"se ~ dent on her for support.
fish the
xnressea Capture Of NgitiUe,-A young
r ',- named Hannah Parker was arrest
ihuerous Thursday night by Officer VIM. Tag
a gentle the Baltimore depot, Philadelphia, Vi
arrival of the Southern train, up
'f charge of the larceny OF various
,acked in from person in Delaware with wi
resided. She was locked up in 4
= Ahey District Police station to await a
lean Ex- During this night she was taken
Mich, for and remained in an unconscious
all fresh. sometime