Middletown transcript., 1869-10-09
LOCAL AFFAIRs.

towards Mrs. Beaston and her daughter, publish |
ed in the TRANSCRIPT of Satur. last, having been
pronounced "a gross Misrepresentation of facts"
we called upon the ladies on Thursday last to hear
their own version of the affair, and to ascertain
whether the statement as published would be cor
roborated by them or not. They both averred that
Loyd's conduct was even worse than it was rep
resented to be in the account given of it, and ex-
pressed their surprise that the circumstances were
so partially related. The particulars were COM
municated TO this office by gentleman who
deemed it prudent to do SO, within bounds, in
order to. avoid any undue excitement in relation
to the affair, the public mind being already in a
state OF irritation on account of negro Outrages,
chronicled almost daily in the public press. AS
to his surety, we are confident that Mr.. Biggs
was imposed upon by the negroes statement.
Besides, the man has lived with Mr.. Biggs and
one of his brothers for fifteen years, and is now
engaged as a laborer upon his farm, and he did
not want to be deprived of his services at this bu-
sy season of the year. We have been asked TO
publish the substance of the negroes statement,
made before Esquire Black, and we do so, in the
following words which have been written out
and handed to us for publication
'On Saturday the 25th of September last, l had
drawn, on check, from the Mddletown Bank
one hundred dollars this, with two dollars and
some cents, was lost by me in the road between
Mount Pleasanta and Summit Bridge. Somewhere
about Mr.. Lewis Cavender's peach orchard the
and went back as far as Mount Pleasant On my
way back met two ladies in a carriage. did
not find the money and concluded that the ladies
might have found it, as other persons had
passed along the road after the money had been
lost, consequently hurried on to overtake the
ladies, which did between Mr.. Carnagy's house
and Mr.. Prices store. / drove past them and
hailed them to know if they had found pocket
book, they made no reply, but drove faster.
then drove on before them to Mr.. Prices store,
got out of my wagon, went back to them and
asked if they had found pocket-book. AT this
time the ladies had stopped in the road, having
overtaken two gentlemen in q carriage, one of
whom was out talking to the ladies. They paid
no attention TO my question, but wanted me
rested. tried to explain to the ladies that
meant no harm, had lost my pocket-book and
wanted to know if they had found it. left them
and went back to Mr.. Prices store. The ladies
drove up to Mr.. James Nicholson's house
and got out of their carriage. l went over again,
and tried to explain that | had lost my pocket
book and did not mean any harm, but all in
vain, the ladies refusing to say whether they had
found one or not This is a true statement ac-
cording TO my recollection of the facts. | did not
intend to say one saucy word, nor do any thing
that would give the least insult to the ladies.
may have said something through excitement that
ought not to have said; if so am truly sorry
for it, as my intention was to do no wrong"
Lloyd found his pocket-book, with the money
in it, on Sunday afternoon, where he had dropped
it, on the side of the road nearly under the hedge
the edges of the notes pretty well saturated with
water, having laid out in all the heavy rain of
Sunday week.
RAIL RoAD MEETING.-Another meeting took
place at Elkton, on Tuesday last, to further the
project of constructing a Rail Road from that
point to Massey's. Hamilton Norton Esq. was
made Chairman, and Geo. w. Cruikshank, ESQ.,
Secretary. The latter stateds the object of the
meeting Sam'l. B. Foard Esq. statedthat $685.
900 would have TO be subscribed by individuals
before the same amount could be had from the
State. The meeting appointed temporary direc-
tors as follows Jacob Tome, Hamilton Morton
VIM. Lindsey, Sewell Green, Robert S. Griffith
]. Black Groome, John Peach Alexander Will
son, VIM. I. Weldon. The meeting then ad-
iourned, and the directors held meeting imme-
diately after. Jacob Tome, Esq was elected
President, and j. Black Groome, Esq. Secretary
and Treasurer 1t was resolved that each Direc-
tor be a committee TO solicit subscriptions. About
| $S, 900 were subscribed, and large number of
persons pledged themselves to take stock for dam
age, or right of way. The next meeting will
be held at Warwick, on the second Wednesday
of November. 1t is computed that $500, 900 will
build the road The distance is not over twenty
miles, the grading light, and the cost per mile will
hardly exceed 81 3, 900 as the road was once grad
ed to near Murphy's Mill. The project seems now
to have started in earnest. A charter will be had
next winter, and liberal subscriptions will be made
all along the line both in Nd and Del Baltimore
capitalists will certainly lend their aid to the work.
now that it is in fair way of Icing constructed.
The gentleman at the head of the work knows no
such word as fail, and would build the road him
SELF if he took it into his head, sooner than it
should not be constructed. Let Baltimore awake
| now to her interest.
Our old friends Rockhill Wilson are as hard
at work as ever, furnishing every description Of
| attr in tha nf la,
urous masculine apparel. Their splendid Brown
Stone Hall is better furnished than ever with ev.
rything that man or boy can want, for warmth
health, and comfort. All that our friends neet
to do, is just to call and examine for themselve:
and compare the prices of this splendid clothing
with that of any other in Philadelphia or else
where.
SALE OF VIRGINIA LAYDs.-Wm. Fl. Newton 4
Co. land agents. Baltimore, have recently sole
the following farms 500 acres in Richmond
county, Va. to o. NJ. Duncan, of New York, $l(
per acre. 500 acres in the same county, to DIR
Veazey of Pennsylvania, at Sl2 per acre. 55,
acres in Spotsylvania county, to Thomas Wilson
of Michigan, for $4,000 cash. 100 acres in Ian
caster county, to Thomas Martin of Delaware 70
$500.
A striking feature of the landscape in this par
of New Castle county is its beautiful neatly trimm
ed hedges. They are now receiving their thirt
and last trimming. 1t is customary to trim theu
three times year, In June, August, and October
The trimming is easily and expeditiously done
, one hand with sharp knife will go over a Ion
strtech of hedge in day. 1t is not near s
troublesome as righting up post and rail fence
The heavy showers of Sunday and Sunda
night last, extended over great part of the coun
try, and produced destructive freshets in man
places, brief mention of which appears in ou
news summary. The surplus water had to be Ii
out of the Chesapeake and Delaware Canal, t
prevent an overflow of Its banks. Mill-dams wer
b preserved in like MANNER and we have heard {
2 no damage by the flood in this region.
t The Crumptonian mentions q secopd crop
e peaches, about three dozen, upon a tree in Sue
lersville, Queen Anne's County, Nd. this season
The first crop was large yellow free-stone peacf
: natural growth gathered about five weeks sine,
: The second crop appear to have attained matur
j ty, though they are not larger than a mediul
hickory-nut, perfectly formed and not as juicy
the first crop.
4 TABLEAux VvANTs.-An interesting exhibitio
~ | will be given at the Town Hall on Wednesda