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to ordinary humanity as tho puppets Of sensational
dramas usually do The plot Of the new play may
Nc1non), 5oung medical student, Is presented IN
The prologue, suffering under recuuia1y dlnlcul-
nes. and pursued hy Anso. lngfsds.s tEye1nan1, A., =
young man, seeing ruin Staring him IN the facc,
breathcs an eloquent curse on London streets,
and is about to throw himself into the Thames
| when he Is restrained from committing the
more wre,ched Than himself. Thls j. Hiiarei
{Aiss Booth} the daughter OF dtsTepusahlc barge
nan, who has suffered SO much nom the cruelty
Of her parent that she, too, wishes She ~Rs dead
is SsaJ'ohn uisile> her father, threatens to caHy
from The barge, bat IS deferred BY the student.
The barge moves on, and just while the young
man LIS y commencing his determ!nstion to become
~ tne HyeE, ~ and 49, reappesrs i :
t In his azus, and followed hy crowd Of policemen
hnd street boys, who strike ATTITUDES aud c1y
msayea: sayedi" Amer = lapse of several yca,s
housekeeper to old Norris {Jennlngs), who is mar
51sd IT, t9 lsdy o. fans and ls living q high style
o1 has
forged hts sons name 10 note. Ra1oha
sn,ns uEas n3 np TeEy inoppossunsly, and meeting
t'rsd. ircm whom be takes diamond rinv, tho
Gitt Of Ctr'ne, her lover. While this business Is
being transacted, old Hor1iA md lngle lesr entes
and aconseisation ensucs reia:ivc 70 the forged
note AorIa, NOT seeing his way clearly out OF
The scrane, distracts the Intention OF the broker
for a moment, and steals It from under his
nose. They struggle, and Ai7dred takes the note
and ,ears11t, Bar5ohn elopcs with pocket-oooe,
hut Is promptly brought back By t@o policemen.
4 scene OF screaming and accusation ensucs, and
Mildred, To save the old man, takes the blame Of
thc theft upon herself Ckmrnt Is hocTpr.strtck-
en-, and decides upon sending her ont Of the conn-
". Meanwhile 1t appears that she ID not the
daughter Of the bargelnnn. but the heir-
sss saz ,a.,, 81 splendid fortune, which by
cess OF law known only to sensational
pla5Wrgnts. deyolec upon the scoundreI who
brought her up. This fact coming to the knowl'
edge Of Dd76hn, he places no obstacle IN the why
Of her departure for Australia. md SO the unhappy
maiden l. sent on In The good ship "Apollo." She
"has not been gone month but two wccks'' when
news comes to the borrowing csJ<nt aud his con-
scicnce-stHc&cu father that the "ApoIlo" Is q
wreck. Da1ohn appears and becomes unuat'r.
ally merry over the mtshar. But hs triuunt b Il
shor-@ved- 5oung woman is run opSt by cab In
the street and is earned Into the doctors 70 hc
lAnecd. The young woman prores 10 be no other
than Mildred, whose miraculous preservation FROM
the wreck may be accounted for according TO the
various tastes OF the audience, However, her In
nocencc 'a completely established: EaJjohn r.
pents md helps her to secure her inheritance slt
mAr1ies Clement, and Their livc happily ever AFTER
The play, Of which tho aborc ia N outline,
presented By the Museum management In = man
! pe1 which could DO little 70 redeem 1t trou iss ip
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Onc-third calh, oDethiru In ono ycar, outth1Ed In
two yearn. with intcrest at Per cent DEPOSITS
will be required on each lot Il time Of sale.
Couvey4nees to The sale Will leave the otcc Of A. =
l. s. PIERCE, No. 1T Dcatborn.st. At Il aud O'clock
On the day Of salc .. ,.
Forfulthe1 Particular ECO A. & LIS PKRCR. ne.
1T DearboEn-st. or
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hCLD1EG SEWERS. ..... .
A communication was also received nom the
board asking immediate acton In regard to the
hcWcts, In order that the board may at once pro-
ea III sr ana 1ss en tue
and the favorable working season Is raising away,
while la1os and msie1ss, can be obtained at low
1ates-
The communication WAS placed On Gle,
consent. 10 eubmit the leowing rcpor ron .e tne
Committee on Finance: -"
s @ tse bee, she & gS i;
eui;tins list Of stEe7s deemed b them Necessary
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The whole matter ras laid over,
LAKrs IL WASHINGTON STREET TUNNEL
The board also submitted the following ordl
nance, which WIS referred to the Committee Of
9tM o.laicej, <tr. SECTION L. That no person ah,l
sse ieaa q Slss nae E, 5hs p11
Or either q il apEoaehe a erestss tpccd than iou
ETe Th.t M ,er.on rh .1, s,r. ~ ..x,.. T., as~,,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

A SCENE IN SAN FRANCISCO HARBoR.- |
Last month eight sailors deserted from the |
British war steamer Jealous, lying in the |
harbor of San Francisco. The Bulletin de-
scribes the scene that Followed
The British consul, MIR. Booker, and a
party oil gentlemen were dining with the
admiral on board the Jealous, when eight
sailors belonging 10 the vessel slipped over
unobservcd into the boat which brought the
visitors, and pulled for the shore. They
were about fifty yards from the steamer
when the guard saw them, hailed and fred
at them. One of the sailors was struck IN
the forehead, but only slight wound was
inflicted, and the men pulled away with a
will. Immediately a ships boat was mann
ed and lowered and put off in pursuit.
This boat contained about dozen officers
and men, and the chase was very exciting
one. The deserlers had the start, and pull
ed with desperate energy. AS the ships
boat neared them several shots were fired
IRON carbines and pistols at the deserters,
but they fell short or flew wide of the men.
They were almost overtakGn, when they
ran alongside the tug Rescue, scrambled
upon il and made the wharf The leader
of the party, as he SET his foot on the wharf,
was heard 10 exclaim: "Thank God, we are
free men once morer' A large crowd had
been attracted by the firing and appearance
OF the two boats, and in it were several burly
boatmen, who tried TO stop the further pro-
gress OF the deserters, but they failed 10 ar
rest them, and in lew minutes every sailor
had disappeared. The pursuit was not con-
tinned on shore, and so fur as known none
of the men have been retaken. During yes
terday three other men escaped from the
same vessel.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
General Matters.

Hundreds ol barrels of trout are annually
sailed down in Milford and vicinity, their
abundance making them cheap article of
inOd.
A camp meeting for Harrington circuit oil
the NJ. Il. Church, will commence July 30ih.
II will he held in Thirletons woods, two
and hall miles cast of Harrington; Rev.
A. ID. Davis and Rev. G. L. Connaway,
pastors.
The Adelphia Lodge, Knights of Pythias,
will give a strawberry festival at the Court
House, in New Castle, commencing on the
9th OF June, aud continuing three days.
The annual meeting of the Fruit Growers
Association of Delaware and Maryland will
he held at the hotel of VIM. p. Chance,
Odessa, Saturday, June 18th.
On Sunday allernon, the Esd inst, a
colored boy about fifteen years old, named
James Fountain, was playing in boat al
Frederica, and " hile standing on the side
OF the boat he lost his balance and fell over
board. The body was soon recovered ant
carried 10 his fathers house, where al
inquest was held by the Coronsr, and
verdict rendered IN accordance with thu
facts.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
Local Affairs.

Decoration Ddy-The city last Saturday was thronged
with crowds OF gnily dressed visitors. The day was
beautiful one, and there nothing to mar tile order
OF exercises. The procession formed at the Institute
BnnR, aud shortly after four o'clock marched to the
Wilmington and Biandywine Cemetery. The Mount
Vernon Band iOoredl headed the procession, followed
by the Sheridan Rifles, Fenian brotherhood, Fame and
Phoenix Fire Companies, Officers Of the Army and Navy,
colorcd soldiers and children from the various schools.
In arriving ut the Cemetry, the line broke into deac
mcnts and surrounded the graves Of the soldiers, which
dcsi mated by small flags, and strewed them with
flowers. Aiter this. came singing by the children in
torsutised with addresses bv several divinqs. The
Doxoagy was sung by the whole people, and all re-
turned to their respected homes.
The most marked feature of the ceremoney and which
called forth universal applause account Of the beauty
md simplicity Of the arrangement the numbers and
appearance OF the children from the Catholic schools
We heard hut opinion expressed and TINT that
their part of the procession far beautiful than
all the rest put together. The little orphans from tile
Orphans Asylum, corner OF Sixth and West, were uni.
formed in blue dressps, with white walls hanging like
drapcry their heads md falling below the whist.
The larger dressed in pure white with walls
the the others. They turned in large
hes. and assigned to the 4h Division Ia charge
Col Mccullough. The proceeded to tile Catholic Gene
tary where they most ably and ieengly addressed
by the Rev, Peter McGranc.
DEATH By Dr0Dnlng.--A boy named Bid
die, fell into Chrisiiana Greek, last Sunday
and was drowned before assistance reached
him. lie was engaged in fishing at The
time
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

CLocKs-How TO FIX THEN. When the
clock stops don't take 1t TO the repair shop
till you have tried as follows:-Take off the
pointers and the face; take of the pendulum
and its wire. Remove the ratchet from the
tick wheel, and the clock will run down
with great velocity. Let it go. The in-
creased speed wears away the gum ist from
the pinions-the clock cleans itself. If you
have any pure sperm oil, put the least bit on
the axles. Put the machine together, and
nine times in ten it will run just as well as
if it had been taken TO the shop. In TACT,
tins is the way most shopmen clean clocks.
Ii instead OF pendulum the clock has a
watch escap0ment, this latter can lie taken
out in an instant, without taking the work
apart, and'the result is the same Country
Gentleman.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

TIE New York Nation, o Republican pa
per treats several distinguished men OF it's
party TO a dish OF whitening sarcasm, after
the following fashion;
A difficulty of some Importance has arisen
in Virginia, owing 10 the inability OF the
Judges 10 take the test oath, and their con-
sequent unftness for office under the -Four
teenth Constitutional Amendment. There
are many counties in which, since the pas
sage of the Amendment, there is not single
| lawyer to be found legally qualified TO sill on
the bench and administer Justice. This Is,
OF course, delightful for the criminals, ana
some of them who have been sentenced ny
dislranChised Judges have taken to suing out
writs of hdJeds corpus, for the purpose OF
getting themselves released from prison.
One OF these casee, came, recently, before
Chief-Justi Chase, who took the sround
that the Fourteenth Amendment was not 10
be construed IN sense which would make
II destructive oil social order, and that, there
tore, such officials MS were necessary 10 the
punishment of crime, and the protection ai
HE and property, must he held qualified 10
act under it, even If unable to take the oatl,
| as long as no others can be had. In short,
= he held that there could be de fdc'o Judges
in the interest of society as wull rs de tdctt
government, and that their nets were vallt
TO The extent WulCn social eAlEehClts ullSl
make necessary. liz accordingly sent lh'
petitioner back to prison. The case als'
II came before tho celebrated Judge Under
wood, who made mnce.mcat Of the Chief
Justice. He tooR his stand on the hdbed
D corpus as the palladium of our liberties, cite
ie Boswell and Macaulay MS TO its value, sal
er that if the Chiei-Justice's ruling were goo
10 law, the "Constltution would become a mi
TO wipe our feet on, not shield to proc
our breasts" He cnquired, scornluly, VIII
is "a court dc fdctO ?'' and said he would N
q lie frightened at this time of day by a lit
Id law Latin, quoted Marshall to show the NJ
y. ture OF United States court, and Mansiie
- in the great Somerset slave case, 10 sho
Nv that a Judge should net be deferred ro
no pronouncing decision by the considcrati,
he Of the inconvenience that would result fro
mi IL. In fact, a more cxcrutialing casligatil
os was probably never inflicted by one gre
judicial officer on another. UnderwO
clearly ought TO be Chiel.Jusllce himse
~, and we have little doubt that were BE
VI Wade President, he would he. With Wa
eu in the White House, Train in tlc War |
Or parimeni, Sprague in the Treasury, But
on in the State Department, and Underwood
-. sole Judge OF tile Supreme Court, The ho,
'e' and execratiOns OF Inundated and ierril
Is foreign tYrants would rend the skies.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

BEEcHER ON BoREs.-Few Of the great
preachers oil the country are so felicitlous in
illustrating their subjects with appropriate
anecdotes as the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher.
And like all men OF genuine humor, he has
the knack 10 say very droll things with q
face of the most impassiVe gravity. AT the
National Christian Convention, held last
year In this city, he was called upon 10 nd-
dress that body on "How 10 Conduct Pray
er MeetIngs," and for an hour held the ali-
dience with mingling OF fun and pathos
and sentiment and wisdom such as one but
seldom enjoys. Alter the adjournment of
the morning session about fifty men--mostly
young, and identified with the hardest OF
Christian work In the most unpromisIug
fields-gaihered about him, In order to
wrest from him some OF the secrets of his
success. The results were too valuable TO
pass without enduring record. The ques-
tioning lasted nearly an hour and a half.
During that time Mr.. Beecher was in the
centre OF densely packed crowd, and not
gwen moments rest. The questions were
sometimes rambling, but nearly all tended
10 uncover an inward experience that others
besides those then present would be glad TO
see. Omltling, OF course, many things, the
questions and answers were very nearly as
follows: "Mr. Beecher, what do you do
with bores in your prayer meetingg" "Well
| try to be patient with them. Christ, when
He was on earth, was troubled with bores,
and say 10 myself, why should not bel
try 10 educate them, and make something
out oil them. The man who is bore now
may become an effective worker ii one is
only paiient.-Drda0er, -Hdrper's Mdgdziae
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
IDUBLIC SALE OF FAhM IN NEW
CASlLE HUNDRED.
S6eri0f's Safes.

= MEWIFF'S SALE.--BY VIRTUE OF
> suudry wrts Of VI Pa to directed, will be OK
posed Public Sale. tho Store Of Franklin BArtram
and Charles X. HAno. corner Of Zenith aud Market
straots in the city Of Wilmington. New Castle County,
Del, on SATURDAY. the 9th day Of JUNE, A. d 1869,
at 10 O'Clock, A NJ tho following described Personal
prapariy, viz:
cd s26 lbs. whlta Sugar. 900 lbs Brown Sugar,
E9e 200 lbs Green Culae So lbs. ReAstsd Coffee 200
~ albs. ureen and Black Teas 80 gallons Molasses,
Dbl Nn,gar, sacks Salt 30 small sacks do, $50 lbs
Starch. bhli Flour so lbs. Cheese 18 boxes Soap 10
dozen Shoe Blacking IS lbs Chocolate and Cocoa, 2
dozen ucksts, so tnns Whlsksy 10 gallons best
brandy, % gallons Port Wine, gallons DIN. tets
Counter Scales, bill Lard large loi Of Spices. Pickles.
TonistoeH Dried Fruit Firina Corn Starch Raisins,
Stone Ware Carbon suels oats, Feed Cigars and To-
tareo, Iron Proof sata marble top Bulter Table lot
Ropes and Brushes Molissss Casks pair Platform
Scales lot Of Stone WaIe. PuAh Cart, Store fixtures,
alsO Lea OF the Store.
Seized aud taken in execution the property OF
Charles GanO and >B Franklin BntJam. anl to be
solu - JAOuB RICHARDSON, Sheriff.
shara's Ones NAw paH.ia. Nav 49, lBB9.-2l
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

RSrHnrnrsiNo.-T The Philadelphia Bssa-
inc Herald Is ono OF the smcirst ane best
parefs We know OF, and is always as full ol
news rs an egg is of meat. It's Friday edi-
lion oamc to US double lis usual size, con-
taining ioriy-eight columns Of closely rrin-
ted reading matter Success 10 it,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

Dh. HAnR1s, the eolored candidate for
Lieutenant Governor oil Virginia, set up
p,tiful whine in the Colored State Convcn
lion, IN Richmond, last week, because he
SUSPECTED that some while Republican voter
intended scratching his name from the
ticket on account OF his color.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
Died.

G0RDON.-In this city, on the 2Gth inst,
Mrs. ANN G. GoRDoN, in the s3d year OF
her age.
DUPONT.-On Monday, May gath, 1869, at
Scranton, Pennsylvania, Mrs. AMELIA Il.
DUPONT, IN the 74th year Of her age.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
FOR AaIe anu to Nent.

VAARMs ron saLE.-No.l. An excellent farm
II yIlhin ono mile of Newark depot, In New Castle
nunty cnntainng hundrad acres OF less,
win a good lweug and tenant house, and excellent
MOI A nieelttlle farm, situate in Brandywine Hun
dred within AZ miles OF wilmington, continuing IS
acres more or less
En s. very valuable farm, in excellent order, the
Biandywlue, moe above Wilmington, with nne build
Iuge orchards iud other Improvements naining lao
No l. 4 Farm Of 200 acros adjoining the city of VIII
mnston with buildings orchards, and mprov vements,
suitable In farming or trucking or good Investment on
| sner,ialion Andy to WIN. MoDAuLLEY,
| oel b. 60G Market Street
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

DFcoRATIox DAY in this city passed oil
ON saturday according 10 programme II
naniicstiy did not produce the political
effect desired OF expected,
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
Married

E-MEELEY.-On the 27lh INST,
in tins city. by Rev. 5. L. Gracey, paste r
aud ELIZABETH MEELEY, both of New
Castle County.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

Inn uolorca eenilemen Of Virginia want
Governof canby to make them judges ire
spcc,ise oi knowledge. ASK Grant. He's
the hpy hat does such things.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

THE New York Herald says :-"Grant'a
vindictive attention to everybody who held
office under johnson, Nor that reason merely,
is an idIcation of a small spirit. He has no
more reason to assume that everybody who
held office under johnson is corrupt than the
next President will have 10 assume that
everybody who held Office under Grant was
his cousIn -
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

FoRNEx's BOYS don't like the manner IN
which Senator Bayard conducts his law
cases at New Castle, ii seems.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
Auction Sales.

BY rlOs. NJ OGLE, Resi- Estate Ageut aud NC i1neer
No East Third st. WILMINGTON Del,
Al II Auction hOums, East Sd street, Thurs lay
juno Y I, farm OF lbh heren.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

JAPHET IN SEACH OF HIS FATHER. -
A NewburypOil gentleman who visits Bos-
ton daily, while on his way home recently
occupied a seat in car with boy of about
fifteen years, who made several inquiries
about NewburYport. The gentleman asked
him if lie had ever lived there, TO which he
replied that he had not--ihat he was born
and had always resided in kentucky, that
his father lett home when he was an infant
(alier his mothers tleath) and had never re.
turned, and that learning that he was at
Newburyport, he was on his way there to
visit HIM. He showed letter from his faith
er, who proved 10 be an apothecary al New
buryport, with whom the gentleman was
well acquainted. The boy made inquiries
as to his looks, ms character, ETC., which
were satisfactorily answered, and, upon
leaving the train, the gentleman pointed
out TO the lad an apolhecary store, telling
/ him that was his fathers place of business,
with his sign over the door The boy star
ted toward the place, aud the gentleman
saw no more Of him, and thought no more
Of the matter. Two or three days since, the
| gentleman met the father of ihe lad In the
cars, and told him that he had seen his son
and had been interested by his conversation.
The father, in surprise, told him he must be
mistaken. An explanation was given, when
the man said he had removed TO Salem, and
knew nothing of the boys visit 10 New En-
gland. The boy, not finding his father al
Newburypolt had gone back TO Kentucky
without seeing him.-BOston Adg.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01
THE RECENT FIRES.

We informed that the sufferers by the recent fires who
insured in the Royal Insurance Company of Liverpool
and Home Insurance Company of New Haven, through
promptly paid by which means they enabled to resume
their business without delay. The amount paid by each
Company follows:
ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY,
To George McAlpin Co., S6Os3 83
e Robinson Bro. 2lO0 w
Jobn Woltber 2053 So
Total $1O2S6 81
HOME Insurance COMPANY,
To George McAlpin Co, $24l6 Ct
Z" John Walther, oof w
9 Total. Ss273 81
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

A girl, eighteen years OF age, living in
Berllnsville, Northampton county, while al
tempting TO light fire became impatient
because it did not burn as rapidly as she
wished il to, and poured coal oil on 1t. The
fire communicated with the oil in the can
and caused the same 10 explode, throwing
the burning oil over her clothes, and before
the fire could he extinguished she was burnt
to death.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

New Zealand is not the uncivilized por-
ton of the globe that many people think it.
II has over 220, 900 European inhabitants, of
whom just about one half are women.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

A GOOD Republican friend has called upon
us to say that he is not only entirely opposed
10 the advanced price given to his party favor
ite for paving Sixth, and Pine and Robinson
sire. Is, but that he will use his efforts to test
the validity of the contract in a court of jus
tice. While he is entirely willing to abide by
all the laws governing the paving of streets,
he will not quietly submit to have his pockets
picked in so wholesale manner in matter o.
purely business character.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1869-06-01

ToUcaINe SoENE.-A shocking tragedy,
the result Of which has plunged happy
household into the very depths oil unuttera-
BILE woe, occurred at Clinton, Iowa, ON Sun.
day morning last. 1t appears that as Nellie
and Frank Sleuman, aged respectively nine
and fifteen years, were up stairs dressing TO
attend the Methodist Episcopal Sabbath
School, Frank, the elder sister, took target
pistol from box on the window sill, turned
10 look out Of the window, and by some
means discharged the piece, the bullet TAX
ing effect in Nellle's head, about two and
one half inches over the left temple, passing
obliquely toward the right eye, and lodging
in the paricta bone. The accident occurred
at about n quarter past ten O'Clock, PhYsl-
clans were Immediately sent Tor, and Drs.
Cummins, Cogswell and Paxon arrived with
all possible despatch; but of course the skill
of surgery could avail little in such n desper-
ate extremity. Blood came from the child's
nose; she also swallowed some blood and
vomied il up again, while Two or three tea
spOOnsTul of brains hive eXudCd from the
oritice. How the CHILD escaped instant death
is a wonder She has, however, been con
sciuus nom the first, and has been able 10
answer all questions, although, us physi-
clans cXpless it, in II semi comalose state.
Seeing her sister in Tears, she told her, lOv-
ingly, moi 10 lee bad; that il She should die
and 90 To Heaven she would ask God 10 let
her come there too, On Monday, US DIR.
Cogswel was about leaving her bedside, he
asked her, SIS there anything | can do for
youY ~ "Yes," replied Nellie, with childish
confidence, "you can hear me say my
prayer" II was ii touching scene, as the
little gml, apparently on the verge OF life,
took the Doctors hand, and in low but
distinct voice repeated the words "Our Fa
ther, who art in Heaven" &c. She is spo.
ken Of as an unusually bright and intelligent
child, OF gentle disposition, and the cher
ished idol of the household. AT noon to-day
she was still alive and doing well, though
the chances OF her recovery are extremely
doubtInl. = Cllnion (Ioloal HeralA