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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
REDUCE THE RAT.

Our improved credit abroad has had tho
fleet oi scllinga greatly y-increasod amount
\ our bonds, to foreign capitalists, result
btch has had numerous attendent evils. II
tine, that in return for these bonds, the
brisn purchaser must send us value, and
\ a country which so much needs develop
pen any inflow Of capital seems desira-
H. thing But our trouble simply is that
pstead Of selling these securities for cash,
nd receiving the ainouu, IN gold, they have
pnc away only TO telp pay the heavy bal
pee Of trade ngans, us. IN return for our
p per cent, gold principal and interest
Pnds, Europe is delivering us cutlery, win
bw glass. railroad iron, silks, vclvets, aud
hampagne! Our imports, since January |
fe thirty-iour millions greater, and our cx-
prls five millions less, than for the cores
pnding period, last year. AT the same
pc, the export of specie has been twenty
/ ilons less. showing that the outflow of
p bonds has been greatly increased, ms the
fans by which the deficiency has been
bpplied.
II our bonds had brought us gold in re.
Pn, would perhaps have been well enough
10 trade them for luxuiics, articles which
|oull be manufactured by our own work
|tnen, and lli,n TO ship after ilem, six
b cent. in gold, for interest, is not good
|yestment.
tThc fact is, and il is Il serious fact, Gov
lnmcnt pays too high rate of interest.
t it down. Our credit will float IL new
1n, certainly at five, probably at four per
1nt Our securities vii! then be kept at
bme; our gold interest will be paid out to
Pr own capitalists, and the Iuinous de-
|malzaiion of ordinary business, caused by
Ii competition of government high inter
r. will cease.
5This cannot he done at once, but with the
p'e economy of President Grants admins
hion, the straightforward policy of Secre-
fy Boutwell,, and the honest collection Of
Il customs and internal revenue, We shall
4 in a position to take such a step early Ill
se next session of Congress-
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

THE PACIFIC RAILROAD SILVER TIE AND
GOLDEN SpIKE.-The San Francisco Bulletin
gives the following description of the silver
tie and golden spike manufactured tor use in
joining the ends TO the Pacific railway. The
railroad sleeper was cut from beautiful
grained stick of California laurel. The sill
yer tie Isl a plate six by eight inches, en-
graved with the following Inscription
The last tie laid on the completion Of the
Pacific railroad, May, 1863. Directors
Leland Stanford, Charles Crockcr, Mark
Hopkins, L. Ii. Miller, Jr., c. p. Hunting
Ton, e. b. Crocker, A. p. Stanford. Charles
Marsh. Oflicers-Hop. Leland Stanford,
president; c. p Huntington, ce-president;
Chas Cracker, superintendent Mark Hop
kins, treasurer; Il. FL. Miller, Jr. secretary"
The golden spike weighed eighteen ounces.
valued ut 1850. On this was engraved the
following inscription:
'.The last spike. The Pacific railroad
ground broke January S, 1868, completed
May, 1863. May God continue the unity
of our Country us this railroad unites the
two great oceans of the world. The direct
ors names on the third side, and the officers
names ON tie fourth. Presented by David
Hewes, San Francisco
A nugget about six inches in length was
cast on the head of the spike, to which it is
attached by slight neck, and this was brok-
en off by President Stanford, that it may be
made into memento rings, &c.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

The Hecre tery Of the Treasury.

Boutwell, may not be u member of church.
but he is a most exemplary man he is Re-
publican from principle, and not from inter
est he is thoroughly honest in politics and
business he does not believe in party doublc-
dealing, nor in politicians who are always
polite; he would scorn to run campaign by
trick and powder If the principle were not
strong enough to hear his own weight, il
were not, in his eyes worth bolstering up.
Going upon this course, he docs not, us a
consequence, please the politicians, who care
for principle only as it brings them success,
who would resort to any trick and subterfuge,
and even dishonesty, to win campaign.
Butler, Logan, Bingham, and Williams were
Impeachment managers, and wanted John
son convicted because they deemed him dan
gerous to the party, and because 1t would
benefit the party in the way of patronage to
replace A, j. with Bea Wade. Boutwell,
wanted johnson convicted and removed he
cause he thought him guilty. Many people
mistake Boulwell's uprightness and honesty
for ability. Those who know him best give
him the credit of having great talent, but they
do not consider him great man. The decent
portion OF the people, however, think him
fully capable of being Grants Secretary of
the Treasury.
Boutwell, lives in apartments here very
moderately but elegantly furnished, and is
one OF the pleasantust-spoken gentlemen to
be found in public life. He scorns the con.
tinuous pratngs about the highRcss of his
position, the respect due to il, cxclusiveness
and all the other senselessness which is
common in our public men. Ifanybody has
business with Boutwell,, he will find it
easier to talk to him than to his messenger
or any clerk in his office. He does not try
to impress you with his importance. He
may not be willing to talk TO you for an
hour, when half a hundred other people are
waiting, but he will give you sufficient time
to transact your business. He is man of
very modest tastes, and is satisfied to walk
about the city instead of driving behind
four-horse team He is also one who does
not think that person who telegruphs to
the newspapers is necessarily an ignorant,
jobbing Bohemian. He does not consider
that it lakes from his dignity to be seen in
newspaper offices. He often calls at the
Commercial office, and at the Tribune
rooms, and also on Sidney Andrews, of the
Boston advertiser, General Boynton, of
the Gazette, and others. - Washington
Correspondence Cincinnati Commercial.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

Mkss.s. EplroRs.- II have bceA thinking spri-
onSls Oh III tax bill since my atertou w.ls called
to il BY several articles III your paper, and 1t
seems to me that much might DC said against our
present aud past plan Of raising taxes cannot
understand why there should be any specie of
property exempt from bearing its equal share OF
the expense necessary for the mutual benefit OF
all 80 not say that all public ur charitable in-
sitiutions should not. in any case, receive public
add and where proper let il b. done by direc,
appropriation as n special favor. Taxing any
business, either directly or indirectly, excepting
where special legislative privilege have been
granted, hold To ha wholly wrong MS nil trade
will regulate itscf. and should never be tampcrpd
with by any special fsgista ION in any way, Unless
ot such na'nrc as % require an caual amount
OF special is9isiiya for its regulation or prolec
tiDu.
Those who have heretofore been EXEMPT from
taxation were anxious to have the present bill so
formed as to oinclude them equally with all olhers
and would il not have been wise for the Lcgisla-
lhrs, II they had understood their business, To
have taken the opportunity 10 have made an ell
tire new system that would have been equal un-
der all circumstances | am not disposed to
spend more time ut present on the tax question,
but If any one has any objection to my sugges-
Rdlon, should like 10 hear from them.
TAX PAYER,
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

1t may be interesting TO the readers of
Victor lIugo's story, "The Man who Laughs
now appearing in chapters in Appteton's
Weekly, to know that the boy who appears
in the opening, and grows up to be the
Laughing Man, under the lame Of "Gwyn
plaine," and the protection Of the philoso-
pher - Ursus" is in fact the legitimate son of
the old republican peer Lord Clancharle as
proved by the paper thrown overheard from
The Biscayan ork, picked up on the coast Of
France, and brought TO the office Of Barkil-
phedro, the queens f1atterer, and the hater
Of Duchess Josaine. This evil minded lady
who by n whim, strange but natural, takes
fierce fancy to the horribly mutiatcd
Gwynplane is rival in his affections to the
beautiful blind girl, Dea, whom as boy he
picked up on the Chessil near Weymouth.
He remains faithful, at last. to Dca, who
dies as she is sailing away to Holland, where
upon Gwynplaiue, otherwise Fermoin, Lord
Clancharlie, jumps into the sea and is
drowned, while cid Ursus, with his wolf
Homo, is left to make the voyage alone.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
NUMBER 1875.
The Piiiory and Post.
TIE SCENE on sATuRDAY-TnE WHIPPING or
LUTON.

TIE SCENE on sATuRDAY-THE WHIPPING or
LUTON.
Al two minutes past ten o'clock, VIM. X. Lut
ton, who plead guilty to the charge Of attempting
TO violate the person Of the little girl, Mary d.
Cook, was placed in the plllory and remained the
full hour lie appeared lost to all sense of shame
and evidently the punishment was having but
little effect upon him. He amused himself by
whstling, laughing, and to those in the crowd
congregated around the pilory, whom he recog-
nlzed, he would speak with as much politeness
ms his position would allow. At the expiration
of the hour when the iaior took him from the
pllory, he rubbed his wrists, gave q laugh, and,
springlng down the steps, walked back 10 prison
as unconeerned as though nothing had occurred.
The whipping was postponed until 4 o'clock,
SO that il any Others were sentenced to be whip
ped before that time. the loathsome Job could be
performed at once. The crowd expressed them. /.
selves disappointed that the whipping should be
put of, great many having come from different
parts of tine county to witness the sight. But
they had come to sec the show, and stay they
would II IL did not come off before night. During
tue Interval between 10 and o'clock, the Sheriff
was frequently urged with oahs 10 "pile II on"
to give him IL" and like characteristic
remarks.
Four O'Clock arrived and no others having
been sentenced, the prison gates were thrown
open and pell nell the anxious waiting crowd
rushed Into the yard In few minutes Luton,
in company with the jailor and sheriff, made his
appearance His hands were fastened to the post,
back barred, and In quick succession the lash fell
thirty times leaving two hundred and seventy
purple and crimson ridges
Notwithstanding the urgent appeals to the
sllrrii TO- brutalize himself, he remained a man
true to the instincts OF humanity, and Luton
may feel thankful that humane man like Sher-
i'll Richardson had performed the work instead
OF some Of those who witnessed it.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

Take common glass pickle bottle, wide
mouthed, fill il within three inches of the
iop with water; then take common Flor
encc oil flask, remove the straw covering,
and cleansing the flask thoroughly, plunge
the neck of the flask as far as ii will go,and
the barometer is complete. In fine weather
the water will rise in the neck of the flask
even higher than the mouth of the pickle
bottle and in wei, windy weather ii will fall
to within an inch of the mouth of the flask.
Before heavy gale f wind. the water has
been seen TO leave the flask altogether at
least eight hours before the gale came to lis
height. The invention was made by Ger
man, and communicated TO a London jour
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
DEL, THURSDAY, MAY 27, 1869.


Mr.. Gilmore has selected for his orchestra
the following musicians from Philadelphia
First Violins-H. Fehling. q. F. Escher, jr.
Carl Gartner, w. Bruckner, s. Hosield, /.
GIeim, w. Stoll, f. A. Kuling, T. KAN
merer, G. II. Dodworth G. Gullemann, q.
Reinhardt, G. Reefes, Ernst Thiele, John
Brittner, G. Sentz, A. Sartori-l7. Second
Violins-E. Koch, b. Langlo,z, Il. Boettger,
G. Jarvis, e. Schubert, G. Bastert, w. VOL
eieifer, Schuaz, John Bauman, Achille
Croce, A. Greiner, M Hassler, f. Weissen-
born, l. @. Kappes, G. f. Escher, ST., J. c.
Reinhart-l6. Violas-M. Cross, ]. Burk-
gard, G. Mueller, A. w. Kellner, George
Hossfeld, III. Zimmerman. g. Buchner, g.
Albrecht, A. Hahncl, G. w. Reinhart, G..
+. Bouttgcr-l3 Violoncelos Engelke,
X. GiDnig, II. Hoffman, ]. Jenkinson, q.
Schmiz, w. Strickland. q. f. Stolte, A.
Reinhaat-S. Bassos-L. A. Tschirncr, IL.
L. Albrecht, G. A. Braun, a. Korndoeifler,
l.. A. Mueller--5.
The following is the hymn written for the
festival by DIR. Wendell Holmes. 1t is to be
sung to the music of Kcllers American
Hymn
Angel of Peace, thou hast wandered TOO Ion
Sp,ead Thy white w"gs tn the sunshine Of oso I!
y " wn r orr PM yaiseI s bs are olrdsa In
Fly TO our ark ON the wings of the dove
Speed o'er the f4r-sourdiug bows of song,
Crowned with thine olive leaf garland OF love-
Angel of Peace, thon hast waited to long!
Brothers, we meet on this altar OF thine
mingling the gifts we have gai hered for th,e.
Sweet with the sd0rs OF fmyrtle aud iilne,
Ire re OF the prairie and hreatk nf he sea-
Meadow and mountain, and forest aud sea-
Sweet is The fragrance.of myrtle ard pine,
S1seter the inre we off-r 10 the,
Brothers once more round this altar of ihine!
An els { Bethlehem answer the strainf
Hark new brth song il filling the sky -
Lnlid as the storm wind thgt tumb'es the main
BID the full breath of tn, organ reply
Let the loud tempest of voices reply
Roll long surge like the carthshaking main
Swell the vast song I'LL H. mounts TO the sky
Angels OF Bethlehem, echo the strain
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
Philadelphia Merchants = How much
they Sell.

We give below list of the merchants
doing business in Philadelphia whose annual
sales exceed $5C0,000, prepared from the
City Treasurer's notice concerning the pay
ment of mercantile taxes:
Sales over So, 900, 000-.Jacob Riegel & Co.,
James, Kent, Santee & Co., dry goods.
Sales between S3, 600, QUO and 81, 900, 600
Hond, Bonbright & Co.. dry goods.
Sales between s., 900, 600 and SO, ,000,OO0-
COifin IL Altcmus, SLOrtridge, Borden &
Co, A. Il. Stewart & Co., ID. S. Brown &
Co., dry goods.
Sales between 81 100000 and So, 1000, 900
-Iloyt, Sprague Il Co, Stewart d. Bro,
Wood, Marsh & Haywood, dry goods; A.
Whilden & Sons, merchandise; 4. NJ. Kerr,
groceries Lewis Wharton Il Co., Frothing-
ham & Wells, Stokes. Caldwell & Co., dry
goods J s. Gibson Il Son, liquors Kebbc,
Culladay IL Trout, varieties; Bullock's Sons,
wool Bush, 'unn & Co dry goods Coch-
ran & Russell, oil G. Megarge Il CO., pa
per; Davis, Fiss e. Baines, wool; Fenton,
~ Thompson, dry goods; Horstmann Il
son, fringes.
Sales between $500, and 81, 200, ,OOo.-
!. b. Ellis 4 Sons, dry goods; D, Focht g.
Co., groceries Filter, Weaver & Co., ropes;
Garret'son, Blakemore g. Co., Hamburger,
Long & Co., dry goods Reeves ~ Parvin.
groceries d. Scull, Jr.,& Bro, wool Sitter,
Price Il Co., dry goods; Jessup & Moore,
paper; Stout & Atkinson, dry goods; N. G.
Taylor & Co., hardware N. Trotter & CO.,
tin Raft Il Harvey, groceries; II. T. e W.
z. Smith, dry goods; Yarnall & Trimble,
soda; Kncedler, Patterson & Co. dry goods;
j. j. Bailey IL Co., motions; Bancroft & Co.,
dry goods; Bddle Hardware Co..; Browning
" Bros, drugs; Coates Bros, wool; A. G.
Culiell & Co., produce; Cumberland Nail
and Iron Co; Lippincott & Trotter, Grocer
les Delaware Sugar House; G. Brewer u
Co., Cadbury, khoads Il Co., Lewis Brns.&
Co., J. Ice g. CO., dry goods H. II. Mears
& Son, flour Price & Parrish, Fales Whar-
ton & Co, J. 9. Howe g. Co, dry goods
Hough q Norris, commission G. ID. Will
liams & Co, Kempton, Thompson & Co.,
Homer, Culladay Il Co., dry goods j F. &
E. b. Orne. carpets; Jehn Wannamaker,
clothing NJ. Landenberger e. Co.. wool
goods j. S. Wood, leather; French & Rich
ards, paints and drugs Hoffman e. Kennedy,
flour
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
'LRLIC SCIOOL SUFE'RIN7Is,N-
DENTS.


Ifhe usefulness Of County Superintendenis
The Efficiency Of the public scools in
is now scarcely questioned
ANYBODY. The only complaint made
Qnccrnlng them is that 1t is impossible ioi
|em TO visit the schools as frequently as
Pud be desirable, and this is practically an
Enment in favor of more Superintendent
smaller territories to visit.
Nolhing, however, shows that the people
4pFcciate the work done Ly these officers,
much as the fact that their salaries are,
ferywhcre throughout the State, being i'll
Passed. The elections for term of three
Pars have just taken place, and We note
9th some interest these results. Thus, out
some forty counties named in newspaper
port lying before us, the Convention Of
pwnship School Directors in Armstrong
)unty increased the salary of their superln-
hdent from $500, 10 $1,000: Beaver Coun-
from $500, to $1,000; Cameron, from
20, to $1,000; Clearfeld, from $1,000, to
poo; Cumberland, from 500, to 1000 i;
pphin, from $500, TO $1,000; Indiana,
$500, to $1,000; Juniata, from $500, to
o.; Lebanon, from $3.50, to $1,000; Le-
from $1,000, to $1,000 Montgomery,
$1,000, to $1,000 Montour, from 500,
800; Northumberland, from $500, to
00; Schuylkill, from $500, to $4,000 /;
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27
More about the "Llon ~

The Dover Delawareaa is evidently sympa-
thzcr with England as well as tho Gazette, OF
this city. II says that
"Whilc the British Lion may be reluctant TO
'movc from bis liar, he will not tamely crouch
''when his dignity Is insulted, and If Mr. Grant
''aud his cabinet are not careful about their de-
"mands they may meet n rebuff that they have
''uot anticipated
These lmperallsts had better 20 to England, and
devote their time to coddling their old lion.
He'll need some Kent county doctors, II the
American eagle ever comes down on him, again.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

There are some well to-do ladies In New
York. Mrs. ii. Ii. Greene returns an In
come of SIS, 700; Miss Sarah J. Zabriskie,
- ,595, and Mrs. z. L. Spencer, S53,oS4.
-Isabella's strong point is etiquette. Her
own daughter had to apply to one of the la
dies OF honor to obtain admission to the ex-
royal presence when she came to Paris.
The ''last tie and spike are to be de-
posted in the Sacramento Museum. The
spike is worth three hundred and fifty dol.
lars,
The New York board of aldermen have
appropriated Sl,50o to prizes for base ball
games and rowing matches. Generous-but
with other peoples money.
r. B. Fosdick, Esq, most estimable
citizen, and perhaps The oldest living master
Mason, died at his residence in New York,
Tuesday, in the 73d year of his age.
The remains OF Adah Isaacs Menken
have been removed from Pere la Chaise, and
inferred at Mont Parnasse, beneath very
handsome monument which cost 1000
Tfraacs.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

The endurance of the white man, when
| iairly tested against that of the Indian, will
be found equal, if not superior to it, as not
few small bands of Indians have discoy-
| cred to their cost when they have taken ad-
vantage of an unguarded moment to stam-
pedc the horses of Painsmen Or scouts.
Years have passed since the December day
when, just at the crack Of dawn, a small
band ot Arrapahoes that was en- route from
the forks of the Platte toward the south,
took every hoof of stock from party of hun
tiers, whose camp had been Tor Two days
some twenty miles west Of the island where
Forsyth and his scouts made their gallant
fight last fall. The Indians did not lire a
shot. They were after the stock, and not u
fight; SO through the camp they ent howl
ing like demons-each Indian armed with Il
bulfalo-robe, which he swung through the
air, frightening the ponies into breaking
lariats and drawing knets and picket-pins.
But the stock was not so cheap, after ali
two Indians left their rcma ms as II wretched
equivalent for nine good saddle animals,
Give the devils their due: the stampede was a
success, and IL little party was afoot that did
not take kindly to the situation. Before
sun-up that same party was On the trail of
the stolen stock, carrying just as little duf-
Ue Qood and clothiDg) as could be made into
"A small pack for the back.
The story of that trail would be too long
narrative. Day after day the little band
toiled on, the greater portion of the time
through snow which had crusted just sutii-
cienlly to break through under foot. The
suffering for food was intense enough to
make any live animal coveted treasure.
But two of that party are now alive. One
by one the Indians got them.
During the cold spell. as the Western man
is prone to designate winter, the dug-out is
iavorite abode of the genuine Plainsman.
With his long experience he knows no
warmer location than cave dug into the
bluff or bank near running water. 1t is a
safe retreat too; and Il great many Indians
would hesitate before attempting to unearth
customer whom they prefer to let alone
the frontiersman in his wintering-pla Oh
the Plains. s.-THEoDoRE r. DAVIS, in Har-
Per's Magazine.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

The Secretary of the Treasury will here
after sell S2,0Oo,000 in gold weekly, instead
Of 81 ,OO0,0O as heretofore
The President has stated, in reply to an
inquiry, that the election in Texas will not
take place before November.
A canal boat went over dam in the Hud-
son river, near Fort Miller on Wednesday
evening, and the captains wife and child
were drowned.
The. first rehearsal of the Peace jubilee
Chorus took place at the Music lAall,in Bos-
ton, on Wednesday evening Over three
thousand singers participated.
The Commissioner of the Laud Office at
Washington, expresses the opinion that the
granting of the right OF way to ra lroada by
homestead settlers does not affect the right
of such settlers under the law.
The Secretary of the Treasury hsa issued
a circular to the customs collectors, ordering
them 10 discontinue the collection of dis
crimiuaiing tonnage duties nn Spanish YES
sells coming from Cuba and Porto Rico.
The jeff and Joe Davis plantation, thirty
miles below Vicksburg, is leased by an old
negro at $4,000 year. He hires l50 hands
to work it. Not white man is to be seen
ahcut the place. The whole plaaIation Of
several thousand acres is planted in cotton,
which appears very promising, and from this
one plantation cotton enough will beproduc-
ed to run mill In Lowell for weeks.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

The Philadelphia Asrning Post, in AN elaborate
editorial, Saturday, asks the question g Should
Delaware be Allowed to Exist ?" and concludes
not, because our penal code drives our criminals,
with their convicts' jackets, into ncighborlng
States. 1t may next be proposed for Maryland
and Pennsylvania to colonize few thousand
voters in our State, in order<t vote away its
spparate existrnce
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

Roman Catholic papers report I0aconfirmed
at Newport, KY, OF whom 10 were converts;
and 69l in Cincinnati of whom 81 were con
verts. In Portsmouth, n. H., the Catholic
Standard reports the conversion OF 10 respect-
able people within 3 years. In st. Louis, the
Archbishop recently confirmed, over 1000
persons at the ingathering for the year. The
first Catholic church in Chicago was built in
1888. Now there are in that city l3 con-
vents. 20 churches, Catholic population OF
los, 800 and Is, eUN parochial scholars.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-27

Nor so.--Thc Republican and Ga.eHe both
stated recently that the recent tin horn presented
in New Castle was intended as burlssque on the
presentation of silver horns to two Of our fire
companies by citizens OF New Castle. We are
informed that this is not true, and that the inten-
lion was to poke fun at the Trustees of the New
Castle Common for their failure to provide proper
fire apparatus for their own town. We did not
doubt this from the first, bui before denying the
reports. waited for positive information.