Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-01-14

\ THRIVING TowN--sTEAMEoAT MAITTi.,---A
WORD TO WILMINGTON MERCHANTS.
NEwTowN, WORCESTER Co, Sry, Mp Ja nary
Sth, 1SG9.-The motto of our thriving little no.
rough is still onward" Under the go.ahcad
administration Of our present efficient board Of
town commissioners vast improvements are he
ing continually nauguiated, looking 10 tic brauly
and general necessities of the town. New streets
are being opened up, old ones widrnld and
shelled, comfortable sidewalks made thrpulh-
out the t4wn, and steps taken to plant handsome
ornamental and shade trees carly in the spring.
To complete all these improvements requires, of
course, liberal outlay of money; but our pco-
pic are equal to the responsibility, ard hence
submit with but little complaint, to pay u tux
of 20 cents Oh every hundred dollars worth OF
real or personal estate, in addition to the regular
county State aud Government cHaclian, The
expenditures for corporation improvement. lust
year amounted to 900, not including any fees
for officers. 1t will be more this year Notwilh-
Standing the unusual tghncss of money. enter
prise appears to be tinslackcd, and new buildings
continue 10 he erected Many strangers, CONC
amongst Us.
The Railroad Ia kuiss creek having br,n a.
tifely graded, work hgs ceased until after lie
srNeTily Oh me WINTER has PASSED, When the ci-
lerprlse VIII he pushed forward with Irduuhlcl
energy. In this connection, ! might remark lAat
The contemplated road from Berlin. III the unpur
part of this county, TO Snow Hill is non rcslied
as next to complete success, money enough
having been subscribed To nearly cpmDictr th,,
road. They fully expect to have trains running
to Snow Hill by the first of December next n
realization | snail not doubt.
The steamer CdmJyidJe, which has been ran
on this river and other landings between SNOW
Hill and Baltimore city, has recently been pur.
chased by the Harlan Il lIolngswofth Commny.
Of your city, for the sum of 5000 This Com
lany Is now building new iron steamer ospe-
cially for this route. Ia connect us hinted in a,
former letter, with the steamer sue at Crisfirld
Nd, the Delaware Railroad terminus. THIS new
enterprise will be cordially welcomed by our en-
TIRE community, who anxiously await the advent
of the new accommodation. She will Itouirr
large freighling capacities. We are glad To .cnrn
that Captain Stephen Wilson, formerly OF HE
CdlaJ,idge, is likely to be commander OF the new
steamer. The Captain long experience and 81
perior qualifications render him the very best
man for the position we know Of and his appoints
ment will give general and undivided satisfaction
to our entire travelling and business public. Tie
II. u ii. Co. knows how TO build and officer iron
steamers. The elegant Sue has won golden
opinions down here, and the coming boat cannot
fail TO succeed
Now that railroads are being so extensively
built and like iron arteries reaching into every
section of wealth and every business heart, in
Peninsula, wonder greatly that your business
men do not labor more persstcntly to build up
trade with us. Why notl 1t may be said that
u we wish TO deal with wilmington, We will do
SO. This Is oil very well, so far MS il goes but no
shrewd business man entertans the idea that to
open store is the only requisite to n successful
business. This is necessary, to be sure but it is
after all only the opening He should take some
business, show the advantages offered and solicit
patronage There is surely no better way of
showing up such advantages, extending invita-
lions and maniiosting a regard for a peonles in
terests, than through the columns of d live and
spirlted public journal like the COMMERCIAL or
lnlbuNE. Facts and popular experience will
iully sustain me in this assertion ShuY me a
newspaper published IN any city or town. care
not what It's political principles, il its columns
are barren oil current business advertisements
want no better index to the tagging energies and
marked incapncitits Of that community Every
man who reads an advertisement in a nevennncr
considers himself regularly and legtimately in
yitcd by the advertiser TO extend to him his pa.
tronage, and nineiy-Iine men out of every hun
dred Will favor such man to the exclusion Oh
others, II not only maniiess politencss, but Il
shows llbcrality, and these are virtues which few
men disregard. Your Wilmington business mrl
are not lacking in these trait,-thcy have only t.
seek, TO find us.
The Clarke House." in this town.the largest
and best hotel, perhaps, on the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland-has been leased by Mr. |. West OF
Caroline county. He occupied il on the Isl al
January, and bids fair to become popular
. mine host"
An item in the st. Michaels Comet says that ,
vigorous effort is being made all over Inc PENN
sula TO organize the NJ E. Church South, and il
every county new church edfces are going VI
aud societies forming
don't know upon what the Comet bases il.
information. can say for Worcester county
that SO far as have learned, there is not single
society OF Southern Methodists anywhere ii
worcester, nor has any attempt been made il
that direction. That "vigorolis effort" la,
been made to organize such societies in Somerse
is9uite true, but with only about the same re-
suits as that attending the labor OF the fabict
mountain. portion of the membership Of two
or three Methodist Episcopal churcLcs-I know
o. but two. one In Salisbury and one at Upper
Trappe-tried to accomplish something in hi.
way, but only resulted 10 Kidding their mothcl
church OF a very few dlsaffected and Improbable
disciples, who have dGgeuerated spiritually. and
only succeeded in manlfestng their own weak.
ness. And. indeed, this is about the case in
other counties. Secession is "played OUT and
so Ii seetionalsm, whether in Church or Slate
G. W M