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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
The New Jersey Southern R.t,ro.,.
Company.

inns is the name of the new corporation
winch have succeeded to the right and pro-
perly OF the old Rarltan and Delaware Raw
Railroad Company.
The persons here and in New JERSEY and
Boston who purchased the road and 0rcan-
lzed the new corporation, own a large Inn.
lorlty OF its securities, and intend to retain
tue ownership and control of the cumpanv
lncy have purchased three quarters of
me stock of the Long Branch and Sea Shore
hailroad Company, and have appointed new
officers The executive officers of the two
roaus peing inc same, they are under one
management. The terminus at Port Mon.
mouth will be retained, but the Sea shore
road Will be extended northward to Inc
iiorse Shoe on Sandy Hook, and fine ston,;
DOCK built there which will accommodate
both passengers and freight. The deplh
OF water at the Sandy Hook dock, twenty
TWO leet, will give great facilities for cast
ern freight, and will be the principal
northern terminus of the two roads.
The old road by Jackson and the Camden
and Atlantic Railroad TO PHILADELPHIA is
now being put in order, and the trains
will run through regularly as soon as the
repairs are completed.
Inc engineers of the companies arc now
locating new branch from point on tho
main road a little below Manchester direc,
to Pemberton, where il will connect with
one o. the Camden and Amboy roads, anil
make another and shorter route from
New York 10 Philadelphia, and also a
route from Philadelphia to Long Branch,
which will be run in two hours and a
half
The iron, &C., for these additional roads
and for repairing the old road has all been
purchased, and the work will be done and
the cars running before the first day of
July, lS70.-NeW York Eve. Post.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

| WIN the arrival of winter scarcity oI
w work causes much distress among the poor.
| thirteen hundred persons are now nj Wards
Island Emigration Asylum, who have eitbe,
newly arrived in this country or have reach
ed here within the past five years. They
can claim relief from the Commissioners nj
onnri'lcs ana Corrections until the expiration
| OF me hith year Applications from farmers
~ inc LABOR Exchange in Castle GARDEN
nave generally ceased, with the exception Of
small demand for d-choppers and ditch
and sewer dggers. No men for railroad
work are now sought, Though within two
months fourteen hundred have been sent by
the exchange to the Delaware and Lacka.
wanna railroad. -'"oA"
lhere Is great demand for tailors and
snoenakers, on account of Christmas and
new Years work. The applications are
cniehy Tor shop-work. For men of other
trades applications are rare, though a few
prickiayers are occasion ally sought for.
constant demand exists at the South for
plantation laborers with families. though
when the applicants are informed that t6a
passages of the hired persons must he mad
TO the place OF destination, they are seldom
VIKING or able to pay them. Notwithstand-
ing this' an average of thirty men and
women are sent each week TO South Carolina
mississippi, Kentucky, and Louisiana tbs
iormer so TO the Emigration Society at New.
Derry, near Columbia. Protestant Germans
are IN all cases preferred. Small detaeb.
ments also go to North Carolina these are
expected soon to increase. The Waves
offered offered there for men are $3.50 a year and
iounu In Mississippi the same in South
1arollha, $l2o Tor The first twelve months
and IN Louisiana only 800. The oilers in,
women, as plantation hands, are IS n month
ana found. In Kentucky laborers are ro-
CURED for coal and iron mining. They re-.
celve $500 year, with lodgings and hoard
me demand for women servants in tbis
city aosorbs all the supply. English and
ocotch girls are not to be had, and Germans
are very scarce.-N Y Eue. Posi-
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
Homicide.

MAN kiiIEb AT LAuRhL-TiIE HOMICIDE sFN,
no JAIL.
LAUREL, SUSSEX County, Dec 27th.-rbe
Christmas Holidays are here, and our citizens
are endeavorlug in various ways to enjoy them.
selves. We have class of people amongst Ms
who arc some what unruly, and are heavy i'm
bibers of the common stimulus sold here retail
and wholesale, much 10 the disgust of moralists
aud Christians. Whiskey drinking ia more gem
era here now,-so say the Oldest Inhabitants
than II has been for years, butt am glad to saw
that us yet but one man has been deprived of life
through Its immediate inslrumentality
colored man from Portsvile named John
Jones, came 10 Laurel on Christmas day. and
filed himself with whiskcy. On the evening of
that day, he started home in company with a
white man, named Charles Phillips. In the sub
urbs of the town, they met couple of colored
women, and Philips threatened to shoot one of
them. The woman called her husband, Simon 81
Brown, to her rescue. He came out with an un
loaded musket in his hand, with which he struck
Jones ovei the head. Jones walked off in com
papy with Philips 10 Portsvillc and went aboard
a vessel of which his father was captain, Two
other men WHO slept In the cabin, on awaklnp in
the morning, found him dead. post-moriem
examination was held and his skull was found 10
be fractured. Coroners Inquest wns held on
the body, and tue jury rendered a verdict that
John Jones came TO his death from the blow of a
gun 10 the hands of Simon s. Brown. Brown
was arrested and sent to Georgetown TO jail
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
Telegraphic News.
A NATIo AL Loss,
Lincoln's Great War Ministor ~
MoreI
DEATH OF THE HON. E. M. STANTON !,

wAsliISdroS, Dec 2i.-Judge Stanton In,
been confined to his house about week vos,"..
day he complained of illness but his fam;,y
not alarmed as he had been in worse cond;,'a'
previously. Shortly after midnight his svmn,a"'
became alarming. Surgeon General Baxras ,aD'
In attendance but unable to afford relief par
DIR. starkee Of whose church Mr.. Stanton wa.
member was summoned, but tho sufferer wos 80,
conscious The pulsatlon of the heart ceased sa
minutes and then returned, faintly. n was my, NV,
until half an hour before his dccease thn, r ,ho
family could realize the fact that he was dy,a''
His breath left him about three O'Clock w,hoa,
q struggle. "''"ou'
Mr.. Stanton was born in steubenyillc. Ohio mn,
last Sunday was his tlfty-fourih birthday who,,
The President visited him and, rendered annoin, .
ment as Associate Justice of the Supreme rour,
An appropriate order has been issued hv v ~.
President on the subject paying tribute To his
memory and directing the Department IN ~,
closed on the day of his funeral.
The cause of his death was congestion or ,,,,
heart - '"u
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30


1T is VERY SENSIBLE and true remarl,
that it the Democrats don't like the new
Georgia Reconstruction bill, they have only
to reflect that their own bad faith and outra.
geous defaace of law made the further legis.
lation necessary. The Democrats of Georgia
were thoroughly aware, when they expelled
the colored members of the Legislature, that
their procedure was in violation of the terms
upon which they asked readm issioa to the
Union. They supposed that they could steal
from the colored citizens great part, if moi
all, OF the rights that had been bestowed
upon them, and by a bold act restore them.
selves to their old fashioned despotic con.
troll. 1t appears that they have failed, and
every just man will rejoice thcreat.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

| Hon. G. &. Washburn, of Wisconsin. has
matured and will earnestly press at this
session of Congress, his bill to establish n
Postal Telegraph System. The machinery
ior taking charge Of and operating the lines
can be in complete readiness by July "a.
| 1871. Alter that date uniform stamp tariff
oil twenty cents is TO be charged throughout
the United States for oil messages of thirty
words or less, including date, address and
signature, and one cent for each additional
word. Large reductions are to be made ON
existing rates for press reports. Absolutely
| no franks are to be allowed, and another
abuse OF the present system is to be corrected
| by providing for the transmission of all mes
sages in the order received, with the single
exception Of government messages, which
are to have priority over all others. The
Postmaster General is also to be authorized
to place at the exclusive disposal Of the press
certain number Of lines deemed sufficient
LOT such purposcr. The extension of telc-
graph iacililies to small towns and villages
l; aouhuantly provided for by the bill, and
also telegraph money order system. which
is to be at once put in operation. Secrecy of
messages is to be enjoined, under heavy pen
allies for dvulging or giving any iniorrma-
lion in regard to any kilograms. The last
ana one OF the best features of the bill /,
that which provides that officers and em.
ployes OF the Bureau shall be removed only
Tor cause, and that promotions to vacancies
shall be made in regular order, and not for
political purposes. This is o step in the d.
rection of the civil service, and will, il is
expected put stop to all the cutlery against
the government assuming control Of the tel
graph on the ground Of it increasing official
patronage and corruption. Mr.. Washburn
Is thoroughly in earnest, and reference TO
his speech will show that he is prepared for
vigorous fight. His views are concurred
IN by many OF the ablest men in Congress.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
ENGLAND FORCED no ADOpy
PROJECTIONS

Free Traders bave always been. and are
how' dlvlsible into two classes-the foreign
traders whose money comes by import traffic
alone; and visionary people who do not.
only hope for and labor for the millennium
as we all are bound tn do, but who insist on
inaugurating it at once of the latter kind
the London correspondent Of the New York
Tunes confesses himself, in the following
interesting paragraph. He has been saving
That the Lancashire mills must have cbean
cotton, or they will break down. A supplv
OF cotton at lower prices is at this time i
question OF life and death with them. But
he then adds B.
After all, the difficulty is not wholly in
Tue supply OF the raw material. France
switzerland and Germany can buy cotton in
Liverpool, take 1t home, manufacture il and
senu II 10 Manchester for sale and make
money by 1t. AS long as that state of things
exists, what is To save Lancashire ;rats
of your duties on cotton goods and ,he,,
would serve you the same. As the world l.
now arranged, free trade means the devil
iaRe the hindmost, and just at this moment
Lancashire is the hindmOst. am and al
ways have been for free trade in lie abstract
In the concrete don't see ii. There will ne
universal free trade in the millennium"
Why do not the French, Swiss, and Ger
man factories perish for lack of cheancr
coitonl Simply because they can get oper-
atives at less wages. They save enough in
their pay rolls to send agents to Liyerpool
and buy the cotton at English prices, shin il
!" their mills, and then, when spun and
woven, snip it back, and sell it again in tia,
same Liverpool market, at less than the
English can. Yes,and as the correspondent
senslbly adds, Take off your. Tthe United
otatesI duties on cotton goods. and ,hov
would servelyou the same" Undoubtedly.
they would. We have tried the experiment,
and know just how it works. Free Trade
means either crushed and ruined industries
or tow wages. The flee trade revival tba,
IS attempted by Mr. Bryant, the poet, and
Professor Perry, the colegan, and Mr.. Cur
us, the student, and others OF our excelIept
but impractical and theoretical people. can
nave no possible object or, II successful mo
result, but either to lower the wages of
~orRing people, or 10 PROSTATE our mann
lectures, altogether.
England will be forced To Learn anau H.
lesson of Protection to her own ,ndus,r;es
ohe VIII have to lay duty on French, Swiss
ana herman goods coming into her markets.
anu thereby protect her own workmen
anu tnatis Just what she ultimately .sly do
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

COAL MINING is generally suspended dur
ing the holidays and many of the collieries
will be closed for longer period. The SUM-
ply OF coal, we are told, seems full al,
around. AT New York, Boston, all of New
England, Philadelphia and the South, there
is no complaint of scarcity, though at some
points it is complained that prices are not as
low as they should be. The PHILADELPHIA
Ledger believes that all the indications seem
to point to lower prices for coal next wear,
and as lower prices are usually attended with
increased consumption, we naturally calcu-
late on a largely increased percentage on the
usual annual production of anthracite coal
and the more especially as there has been
little, if any, increase this year in that de-
scription of coal. Whatever increase in coal
production there may be, is to The credit of
biluminous coal.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
From Levves, Del.
siiif AoRouNp-fEsrivAL-c nRIsrMAs-pEDi

sliif MISUNDERSTANDING NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
TIoS.
LEwEs, Dec. 2S.- On Saturday afternoon, 18th
inst, noble ship owned in Baltimore and bound
Tor Philadelphia laden with railroad scrap iron
struck bar just above the Ice breaker and for 4
time was in great peril, but was finally relieved
without having received any serious injury, un-
less il was the charges of our wreckers.
During last week the ladies' of the L. Il. coprre-
CATION of this place held festival Tor the benefit
o. their church, which proved quite successful.
They also contemplate some church improve
ments. When the Methodiss build The church
ihey propose TO erect during the coming season,
lewes VIII have taken nn advanced position In
ths regard We have had most wretchud looking
heavcn-lorsaken churches; and this, IN u meas.
urs, Is ehargablc to the entire Peninsula Good
churehes and good schools accompanyeach other
WIN Christmas, rs usual came, things right
and Things wrong. The little folks had their TOYS
sweet meats and fun and our grown up people
thcir friendly greetings, religious meetings bud
whlskey, drunken revcry, and other things dcsi-
rablc and opposite. The Methodist parsonage
was Kindly remembered by loving friends. So
were some worthless dwellings by crowd of
lovely ~ iun.seckers corn Glib belonging TO
Mr L. ~ Richards was upset; rude dwelling
belonging TO Mr.. +. q. Maui was utterly demol-
lsDed, aud, If our magistrate had remained in bed.
another house. occupied by colored people
would have been torn down, and lis occupants
turned out OF "house and home" in the midst
OF snow and tempest and want. The magistrate
however, spollt all the fun Of this part OF their
programme Christmas day was spent in .rli.
glous worship, visiting, cunning, horse racing,
whisky drinking, nc.
The Long Neck Church was not dedicated on
saDDath last, In consequence of the storm. 1t
VIII he dedicated %. W on the 9th proximo.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

-onc manufacturing establishment In Moi
sttoet, New York, gives employment to about
l,1OO persons, one-thrd of whom arc bows.
The Iron Moulders of Baltimore talk or one,.
ing cooperative foundry. The Shoemakers.
factory. '''''"-
The l.ongsheremen of Baltimore have recent
" organizeda Trades Union, which already num-
Der e several hundred membars. There are about
1900 men of this class In Baltimore
The Phoenix Iron Works. al Pbnnixvil,o d,
close during this week and allow their numernns
hands TO enjoy the Holidays.
The Bethlehem, Pa, Times says that the en-
ployees OF the Bethlehem Iron Company have
been netiled that reduction of from 10 10 is per
cent. oil re wages at present paid by the Compa-
N.Y. would De made on the 81 Of January 1870
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
THE DAILY COMMERCIAL

THE DAILY COMMERCIAL Is
ssssed every afternoon, s1cept Sunday.
His the only Daily Paper in Whining
:on, and the State of Delaware. Terms,
Sic dollars per annuns, or Ts0elve cents
a week. Single copies 7'wo cents.
TIE DELLA WARE 7RLB UNE Is
issssd from the COMMERCIAL office,
cvery Thursddy morning, and contains
principally reading matter published IL,
Ms Daily. is the largest paper, and
contains by far the most reading matter
Of those published on the Peninsula
Terms, Too dollars per annum.
THE COMMERCIAL JOB OFFICE
Is amply provided NTH printing mater
sat Of the latest styies, and our soork dc
done equal 60 Philadelphia Offices, et,,ol
at no higher rates.
THE OFFTCEof the COMMERCIAL
and 7RLB UNE is at the s. W. Corner
Of Fifth and Market Streets, Whining
ton, Delaware.
JENKINS d ATKINSON.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

POSTMASTER GENEgAL CRRsswRII is hav-
ing battle royal with the great ocean
steamship companies, the Cnnard, Inman.
and North German Lloyds, on tine question
OF carrying the mails. The companies saw
that since the ocean rate of postage has
been reduced. their compensation will mo-,
permit of further transportation without
loss. And they have accordingly notified
the Postal Department that they will cease
to carry the mails at New Year, unless thew
are allowed better compensation. This Mr..
oresswell declines to give, and he is now in
New York, negotiating for mail CARRIAGE
WIN other parties. 1t is even suggested
that rather than pay more, he will send the
mails by sailing vessels, or charter Gov
eminent steamer.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

A newly,wedded couple repaired TO the
depot IN Baltimore the other day for The
purpose OF taking passage Northward. Inst
as they were about to enter the cars. a how
stepped up to the bridegroom, held out bis
hand, saying; Papa, give me cent be- be-
., you go away" The bridegroom looked
red and indignant. The husband ti n,iI'v
managed TO say to the child, $50 away
I'm not your father!" The little fellow how how
ever, asserted that such was the case anJ
stoutly insisted on his being presented with
penny. The wife's Jealousy was now now
thoroughly aroused, and ''scene" was inn.
minaent, when gentleman stepped forward
and assured the couple that the child was in
w1h na Iadis Of young gentlemen
language quoted above This made ma,tera
pleasant at once, and the young couple nro.
ceeded rejoicingly on their wav p'' P'o-
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

MIR. GREELEY, having only too well sue.
ceeded in doing mischief, by his allite.ative
fraud Of Universal Amnesty Diu Uniyer.
sal Suffrage" is encouraged to make further
trial OF the influence of catchwords. He de.
nounces as ''the Policy of Vengeance, that
which is, in truth, nothing more than a nru-
dent carefulness to secure the nation AGAINST
future treason. He seems incapable of un.
Outstanding how foolish AID how yvrono 4,
is to pardon and restore to power, men who
are impenitent and dangerous. In Tennes.
see and Virginia he has done his party, and
consequently the nation, great injury. and
that, as well as the better results thai have
followed the rejection Of his policy of mi
verse magnamnity, in Misssslppi and
Texas, ought to newly caution the neon,e
against being either captivated or frightened
by mere phrases.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

LsOML UNA NCCEO8 III -
The work of obtaining subscriptions to
the stock of the Wilmington& Western Rail.
road Company, progresses, but not so rapid
", as, 1t seems to us, it should do. The Di.
rectors, after careful and mature consdera-
ton, have located the route along the valley
Of Red Clay Creek, and have called upon
the people owning property in or near it, to
to come forward and secure this great i'm
provement. by making the required stock
subscription.
IL is hardly necessary, here, for us 10 en-
ter into consideration of the advantages
which Red Clay Creek is believed to present.
1t is sufficient to consider that the nine Di-
rectors, only one of whom resides upon Red
Clay Creek, unanimously decided in Its
favor, as their first choice, and that the evil
dence is clear and convincing that the seven
teen miles of railroad, thus proposed, will
be prudent and profitable enterprise.
Upon these premises, there ought to be no
further delay in making up the necessary
subscriptions of stock to the amounts an
portiened to the various localities, for these
amounts, in no instance, we think, exceed
the subscribing ability of the property own
ers, directly to be benefited by the road.
1t is fact that the manufacturers alon,
ked Clay Creek cannot longer afford to do
without railroad through their valley.
Ihey can better afford to build one at their
own expense, than to carry on their bust
ness with The present primitive and very ex-
pensive methods of transportation. We.
therefore ask them, now that the opportu.
nifty is plainly, practically, in their hands.
TO embrace it, promptly, like men of yigor
and enterprise, and by an earnest and reso-
lutte effort, TO set the new road on its feet.
steady, secure, and capable of a new and
grand growth away Westward, into Penn
sylvania.
And to the people West of the Red
Clay valley proper, we likewise appeal
They want road why bubble about a
choice of routes This is their opportunity !.
should they allow it to break down, it may
ne many years before the project will be
earnestly revived. They may wait for years
before they are called upon to do so little, ii
order to get 50 great an advantage.
Our connection at Chandlerville with the
road up Doe Run is secure. Five miles of
the line from the Pennsylvania road South
ward, are already graded, and the contrac-
tors are pushing forward their operations
rapidly and vigorously. The construction
OF that line has sometimes been doubted
but 1t can be, no longer. The road from
wilmington ought to be pressed forward
win equal promptness, TO make the junction
| at Charlottesville.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30
TAI ACCIDENT

BOY KILLED by RAILROAD TRAIN AT MiLronp
MILFORD, DEL, December 2o-John stp,y,r
boy about seventeen years of age, was inst,n,l,
killed here this afternoon. 's'''''
lie was attempting to get on the tralp wh,Io i,
was In motion, at two o'clock this afternoon
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

our government has instituted measures
10 oring all the leading maritime nations of
.ne world to an understanding about ocean
cables. instructions have been sent to orr
ministers in England, France, Germany.
opa,a anu other countries TO present tie
that no exclusive CONCESSIONS sl,, hs s,;a :,
70 any party; that no governn1 4t shall baye
me right to examine kilograms; that cables
shall have all the rights ofgneutralitv Thai
their obstruction in tim. of war shall he
treated as piracy; and that persons engaos ~
"a the work Of destruction shall be trIe5 IN
~, ane courts of any country Catching tbev%
ihese points have been embodied an ,he
aralt OF treaty which our ministers are 10 10
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-12-30

TIE EXPECTED CHANGE in the French
Ministry has come, and the Paris official
journal, yesterday, contained the resignation
OF the present officers, and letter from the
Emperor to M. Emile Olivier, asking him
to form new Cabinet. The Emperor de-
sires that he will name persons who will
associate with himself to form homoge-
neous Cabinet, faithfully representing the
Legislative majority, and resolved to apply
in letter and spirit the Senatus Consutam Of
September Sth.. The Liberal newspapers,
last evening, comment upon this letter, and
say that personal government" is at an end.