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Middletown transcript., 1869-11-06
BANKING HOUSE OF
John McLear 81 Son,
6o7 Market st. Wilmington, Del.
EsTABLIsHgR, 1848.

WTE are offering for sale the Six per. Cent
w Bonds of the City of Wilmington, at par,
in sums of $50, 500, $500, and $1,000. Inter.
est payable April and October. Registered Cer~
tifcates.
The City Loans Of Wilmington have always
been highly esteemed as an investment, and the
rapid growth and general prosperity Of the city
make them more than ever desirable.
We continue to transact q general banking
and brokerage business, and arc continually en-
larging our facilities. y..rl.s.
Money received on deposit and returned on
demand with interest. Parties keeping accounts
with us may draw checks ON payable at sight,
precisely as in the case of banks. 54
Drafts or. England, Ireland, Germany and
other countries drawn.
Parties desiring to iHvest money In bond and
mortgage, are invited to examine onr list of Sc.
curities of this class.
Passage tickets from Europe, by all good
lines sold.
Government Securities taken in exchange for
any other scurities at the highest market rates.
JOHN McLEAR & SON.
June 9Th, l8G9--tf,
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NOTICE!
r WANTED

M Confidential Agents to dispose of a
IQO stock of Goods None but good and
reliapie men wanted who can keep their mouths
snnt. Small capital required. Afortuno of S25-
wv aafan'eed 70 man Of the right stripe. Par
ne nee sample Of goods sent for Is cents
oII NJ, vn a. auuress e j. ?. WATERS & co.
''''' ' is7 RRFaadway. N. Y.
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TEE F,,xrnA1or GOVERNOR P1ckESs

TEE FUNERAL OF GOVERNOR PIcKENs.-
The funeral of this distinguished citizen
and statcsman-sop peculiarlyhonored and
beloved in this, his home-took place ON
Wednesday last. During the Tuesday
preceding, the body arraycd in the splen-
did uniform which he wore as Chief Mag
istrate of Carolina, in her day of hope and
pride, lay in state at Edgewood, whose
walls were richly and appropriately
drapped in mourning; and friend after
friend, and citizen after citizen, went to
look, for the last time, upon the noble
and rcvcred dead y -"
On Wednesday, our town and District
poured forth their inhabitants to do honor
to the sad, occasion. SO mucii so, that
not only was the church crowded TO its
utmost capacity, but. even the church;
ward and area in front, were throngesdd
with sorrowful friends and fellow-citizens,
all anxious to show their deep apprecia-
ton of the departed understandings
true son, incorruptible, faithful son. The
male citizens, with the teachers and pu-
pills of the several schools, formed in pro-
cession, and received uncovered, the fu-
neral ,cortcgc upon-thc- public" square
Moving from thence TO Trinity Church,
The procession was met by Rev. L. II.
Walker, officiating clergyman and as he
read the Introductory sentences of the
sublime burial service of the Episcopal
Church, the grand, solemn strains OF Bee
thovcn's funeral march, ,Sulla morte dan
Eros, rcsoundcd through the sacred edi-
fee, mingling its means with bitter plant
of human woo. s'< - 7'''i 3"
So much of the service as is appointed
for tho Church being over, the vast con
grcgation sang, with one accord and deep
feeling, that hymn of comfort and assu-
rance, +" How firm q foundation, ye saints
of the Lord;" after which, the pall-bear-
ers, numbering sixteen Of our most prom
isng citizens, passed down the aisle,
bearing to the grave the heillustrlous dead,
while the organ sobbed out its low Mise:
rere, and the mourning concourse slowly
followed. iflG!H;F
After the conclusion Of the services OF
the Church. the coffin, covered with ever
greens and flowers. was lowered, and our
unhappy State received into her bosom
all that remained OF the great, the true,
the loyal heart that had loved and served
her with devotion even beyond the sa-
cred purity Of Roman patriotism.-hdge-
field Advertiser.
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A School OF JouRNKLIsM.-Since wc
have schools for the benefit of incipient
lawyers, doctors and clergymen,' why
should we not have a school for editors !
Journalism has become as distinct and
important profession aseither law, medi.
cine or divinity, and men need to bo care.
fully and thoroughly educated for it. The
ability to edit newspapers entirely dis
tinct from the ability to write q leading
article, and the possession OF the one: by
means implies the possession OF the othsr..
An editor can become master OF the du-i
ties of his profession only by long expert
encc !; just, as. lawyer can acquire q
thorough knowledge of practice only by,
practice. Nevertheless, the law school is
OF great benefit in teaching the student
the rudimerts not only of law but of
practice; and a journalism could, at least,
instruct the student in the true theory OF
editorial duty. Precisely how such q
school should be conducted it would be
very difficult to say, but there is manifest
ly not only room, but real demand for
it. We have an abundance ofgcod news, ~,
paper writer's, but a paucity of skilful f!I
editors.
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SINGULAR C1RcUMsrANcE.-A New York
paper tells a curious story of a man nam
ed Homer E. Sawyer who came TO that
city from Boston on the 9Th Of January,
1864, on the way to- New Orleans, with
Sl,650 in bills in his pocket. This sum he
lost during the day, which was rainy and
muddy, and the loss having been adver-
tised, andlno account had Of the money,
it was assumed that it had been trampl-
ed in the mud and carried off by the
,scavengers among the street swcepings.'
Mr.. Sawyer proceeded to New Orleans
and died two years thereafter, VIZ: in
1866. About the beginning of last De-
cember, the finder of the money no doubt
conscience stricken, wrote to gentleman
with whom the advertisement stated it
might be left if found, and cnquirei con-
corning the loser. This Information the
writer had, as also the particulars of his
death, the dcstitution of his widow and
family, and all other particulars calculated
to convince the finder that, should the
money be returned it would reach the
hands Of It's lawful owners. Soon after
the last-mentionad date lady, closely
yelled, called on the agent of the losers
widow and paid over, not only the sum
lost in 1864, but the interest on it from
the day OF it's loss to the day of it's res
toration and expenses of advertising, al
together 50, 100 On the 10Th ultimo this
money was given to the widow and her
fathcrIcss children in st. Johnsbury, vsr-
mont.
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TIE GREENv1LLE AND COLUMBIA Rail-
RoAp.-Our readers will be gratifed to-
learn, that, yesterday, the House of Repre-.
sentati7es, by very large vote, passed
the bill in reference to the Greenyille and
Columbia Railroad, which has been before
the Legislature since the special session
of last summer 1t viii now be returned
to- the Senate; which had,previously adop-
ted it. by an unanimous vote, for the con-
currence of that body in the House amend-.'
ment-which simply requires the Compa.
nv to signify it's willingness to be taxed,
The Senate will no doubt concur without
further amendment, and there is every
reason to believe that the. Governor, will
then approve the Act. ,,af. .,.:,ss..ssr
This extension Of the credit fthe state
to the Company enables it to reIadjust ] it's e.
debt promptly, and provide for the imme-
diate payment of the interest thereon,
and thus a new impetus will bo given to
the operations Of the road; which, under
the iudicious management of President
Hammott and Superintendent Meredith,
has already set bright example to- kins
dred corporations.-Phenir, 4th inst. ''
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able and willing to pay for Black labor
was unable to obtain itF' and no man
has answered in the affirmative. And we
cannot remember that one has told us
that he had any difficulty in retaining his
former slaves if he chose to do So "O,
l can get along with my niggers they
all want to stay with me on my own
terms,' is the general response. Very
few planters will say that they have been
deserted by Blacks whom they cared to
retain. i'..i.'r Oh; no- ''"' '-
Still, the position, of the two races was
ono of more, or less open antagonism after
the close of the war; but it, has gradual
" changed for the better, until atpresse.nt
It's common for planters to say, "Wc
have become used to Free Labor and ~ m: n
derstand tive shall get on. very well
with our Blacks henceforth." They have
learned that they can make more money
by hiring labor than by buying it, though
those who inherited gang of slaves may
have found them very convenient. We
doubt that those who bought the laborers
ever did SO we'll MS those who hired them
have done in the year just terminated.
On the Whole, the South is looking up
There isra fraction of the people who
still choose to put OIL masks and ride
about at midnight to assault Unionists,
white or black, and burn negro school
houses; but these are not halt so many
as they were, and thoir, number is still
decreasing. With Grant in. the White
House, cotton ruling high, and lands
rising in value, we shall be, disappointed !.
if they are not reduced to a few isolated lated
gangs Of ten to thirty within the next
two years. Let the friends of peace and
Union unite upon the basis Of universal
amnesty with impartial suffrage, and they
will soon have vanished altogether.
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The Women of the South.

The editor of the Lancaster, Pa; zHa
telligencer, who has recently been oh q
Southern tour, writes thus TO the women!
"Southern women have not, as yet, be-
come enthusiastically fond OF the Union;
thcy were the most-rebellious of rebels
during .war, the, termination Of which
they viewed with most poignant regret
Had they controlled it's destiniess we fsel
quite sure it would ,be, raging still; They
made personal sacrifices for it while it i !
lasted, and were ready and anxious to
offer up all they possessed upon the altar
of their cause. They wodid have Wished
the fight to continue behind every BUSH
and would have contested every ihth Of
Southern soil As it is they have suffer
ed much, but they bear their nisfortuhes'
nobly. We know of two Indies; rdaughSi
ters of an ex. US Senator from! Virginia,
and q former ambassador ut one of the
first European Courts, who were the
bellies of the gay capital to which Htheir'
father was accredited, yet who to-day
are uncomplainingy earning their liveli-l
hood in Richmond as mantua.makers.I
We know of anothcrlady, a daughter of
one of the :inostA ancienta andHwealthy
families of the State. who is teaEhing
school in Richmond, and her danghtet, is,
cheerfully filing the position ofgoyerhyssss..S s.S}
We might cite many cases Of this kind; llfI;a
Yet they do not repinc at their ,mistor;
tunes, nor regret the struggle which has
reduced them. One lady told me she
thought their four years Of independents
of Yankee rule was an ample compsnsa.
tion for all their sufferings which, we
thought, however, was stating the ease
quite as strongly as the truth would war
rant" l. t'''t". 80 - ''ro'% ~ oHN
Speaking on the same subject; tho New
Orleans Times says: 1,!2 -aI Vi TO '-f.
"The widow of one of the most distin-
guislled of the Lieutenant Generals OF tho
Confederate army, who, before the ,war,
possessed great wealth, and, had beeni
reared from infancy in, the midst Of every
enjoyment and luxury, is now q teacher
in young ladies' school i'm this city. We,
are glad to learn that-the estimable lady
referred to has eyery2 encouragement to
persevere in. her entirely new pursuit
She had already been preceded 10 the
same career BY near s relative If Jefffer.
son Davis, who, too, has been made !
widow by the war, and thrown on her
resources for a support. Nevertheless,
and despite her delicate organization and
want of previous trainingS this lady set to
work SO zcalously to qualify herself for
the duties of teacher that now she is at
the head of one of our most popular and
successful schools for young people in the
First District. These are only TIVE of
many similarse examples of that true he
roism which so gracefully adapts itself to,
the most violent changes OF fortune, and
instead Of pining and wasting with sor-
row, over the sad bereavements OF the
past, confronts and conqrers the seversst,
adversely by q noble fortitudeA constancyt
ana courage.p .s,r ;ig"r a. so :.
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THE JUDICIAL SYsTEM.-Several bills
have been introduced into the Senate
looking to reorganization of the present
judicial system of the United States. The
Justices of the Supreme Court prepared
somo amendments, which Judge Trum-
bull submitted to the Senate, and which
were referred to the Judiciary COMMITTEES.
The committee have had the subject un-
dor consideration, and have decided to re-
port a bill embodying the suggestions OF
the Justices of the Supreme Court.
The first section provides that tho Su-
preme Court of the United States shall
hereafter consist of the Chief Justice and
eight Associate Justices, and six Of whom
shall constitute quorum. For this pur-
pose there shall be appointedan addition
al Associate Justice.
The second section provides; that for
each of the nine existing judicial districts
there shall be appointed Il circuit Judge,
who shall reside in his circuit, and shall
possess the same power and Jurisdiction
therein as the Justice of the Supreme
Court allotted to the circuit. The circuit
courts Ill CuCll ClICull SllUll w HClu J ItlC
Justice of the Supreme Court allotted to
the circuit, sitting alone or with the cir
cnit Judge Of the circuit; or, in the ab-
scncc of the Justice of the Supreme Court
and circuit Judge, by the district Judge
alone; and such courts may be held at
the same time in the different districts OF
the same circuit, and more than one such
court may be held at the same time in the
same district. The circuit judges shall
receive such compensation for their SER
vices as may hereafter beprovided by law.
The third section provides that nothing
in the act shall affect the powers of the
Justices of the Supreme Court as Judges
of the circuit court, but it shall not be
obligatory upon them to attend at more
than one term of such court in any dis
trict within their circuits during period
of two years, and such attendance shall
not be permitted to interfere with the
discharge of their duties as Justices OF
the Supreme Court.
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A Rocky Mountain paper publishe,

= A Rocky Mountain PhPef PdU7'snes
an obituary of "Sim," chief of the Washoe
Indians. 1t says that lie was "good,
though very dirty red man. He possessed
a we'll balanced head of hair, and stomach
enough for all he could get to eat. .. His
regard for the truth was notablewhs never
meddled with it. He left no will, and his
estate consists of pair of boots" ~. s
- There is many man whose tongue
might govern multitudes, if he could only
govern his tongue.
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= The question is discussed in some of
the Missouri papers, whether raising hemp
is a good business. A much better busi
ness than being raised by it.
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= THE New York Herald says: "Thom.

= The New York Herald says; "Thom.
as r.. Agnew, of this city, has recently
purchased $500 acres of land in Edgefeld
County, South Carolina, near Aiken"
= The President has taken no. steps re-
garding Mudd's pardon, beyond directing
the Acknowledgement to hasten his report
on the case Mudd's early release, how
ever. is regarded certain.
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- Teach your children to help them
selves-but not to what doesn't belong TO
them.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-01-08
OLD SERIES.

ridden blind horse over several IN lies OF
ground. and he has even shot pigeon. a., a
shooting match. He possesses remarkable
fhrewdness anJ energy in business affairs.
and IL ~idei, known in England rs pai-
anthropir. lie has much regard for ,h.
poor. aud founded the South Devon and
Cornwall institution for the instruction and
employment for the blind
In 1854. be began to experiment with
gunpowder. aud the next year announced
that this dangerous material, when mixed
with fine powder made iron, fine glass. could
he carried about hks other msrchandis.
and not explode. He also invented an am.
munition slide and ruddsr ball cartridge,
ny which very great rapidity in firing
may be obtained; fog she'll, which when
thrown upon the upper deck OF the ship,
generates vapor so impeneIrabls, that he
sailors and msrises on the boats are en-.
,ircly unable TO SEQ any object not immedi.
ataly close to them; and a balloon she'll,
which when thrown from height, clears
a space OF n hundred feet from every thing
except very Pondsrous objects.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-01-08
What a Blind Man may Do

Tie biography % James Gale inventor
Of the non.eypIasive gunpo ede- process.
auI o.hsr devices. which have jos. appeared
IN Englaul shows that 4 blind man may
accomplish some apparently impossible
thing. Nr talc who Is 4 blind Hhn. was
not trained iu The ordinary way At school
especially for tle blind. bu. boy lifaton Of
the kuaw'.d .dgc 90 be impaired, sni without
being male o. feel that be belonged 10 4
separate cla,., and bis h.ographsr contends
that taors /, no insuPerahls dfcn'1 300 a
hFoI boy being edlrafoi IN ln ordinary
school -,ba' hr an rea cipher. and even
write '1m I..l.iou ~ith h. rlass Ol he
many ..uI uen who have I.,ungl. ,hcI
themselves. hardly ono +. known to have
ocen sducs.sl a'a school designed cxclu-
,iy,ly for tie sighils.s and mot one IN
twenty oi those 50 educated in Paris is akle
TO earn living
A, ,hc result % 'he independent mode Of
tra,nfng. bv sbich the Students powers
are very ma.h simulated, NJ. Gale las
ridden a horse race. aud von 10 Return
ing oacs 90 carrier. van from Plymouth
Co Traus,ock when the lrver lost his way
through ihs larkuess o. the night, bis acuie
sense o. hearing enabled him to detect the
fact hat they were 90 tho wrong road anil
O. lead them into The right one lie has
succeeded IN r1ncealing his blindness ~ el
T. 'lai,. ,hat be las actually acted as a
guide more than one person who bap
peuel To- bo ma l1ainto1 wi'h 'he locality.
arl concealed the fact oi bi, blindness untiI
, ths Journey bad been ronc'llcl llc bad
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-01-08
= Oct r Y.
LOVE LIGHTENs LABOR.

Eoo-l wife from her bed ono nora
Aad ihoughi with a nervou. dread
or the piles of G. othes 60 - washed aud more
Than a doreu mouths 20 T., fct
There The meal 30 Ert for the in the aesd.
Aud the ehiIdr,n to hx away
10 school and the milk 90 skimrned and churued
And al 20 be done that day.
Il bal rsined In the night. and all the wood
Was vet as " could -
Add there wa' padding and pies to bns-, beside,
loaf cake Tor tea.
And the day ws' hol aai hci aching heal
rhroes~d weArify, ~ she .aii
III u'asdsn' bat knew What sroj wives know
They ~oa!I b. In harry to scd -
Jennie. wha; d. y0u ihias ,olA Bcu Bsownia
CAird ;hy GFtisr froiu the we'll.
Aud n ,sh c-rpt up hi. btouEcd brow,
And hi ryc. hslr bashially fc,i:
III was this" he saii aud coming near,
u" su'ilc,i, aAd .tosyiag down,
h's"d h"rehrck-' tNAs thi. that you were the bcs;
Add tho dearest wife In townt"
The farmer wcas back to tn, aeiI, aud ,hc ulGr.
In 4 snax ani sh.sH; say.
saar sas,che. of trader ihtiv cong,
she'd Eot sung for many day.
And the pain IN her head rsae AaI IA e,o the
Wer~ white az the foam - thu sea
H'r bread -s' IiFh,, and h.r butter W., ,wce,
And golden a. h could bc.
"Jus, thiu<" tho eh,larvn Al saued in br,ath.
Tom " wOod hss rIu en 20 sea
lie WoALia't. knss, ID hs ouly lad
A. happy = home a. we
Thr pishi o,rc iovvn AMI ,h~ good wiz smiled
To hsT.slG AZ shs softly sid.
Tie sweet 20 labor tor those We love
IL. not suang" that maid. will W-d 200
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1869-01-08
VOLUME 36, NO. 8.
A Model Lawyer.

Square johnson" wasa model lawyer,
as the following anecdote will evince:
Mr.. Jones onco rushed into the Square s
othcs IN great passion. That Internal
seoundrel of a eoblcr. Smith. has sued me.
Mr.. Johnson-sued for FIVE dollars l owe
him for pair of bootsl"
Then you owe him five dollars!"
ITO be sure | do; but he's gone and
sued me-sueI mel"
Then why doR't you pay him. il you
owe him?o
''liscause he's sued me ; aud when a man
does that, I'll never pay him till it costs
him more than he gets. want you TO
make it co.t him all you cam
''But i, will cost you something too"
II don't care for that What do you
charge to begin with?"
Ten dollars; and more il there's much
extra trouble
"All right! There's the Y Now go
ahead"
No sooner was his client gone than Squire
Johnson stepped across to his neighbor
Smith and offered to pay the bill, on con.
di,ton that the suit should be withdrawn
The shoemaker gladly accedcd-all be
wanted was his pay. rhe lawyer retained
the other five for his fec; and as the case
was rot troublesome" made no lul lher
demands upon his client.
Ten days after Jones comes in TO see
how his cas-. was gettin. on.
"A!l right :" SAID the iaw,er. "You
won't have any trouble about tust. put
II to Smith so strongly that he was glad
to withdraw the suit altogether"
"Caprtal!" cried the exulting Jones.
You've done it up brownl You sha II have
ali my business. - Lilarper's Drawer.
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VI | : & T. | |. 4 Y Y.
TWO KINDS OF PLEASURE.
ny sYLvANu, conn. JW.

Hv'' mean. uisgarJly fellow. aud YOU
can't make ANYTHING ci,. OF 1t SAID Jams,
PsArce. Ald'c''iHs han 4 dozen compan-
iou'. AnI speaking very cmp',.ticaly.
80 he Is. echoed another
Az. a regular ,kiuhin,. AdI.I,th.rl
IsouldnI ask such fellow to go any.
rbcrS, g,,msd IN a fourth would sot have
him AZ Ans rate.
Is p,1y sha, such good hearted fellow
should Toe so mean resumed Prarce sup
posed Lc Woaid L- sn hand for an, Kind of
lan.
Iaes1 were young men ranging from
t~sniy to th'Tiy year, oi age. all fond OF
shat they ieuominAtrI hfl They H,-d
10 suburban village, wssrs sport vas plcn-
y and Tue means q carrying It on abun.
dAnt Tbey were memo OF them real bad
youths bot they lived fast
What, all thss: asked young naa ~ DO
ca,Ss up 4, gL. l.,i remark ~, made, and
whose usre was I.anlon Merritt
We ~sro talking aboG. Tom Thornley,.
replied lame, fsArce
And what about hins
w were ,r-.s.ng Abou, has ,n,anross
WhA, do YOU Ind mean "a Tom Thorn
lr,
Why everything. llsrc hs IS right
among vs., Iust iu ihe prime II youth, money
cRopsh. and set be Won't pay 4 cen, tow
ards any of aur fun Oply this morning
went 70 lin anI asked him to subscribe
to~arl. our e.ah. ,nI ~ha, 10 you, suppose
l.. aid Iie jpn very co5IIy told ns Ls
coaldu', aTsrI 10 Nov what 10 you think
c' h.a,?
Wen. lont know. anIwsrcl Merritt l
% Of be could al. ri il iihc " she'd
or 'coor'e be could 3Fa3i,? why he
has not only a stlary pfs clear tbou.and 4
ysar. bot know that hl, ten thousand
a, interest. beside. iAe .plynded house bis
father lett h,ui lie mean ebsp any way
How muob diI YOU s.s him to pa. dosn,
| i,In'l nane any .um bat told b,m
bad ga, down Gi.y dollars lor the yfar. and
most OF ibe other. had done tho same. But
be couldn't Ati5ri g.. Bah, he'.a MISE a
regular !olng ,k,ad,n,. WIZ / supposed
a.. soon q. hr got back from college. he'd
make h. glorious companion f3-ls Imeaui
be- shoot 60 - our raras join our be-,
club a.. aa shilling AL poker once 10 =
while end make hiu.slf happy generally -
Box ra~ Z. < a. him Thers b. IS at h.me
ever, ,vcning, anI afraid 70 come out lest