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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13
rt5E DEF, AWARE TRIBUNE, WILMINGTON, DEL.

the broad expanse Of tho Chesapeake waters, ana
the numerous boats which arrive here with coal
and lumber are taken on TO their nnai destination
by steam tugs, come around up the fatapsco
river to Baltimore; others through the Chesa-
peake and Delaware Canal 10 the Delaware river,
on to Philadelphia
Havrc Dc Grace, although avery old town, has
not Increased In population, wealth and impor-
tance In proportion TO the commercial advan-
tages which she has enjoyed.
with every facility for commanding an extcn-
siyo trade; with railroad and water commuhlca,
ton uncqualled In the State, the population VIII
scarcely exceed 5000 souls.
The Town is pleasantly laid out, and the streets
wide. furnace aud a large steam saw mill arc
the only noted manufactures OF the place.
The fisheries are very prolific the present sea-
son. The shores of the Bay are lined VAIN nun
dreds Of wagons, many of which come distance
of 30 or 60 miles, awaiting their turn to be loaded
with the hnDy treasures Of the bay.
| Most incredible hauls are sometimes made, the
largest of which have heard was made At buis
4 Mountain few days ago. when over 90 900 her
ring and 400 shad were caught at single haul;
| The net which held this enormous number OF
fish is nearly mile long, aud the ropes At eleti
| end of the net nearly another mile 10 ienRsh'
| making the total length nearly three miles
The agitation and nounderng of the fish ns
| they were dragged near the shore was trenen-
deus, and required about 40 hands 10 drag them
ashore. 10000 is considered u large haul while
5000 Is nearer the average. One containing INT
latter number was brought in while your cores
pendent was standing on the shore, and readily
disposed of for 81 hundred for herring, art
81, hundred for shad.
The bridge of the r. W. & B. Il. Il. Co., cross
ing the Susquehanna at this point, Is one OF tn
finest specimens of bridge archi lecture IN IN
United States not so long As the Columbi
bridge, but on account of the depth OF waite
| much mole difficult to erect, som OF the ston
piers being built in 40 iathoms of water. shor
distance up the river stands the old abutments Q
. the Port Deposit bridge, which was destroyed b
| n Hood and whenever storm ~ Uses general nj
! tention Is directed to the safety of the bridge
which having withstood several severe storm
and Hoods, is now considered safe from any ca
tastrvphe by water.
! The country here is billy, the soil fertile an
the climate salubrious.
, The apple trees are in full bic ssom and prom
, ise large yield. RAMBLER.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

LIVES, MAY 9th, 1S69--The people here are
anxiouslv awaiting the odven, of the iron horse
-, s"", -
The junction ana breakwatcr halirohu Is now
graded to this place, and party is contracting,
If the rail, can be procured. TO have the cars
= W. - -
running oy 'ue hrs' oi 'uiy'
The peach crop here Is uninIured and, in pro-
portion to the number of trees cultivated. there
Min ho ~, o,,,ro ,.;,,d o,,ir,, IN 1;e,.n,,,. Of
"n Wy ~ 49," se'N o"ii@ w. uiiiieu''s VI
getting the fruit to market, very little attention
has been paid to the raising OF peaches except
for home cnnsumrtian. lint nov that The rn,lrosd
- $50 - - .l'' - -" see
Is ABOUT 10 De hiish'a' ana per lof tue landing
OF boats, atlordng both land and water commu-
n;c,,ion Win The .,re,t Atlantic seaboord citos
In, .' ~ 80, =,
Inure ALtHutlOu VIII bt given 10 tue Ialsiug Oh
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Milford.


THE errors --lAnoR HEisK FATAL EsCArADK--
ACCIpENr-,Sc., ne.
MiIroIp. May l0lh.--Thc prospect is now
very fair tor n good ptach crop this season also
a good clop oi all various kinds OF fruit The
growing wheat has not looked better for years,
and If the favorable season continues q full yield
will be realized. The farmers have been quite
busy for the past few weeks in planting corn,
&C. but the most Of them are now done plant
ing, and the corn is up and looks we'll. There
will be . good deal Of low land planted this
spring that has not been under cultivation for the
| past two years.
Milford shows some activity so far as work is
! concerned. 1t seems that all persons who will
work have at this time steady employment The
4 Mcssrs. Carlisle have laid the keel for large
vessel of about four hundred tons burden, Two
| Of the vessels now on the stocks Will soon he
| launched.
1t is reported that several mad dogs have been
! killed near Milford.
The Union HOTEL lately owned by VIM. N.Y.
gait, has been purchased by Gen. Levi Harris,
\ and Mr.. James Il. Short will take possession Of
it &c day and assume the proprietorship.
| Mr.. Elias Bennett, of Slaughter Neck, came TO
Milford On last Monday and got on quite spice,
and that night about one O'Clock he forced an
entrance through the window of Mr.. John Apels
| confectionery store, smashing in windows, break
ing cases and doing considerable damage before
| Mr.. a. could get down from his room to him.
When he did get down in the store, he found Mr..
| b. standing in the n,or, seeming 10 be so bewil-
dcred that he could not tell how he came there OF
Tor what purpose 1t is not believed that he en-
tered with any wrong purpose. He was man
IN very good circumstances. He was taken home
the next day very much bruised, from the affects
| ui which he died this morning.
4 colored man living with Mr.. Justus Lowery
took some of Mr.. Lowery's children out riding
yesterday afternoon, to grove near Lncoln,
whore the children got out to run ground for
II while; III lew minutes alter the children lett
the carriage the yellow jackets commenced sting
Inv the horse, when he became unruly and ran
oil throwing the colured man out against u tree
bruising him considerably and smashing the car
rage badly.
The Good Templars will celebrate their second
anniversary with public temperance meeting on
the 9Th inst. Several good speakers will address
the meeting.
The following persons have been installed OIL
GERS of Milford Lodge, No. H. /. .. Of G. T., ior
this quarter:
gle McMurphey; W. s., Mark g. Loland; WE
| s., Thomas Crouch; W. T., Edmund Melvin
W. G., Mary Wikersor; W. VI Seth NJ. Long
W. j. g.. Wm WEIGH; w o. g., Robert Hall
W. X. II. s., Mollle Argoc; ". A. s., Joseph
, Hudson; W Z. NJ, Eliza Wllkerson; P.WC.T.
Reuben A. Steuart; l.. D., Jacob Y Foulk.
| | This Lodge has Initiated rs members this quar-
ter; resigned q expelled; and clearance card'
granted to 4.
, eth inst, and has iaitiated POI members.
H.,
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

Captain ]. W. Hancox, President of the New
York and Troy Steamboat Company and prlnci-
pal manager of the Company owning and run
ming the steamer John Sylvester plying between
this city and Philadelphia, has secured, through
the Influence of VI. Sotello, from tho Congress oil
Venezuela, the sole right to navigate the waters
of that country under the United States nag.
This is an important concession, as this right
has never before been granted to any Foreigner
by that government.
Captain Hancox has organizcd company un-
der the corporation laws OF the State oil new
York, to be called the "Venezuela Steam Trans
portation Company, and they are now rehtling
the commodious steamboat Hero, TO leave New
York on the 18Th of June for the Venezuelan
waters. They have alse contracted with Messrs'
Pussy, Jones II Co.. Of this clty,for the cons'ruc'
ton of new steamer to be called the Angosturu
to be completed by August 18th for the same
service. Her dimensions arc to he US follows =
Length 126 feet; beam 20 feet hold ga ieet
She will have two high pressure engines and hei
draught will be but 20 inches with stores aboard
| and water in boiler
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13
Punished.

At about O'clock Monday, the last spike was
driven, and the last rail put in place, to connect
the Pacific railroads and make one continuous
line across the continent.
BY special arrangement OF the telegraph wires
of the Union Telegraph Company every blow
broke the circuit so that 1t was distinctly
heard by almost every telegraph
Office in the country. The operators in this city
believe they heard the blows. In New York and
Buffalo, but two of them were heard in other
places, probably all three.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13
CORRESPONDENCE
The Tax Bill.

uv.sns En,rops .-The Delaparedn Of last |
week republished letter Of DR.. Browns, which
IL very iuqeniously written, In which he gives a
-, eli. fr,,rd Mr. Dean. wherein that GENTLE
'p'0'n " -, noo ,,.,,,rc for several wears
man States tnh' nonas DseA In, ,,a.r an
from two TO three hundred dollars cucu year vi
his farming operations, and that he had never
~. a 'aa ~. pon, on H. manufnc,urur capital,
ye' p"u ono .oa' y" D', ,.~..s.,u,,,, W. ,bir,s
which yielded him q mdch pet'er pron'' 'n..N
that there must be some mistake, either on Inc
mar, Of the reporter or the maker Of this speech,
or 1t may possibly DC a oia ior ,no hon''n ,.s,
Congress, or Mr.. Dean must be very extraorui-
nary man viii DIR, Brown be kind enough to
n"'! i'''". IN - 49, -. 81 cores conta;u-
let the pupiic KNOW tne h"i''.o VI "N-e
ed in this Wonderful Farm, and how the owner
Inv bis " farming operations can afford to pay
~ - ~, -, -. ,,,v Cor his taxes
nearly 'hree nunu'ou 49, - ..~.a,.,,o hrs.
Farming about Newark must NC p'oh''oio quo
iuess or the farmers there are terribly oppressed
~, ,ox,,ion uerctofore IL has always been con-
W "NNs',ou' 49, - n'...,,,,r r,oner,v were
sidered that tue taxes on iarniins p'op.V Nv. ,,,,s
very light in Delaware but 1t appears inat luis
| ona Ia a, oxcention as IL has to pay about as
1 much tax as upy nun uoN.. =. "a
| same size anywhere else In the state. Weare leu
10 believe that there must be something else on
-, ,,,,s s,r,, "a mako r,opov with beside
Ut aoou' 'n'' i"'i " $50, ~, .,au oo,,d
farming operations, OF eise the o"hei '"...
not nav nearly three hundred each year for his
49,
"Ass s.. A.. f,.,,a s,o,.u
The honorable member from view Ousu ~. SUI, nss
further In MS speech tnas re- nepoa S.e ~ Cav.
single cent on his mahuIactaf"y oup"oSs ,r,rnote
tainly he must oe mucn r no,o ~ t,n,,r"rs
lnan any OF nis nesnpos. mI Iva fmony
ABOUT wilmington naTe ueeu pas ,s 80" -, ,,ranty
OF them aveiaglng ironi se'enteea h Gov ,"s s'y
hve hunureu uoiis eae III, n r,,,,;,., heav,
eral years, anu tney a'e s sui, Syringe I'M
revenue lax. 'uy ,%ae ,oiit
the DemOcralc papers auu tho ply
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13
Il .SENS.A 7ION-EUROPE AGAINST
TTT

The rather startling telegram which comes
from London, to-day, to the effect that Eng
gland, France, and Spain have taken Che ini-
tial steps toward forming treaty, offensive
aud defensive, against the United States.
comes from well informed correspondent
of the New York Tribune, but is, we presume
not entirely reliable. In the first place, it is
impossible to believe that in the present sit
alton of negotiations between ourselves and
England, when Minister Motley has not yet
arrived and his instructions are not known.
Mr.. Gladstones Government would take so
offensive step as that stated, Even Mr..
Disraeli and his Tories, much less John
Bright and the Radicals, would not have
adopted such Il course.
The whole story is probably u m.ible
invention, gathered into shape by considei-
ing as facts the alleged ''pretexts named.
None Of them are such facts as should cause
belligerent attitude or tone between this
country and England.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

The MARYLAND RRpuBLIoANs are exhibit
ing new life, and have recently gained some
decided successes over their political oppo-
ncnts. At Westminster, on Monday OF last
week, the corporation election was warmly
contested, and the vote polled the heaviest
ever cast at such an election. The Republi-
cans elected their Mayor and four out oil five
members of Council. Last year, the Demo-
Gratis elected all these officers. The city
election at Cumberland, on Monday, had a
similar result. The issue was plainly drawn,
and both parties made strong ctioits, but Mr..
Lowe, Republican, was elected Mayor, by
ninety-four majority, and his party chose
two out of six Councilmen The city, last
fall, gave three hundred majority for Sey.
mour.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13


LEAGUE ISLAND. The friends Of the plo-
jected navy yard at New London, Commas
sill working assidously TO gain their ends.
They assert that the question as 10 the selcc-
ton of site has not yet been settled as be-
tween New London and League Island.
Congress, il is reported, appropriated 5000
to survey the harbor at League Island and
$4,000 for the same purpose at New Lon
don. The friends OF the New London Navy
Yard have given to the Government II deed
for the ground, and the Attorney General
has declared officially that the title to the
site is unohjectionable. The complaint is
now made that no vessels have been ordered
to New London, while large number are
stationed at League island, and The Secretary
Of the Navy is asked 10 apply remedy 1t
should be remembered, however, that the
committee appointed to investigate the ad
vantages and disadvantages Of both places
unanimously reported against New London
as site for building iron clads, the class ri
vessels stationed AT League Island.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

\ letter from Ncw Castle, commenting on the
receut election Of Mr. Shaw. Republican, for
Trustee Of William Penn properties, says that
the new Board 90 in for au audit Of accounts
g of the board for the last five years; iar the
quarterly examination OF children, tree cducs-
" ton, for the public appointment ii teachers by
g competitive examinations, and that the clergy
. men ol all denomination. bu rr-odicio visitor.
- ei the schools
Is happy thought. DO It, by all means
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TERRIBLE CONFEDERATION
SIN STEAMBOATS, nuRsEp AT clscrSsAr-sr'

SIN STEAMBOATS, BURNED AT cINCINNArf--sEv-
ERAL PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH.
CiNcISSAri, May 12.--Thc steamers Darling
ton, West Morcand, Mary Erwin, Melnotte,
Cheyenne, and Clifton, wore burned to the
waters edge at their dock here last night
The fire originated in the explosion of kcro-
senc lamp. A deck hand named j. B. Smith,
persisted in the flames. Several passengers
asleep on board were also lost.
The loss on steamers and cargoes ia estimated
at two hundred thousand dollars.
LvrER--fEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
1t is now asccrtiincd that all on board the
Cheyenne were asleep when the fire broke out
| Five of the deck hands were burned TO death.
The officers state that four or five men were
seen TO jump of the Darling into the river
only ole succeeded in reaching the shore
| There is great excitement here.
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THE COMMERCIAL JOB OFFICE
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ton, DeldWare.
JENKINS A 1R,INSON.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

In saying, on Monday, that the signal for
the completion of the Pacific Railroad was
given Mt about o'clock, we meant, of
course, that hour in Wilmington. AT Prom
ontory Point the time was noon, the loco
motive San, which leaves here al twelve
o'clock, meridian, on its trip West, only
reaching that place at a few minutes before
three, Wilmington time. The Washington
Star gives the following account of what
took place at the Office in that city t.
After some little trouble in the Chicago
Office and the closing Of a circuit west Of
Buffalo, the instrument here was agitated,
and at 2.27 p. NJ, Promontory Point, 2,iu0
miles west of Washington, said TO the people
congregated in tho various telegraph offices;
almost ready. Hats off, Prayer is being
offered" A silence for the prayer ensued.
AT 2.f0 the bell tapped again, and the office
nj tho Point said "We have got done pray
ing The spike is about to be presented"
Chicago replied: "We understand. All
are ready in the East
Promontory Point, ''All ready now. The
spike will be driven. The signal will be
three dots for the commencement of the
blows For moment the instrument was
silent, then the hammer of the magnet tapped
the bell-one- -two-three-t the sgAal An
other pause of few seconds, and the light
ming came flashing Eastward, vibrating ovci
twenty-four hundred miles between the
junction OF the two roads and Washington
| and the blows Of the hammer upon the spkt
were measured instantly in teleglaphic nc
cents on the bell here. At 247 p NJ. Prom
ontory Point gave the signal, 'done, ant
the continent was spanned with iron.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13


Kentucky paid in 1865 for bounty on
red foxes SSOS5 80, and on gray foxes SlO,-
400.
The coachmen OF celebrated patent
medicine manufacturer of New York are
called 'bitters.
Olive Logan is announced as one of the
speakers at the coming Womans Equal
Rights Convention at NewYork
1t is said not TO be true that the Rich
ingsBernard opera troupe has broken up.
All the engagements of the season will be
met by the company before 1t dissolvcs.
Ole Bull was met al the Minneapolis
Railroad station by procession of several
hundred Scandinavians and escorted to the
hotel, where he spoke and was spoken at.
Parties are searching for a fall of water
twelve hundred feet high in the mountains
near the Alleghany Springs In Virginia,
which some one processes to have seen.
"A Kentucky tobacco-manulacturer
threw two tons of tobacco, slightly damaged
into the river rather than pay the govern
mcnt tax upon it.
"A very extensive revival of religion is
prevailing at indianapolis. The papers give
full reports of the daily services in half
dozen different churches.
by recent act of the Georgia Legislature
all debts contracted previous to Junel, 1865,
will be barred of recovery January !, 1870,
unless suit be brought before that date.
1t is reported that when the French
Emperor and Empress go to Corsica they
will leave the Prince Imperial at home as
president OF council of regency, so as to
accustom him to the cares Of government.
If the Chicago papers continue for
long series of years to write down st. Louis
and prove that the latter can never become
a great city, some people will begin to think
that Chicago is really frightened.
A German in New Orleans left will
consisting of these words only:-''Mrs Ro-
per is my heiress." There was a codicil
nearly as short saying that her name was
properly spelled Lopez. The will was adj
nitted to. probate.
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Acani,tai OF Miss Cairnes.

he trial of Miss Martha Jane Cairncs for
tie killing Of her alleged seducer was con
Guided at Bel Air, Md, on saturday and
resulted in a verdict Of acquittal. On the
1t day IF the trial the counsel for the ac-
cdStd made passionate appeal TO the jury,
The child OF the young woman was brought
int, tho Courthouse and ladies of the neigh
b"thood gathered near the dock and gave
d monstrativc evidence OF their sympathy
viii the accused. The jury was out but ten
minutes. We copy the following account
OF the closing scene of this trial from the
90 respondence OF the Baltimore San.
When The Jury re-entered ,he crowd in at
tendance was cautioned by the court not to
M Ike any demonstration when the verdict
| Naa rendered, on pain Of arrest, and there is
| ~ 'luuOt that the caution was necessary to
| nlress the enthusiasm of the biawNy yeu.
marry clustered all around. The clerk poll.
| I'd ihe Jury, and after the other fornahties
the foreman gave the verdict of mot guilty,
Slcn few turtive ycls went up from spmt
snail boys in the IeaT Of the crowd WHO
artu not to be deferred by the threateniDl
errors Of the court
The accused, whose composurc during tht
trial had been so generally noticed, could M
longer bear the strain upon her and gave way
entirely she wept and gasped for breath
and seemed in imminent danger of ianting
With the assistance Of the sheriff and other
she was taken into an adjoining room, til,
door locked to keep out the crowd that wa
pressing upon her, and after inhaling litl
fresh air she recovered sufficiently to be tax
en- over the street to her hotel, where for
long time parties were constantly coming {,
inquire after her Later in the evening. will
hel mother and others Of her family an,
friends, she left for her home near Iarreits
vile The scene of the tragedy with whicl
her name i so closely connected.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

The wisdom of reducing the internal reve-
nue. tax on distilled spirits is pretty well es-
tablished by the amount received from that
source with the tax at fifty cents per gallon,
as compared with the receipts when it stood
at two dollars. The books of the Internal
Revenue office show that during the first
month after the reduction there was little or
no changes las contrasted with the same month
ofthe previous year; but after that time the
receipts from that source ran up to double
the sum formerly collected, and they have
averaged that ratio ever since-some months
standing below, but generally standing above
twice the amount realized during previous
corresponding periods.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1869-05-13

HOUSES FOR MECHANICS. Josiah Quincy,
of Boston, has written letter to the Ad-
ycrliser Of that city, advocating the intro
ducton into Massachusetts of the system of
ground rent deeds in use in Philadelphia.
Mr.. Quincy explains at length how the
owner in fee of the ground conveys the lot,
subject to the payment of an annual rent,
equal TO the interest on a principal COM
posed Of the value of the land and of the
money advanced to aid in the erection
of house He says that on this plan
towns on railroad lines can be built within
ten miles of Boston, where mechanic
would obtain n comfortable residence for
$l72 u year, including interest on the money
expended, ground-rent and taxes. Mr.. Quin-
cy invites persons OF means, who are desir-
Gus Of benefitting industrious working men,
to cooperate with him i'll buying a large
tract of land, aud selling out lots ON ground
rent.
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letter from uayre de Grace.

lIAvnE he CRAZE, May 10th, 1s69.-This is a
town Of considerable note in Hartford county,
Maryland, situated ON the Western Shore of
Maryland, at the head Of Chesapeake Bay. The
Susquehauna river, after roaring and falling over
the rocks for distance Of so miles, here empties
its troubled waters into the Bay, where they be-
come still and tranquil after the violent agitation
through which they have just passed.
The tldc-water canal which follows the course
Of this river away up amongst the mountains
and coal mines Of Pennsylvania is here lost in
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Telegraphic News.
BY CABLE.
England, France and Spain Unite


LONDON, May 1.-THE initial steps have been
taken for an alliance, offensive and defensive,
between England, France and Spain, against tho
United Statcs. g.
The rejection OF the Alabama treaty the tone
of Senator Summers speech, the alleged tilbusiei-
Ing tendencies of Gen. Grants administration,
and the reported connivancc At expeditions
from the United States against Cuba, being made
the pretexts for the necessity for such alliance