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Middletown transcript., 1870-04-23

JOHN P McLEAR President,
GEO. w. STONE, Vice President,
NJ. NJ. CHILD, Secretary,
BENZ. NIELDS, Counsel & Actuary,
d. w. MAULL, Chief Medical Examiner.
R0BT. c. FRAIM, at Home Office, General Agent
for Delaware.
TRUSTEES.
John P. McLear, Samuel Bancroft Jr.
William Bush, George w. Bush,
John V. Rice, VIM. G. Gibbons,
Job II. jackson, Henry +. Pickles,
Clement B. Smyth, Thomas d. Webb,
William Candy, William II. Swift,
William S. Hilles Edw. Bringhurst, Jr.
James Morrow, ]. II. Adams
Lewis P. Bush, NJ. D. II. B. Seidel,
James Bradford.
DIRECTORS.
John P. McLear, Samuel Bancroft, jr.
William Bush, Ed. Bringhurst, jr.
Thos. W. Webb, VIM. G. Gibbons,
William Candy George W. Stone,
Geo. w. Bush, Jno V. Rice,
S. Hilles, w. H. Swift.
A. G. COX, Agent
July 3l-ly Middletown, Delaware
Middletown transcript., 1870-04-23

TABLE OF RATES
And any information required promptly furnish
ed on application to the Homo Office, or to
any of the Company's Agents
Middletown transcript., 1870-04-23

LOKlLLARD'S YACHT CLUB" SMOKING
TOBACCO classed by all who consume it MS the
"hnest OF ALI !" it is made of the choicest leaf
grown; it is anti-nervous in its effects, as the
Nicotine has been extracted; it leaves no dsa-
greeable taste after smoking; it is very mild,
light in color and weight hence one pound will
last as long as of ordinary tobacco. In this
brand we also pack orders every day for first
quality Meerchaum Pipes. Try it and convince
yourselves it is all it claims to be- 'the finest of
all.''
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

A Whal A Whal He's got me fast
hOwledl och he has, by sabottsl
an he's mendin bis hold. Och,
murther! HOWly Varginl gentle
men-take how'd " i'm ! shoot i'm
shoot him IN the tail sendg
During this scene, the Judge stood
hugging q sapling with both arms
and one leg, his head thrown back,
emitting scream after scream Jim
w. lay en- his back, with his feet
against q tree, uttering scream for
scream with the Judge. All sounds
at all like ordinary laughter, had
ceased,and the present notes would
have rendered immortal the vocal
fame Of dozen panthers, accom-
panied in their concert by the fog
whistle of q steamboat. Jim A.
"fat Jim"-stood with his legs
about ayard apart, his hands on
his hips, shouting at intervals Of
about five seconds, "Snake /! Snakel !!
Snake y at the ZONE information,
but so loud that the echoes Knocked
each other from fifty crags. "5nake!
Snakel' reverberated loud and long
among those mountain slopes,
while his eyes carefully and close
ly followed the course Of poor Pad
dy round the camp. After running
round it about thirty times, the
prosecuted one flew OF in a tang
cnt into the woods, and the med
ley sound of "Snake! murtherl
help! fire! Howly Vargin |" &C.,
gradually died away in the distance,
aud the hunters were alone.
"Umph," said jim W., (after
stopping his laughing ~hiccough,)
"Umph, l thought that snake would
stop snoring in this camp at least
Uuph." The next evening the Pat
lander was seen travelling at o
mighty rate through Knoxville,
with q small bundle under one arm
and q huge shillalah in the other,
poked ahead of him in q half.de-
fcnsive. half-exploring attitude.
When he was hailed by Archy
Nc, with, (which way, Pad
dy ?" casting round at the speaker
a sort Of hang.dog. sulky glance,
he growled forth, a word at a step
"Stratc to ireland, by Jaysus, where
there's no snRkesl
The chronicler ofthis truly ludic'
rous incident, concludes with the
remark "You cannot say snake
to either member of the party yet
without Its costinga set ofvest bat.
tons or producing a stitch in thu
side ~ Western Continent.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
IMAGINATION.

The Cincinnati Gazette, IN in
iluential Radical paper takes a
stand in favor of the inter
marriage Of whites and blacks,
and a mixture of the races as the
legitimate fruits of the fourteenth
and fifteenth amendments. The
Gazette, in advocating that hide
GUS spectacle, advances the follow
ing astounding argument:
ITO lay down the principle that
all citizens shall be made equal
before the law, and then to divide
by law into classes forbidden to
intermarry because it will degrade
one class, brings our great princi-
pie at once to absurdity. BY the
same rule We may build upon the
principle of equal rights all the
caste distinction of the Hindoos.
What is the theory ofthis inter
diction of marriage between
whites and blacks? 1t is declared
that whereas the blacks are infe-
rior, the mixture will corrupt the
blood of the whites, and the pro.
geny will be inferior to the whites.
Is it not rather late to hold this
theory after we have accredited
the blacks with equal capacity,
and given them equal power in
the Government If the corpo-
real mixture would degrade our
blood, would not the political
mixture degrade our Government
And is it not q duty to preserve
the purity of our Government as
much as our race, since q corrupt
Government directly corrupts the
people!
We have gone too far to retair
any such distinctions. Would il
not be an anomaly, if q black mar
might be a Senator or President tt
the honor of the American princi
pie of equal rights and equal capa
city, but might not marry tn
meanest white woman
Should we not present a pleas
ing spectacle flour President wer,
straining law and official prophet.
to procure the annexation Of Sal
Domingo, to make citizens of
people with whom our white Cit
zens cannot intermarry, because |
would debase their racer
There are too many absurditie
in this marriage prohibition to pei
init it to stand. And, besides, sue.
a restriction upon the inalienabl
. right to the pursuit Of. marriage
which is synonymous with tn
pursuit of happiness-is clearly a
infringement Of the privileges an
. immunities of citizenship, and i
! therefore, forbidden by the Foui
. teenth Amendment"
Let Republicans carefully rea
and consider the above fearless e.
preston of one Of their lea
: ing Journals. The Democrat
! again warn them of an approach
: ing evil, repressible only by
? united effort to hurl from pow
! !. the men who thus seek to debai
|, our laws.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
- ~s@ss~ =
FnInI AffrnY IL Kemper.

The following particulars of q
sad affair, which happened in De
Kalb last Saturday, we have OBJ
tanned from a gentleman living at
Scooba. Our informant only re-
ports what he had heard and does
not vouch for the correctness Of
all the details. Mcssrs. John Gul-
" and Ben. Rush have not been
on good terms for some years past,
and on several occasions, rencOn-
tres between them have been pre-
vented only by timely interference
of friends. On the day mentioned
above, they had a difficulty in the
morning and friends separated
them, when Rush declared he
would kill the first man that in.
terfered again, between him and
Gully. The latter being armed
with q double barrel shot gun,
Rush also armed himself with one,
and repaired to the Court House
yard, where he remained sew
eral hours, without meeting
Gully, and the day passed off with
out any disturbance, until Mr.. Jno.
Gully, in company with his broth.
err, Mr.. Sam. Gully, started homo
in the evening, on horseback and
both armed with shot guns. Al
they reached the edge Of town.
they were halted by Mr.. Rush, who
stepped out into the road, and
presenting his gun, said, ~ an
now ready to settle with you
Sam. Gully told his brother to g
on there was no use having a diff
ficulty, and he would remain anC
talk to Rush. AS John Gully rod,
off, Bush fred and missed him
when Sam. Gully fired on Rush
also missing. Rush immedlatel,
wheeled and fred at Sam. Gully
the shot taking effect in his LEI
thigh, breaking it and cutting tn
femoral artery, and almost simul
taneously John Gully shot at Rus.
one report says. one woundin
him in the breast, another say
in the abdomen. Mr.. Sam. Gull
died in q few hours, and it W.
thought, Mr.. Rush could surviy
| his wounds but a few days. TIL
| gentlemen engaged in this alta.
t are highly esteemed, and we regr'
to have to record its fatal term
: nation. MI. Sam, Gully's deaf
t bring grief into a large circle
/, relatives and friends.-MeridiS
Gazette, Sept. 8.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

The New York Spirit of the
Times relates a very good story,
which, Invested Of redundancies,
amounts to the following:
A party of gentlemen In Tennes-
see, among whom were Judge
A, one James W, and a GER
tain James A., having gone up
on a deer hunt, were greatly annoy
ed by a sort of Irish Jeremy Did
dler, who quartered himself in
their camp, and bored them by day
with his idle Wanting, and, OF night,
drove sleep from their ter With the
drOnC OF his nasal pipe. Patrick
entertained a mortal dread Of
snakes, and one of the party deter
mined to take advantage Of his ma
tional pre- judice, with q view Of
getting rid of his company. Ac-
cordingly, one night when he was
"sound. a-snoring," perhaps dream
ing of snakes, the m%ischievous gen.
tleman, $50 the story runs,) got his
knife, and going to where
the OfEal ola large deer had been
thrown, cut of about seven feet Of
the intestines, and, secured the ends
with Irvine to retain the contents,
tied one end Of them fast and tight
to q corner of Pedd'ys linen that had
wandered through q "rint" In his
Oh mo we never mention -em'si
coiled il all up smoothly by his
side, snake-like and true. AL
things thus arranged, the conspira'
tors lay down again, and at the con-
clusion Of one Of the stage-hOrI
shores, the same gentleman roarec
out at tho top Of his voice. "Hu'
weeI Hu.weeI A big copperhead'
ed black rattle-snake, eleven fee
long, has crawled up my trOwseri
, and is tying himself into q double
bOw-knot round my bodyP Civ
i, ing the Irishman, with every word
I q furious dig in the side with hi
elbow, with Q running accompani
ment on his shins with his heels
h OF course, all this noise and hurt
ing awOke him quick and wide ; Il
his first movement he laid bis ham
I on the nice cold coil at his sid'
Kissing out "Jaysusl" from be
5 tween his cllnched teeth, he mad
G a bound, that carried him some to
Q feet clear Of the camp. and with
II force that straitened out the co
It and made the snakes tail crack LII
q Cart-whip. Casting one wilt
h blazing look behind, he tore Q
,f with the rapidly Of lightnir
around the camp to q circle Of fort
I" feet across, and, ct every bonn
shouting, or rather yelling, $50
i'm saze I'm By Tie tall OH hol
oily VaFgin, stop 'iml Och hal
Patrick tara him In Til ilplotl
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
DIR. BUSHELS
SEPTENNIAL
MEDICAL INSTITUTE,
AZ North Court Street,
TENNESSEE,

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state of Tennessee, tsA legaiiIed Aaso-
citation Of Scientific Physicians and Surgeons
devoted 20 the treatment Of patients, and
instructions In the theory and practice OF
the
Chemical System Of Medicine.
II is divided into the following depart
ments;
ment every cOmpl lint known t. woman is
treated with unVaFying success.
CANOER DEPARfMBNT.-Caneers and tu-
mOFs are hero cured In ninety. eight cases
out Of every hundred.
DEPLRFHRHF ron HEART D~IsRAsB-In
this department, this formidable disease 10
treated with the most gratifying results.
DEPARTMENT F0R SKIN DfsRAsKa.-bFefy
form Of skin diseases permanently cured
CONSUMPTION AND CkrARRH DEPkREHREF.
Tho professor In this department have
made many important discoveries in the
treatment OF lung, throat and nose diseases
EYE AND EAR DKPARfMkNr,=Ene eye
and ear most tenderly ana utumpnAntly
CoNTipExFIAL DxPARTNENF-Devotsd d
the exclusive taeatment Of q class Of maln'
dies, inameless here. BY an able professor
staaruAL pEPARTMREF.-Wo daily per
form the most Important operations known
KIsdairs Of 3 private character held "a
credly confidential.
Once hours nom 8 o'clock Ia u
morning, TN 9 O'Clock In the evening
Open every Sunday forenoon, from Q q. 4
70 "a. J,B. RUAshLL4 d. p.
oonsAAAn8 EnssieiAi
=. GWATs0E, Secretary
u. G.. HAlnAH, E~11a1nreF.
,. - A taaHaa on Nz aIEaaHt1 zFao
ehaza 3 any aaaraas.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

From tho Georgia True Georgian (Aep.l
A new ana startling Bohenae BY
Gsv. WuIIeek-ssEzs EnnuguFatea
q new PIoe 90 Prevent an Eteos
uan.-.He dosansg want Hepubs
Hgeans % Vatas--Wamts Congress
60 Chooss between 1--WE Legisla
lures
From responsible parties who
we're present, and who have made
a full report to us Of the proceed
ings, we have, and shall lay before
our readers the particulars Of a
new plot which Gov. Bullock has
instigated, in order to defeat an
election this year. Objectionable
as many of his schemes against
the peace and welfare Of the State
have been, and earnestly as we
have opposed them for o year and
a half past, we must confess that
the boldness with which he under
takes a new project against the
rights of the citizens Of Georgia,
startles and amazes us beyond the
power of words to express. At
first we we're almost incredulous,
but the parties reporting to US are
too we'll known and reliable to
admit of questioning the correct
ness Of their statements. The fol-
lowing are the principal facts in
regarl TO this strange and unpre-
cedeh ed conduct.
Sohe time after the defeat of
the p'olongation scheme in the
House, the Governor was present
at a caucus composed exclusively
of colored members Of the General
Assembly, all whites, except him
self and one other man, being eX-
cluded. He delivered an address
to them, of which the following
are the leading points:
|. He took the ground that the
defeat of the Senate resolutions on
prolongation was o matter OF
small moment. They were drawn
up in n bungling manner, and car
ried with them IN acknowledge
ment which ought not to have
been made. 1t was well enough,
!, therefore, that they we're defeated.
2. The defeat Of those resolu.
tons does not signify that there
,. will be an election this fall that
there is a conflict between the
; Constitution and Code on the sub.
iect of an election for members Of
the General Assembly; that the
, Constitution requires an election
in November every second yeaI
after 1868, but the Code requires
that an election shall he held il
October, 1871, being the odd yea
instead of the even, as required
) by the Constitution. The Cod'
provides for the exercise Of thu
franchise by white men only, while
the Constitution confers it upor
all citizens, regardless Of race o
color. All laws now embraced il
; the Code, concerning elections
u are null and void, on account o
' these discrepancies between tn.
u Constitution and the Code; and
therefore, before an election Gu
l. be held, some legislation is neces
sary, in order to make the Cod
: conform to the requirements G
y the Constitution.
y, 3. For these reasons, he argue
before the colored caucus, thu
C. they need not dread an election
a for none would be held. A bi
. for such purpose might pass tn
House of Representatives, bu
VI would not pass the Senate; BIT
even if it should pass both House,
he would Ceto IL, so that it coul
'l not become a law, because it coul
not be passed over his veto by til
requisite two-thirds. Hence, b
urged them to dismiss oil fears
an election this fall, as there cOuI
not and should not be any.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
GOiNG BACK ON THE BLACKS.

= The Tribune has no right to
abuse the Turcos 50 rOundly.
What are they but the same col
orcd troops who fought so nobly
in the Tribune's war, and by their
heroic valor preserved a Union,
which but for that circumstance
would have dropped into dissolu
ton in spite of everything our
white legions could do2 The Tri-
bune swears by the blacks who
were pricked into, the regiments
that made up the Massachusetts,
quota and other Union contin-
gents, and why now should it
swear at these other blacks, who
of their free will are fighting in the
Emperor's army? If the South
ern negro is lovely because he
risked his life to prevent Amerl-
can dissolution, wherefore is his
Algcrine brother not equally to be
commended in battling against the
ACKNOWLEDGMENT of France; We
fear, sadly fear, that the Tribune
fails in backing its friends, and Is
even inclined to ego back on
them. We had never thought TO
behold II. G. shooting out the lip
and lifting up the leg against the
colored brother, but the course OF
the Tribune in the Franco.P rus
sian war reveals even that unnat
ural and most unfraternal sight.
Is it despair of the Southern ne
gro vote; or frantic clutChiug af.
ter the Northern Teuton vote or
Just, in the graceful language OF
H. G., pure political eussed-
ness?
Nothing could we'll be cooler
than the specific objection taken
by the Tribune to the use Of the
Turcos, as "being ! Incompatible
with our present ideas of humanity
and civilization" This indicates
a very marked improvement in
sour present over our recen'
"ideas Of humanity and civiliza
ton" Our recent ideas author.
lied the employment Of Africans
of Senegambia and Congo in thu
armies of the United States al
freely as our present ideas de
nounce the employment of Afri
cans of Algeria in the French
army. Even the Tribune will
hardly pretend that an African o
that northern border of Africi
which in ancient times ~contesteI
the mastery of the world Will
: Rome by the armies Of Carthage
and in modern times has develop
: ed the only indigenous growth
of civilization upon the Africa
q continent, must necessarily b
any more of a savage than the II
habitant of the more torrid region
. who breakfasts upon his frien
' and dimes upon his enemy in hi
! native land, and who caps the CT
: max of cannibalism in his adopte
: country by voting the Radios
n ticket. We fear the truth is th'
a the Tribune objects to the en-
s ployment Of the Turcos not b
cause they are savage soldiers b'
a because they are French soldier
! and considers that what is saul
for the Confederate goose is
r no.means sauce for the Prussil
oander-TNew York World.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10

THE last year hat Davy Crock
ell was in Congress, a political jol-
LITIGATION was held, prOiessedly in
honor of the birthday of Jefferson,
Davy met several of the company
going away from the festival, and
thus graphically described their
condition "They were so drunk,
that I'll be id II either of them
could hit the ground with their hat
in three times throwing.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
A sTEA PL0W.

General Wade Hampton has
upon his plantations near Skip
with's Landing, Mississippi, one
of those wonderful steam plows,
which was manufactured in Leeds,
England. and is now in successful
operation.
1t consists Of two portable en-
gines, which are so made that they
run themselves without the aid of
horsepower over any road or field.
The engines are placed at opposite
sides Of the field, and by means
of wire ropes, 403 yards long,
draw a gang of plows from one
side to the other. The plows cut
the soil to any depth required and
at a rapid rate, faster than a man
can walk. There are different sets
Of plows, Tor deep and shallow
blowing, for subsoiling, for ex-
tracing roots, and for making
cotton beds. The latter is the
most interesting and makes a COM
/ plete cotton bed over five feet wide
by one operation. They plow on
an average % to b acres daily,
and can do even more on loose
soil. The engines are also useful
for much other work. The Gen
eral has a large saw mill which
these machines take with them
to the woods to cut lumber and
make fencing. The heavy and
broad iron wheels of the engines
help to make good roads, and
there is no better road in the
county than the one through
Hampton's Walnut Ridge planta'
ton five miles long. \ few days
ago one of these engines came
down to the wharfboat at Skip.
with with six large wagons in tow
These were placed on the boat
heavily laden with lumber and th'
"train' then started for home a
a lively rate, crossing one Of th,
%levces. II would have taken >.
good mules to have pulled thos,
loads. Another time the cngin
was stitched to Il good size,
house and moved it back from
the river bank several hundre,
yards in about 90 minutes, AS las
rs the men could keep the roller
under it. 1t is the intention 9
!, Gen. Hampton to make these Ell
; gines haul all his cotton to til
river this season when the weath(
is favorable.
Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-09-10
SKrPwITHs LANDING,


SKwwITHs LANDING,
IssAQUESA county, Sept. 4, lS7O.(
EDITOR HERELD: While in your
city last week, l gave you a short
account Of the wonderful burning
wells in our county. My sketch,
owing to want Of information,
was necessarily imperfect. Sine"
then | have visited said wells an
from my own observation as well
as from observation of others per
fectly responsible, i am now ena-
bled to give you adetailed account
of all the operations connected
with this remarkable discovery.
About a week ago, Mr.. Shanks, a
gentleman engaged in sinking
"Ramsey's driven Wells in this
county, received an order to sink
4 well upon the walnut Ridge
plantation" owned by General
Hampton. He proceeded with
the process Of driving until he
had obtained a depth Of sixty
eight feet without procuring wa
Ten. At that distance some hard
substance was Unexpectedly en-
countered which obstructed the
further progress of the well.
Instantly, from the top of the
pipe, a volume of gas was seen to
issue, resembling somewhat the
rise of heat from the surface OF
a stove. A match being applied
the gas instantly ignited, burning
with a clear and brilliant flame,
forming a column Of fire several
feet high. The search after wa.
ter being thus far arrested, three
other pipes we're sunk aiterward
in the near neighborhood of the
first, but in all the same phenome'
non was the result. These wells
continue to burn with all undimin
ishcd lustrc, aud a strong effort is
required with q hat or fan to eX.
tinguish them. A light, however
being applied ut any time to tho
end of the pipe, the flame viii
burst forth as before. The scene
at night is very impressive, tho
pipes present the appearance o
columns Of flame, or gigantic
torches, lighting up the wood.
and fields around and q view o
these burning columns acros
the wide plantation is exceed
ingly beautiful.
Several hyposthcsis have been ad
yanced to explain this wonderful
occurrence, the most plausibI
Of which is, that the gas is carbo
ncttcd by hydrogen, set free b.
the pipe coming in contact wit
the statum that confines the gas
thus allowing it TO escape. How
ever, | think this opinion unten;
, hlc. from the fact that 4 cross SEE
( ton made by Capt Humphries
demonstrated beyond Il doubt til;
Q the substratum Of the valley
r blue clay. Overlaid by quicksan
clay and buck shot. No evidenc
that | am aware Of has ever bee
Alduced to prove the existence
coal in the river bottoms propc
Among other theories, howeve
?. that OF the cUiiUd population d
serves to be mentioned. 1t is sc
y orally believed among them tn
r this mystery is a "sign or token
but OF what they do not stat
C Great excitement has been occ
stoned among the 10Th amen
r. mcnts and as q consequen
l. they congregate from
o quarters to witness, what
$ them is indeed strange and inc.
5 plicable. This occurrence is
i. enough Importance to merit Il
it attention of all our wise "Savan.
o learned in geological research.
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