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The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
AZTEC REMAINS.

Advices from Santa Fe state that Gov
ernor Army, the special Indian agent for
that territory, has found the Canon de
Chiefly, which was explored for twenty
miles. The party found canons whose
walls tower perpendicularly to an aiti-
tude of from !, 900 to 1000 feet, the rock
strata being as perfec iflaid by the skill
ed hands of masons, and entirely SYM
metrical. Among the ruins were found
deserted ruins of ancient Aztec cities,
many of which bear the evidences of
having been populous to the extent OF
many thousand inhabitants. In one of
these cancns, the rocky walls of which
rose not less than 1000 feet from the
base, and whose submits on either hand
inclined to each other, forming part of
an arch, there were found high up, hewn
out of the rocks the ruins of Aztec towns
of great extent, now tenantless, desolate.
In each of these rocky cries there re
manned, in state of good preservation,
a house Of stone, about twenty feet
square, containing one bare and gloomy
room, and single human skeleton. In
the centre ofthe room were the evidences
that fire at some time had been used.
The only solution of this enigma thus
far ventured is, that these solitary rooms
were the altar places of the Aztec fires;
thai nom some cause the people at re-
mote period were constrained to aban.
don their homes, but left one faithful
sentiHel in each instance to keep alive
the flame that, according to the Indian
traditions of these regions, was to lighl
4 the way of Montezuma again to his poo
ple-their hoped-for Messiah and Eter
nal King. A close examin attic n ofmany
of the ruins proved thai the builders
must have been skilled in the manufac
ture and use of edged tools, masonry
and other mechanical arts. But who
these people were, " hence they came, Of
whittier they are gone, is now, probabl,
/ one of the mysteries to remain eternally
unsolved. Some OF these ruins are re
ported to be stone buildings seven anG
eight stories in height, being reached by
ladders planted against the walls
Round-houses, twenty feet in diameter
built in the most substantial manner, o
cut stone, and plastered inside, were als'
found In excellent preservation. ASTON
ishing discoveries have been made o
gold and silver regions richer than ye
known on this continent. They are sup
posed, by we'll informed persons, to b,
the East mines, of which tradition has
handed down the most marvellous tales
and the mines themselves discover un
: mistakable evidences of having beer
successfully worked ages ago.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

The Physical Life of Woman: Advice
to the Maiden, Wife and Mother. BY
George II. Napheys, A. NJ, M. D., OF
jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia,
etc., etc. Philadelphia, New York and
Boston; GEO. MACLEAN, Publisher Of
First Glass Subscription Books.
This work is one ofthe most remarha.
BILE literary successes ofthe year, having
already reached a sale of $4,000 copies
with larger demand, as the publisher
assures us, than ever before. Scientific
and yet eminently practical, it treats o.
most important class Of subjects
which, unfortunately, has hitherto beer
left almost entirely to the quack, the
empiric, or the sensat ionalist, to "writs
up" for the million. The table Of con
tents includes such head lines as the fol
lowing:
The distinction of the sexes. Persons
of Doth sexes and of no sex. Love. Love
is eternal. OF Divorce. OF courtship
How to choose husband. Shall cous
ms marry3 The change of Life.
Difficult as 1t may appear, these sub
ject are handled with such precision ant
firmness, and yet SO delicately, that the
work has received the hearty indoors
ment of many of the most distinguished
physician, clergymen and philanthopist
of the country. Among the number ar
ex-Surgeon General Hammond, Henri,
Ward Beecher, Rev. Horace Bushnell
D. D., Rev. DR.. Mark Hopkins, Presi
dent of Williams College, with man,
other names equally eminent.
The work is sold through local o
travelling agents entirely, and. in oul
Judgement, offers an extraordinary op
portunity for securing very lucrativ'
business.
Geo. Maclean, the publisher, may b.
addressed at either Philadelphia, New
York or Boston.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
mARxLAND ITEMS.

Some Of the Elkton bad boys threw a
stone through two of the large panes of
glass in the window of the store room in
the Odd Fellows Hall, on the night of
the Hop last week.
The barn of Mr.. John H. Jenk ins. on
Dover Road near Easton, was broken
open on Sunday night last, and some
three or four bushels of wheat stolen
therefrom.
The new High School at ST. Michaels
has been fully organized by the appoint
ment of M sssrs. o. Hammond, III. G..
Dodson aud Jas. e. Mcdaniel as Com
missioners, and Mr.. George e. Hadda-
way as Principal.
Charles Hayden, the colored boy
about five years of age, who was run
over by Hill, Harlan 81 Co.'S timber
wheels, in Elkton last week, died of his
! injuries on Thursday morning last, after
enduring the most frightful sufferings
from the accident until his death.
The Steamer Highland Light and
Schooner ada, Captain PARROT, Of
Trappe District come in collision off An.
napolis on Friday night. 1t is claimed
| that the Schooner run into the Steamer
which attempted to keep off from her
and would have done so had not the
Schooner changed her course.
| VIM. Il. Sordeu, young man of good
moral character and generous DISPOSE
ton, son of Mr.. William Sorden, resid
ing near Townsend's ID Roads, became
partially deranged on Thursday last
since which time he has continued I,
grow worse, and fears are entertained
lest he become hoplessly insane.
On Monday morning horse belong
ing to Mr.. Newman, of O. A. Co., rel
away on Washington street In Easton.-
Mr.. Newnam's carriage first came IL
contact with DIR. Bateman's carriage, up
setting 1t and tearing 1t TO pieces. DR.
Earle's carriage was next struck and
very much injured. Mr.. Newnam'l
carriage came out of this raid upon thi
medical faculty, complete wreck.
The Baltimore news papers max
mention of case of attempted outrag
upon the person of young lady, age
about seventeen, the daughter of one Q
the most respectable citizens of the coun
ty, residing near Crotcher's Ferry, b,
; colored man named William Cornish
The william was caught in the lady
room, tied and conveyed to Cambridge
where he was securely imprisoned il
Z the county Jail. This is the third al
tempt of the kind this monster has com
mitted.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

Mr.. Heald finding it more profitable to
hunt up parks for the city, and sell
town lots "whithout undertaking or
postponement," has withdrawn from the
Congressional ticket, and quietly slipped
Coursey dos0nin his place. Either this
is so, or the Press shows woful lack Of
knowledge of the political affairs Of Del
aware. lifts general political informa-
ton is no nearer the truth than that II
exhibits in regard to our State, its state
ments are not worth much. The pups
must correct the Philadelphia editor, OF
else Anchovy will have to issue another
''address to his fellow citizens of Della
ware" stating more clearly the "pints'
and "politco-generic" status Of his can
didates.- - Delaware State Journal.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

A VERY remarkable and somewhat
m ysterious affair occurred at the wait.
ing room of the Jersey City ferry, foot of
Corlandt street, N. Y. on Saturday night.
A little girl named Kate Burns, who
was in company with a woman on their
way to the Washington market, left the
woman and went into the ladies' privbt ,
room. She had not been there many
minutes when another young girl was
seen by the woman outside to pass rap
idly out and walk into the street. After
some time the woman went in to see
what delayed Kate, and found her al
most insensible. 1t appears that the
other girl threw something in her eyes
and made several efforts to stab her, af-
ter which she took alarm and left. The
ferry master, Mr.. Rammel, was notified,
but it was then too late, the bloodthirsty
young virago having disappeared.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

Our BUNaLERs IN CoNdREss.-Day by
day the utter incompetency of the last
Congress is Developing itself. Nearly
the whole legislation fthat body at its
late session was bungle of the broadcast
character. The functions of some ofthe
most important departments were liter
ally destroyed. and to-day a very essen
tial part af Government business is be-
ing transacted in open violation of a
statute law enacted by the last Congress,
and approved by that model statesman,
General Grant. The tariff and tax bills
are shown to contain the most pslpable
errors, and will need entire revision
The fact of the matter is, more COM
plete set of incompetents never conven-
ed in Congressional body. The only
points to which they have proved them
selves to be adopts were those which in
volved jobbing and in unseating every
Democrat who had less than from three
to five thousand majority. Erenins
Herald.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
AFnnllx muskes.

Hore is one Of Mark Twain's old but
good stories, funny enough to make any
one laugh:
s'You see the man was trying 70 learn
me to shoot black birds and beasts that
tore up the corn and such things; 30 that
l could become of some use about the
farm because / wasn't big enough TO do
much. My gun was little single bar
rel shot gun, and the old man carried a
Queen Annc's musket that weighed
about a ton and made a report like q
thunder-clap, and kicked like mule
The old man wanted me to shoot the old
musket sometimes, but was afraid. Ono
day, though, ] got her down, and thought
I'd try her one trife, and so took her
to the hired man and asked him TO load
her, because the old man was out in the
fields. Hiram said:
"Do you see them marks on the stock,
an x and " on each side of the Queens
crown? we'll, that means ten balls and
five slugs-that's her load"
"But how much POWDER"
TO-" he said, it don't matter; put in
three or four handsful."
$50 loaded her up that way, and II
| was an awful charged had sense enough
to know that-and started out / level,
cd her on good many blackbirds, but
every time went to pull the trigger,
shut my eyes and weakened, 1 was afraid
of her kick. Towards sun down fetch
cd up at the house and there was the old
man resting himself ON the porch.
"Be.n out hunting, have yer"
Eyes, sir" says I.
"What did you kill7''
"Didn't XIII anything, sir-didn't
shoot her off, was afraid she'd kick"
| II know'd full well she would.)
Seine the gunl' the old man said,
mad as sin.
Sand he took aim at the sapling on
the other side of the road, and began
to draw back out of danger. And In a
minute heard an earthquake, and saw
Queen Annie whirling end over end in
the air, and the old man spinning round
on one heel, with one leg up and both
hands ON hfs Jaw, and the bark fiying
from that sapling like there was hail
stornii The old mans shoulder was set
back four inches, and his jaw turned
black and blue, and he had to lay up
for three days. Cholera, nor nothing
else. can ever scare me the war l was
scared that time"
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
NEW CASTLE COUNTY TICKET.

NEW CASTLE COUNTY TICKET.
SEERIFF-JAMESA ARMSTRONG.
CoRoNER-DANIEL B. WOODWARD.
SENATORS,
LEONARD G. VANDEeRIFT, st. Georges.
DIR. ALLEN v. LESLEY, New Castle Hid.
REPRESENTATIVES,
Lot CLOUD, Brandywine Hid.
J. PoULs7N ARMSTRONG, Christiapa Hid.
AQUILLA DERRIcKsoN, Mill Creek Hid.
BENJAMIN CAULK, White Clay Creek.
SEwELL G. BIees, Pencader Hid.
ALBERT o. NEWTON, Red Lion HID.
FRANCIS T. Penny, Appoquinimind I'D
LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS,
DAVID GRAVES, Mill Creek Hid.
LEVI RUTH, White Clay Greek Hid.
WILLIAM r. BRIGHT, Red Lion Hid.
s. F. SHALLcRoss, st. Georges Hid.
WILLIAM N. WILSON, A.,.,.
ALEXANDER DEAKYNE, Appoqui IN
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Canada takes her census next year.
The cholera is increasing at Havana.
Canoes are again coming into fashion.
Queen Victoria pays her own postage.
Montana mountains are crowned with
snow.
The Prince Of Wales is to be a field
marshal.
Kansas City is to have 100000 ope-
ra house.
Alive story convent is being built in
Newark.
Painted candy was the death of Jer-
sey ba y.
A new talking machine is exhibited
in London.
Seventeen bridges over the Seine have
been destroyed.
CoLFAx Is the name Of new Chinese
10 :: hy IN Nevada.
The Calling gSs2 ismaking agood deal
of noise in Europe.
English walnuts are largely raised in
Lower California.
Yale College admitted III students to
the freshman class.
Out West the seventeen year locusts
seem 10 be every year locusts.
A steamer fitted out as a theatre is to
ply and play on the Hudson.
The season of early frosts has opened
successfully out West.
New York crime is sufficient for doz-
ell grand juries in constant session.
Boston's school committees iollifica-
tion is bad example for the children.
The corn crop in three counties in Illi-
nois is estimated at fifteen million BUSH
els.
Tho Massachusetts horticultural So
ciety began their annual fall exhibition
" .s - s--s-r-------
Unrequited love caused young man
in Kaia nooza, to lie down III front OF a
locomotive the other day.
Mr.. B. @. Gay, of s ,uih Casco, Maine
is the fortunate owner of two snake Gu
cumbers five feet in length.
Bismarck is uncommonly loquacious
judging from his numerous "conver.
sations" with correspondents.
A i've frog was dug up at Chichester
New Hampshire. the other day, thirteen
feet from the surface Of the ground.
1t is said that the Empress Eugeni,
was once in love with William C. Rives
when he was abroad in 1851. and woulC
have married him but for Aunt Judy
Rives.
Widow Either, of st. Louis, was inn
prudent enough to fill herself with wills
key and then try to cross the street il
front of horse-car. Her remains wer'
hardly recognizable
Frank Whipple of New Jersey, was s,
mad about being requested to shoot
mad dog, that he just took the muzzle O
the gun into his mouth and blew hi
skull off. He is no more.
A Long. Islander seeing shark swim
ming on top of the water, the other day
Jumped in, seized it by the tail, aud heIs
on till some fisherman secured IL. Al
least we are asked to believe that no did
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
SUSSEX COUNTY TICKET.

SHERIFF-JOSIAH p. MARVEL.
Z, CoRoNER-JAMES N. PEPPER.
SENATOR'S.
2 THOMAS e. RECORDS, Lewes & Rehoboth.
i MARTIN M. ELLIS, Little Creek.
REPRESENTATIVES.
WILLIAM w. MORRIS, North West Fork
JESSE w. ROBINSON, Seaford.
JOHN w. SHORT, Dagsboro.
EBE TUNNEL, Baltimore.
LEVIN HITCH, Broad Creek.
SHEPrAED p. MARTIN, Indian River.
CURTIS A. CoNAwAY, Georgetown.
LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS,
SAMUEL M. SIMPLER, Cedar Creek.
.CHALToN SMITH, Nanticoks.
THOMAS w. WILLIN, North West Fork
WILLIAM e. ROGERS, Seaford.
DAVID H. BoYoE, Broad Creek.
GEO. w. @. HEARN, Dagsboro.
JAMES p. w. MARSH, Indian River.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
FOR GOVERNOR,
FOR REPRESENTATIVE in CONGRESS
Hon. BENJAMIN It. BIGGS,
OF New Castle County.
KENT COUNTY TICKET.

KENT COUNTY TICKET.
SHER1FF-SAMUEL HARGADINE.
CoRoNER-JAMES M. KILLEN.
SENATOR'S,
JOHN MUSTARD, Duck Creek.
CURTIS s. WATSON, Milford.
REPRESENTATIVE,
HENRY M. HOWE, Little Creek.
SAMUEL HUTCHINSON, Kenton.
JOHN G. CARSON, West Dover.
JAMES L. SMITH, East Dover.
SAMUEL B. COOPER, North Murderkill
DAVID NEEDLES, South Murderkill.
NIMRoD HARRINGTON, Mispillion.
LEVY COURT COMMISSIONERS.
DAVID REEFS, Kenton.
WILLIAM A. HoBsoN, Little Creek.
JAMES WILLIAMS, West Murderkill.
JOHN s. HARRINGTON, Milford.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

A RIO JANEIRo correspondent of the
Washington Chronical says that the en-
peror Brazil proposes, early next year,
to leave the princess imperial as regent,
and to travel for two years in Europe
and the United States, to observe their
institutions, with view to improving
tho state of affairs In his own COUNTRY
1t is thuoght lie will first visit the Unit
ed States, and make careful study oil
our educational systems, for the purpose
OF adopting them in Brazil. He is said
to take great interest In education, and
in visiting our country he will doubtless
be amply repaid by the new and enlarg.
ed ideas ne will obtain of free institu.
lions.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

ALTHOUGH the election of the entire
Democratic ticket Throughout this State
is considered certain, yet If one fourth of
tho Radicals who have solemnly declar-
ed their opposition to negro suffrage and
their intention to leave the ranks of the
party as soon as the blacks became vot-
ers, were to keep their promise, there
would not be corporal's guard left, to
lead the colored voters "on to victory
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

The discovery ola bed of anthracite
coal in the North Mountain, near Brick s
gap, Rockingham county, Viiginia, is
announced,
A Wisconsin farmer wants to know
what his class of people ara coming to
when 1t takes ten bushels of wheat to
buy pair boots.
or the eighty heavy stone peirs for the
new railroad and wagon bridge over the
Mississil pi river at Davenport, Iowa,
three are ALREADY finished.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

The advantage Primrose has over
Merchants, dealing in all kinds Of goods
such as Dry Goods, Provisions, &C., is,
he deals in one branch OF business,
therefore be keeps larger and better
assortment. He buys and sells for
customer pays the Same prices for goods
as those who buy on credit; which shows
the great advantage of a Cash store over
a Credit.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

A HEALTHY Texan pioneer has re-
ceived into his mayln frame. Mt vari GU !
times, IT'S shots, has had nearly all his
| gs and ribs and his skull fractured,
been scalped by Indians, raised thirty
children, and lots of crops, and is tough
and 80 now.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS.

A STEER ON THE RAMPAGE.-Wm
Miller purchased steer ofJames Good
men of New Castle Hundred, which he
placed in the slaughter pen near the cor
ner of Second and Tatnal streets last
Thursday afternoon. He was very
quiet animal, but through some cause
he became excited and rushed against
tho gate with such force that it was bro
ken open and he escaped into the street.
The boys in the vicinity ran after him,
and commenced throwing stones and
yelling in such manner as to render
him perfectly furious. "A gentleman also
shot him, which served to render him
more desperate, and led him to attack
every person who came in his way. II
is said that he knocked down and injur-
ed eleven persons. When near the cor
ner of Water and Market streets he re- u
over and injured a boy named John Glib.
son. He next assaulted our old friend
John Boys who is employed lis flagman
at the railroad near Market street, toss
ed him into the air and landing him IN
| the gutter. At the corner of Seventh
and Lombard streets, he knocked down
the wife CT Charles Morrow, breaking
her juwbone and two ribs, and leaving
her in precarious condition. He mex
knocked down a son of John Springer
and cut him quite badly about the heat
and shoulders. Shortly afterwards h
returned toward Third st. Bridge and a
the corner of Third and Poplar he raj
over an old man named Hammar, ant
hurt him quite severely. He then pass
ed over the bridge and returned to tn
the farm oihis former owner.-DetaaDd1'
Republican.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

THE French and German fleets are in
sight of each other in the North Sea-
Their proximity to each other may give
us naval battle of large dimensions to
record. A grand naval combat would
make the destruction incidental to this
terrible war complete.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

HAS CoURsEY BACKED OUT AND HEAD
DEcIlSED?-In two or three places in the
Press of yesterday, it is announced that
Mr.. Coursey will run for Congress
against Mr. Biggs. From this we infer
that Mr.. Coursey has, in view OF the
hopelessness of bis case, left the Guber-
Material field to Mr.. Ponder, and that
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

PEOPLE are Hooking to Lake George TO
kill grey and red squirrels, deer, wood
cock and partridge. all of which are
plentiful, and are inviting to men of de-
structlve instincts. Trout are also very
abundant there.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

FALSE ALARM.--The cry OF murder
was heard on the suburbs of Frederick
one night recently, and shortly after a
colored man entered the town in breath
less haste, inquiring for the constable"
He reported that 9 murder had been
perpetraied in the vicinity. but upon
several persons repairing to the premis-
es designated it was discovered to be a
false alarm. II seems that two "bucks''
who admired the same ''rosebnd" both
happened at the cottage OF their queen
about the same time, and the jealousy Of
one empowering his discretion, he fired
at his rival with a pistol, which SO I'M
settled that gentleman's nerve that be
gave vent to his terror in the cry o.
"Murderi" and retreatsd in disorder. A
neighboring colored person, taking ths
alarm, at once started for an office
where the facts as above stated were
elected. Mutual Friend.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

w. w. JAooBUs, d. D., Commentator
and Professor in Theological Seminary,
Allegheny, Pa, says of "Our Fathers
House;' The topics are fresh and sug-
gestive; the style is highly cultivated
and ornate; the book is fascinating, in
structive and elevating. See advertise
ment in another column.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

Ladies' Button Russia Morocco Boots,
Ladies' Glove Calf Button Boots, Ladies'
Plain Lasting Button Caters, Ladies'
Lasting Button Caters, Brush Kid
Fronts, Ladies' Plain Lace Caters,
High and Medium Cut, Russia Moroc-
co, Pebbled Morocco, and Goat Morocco
at the Bee Hive.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

HUNDREDS of people in Harrisburg,
Pa, are afflicted with fever and ague.-
Tue same unpleasant malady prevails in
many other towns along the course OF
the Susquehanna. This could easily
be prevented by wearing the boots and
at the Bee Hive, on Commerce street,
below Market.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

Two young ladies in Bangor, Me-, a
few nights since, were awakened by q
man climbing into their chamber win
dow They quietly tipped the ladder
over. That man Won't go there any
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

NEW RAILRoAD.-A project is on foot
to build new railroad, to run from
CLAYTON to 1 ns.ls.hsy Hook Island. The
route is being surveyed, and there is cv-
cry indication that the work will be
pushed vigorously forward to compile
ton.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

CURIOSITY were shown on Thurs
day morning last, by Mr.. Chas. Archer,
Of this town, curiosity in the sweet po-
tato line, which sxcels anything OF
that sort we ever saw or heard tell of. 1t
consists of forty sic potatoes clustered on
single vine. Also two large sweet po-
tatoes, one weighing two pounds, seven
ounces, and the other one pound and
three quarters. They were raised by
Mr.. John Lurty, on VIM. Leaf lot, in
SPruance City, near Smyrna. Who can
| beat this?
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

SOME human bones wero found by
worxmen engaged in digging cellars on
Twelfth street, between Orange and Tat
nall, Wilmington, about a week since,
mains of victims of the yellow fever, in
1898.
The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-10-01

CLARKsoN N. POTTER has been nomi-
mated for Congress by the Democrats of
the Tenth New York District.