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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

A Boston housekeeper makes the. following
verbatim report of her interview with candidate
who called in answer to her application at the
Intelligence Office for cook. Scene, the parlor
of the housekeeper (who for this purpose is
known as Mrs. wilson);-
Mrs. Wilson (daringy taking the initiative)-
Have you been accustomed to cookiDg?"
The lady" yes (patronizingly,) "How many
have you in your family"
Mrs. W." Eight" m
The lady-"How many children have you?"
Mrs. W. (somewhat surprised)- -" Three"
TIE lady" How old is your youngest child 2"
Mrs. W. (annoyed but somewhat awed)-
eleven years"
The iady-"How many girls do you keep"
Mrs. W. (deprecatingly)-"Two and seams
The lady" How old is your second girl ?" 4
Mrs; W. (apologeticaly)-"I really do not
The lady" Can't you form some idea of her
agei"
Mrs. W.-"N None"
The lady-"what conveniences have you in
your kitchen 2" =,
Mrs. W.-"AI that are necessary" (She
might have added that any want should be at
once supplied, but by this time she became so con-
fused she found it quite difficult to determine in
her own mind whether she was hiring or being
hired.)
nected with your kitchen?"
Mrs. W." We have" a.,
The lady.---"I suppose you do not have rich
cake or pastry made. The highest families now
are giving them up entirely. They make no rich
pics or cakes, but cook more meat and vegeta-
bles, and this hard gingerbread that you can chop
with your teeth. WE'LL do you think we shall suit
each otheri"
During the delivery OF this speech my friend
had time to collect her frightened senses, but
unwilling to disturb the placid self-complacency
of her visitor, she merely replied in answer to
this query "No, I think you are qualified to MI
higher position s .ud tbey sns partsS
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
.,.nm Canal poar-satIsfacrory Trip.

A canal boat propelled by steam by means Of
a screw placed at the bow, has been tested on
the Erie canal with satisfactory results. The
action of the screw on the trial has been found
to draw current into the opening at the bow,
force IL along under the bottom, and replace it
at the STERN thus allowing tho boat to glide along
without making any commotion in tho water.
Among the advantages claimed for it are: that
loaded boat can be run seventy-two miles per
day on one ton Of col costing $5, while the tow
ing for horse boats has cost forty cents per mile
this season. or S28.80 for seventy-two miles
that the boats can be run twice as fast as the
ordinary canal boats without any injurious action
on the canal banks that it can 60 through
lock in one-half the time that loaded horse
boat takes that such boat can 60 o the canal,
river. or lake with her own steam, and 80 dis
pense with all charges for towage and that, II
desired, this boat will tow one or more loaded
boats al moderate rate Of speed. A great deal
Of ingenuity has been expended in unsuccessful
efforts to apply steam as motive power on
canals without creating swell which would in
lure the banks but in this invention the desired
aim appear to have been attained.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
Nobby young men in Detroit wear small

Nobby young men in Detroit wear small ea'-
rings.
Advice to fish eaters-deal gently with the
herring.
Sixty newspapers on the Pacific coast have
failed during 1870.
The failures in Cincinnati within four month
have amounted to s2,000,00O.
A difficult thing-for a doctor to keep his ten
per while he is losing his patients
Jacob X. Bear charged with being, defau'ter'
and having absconded from Nebraska, has net"
arrested in Oregon.
There are two handred convicts making cisa,'
in the Joliet Qlinois) penitentiary. Ihey ma o
about 200, 900 weekly.
California is losing her lordly indifference to
small things, and calls loudly for penn es to
make change and save the pieces.
The vigilance committee at Los Angeles, Ca'.,
| is quite active, and desperate characters fr'
notified every night to leave tire town.
| The police of Altoona supply bar-rooms WIN
| official lists of persons to whom liquor may not
| be safely sold Such list in this city would lie
| rather formidable.
| A Cincinnati despatch SAYS that Gene :,
schenck's friends have notified Col. c1mpt,t l
/ that his election to Congress, from Schench :
district, will be contested.
The bark A. d. wyman. from Savannah I
Liverpool, was struck by lightning at SEA- g
December g. and destroyed. She had eArS
of $500 bales of cotton. Her captain AMI cie
were taken of by the ship Charles, from All
werp, which arrived at New York yesterday.
, The American schooner Lizzc Il. TAR. - !
at Quebec for violating the fishery laws; az
purchased by her owner. ran ashore near iiaiiia'
while on her way back to Gloucester, Mas
! Her captain, Alexander Bryant, has been arres
! | ed at Halifax on the charge of purposely wrec,
ing her to get the Insurance. which IL heavy
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
Railroads..
THE PROPOSED LOCAL ROAD WESTWARD FROM
PHILADA.

THE PROPOSED LOCAL ROAD WESTWARD FROM
PHILADA.
meeting of farmers and others was held at
the Farmers Market in Philadelphia, Dec. 18th,
to consider the propriety Of organizing company
to interseet the Pennsylvania Railroad at or near
Stea,nboat station. The meeting was largely at
tended, and organized by appointing Mr.. Rhoads
to the chair, And Tryon Lewis, Secretary. Jack
son LYONS Tryon Lewis Casper Garrett, Jona-
than il. Thomas, s. Cox, Chalkley G. Singles,
Enos Williamson, William Evans and Phineas
Paist were appointed a committee to select the
most feasible route.
pRoposED MARROW GAUGE RAILROAD IN BERRs 90.
A late number Of the Reading Times and Dis
pa'ch contains the following
The project of building cheap railway up the
Tai ehoccon, through Bernville and Rehrers-
burg in this county, and connecting with the
schnylkill county roads at Pinegrove or fremont
has been suggested for some time. The idea is
to ay down narrow gauge road thirty inches
| vide between the rails on a turnpiked road-way,
with moderate up-and-down grades to suit the
| surface OF the country. For farmers railways,
| and as feeders TO main lines. where the tranc
will not Justify the expense OF ordinary gauge,
| and the necessary wide cars and heavy iocomo-
tiyes these roads, for short routes OF thirty OF
| forty miles are recommended by some engineers.
| They can run sharper curves and sleeper grames
than is practicable for ordinary railroads, Inc
| locomotives are only six tons, the ireight caIs
carry only three tons, and the passenger coaches
are somewhat like street cars on pair oftrucks.
The rails .nsed weigh only twenty-five pounds
to the yard, and a right of way offs to ~ feet,
| instead Of 10 or so is required The question OF
Ia c,mnaratiye economy of this narrow gauge
viii soon soon be decided by experiment in various
places. There are several roads now under way
Ia Ohio and elsewhere that will soon be in op-
GRAFTON. There is scarcely a doubt OF their sue
---us.-- As--f,ot,~ecn tho ordinary broad gauge
railway and stcam carriages on common roads,
these farmers railways seem to bo the interme-
diate step in the way OF progress and improve
|
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
Purified by War.

French writer thus descants on Paris puii-
fed: The powder has purified the atmospnete,
The red cross banner waves over the theatre
where Emperos and Kings ocked vS.sss to see sns rs
30 yast ca,np. Where the luxurious equipage
oS lie lo,Yttee swept insoently by, the only yell
cles are those of the military train Besides ,nose @
restaurants rest which so lately resounded with tne
loud laush which speaks the vacan. a nha siand tSe
,sss @ Of the artillery. Transformation, puriiica-
ton" 1t will be edifying to note how long % .nls
n,odeI state Of morals continues after the siege
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Track-laying on the Northern Pacific Railroad
ia still progressing west Of the junction and will
continue as fast as possible all winter. Twenty
interruptedly beyond tho end of the track, and
from tho Mississippi river west on the western
division. There are about three thousand men
employed along the line. Sixty miles have been
graded west from the junction. At the close OF
this month one hundred miles of grading will be
fipished and forty miles of track will be laid
There arc parties of engineers at work constant
iy between the Red river aud the Missouri.
making surveys, protles, and locations and
from the Pacific ocean westward the great work
IL being mapped and prohled preparatory to con-
struction. The most remarkable feature of the
work on the Northern Pacific Railroad will be
| that it will not cease all winter. t
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
The Secretary of the Treasury-Georgc s'
Boutwell,.

In this day of widespread venality and Of
sweeping charges of corruption, it might be
deemed remarkable that no whisper of reproach
or suspicion has sought to tarnish the good
name Of the Secretary of the Treasury. Many
one or another of his suggestions, but no man
has limited a doubt of his perfect integrity. II
there be opportunities afforded by the high posi-
tion to enrich its holder, the whole country
knows he has never sought to profit by them.
With millions subject to his will, he will leave
he Office poorer than he entered it. And his
unsparng hostility to every form and shade Of
Repudiation, his unhesitating championship of
early Resumption, and his manful resistance to
the demagogue race for precedency in diminish
M, lie Reyenne aud thus arresting the payment
Of the National debt. have justly given him q
strong hold on the confidence and support OF
M. better portion of the American people.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Fields osgood 4 Company, the great Boston
publishers, are about to change the style OF
their firm to James R. osgood & Company, Mr..
James t. Fields Withdrawing. The mutations IN
the firm seem rather frequent. The house
become widely known and popular as Ticknor q
Fields. but that was changed to the present
name in 1868, and now it, too, ,undergoes change.
But the enterprise and enengy of the firm will
remain unabated, no doubt, and as an earnest OF
this they announce the engagement of Charles
Reade to write his next serial story for their
illustrated weekly, Epery Saturday.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
The Renublic,ns of nli.souri.

The Following point was made by Senator
schurz on Friday in his brief reply to rDrake,
which was omitted in the press report;
"There are those in the Republican party VINO
think they cannot conquer unless by some means
There are those in the State of Missouri, know
who. when disfranchsement was knocked from
under their feet, threw up their hands and ex-
claimed. All is lost I" That class of politicians
are.those who, in face Of great responsibilities,
great questions, great problems, ana great tssrue &
their own nothngness, but mon who abolish
Acknowledgement in Missouri are not made OF
that stuff. No, sir! All is not lost, but all Is
won We are once more fighting for the good
cause with clear conscience"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

II is proposed to build four iron steamers Oh
-, ho +, ,,sl,neted at Wilmington and two on the
Delaware contiguous to Philadelphia
An this looks as il our provincial neighpofs
meant something practical. =,
Il is an excellent thing to see the prospec. spec r y,
an American line of steamships, built IN our own
,,o,,s ma carving our own flag sailing once
tgnin upon the Atlantic. If this enterprise sue
reeds lie whole country may well be proud OF T.. M
Blt what has New York to say in the matter Ii
4hp going to play the laggard forever
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Mr.. John NJ. Morris, Executive Clerk of the
Senate, and proprietor of the Charleston Repuo-
Hcan, has purchased the Washington Chronicle,
taking possession the first Of January. The
price paid, it is understood, is s25,OOo, but the
purchase does not include the Sunday Chronicle,
(Which will be published By John W. Forney,
Jr., nor the Chronicle building the Job office,
or the large press. The Chronicle will be con-
timed AZ an Administration paper by Mr..
Morris. He is an accomplished writer and gen
teman, and will bring to his new charge earnest
convictions, steady purpose. and a sound judg
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
,s,a ,ya,cbe. to Two Young Heroes


LIDEhAIlTY OF UUlUNfsI nueOln'
The Jackson, (sIiss.) Pilot states that TWO
goIj Watches valued at $3.50 apiece, were pre-
sented by the President of the New Orleans and
Jackson Railroad to two little boys, for saving a
train Of cars from destruction. The little fellows
discovered the rails torn up and laid crossways
the track and they lmmeasey eE thax hailsd
md informed the officials Of danger ahead. ;,
TIE following inscription is elegantly engraved
on Loth the watches, except one bears the name
n,Lrew .n.r-ales, and the other James X. Ken
D,iea,,s Jackson and iomb. presldent, New
gorn,a,iy. TO r. Z. Marsales, a rtAern hailroad
for yoIr noble effort in saving a train, vtagaro
| Il 1S7O SDectime1' Agend0."
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Mr.. Hiram Barney, of New York, ought to
know better than to tell a Committee of Congress
as he is reported to have done on Tuesday thA'
an 'iron-ship, built in America, costs t'osce as
much as in Scotland. The excess is probably
from fifteen to forty per cent, according to the
kind Of work done. Mr.. barney is either ignorant
on he is--woree. i1 sFit y it
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

U. s. Marshal Goldsborough's census OF
Baltimore, taken in the summer, reported the
population Of that city to be 276,599. Not salts
iiel with this. the authorities had another EMU
meration made by the police, in November, and
they figure it up 2S3O70, showing no material
increase from the count of the United States
officials and indicating its substantial correct
ness. But the greatest joke of the matter is,
that an enumeration was made in 1869, by the
City Council. and the number then found wat
s52, 1856, seventy five thousand above the true
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Several days age, Mr.. saulsbury manifested
furious, almost an uncomfortable, anxiety to in
troduce resolution into the Senate, inquiring
why troops were brought into Delaware, at the
election. What has become of the resolution
What put the Senator out Of his apparent deter
rnination to know "whyp" 1t would be inter
esting to know about the matter; let Mr.. sauls-
burv naraeyere.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

DEIINQuENTs.-M b. Ocheltree, collector OF
State taxes. placed 400 notices to delinquent tax
pa ers in the post office on Wednesday,. All
should pay up Il they wish to avoid additional
expenses.
The above item appears in to-day's Republican.
As the collector receives twenty cents for each
notice sent, Wednesdays was good days work.
The tax payers, however, have $50 added to their
burdenseme taxes II proper and sufficient
public notice had been given Of the time foi
payment of the tax, it would have been better
for the tax payer IL worse for the collector.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

y The Baltimore American. quoting large
part Of the letter Of our PhilAdelphia corres-
pondent, refers to the COMMERCIAL, as "a paper
generally we'll posted on railroad matters"
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Senator Sumner is said to have project for
the creation out of the West Indian Islands OF a
separate Federal Republic, the nucleus OF which
shall be the two States of San Domingo and Hayti'
adding Cuba and Porto Rico just as soon as the
United States can assist the Cuban patriots, the
Haytiens, etc., to negotiate with Spain the lnde-
pendence Of their colonies. G..
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
delaware Tribnlle


senator Mccreery proposed to restore the
Arlington property to the Lee family, making II
nscssssry To- remove the heremsins Of the thous,
andu of Union soldiers who have been buried
There. ~ His Democrstic colleagues we're prompt
10 djssvow his action, and it was immediately
dsnied that they we're in any way compromised
NV Il. Then, again., Mr.. Representative Jones
al off a resolution Of amnesty to all rebels,
With S preamble justifying the rebellion where
mon nearly all the Democrats in the House 70
turped as pale, and took the back track as
quickly. as their associates in the Senate hAd
done. : But lthese two men are frpm Kentucky, a
staunch and decided Democratic State They
renresent the earnestness Of their party, Their
actions come from the central hest Of Demo-
cracv. The l5ushwhackers who hang on Its verge
an other States, disclaiming this and that, and
s;nkinp " old issues" in the face OF thspeopie'
ara Lass candid and open-mouthed than Messrs.
Mccreery and Jones. Who, doubts, that afte'
Al, tbe hurried and frightened deniala, the action
they proposed would have been chsered 70 the
echo by two-thirds Of the Democratic party fsr5
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Mr.. James T. Fields, whose withdrawal from
the firm Of Fields, osgood & Cove have already
mentioned, continues to be the editor OF the
Atlantic Monthly. He has conductnd it since
Prof, Lowell gave It up, in 1861.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

{. The census Of Maryland shows total popu-
lation Of 7s1,O54, an increase Of $4,000 since
1860. Calvert, Charles, Dorchester, Prince
Georges, Hartford, Queen Anne's and st Mary's
counties show decrease during the decade.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Frederick Douglass declines all invitations to
lecture during this winter. the organization and
care of his newspapers at Washington requiring
all his disposable time. Ho thinks it likely
however, that next winter he may be able to
give some time to the platform. 1s
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

,F.cm the Phiadelphia Press, Dec. 2o.l
III, establishment of the American s steaahs,np ~
|, e a, hi, port will, we Confidently believe, ue, n
~ ,rty.te that iron ships can 90 T;st;ans as
',p.,as,'i ' NV aud as cheaply as on the Siyde'
A., ,,',i ., N; manufacturers want is the trlai.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

At Boston Nelson +. Stanstedt on trial for
the murder Of his wife, had been convicted Of
manslaughter, and sentenced TO 20 years in the
State Prison.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

A meeting Of women to arrange for worlds
peace congress- Of women was held in New York
on Friday, Mrs. Julia Ward Howe, presiding.
Mrs. Howe presented an address, stating that
universal peace WAS necessary to progress, and
as men were employed in making wars, women
should undertake to bring about peace. Letters
we're read from Bishop Simpson, John Stuart
Mill, ,Amasa Walker, Madam Gasparin and others.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

MI, i,,D,,blican states that amongst the many
p.la~ar.ans employed by Col Henry ;. NC
u,ml,-, in the railroads in the south; v; are pr'
MeSiabe. Joseph W Day, and wm y Wigeihs'
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

II is stated that there were tbirty-nine known
victims to lynch law in the United States for the
year ending October 81, 1870. OF these, ten
were coloied, fifteen suffered for murder, nine
for rape, nine for robbery, one for mutiiation oi
a child. and five for assault and battery. Lot
there be the proper effort to enforce our statute
laws, and we may escape the disgrace OF tile
return of Judge Lynch.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Both Houses Of Congress adjourned, on Thur
day, until January 4th.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

uorr ,cerchsuts are convinced that their
.,,.ncs for repainipg the foreign carrying trade
;c, thev have lost les not In the fohtering of
the ' ship-building interest At home but IN nj re
procuring pro abroadof the ships which thsy nooa'
LNeto York Herald. 'is =" .laa
This is very cool, II not selfish, In ! our mer,
chants" They are convinced that their 'chAnce
lies in patronizng foreign ship-builders, ana no'
in fostering our hornczmeehanics. Well, .nen'
sunpoue there are two sides TO that question
What san our home sll.p-hpdersP Because the
moroh6,nts Of New York think their interests
,,os6n vour injury, is that any reason why they
ahould iniure you? Their profits are no more
importaut to them than your employment is to
vou, and thore is no reason why the National
iuvs should be framed to suit few New York
merchants, any more than to serve the mechanics
aud workrgraen Of the country.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Blue, nc ,washin. ''e'.es .Nsslay overf President
Grant made ~ 7ecn, and. d.tnons other
things referred to IL proposed removal of the
Capital Upon this subject he spoke clearly and
most sensibly. He said'
"It has al,,sys been my desire to see this
National Capital built up in a manner worthy of
4 great and growing Republic like ours. AS to
the removal Of the Capital think that it is i'm
probable in the extreme, nor do believe that
the removal should be subject to mse maloity
a single term. l think the question OF removal,
il ever presented, should go through the same
process, at least, as amendments to the Consti-
tuition. even if there be the constitutional power
to remove ii, which Is not settled
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29
PHILADELPHIA.

THE DEFEAT OF LYNDALL AND THE ST TOLD You
so" BRIaADE-A DISGRACE TO PHILADELPHIA
REPuBIIcANs--TH NATIONAL RAILROAD TO NEW
yoRK-oLD cHRIsrMAs-A WEEK DAY SERMON BY
A LAY MEMBER.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-12-29

Most provokingly dreamed Of the army. !
mad gone to the front as nurse, thought, and
was busy in the hospitals. There had been
treat battle. and the wounded were being rapid
n brought in. How pale the poor fellows were;
what ghastly looks! They came in such num-
bers too that with all the activity could exercise
| was unable to afford any appreciable relief to
that vast crowd of suffering men. They must
have been unusually close to the. enemy,
TOO. for their uniforms had been singed with the
powder, and sitting, burning smell filled the
whole hospital.
I awoke and sat up in bed. Who're was It
was not all dream, for the room was filled with
smoke. r.
sprang up, to see if by my carelessness fire
had begun in my own apartment. No. evidently
not, opened the door, and whirl OF hot AR
that rushed in upon me showed me that the
house was certainly on fire.
did not scream. 1t was my first impulse,
naturally, but restrained myself. had quick
" shut The door again and stood one instant to
think. To give sudden alarm would be pro-
iluctive of panic among the women, at any
rate. But irresolution might result in the ell
tire household being stined in their beds.
/ would arouse some one Of the gentlemen,
and let him take the responsibility. flung on .
woollen wrapper and went out into the hall
hurrying through the smoke and heat wlnci
were manifestly increasing. The passages wer'
dimly lightly and at last family deserted pai
of masculine boots outside door. At that doc
knocked II was Colonel Milroy's voice tina
replied. had no time for bashful tremors, o
| for considerations of propriety. 1 did not evel
| think of what my feelings had been, or were
toward him. was only heartily glad that m
| steps had been guided to a man OF action, enoi
| gy and courage. =,
e'"Colonel Milroy," l said, speaking as distinct
as could, but in q low tone, II am afraid til
house is on fire."