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Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE DELAWARE RIvER.--
Thursday afternoon, at about 5-45 o'clock, as
the steamer Annie, of the Electric Line, was off
Edgemoor, on the Delaware river going north,
a man and boy in small batteau, sailing in the
same direction, and bound for Marcus Hook,
attempted to cross the vessels bows, with view
to making fast to her, and thus get tow. They
failed to cross in time, and seeing that collis-
ion was immenent, the Aanie's engines were
stopped, but it was too late, and the batteau was
struck and capszed. A boat was Immediately
got overheard from barge the steamer had in
tow, and every effort made to save those
overheard. The boy a lad of about Is years,
was saved, but tho man was drowned. The boy
was put ashore at du Points powder wharf. The
name of the drowned man was John Paget, and
the batteau belonged to Mr.. Sparks, both be-
LONGING in Wilmington
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

RESUMPTION OF THE Coal TRADE.-The first
train of coal since the miners strike in the
Schuylkill region was taken over the Broad
Mountain and Mahanoy Plane Wednesday night.
The train consisting of one hundred and twenty
cars, and was carried through to Port Richmond
by the engine Cleveland. Col. j. T. McKenna,
engineer, and Thomas Killian, conductor This
Plane is one of the strongest feeders Of the P.
& r. road, and it is to be hoped it will continue
in active operation
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

ARREST OF MAIL ROUTE AsENT.-Andrew
Stafford, Of this city, late of Caroline County,
Nd, mail route agent on the p. w. & b. r. r.,
was arrested in Baltimore, Thursday, on charge
Of robbing the mail He was committed in de-
fault of $4,000 bail 1t is said that he admitted
his guilt. Stafford was mail agent on the Del
aware road, and was transferred from that posi-
ton to the more important one, which itappears
that he has abused
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

Private adSices from Minister Curtin, at st.
Petersburg. received i'll Washington, speak hope
fully of his restoration to health. lie is to go 10
the warm springs of Germany on July list,
having leave of absence for the purpose.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

Complaints having been made of the made
auacy Of our naval force in the North Atlantic,
it is stated from Washington that one-third Of
the vessels ailoat are in that squadron. II COM
prises 10 vessels three of them iron clads. Rear
Admiral Lee is soon to take command of the
squadron, and he has positive orders for the pro-
lection of American citizens.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

The Rcaiing people are arranging for excur-
sio,ls down the Branlywine. The congregation of
Trinity Lutheran church will have an excursion,
and picnic, in the early part of July. Another,
on al extensive scale s proposed for Friday next,
tile LIST inst. It will leave Heading at $3.50, a. M.
come through to Wilmington, spend an hour or
two here, return as far as Elysan Fields, and
spend the remainder of the day.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

Attention has been drawn to some conspicuous
INSTANCES, within the last six months, of an ap-
parent reversal of the proper territorial order in
selecting wives. Not less than three Of our
wilmington gentlemen have gone to the far
Mest--two to Missouri, and one to Ilnois-for
'her partners, though everybody knows, that,
al llle best, the males largely outnumber the fe-
males in all the newer States and for our en-
'erprlsins knights to go away from the dense
reputation of the Atlantic coast, and carry off the
'aif ladies' whom the bold young sons of the
prairie had already been casting sleeps eyes at
seelns rather bold if not almost unkind to oul
western brethren. How is it, fair ladies' ant
gallant gentlemeni How say You?
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

THE CRops.-Wheat harvest is becoming gen.
eral in this locality-some commenced as early
as Monday. The crop is greatly injured by rust
ting in many cases. but some of the high ground
grain is comparatively little affected. Corn is
rallyng finely under the dry atmosphere, but
large portion of the crop is drowned out. The
will be immense. Peaches are much injured.
Some growers tell us they will not have a third
of yield, while others, on adjoining farms,
think they will have nearly full crop. A half
crop, on the WHOLE is as much as is expected
SnliLlnln Times
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

InoN SHIP BuILDNG.-On of the two large
iron steamers now upon the stocks at the Harlan
d Hongsworth Company, will be launched in
about three weeks, and rapid progress is also
making on the large steamer for Capt. Lawless.
The iron collier, for the Reading Railroad Co.. is
about finished and will probably leave this week.
g. Guion, of New York. and the late firm of Har-
Ian & Hollingsworth & Co., of this city, is now
at the II. & H. Co.'S, yard for repairs. She runs
between New York and Galveston. The ma
wooden steamship, Mary A.. Roberts, of New
York. to be put in an iron hull. Several other
steamers lie at the Company's wharves amongst
them the Ariet, which we hope will soon be put
| on the route between here and Philadelphia,
leaving Philadelphia in the morning and Will
| mington in the evening.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

The multitude on the ground interfered slight
lySith the rapid fielding of the ba ina few
instances, but did not materially affect the result
of the contest. To-day the Red Stockings play
the keystone.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

REMARKABLE ESCAPE On Friday afternoon
last a boy named Weller, was among others,
bathing in Denney's mill pond, Duck Creel1)
near this town, when he met with narrow es-
cape from drowning. The flood gates were up
to let off water and the little fellow was caught
by the eddy and drawn down into the current,
forced through the gates by the surging volume
of water. turned end over end in the turbulent
whirlpool and finally landed on the shore on the
side Of the gate-hole, being but little injured in
in his rapid submarine passage from the mill
pond to the meadow below. He is not SWIM
mist-is about 70 years old.-Snyrfd Times.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

New DEPOT OF THE W. & II. Ron Monday
the passenger and freight trains of the Will
mington & Reading Railroad commenced run
ming from the Company's new depot, corner
Madison and Reed streets. Reed street is about
half a square below Front street. A new tenn
porary freight depot has been erected there, and
for the present rooms have been secured in the
large brick building of the Gas Works, for a
ticket office and waiting ROOM The new depot
is about seven and a half squares from Front
and Market streets, ten minutes leisurely walk.
The new location is not convenient for people in
the eastern part of the city but it is handler
than the other depot for people living west of
Orange street, and as the growth of the city is
westward it would possibly not be a bad location
for permanent buildings.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

genial gentleman, and competent official ia
mington and Reading, Mr.. j. c. Sharpless.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

DIspuTING WILL.-An interesting case has
Just been decided by the Register of Wills. A
caveat was recently filed against paper purport-
ing to be the last will and testament of Anna d.
Jones, deceased The case was heard before b.
Gibbs, Register, on the 22d and 23d inst. The
caveators attempted to set up the plea of incom-
petency on account of unsoundness of mind at
the time of making the will The amount invol-
we'd was about $4,000, one half of which was de-
vised to Andrew b. Jones the remainder after
paving debts, &c, to the Friends Meeting at 4th
and West streets, in the city of Wilmington.
After the hearing of the case the Register deci-
ded in favor of the will. Maris for caveators,
Fraim for Executor.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

PEasoNAL-Mr. George G.. Lobdell returned
Thursday, from his trip through the South,
having been absent since May 21st. He went
down by the seaboard routes, as far as Mobile
and returned Northward through Alabama, and
Eastern Tennessee, and up through Virginia. by
the Virginia and East Tennessee Railroad.
He reports that unless the present prospect
should be greatly injured by some of its many
enemies, the cotton crops, this year, will be very
large A greater breadth than usual has been
planted, and the s'stand" looks exceedingly we'll.
The planters have, as a rule, gone back to their
cultivation of cotton as the standard crop, and
less breadstuif grains put in, this year, than
for several Seasons past.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30

The position taken In these columns, long
ago, in reference to Chinese importation, Is be-
ing, just now, thoroughly justified. Wepredict-
ed grave possibilities of danger that the tide of
infowing Cinnamon might soon swell to large
proportions instead of contining itself to the
Pacific Coast, it would spread over the whole
country; and that 50 great an influx of popu-
lation 80 utterly foreign in every characteristic
would be an event serious to be feared. These
expectations have been, to considerable degree,
already realized. Already, one manufacturer of
shoes in North Adams, Massachusetts, has re-
placed some scores Of civilized workmen with
Chinese, in the declared purpose of saving
money" OH the cost of his labor This is one
tide-mark in the progress Of the flood. Other
employers can and will follow. Our suggestions
heretofore have been neither unwarranted nor
untimely.
In tho U. s. Senate on Thursday, Senator
Wilson, speaking of Mr.. Stewards bill to prevent
the enforcement of "coolie contracts" for SER
vile labor, said he hoped it would be called up
soon, and pressed to vote. The time for action
had surely come when Congress should arrest
the importation of seivile labor, either to take
the place of the emancipated men of the South
or the working men of the North He was op-
posed to casting dragnet over the world and
gathering up the degraded portion of mankind
to reduce the price of labor and degrade the
working mon of the United States.
Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1870-06-30
PHILADELPHIA LETTER.

MORE ABOUT THE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. OF PoLITI-
CAL PRoGRTss-REPUBIIcANP PARTY PAPERs--coN-
GREssIoNAI HIGH FI,yERs-THE INDEPENDENCE
CENTENARY FARoE-THE GRAND DEFEAT OF THE
ATHLETICS
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31

ENTERED ny BURGI.ARs.-The dis
covery was made yesterday morning
that a burglary had been committed ut
the Bank Exchange Saloon. corner OF
Second and h streets. The saloon was
closed ut 9 o'clock A. NJ, and shortly
afterwards the burglars found their
way to the saloon by descending the
steps on the X street Side, which led to
a door opening to an apartment under
the sidewalk, where old bottles, ETC.,
are kept. This door was pushed open,
and then another door (which by acct
dent had been left %unlockedl. leading
TO the basement under the sidewalk OH
Second street, was opened. The bur-
glars found access to the cellar easy,
and thence to the saloon above. From
the character of the articles missing,
the supposition is plausible that the
thieves were the same who visited
Oppenheim's. A dozen Of champagne
were taken; also whisky, wine, porter,
etc., and a few dollars which had been
left in the drawer. 4 fine silver watch.
which had been left hanging on 4 nail
near the mirror, escaped their atten-
ton. The burglars were evidently
taken with the viands, or the liquors
had dimmed their eycsight to 4 great
eStent.-!Sdc. Record, 30h,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31

COLE AND GomuAM.-Quite an inter-
esting little quarrel is going on at
Washington, just now, between Sem
ator Cole and the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, George c. Gorham, both of Cali
fornia. In a letter from Washington
TO the Philadelphia Inquirer, of March
23d. we notice the following:
Alta caucus Of the Republican Sem
ators, this morning, Senator Cole made
an onslaught upon Secretary Gorham,
charging that he was waging a war
upon him of so bitter. false and malig-
nant a nature that he could not any
longer have any Intercourse with him,
and rs the only Republican Senator
from California he desired to have =
change. The quarrel just now Is about
the appointment of q Supervisor In
California, and Mr.. Cole, who was for
merly hostile to Mr.. Gorham, consented
to his electionas Secretary toplcaSe Mr..
CONFESS, but Mr.. Gorham has renewed
the political troubles and now Mr..
Cole demands his removal, In which
movement he will undoubtedly sue
coed, although Mr.. Gorham is sustained
by Senators Nye and Stewart. Sepa-
TORS Sumner, Howard and Ramsey
were appointed 4 committee to report
upon the charges made, but MIR. Sum-
ner declines to serve, as he is not per-
sonally friendly to Mr.. Gorham. There
are, as yet, no prominent candidates
for the position.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31
7, II, SIBERIAN,
Qeneral

Coon TEMpI.ARs.-Do you want to
know the process Of Initiation into q
Good Templars Lodge? Then read
the following: The victim of initia-
ton Is first blind-folded, bound hand
and foot, and thrown into cider press
and squeezed for five or ten minutes.
This Is done for the purpose of clear
ing the system of all "old drinks"
He is then taken ont Of the press and
by means Of 3 force pump gorged with
cistern water; after which a sealing
plaster Is nut over his mouth and he Is
rolled In a barrel four or five times
across the room, the choir at the same
time singing the cold water song. He
Is then taken ont of the barrel and
hung up by the heels until the water
runs through his ears: then he Is cut
down, and a beautiful lady hands him
a glass of water. A cold water bath
Is filon furnished him, after which he
IL showered with cistern water. lie
is then made to read aloud the articles
of incorporation and bylaws Of the
water company, ten times, drinking a
glass of cistern water between each
reading; after which the cold Oaken
Bucket is sung and hung about his
neck, while fifteen sisters with shot
guns deluge him with cistern water.
lie is then forced to eat two pounds OF
loo cream, while his brothers fill his
ears with broken Ice, Then he Is run
through a patent clothes wringer, af-
ter which he is handed q glass of
water, his boots filled with the same,
aud h9 Is laid away In o refrigerator for
half an hour, hc Is taken out, run
through a clothes wringer, takes the
whole lodge down to some fountain,
stands treat and becomes q Good
TemDlar,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31
FROM SACRAMENTO.
Ie%xisIature = Tho Remains Of General
Thofnua to Arrive nj sacramento

4 legislature = Tho Remnlns OF General
Honsrs TO tho Brave Dead.
SACRAMENTO, March 31.-In the Sem
ate, yesterday, the Governors veto of
the bill to empower tho counties of
San Francisco, Monterey and San
Luis Obispo, to aid the Southern Pa
cific Railroad, was sustained by the
necessary vote /; and the vote on the
other bill of q similar nature, was
made the special order for to-day ut .
o'clock.
A bill was passed to enable John
Nugent to sue the city and county of
San Francisco for alleged damages to
his newspaper business ; and also to
enable Hall & Garrison to sue Tulare
County for similar damages.
The bill to enable the California Pa
ciilc Railroad to come into this city
was indefinitely postponed.
The remains Of the late Major Gen.
eral Thomas will pass through the city
this afternoon Ell route for the East.
Captain Slddons, with the gun "Union
Boy" which fired a welcoming salute
OH the arrival Of the General on the
coast q few months since, will fire
minute guns during. the stay of the
funeral car In the city. Flags through
out the city will be displayed ut half
mast during the day, in honor of the
brave dead,
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31
Word PuzzleA.

There Is n word Of five letters, and II
you take away two of them ten will
remain. 1t Is often. If you take away
o + ten will remain.
There Is q word of five letters, II
you take away two of them six Will
remain. Sixty. Take away { " six
will remain.
There Is one word which, II you
change the place Of one Of the letters
means exactly the opposite from what
It meant at first. What Is the word?
It Is united, Place the { AFTER the /,
and II becomes untied,
What letter has never been used but
twice In America? 1t Is a; 1t Is only
used twice IN America.
When were there only two novels?
In the days Of Noah, before you and l
were born-in the days Of no a, before
u and { were born,
When 10 It that n blacksmith raises
a row In the alphabet? When he
makes a poke r aud shove l, IA poker
and shoyeI.)
Can you spell the fate of all things
with two letters? Thus d l. decay
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31

4 LADY writer In the Gaimy Nehula
defends American ladies against the
English charge that they are "scrag-
gy" and that q handsome leg is n
rarity. This the Galny writer says Is
as baseless Us it is u~nbearble. And
she goes OH to say that though she Is
ignorant OF the ballet and professional
dancers. she has a passionate sense OF
beauty of from, and has taken advan-
tage of abundant opportunities Afford
ed by gymnastic classes and singing
schools to study the development OF
the lower limbs Of her sex. She has
seen at least q thousand ladies In the
pretty dress worn for bio Lewis physi-
cal exercises, which leaves the lower
leg more than half %undraped. Now
of these thousand pairs of natural legs
she solemnly declares that not more
than fifty were so maagre that it
would have been kinder to hide them,
and not more than twenty were so
destitute of good points that trstheti-
cally) they ought to have been annihi-
lated.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31
Overland Dispatches
larxclAL TO NE OLE HILL DAILY NEWS 81
NJ wEsr11N UNION TELEGRAPH LiNE.l
DATES TO LAST NIGRT.
Frsa Philadelphia.

Frea Philadelphia.
PM.ADELPHIA, March 30.-A PROM
inent shipping and commission house
has suspended. causing surprise.
There Is a dispatch announcing the
death Of Segistmund Whorstman, of
this city, III Rome, Of malarious fever.
His daughter died there last week.
New York Legislature.
ALBANY, March 30.-The Tweed
charter for Now York city passed the
Assembly to-day, receiving on It's third
reading q vote of &c to 9S, and oil Its
final passage only Is negative votes.
Tweed grew facetious after the passage
Of the charter bill to-day. and remarked
that last Tuesday there was wailing in
hill, and today rejoicing in heaven.
The National Funding Bill.
NEW York. March 30.-It Is gener-
ally believed that the Funding Bill, in
its present shape, will fail. The effect
Is very marked in all directions. The
National credit has advanced sharply,
and throughout mercantile and conn
mercial circles there Is q more cheerful
feeling than for q long time.
From Tennessee.
NASHVILLE, March 30.-An alterca-
ton occurred this afternoon between
parties In a suit. The result was the
fatal stabbing Of one.
Glsrisus Time In WashIug ton = Tho
he Fifesnii amendment.
WASHINGTON, March 30. = The
official proclamation Of the ratification
Of the Fifteenth Amendment enumcr-
ates the States whose Legislatures have
ratified as follows: North Carolina,
West Virginia. Massachusetts,, WiScon-
SIN, Maine, Louisiana, Michigan, South
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Arkansas,
Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Iowa,
Indiana, New York, New Hampshire,
Nevada, Vermont, Missouri, Virginia,
Alabama, Kansas, Mississippi, Mime
sofa, Ohio, Rhode Island, Nebraska
and Texas-2 In all.
The great event in Congress yester-
day was the reception and reading Of
the Presidents proclamation an
nounclng the ratification Of the Fif-
teenth Amendment by three-fourths of
the States.
Wood, Of New York, denied that
his State had ratified; and Ni6lack,
Of Indiana, put In q similar denial
for his State, denouncing the certificate
In the Secretary of States office rs a
fraud. :.
The President furnishes some good
reasons for his effort to secure q foot
in9 on the Island of San Domingo BY
the United States.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31
A SCHOOL
Extraordinary nrs,.li.S Of n Chicago

Extraordinary brutality Of n Chicago
Lady Teacher.
Mrs. Emma Lcgg, residing at the
corner Of Morgan and Twenty-second
streets, called on us this morning and
told a schocking story Of injury in
flicted upon her son by q careless-not
TO say cruel-teacher. She states the
boy, Edward Legg, Is an invalid and
cripple, from the effects of q terrible
accident about q year ago, he being
caught In . planning mill and almost
crushed to pieces, so that it was not
supposed that he could live. lie re-
covered, however, so that he could
move about, though scarcely able to
lift his feet, and has been attending
the Walsh street school, corner Of
Walsh and John streets, West Divi-
sion. Yesterday morning, during the
bitter snow storm, the lad came to the
out door of the school building and
asked q school teacher, Miss Rose, to
let linn come In. 1t should be stated
that 1t Il a rule Of the Board of Educa-
tation that the school room door be
kept closed until the hour Of beginning
the exercises rule which Is very
severe upon the children in cold and
stormy weather, however necessary 1t
may seem to preserve order. Mrs. Lesg
states that In reply to the boys re-
quest for admittancc, the teacher re-
piled, "We have no pets here" and
pushed him suddenly out of the door,
so that he fell down the high steps,
which were covered with ice, striking
his head and rolling to the bottom. He
was taken up insensible, and his
clothes covered with blood, the fall
having opened his old wounds, and lie
remained unconscious till this morn
Ing, Mrs. Legg says that a surgical
operation will have to be performed
on the little sufferer, and she fears that
he may never walk again. A State
warrant has been obtained for the ar
rest Of Miss Rose, and she will be
taken this afternoon before Justice
DeWolf. E. A. Storrs, Esq., has been
retained by Mrs. Legg. The case is q
very shocking oile, and while the
teacher, doubtless, had no intention Of
injuring the child, 1t shows great
severity and lack Of feeling, II the
statements are correct, The result Of
the examination will be awaited with
great interest. The mother and the
little sufferer will have the sympathy
Of oil. The boy Is perhaps twelve
years ofage.-Chfcdgo Post, March lsth.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1870-03-31

HARVEST PROSPECTS rs CALIronSIA.
The promise Of abundance of oil
good things was never greater in Cali
forEia than 1t Is to-day. Never before
was such 4 breadth laid down to grain
never before so many acres devoted
to orchard and vineyard, to flax, null
berry, beet and a variety Of husbandry,
and never before did the growing crops
look more flourishing. Whatever else
may GONE, California will have, thanks
to her rich soil and favored climate,
plenty for all her inhabitants TO cat
and wear, and plenty for as many
moro It they choose to come; and
that country cannot be called poor
that produces two years food In one,
and Is not obliged to send it away
rs rentage to foreign lords! Having
this abundance we only need Opportu-
nifty through labor, for all our people
to partake thereof-and the harvest
Wilt require many hands, and thus it
self be the dispenser of its own boun-
ties.-.Sac. Bee, .N0ch 2&h.