Delaware weekly Republican., 1872-07-04


Ndrroto Gauge Railroad-The meeting nj
| New Castle last Thursday evening, was organ-
| lied by calling Hon. q. B. Rodney to the chair.
and appointing j. NJ. Houseman Secretary.
MIR. Rodney, on taking his seat, made an elo-
| quent speech In favor of constructing a narrow
gauge rallload between that town and this city
| at an early day, and pointing out the adyan-
thses which would follow such an Improvement.
a series OF resolutions were adopted urging the
Trustees of the Common to appropriate a SAT-
| lsiactory sum OF money semi annually TO the
railroad company, until such time as the re-
| ceipts for fare and freights will pay expenses
| and dividend Of six per cent. to the stockhol-
ders. In order to enable the Board to do this,
they suggest that tax should be levied for
school purposes. On motion of DR.. j. j. Black
| committee, consisting of Hon. G. b. Rodney
James Johns and e. Challenger, Esqs., was ap-
pointed to confer with the Trustees of tue
Common, and report to town meeting.
The Bredk,Uater.-In the opinion of the
| Trade Journal the Delaware Breakwater is in
danger Of entire destruction for lack of a little
| additional expenditure. II says that it is the
| opinion Of the best nautical men, as well as Of
| many skillful engineers, that in consequence Of
the ebb tide escaping through the opening left
between the two walls, instead Of along their
entire length and around their southern OK.
tremity, the harbOr is rapidly filling with sand
so that where there were formerly four and five
fathoms Of water, there are now but thirteen
feet, and that already a considerable part of the
harbor is rendered useless to vessels Of large
\ size.
II is suggested that the best mode Of remedv-
ing the evil is by closing up the gap. An effort
has been made for several yaars past TO Obtain
| a grant by Congress fer the purpose, but under
the erroneous impression that it was Phia.
delphla affair, it has not been obtained. By 4
record Kept OF the VESSELS seeking shelter in The
l al tnaf tp .lsnl,n l.l-...
them are from or TO Philadelphia. II is, there.
fore, strictly national work, and not a loca
one, and should, therefore, not be charged, Ia
the account OF Philadelphia.
School No. 1.-The examination at Schoo
| NO. took place last Friday, and passed off il
the most pleasant and agreeable manner. The
programme was as follows: Music, Nationa
: Song, by the Scheol; decaniations, True No
bility, by J. N. Carswell, and Dignity of Labor
by Chas. Farra reading The Elephant, by Ed
: ward j. Nutter; dialogue, The Inauisitiy,
Man, by Z. W. Countss and ]. N. Carswell
reading, The Elephant, e. F. Nutter declama
ton, The Boy of Ratisbon, j. d. Kurtz; music
"Driyen from Home" Prof. j. n. Clemmer
dialogue, Sam Weller's Valentine, f. w. Coun
tiss, W. b. Bacon, J. d. Kurtz; defamation
| The Boot Black, j. Marshall anil The SINKING
of the Arctic, IL. d. Lindsay.
The Seidell Prizes wcla then awarded rs fol
lows: lSt prize, valued at $50, comprising an el
egant set of Dickens works, Webster's Dictiun
ary and a set Of mathematical instruments, Il
JOHN ID. KURTZ.
Second Prize, volumes Of Shakespeare, Scott
Byron, Burns, and u set of mathematical instlu
menrs, to JAMES NJ. CARDREY.
Third Prize, an elegant edition of Shakes
peare, TO JOHN N. CARswELL.
The prize of $40 for extra attendance, giyer
by gentleman whose name does not appear
was divided equally between Harry d. Lindsay
VIM. W. Kyle and Joseph II. Marshall, eacl
receiving box of Mathematical Instruments
Col. Grmshaw made the presentation, an,
the Principal Of the school, Prof. L. II. Bar
mum, responded in fitting terms, in behalf of th
pupils. The exercises closed with singing my
Country Ills Of Thee" by the school.