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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
THE DEATH OF HORACE GREELEY.

The circumstances under which he dies add
pain to the ordinary feeling of sorrow which his
countrymen must experience at the death Of
Horace Greeley He dies broken-hearted man,
and yet it is the people themselves, now called
upon to mourn him, who inflicted the dsappoint-
ment that broke his heart. In years gone by,
they would have mourned his departure with
sorrow as real, and tears as sincere as they have
ever given to any public man-two excepted.
The hosts Of true men who with him fought for
Freedom, and who had gathered at his call, a
thousand times, for service in behalf Of thous-
and measures Of philanthropy, reform and jus
tce, would have followed his clay with lamenta
tions yelling up from sad hearts.
How now
Perhaps it is best to simply blot out the reco.
OF the last twelve months so far as they use the
name of Mr.. Greeley His candid biographer
will approach this portion Of his career with re-
pugGance and pain, and those Of us who esti-
mate at their true value the great services he
has performed during the many years of long
and enormously active life, cannot consent that
the Just fame Of Horace Greeley, earned by the
labors Of sixty years, shall be eclipsed and de-
stroyed by the alterations Of the sxty-frst 1t
is charitable and reasonable to believe that the
great faculties which had distinguished him were
obscured and that the true Horace Greeley had
died, before he entered on that sad course which,
in few months has closed his earthly career.
II he had, as has been charged, an inhamed
ambition, there are, nevertheless, men who are
responsible for persuading him to yield to ita
promptings. There were selfish, foolish, en-
vious, and false friends about him. They are
largely responsible for his death Their treach-
erous persuasions-their deceitful promises-led
him to false course, from the consequences OF
which he is dead. There is blood upon theh
skirts, to-day
AS journalist, Horace Greeley was great and
served great purpose. He was, for twenty years
power in the land. The labors of his journal
recruited, consolidated and organized that vas
army of Freedom, which first resisted the spread
Of Slavery and finally extingushed the last ves
tige Of the institution itself. At the head OF the
Tribune, Mr.. Greeley was in his place, and filled
it grandly as President, he wonld have beer
out Of place. and the people did not choose him
Disappointment, chagrin : perhaps unayailinl
regret-bear him down in a death that is mex
pressibly sad and painful.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
WILMINGTON, DEL.
Saturday Afternoon, Nov, 80
A NATIONAL RAILWAY SYSTEM : THE
READING EVIDENCE OF ITS NECESSITY.

In reprinting among several articles on the
subject, from other papers, our comments on
its proposition to place the Railways under Gov
ernmental control, the Reading Times says
sThe Wilmington COMMERCIAL views the ques-
tion in partisan light. The great and sweeping
reform We propose, was suggested by much
higher motive than the one 1t attributes TO US.
We desire 1t to be understood, once for all, that
we are independent OF dtl railroad corporations,
and that in what we have said, or may say, on
any question of local cohcern, the rights and IN
terests OF our own people have been, and VIII
continue to be- of paramount consideration with
us. We do mean business, not the petty
business of interference between the private
squabbles Of rival roads,-but the great business
of keeping them all in subjectfon to certain treA
defined and Uniform laos by which the rights
and interests Of our people, ana OF every other
people throughout this broad land, shall be duly
respected and observed
To all this we make no objection. Bnt we die
claim imputing to the Times any mean motive
for it's important proposition. On the contra
ry, we suggested the inquiry whether it
had not been aroused to a perception Of
the danger in which public rights are
likely to be placed, through the contin-
ual encroachments OF great and greedy corpora
tons, by an exhibition OF this very encroaching
spirit in It's own streets Of Reading That in
quiry Was very natural, and it was not designed
as reproach. 1t did seem to us-and so it
does yet-that when great railroad corporation
deliberately says to the forty thousand American
freemen Of Reading ave will defy your mu-
nioipal laws we will lay down our tracks in
streets which you have granted to another rail
r1ad we are determined to drive away from
any convenient connection with your manutac-
tories all competing lines Of railway and il you
dare assert your independence, or vindicate YOU
municipal law, or give any assistance to this new
road, we will do all in our power to injure you
by removing our workshops when this ii
slid by one of the very corporations which thu
Times processes desire to restrain, it seeme'
to us impossible that it could feel the need Of
going abroad for other evidences Of the dange
against which it has. FASTENED to warn the coun
try.
We do not know how the people OF Reading
may decide to act in this matter. They will be
excusable, perl APPS, il they take the courst
which, in their own Judgment best protect then
interests, even if that course be an apparent
submission to this threat of President Gowen
1t is question for them to settle, and not on
where outsiders may dictate. We have only tn
right Of criticism, and the friendly privilege o
suggestion. The former we exercise by con
demning such an attempt at intimidation, and til
litter in saying to the Reading people that the
can better afford to lose Mr. Gowen's shops
than they can to forfeit their own independents
and self respect.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
INDICTMENTS BY THE GRAND JURY-IN
CREASE OF CRIME

1t has been said that our Penal System, with its
peculiar features Of pillory, lash, and "conyicts
jacket is efficient for the repression of crime
These features are shocking to many, and out
side our borders are accounted a reprosch to
the State, but the argument has been again and
again advanced to offset their repellent charac-
teristcs that they checked crime larceny did
not thrive where the lash fourished
We do not say that this argument is not true
but we do say that thieving is as common as
ever. The number Of larcenies increases, rather
than dminishes the Sheriff has more offenders
to whip than formerly and the Grand Jury il
forced to regret the great increase Of crimina
offences How is this Z Will the admirers of the
lash system please explain the following figures
They show the number of bills of indictment laiG
before the Grand Jury Of this county, at the
November term, in the past three years
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

At the time the advertisement drop-curtAin
was placed in the Opera House, we expressed
our regret at this act, and our conviction that
the curtain was out of keeping with the many
merits of the elegant building to whose ap-
pointments it is added. We did not adopt E0-
cry Evenings language on the subject, of course,
but the disapprovAl of the public was duly re-
fected in our columns. We should add just
here, that upon the expiration of the year dur
ing which the advertising agent has right to
keep the curtain in the house. it will in all proba-
bility, be finally removed.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
Rover's IIoof LInIment.

have tested Boyer's HOof Liniment on the feet
OF over one hundred horses The difference in the
condition OF the feet is so great in It's favor that
would not be without II for ten times its cost. 1t
should be properly applied to every horses hoOf es
peclally In the Summer when the horses feet are
always In contact witt the heated earth, which
which produces contraction, cOrns quarter cracks,
contraction OF the back sinew, commonly called
"Knee Sprung and often from the pains in the
hoofs 1t produces sweeney in the shoulder. We re-
commend II as the best preparation we ever used.
IL should be used on every horses hoof as cOmmOH-
ly as oil is used on harness or mns boots 70 Keep
them in good condition. e, K, DONKLIN
Proprietor and Superintendent of the Continental
Stables SAMSON Street, Philadelphia.
&. BRINGHURST q CO., Apothecaries,
cor Sixth and Market Streets
Having been appointed Agents for this popular
HOof Liniment are fully prepared to supply II
wholesale and retail at the manufacturers prices.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

Lima Edwin,s Theatre, and the Arion Concert
Hall, in New York, were destroyed by fire early
yesterday morning. Loss about $4,000.
The horse disease is increasing in New Orleans
1t is decreasing in Savannah, but spreading
throughout TIE interior of Georgia.
The barn Of Garrett Miller, at Mattoon, Ill.,,
was burned on Wednesday night with It's contents
and fifty horses. Loss 500, 0O0
Matthew yassar and John Guy vassar have
decided to invest 100000 in the founding OF a
hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
SnerIaI NutIfes.
N Kunkel's Bitter Wine Of iron,

For the cure Of weak stomach, general debility,
indigestion disease OF the nervous system, consti-
patton aodty Of the stomach and all cases reqar-
Ing tonic.
The wine includes the most agreeable and effcient
Salt Of Iron possess: Citrate OF Magnetic Oxide,
combined with the most energetic vegetable tonica
Yellow Peruvian Bark.
The effect In many cases Of debility, loss OF ap-
petite, and general prostration, Of efficient Salt
OF Iron, combined with our valuable Nerve. is most
happy II augments the appetite, raises the pulse,
takes of muscular iabbness removes the pallor OF
debility and gives orid Vigor TO the countenance.
DO you want something to strengthen you
Do you want good appetite
Do you want TO bui d up your constitution
Do you want to feel well9
Do you want 70 get rid Of nervousness
Do you want energy7
Do you want TO sleep well
Do you want brisk and vigorous feeling?
II you do, try Kunkel's Bitter Wine Of Iron.
This truly valuable tonic has been so thoroughly
tested by all classes Of the community that II s
deemed Indispensable as a Tonic medicine 1t costs
but little, purinee the blood and gives tone to the
stomach, Tenoyaies the system and prolongs life
l now only ask trial OF this valuable Tonic.
Price 81 per bottle. K II. KUNKEL, Sole Pro-
prtetor,. No. $50 North Ninth street, below Vine,
ASK foF Kunkels Bitter Wine of Iron, and take no
other
For sale in wilmington by r McInall, Jr., Second
and Market, and &. Bringhurst Co., sixth and
Market. oct-30-ly
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
A Threatening Letter.

THE ORIGIN OF THE BOSTON IRE-THE LABOR
REFoRMERs
NEW YoRF, Nov 30.
The Herdtd prints letter from Paris Com
munist, asserting that the Boston fire was the
work of the Labor Reformers, and that the ex-
plosion was the result of new chemical agent
The letter threatens that capitalists shall still
further suffer if the rights of labor are not re-
spected
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
Washington.

ELECTED VICE NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. RrEA1t-
SHIP RATES.
WAzHNGToN, Nov. 90
Gen Horace Porter has been elected Vice.
President of the Pullman Palace Car Company
His acceptance depends upon the wishes o
President Grant
The German minister denies the recent state
ment that steamship companies had been or
dered to advance the rates Of passage, to preven
emigration from Germany.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

The three great journalists of New York are
desd-hrst, Raymond; then, Bennett now
Greeley. It was these men who made the press
OF New York national in its scope and influence,
and their successors will do well if they main-
tain what the Great Founders established.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

Supplies fully the want for perfectly safe and rell-
a5le Illuminating Oh for family use free not only
from the danger OF an explosion, but from the dan
ger OF the mud igniting should the lighted lamp be
upset. IL is free from Oh ectlonabe Odur, burns In
the ordinary Kerosene lamps, furnishing light un-
equaed by gas, satisfactory In every particular, and
tree from all apprehension Of danger. II Is put up
IN one gal, nyt gall. and ten gall packages; eacn
can Is ised with metal cap bearing the manu-
facturerss stamp. By Purchasing these cans with
the seals uncut the genuineness OF the goods is
Ianted with the assurance of obtaining an oil per-
ieetly pure and safe. Supplied wholesale and re-
tail by
E BRINGHURST CO., Apothecaries.
cor. Sixth and Market streets.
Wilmington
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

The epitaph most fitting, and all sufficient,
for the tomb of Horace Greeley, il such as Mr..
Bennett desired, Let it be written simply He
was the Founder Of the Ne,o York Tribune"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

STILL IMPRovINd.-Mr. Samuel Lawson slept
well last night for the first time since the acci-
dent, and is feeling considerably better
Mr. Chas. L. Fritz also continues to improve,
and will soon be able to sit up.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

1t will be seen that the number OF " true -
bills, found at the recent term, is almost double
the number at the corresponding term last year
and ffty-nine greater than in 1870. Whence this
Increase We maintain the PilIory and Lash
and yet Crime fourishes.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

c. W. Pusey's lecture this evening at Young
Mems Free Library room on the Steam En-
gine' ought to be heard by full house.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
Auction snles.

Messrs Ogle & Miller announce the sale of
the household and kitchen goods Of the Della
ware Hotel, for Tuesday, December Sd. The
sale to commence at 81 A. NJ.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
HOWARD JENKINS,
KDITeR.

PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, tsunddys
arcsptsd) at the COMMERCIAL BUILDING, South Eest
corner FYth and Market Streets. Too Cents copy.
Siz Dollars a pear, By mad, or served By carriers
throughout tie city
THE DELAWARE TRIBUNE, ttOeekly,) he great
Psniasular organ Of Farners and FTuigrOsOers, pub
Hshsd etey Thursday morning, at ai0o Dollars a
Year
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
From our Late Edition of Yesterday
Explosion.

FOUR MEN KILLED AND WOUNDED.
MILWAUKEE Nov. 30.
Cummings dualin factory, near the city, ex-
ploded yesterday, killing four persons and
wounding another. The cause of the explosion
il nnknnMn
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
Pratt,a AatraI oil

AT Fosters Drug Store, by the gallon, quart pint,
any way TO suit customers. A large assortment OF
lamp chimneys, different shapes lamp wicks brushes
&C, wholesale and Retail
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

Fosters Celebrated Tonic RItteTs,
Fosters Blood Purifier,
Fosters lnfallble Oriental Pile Salve,
Fosters Rose Worm 0Zenges,
Wyeth's Elixir Beef, Wine and Iron,
MYeth's Elixir Nalerinate Of Ammonia,
Ellis Bitter Wine OF Iron,
Ellis Elixir Calasaya Bark and Iron,
DR.. PieTces Golden Medical Discovery,
DR.. PieTee's Pleasant PurgatiYe Pillets.
FOSTERS DRUG STORE,
Front and West Wilmington Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
NOTICE.

PHILADELPHIA SURGEONS BAN .uswxzzm
A DAGE INSTITUTE-Notice No. 0G
Truss positively cures Ruptures. Large stock Of
Elastic Stockings, Belts, supporters, Shoulder
Braces, Crutehea, suspenaoriea Large variety
auglo-dsm-lyw,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
Buckingham's Dye.
FOR THE WHISPERS.

AS our Renewer in many cases
requires too long a time, and too
much care, to restore gray or faded
Whiskers, we have prepared this
dye, in one preparation which will
quickly and effectually accomplish
this result. 1t is easily applied,
and produces a color which will
neither rub nor wash off Sold by
all Druggists. Price Fifty Cents.
Manufactured by R. P. HALL, & CO.,
NASHUA, NH.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30
diseases of the Throat and Lungs.

At the present time when 50 many persons are
suffering from Throat and Lung Diseases, they
should bear In mind that EAssoN's COMPOUND SYgUP
or Ar never fails in curing coughs, colds, hoArse-
uess pain in the breast sore throat asthma and all
diseases Of the throat and lungs. IL ia an excellent
remedy for Group and hopping cough, No fsmily
should be without II.
Sold by all Drug Stores and dealers throughout the
United States
P. s.-See that the signature Of RUSSELL a LAM
DIS, PropTs is on each wrapper noY2e Ct
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

Wax Flower Materials,
In variety, supplies being constantly received
at the manufacturers prices, by
SMITH n PAINTER. Druggists,
Seventh and Market streets.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-11-30

nayOr, we recommend our pure Japana nnsI-
lively the purest IN the market IL is Imported in
very small quantltles we are selling at least rs per
cent cheaper than any other house In the cty
ury II and you win 1nd that 1t will speak for it.
SELF at the only Tea House in the city,
..,.oo a., j. L. HOUSTON, Jr.
hoFEo'ly u T. Fourth street.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19
Women at Burlinqton University

OF the institutions of learning in our
vicinity, the University of Vernon; at
Burlington has taken the initiative in
offering to woman the advantages of a
collegiate training, A year ago ma
jority Of tho corporation OF that instiu-
ton voted to admit women on an equal
ity with men. One young woman en-
tered there, and has held her own with
the young men in their course of study.
She did not brighten any students away,
as some Of the guardians of Williams
profess to think the admission Of wo.
men to that institution would do. Meth
er did the parents of the young men
take fright, as some Of the Williams
folks would have us believe but on the
contrary, the number OF students has
increased. Among these are five more
young ladies who have passed their
examinations and viii enter upon their
college course in the Fall. They deserve
the congratulations of all the friends Of
education, with the hope that as pion-
GERS, they will prepare the way for
growing numbers OF young ladies to
follow them iuto the classic halls. 1t is
with the greatest interest that we watch
the progress Of coeducation in colleges.
1t is system which we are confident
must yet recommend itsclfto the leaders
Of advanced education throughout the
country 1t seems to be the only re-
source for building up II strong female
character, such as the aye demands
We hope to see onr young ladies awak
cuing to the demands for broader and
hcttcr colture, and taNng advantage Of
the opportunities now offered by some
of our best institutions. Troy Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19
Windsor County
NJ L r U A L
Fire lnsurace Co.,
WOODSTOCK, VERMONT.
incorporated Oct. Both, 1898.
First Policy Issued April, 6, 1910.

The assessment for the year ending
March 81, 1872, is TWO AND THREE
FoURTns per cent, which is the average
rate for the past thiruy-two years.
1t asks your patronage because.
|, 1t is no experiment, but has
been in successful operation more than
Thirty years:
2. 1t is a HONE COMPANY; managed
by Vermont men, aud insuring only in
this State:
3, Insurance i'll it is cheaper than it
can be in any Stock Co., because it is
mutual and there are no dividends to be
paid to stockholders:
4. 1t takes but three per ccut, on the
premium. nole in advance, and assesses
at the end Of each year what is necessary
to meet the losses already made thus
leaving your money, so far as possible,
IN your own hands, where it cannot be
lost through any mistake or dishonesty
of Directors:
.. The Company has clear surplus
over all liabilities, and the very low av-
erage of assessments proves that it has
been honestly and prudenlly managed.
May, 1872.
PhilO Hatch, Pres
&c. =. SOuthgatc, Sec.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19
A Hot Calling.

Persons who complain of the heat
would do well to contrast their lot with
that of men employed in ioundrics and
rolling mills. The labor of most of the
rolIing-mill men, who work by the ton,
commences in the morning. Viewed in
the light Of other peoples hours, how
ever, it commences in the night At
four O'Clock they must be up and doing,
for at five, one half Of the world being
vet in bcd sharp whistles will be calling
the rollers to their tongS and hooks, and
the iron must be hot before that. Dur
ing the carly part Of the day, the heat
though intense is patiently borne with
the body c,othcd; but between twelve
and rec o'clock, when rolls, furnaces
and the iron are all Kissing hot, the en-
durancc of the men is taxed to the ut
most, BY the time the irst-named hour
is struck, all metal substances have be-
come too hot for the unaccustomed to
handle, and the air about the furnaces
and rolls is sitting Ninety-iye degrees
in a shady office is atcrriblc inAiction
for many, but here the thermometer
marks from I25 to 1856 degrees of heat.
Shirts dripping with pcrspiration are
discarded, and muscular development
may be studied good advantage Pants
are wet and stcaming holly, and even
shoes must occasionally be emptied Of
the sweat that runs into them Coun-
tcnances begin to wear distressed APP
pcannccs, as if the physical strain was
telling severely upon the toughest, One
look at the dozen stout men that will
be Frustrated, in the last round or two,
will convince any one that the largest
wages they may receive are well earned
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19
NORTHERN RAILROAD.

1871. SUMMER ARRANGEMENT 1871
0n and after June g. 1871, Possen
" ger Train will run rs follows
UPWARD TRAINS.
Day Express Train leaves Concord at l0.3i
A. M and Accommodation Train at l0.iC
A.M.*for White River junction, connecting
with train for Well River, st. Johnsbury
Barton, Newport, WiIoughby and Mago4
Lakes, Stanstcad Quebec, BATH, Littlcton
Lancaster, and theWhite and Franconia
Mountains. Also, withtrains for Mont.
pelier, Mansfield Mountain, Burlington, st.
Albals, Rouse's Point, Montreal, Ogdcns
burgh, and the West.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN leaves Concord ut
3.T +. NJ for White River Junction 4 Bristol.
EVENING EMPRESS TRAIN leaves Concord
at $40 =. NJ. for White River Junction, con-
Meeting with trains for Montpelier, Burling-
ton, st. Adams, Rouse's Point, Montreal,
Ogdcnsburgh, ana the West.
*Or on arrival oil trains from Boston, Wor-
cestcr, Portsmouth, Portland, &c.
DOWNWARD TRAINS
INFORMING EMPRESS TRAGNIcayes White
River Junction for Concord ut l.j0 a. NJ, or on
arrival of trains from Ogdcrsburgh and Mon
treal. This train is run to Boston ON Sunday.
ACCOMMODATIONS TRAIN leaves White X.
Junction for Concord at Gas A. NJ.
tBMsTOI TRAIN leaves Bristol Tor Concord
at 7.5O A. NJ. and Franklin 1T 0.0j A. NJ.
+MAIL TRAIN leaves White River junction
for Concord at 1920 ?. NJ, or on arrival OF
trains over the Vermont Central, Passumpsic,
and White Mountains Railroads.
DAY EMPRESS TRAIN leaves white River
junction at $40 p. NJ, or on arrltal OF trains
from Montreal and Ogdensburgh, BrUttlc
boro, Keent, Bellows Falls, Windsor, &c,
connecting at Concord with train for Man
chester, Nashua, Lowell aad Boston.
+ThcsC trains connect at Concord with
trains tor Manchester, Lawrence, Ports
mouth, Portland, Nashua, Worcester, New
York, Low ell, ard Boston.
GEO. Z. TODD, Supt.
Concord, n. H., June Goth, 1871.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1872-09-19

RETICENT PEOPLE. Valuable in so.
ciety, at home the rcticent are so many
forms Of living death. Eyes have they
and see not, ears and hear not and the
faculty of speech seems to have been
given to them in vain They go out and
come home, and they tell you nothing
of what they have seen. They have heard
all sorts of news, and seen no end OF
pleasant things, but they come down to
breakfast next morning as mute as fishes,
and if you want it, must dig'out your in
formation bit by bit, by sequential cate
gorical questioning. Not tina, they are
surly or i'll natured; they are only reti
cent. They are disastrous enough to
those who are associated with them, make
the worst partners in the world in bust
ness or marriage; for you never know
what is going on or where you are and
you must be content to walk blindfolded
if you walk with them. Saturday
Re7d7O.