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Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

az The Paragon Shirt is popular all over the Uni
ted States, and manufactured only at Doughten's.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
FIMANoIAL AND COMMERCIAL.
nrr1nr flE rnr nAIIY NoMMRpniAf.

WIIII1bVUHl IoI'i mug o KVI1'
At the regular monthly meeting Of the Hope
Loan Association, held last evening, $1,000 sold
for 39I6 and 1000 for 80 per cent.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

NOVELTIES IN HAIR ORNAMENTS, Fans. Jet
~ smell, Vulcanite and Wooden goods, Bohe man
farlan, Bronze and and fine plated Jewelry
fancy leather and Gilt mounted ornaments
brushes, Combs, Mirrors, PerfHmery with q fuli
and at the lowest possible prices. 1''''''
Ii. DIXON, 81 y. Eighth street,
between Market and Chestnut,
my1s-M-W&S-sm Phtladelnh,.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

SoLDIREs RE-UNIoN.-A grand demonstration
and celebration of the Fifteenth Amendment
and Reunion of all the soldiers of color, will be
Will form on Bird street, in West Wilmington at
"a oclock, and preceded by the Mt Vernon
Cornet Band will march to the depot, taking the
cars there for their destination at 8 o'clock. All
persons without regard to race, color or pre-
present. Prof. VIM Howard Dav il the orator
OF the day. Round trip tickets, 90 cents.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
Summer 8esorts.
OCEAN HOUSE,
CAPE MAY.

Ihis motel, me favorite family house, with many
improvements is now in readiness to receive guests
For Rooms, ETC., apply to
II. W. SAWYER,
yZa-lm Proprietor
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
Nutltrs.


lICE-An adjourned meeting of the Soldiers
~ and Sailors Campaign CLUE Will be held at the
Cr'nd Army Room nn SATURDAY. evtDing,at Ocl ok.
All hOnnTablv discharged Soldiers and Sailors Of the
late war, favorable to forming Grant and Wilson
Campaign Club are Invited to he pr. sent and Join
the Associati IN, Saturday evening.August 10th. BY
s. a. MAC Ulster, chs4man, pro ten.
JoHN s. APPLETON, Secy. aug33t
NoTICE.-TO THE REPUBLICAN VOTERS OF
~ WILMINGTON i respectfully inform You
that shal be a candidate for nomination for the
oce OF mayor, prUuisi ~ TO use my best endeayOrs
aaeG.ti FHANcIs VINCENT
NJ Office Abel j. B rrett and Geor. e E. Barrett,
IN trading as A. j. Barrett Sons, shpbuilders,
OF the city OF Wilmington. D laware, have this day
made an assignment To the undersigned o all OF
their estate for the benefit Of their creditors with
Uut preference. Persons indebted 70 the said fm
VIII make payment and those to whom they are in
WILLIAM G. GIBBONS,
GEORGE S. CAPBLLG
WILMINGTON, DEL, August Sd, 1872, augS-at
NJ OTlCE-Al persons are forbid trusting any one
~ on my account as | Will pay no bills OF their
aug2 O. JOHN G. RUMFoRo
Dv'phND,
OFFICE OF THE WILMlNGr IN COAL GAS CO.,
NO 800 ShIrlkN SThEET, Aug. lst 1914. I
The Directors of the Wilmington Coal Gas Com
pauy have, this day, declared a dividend Of Thr-e
Dollars per share, or the past six months, payable
augl lot ~. j. LAWSON, Treasurer
NOlICE-The Tan Bills for the Second Distsct
IN are made out and ready for payment ut the
CIV Han between the hours OF 5, and IL, A. Nj.
Bhd 2, ald u Il. NJ. A. CHANDLER,
Rl Ceiver of Taxes,
JeI2'f for Second District
YENAKE NOTICE.-Persons seng or disposinQ OF
u property must notify the Assessors, or they
VIII he held responsible for the tax. ALEXANDER
CHANDLE Go Washington street, North DistIict
NM. STILL Y, 2ll Poplar street, South District
Assessors sixth street IS the dividing line between
the two districts ianQ6-t
| NOTIcE-
TIiR WILMINGTON & READING IL. n.
COMPANY
Have completed arrangements to carry MONEY
PACKAGES, and EXPRESS MATTER to and
from all points ON the line OF their road and West
tht ster Express matter sent to Franklin Telegraph
Onte No. 2, West Third street, or their depot Front
anu Madison, ur orders ef with McMuen a Seal
delivering agents VIII receive prompt attention
aprb-tt g. STULZ, Gen'l Supt.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

rESummer shirts of all sizes, from 9S cents up,
IL nnlIr ..a.an
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

Fancy Stripe, Balbriggan, and English half
Hose, at DOuQhtenB.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
Peach shipments.
MEpNEsDAY.

To Jersey Observation-Disclosures. 40 cars
10 Philadelphia ...,,.. ...,...............G "
Total, ...,.............. ls "
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

Ex-E7egant Styles of Neck Wear always on hand
at Doughtsn's.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
stocks, Goid, oGo.
wilmington Quotations. furnished by R. h Rob
tnson 90, Bankers, 4th and Market sta,
at i O'Clock p. NJ, to-day.
MERELY MENTIONED.

rv-Nouelties in Mems Furnishing Goods, at Dough-
fen's
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

STANTON LocA1s.-The Friends meeting house
IN Stanton, has been torn down, and arrange
ments are being made to put up a new structure
in its place. The old building we suppose has
stood over century, perhaps two of them, as
some OF the timbers had entirely rotted away,
The new building will be Of brick, and finished
people Of the present day.
James Alcorn ls erecting a new house on the
property recently purchased from MIR. smith
above stanton, and fitting it up for a home. Mr.
Alloorn is engaged in butchering ,and may be
day and Saturday.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

ENOh SALR-A beautiful residence on West "A
H street, No. 9l4. Lot 26% feet by iO5 feet H
Three story brick house with modern improvements
containing II rooms, range IN kiichen hot aud col
water large heater In ellar; front and side yards
The location can't be surpassed in the city. This
property Will he sold on accommodating terms, aud
pussession given at any time. Call Oh or address
sCArTEk1UOD ALLhN
JyA-u l06 w. Fro. t Btrt Ct
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

DIAL TELEaRAPH.- Walton, Whann 4 Co. have
one one OF these Dial Telegraphs in operation m
thelr Office. The wires connect the office with
the manufactory on the Christiana. The wires
connect the phosphate manufactory on the
OhTlstlana with the business office of the com
pany on Front street, and the general utiIitv and
convenience OF this new mode of telegrapbinp
has been fully proved, on the transmission Of
messages from one point to another. The Dial
telegraph is so arranged with an alphabet and
can operate it. We believe this ia the second
one in operation in this city, George W. Bush
being the first to test its usefulness. When tha
efficiency of these Dial Telegraphs become fully
known, they will nodoubt become in general use
amongst business men,
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08
WOOLLEY q VAN TRUap'S
Insurance Agency,
MOL. .Jo'Irn,ti R"itoIimg,
Adjoining Ciy HuIi
wILMI NGTnH, DEL.

Cash Assets Representing over
$S7, 100000.
We are the Acknowledgements for the following trst
class Companies:
Royal Ins. Co., of Liverpool, EngInnd.
Insurance Go. of North Americn, Phiind eIphia
Franklin Fire Insurance Co.,
Hstna - Unrtiard
Phnnix Z" u
International Fire Insurance Co.. New York
niagara -
GermanIa 4" &"
Springfield II & NJ. spripvaelk
Mass.
Farmers Mutual Fire " York, Pn
AIutuRl Life New Y,rk
Delaware Mutual Life 9 " vii, Del.
Travellers Insurance CO., Accident, Hartford
hnilwny Passenger Assurance Co.,
Mutual Live stock Insurance Co., Chester Co.
PA.
POLICIES ISSUED and LOSSES under the same
ADJUSTED and paid at this Office
MES.
ADVICE FREELY GIVEN WITHOUT CHARGE
ORDERS BY MAIL PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO
JAMES WOOLLEY.
oct2O-i F. A. VAN TRUMP.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1872-08-08

MOTlCB-All persons forbid trusting any one
IN on my account as will pay no bills Of their
contracting from this date.
aug2 g. JOHN G. RUMFORD.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
An Old Superstition.

The San Francisco Examiner gives
an account Of the drowning,of an ital-
liam named Stetfano Landucci, while
bathing in Lake Mcrced. His body
was grappled for by his friends, but
they were unable to find it. An old
superstition was suggested to them
and they decided to try it's efficiency.
It was said that loaf of fresh bread
into which quicksilver had been in
serted would drift about on the sur
face Of the water and finally sink at
the spot where the body was beneath.
They procured a large fresh loaf and
placed it in four ounces of quicksilver.
The loaf was thrown on the waters of
Lake Merced. The bread Immediately
moved against the wind which was
blowing strong, and kept Oh until it
reached certain point. The loaf then
suddenly stopped and sunk and came
to the surface again, and with it the
dead body. The men who narrate this
remarkable story are Vincino Morini
and Francisco de Luca. They are
well-known to our Italian population.
Their story is substantiated by others.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
Grim HunOr.

"A curious work on The humorous
element in German law, )" by 0. Gieske,
has just been published at Berlin. The
author describes the punishments
which were inflicted in various parts
Of Germany, in some cases up to a
very recent period, with the object Of
humiliating the culprit and exposing
him to public ridicule. A common
punishment was that Of going in pro-
cession through the streets of a town
or village in dress covered with I'M
ages of swords, whips, rods and other
instruments Of corporal chastisement.
In Hesse, women who had beaten their
husbands were made to ride back wards
on donkey, holding it's tail, on which
occasions the animal was led through
the streets by the husband. This GUS
tom existed in Darmstadt up to the
middle of the seventeenth century, and
was so common that donkey was kept
always ready for the purpose in the
capital and the neighboring villages.
If the woman struck her husband in
such manner that he could not ward
off the blow, the donkey was led by
The man who had charge of him; if
not, then by the husband himself. At
St. Goar miller was allowed a GER
tain quantity of wood from the forest
belonging to the town, in return for
which he was bound to supply don
key for the municipality whenever re-
quired for the chastiscment of a scold-
ing wife. Another very old custom was
that of Furnishing hen-pecl,cd hus-
band by remoting the roof Of his house,
OH the ground that ''a man who allows
his wife to rule at home does notsde-
serve protection against wind and
weather" If two wcnlcn fought in
public they were each put III IL sort of
closed sentry box, which only left their
heads exposed, and then posted oppo-
site to each other in the market place,
where they remained for an hour face
to face, but unable to Use thaI. hands
or feet. A common punishment for
scOlding women was the "shaneful
stone," which was hung round their
necks. This stone was usually in the
shape of bottle At Hamburg libelers
and slanderers were compelled to
stand OH block and strike themselves
three times on the mouths as sign of
repentance. This custom still existed
thirty or forty years ago. In some
towns the shameful stone" was IN the
shape Of a loaf; whence the German
sa.'ing, ga heavy bit of Bread" (ein
schwerer bisscn brod). AT Lubbock it
was i'll the shape of an oval dish, and
in other places in that Of woman
putting out her tongue. Such stones
were usually very heavy; according
to the law OF Dortmund and IIalber-
stadt (1348) they were to weigh a hun
dred- weight. Those who were wealthy
could purchase exemption FROM this
punishment with a bagful Of hops
tied with red ribon.-PaH MoW Gn--
cite.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
DoNAIDsoNvIILE, LA, SATURDAY OCTOBER S 1872

out of him. became aware of another
fact, and that was that my best pants
were giving way.
About five miles we struck a water
melon \ patch and went straight
through. I could hear the melons
bursting under me like bombs; and
when we emerged from the further
side specimens of this fruit were
strung on the mules legs like beads.
A mile beyond this saw our excel
lent minister Of the gospel vending
his solemn way across the prairies
with wagon full Of infant Jacobs,
and saw also that unless he whipped
his horse Old Hundred to a most ex-
traordinary run, we would be into hinf
instanter. / pulled hard OH the near
rein with one hand, while / steadied
myself with the chain with the other,
but with no more effect than if had
taken u pull upon Pixies Peak. We
struck the parsons family about
amidships and went through. Inever
saw infant Christianity so scattered as
on that occasion.
I left the parson gathering up his
family, and continued until struck
the doctors fence, and went flying into
his front door with the blll-dog close
at my tattered rear. / knocked over
the cradle and upset the supper-tab1e.
The doctor came to my rescue with q
kick in the ribs Of his dog that sent
him with howl and a mouthfnl of
pantqloons into the yard. l then told
the doctor with one breath-all | had
left-that Araminta's little devil of a
brother was dying of too much water
melon.patch and wanted doctor with
squills.
We returned i'll about the same
style. The doctor having q younger
horse than my rival had been favored
with kept the lead, his pill-bags flap
ping in the air, while his coat t-tails
made Il straight line behind.
If his horse tagged any the mule
started him up again with a vigorous
bite on the rump that seemed to infuse
new vigcr into that medicated animal.
We passed my rival sitting on the
roadside nursing his off leg as if it hurt
him. He never came back, acknowl-
edging his defeat in the most gentle
manly manner.
The doctor soon put Araminta's lit
tie brother i'll % perpendicular posi-
ton, and that night at the bedside of
the little sufferer, keeping we'll to the
front. l proposed, was accepted, and
the happy day was fixed. / rode into
Araminta's affections on mule.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

umph of justice and magnanimity in
the end-the matter Of vital import
ance to-day is that the war shall end
by the recognition of the Southern
people as citizens and brethren. The
powerful organization Of the creatures
of the Administration is making des-
perate struggle to retain the control
of affairs, but the interests of the pub
lie are more important than the inter
ests OF the Office holders, and the
country cannot always remain the
private estate Of placemen. The en-
thnsiasm which greets and follows our
Candidates eloquent exposition of
these principles is the best evidence OF
the hold they have taken upon the
popular heart.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

A Dublin chambermaid is said to
have got twelve commercial travellers
into eleven bedrooms and yet to have
given each a separate room.
"Now," said she, "if two OF you,
gentlemen, will 20 into No. l bed
room, and wait there few minutes,
Ill find II spare room for one OF you
us soon rs I've shown the others to
their rooms
Well, now, having thus bestowed
two gentlemen in No. |, she put the
third in No. 2, the fourth in No. 3, the
fifth in No. 4, the sixth in No. ), the
seventh in No. 6, the eighth in No. :,
the ninth in No. 8, the tenth in No. 8,
and the eleventh in No. ~. She then
came back to No where, you will re-
member, she had left the twelfth gen
tleman along with the first, and said.
1--WE now accommodated all the rest
and have still room to spare; so, it
one of you will please step into No. II ),
YOU will fnd it empty. Thus the
twelfth man got his bedroom. OF
coarse there is hole in q saucepan
somewhere: but | leave the reader to
determine exactly where the fallacy
is, with just a warning to think twice
before deciding as to which. if any OF
the travellers was the ''odl man out, :"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

1t was after a long day in India that
Sir Harry Smith drew up to allow his
command to march past him into their
quarters. The infantry were the first
to arrive, and to them Sir Harry said {:
Aha! the infantry! yes, you are the
infantry; yes, the foot soldier is a
lucky fellow. The infantry boy for
me; none OF your nasty horses to clean.
Get into camp, lie down, eat; there
yon are. Yes the infantry man is a
lucky fellow" And so they passed.
Not long after the cavalry came up,
whereupon Sir Harry addresses them,
too, in turn: "Ah! the cavalry! yes,
the cavalry. Aha! you are the boys;
you are the lucky fellows; none of
your foot-sore, tired, dusty infantry
men, but q smart chap with Il horse, IL
real gentleman; yes, You are the fell
lows for me: fresh as larlSs; that's it: /:
go along. The eayalryman is il lucky
fellow"
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

The old. elm tree under which
Washington took command OF the
armies of the United States, is still
standing ut Cambridge, Massachusetts,
with an iron railing around it's ancient
trunk, and a granite monument be-
meath it's branches. but is beginning to
show the effects Of old age. Last week
one of its largest branches, measuring
upward of thirty feet in length and a
fnot>in diameter, fell to the ground.
The venerable tree will soon disappear
with other relics Of the Revolutionary
s,tsriof1 kssF sssss s's'
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
CuriOsities in Fact and Logic.
From the n. O. Republican.


Mr. Greeley. since the establishment of
the Tribune, has been the steady political
enemy of the South, and an unwaverng ad-
vocate of centralis,n in the government Of
the United States; yet all parties friends
an,l foes-agree in aseribing to him the char
aeteristics of integrity
The foregoing paragraph is pre-
served in our columns rs curiosity.
In the first place, it is carefully inac-
cnrate, and in the second place, it is
decidedly inconsistent. Mr.-Greeley
never was the enemy of the South, as
he declared a thousand times, but he
was the enemy Of slavery, which was
an admitted enemy of the South. 1t
is perfectly competent in the Picaynne
to be the opponent Of mans vices
without being Ills enemy. And since
Madison, Jefferson, Washington, Clay
and Benton, all beloved of the South,
declared themselves to be the enemies
of slavery, why are they not counted
as our enemies also. Because Mr..
Greeley asserted his opposition often
er and in stronger terms, that should
not be urged to his liscredit, since, if
his position was right, and our great
forefathkrs indorsed it, it was his duty
to denounce what he considered to be
an evil and an enemy to the South in
the roundest terms and with the great
est persistency.
Then it is impossible to conceive
that Mr.. Greeley could be all enemy
to the South for years and still be an
honest man. 1t is not in the nature
of honesty to be an enemy of any part
of itself. The South was part of the
Union, and it would have been dis
honest and immoral in Mr.. Greeley to
be the enemy of any part Of the Amer
lean people. He never advocated cen
tralism in single sentence that he
ever wrote. He says he never did,
and his admitted honesty should be
sufficient on that head. What he adj
vocated was the right of the United
States to preserve itself and to do all
needful acts in pursuit of this end.
That is to say, Mr.. Greeley differed
with some Southerners and agreed
with others about the powers of the
government under the constitution.
He limited himself by the orgahic act.
What was plain he respected, what
was obscure he interpreted to suit
himself. But he never in all his life
sustained the idea that the American
people needed centralized govern
ment. The Picaytne, therefore, has
done Mr.. Greeley great injustice,
because it did not understand what it
attempted to explain concerning his
antecedents and his politics.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

The Atlanta Constitution publishes
the following manly and patriotic let
FER from Charles O'Conor: 1.-The ex-
treme frigidity Of the circrmambient
atmosphere had SO congealed tho pei
lucid non aqueous fluid that porvades
the pure straight-out cerulean that
circles round the enormous Duncan
aud the highly rarified Cllattield, it is
with the most eminent and superla-
tive reluctance have been compelled
to procrastinate my premeditated
aggression into the polatinate province
of the dark and bloody ground COM
monty called Kentucky, for the medi-
acknowledgement coadi iuvancy of
the distinguished sons of Esculapian
Democracy whereby the eppicant dill
iterid matter of the arthritic disease,
has SO pervaded the Uranium into
which it has floated, that am fear
fully apprchensive of an absolute ex-
tinguishment of our virile verifica-
lions. With .most extraordinary re-
spert, | remain, yours till death.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

A bclligcrent youngster, aged 83,
applied to the county clerk of Evans
vile, Ind, for "a marriage license. The
clerk demonstrated, saying that man
of his age should turn his thoughts to-
ward the other world, instead of mat
rimony. "Tm of age, amt y" asked
the old fellow. "Well rather" an
swered the clerk. OFF came the old
,pan's coat, and taking the' attitude
assumed by first class pugilists, he
said: "I kin Jest knock fits out Of any
man who doesn't approve Of this here
matrimonial venture Of mine. | want
the license. or there'll be somebody
licked guicker'n thunder" He got the
license.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
James Henry~Conyers, the colored

James Henry>Conyers, the colored
cadet appointed to the naval Academy
at Annapolis by Congressman Elliott,
black, Of the Third District of South
Carolina, has passed his examination,
and was sworn in on Tuesday as IL
cadet midshipman. The boy is ma
tive of South Carolina, aud was born
in 1855. The color Of his face is like
that Of roasted coffee, and he has close
curling hair. He was received by the Of
ficcrs very kindly, andit is to be hoped
he will not be subjected to any other
abuse by the "boys" than such as is
commonly administered to all new
e0mers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05
James Gordon BENNETT the lafc nfli

James Gordon Bennett, the late edi-
tor Of the New York Herald, left
largo bequest to his wife, but only up
Gil the condition that she remained his
widow. This condition will, tits said,
be set aside by the courts. It has been
iudicially decided over and over again
that all conditions in restraint to mar
riage are opposed to public policy, and
are simply null aud void. Mrs. Ben
nett is much yonnger. than her late
husband, and may marry again.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

equity eyed monster" is what ap-
pcared in the paper of Tennessee
editor, who wrote with respect, "pret-
ty aged minister:'' The sons of the
minister interviewed the editor
next morning with shot gun.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

An editor out West became martial,
and was made captain. On parade,
Instead of "two PAGES in front-ad-
vance," he unconsciously exclaimed,
casl,--two dollars u year in ad-
vance," He was court-maftialed and
sentenced to read his own papers.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

They say that Billy Forester has
been living very chaste life. He
has been chased all over the United
States.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1872-10-05

Communications may be addressed simply
"Cn1EF, Donaldsonville La" or to the ed1-
for and proprietor personally
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