Middletown transcript., 1872-04-20
sAsUaDAs soas'so, ArnlL sssA. ,s,s,
4 Nswsek corresposdcnt Of tie Will
usInyssa k1uily Gazette. under date Of A.
pril .1oRh, thus writes:

usInytsa LAsiiy Gazette. under date of A.
pril losh. thus vsises;
Mr.. =. W'illismssn. late Trustee Of The
Poor esd clerk, aunouaces . meeting ol
1hs' 'Ne1td, April 30sh. le73. = vhisa
dss an Attorney, Treasurer asd Oversees
ars 70 BE- elected. llumor has Il, that the
Democratic sncmbsrs held caucus 1t the
lssl meeting and ncmiustcd Joseph NJ.
barr, late Of Middle,owu. for At,or.
nsy Edward Reynolds. now cf Mid.
dlttown. for Trustee. aud llalph Nc
Call. Of Wilmington. Ovcrsccr. Wha, q
pity no party a. Middlstown applied for
tho Ovcrsccr's place. In New Castle
county the following Offices are filed BY
residents Of Middletown and vicinity. viz
James Nicholson, Recorder Of Dccds. Jno
A. Reynolds. Trustee Of the Poor, Benz.
Gibbs, Rcgistcr Of Villa. Gassaway Wat.
kins, County Treasurer, Serick II. Shall
cross, Levy Court Commissioner, VIM. N.
Wilson. do. q. B. Lore. formerly Of the
same ncighborhood, States Attorney, and
Major D. T. Biggs. Representative to
Congress. And now II Is proposed 10 ap-
point two others to profitable Offices.
The Hiimiwyiom eommercid the ncx,
day published the article. and tried to
make political capital out Of |, by cndeav.
oring to show that this section was trying
to rule the county and monopolise the Of
fees.
Newark and vicinity has several queer
Democrats. and upon pcrusing the article
we presumed !, was from the pen Of one
Of them, and would still have thought so,
had not the Gazette few days after as
surcd its readers that the author was n
sound Democrat aud friend Of the par
ties mentioned. Let the writer be who be
may, the article is full Of misstatemcn,s
aud scarcely any Of it is correct. which
thc editor Of the Cusetfc kuew. or should
have known. and ought to have either cor.
rectcd il or excluded il from his columns.
The author was totally ignorant Of the
facts OF the case. for which there is no ex-
cuse, as he could have sssily informed
himself upon the subject.
Let us examine the article: In the first
place. Edward Reynolds was no, poni-
mated for Trustee Of the Poor, nor did he
desire that position. JOS NJ. Barr is no,
4 resident Of Middlctown, and has no,
been Tor sbout seven years. James Mich
olson. when appointed TO Office. was no,
only moi a resident Of Middlstown, but
ef this Hundred. lie was a resident Of
Pencader Hundred. Benjamin Gibbs is
not resident Of Middlctown, but Of Ap-
poquiuimink Hundred. Surely his posi-.
,ion should not be grudgcd him. as he is
an efficient officer and comes from Hun
dred that gives the largcs. Democratic ma
jcriiy Of any Hundred IN the State be-
sides, il ia the first State appointment, frOm
that Hundred. Gassaway Watkins re-
sides at McDonough. siz miles from Mid
dlctown. VIM. N. Wilson is not resi-
deut Of Middlciown. but is a Levy Cour,
Commissioner from Appoquinimink. and
by law Is required to live in that Hun
drcd. q. Is. Lore never was a iesidcu.
Of Middletown. but some fifteen or more
years ago resided in Odessa. and surely
By this ti,uc, has lost his residence there
Major Biggs is resident Of Pcncadcr Hun.
drcd.
Of all the gentlemen mentioned, bu,
two (John A. and Edward Reynolds) re.
eide in Middlctown. aud the author Of the
article. BY his own reasoning. i. e. that a
man never loses bis residence. nigh. have
claiiDcd them for Newark, as they boil,
formerly lived 10 that town. But ono ol
these gentleman hold an Office, which Is
tho lucrative position Of Trustee Of the
Poor. paying the enormous sum Of twenty
or twenty Ave dollars. Besides Mr.. Wat
hins. this Hundred has snly such officers
as are required by law to live in Il.
In regard to Middlctowa. itself. il has
he'd but few Offices. There never was a
shssiG from this town, and but ono from
ihis Hundred. ws believe. and she has
nsves had citizen elected to the Legisla-
Aure.
Il viii readily b. seen how utterly iu-
sosssst Z the Gaseste's correspondents ar
49,, while on sbs other hand ws could
s6nett, snd prove. that the authors Hun
6fea. whits Clsy Greek. hss had quitc
w. shsss u eosasy oaloss. and has still
saay elsissss uhs ere willing to sacrifice
5ssol ielseetss ssd 10 asssps the oalsss
4(os seeaiy b order v sssss their lsl-
EF1jll1sns.