Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-01-30
OUR DOVER LETTER.

Dover, JAN. 2S, 1873,
Yesterday afternoon, the first sessions of the
Senate and House for this week. were held and
the time In the Senate was occupied by ordl-
nary business Of no special public Importance.
while In the House, the matter Of most impor-
tance seems TO have been on the question OF n
certain divorce bill. This bill, like others, had
lengthy petition, accompanied by numerous
smiavits prsierrin5 aud corroooratin5 charges
OF a nature, iftrue, would be sufficient almost,
10 induce the approval by a sentence of the
Judge Lynch variety. In saying IF true,' we
do not mean TO deny the statements made, yet
they are OF so serious a character as to make
one hesitate as to the possibility of man be-
ing so inhuman, so bru,al-so purely devllIsh.
Aside from tho more moderate charges OF faith
lsssness, ordinary abuse, abandonment, and by
constant intemperance, imp0verishing wifa
and family Of children, keeping company with
lewd women, g., In this case, 1t Is charged,
that after e1haustlng all the vitality Of the wo.
man, whom be called wife, to satisfy his infer
nal inhunan luSt even more brutal method
was attempted, too slcKening In Its nature to
give for publication. The namo of the above
sooundrel, Is Nelson Pebbles, residing some
time ago in Wilmington. He halls, It Is said,
from an Eastern State, and new 1t appears that
he has taken up his abode Ia some part of the
West, (hy rights In some penitentlary) where
he will most probably be first to consummate
the ruin Of some other innocent woman.
The divorce petitions and accompanying
papers, as general thing, vary but little In the
general character Of the charges preferred, be-
Ing mostly for abandonment, drunkenness
abusiveness and embedding and insinuation Of
adultry. The assertion Is applicable TO petit
tons Of both sexes
There is something of lnll in The whirl-
wind of excitement on the question of incrcas-
ed representation for New Castle county, Just
now, 70 be renewed at the next movement Of
the bill from its present abiding place. In lieu
Of this subject, the House bill TO repeal the at
tachment law furnishes much material for con-
sideration and debate. ITO leave well enough
alone" doesn't seem to be applicable to this
case by all parties concerned.
There has been much said on this subject by
rs friends and foes, and for all that no satsfasr
tory conclusion has been arrived at, nor will
there DO until the measure becomes law, and
has q fair trial. Then, IT, after having been
weighed In the balance and found wanting, the
Legislature can. at It's next session, re-enact q
similar law. A similar case occurred some
years ago, and many Of the parties urging re-
peal OF the law, appealed for resumption Of
the old law. The bill In question, however,
has passed the House and Is now resting In the
hands Of the proper Senate Committee, from
which It will not, most probably, emerge before
next week. This, In fact, was the impression
Of the Seuate, as given In that body, yesterday.
1t 10 now the evident opinion Of knowing ones
llhttet uds AChuy Iuot III tAtSy anu
will only need funeral notice to be announced
Shen called up.
Three divorce bills have passed the Senate 10.
day, divorcing Catharine Killen from her hiis-
band, John II. Sauerlander from his wife, and
Annie NJ. Hall from her husband. On tho final
passage Of the bill to divorce John Sanerandei
the vote was as follows:
Yeas-Watson, Riddle, Vandegrift, Shakes,
peare, Stokely and Mr.. Speaker.
Nays-Ellis, Mustard and Records.
The Incorporating of various associations
seems 70 be the prevailing business, and, with
the including Of trivial amendments, all such
bills meet with no opposition.
Outside Of the General Assembly local af'
fairs In Dover are scarce, and entertainment OF
senaation Of some kind Is sadly needed to break
up the INTENSE mon0tony OF the town. PolIti.
cally, Also the tide is on the ebb, and about tn.
only matter now claiming anybody's special at
tantion Is the appointment Of State Auditor
which will probably be done next week. Ihl
aspirants for the position as yet are not yer,
numerous. The applicants named are Mr.. FL
ugood, tie present incumbent, Martin Harrlng
ton, n. Wolcott, George Hawkins and Rober
An effort Is now being made to secure til
services OF Rev. J. B. Merritt Of the N. Z
church for another year.
The Rev Mr.. M, having already serve
faithfully for two years, has preference for
charge. His people claim that he Is one of Il
abest ministers on the Peninsula, and we ca
say that he makes most efiicien. chaplain.
KENT