Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-07-07
The Temperance .JubiIee at M. Cuba, on lllr


Fourth, was grand success both ;actmiarily
and Otherwise. There were several trains Of
carsr,in to the ground duiing the day, every
one Of which was well filled, one OF two, in fact
was so full that passengers were Obliged to
stand In the passage way and ON the latform-
The ceremonies OF the day were opened by
appointing James Hayes, Chairman. Isaac l..
Crouch offered up prayer, after which the Dec
laration OF independence was read In clear
aud distinct voice by Mr.. John Guthrie, which
was listened to by the vast asselnbhre with
marked attention. The Rev. Fielder Israel
then addressed the audience, and made most
excellent temperance speech, the best, in fact,
we have listened 10 for some time. lie urged
upon the different temperance organizations the
necessity Of seeing that the new license Law,
witch goes into effect in September, was not vio-
lated, and to learn who the men were who rec
omlnended Ger ain persons rs suitable to deal
out death and damnation Many professed
christians had done this before. Many men
aging claim to being moral upright others
had signed these petitions. who were afterwards
ashamed of IL. There is a grand rally among
t.e temperance men, and the Rev. gentlemen
thought that the men, who had such a strong
desire to poison, disease, rob, impoverlsh and
destroy their nei3hbors, would probably expe.
rience some difficulty IN obtaining authority to
, do all these things. He thought that if lem.
perance organizations were only walchfnl,
much crime and misery would h. prevented by
cutting oil the source. II we hau the space we
would like to give Mr.. lsrael's address in full.
II was expected that the Rev. lennell Coombe
would have been present, rs lie had promised
the committee to be there, but something oc-
Cured oi Which tue committee were not cogni-
zint, and prevented him from fulfilling his en-
gasemcnt. For this no blame whatever should
attach to the committee. After the Rev. Mr..
Israel had concluded his address n most glorious
afr fah l..
cooled the atmosphere and rendered the after
ceremonies more agreeable, the principal feat
IRE of which was dancing; and the people enjoy
ed themselves in this particular to their hearts
content, notwithstan the attempt to bring
the practice (dancins) into disrepute, and CON
denim it as immoral. We are Informed by one
OF the committee that no restriction, whatever
were placed on, nor was any contemplated of
being placed on, those who went to theljubllee,
| bnt they were at libety to enjoy themselves
rs they saw proper. Thoss who wish to listen
to the reading Ofthe Declaration and the speak
| my lil 80, whilst other strolled through the
woods, and gathered wild wood flowers, or
clltted, or read, or watched with delight the
| gimbos of the many children who were pres
/ enl. Those who preferred dancing, were al
| lowed an opportunity to enjoy themselves To
their hearts content, astle music furnished for
the occasion could not he surpassed. Every
, one we heard express an opinion say they were
| truly delighted and satisfied with the proceed
ings in every particular, and the committee de-
serve, and will no doubt receive, the commrn-
dations of those who favored the jubilee with
| their presence. Those who were absent, and
should have been there, were excused by tie
| committee, for fear their sense of Morality
| would be- shocked to such an extent ii to pro-
duce serious evil ifthey happened to see any
one dancing, or witLess 1.-THE man OF sin draw
the ha Of the horse across the entrail of the
| cat
Let them wrap up in their anctiinoniousn css
they hare right to do 50. The refre sh-
ment stand was well supplied with cveryth ing
that sgenerally needed on pic-nic-ce cream,
| cakes, lemonade, peanuts, sandwiches, &c.,
&c, but nothing that would intoXcate. The
stand was well patronized, ice cream and cool
lemonade being in the greatest demand, which
were dealt out by six attendants all day as fast
they could move. Yours In hast e. G. j.
The Brdndyrine Water.--At a meeting of
the Board of Health last Wednesday evening,
the committee raisel in regard to the impurities
OF the Brandywine water, made quite lengthy
and highly interesting report. The Committee
| consisting Of Drs. Snortledge, and Draper and
Henry Ezekiel, Esq, accompanied by Superin-
tendeni Gallagher, visited the mills Of James
Riddle, Sons & Co., Of Joseph Bancroft " Sons
| the Augustine paper mills, the Henry Clay
Factory; Walkers Cotton MILL the paper III iii
of Jessup's d Moore at Rockland and other
points. AT most of the mills ut certain times
the waste from drugs and chemicals is discharg-
| ed into the creek at stated periods. The mys-
terry IN regard to the dead fish floating in inc
water few weeks ago, was explained by tic
Saig"lepf llpp aie 05uhe oeR Of "" emraG" taiik
used Ill the preparation Of sulphuric acid, and n
| large quantity OF this article escaping into the
water produced death among the fnny tribe
| Ihls Is the first accident of the kind that has
ever occurred. and Mr.. Mosely, the superinlpm
DENT stated that due diligence will he used To
| prevent similar occurrence The Committee
| sum up rs follows:
While ii is claimed that the refuse water OF
sediment OF chemicals, after their strength aud
| virtue have all beel extracted, are thrown into
| the Brahdywine, but are incapable of mparting
the smallest degree of faint, smell Oh taste to
the water, and Willie ii is claimed that chemical
tests have been applied but failed to find any,
| thing injurious to the consumer of the water.
the Committee say that this does not appear so
clear TO the public mind, nor yet can it readily
| understand how the body of water which leaves
the mills on the Brandywine, freiglted with re-
fuse chemical matter to the degree which that
stream is constantly receiving can, even by rap
| idly running the short distance il has to travel
| becomes pure before IL reaches our water works
| and is pumped into the basins for immediate
| use.' Tlh the committee deem practical
question They feel themselves unable to ex.
| press any definite opinion as to whether the re-
fuse chemicals are of nature calculated to i'm
| pair the general health OF those who drink the
wafer after their mngling with 1t, hut they are
| OF tile opinion that there are entirely too many
| foreign substances thrown into the Brandywinr
TO make the thought of the effects pleasant
one to those who drink the water, particularly
since they know nothing of what the result may
be upon their system.
In conclusion the committee submitted the
following resolutions, which We're adopted serad
tni, the report having first been accepted.
Resotced. That in the judgment ofthis Board
1t is essential 20 the purity of the Brandywine
water AMI the general health of the citizens Of
wilmington that, hereafter no chemical or
other offensive refuse matter be thrown into
that stream.
Resolred, That it is utterly practicable to have
all such refuse matter securely deposited in
reservoirs, erected away from the stream, when
4 &C II can be removed in carts, wagons, OF other
conveyances, as convenience OF necessity NAV
suggest, without, being brought into contact
with the water.
| Resolred, That the manufactures on the
| brandywlne, or on any stream connecting there
with, are hereby earnestly requested to give this
| subject their earliest consideration to the end
that the requirements Of these resolutions be
| complied with without unnecessary delay.
Resolred, That in the event of any accident
occurring at any of the mills or factories on the
Bfandywihc, whereby any impure offensive or
| deletciious liquid or substance may have escap-
ed into the stream, the owner, agent, or person
| i'll charge Of such establishment at the time of
such accident occurring, shall, with all possible
| dispatch, lodge immediate information Of such
accident at the office of the Water Department
in this city in order that the pumps may be stop
| ped ami the impure water have opportunity TO
pass of without being pumped into the basins.
KeSoIred, That privles, pig-pens, and slaugh-
Ter houses the contents Of which are discharged
into the BRANDY wine river arp continual etnnd