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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02
The Eastern Shore.

A correspondent writes to the Baltimore Sun of
the Eastern Shore, and the value and excellence
of its lands, climate and products as follows:
1t is gratifying to learn that region 80 valua-
Lle, though long in a state of neglect and decay il
assuming new life, and rising into new Importance
There has prevailed IN this city a very low esti-
mate Of its Immediate and prospective value. Some
minds, however, have shown O clearer forecast
aud anticipated developments such as are now tax
ing place. and which will long attract the most
superficial observation. The entire peninsula, en-
bracing nine counties of Maryland, the State of
Delaware, and two counties of Virginia; is indeed
one Of the most beautiful sections Of our country,
and, vita its great natural advantages and those
which art and enterprise are giving, must COM
mand prosperity in the future. The great wants
have been denser population sud cheap and easy
communication with the markets Of our large
cities. These esseHtisl things are being supplied
Of this il would be easy 70 present very clear ev
dence. The extended line OF navigable water mar
gin, deeply indentlng its shores, has long been
known, and now its interior is being rapidly inter-
sected by local railroads. which by their functions
will furnish easy communication with the ocean
and cities. Ot these roads nine aie already in op-
eratlon and others OF great importance IN pro-
gress or soon will be. The Delaware railroad, the
hTst constructed, and which connects Wilmington
and CHsheld, has given strong impetus to i'm
provements along lis course, building up n num-
Der OF prosperous towns and greatly enhancing
the value OF all adjacent lands A new road char
tered, to be known as the Baltimore, Chesapeake
and Delaware, is to be promptly pushed forward,
and will give direct communication between Bal.
hmore and the Atlantic at LeWes, in Delaware
A New York company is said to be taking mea-
sures for connecting New Jersey line with our
Kent county road, completing its construction to
our bay, and opening another channel of direct
intercourse between New York and our city.
The legitimate effects of these enterprises on the
progress and prosperity Of the Eastern Shore will
before many years elapse, surprise and delight the
people Of Baltimore and our entire State Mer-
chants, manufacturers and politicians will find
the growing wealth and numbers of those hitherto
sparsely populated counties asserting claims to
attention as yet never accorded that part of ouI
State. OBSERVER.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02

The Wilmington and Reading Railroad Com
pany have ordered six new locomotives, which
will be built in Philadelphia Reading Eagle.
1t is much to be regretted that our Whining
ton machinsts have not ere TINS united on some
cooperative plan and engaged in the building Of
locomotives here. 1t seems very strange TO read
ali item like the above. Wilmington ought to
have been prepared to receive all orders for the
building of the locomotives for her own roads
Certainly this branch of industry must pay very
handsome profits, or those engaged in it would
not have become the millionares they are. 1t is
never too late to do good they say, and We hope
some effort will soon be made to start shops foI
this purpose in some part OF Wilmington. The
four railroads now entering our city and passing
through it would no doabt furnish great deal Of
work for establishment, to say nothing OF
the numerous roads on the Peninsula.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02
Professor Agassl1 on tho Negro.

While Darwin can "evove" the whole animal
kingdom, man included from a single low form Of
life AgaAsiz considers it necessary to assume sep
crate creations for the different races of men,
Agassiz calls the Darwinian theory "a mine Of as
sertion y what would Darwin say of the following
which the Scientific Press, of San Francisco quotes
from a recent lecture by Agassiz p
II have pointed out over a hundred specific diff
terences between the bonal and nervous systems
Of the white man and negro. Indeed, their frames
are alike IN no particular. There is no bone in
the negro's body which is relatively cf the same
shape size, articulation, chemically Of the same
composition as that of the white man. The negro's
bones contain far greater proportion of calcere-
Gus salts than those of the white man Even the
negro's blood is chemically a very different fluid
from that which courses in the veins of the white
man. The whole physical organization Of The me-
gro differs quite as much from the white mans as
II does from that of the chimpanzee is in his
bones muscles, nerves, and hbres, the chimpapzee
has not much farther to progress to become a white
man. This fact science inexorably demonstrates
Climate has no more TO do with the difference
between the white man and the negro than it has
with that between the negro and the chimpAnzee,
or II has between the horse and the ass or the ca
gle and the owl Each is a distinct aud separate
creation. The negro and the white man Were Gre
ated as specifically different as the owl and tbs
eagle. They were designed TO fill different places
in the system of nature. The negro is no more a
negro by accident or misfortune than the owl is
the kind of bird he Is by accident or misfortune
The negro is no more the white mans brother than
the owl Is the sister of the eagle, or the ass the
brother of the horse How stupendous, and yet
how simple, IL the doctrine that the Almighty ma
ker Of the universe has created different species Of
men. just as he has different species of the lower
animals, to fill different places and Offices in the
grand machinery Of nature"
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02

The DELAWARE GAZETTE. established l7s4.
the largest and most hourishing weekly the
State aud has q larger circulation than any other
on the Peninsular. Published every Friday morn
ing at ~ a year. in advance.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02

A JOKE, AND Coon oEE.--A feWs days ago.
while fVe halgers-on were sitting at a table in
one Of our saloons, discussing things generally
and waiting for somebody to treat, Wag entered
who stepped up to the bar, counted those present
in a loud voice, one, two, three. four, five, and
then ordered ak glasses of beer The 1--WE "beats"
jumped from their chairs like lightning, and
rushed to the bar to get their beer, bat 10 the
stranger, without saying single word, drank all
the six glasses himself one after another, paid
his money, and went out What the five dlsap-
pointed "bummers" said thereupOn, had better
by Us be left unsaid. so
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02
A City Hospital.

Proposals are now asked for square Of ground
for the purpose of a city hospital. Those having
lots to dispose of should send in proposals to
sell to the city, stating the precise location, size
and price. Mr. Wan. H. Quinn is chairman of
the committee, and prosals should bc sent TO him.
We would suggest that those having eligible lots
outside of the limits prescribed in the advertise
ment, would do well TO send in proposals ALSO
1t may be that the city might be induced TO
abandon those limits.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02

The DAILY GAZETTE is published every afternoon.
except Sunday at 4l6 Market street. and served BY
carriers to subscribers in all parts Of Wilmington
and the surrounding towns and villages. for six
cents a week payable weekly. Yearly subscribers
49, in advance.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02

ASEUcEABLE RooF,-The roof on the old
Haines mansion, now belonging to n. j. Hunt,
near Rising Sun, Nd, was put on In the year
being cedar. Gen. lafayette lodged In this
house while on his way 70 Yorktown, Va,
with portion Of the American army.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-06-02
NEW GROCERY STORE
\. w. Cor. Fourth and Market ST.,
WILMINGTON. DEL.

h The undersigned respectfully An-aFN
Hr11 1nOunces to his old friends and thet3354S
HIS public generally that he has complet-
.D@ed his new store. and hasOpened with q stock
of 6ne new and fresh
GROCERIES, SUGARS AND MOLASSES,
Lowering crushed granulated and pUlveriEed SuRArs
soft, white and coffee sugars,
Syrup, and all kinds of MOlasses,
Old Government Java Coffee, Laguira, Maricaibo,
Rio. Green and Roasted Coffee; the finest Black and
Green Teas, White and Red Wheat Family Flour.
new Buekwheat, all kinds Ofpure Spices, Saru:nes,
all kinds of Canned Fruits, French and English
Mustard, Pure Olive Oil, Walnut, Mushroom and
Tomato Catsup, English and American Pickles Jel-
lies, Cheese, Fresh Roll Butter. Bakers Cocoa and
Chocolate, Vermaeelli, Macaroni, Washing Soap in
great variety Toilet Soap. Silver Gloss Starch Cur
PANTS. Raisins, CitrOn, Atmore's Mince Meat Dried
Peaches and Apples. Oranberries. Brooms, Painted
Buckets, Brushes. Sperm, Adamantine and TallOW
Candles, and all articles usual kept in q we'll as
sorted Grocery Store. Call and examine my stock.
S-lv JAMES CRIPPEN.
, 1873-12-29

poses to rcaist tho collection Of tho lax should
tho Supreme Court tlaclnro 1t to be
legal, thu importance Of having MI oarly
decision will readily occr to any Intelligent por-
aon. Undor tloao circumstance, nil argumout
In tho inferior court waa watyod by consent, mud
nil tito casos wero certified to tho supromo Court
to ho heard aud argucd together, that there may
ho ono lna decision covering all thoroints raisod.
We do not 500 how tho Attorney uonoral, ropre~
aenting tho intoros!a OF tho State. could llaye
noted more consistently. It may bo supposed
tint it WAS bis duty to keep these cnses out Of
tho supronlo Court but this llo could not hayo
done. Any action by tho local courts would
have boon appealed from. In sovoral cases tho
local courts llavo onjonod tito collection Of tho
taxcs; and again tho plaintiffs In this and all
tho other oountieB could lavo inatit1ltoi their
suils directly In tito supromo court, Which body
las original Jurisdiction In oil rayonne cases.
What In wanted Ia carofnl. deliberate Judgment
by tho Supreme Court on oil the points involved,
and In that Judgment tltoro will bo universal
neqnieaconce. Tint officer wto facilitates tho
delivery Of TINT Judgment promotes the bout
interests OF tho State.
, 1873-12-29

The engineers strike has met with sudden
obstacle in tho shape of IN official manifesto
from Charles E. Wilson, the Chief OF the Broth
hood Of Engineers, who publicly announces that
tho atrike has boon inaugurated in direct and
open violation Of the rules, adviaes those WHO
havo quit. work to resume again and pre-
vent others from stopping, and warus them
not to interfere with the operations Of tho rail-
roada. Tho appearance Of this manifesto will
undoubtedly have q great influence in restoring
quiet throughout Indiana and Ohio, where tho
strike ia tho most general and violent. Not
withstanding the fact that train was
thrown of tho track near Cincinnati, aud
that ono or two attempts Of similar
nature were made in Indiana yesterday, there is
n porcoptible improvements in tho condition Of
things. The roads are gradually gotting into
running order again, and the prosence Of the
militia ut various points where tho excitement
ia tho greatest has had q good effect. There
is good roason to beliovo that the worst is over,
and that during the present week the Companies
md their employees will come to satisfactory
torn,B. Whore this cannot be done, other en-
ginesrs will be employed, who are Offering thoir
services In 1arge numbers.
, 1873-12-29

The Chicago produce marhota were generally
castor on Saturday, aud brcadstuffs woro dull.
NcsB pork was active and declined 81 por brl,
closing at $3.50 cash, and s14.85 seller Febru-
ary. Lard was quiet and steady ut ss.20@s.26
por 100 It's, cash, and $500 seller February.
Meats were active and firm at 61@6s4o for
shoulders, 01G@7]ao for short rbs, 714@75So
tor abort clear, all boxed, and at s>4@9}4o for
sweet picked hams. Hghwlncs wero dull and 10
lowcr, at 93o per gullou. Dresscd hogs were In
good demand and q shndo drmer at e5G0@0.0o
per 100 tbs. Flour was dull and stoady, at 95.50@
6.75 for good spring oxtras. Wheat was lesa
aotlvo, and 3l@1lo lower, closing orm NJ s1.14111
cash, and s1.14}9 ae:]or January. Corn was dull
and eaBier, but closed strong at $3.50 seller Jan'
uary, and 64]ao sollor February. Oats wore
dull, nnd H@16o lower, ut 37}9o cash, aud 800
poller February. Rys was quiet and firm At TIC
7ac. BArlsy wsa qulst, No. 2 was aaaier It
, 1873-12-29

Tho foreign news In this MORNINGS issue ia
confined mainly to Spaniah matters. While the
United Statcs Commissioners arc examining the
passengers OF tho Virsinius, who arrived at Now
York yesterday. the Spanish Government has
mado formal demand for tho vessel and
also for indemnity, baaing Its demapd
upon tho recent decision Of tho Attorney
General, that sho had no right to sail undor tho
American hng. Tho aotiyity md energy Of tho
Castelar, Government Ia further shown by its in"
yestiug Joyellar, tho Captain General Of Cuba,
with now md extraordinary powers, andrelieving
Butcher Drrricl Of his command in the oaBtorn
division OF the island.
, 1873-12-29

The Government Informor ilas now turned up
IN Boston, mud tho largo house Of Jordan,
Marsh L Co. aro reported us having imported
gools under irregular invoices for ton years past,
ara to an extent that ronlers tlo,n Liable to pen
al.ics Of sl,000:0oo. Tho frequency OF those
lato discoveries, n full list OF which in New
York ne rccontly published, leavcs little donbt
that there Inns been very general aud worry large
evasion Of customs drtios undor tho present
tariff. Wlilo 1t is wcl tint Irregularities should
DO oxposod mud punished, what shall NO say
OF u systom, under which All extensive and
costly array Of customs officers hayo permitted
these Irregularities to 60 OIL for years undor tloir
worry eyes? 1t is significant that only tho ro-
ward offered to spies under tho United States
statute has succeeded in exposing tho frauds +;
and, though 1t is tho United States Government
which Inns been awindlod with the connivance,
or under tho ignorance. Of corrupt or inefficient
Custom-House officials, It ia forced to divide
With tho spies and iuformers II 1t hopoa to get
its own. This is n sorry comment on tho char
aetes Of our civil service.
, 1873-12-29

Tho telegraph announces tho appointment OF
Caleb Cushing as Minister to Spain vice Gon.
5ickles, resigned, aud his acceptance of the
position. 3rr. Gushing is now in his seventy
Third year, and has been idontifod with political
liio for nearly half contury. He served In the
Massachusetts Legislature threo torms waa
Member Of CongrosD from 1886 to 1843; COM
missioner to China under President Tyler; q
Bmgadlor-G General in the Mexican war; Judge
Of tho Supreme Court Of massachusetts
in 1857; Attorney-Goneral In President
piorces Cabinet; member Of tue Charleston
Convention in 1906 ono Of the Commission up
pointed TO codilly the laws Of the United states
in 1866; aud represented this country in part In
tho Geneva Arbitration. His long experience in
political life, Ills knowledge Of languages, and
his services in the various departments Of gov
ornment, ought to enable him to represent this
country at ldadril with ability, Notwithstanding
tho fact that lie ia accepting Office ut All ngo
when most mon arc content to rotiro.
, 1873-12-29

Tho lateBt Indication at Washington Of tho
tendency toward Capitalization IL tho announce
ment tint bill will DO introduced into Congress
to establish O National Inebriate Asylum. Tho
institution is intended to DO cure for drunk
ards, nnd, wo proHume from the title, for na-
tional dr,lnkards. When men become labitual
drunkards, 1t Is tho practice, under our present
system, to have thom cared for at State or city
institutions, in case their families do not
assume tho charge. There is No necessity, tlan.
for such IN institution as is now
proposed for loca1 drunkards, and it's establish
mont could only be justified on the ground that
thoro is 1argo clasa OF national druukards,
whom nobody-stato, county, city, nor family
cares for. We should think Congress would
hesitate before making such IN admission. 1t
might be construed ns personal. Certainly tho
national druntard must bo limited to the District
Of Columbia. and mainly there to tho Departments
md halls Of Congress-. Has the species become
80 numerous in those p1acos that the Govern
mont must act up special asylum to care for
thorn?
, 1873-12-29
onora confined below. In tho mi1at Of oil this
1lth md huffortng tho prisonerE YorD

onora oonfnel below. In tho nifat Of oil this
1lth mil huGoring tho prisoners woro
NOT ALLOWED TO wARH
n whtlo on board tio l'azcan. for ton Days; and
portion OF tho voyage. Tloy worc occnnlonnlly
hoatou on tho aliGhtost proyocation. and SONG
ttmcH on no Frovocatfon at nil. Tho p,1niHh-
mont, ho"oVor, acona not to lavo boon OF n
ofTootB.
GoatstANDEn DnA1NE
satd to tho 3t.tdnnc reporter; "Tho foolng ot
santiaEo ,,g ngainst AmerIeane is o1eaeaingy bit
OF his llto. Ho hns several tImcs bocn n, . throat
oncd with assassination. und think ono OF our
ntcA-of-warlought to bo stationed tl,oro porma-
on nontly ; ai ioast until tho fooling eubsdoH, rs
vIoE.coNsul ssf1T1r WAS ABUSED
most ehanlofullv III their daily papors, mud It
vas only by my presence md intorcoaBton with
tho dovornor that they woro stoppel.
THE JuN1ATA,
Wien about 12o 'nilcs from Cape Hattoras, en-
connterel tarrlblo gallo which drove hor 80
mi'es ont Of }lor course.
GRAVE DOUBTS
aa to the ability Of tho ORAlpeo to bring tho
Virginins to Now York nro Expressed By tho
tompestuoun wcather Of tic Inst Tow days. I'heo
]attor vesBol In III poor condition to weather
tho rough gp1eR which tic Juniata encountered,
TIE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION.
ulbLEicC Attorney Hllaa began tnl8 AFTERNOON
all official investigation Of tho Virginius pnHso-
isers. He t1eolines to na'so public tho natnro OF
ovldonco sought to bo obtained from tho pr1so-
1iors. 1t ia understood, however. TINT tho prin-
cionl polnt to be cleared up IL tue oxact status
Of tie Virginit1s, who are 1ier owners, whether
sllo IL entitled to 1:y tho American fag, md how
fur tho neutrality laws hayo been violated. ali
thcse noints will hayo styong bearing on tho
Question wtetler tho United Btatoa Government
will comply with tho donnnd OF Spain. From q
conversation with tile oIacorB Of tho Jt1niata. 1t
scoins TINT thore is D. concerted plan among tho
prlHonorB to
PROFESS ENT1nE IGNORANCE
az to tho nature Of tho Vrgintue at tue time eho
was captured, and ns to tho transportation Of
arms for tho CubRna. 1t In thought that thiH
action has been ngroed upon with i Wow to avoid
any trouble will tho Government through
oreach OF the neutrality laws. Thoro ,s certain
y great Immunity among them regarding
tho inaill points ut iBsue. Tho statements of
nenrly al tho prisoners agreo in disowning any
knowledge Of the p,,rposes Of tho officers Of tho
TlrgiuiuH. They profess to have embarked ae
passcngcra. to have soon no aims on board, and
to have scoa little or nothing thrown overheard,
, 1873-12-29

In another part Of this issue wo publish worry
interesting report Of Tho produce markets OF
this city for the yoar now closing. The record
shows very largo incrcaso. Our receipts Of
breadstutfs aggregate oG,7s1,598 bu against
gs,42c, $40 in 1872, and ss,518,202 bu in 1871.
W. have received tho enormous number
Of 100000 live hogs, and 7C5,00o head OF
cattle. The value Of the receipts Of an
kinds OF produce is about 24o,ooo,ooo. This,
nnd tie articles on cur manufactures and whole.
ualo trade. published in Tue TRIBUNE OF the 2sd
and 2Gth insts., form q record which cannot be
tco highly appreciated By the many thousands
rho are Interested in watohing the rapid growth
If Chicago.
, 1873-12-29
CASUALTIES.

4 VVifo nld Husband Poisoned by
Iussndling GreoA neutrality-suspicious.
sudden Death.
Special Uspatch to The Chicago It4bnnt.
LIMA, O., Dec. 2s.-Tho cause Of tha Ruddan
and myaterious duaths Of Roy. ]. NJ. Drake and
wife, short time since, III attributed to tloir ba
ing poisoned by handling groom wallpaper. It
appears TINT proyious to thoir death they wero
propariug to papor room IN tholr house, antl
that liz tearing down tho old papcr, which waB OF
y tleep green color, a duet WIS created which
was h,halcd by them, and they were poisouod by
1t. They died Within short tlme Of each otheft
aud Wsre bufiod on the sains day,
, 1873-12-29

IMPEACH1Na THE ATT0RNEY-GENERAL
The Springfield Register proposes tile im-
parchment Of Attorney General Edaall. and pub
1ishos formal charge and specification.
The specification recltes That in certain suits
brought in Cook County, intended to test tho
validity Of certain assessments and tax lo7ios
upon the property Of tho plaintiffs, the Attorney
General, representing tho stato agreed with tho
counsel for tho plaintiff tint pro ,forma dccrces
might DO entered in the Circuit Court, and an
appeal taken directly to tho Supreme Court,
whore the cases can DO hoard, and judgment
rendered this winter. Upon this specification
tho Register demands the impeachment Of
tho Attorney General. It is hardly worth
while to dignity this absurd suggeB-
ton with reply. The facts Of tho
caao are very plain. The assessment has
been made, tho taxes extended, aud tie collec-
tion Ia about to begin. The books are in tho hands
Of the tax-ofloers. No person eau pay taxos to
tho State and recover them. II tho tax be H.
legal. or unjust because unequal, there is no
romely after payment. ANY protest to DO eF-
fectual must DO made before payment. So i'm
pressed are the people Of tha county with the
illcgaty OF tho entire assessment. that there is
general deairo to appeal to tho courts. For
this purposo some thirty cases, embracing alto
gother all the points involved in the entire pro.
ceediugs by tic Btato Board of Equalization,
aud OF tho State Auditor, have boen prepared.
It ia important to the State tlat these Queationa
should be determined at az enrly day as pos
slble. Tho opposition to the payment Of the
tax ia by no means confined to this city aud
county; it exista In all partB Of the State. Tic
suits brought In this and other counties will
prosont all tho faots to tho Supreme Court at
one time. To Aayo had tue Attorneys Gonoral
argue zach Of these cases in this and in all the
other oounties before the Circuit Court, and
thon arguo thom separately again before tho su-
prema Court would, II not itself physical ia,.
possibility, hare required tho best part Of hs
tlmo for tho next two yoara. 1u the meantime
tue taxcs would haye become duo, and, II not
paid, would hAyo lod to loss mud oonfuaion to
the State. ~ no pozsou hero OF elsewhere pro.
, 1873-12-29

Montreal dispatches received in New York
state that Gonot, tho convicted Tammany thief,
is in Canada, aud that in about two woelss. after
arsangiue some private 1natsers, ho will return
to Nov York City to await whatever may be III
store for him. Tho announcement that he is in
Canada ia very probable TINT ho will return to
New York voluntarily is very Improbable, how
ever. 1t is not tue way Tammany thieyaa net.
, 1873-12-29

Tho latest instance Of tho Presidont'e doter-
mnation to provide FOR the members Of his own
household, is furnished by an ordcr assigning
Lieut.. Fred Grant, Of Gen. shoridan's staff, to
duty in Washington, rs muRtering and disburs-
ing officer, with the game rank and pay he haa
boon receiving. The position is said to DO
siuccurc, Lieut.. Grant enjoying the rank and
pay Of Lieutcnaut-C Colonel, whilo subordinate
Goea tho work,