Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-03-31

, are but KNOW nothing about IL. l have new
, er seen you IL my knowledge till this moment"
ayes, sir, that's true, but you might know
from thin"-pOiniting TO the names. "Sure
| they wouldn't sign anything that was not true"
"My friend, l cannot sigu the paper. II
| would be falsehood. | should say knew a
I man that never saw. No, no; you need not
| plead; will not sign it,
| The man goes away In bewildered state
| lie had heard he assured me, that was a kind
hearted gentleman; and he could not imagine
why would not help poor fellow, and no
doubt reported, when he go: home, that was
not the man he tooK me TO be.
Another man says, "lf you would be kind
enough to give me letter TO MIR. Clafi,in,
know that he would give me place"
"But sir, do not know an ything about you,
and cannot recommend you.''
"But here are papers, sir, that certify my
character"
"Very well; go and show the papers to Mr..
Cldifin, and If lie needs another man, aud Is
satisfied with your credentials, he will take you
in.
"But your name, sir, would settle the mat
ter"
Not long after ii was understood that never
certified things or recommended men that
knew nothing about.
These things are not peculiar to me. They
happen to all men of any position or influence.
Men are solicited 10 lend their names in man
ner that cannot be justified by honor.
The fact is now notorious that men have put
code Of morality. Men will sign merely to get
rni OF man. They will recommend book
which they know nething about, rather than
hurt some ones feelings by refusal. They
Will reccomend men as highly fitted for posi-
tions which they are utterly untitled for. Nay,
men will give to candidates the strongest letters
| for an office, and then write secret letters to
neadullrtprs Ia saV that IN laffar 10 NOT fo h.
| regarded. Indeed, ii Is said that in certain
cases politicians find ii necessary to have il un-
| deistoou at headquarters that no letter Is TO be
regarded unless it have some distinctive sign
upon it which has been agreed upon.
Is there not need of a better public sentiment
on the subject of signing names? The laxity
ofpractice is fast taking all value from the
documents bearing eminent name. such a
loose policyas is now pursued ought to bc rank
ell with ialsehoois, deceptions and conspiracies
10 detiu'hl.-N. y. Usrdid.
! Tie hoii." uf Henry Pete S, at Gra,s Point
near DetiioiI, MAS burned on Tuesday night
while Peters AMI his wife were absent. Four
children were in the house, and the eldest, u
girl OF fourteen, escaped. but ran back to rescue
| her younger sister. In attempting to carry
them out Sue was overcome by the flames and
smoke. Her cries brought neighbors to the
spot, and she was saved, though badly burned.
posed to have been caused by the explosion Of
| coal oil lamp.
1t will be remembered that short time since,
an old lady, named Langston, and little girl,
| named Mary Eastern, were found murdered in
bed, near Paradise, Illinois. VIM. l.. Lancs-
| ton, son OF the murdered woman, has confess
cd that he committed the chine, AMI accused
| his wife rs an accessory. lie assigns no mo-
| live, except ''ho instigation and persuasion OF
his wife, who never had pleasant feelings to-
wards the old lady" 1t is thought, however,
that Langston and his wife were also sctiiated
| by "A desire TO get possession Of the old laly's
/ property. Had not Langson been quickly
taken u jail 10y the authorities, lie would pre-
badly have been lynclied by the excited people.
I TuRouGu THE CLouDs.-Donaldson' Ass
cension and Return to Earlh-A Startled School.
| We have already given in some detail an ae-
count Of the iuol-bardy balloon ascension and
aerial gymnastics oi Donaldson ut Reading. lie
, has appeared before large audience in Reading
! since his return and givena full report of his
! journey 10 the clouds. lie left Reading at 2.45
p. III. and describes his passage through The air,
reaching an altitude Of II ,OOO feet, not quite
| two miles, and never getting through the clouds
| He then describes his descent, and We quote
| from Ills account ~ follows:
| Ar. NJ. The earth was IN sight-this being
! the first | had seen Of 1t since left Realing.-
About one half Of the earth looked to be cover
ed with snow. After leaving the clouds the air
was very cold. BY this time had all the little
| instruments in my pocket for safety. Seeing
that it was a clear c. untry all around me | let
her descend fast. When first left the clouds
my course was towards small town west oi
me, but wnen about 900 feet from the earth
my course changed 10 northwest.
Not knowing where | was L s)acluded to
Land near the first town came 10, so dropped
Ina,
iieyig tine bullOn of Ia pounds, which calis-
ed IL Ia remain about seyenLy-iive feet above
the earth / thought that the anchor would
catch fence, but in place Ofholding me it pull
ed the rails apart, and went dancing over the
froleh ground. In passing over Il schO ii house
the anchor caught in the shingles, pulling some
of them loose, and in less time tnan it takes "a
TIL ihs the whole school was ont, bare headed
and frightened including the Old school Master
with his long beard and stick in hanli.
The anrhnr was still travelling over the t.l,ls
Al rapid rate, leaving the school ei,ildcn yell
ing and hllloring in the distance. L then noiic'
, ell three mea running after me. l lillooed Il
the nearest man To run faster and catch huld o
the anchor. After running a short distance ht
stopped, saying, II cant 10 it," No wonder
i for the anchor was travelling much faster than
lie was. The anchor would catch little one,
In a while and would shake me in q lively maj.
ncr. II would also give the balloon i jerk, all,
/
AT last IL caught il. the edge of s0ne ice. See
ing an old farmer near ii called To him /,
II keep il buried, which he did by sitting on it,
# In less than ten MnIites there were about thii
!. ty persons including men, women and children
a on hand who volunteered their services TO llel
/ me empty the ballon.
, 4.3U p. III. Landed one mile fom the tow
ia of Appiebaclyille, five miles west of Quaker
n town, Bucks county, making the trip in hou
4 and 81 minutes. When was up in the air til
\ town looked as though there was no one in il
3 and one Of the boys said they We're all asleel
for they 90 to bed at O'clock. On my way l.
n The town met the old schoollnasler, who sal
A that all his scholars were frightened as well
A himself whcu they heard the timber crack |
the ioof, winch shook the school house.
You can buy gents furnishing goods, trupl
va'ises, umbrellas, &c., cheap at j. Wesley c.,
o | nary's, 406 Market st. "a I'm
The highest price paid for all kinds of secoil
g hand furniture by l.. w. Stidham Il Son, au'
tionecrs, Ill E. 4th street, Wilmington, Del;
V ware. Also all kinds of second hand furnitul
for sale at their auction room. 3mo.
!, In,meLse.-Thc stock of wall paper AMI viii
" dow shade just received by j. X. Holt, Thir
and Market Street Those IN want cant help b
:, ing suited from such large ASSOC tnlrnt. FL
y men are all practical and will put your pap,
OH in the best manner. Call aud see him al
learn his prices.