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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
Fires in london.

In view Of the recent ires in this country,
report Of the condition and efficiency Of the Lon.
don Fire Brigade becomes interesting. It's chief
officer is Captain Shaw, judging from his report
to committee Of the House Of Commons he Is
a thoroughly competent and able man. The
great danger 10 London-and it is singular that
no remedy has ret been deVi6ed--i 10 the river
side duidings, frOm The sbb in the Thamea.
which shuts them of Tor sixleen hours each tIav
from quick supply OF water At this ebb-tide
the Thames Of cOurse recedsa. and it than. leaves
a thick deposit Of the bIackest mud between tho
shore and the water. The hose caiinof s. aoslau
over this obstruction, and the men fairly 10
work, for from thirty to forty minutes The
origin Of fires in LondOn is some what curious.
During the year candIesin lodging houses caua-
Cd forty fires, gas only four, children playioa
with matches caused nine irsa add matches
ignited in other ways nine more; 6ftythree fires
were attributed 10 detective fltIes Eve 70 lighted
pipes cigars, and only one to intoxicalion, which
must be mistake. The Fire BFiRada Of Lon
don consists OF four hundred msn, uniformed
and drilled. The COST Of each FIRE il estimated
at about ninety dollars. Some Of the outlyinv
stations are six miles from ths central one.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

INOh SALE.-The two stsried building -
~ and lot bae K, situated in Orange street tls
soap and candle mandatory. This SFSSs
srty has front on Orange street 81 05fseI running
back that width 81 feet, TIE building bV little al
teratlOn would maE large maobino shop, or would
do tor maEy other Manufacturing puIpOses
FCr terms inquire OF H. ID. HICKS.
No. 3O7 W.6th ST., WilmiugSer.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
soMETHINd DErTER THAN BEAUTY.
RennrIer. ID she preLlYl

Reporter, Is sue pretty!
Mrs Betts, Oh YOn men are always thinking
Of a wOuiani lOoks, and never latA. ker worth
iOto consideration at all. No, she Is not pretty,
bGt wouldn't give her little finger for all the
tbNAless beAutle8y y0a could pack Into kitchen.
The reporter, aiter thanking the worthy couple
for their Information, departed a wiser II not a
better man. isV ftslH4f4l.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
-EN6 a1LE-

80 Several eFaE-elasS seven roam Houses, on
Hi AlfS So9a street. tour 9n kighth street he-
~ WI ho sold cheap and on reasonable taTms.
Apply to MocLOSKkY 4 NeMINEAIN,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
RoR SALE.

TWsnty-hvs SMALL Houses, from four 10
~ SIX rooms. IN different parts Of the city
HI Prices ranging from 500 70 $500.
Real kStats Agent,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

VnRFNR INV TIM0TuV aRRD. SPINACH.
ksls 'sa ts,'seS s, ss.sIiS, sSs e tsSil'oviAs
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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22
A RafO Cbanes for I finsmit1-

a Rare eRapes for finstAith. |
on account Of continued III health. feel com
pelled TO oAer my Stock, Tools and Fixtures for
sAle. II Is an old e9eahlished and good business
situation. indeat Ter Qneesan of m0aarnk@-capita
one of the hast IN abe d|5 3 : III HFITgf
INQUIRE at No. lls Market street. Wilmington.
feblT II. n DEACON
= Rare BuF<01m mI K amm0dy-
vile. Kent Co.. BId,
The undersigned. wishing 10 discontinue buai.
ness, Will sell upon and easy terms theiV
Steck Of Goods, eonsisting OF Dry Goods 0r0aefies
Boots Shoes, natl. Caps. 20 This Dlaoa a sllna-
Ted I'M ffedlateB en- the Kent Co. II. h, 81 fne
bTsintSz locality. Adjoining tho store Is 4 msSIi-
lng Houie. suitable far man with family.
ieola-a0 CnMkaYS a k4O.
LNQR dALE-18 or 90 Acres OF 1fST77-
/ L. Meadow within she city LtmiGs,
The Snbserbar OSers for sale about Is or 20 acres
/ OF meadow land. adjoining his flower nuFsePS nnd
truck farm, bounded by tha 0aresehe FoAd AID AN
eaaseyay, and ey lands ef Geo. a. Losieh an(
wnltnln one nandted yards Of tSa NilRiag gkon aaS
western h9tiroad. The FIOherty h eaTtsin to bo-
come valuable "a tine add viii De sold Low.
| JACOB L. BROWN,
lansa Ii On the premises.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

Ths Rsslldont hes siensd ths hills authorizing
the sfacsi6hdl roVornmsnt buildingsat Memphia,
Tenn. Lincoln. Nsb.; QAndI Rapids, Wieh-
and D8VSF, Del. Aloo The hills Fsmltlaag the
datV on alcohol ussd f9g Seieuti6e purposes. and
satksriaing tho appoinlmeat b tha retired navy
fst az eerisin vonnseeEs on The aciiVe lss of the
saVg. disahls6 - consequence 81 wounds duEiRg
IN Feneut WnR. tN r. sH4f ~ H4f -.
I. YSa asIOy WI sAOyay siEs I ssFiss q con,
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

A reporter of the Philadelphia Press, visited
Wilmington a few days ago to learn something
aeoat the society here for importing girls from
Sweden. His interview with the agent, Mt. 8. T
Belts, makes over column in the Press. W,
copy the following
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

~ Y ANAL l66ular steam noilsH toa1 three
hAatiag puFpases. Prise 80 AppN - this g.
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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

LN0R SALE CHEAR-A- pair Of Mill Burrs,
~ breach staRs4 seaily nav; si1a. fsst 6 inches
diapeter. With spindle, stop and everything com
eomplete Can b seen ~ Red NILS On. " bite CLAY
IWees rs Z k9sEtAa ksks.W1A4ON.9 f4
tehlS-d2W .5sssta sefa4 Newark. Del.
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

LON RENTy-1Vo larga eonneetlaa Rooms -
L sinitAs shita Story " the say ille VIVA
Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

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Wilmington daily gazette., 1873-02-22

DVNIVWs
The undersigned, having rented his farm, viii sci
at Public Sale, on his premises IN PaneAdsF hun
Dire on the road leading from Newark to COOeh'
Bridge. one mile from the former,
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TIE DEMOCRATTC P.4RTY.


An old bunker Democratic paper speaks of
the enduring principles upon which the
party structure rests That party's princi-
pies may be ''enduring," but they are suscep-
tible of great deal of elasticity. During the
war the party north was in favor of the Union
and favorable to the Rebellion. Since the war
it opposed giving the franchise to the negro.
and at the Baltimore Convention last year
endorsed negro suffrage and Liberal Repnb-
lican principles. This year, if the Ohio and
other State Convention resolutions are a
criterion, it has repudated its Liberal Repub-
lican platform and gone back to the "old time
principles of the party" II this is what is
meantby endurance, we dom see why their
principles should not endure. Like the
jack-knife which had its handle and blades
replaced but was the same old jack-knife, sc
the Democratic party has had the handles
and blades of the political jack-knife replaced
any number of times; still it is the same old
.jaels-knife. Its principles are enduring.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

The quality of mercy apparently does not
enter into the administration of justice in
North Carolina. 1t would seem as If, in
some cases at least, the letter of the law is
rigidly enforced 10 matter how worthy of con-
sideration the extenuating circumstances may
be If it is violated. 1t is related for instance,
that Eng, one of the Siamesc twins, who live
in the Tar Heel State, was drawn upon jury,
and was willing to serve, but as Chang reso-
lutely refused to go into the courtroom,
fine of twenty-five dollars was imposed upon
Eng for non-attendance. The twins are prob
ably accustomed to such little difficulties by
this time, and yet the unpleasantncss of their
situation has probably not beenimpressed up
on them as strongly as it might be. Suppose
Eng should be elected to Congress, and thai
body, while acknowledging the claims of Eng
should refuse to admit Chang to the floor o.
the House or, suppose both should be elect
ed and Eng should be expelled for dabblini
in some Credit Mobilier Infamy of the future
Could any thing more embarrassing be i'm
agined?
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

AN AMERICAN ERRoR.--lIenry Ward
Beecher says: ! may speak, also, of a tenden-
cy which is bred by our institutions-the want
of veneration. There are various ways in
which this want of veneration shows itself.
We often hear that there is not the same re-
spect shown for the aged that there used to
be- We know that there is very little respect
shown for magistrates and men in authority.
This is partly due, l think, to the institutions
under which we live. One of the unfortunate
effects derived from the early stages of demo-
cratic training is the sense of personal SOW
reignty the feeling that we stand on rs high
ground as any body else. Under monarchial
institutions men are taught torevere the great
and glorious in government The feeling of
reverence does not prevail to any great extent
among us. | discern a great lack in this re-
spect. Children, nowadays, are brought up
to be pert, to be saucy, to be almost without
restraint They are brought up to have very
little regard either for their parents or fol
their superiors. And, although there are Q
great many Christian households where chill
dren are rightly bred in this regard, it seems
to me there has been a decay of that instruc
ton which used to prevail the tendency O
which was to make children modest and re
spectful We bring up our children to be old
and smart, and impertinent.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

Tssss D..crs f-ar GRAB ILLUsTRATED.-A
correspondent of the Tribune thinks Butler S
letter defending his back pay will be a COM
fort to some Of his brother congressman, who
will settle back i'm their easy chairs and think
they are not such awful thieves after ALL
They will be pretty much in the situation of
the negro who was being tried for robbing
his neighbours hen roost, and against whom
there was considerable evidence, too. But he
was fortunate in having the services of one
like unto the Essex statesman to defend him,
who succeeded in SO befogging the jury that
they were melted to tears, and as conse-
quence, the prisoner was discharged. After
wards, however, the lawyer questioned the
negro Mus: "Now look here, Pomp., didn't
you really rob that roost?" "Well, Ill
II don't know, Marsar," answered the thor
oughly befogged scamp. 81 did think |
took ills one hen fore heered you talk, but
now JUS don't believe did,"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

The great coal companies deny, with vir-
tuous indignation, that they have formed any
" combination to put up the price of COAL
but they admit that there is ian UNDER
standing " that ten cents ton is to be added
to the price every month from now until De-
cember. They have learned the trick. A
combination - oh, no, by no means. They
would rs coin the action" But-an under
standing, oh, yes, that is another thing, you
know. So it goes. A bank cashier gets away
with the money of other people and he com.
mitted no robbery, oh, no; it was only an
error Of Judgment. Another cleans out the
bank, and that is not called thieving; it is an
"irregularity," ian instance of too preva-
lent error If we keep on amending the
use of language we shall before long be unable
to recognize or identify any thing by its right
name. But somehow, we can't help thinking
that it would be convenient to get back to TIL.
old fashion of calling spade spade, a THE
q thief, and so on.---Jerscy city Journal.
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MARROW GUAGR.--Mr Hall Of the Catsk i'll
Recorder, writes to his paper from Colorado.
He says: cat Golden we were transferred
to narrow guage g feet) railroad, the first of
the kind have seen. The passenger coaches
were neatly and comfortably constructed,
with double seats on one side and single seats
opposite one-half the length of the car, and
then alternated, to preserve equilibrium.
But little motion, or jar, is observable, and
one rides as comfortably as upon the New
York and Erie six-feet guage. This road is
marvel of engineering and enterprise, and as
great a curiosity as can be found on the con-
tinent. Some of its heaviest grades are 10
feet to the mile, while the average is 140 feet.
1t is completed only to Floyd's Hill, Is miles
from Golden, but will soon be extended to
Georgetown, about 90 miles further, with a
branch (now in operation) to Central City.
The road bed is nearly all 'made," of ma
sonry, and is complete succession of short
curves almost the entire route. In fact, do
not think there are, in the entire IL miles,
forty successive rods of straight track. Our
party wisely gave the open observation car
the preference"
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

The moral obligations resting upon the find-
er of lost property are generally lost sight of
when the interest Of the finder happens to CON
tct too strongly withhis principles. A trades
man writes to a contemporary that custom
er in his shop recently found a small sum o
money, whereupon controversy Mt once a'"sa
us to who it belonged to. One claimed that
the money, if not called for in certain time,
should BIO handed over to the shop-keeper in
whose place it was found but another claim
ed that it belonged to the person who had
found it. Now, the question put to the edi-
tor was, who has legal right to the money
The editor very properly answered that the
money belonged neither to the finder nor the
shop-keeper, but to the loser, and that, instead
of waiting for it to be called for, the finder
should advertise it and take all possible pains
to discover the owner. There is good deal
of loose reasoning on this subject of finding
lost articles, and also on the subject of re-
wards for restoring thesn, but the sound doc
trine is to always do as you would be done by
Ito take pains to restore the lost article to
its rightful owner As to the law of the sub
iect neither the finder nor the shop-kecper |
should delay the work of restoration by any
quarrel about present custody. Goods or
money found on the public highways may be
held by the finder against everybody but the |
rghtful owner of the lost property, unless
some stat, t, d, cares to the contrary. Goods
or money found on private premises may be
held by the owner of the premises against
everybody but the rightful owner of the lost
property. Thus it will be seen that, in any
event where property lost by accident is con-
cerned, the owner comes in ahead of every
one else.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

BARNuM's PRoFITs.-In these days when so
many are insisting upon the presence of short
money supplies, it may not make them feel
anv better to know the amount which Barnum
is continually taking from the sections he Wis
its. 1t is said that each day his treasurers
ship from the show to New York an iron
bound half barrel cask filed with currency
during the day. The contents are about So
900. Upon its receipt at New York it is plac-
ed in the hands of women who straighten it
out and put it up in packages, and thence it
is shipped to the treasury of the United States
for redemption. The amount thus forwarded
is said to have been in some instances as high
as $40 900 per day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

The Paris Figaro recently got up wonder
full story, which is ascribed to the Journal de
Vermont, a journal not to be found on the
list Of American papers. The story stated
that band of New Hampshire assassins had
been making much trouble for many months,
numbering all persons whom they seized. Re-
Gently the police came suddenly upon them
and they fled. In their flight they ran past a
photographer. Quick as thought he turned
his instrument toward them and took them
all on the full run. He made out picture
from the negative. The whole gang were
identified as neighboring farmers, and were
all quietly arrested the next day.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

Postmaster Jones, of New York, proposes
to increase the force of letter carriers in that
city to 700, and to abolish private letter boxes,
(which do not pay" Seven hundred letter
carriers-at an expense of over a million of
dollars-to deliver free the mail matter of res
idents of New York, but the eountryman
must not be allowed to receive his country pa
per free. Representatives of the country will
look after this thing next winter.
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.ayyrnrLArED- oscE MoRE.

The especial Commission " appoih.cu y
oxan,;,e into tho alleged abuses Of the Uniteo
States department of the Vienna hApo''''on'
has made its report to the State department
The report, il is said, asserts tllat Uen ~"
p,,ron tbc Chief Commissioner, IL not crimi-
nalv cuiIty. has shown himself to oe grossly
;,,as,1,etont. etc All this we have heard
.,,I,ar If times officially and otherwise from
1obn Jaw the alistoratic noodle who misrepre-
sents Republican America at the Austrian
.anitaD. He fails every time, however, 10
present the proofs of it. The mere opinion OF
1obn Law and of two or three others VINO
,,;sbod 70 ,lsurp Mr. Van Burens position as
Commissioner, viii not make thinking people
believe Mr.. Van Buren, guilty. Mr.. v. has
called for the evidence so has the press ana
his friends, but it has not been furnished
and we have the strange proceeding OF an III
,.ost;oatino committee composed of those who
have preferred the charges sitting i'll Judg-
ment on the accused, and reporting their
onin;ons instead of the evidence. This is
very easy way of annihilating a man, il it
would work,-but it won't. If Secretary of
State Fish, (who appears to be playing into
the hands of Jay in this matter,) expects that
the friends of Mr.. Van Buren, are going to
allow him to be sacrificed to the malice of
this twittering diplomat, he is mistaken. If
The evidence of Mr.. VS. incompetency is pro-
luced they will have nothing to complain of
but if it is not, when Congress meets this at
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important discoveries of oil have lately been

Important discoveries of oil have lately been
made in Butler county, locality where its
presence has not long been known. Several
wells have been opened that yield from 1000
to 1900 barrels each per day. The immediate
result has been great fall in the price OF
crude oil at the business centres, such as Oil
City and Parker's Landing. Oil that was
worth $3.50 per barrel in July is now hard to
get rid of at $1.1O, and the production is so
large that the tankage is found inadequate.
This overplus will probably not last long, for
the older oil territory is generally failing.
The property of the Cameron Company, which
once yielded richly, is now almost use
less, and this is the experience of many other
places. The price of petroleum is now so low
that the export trade from Philadelphia to
German ports has become very active.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

The returns of the recent election in North
Carolina Indicate that all the proposed amend
ments to the State constitution, eight in num-
Der, were adopted. The only one OF these
amendments that possesses any interest for
outsiders is that which strikes out the re-
quirement that the Legislature shall levy a
tax to pay the annual interest OH the State
debt The adoption of this amendment is
regarded as equivalent to reputation OF
part of the State debt.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

COMPLEMENTARY TO CAPE MAY.-A Her-
aid correspondent at Cape May says There
are now 5000 visitors here, and the hotel ca
nacity is inadequate. Last night Saturday
the town was full of people, willing to lodge
n hath houses, on hotel floors and lounges
and in servants quarters The markets here
are not anywhere excellcd, but the spot has
not vet come fully into the notice OF the me-
tropolitan and western public. In my Judg-
ment it will be the great cosmopolitan water
ing place of the country in three years 1or
now the Pennsylvania Rail Road runs its pal
ace cars through to Cape May from Jersey CITY
in five hours. Here are 800 cottages, aver
aging IS, 600 apiece. The different hotel pro-
perties amount to s2,5OO,OO0. The Stockton
Hotel cost 500, 600, and is railroad property
The popular Hotel in private hands, is Con-
yress Hall, which had cost $3.50, 900 at the
ime of its grand extension, in 1869, and has
,aid off nearly the whole of this sum from
arnings For four years it has cleared $780,
90 per annum The regular winter popula-
ion here is $500 New York people who see
he place invariably like it and return. New
ork needs it and will ultimately possess it,
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

1t would appear that farming pays in Della
ware, as we see it stated that Ex-Governor
VIM. H. Ross has cleared over ten thousand
dollars on his small fruit crops this season,
and ON reasonable estimate this amount will
90 up to Forty Thousand dollars on the net
proceeds of his fruit sales this season. He
has fair crop of peaches and pears yet to
market and has employed three hundred
hands in picking and shipping his small fruit
crops, now about over.--M!ford Ne@s.
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It appears that one of the convicts at Sing
Sing has a quantity of nitro-glycerine secret
ed in his cell, and threatens to blow up the
whole concern if he is interfered with and,
at last accounts, the authorities had adopted
the let-alone policy as a sanitary measure ano
allowed Allen to keep his explosive and have
his way. How notorious and dangerous
convict obtained his niJro-glycerine 10 o
the mysteries of this model institution.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1873-08-20

Articles of association We're filed at Tren-
ton last week for new railroad company,
under the name of the "New York and
Washington Railway The termini of the
line are South Amboy on the north, and Bor-
dentown ON the south, and its length is "a
miles. 1t passes through the counties OF
Middlesex, Monmouth, Mercer and Burlington.
The authorized capital is $500,000, and the
corporators are all residents of New Jersey.
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In Maryland tho Democrats made their
State nominations last Tuesday. Candidates
were chosen for Comptroller and Clerk of the
Court of Appeals-for the latter a man who
served all through in the Rebel army. The re-
solutions condemn the "back-pay" swindle,
although every Democratic member of Con-
gress from the State took the money.
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In Maysyille, KY, there is a woman named
Jane Young, who, two or three years since,
was as black as the daughters of Ethiopia
ever are. Now there isn't a lady in all the
States possessed of clearer skin. The
change has not been sudden, nor has the wo
man experienced any sickness. Such in
stances have occurred before, but they arr
rare
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THE MARKETS.
DEATHS.

GANDEY. I'm Lambertville on the 10th inst, Mrs.
SARAH s. wife of Mr. A. G. Gandey, in the 25th year
of her age.
The friends and relatives invited to attend the
funeral Friday morning at 10 O'clock from her late,
residence on Bridge st.
MASON AT Stockton on the 9th inst, KATE X, wife
of John b. Mason in the 37th year of her age.
NAYLOR.-At Parsons Corner, Pa, on the 10th inst.
daughter of Jesse Naylor, aged years.
MOoRE.--Near Everttstown, July %, 1873, FRAZIER
MOORE
BARRASS-At Clinton, July 81 1873 infant of Ed
ward and Mary A. Basrass.
ELY-At her residence in Solebury, the 18th inst,
SARAH Ety. in her eighty-hrst year.
EASTBIRN.--In Camden New Jersey, on the 10th OF
August 1873 of paralysist JONATHAN EAsTBuRN, for
mcrly Of Falls Bucks county, in the sist year of his
age.
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George N. Saunders, notorious for confed-
crate sympathies and peace-making proclivi-
ties during the war, died suddenly in New
York on Tuesday, aged 81 years.