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Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

The Philadelphia Ledger of Tuesday
says; The Susquehanna river at Port De-
posit continued to fall yesterday, after the
rise of Sunday. The total fall since Sur-
day evening, however, was only IS inches.
The weather grew mildsr towards evening
No movement took place In the ice gorge
but the people were very anxious, not
knowing when they would have To take
refuge on the hill. AT Chlckies the rise
was eight feet, but the water has been
falling slowly since Sunday night. At
Williamsport there is no change in the
river.
The correspondent Of the Press says
There seems 70 be no present cause Tor
alarm, although the water was forced back
into Octorara Creek, five miles above aud
caused panic at Rolandsvile. The Nc
Cullough Iron Company, at the latter
place, were forced TO cease operations by
the water forcing Its way into the tires.
The grandeur Of the ice gorge surpasses
all belief. From point one mile north
of the Havre de Grace bridge, near Wat
son's leland, to the mouth of 0ctorara
Creek, the Susquehanna is one solid lelt
of Ice, piled in huge masses from shore Il
shore, and immovably fixed. One cal
well believe that nothing but the sprinI
rains and spring sunshine will ever moyi
1t. Several plans have been suggested I,
blow the gorge up with gunpowder o
nitro-glyeeriue, but each succeeding plaI
Is necessarily given up as impraetcable.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
The Cause Of Crime.
LIQUOR DRINKING ONE GREAT CAUSE II
NOT TIE GREATEST.

LIQUOR DRINKING ONE GREAT CAUSE II
NOT Tue GREATEST.
Editors State Journal:-I think your
correspondent "Com." is In the main cor
rect In his estimate of the general ten
dency Of liquor drinking to crime. There
ean be no doubt In my mind that II lie one
of the most prolific sources of crime to
which we can refer.
The prison reports or statistics 10 all our
arge cities almost universally condrm the
fact that three-fourlhs of the crime are
traceable directly or Indirectly 10 the use
of intoxicating liquors. Wherever the
grog-shops have been closed up, and the
sale of liquor as beverage been stopped,
Its effect upon the diminution of crime has
been fully attestsd. 1t has been stated
upon most reliable authority, that in
Maine, where the Prohibltory Law was
strictly enforced, Its effect was almost
magical In reducing the number Of COM
initials TO prison and not only In Maine,
but In every other place where prohibition
has been rigidly maintained the results
have been similar.
That It is the great generation of crime
and misery is not the verdict of our coun-
try only, but wherever the habit is unre-
strained the verdict Is the same.
Hear what the sheriff Of London and
Middlesex declared. Il copy from notes
In Goodrich's Pictorial Geography, which
was published in 1910
He says "that he had so long been In
the habit of hearing criminals refer all
their miseries 70 this (the use of intoxiea-
| ting drinks) that he had ceased TO ask the
cause of their ruin"
We know that It's tendency is to idleness
and a general distaste for refined circles
The true path of moral development is
the path of usefulness and everything
that produces dlstaste for that tends to
lay the foundation for criminal action.
That there are other great causes Of
crime, we are free to admit, and the love
of gain, to which you refer, no doubt has
much TO do in leading to the commission
of great crimes but | venture to say, that
II we could sweep out Of existence the
scourge of rum, we would render tenant
less more than one-half Of our prisons, and
poor house would scarcely be known.
o, everywhere we have the marks OF
this terrible scourge meeting us, in the
wreck of early hopes--in blighted intellect
in shattered constitutions in wasted
substance, and In moral prostrRlien.
This crying sin appeals TO our humanity,
to our common sympathy, to interpose
something To stay its onward course.
There is now a chance for something to be
done. We have Legislature that is
largely awake to the mischief that ram is
working, aud If the people will now send
in strong petition, have reason to be-
lieve that we can get much better law on
the subject than we now have. A move
ment is now on foot TO call a public meet
ing at very early day to petition the
Legislature for law that will afford us
some protection from this great evil, and
through you, l appeal to every one who
loves the cause OF humanity to give heed
to this eall-aud let their names 20 to the
Legislature, asking for prohibition, or al
leRst Local Option"
Yours, truly. o.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
The Dead and Wounded.

WHAT WILL BIZ DONE WITH TIE soILgp
CONGRESSIONAL INHocENTs IAN n. G.
ON Q. NJ.
Washington correspondence OF New
York Herald; What is to be done with
the Congressman who have been slain by
the Credit Mobllier investigation Is the
question that possesses an all-absorbing
interest at present, az the session is draw
ing to a close. Your corresp oudent has
had conversations with several of the
prominent Congressman here with view
of ascerlaining the opinion of the House
upon this subject. Conversing with one
Of them this morning, who Is considered
keen observer and well-lnfonned mem
Der, he said In answer to the lnterrJga-
tory;-
"What are you going to do with the
Credit Mobilier men i'
"Well, really, 1t is very difficult TO say.
The minds Of most of the members are
pretty well made up on the subject"
"How 7 To expel all Of the guilty onesf"
=. -" As to eGpelling, don't think any oae
will be expelled, except Cakes Ames." 90
Are you sure of Amss3"
Yes, pretty sure. There is a very
strong feeling here against him. It is toll
erabiy clear he will have to CO."
" II he is expelled why will not some of
his victims be expelled as well %
st is like this There are some hun
cred members of this House, who will
leave al the end OF this session. They, in
the main, are Indifferent upon the subject,
and will be entirely neutral when the
question comes up. Then, none but Ames
has been found guilty of anything which
technically places a Congressman within
the rule that would authorize expulsion .
Perjury and completely with a swind-
ling organization will then be passed
over 70
"Oh, mol not that. There Is but little
doubt that Congress will eensure the
practice Of these reereant members but
TO 60 further than that would be to out.
strip Its powers"
''The case in a nutshell is, then, the
expulsion Of Ames and eensure of his toe
willing victims 2"
"Yes, that ia II, as near as can be stated
at present, None OF the COngressmeu
accused have been convicted OF bribery
1t has been shown tn It n special legis a
tion Was required at the time of the dis
tribntion Of the shares. You might sa,
that it was given to have them friendly L
the road but that is mer.ly an induction
from the facts, not a reality to base actor
upon. OF course the moral effect of thl
investigation has been to politically xii
the men exposed in effect the same as 1
they were expelled from Congress, as It 4
very evident, from the tone of the publ,
mind, that they never will be trusted
again"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
Obituary.
Desc HALLoWRLL.

After a painful illness Of some weeks,
In which his unusually vigorous cOnstitu-
tlon struggled against dissolution, he has
passed away leaving wife, ch ldren, and
grandchildren to mourn, and to remember
tue kind deeds and the earnest influence OF
the loving father and friend.
Interested and active In all the measures
Of Friends, in Meeliug, First.d day school,
Lyceum, the promotion of temperance and
education, be will he much missed as q
quiet, but efficient worker.
There was no more regular attendant on
the meeting and the hrst day school of
this place, being the most elderly member
Of the latter, and always sitting at The
head Of the teachers class.
He was gifted with remarkable memory
and from its well-ililed storthouse he could
bring at will fund Of poetry, narrative
and statistical information of sui prising
amount and exactness.
lu the temperance cause, he WAS a most
consistent aud indefat cattle worker. Last
year, when Il was thought advisable by
msuy to ask Congress for Prohibit Dry
Legislation, he obtained In a short time
BY bis own efforts, Uoie than eight hun
ed names 10 q Petition, which was sent
and presented to both houses Of Congress.
Thoughtful aud Conscientious, his good
example WILL he remembered and followed
With profit, E.W.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

Salt Lake City has been greatly excited
by the report Of the Presidents so-ealled
aggressive policy" towards Utah, and by
the report that troops are to be transferred
TO that territory. The Salt Lake Neios,
Mormon organ, says that If the news
proves true, the faint-hearted would do
we'll to get out of the way, but those who
are determined to endure 10 the end will
welcome the occasion to prove faithful,
though even unto death. The EvsHiHg
Journal, Gentle, says loyal pSop'e were
never more encouraged ard hopeful than
now in view of the stern determination of
the President to enforce the laws.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

"The dominion of the English over
200, 00o, 900 Asiatics," writes Mr.. Karl
Blind 10 the Nous FfsiS Prssse, proposes
In great measure on prestige, on a belief
of England's power. If this belief lie once
shaken by the approach of Russia, ele-
msuts Of hostility which were hitherto
restrained Ia India will suddenly become
active, and then it will require uneeasing
exerllons 10 keep them down. Thus Eng
land would be forced to an extension OF
her military institutions, which would ex-
ercsc the most pern,cious influence on
her i'm or political progress. Mr.. Glad
stone, Liberal Minister, ought, before
all ~ h r., 10 perceive that a firm attitude
in regard To- Russia at the present moment
,uu nip IN the bud many future compll-
C tirs.mld nlr,lties. The decision which
B. to D. kn vt the Foreign Office is
IA Cir, u ell forward to with anxious
exc tat'on
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
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Russian Womao's RiRhta

Catharine Dlkhova, a young Russian
lady is visiting this country to look into the
woman question, and in the course of her
looking she is doing the " Oneida Commu-
nifty" The lady is not yet tweuty.o one
years old, aud speaks seven different Ian
guages. She wears the Emperor's badge
of honor, and is one among only four
ladies to whom it has been given during
tue last forty years. The lady came here
to study the plan of woman's work and
character which seemed most susceptible
Of advancement, and proposes to visit the
medical eolleges-aud Boston-beforc her
rpturl.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

END OF THs v1sIT-TuEY INSPECT TIRE
EVERY EVENING oFFICE.

END OF THs vIsIT-TuEY INSPECT TIRE
EVERY EVENING oFPIcE.
Our report Of the visit Of the members
Of the General Assembly to our city, ended
on the eth With their arrival at the Della
ware House for dinner after their visit 10
the public schools.
After dinner they visited STATE JOUR-
NAL office and spent come time in watching
the running Of our Double Cylinder Taylor
Press, the only fast newspaper press IN
the State, and they generally expressed
themselves much interested.
From the STATE JovRHAE office they
proceeded to the Board of Trade Rooms
where they spent the remainder of the af-
teTnoon In Informal conversation with our
business men concerning the usury law,
ten cent tax and other matters of leglsla-
ton in which our people are specially in
terested and at 6.25 they left for their
homes thoroughly pleased with their visit.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

THE WATER wIrcH's NEW ENGINE,

THE WATER wIrcH's NEW ENGINE
The new steam fire engine, built At Hud-
sop, n. T., by the Clapp u Jones Manu-
featuring Co., for the Water Witch Fire
Co., Of this city, arrived by the P. W. &
b. +. R, Monday, and was takeT to
tue compsny's house on shipley street
It weighs 100 pounds and cost $1,000.
The air dome has movable head light
or reflector attached, which can be used by
the driver in going to Ere or by the fire.
man when forcing water. Behind the
dome is the drivers seat, under which Is
the gong.
The boiler Is ofthe circulating drop tube
pattern. The Ay Wheel is OF brass. There
are two steam gauges, one for the fireman
and one for the engineer. A clock is also
attached to the apparatus. The road
wheels arc feet ~ inches In diameter,
back, aud feet and 10 inches, front. II
has "a feet of suction pipe All the steel
work, except the working parts, is plated
with nickel. Part Of the metal-eoverinp
Is plated with German silver and princess
metal. The apparatus is ranked in the
second class by tiremen, the old engine
belug third class.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

sEIPBUuDIs0.- The Nsgs has the fol
lowing regarding shipbulldlng at Milford !:
All the yards are busy in building large
vessels. Carlisle & Bro, have under way
and will finish sometime during the Sum
mer q 5O0-ton schooner. Mr.. salmons,
successor to Mr.. Deputy, has just laid the
keel of a 400-ton schooner for parties in
Philadelphia. Mr.. VIM. scrlbner has on
the stocks 500 ton schooner which will
probably be ready for launching about
May next. Built for parties In Phlladel-
phla. Mr.. David Lank Is also building a
500.ton schooner foi Philadelphia parties.
Most of these parties have orders for other
vessels as soon as these are out Of the way.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

Immense quantities are collected IN Bar,
barry for food. They are boiled and DRIED
upon roofs of houses. A iayorite prepare
tion Is to roast them. They are also eaten
alive without hesitation by the common
people, when in haste for refreshment.
Those who have examined the subject Tor
the purpose of determining whether they
are unwholes0me, have concluded locusts
are Just as nutritious as any other kind OF
allment. The gastric juice melts them
down quickly, and the digestion Is not
Impaired. AS the proof Of the pudding Is
in the eating, In the wisdom of an old
proyerb, grass-hoppers might be utilized
also. The Jews, In many parts OF ASIA,
are said to declare the quails on which the
Israelites Toasted so literally In the desert
has been mistranslated- should read
iocusfs.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
Pacific Railroad Freights.

Freight tariff on the UHion Pacific Rail-
way for the year 1872 has been much
greater than for the year 1871. The books
Of the company show that at least 1910
more cars have passed from Ogden to
Omaha freighted with the most valuable
commodities of the eastern and western
worlds. The road has carried 500 cars of
bullion, an increase of 202 as compai ed
with the previous year; 40 of leather, in.
stead Of in 1871 104 more cars of ash /;
Is more Of wine, SO more of furs, 20 more
of silk, while for the first time grain aalled
for 201 cars, and -four for PCS.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

Isaac Hinckley, President of the Phia-
delphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Rail
road Company, was before the Appropria-
tion Committees Monday, on the subject of
obtaining pay for the use of railway post
Office cars. These cars were, it is repre-
scented, placed on the leading roads in
1854, under the promise by the department
that the companies should be paid for
their use. This promise has not been
complied with. Therefore the leading
companies are now asking for mail SER
vice the same rate per car per mile on fast
passenger trains, a. the public pays them
for moving second class freight per car
per mile on slow freight trains.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

A method Of printing from photographs
adopted in Prussia, consists In the employ
ment Of sensitive film of gelatiue cos
tanning biehromate Of potash. This film
Is spread upon thick glass, and, after ex.
posture in the camera in the usual way, the
ammonia. The picture is invisible until
the mixing roller las raised over the glass
plate, which may be printed from In much
the same way as a llthographle stone
About 5000 impressions have been taken
from glass plate prepared In this way
the plate being Ia all cases strong enough
TO be capable Of being passed through the
press without injury. The process has
been adopted at Krupp's works at Essen
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

A FALLEN ROCK DISTRICTS TRE TRACK on
THIS W. A r. n. r..
The morning train south, from Coates
vile, on the Wilmington & Reading K. R.,
due here at sis a ~, met With an aec.-
dent Monday morning near Embreevllle. A
large boulder had rolled down from hill
into q cut, and the locomotive struck II
with great force. The cow-cnther was
Knocked to pieces, and one of the dummy
shafts was so bent that il had to be taken
of. The tender was thrown Oh the track.
The train had to wait the arrival Of the
next south. bound train from Reading, due
here at A-quarter before u, which brought
down the disabled train. No one was
hurt, nor am other damage done tuan
that above stated
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
A Blast Furnace.
srRsSo COMPANY TO BE ORGANIZED.

sTRsSO COMPANY TO BE ORGANIZED.
Those who thought nothing would come
out of the interest manifested some months
ago in the project of establishing a blast
furnace in this city, will, we hope, be
agrssably disappointed.
a bill lie now pending in the Legislature
and certain to pass, charterink the Evil.
mingtsn Furnace Company" for the
manufacture of iron, and aiticles made
from iron. 1t is 10 have a capital stock
not exceeding $500, 900, in shares Of $1,000
each, and Is TO have five Directors chosen
from among its stockholders.
Amongst the coTporators named in the
act are such substantial citizens as Edw
Belts, {. T. Warner, c. Febiger, JOSEPH
Tstnall, VIM. s. Hilles and Alfred Belts
5 n names are sufficient guarante,
that the effort "ineans business" and II
no visionary scheme.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

The Postmaster General Of England, in
his annual report, quotes, among others,
the following complimentary letter from
an American gent leman, which goes far
to prove the perfection to which the postal
system has been brought In England -
Having recently arrived in Eng and, and
not knowing the present whereabouts of
sister, l addressed letter TO her late resi-
denee thus; Upper Norwood, or else
where ! received a reply In ordinary
course Of mail, saying II had been delivered
TO her on the top of stage.coaeh, in
Wales. venture to say no other country
can show the parallel, or would take the
trouble at any price1
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

Here Is lucid description of the Credit
Mobllier, furnished by the Louisville
Courier -JOurna, "An unlettered cores
pendent In the interior writes to ask what
is this Credit Mobilier the papers are talk
Ing so much about = Well, 1t is simply a
double. joinled, bsck-actlng swindllng ma
chine, modelled after French Invention,
but is Of such Intricate construction that
we couldn't well describe ii without the
assistance Of quantity of diagrams and
Krefs.D
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

THE FfHsF or THE SkksoE.-h IL usual
about this time Of year for people 70 assert
that the prospect for peaches the coming
season Ia dlsheartening, as the cold wea-
Their has killed the peach buds. The fol-
lowing "peaeh death notice" Ia the urs'
Of the season, and IL clipped from the
Cecil FAis; We are informed that exam.
inatious, since the hard freeze Of last
week, prove the peach buds TO be killed.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

The Oldest man in the world has at
length been discovered. His name is Jose
Martino Continho, resident Of Cape FRO,
in the provisce Of Rio Janeiro, Brazil,
who was born on the Goth Of May, 1879,
and is therefore nearly one hundred and
nine!y-four years old 1t is said that he
has forty-two children by six wives, and
can count one hundred and twenty three
grandchildren, eighly-six great-grand-
children, and twenty.three great-great-
grandchildren, and twenty children of the
las
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

The censRs of Cuba has recently been
taken, and General Sickles, receiving the
result from The Spanish Government, has
transmitted il TO Washington. The total
population of the island is placed at
l,Sa9,sll, there being 1853 176 whites,
23S,y27 free cOlored 1903. 2SS slaves, and
"a, 400 Asiutlcs. In 1857 the population OF
Cuba was reported TO be l,4lI, sos, 80 that
In the five years that have elapsed there is
. decrease of II, 706. The insurresiion
probably interfcred with getting accurale c
figures from some portions of the island
during the past year, so that we may look
upon the statement as only approximately
correct
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15
rcnxrnIrrrlI PowEn.--Ths machines

TIE CENTRIFUGAL PowxR.--The machines
run on this principle which may be seen
at the store Of Wesley Smith u o., ia
Market street, are q truly wonderful and
useful invention. Briefly told the prinel-
pie Is simply this. A round rod or shan,
placed between two band wheels, upon
which runs on endless leather belt. Space
does not allow rs to enter into an explana-
lion OF the great power thxs engendered !
suffice Ii to say that 1t almost arnlh,lates
friction; and increases speed 10 an nnprece-
dcnted degree, making Its efficiency for
work not less than IS per cent above ordl-
nary machines.
Gall at No. ia and see the principle
applied AZ a thrasher, saw-mlll, root
cutter, corn-sheller, borer, planer, &C.,
for only by observation can ils great value
as an addition TO the powers Of machinery
be understood.
For efficiency, simplicity and economy
this Invention stands unparalleled, and
should commend itself at once to the
notice Of all interested in machinery.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

The latest from the pcene Of the Modoc
troubles is that Gen. Gillem has assumed
command Of the troops, and will establish
line Of couriers between his headquarters
and Yreka. The troops will remain on
the defensive until the result Of the peace
commissioners negotiations shall be
known, by which time, It is said, "they
will have consumed all the surplus pro-
visions In that section of the country"
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

APPo1sTNESTs.- Besides the election of
Treasurer and the appointment Of Trus-
tees Of the Poor, the Levy Court Of Sussex
eo1nty, which met at Georgetown last
week, designated the following as County
Collectors Isaac curwithin, Cedar Creek
Hundred John Tatman, Nantleoke Id. ;
VIM. Swain, N. W. F. Hid. James I.
O'Day, seaford Hid. Geo. O'Neal, Broad
Greek Hd., Samuel Bacon, Little Creek
HID; Caleb NJ. Lynch, Baltimore Id.
Eli 7. Short, Dagsboro' Hid. Thomas A.
Joseph Indian River Hd. Hiram q.
Fisher, Lewes and Rehoboth Id. Henry
II. White, Broadkiln Hd., and Joshua A,
Lynch, Georgetown Hid.
Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-02-15

HORRIBLE DEATH FROM scALDIss.-
A little daughter of Mr.. Stsrkey, aged
ten year,, who resides near Church Hill,
met with a horrible death on Wednesday
Of last VIC X. During the absence of her
mother (who had ridden out in a sleigh
for few minutes), she had occasion to
liz vessel containing water from the fire
at which time her clothes took FIRE, and
before timely aid could be rendered, her
body was SO charred that death relieved
her In very few minutes, after she had
bid her little sister an atfectionate adieu.
-CmtrsVills Li0h.