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Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
Humphreys specific homeopathic
Remedies.
As well as other family medicines, are sold by
w. Il. ALRICHS, Apotheeary,
TOI Market street,


VIII consult their own interest and insure safe,
speedy and prompt transaction OF their business by
tors OF Patents an Attorneys-at-Law,N No 6l6 sixth
So, N w (near the U. T. Patent O1ice,l p. v. BOX
4ll Washington ID. O. All letters,inclusing three
cent postage stamp, will receive prompt attention
ana answer. Bear in mind that apparently trivial
inventions or improvements are often the most
inqs sill be furnished at reasonable cost Our fees
are extremely moderate and all cases are prepared
and attended TO Immediately. Give us trial.
~~AAN- m
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Tho special committee of the New Jersey Sem
ate heard argument, yesterday, on the Genera
Railroad bill. The House and Senate General
bill are both before this committee.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
SMITH Do PAINTERS,
Seventh and Market.

Something Now.
CAP sICUM AsTER,
For Rheumatic pains, Neuralgia, Stif Neck, Head
ache, Lumbago, &c.
1t will not blister like Mustard, and can be ap-
piled without any trouble. For sale by
Lac. SHOEMAKER,
500 Market street. Institute Building.
Wilmington, Del.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
u,m .ur I..s ralnon Of Yesterday


rHE Rrvne RAPIDLY RISING AND NAV AIARi
CREATED.
PHrfADELPH1A, March II.
Dispatches state that heavy thunder storm
occurred this morning, and that tits still raining
hard. The susqnuhanna has risen twenty inches,
and is still rising, causing alarm.
No change in the ice gorge.
At Chickies, Pa. the river has risen three feet,
and is still rising. The gorge is unchanged.
At Columbia, Pa, the river has risen two feet,
and is still rising rapidly.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Votes OH the election of U, s Senator to fill
Me- Wilson's place were taken in both Houses Of
the Massachusetts Legislature, yesterday, Sec
rotary Boutwell, had the largest vote, in the
House, though Mr., Dawes had most in the Sem
ate and at the joint Convention, to-day, it is be-
lieved the former will be chosen, on the first
ballot
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

KunkePs Bitter vino of Iron.
DR.. Jayne's Expectorant for Coughs and Colds.
Ayers Cherry Pectoral.
Or. Schenek's Puimonic Syrup,
DR.. Roses Cough Syrup,
Dr. SchencRs Pills.
DIR. Roses Pills,
Dr. Jayne's Pills.
Dr. Ayers Pills. and all the leading patent medi-
cines In the marRet.
Alsoa full and well selected stock OF fresh Drugs
Medicines and Fancy Articles on hand.
Country store keepers and grocers supplied with
Paregoric, Ladanum, nc.
Essences of all kinds, wholesale and retail, at
FUSTBR'S DRUG STORE,
Front and West streets,
Wilmington, Delaware.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Mr.. Robert White, who formerly resided in
this city, died at Wilmar, Minnesota, on the line
Of Northern Pacific II. R., Sunday the 9th inst
OF q p NJ
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
Begtster's Auttfes.

h EqISTER's OFFICE
IL NEW CASTLE COUNTY, Mar. Tth, 1873
Upon the application Of Elizabeth n ellis,
Edward a. Gillls ana John P. Gilis. Executors OF
Commodore John p. Gillis, late OF Wilmington
City in said County, deceased; It is ordered
and direc ed by the Register that the Ex-
ecutors aforesaid, give notice Of the granting of
Letters Testamentary, upon the Estate OF the de-
ceased with the date Of granting thereof by causing
advertisements TO be posted within forty days from
the date of such letters In six of the most public
places OF the County OF New Castle requiring all per-
sons having demands against the Estate, to present
the same or abide by Act Of Assembly in such case
made and provided. And also cause the same 70 be
inserted within the same period in the DAILY COM
MEROIAL1 q newspaper published In Wilmington,
and to be continued therein for three weeks.
Given under the hand and Seal OF once OF
Il. 81 the Register aforesaid at New Castle, in New
Castle County Aforesaid the day and year
above written. b. GIBBS, Register.
NoTICE-Al persons having claims against the
Estate Of the deceased must present the same duly
attested TO the Executors on or before March
Tth, 1874, or abide the Act Of Assembly in such case
made and provided.
ELIZABETH T. GILLIS,
EDWARD n GILLIS, Executors.
JOHN p. GILLIS,
Address, Wilmington, Del mar1l-Sw
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
kpain.


MADRID, March Ii,
The Assembly has passed bill! for the convo-
cation of tho Courts, allowing the Government
to fix day for the election Of delegates from
Ouho
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
RaScnelor,s Hair Dye.

B0GCO3TOF 3 FTdTT UTos
This superb HAIR DYE is the Best in the World
Perfeoty Harmless, Reliable and instantaneous
No Ridiculous tints, or unpleasant Odor. The genu-
inc W, A. BACHELORS HAIR DYE produces
IMMEDIATELY splendid BLACK or NATURAL
BROWN Does not stain the skin, hut leaves the
HAIR CLEAN, SOFT and BBAUTlFUL- The only
Safe and PERFECT Dye. Solt by all Druggists
Factory Is BOND ST., New York.
tnarf-eahkWlV
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Talmage is popular lecturer, a fine writer,
and an entertaining speaker. Go hear him on the
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
France



PARIS, March IL.
Farades, the Communist, has been sentenced
for aYanntinn
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Talmags's lectures are interspersed with olo-
queEt sentences.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
SiuauriM.

ENIRsT NATIONAL BANK
OF WILMINGTON,
Depository of tho Public Monies,
AND
FINANCIAL AGENT OF TEE UNITED STATES.
EDWARD BELTS, PRESIDENT.
GEO. D. ARMSTRONG, CASHIER.
Paid Up Capital, ............,.........S 100000
b&-Philadelphia and Rev York Exchange fur
nished TO regular depost0rs without charge.
Discount days, Mondays and Thursdays at 81 A. n.
DIRECTORS:
CLEMENT B. SHYTH, GEORGE W. BUsH,
lsRABL PUsKY ELI GARRETT,
Henry =. MCCoMB, JOSHUA T. HKALD,
DANIEL JAMES, WIhIIAM TATRAIi.
EDWARD BELTS. oct1-1y
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

The Republicans of Cambridge (Md.) have
done nobly On Saturday, for the first time in
the history of the town, the Republican candi-
dates for Commissioners were elected-Wm. +.
Pattison by n majority of 81, and Clement 7.
Mowbray by is. TIE Democratic candidates
were Charles W. Breerwood and VIM. Drain, two
very worthy and popular men. Dorchester coun-
ty has helped roll up the heavy Democratic ma
jorities in Maryland since 1865, and Cambridge
was one of its strongholds. This ia an indica-
ton of change in the current of popular SEN
timent.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
Tho esorse in the sehuylkilI.

A CHANNEL OPEN THROUGH IT AND IT'S PARTIAL
PASSAGE OVER TIE DAM.
PHILADELPHIA, March IL.
1t has been raining very hard all the morning.
A channel has been opened through the ice
gorge in the schuylkill at Paramount, and por'
ton of tho ice passed over the dam without dam
aoa
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

Toilet and Fancy Goods,
Selling on toilet and fancy goods to close business
Drugs and fixtures for sale. -
W. T. ALRICHS,
f07 Market street.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

For the Holidays.
odor Cases ia Velvet Russia Leather and Rose
Wood.
Cigar cases in Russia Leather.
Antique Bronzes
Gold and Silver Capped Pungents.
Cut Glass ColOgnes In pairs and sets.
Wax Flower Materials, ColorB and Tools.
Bohemian and Cut Toilet Sets.
Pocket Match Boxes in Russia Leather and Gilt
Bronze.
Bouquet Holders, Flour Vases and Mantel orna-
ments,
French Plate Toilet Mirrors.
Hair Brushes and Comes.
Powder Pulls and Boxes
Novelties in Perfumery.
Sundries in Relic Wood, Scotch Plaid WoOk REESE
Wood, Turkish Wood, Russia Leather, Swiss Carved
Wood, Satinwood.
Thermometers in great variety.
At uniformly low prices at
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12
HOWARD NJ. JENKINS.
EDITeR.
EILAINGTOE, DEL.
WednesdaY Afternoon, March ".


We have little doubt that the public judg-
msnt concerning MIR. oolfax, (Which has, I'M
questionably, been adverse to him,) will be
modified in the course of time, and possibly al
together reversed. He is q retired man, who
has quilted public life, and may not re-enter it,
but he is entitled to justice and fair play.
When he gets these, there win be less of seyeri-
ty in the public opinion of him, we have no
SORT OF doubt.
In connection with this belief we must quote,
he,e. a very remarkable editorial expression
fr ,m the leading Democratic newspaper Of Ken
lucky, the Louisville Courier Journal. In its
issue of Monday last, it said;-
1--WE have taken the trouble to review care
fully the case of Mr.. Colfax as recorded in the
Congress investigation, and compare 1t with the
elaborate defense delivered by the late Vice
President at South Bend, last Saturday.
THE result of our research is that he has given
n successful and satisfactory explanation OF the
entire matter.
sit will require closer analysis than that which
we have made or arescapabe of making to alter
our opinion that in this business MIR. Colfax
hiss been very much abused and wronged.
This, from strong partisan newspaper. is
hardly less remarkable than the letter which
President Grant wrote MIR. Colfax, on the 4tt
inst and which has been made public within :
day or two, and they are both evidences Of this
strong feeling which is entertained favorabl,
to Mr.. Colfax. He has been favorite with the
people, and his earnest disavowals of all wrong
action in the Credit Mobilier are accepted b.
many as outweighing what seemed to be strong
or testimony in 1.-THE opposite direction.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1873-03-12

DAKERs POPULAR HUMAN HAIR EsTAB-
ID LISHMENT.
The Assortment of BRAIDS, WIGS and CURLS
cannot be equaed In the United States,
jan2-u No. 900 Chestnut street, Phila.
n ARGE ASSORTMENT OF BRAIDs, CURLS
Ia and WIGS.
One yard long braids, So.
No, l06 South Eleventh street, Phila
Ian2-tf BAKER,
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09
A House not taxable.


Says writer in the Overland
Monthly: The lOftiest house, aud
the most perfect in the matter of
architecture l have ever seen, was
that which a RoOd-choPper occupied
with his family one winter, in the
forest of Santa Cruz county. 1t
was the cavity OF a redwood tree
240 feet in hight. Fire had eaten
away the trunk at the base until a
circular room had been formed, l6
feet in diameter. At 20 feet or
more from the ground was knot
hole which afforded egress for the
smoke. With hammoeks hung from
pegs, and q few cooking utensils
hung from other pegs. that house
lacked no essential thing. This
wOodman was in possession of q
house which had been one thousand
years in process of building. Per
haps on the very day it was finish
ed he came along and entered it.
now utd aft 1ack-Knffe and hand
saw architecture enter into insight
ficanee in contrast with this house
in the solitades of the great forestl
Moreover, the tenant Jared like n
prince. Within thirty yards of his
coniferOus house a mountain stream
went rushing past to the sea. In
the swirls and eddies under the
shelving rocks, if one could not
land half a dozen trout within an
hour he deserved to 60 hungry as
a penalty for his aWkwardness.-
Now and then q deer came out into
the openings, and, at no great dis
tancc, quaIls, rabbits and pigeons
could be found What did this man
want more than nature furnished
himl He had house with "cu-
palo" 240 feet high, and game at
the cost of taking IL This Arcadi-
an simplicity would have made q
lasting impression, but-for a volun-
teer remark that nothing could be
added to give life 8 more perfect
zest. well, yes, said he, q reckon
If you are goinging back to town
you might tell Jim to send me up a
gallon Of whisky and some plug to-
bacco.' 1t will not do TO invest 4
hollow tree with too much Of senti-
ment and poetry. If that message
had not been suggested, we should
have been under the delusiOn to
this day that the lives of those peo-
pie, dwelling in a house fashioned a
thousand years ago, were rounded
ts q perfect fnllness without one ar
tifciRl want.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09
Can't Bear to be q Lair.

Two boys were in schOOl-room
alone together when some fireworks.
contrary to the masters express pro-
hibition, exploded. The boy denied
Il; the other, Bonnie Christie, would
neither admit nor deay il, and was
severely logged for his obstinacy.-
When the boys got alone Again.
'fWhy didn't you deny IL? asked the
real delinquent.
s'sfBecause there were only two, and
onsof us must have lied, said Bon
ME.
aThen why not say I did it?'
: Because you said you didn't and
! would spare the liar.H
= The boys heart nailed -Bonnie's
neral gallantry subdued him.
When school resumed, the young
rogue marched up to the masters
desk snd said: M
please. sir. I can't bear 70 be- a liar;
I let OF the squibs," and burst into
tears. s-s
The masters eyes glistened on the
self-accuser, and the unmerited pun
ishment he had Indicted on his school
mate smOte hia conscisnce. Before
ths whole school, hand in hand with
the culprit, as il they paired in the
confession, the master walked down
20 where Christie sat, and said loud
with emotion:
Bonnie, Bonnie. lad-he and L beg
your pardon; We were both to blame. F"
The school was hushed and still, as
other schools are apt to be when any
thing true and noble is being done
80 still that they might have heard
BOnnie's big boy tear drop proudly
on his eopy-book, as he sat enjoying
the moral triumph which subdued
himself as we'll as the rest; and when,
for the want Of something else 20 say,
he gently said. Master, foreverl" the
glorious shout of the scholars filled
the mans eyes with something behind
his spectacles, which made him wipe
them before .resuming his chair.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09


PROVIDENCE IN CRKATIoN.-ManY
sorts of rare engines we acknowl-
edge are contriveda by the wit of
man, but who hath ever made one
that could grow, or that had in IL a
self-imprOying powerl A tree, an
herb, pile OF grass, may upon this
account ehRnenge all the world 10
make such aathIng; that is tO-im-
plant the power Of growing into
anything to which it.doth net na-
lively belong, or % make = thing
to which it doth. By what art
would they make q seed? aud which
way would they inspire it with
seminal form? And they thatthink
this globe Of the earth was COM
paoted by the casual, or fatal coali-
tiOn Of particles Of matter by what
magic would they conjure SO many
to come together rs should make q
clOdS You with whom the daily
productions of nature (as You call
I'D are so cheap, see If you can do
the like. Try your skill Oh rose.
Yea, but you must have pre-cxis-
tent matter. But can you ever
prove that the Maker of the werld
had so, or even defend the possibiI
ity Of uncreaied mRtterl And sup
pose they had the free agent Of all
the matter between the crown OF
the head aud the moon, could they
tell what to do with It, or how to
manage so as TO make it yield them
one single flower that they might
glory in their own produetioDl
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09
The Poorest alan n Ameriea

Wealthy men are often credited
with greater riches than they possess,
and frequently, after diligent inquiry
into their resources, find that they
have set too high limit to fheiF pos
sessions. It therefore rarely happens
that q man astonishes himself with
his own wealth; yet q little On dit at
tributes bit Of this amusement to
Mr.. A. 7. Stewart. It is probably
generally known that Mr.. Stewart
took steamer for Europe last week
1t is not so generally known that be-
fore his departure he made his will
Prior to making his will it was
thought advisable 10 prepare q sched-
ule Of his real and personal estate,
with its valuation. Upon the compile
ti0n of the schedule, much 70 the sur
prise of Mr. Stewart, and to the great
er surprise of his friends, il was
found that he was worth one hundred
million dollars. That any American
citizen should be possessed of so
great wealth almost surpasses belief,
Dat nc truth Of the foregoing state
ment il well authenticated.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09


drous eyes, @but l. did not tell you
before, because i wanted 20 see il
you loved me-" e-.--
She, nestled close to him, letting
her head fall npon his bosom.
"The farm, Gertie," he said soft
ly, "Was full of OIL"
i'OiIl"
81 sold it for more money than
Leon Payne ever possessed. Now,
| pet, run up stairs; mother will
show you the room, and let me see
how some Of the finery there suits
stNeEer mind. We want alqueen
to preside over this supper"
Mrs jameson led her away, while
Jane and her husband stood as be-
wildered "a Gertie had been. Sud
denly the bridegroom started for
ward and grasped Harry's hand.
s'Theu it was you, - ne said, sswho
sent me the bundle Of gFeenbacks.n
"Are we not brothers 70 said Har-
ry, quietly.
There was little talk then, with,
husky voices and moist eyes, and
JAneI was still looking gratefully
into .llaFry's face, when the door
opened aud (Sertie dashed in. All
the light had come back to her eyes,
the rich eolor to her cheeks and
the shining silk revealed Snowy
arms and shoulders, while rich lace
fell in folds around theasw weeping
skirts. Upon her clustering eurls
rested a wreath Of white flowers,
and rare bracelets elasped her
AZ
She made low reverence TO her
husband.
LOVELY "a Id, cried. .ssBat, pet,
wear the diamonds tonight"
tsWhat diamonds 2"
'sThe ones l seut you for 6 Falen-
you sent me, HarryI l sent
them back to Leon Payne"
1t was certainly ten years later,
when, one evening" at .Onesof Mrs.
Clarke's receptions. Mrs. Leon
Payne said to her, pointing 70 her
.It was the oldest thing about
these diamonds. Somebody sent
them to Leon for valentine years
ago. He could never guess where
they came. from, for, of course, the 1
lady mnst have been wealthy, al
though why she sent q lady's p1ruFe
they not lOVelsb Mrs. Clarke pr
every lovely" said Gertie, and
smiled as she thought ofthe day,
ten years ago, when she was "true
to her heart" rff lIa-
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09
A Wrong BeIief.

When a hippant miss of sixteen
pouts beneath the wholesome advice
Of her "old maid" sister, sO-enlled.
she does very foolish. thing, for
unmarried ladies, as a class, are
wise indeed wise with experience,
and the workings Of clear, unbiased
minds. Neither does il follow that
the old maid sister is any less beau
tiful than the maidens who pout at
her. The girls " no are just bud
ding into maturity are very lovely,
as half-bloWn roses are, aRd their
bright eyes, changeful bloom, and
unaffected merriment, are a delight
To all hahnldePs- They have this
swift, eager enthusiasm of youth,
and their world wears the gladness
Of morning. But they are not,
necessarily, more winning, than the
women, who have left girlhood be-
hid them, and who, in going on,
have gathered heart-wealLh, aud ac-
cumulated brain power, have been
disciplined by trial, taught by ex-
perience, and wrought upon by diff
feFing vicissitudes of life. The
check may have lost some of its
rounded contour, and the lips may
not smile so frequently, but to use
an expressive cOlloQuislism, there is
more to the older than totheyoung-
eF woman. If she be q matron, no.
body thinks of disputing this; but
If, whether from choice, or because
nobody asked her, which is the un-
spoken assumption on the part OF
her critics, she wears her maiden
name, she is voted insipid and tire
some, old-fashioned, or absurd, by
little chits, who cannot compare
with her in real worth. Whence
arises this feeling on their part-a
feeling which only those of their
own class share? Few gentlemen
deny the unmarried ladies OF their
acquaintance place in their esteem,
and they consider an elegant, intel
lectual woman as beautiful in her
fortieth as she was in her tWentieih
year. You make q great mistake,
girls, when you allude to womaa
five, ten, or fifteen years your SEN
ior as p0SSee. Age is much Bs you
look it. The mirror in which yen
gaze makes all the difference then,
though with real wOmanly reti-
cence, she never tells it, even 70 her
nearest and dearest friend there is
hardly an "old maid" anyWheRe,
who has not been courted; ;; and
sought, and admired by gentlemen,
who are now staid and comfortable
fathers of families, aud who still
bow TO her with stately admiration,
and, in their secret souls, once in a
while, wonder why she refused
them. WdUerly.
Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-08-09

Paul Denton, q Methods preach
er in Texas, advertised barbecue.
with better llqour than IS usually
furnished. When the people were
assembled, a despeFado in the
crowd walked Hp to him and cried
out:
'IMr. Denton, your reverence has
lied. You promised not only good
barbeeae, but better liquor. Where's
the liquorl' G.. ESQ
"There," answered the preacher,
ia tones OF thunder; and pointing
his motioRless finger at 9 spring
gushing mp in two strong columns,
with q sound Ike q Rhout Of Joy,
from the bosom of the earth.
"There J" be repested, with q lock
terrible IS lightning, while his enc
my actually trembled at his feet;
Nthere is the liquor which God the
Eternal brewse for al his children.
Not IN the simmering still, over
smoky fires, ehoked with poisonous
gases, surronnded with steuoh OF
sickening 0dOrs and corPuptions,
doth your Father In Heaven prepare
the prvci0Gs essence OF lffe-pure,
cold water, bat IN The greea glade
and grassy dell, where the red deer
wanders and the child loves to piaS.
There God breWs Il; and d0Wn, Low.
down in the deepest valleys, where
the fountain murmurs and the rifis
sing; and high upon the mountain
tops where the naked granite gilt
teFs like gold in the sun, where the
der-stOrms crash; and far out on the
I A
hOwls music, and the big waVorolls
the chorus, sweeping the mazcb of
God-there he hrews il, that beYers
age of life-health giving watsr.
And everywhere it Is thing Of
life and beauty-gleaming In ths
dew-drop; singing in the sumneEi
rain; shining in the ice-gen, till the |
trees all seemed turned TO living
jewels; spreading 8 golden veil over
the sun, or 3 white game around |
the midnight moon; sporting Ia the
glacier; folding its bright snow cur
tain softly about the wintry world; !
and weaving the many-colOred bow !
whose warp is the rain-drOps or
earth, whose Woof is the suEIbaRm
of Heaven, all checked over with |
the mystic hand of refraction.
Still it is beautiful that blessed /
life-waterl No poisonous bubbles
are on its brink; its foam briRgsnOt
madness and murder; no blood
stains its liquid glass; pale widows |
and starving orphans weep not |
burning tears ia its depths; no /
drunkard's shrinking ghost frOn the |
grave, curses 1t in the world of eter-
nal despair ! Speak out, my friends!
Would you change it for the demons
drink, alcoholIs
A shout like The roar of q temp
est answered, 'sNoP