Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-03-27
OUR DOVER LETTER.

The session of Friday morning next will end
the twelfth week of the labors of the law max
ers Of the Delaware Legislature ain General
Assembly met" This is not all-the end il
not yet The time Of adjournment sine die is
matter Of interest 10 many of our people, and
is discussed quite largely here In Dover. Il is
about safe to predict the future course OF the
weather, six months in advance, as the time
of said adjournment. We venture to say that
such an important proceeding will be noted on
the journal some time prior to the 4th of July.
This seems like long time at heavy ex-
penditsre of the State finance, 10 accomplish
such asmall amount of business of public i'm
portancc. But credit should be accorded when
and where due, and the record will show one
very important and liberal spirit Of legislation
OF u public nature. We refer to the approprIa-
ton of loan Of two hundred thousand dollars
aid the construction Of the Breakwater and
Frankfort Railroad In 10 section of the State
is a railroad such an absolute necessity. This
road opens up section of fertile and wealthy,
country. Agricultural products, merchandise
now, has to be hauled distance Of from fifteen
to twenty-five miles to reach shipping point
On the line of the proposed road there are a
large number Of fine streams of water, on which
there are already some ten or more large saw
mills engaged in the manufacture of lum Der of
various kinds ready for market, including c,-
press shingles, dressed gum, &C. The building
OF this roal opens up line through the centre
OF tho Eastern part of the county, and will
finally proceed to Berlin, in Wicomlco county,
Maryland, where connection will be made with
the Worcester Railroad, on continuance to Snow
Hill. From this little place line will eyentu-
ally he established to some point on the Wor-
cest er and Somerset Railroad, making direct
line OF rail to the lower Chesapeake, and south
by way Of Norfolk In the first place the loan
TO aid this road cannot do otherwise than mako
more secure and profitable the interest of the
State in the junction and Breakwater, by liz
crcasing largely the business of the latter road.
The bill of the greatest interest of any be fore
our legislature the present SEES lion, has been the
incorporative act Of the Maryland and Delaware
ship canal II has been hanging for long
while IN the House, and much industrious lob
bying by the opposition has been done, while
the other side has not remained idle. The bill
came up this afternoon foi final consideration.
The House was crowded with anxious specta-
tors-the Senate adjourned in order to be pres
ent to hear the verdict. A great deal of specu-
lating was don up to the time of taking the
vote. The clerk, after reading about a dozen
petitions favorable to the measure, called the
roll AMI fifteen Representatives, answered yea,
while ilge answered nay.
The enthusiasm Of the friends of the bill
knew no bounds hardly, and not until some
seven or eight bottles of champagne had been
empIied did the ordinary order of things again
assumed control.
number ofthe spiritual economists OF the
House succeeded in securing night session of
that branch Of the assembly for this evening. A
little more pressure on the good matured and
able clerk Of the House, thus, and would all be
yell enough, If their Woodworking members
would he jqst little more consistent and not
waste so much of The time ofthe sessions In ex-
pioring what ti.y "iSnOw about iaw-making.' y
KENT.