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Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

A WEDDING STOPPED BY SUIcIDR.-Geo
II. Lynch, formerly of Kent Island, Queen An
mes Co., committed suicide In Baltimore city
on Tuesday of last week. He has resided in
Baltimore for some time past He was %
years of age, and was to have been married on
the night of the fatal day upon which he took
his own life He had been out of employment
for some weeks, and had a mother living at
Kent Island, who is nearly blind, depending
mainly upon him for her support. 1t is thought
that his Strengthened circumstances, in view of
the fact that he was about to marry, so pIeyed
upon his mind as TO temporarily disturb his
reason; and that while in this state he commit
ted the fatal act. Lynch was rather a fine,
healthy looking young man and was neatly
clad. He was formerly from Easton, Talbot
county, and was carpenter, living temporarily
in Baltimore. The bride-elect is described as
possessing great personal charms and being In
every respect an estimable young lady. The
arrangements for the wedding having been per-
fected, the bridal trosseau completed aud a
minister engaged to perform the ceremony,
which was TO take place at the residence of a
near relative of the bride. There had been no
lack of attention on the part of the bridegroom
elect. His visits were as regularly made as be-
fore, and moi the slightest intimation escaped
his lips that anything could possibly occur that
would interrupt the approaching nuptials up TO
the eve Of the day appointed for the wedding.
On Monday evening Mr.. Lynch paid his last
visit to his tiancee and spent the evening in
cheerful conversation. The subject of the mar
rlage was, among other matters, discussed, and
lie eyinced an anxious and even enthusiastic
interest quits natural under the circumstances.
There was nothing remarkable in his parting,
except that after shaking hands warmly with
the members of the family he turned 10 the
young lady and in low tone said, "Good-bye,
gobd-bye forever" Nothing was thought of the
remark at the time, and II was only after the
suicide that it was recalled. The suicide was
committed in the afternoon, in the variety stole
OF Mr. II. Taylor, father of lhs expectaut bride.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

Said an obstreperous justice oi ihe peace 10
an oostreperous prisoner on uial We want
nothing bu, silence, and but little cf that
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

When policeman finds a man full they
take him TO the station-house, and his friends
bail him out.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

Odd, rather, that SO many horses should run
away and smash vehicles to which they are
SO much attached.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

The hottem ofa well must be shocking
bad Place, for even truth is said TO lie
there.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

Feline Taik.-Tho omas-'.Mowtidr, may /
COME over in your yard tonight ?''
Maria-"So, you cru't-splkes "n the fence,
meow-yeo ~
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

Trains leaving wilmington, at 1880 A. NJ. connects
with train leaving Philadelphia ~ $50 A. N.
Train leaving Wilmington at b35 +; NJ. cohhects
with train leaving Philadelphia at 400 P. M
Train arriving at Wilmington I.b5 A, NJ. cohheots
with tram for Philadelphia at y. III a. M. .
Train arriving at Wilmington at $50 y. NJ with
tran for Philadelphia ut 400 2. M.
Omnibus transfer between W. & VIZ and r. W. y
b. Uepots and cars ofWlmington City r. IL, at Front
and Market Sts., by MoMullen q Seal, at cents for
each passenger, and cents for each piece baggags'
Der Ji-tt DAVID CONELL, Supt
W. II. CONNELt General Agent.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

80 dark and yet SO light" as the man said
when he looked a: his ton of coal,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

baltimore LOS $40 DelnM "'-'
NEW CASTLE TRAiNs.
Ieave New Castle for Wilmington and fhiiaueipMa
Al l. ~, 95b .. nj. and 40, G25, s3s p u, iease
E,l,n,npton l?55, 1910 u In, l2o, t2o' soo p i"'
for New Castle. .
SMYRNA BRANCH TRAINS
,buoual to those above, leave Clayton for Smyr'
Al, = Ia "a m aud q u. IN. Leave Smyrna for Clayton
,ts,. m and Z SO y. m, " make cOhhectloh w"n
,,,tYs 10 n,,i from Dover. and stations South. -,
ifvhtanr IHAIs with Passenger Car attached wiz
cave Wilmington l265 n. IN, New Castle, ixo niu
Ilpiuwn, 9.gO; Townsend 23s Clayton, 3ooi Do'uI,
~. " yonuIig, 3.b2; Felton, 400 harringtoh' ~.
rn,iuinItum i5l; Bridgeville, go; sehiofu' o'ii'
i.auTel. q ii, aud arrive at Denar AT o'oo a. M
rass.npers leaving Baltimore at I3O p. m an1
ton Win this tram nj Wlliaington. Returnilg,-L
~ n Ienye Delmar rs y. III. Laurel, 3.lz; Senloiu'
An. BrLigeyille, 4 20. Farmington, 400 hsfrns
.,n, 20; Felton, 6a2; Wyoming, 6.io Doyer' ~;
Cmylon q. so; townsend, lbs Miad'etowh, W, MI,
kiik Sood y Us New Castle 81 and arrive NJ W.T.
nuuytnu 0u2 u. IN, Philadelphia, ll3o p. M, anu
Baltimore s. VI A. IN. subject 10 delays iho"o"' 10
:eight hu-lu ,as.
CoNsgOTions. $1,000,
AT Townsend with kont County x Queen q nle
Z IL ,nt Railroads tor keHne dyyiie, Suiie's''le anu
Intermediate places. . =, =, .r p.s,an and
intermediate places . . =, 4, a., A,us,rd
AT Darlington with be j. u Is. Il. n. iot hihora'
lieOrs.towtl, l.ewes aud inte. Nedlate places;
Al sellvrd with the ID. 4 H. X. ior feaeraiSpu'si
al Deiiunr with the II. y. X. H. for SALISBURY
Plnce-. Anne, CrisHed, &c also f0f beilis ahd
stations the W. s. p. IL. H. ,,.,>,,v s,,,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

The CARELESS CHRlsTlAN.-The varieties
OF religion once accepted, nothing is so consis-
tent as the most profound earnestness and the
most intense revival efforts. A single instance
Of apparent lislessness may cause soul to be
seized with an unfavorable prejudice never to
be overcome. When DR.. Vim. E. Charming
was in lis childhood, an incident occurred
which may possibly explain why his remaI ka-
BILE talents were given TO the advancement of
New England UnitariaDism rather than the cid
gospel with its revival fervor. In bis boyhood
his father, who was member of the orthodox
church, took him to hear celebrated preacher
In the neighborhood, The things of the unseen
world were set forth with deeply solemn effect
Mans lost condition without Christ was repre-
seDted in colors so vivid and startling as to pro-
duce powerful impression upon the mind of
the youthful Charming. And then when the
preacher unfolded the salvation of the gospel
and offered 1t freely to the people as Gods gra-
cious gift to those who seek for it, in his sim
plicity he thought that every one would seek
it without delay. The service was conclud ed
and with intense feeling he watched to see
what the people would do. His father pro-
nounced the sermon "sound doctrine" but said
nothing to his boy or any one else about seek
ing the Lord. They got into the carriage and
rode home the boy absorbed in awful thoughts.
The father, making no further alusion to the
sermon, presently began 10 whistle and on
reaching home took of his boots, put his feet
toward the fireplace, and began to read a news
pepper, leaving his boy, without timely word
of Christian counsel, to struggle with the great
thoughts which oppressed his young heart
But even childhood draws its conclusions and
young Charming asked within himself the ques-
tion, Can what have heard be true? And too
quickly he reached the concluslOn-No ! The
people did not believe it, or they would have
sought at once; his father did not believe it, or
he would have evinced deeper socitude.. -
And ever afterward young Charming evinced
prejudice against the solemn and startling re-
ylval efforts of the evangelical church. May
not lack of sarnestness on the part of Christ's
friends sometimes produce more skeptcism
than the shallow logic of avowed intideli.y.-
Northwestern Advocate.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

Honesty is folly-'tis policy to be wis..
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

NTEK ARRANGEMENT.

IN and after WEDNESDAY, October 1st, 1873,
Trains will leave rs follows
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1874-03-09

WILMINGTON WAGON WORKS.
Constantly on hand and made to order,
Express, Market, Truck, Farm,
Gsrmantown.
q
sNEATH's PATENT TILTING WAGONS,
CAkrS, PUSHCAKTS
And
BARROWS.
Also,
AGRICULTURAL INPLEMENIS,
which are being sold at cost, including
PLUwS, HARROwS AND CULTIvATORS.
An Nos OF the Moore, Wiley, Peacock, and Hecken-
dorm Plow, with or without centre draft.
Repai ring Neatly and Promptly Executed.
BI OK S NJ II T HI ING
in all its branches. Particular attention gwen to
HORS HOElN
All diseases of the Foot and cases OF ameness nol-
dental 10 Shoeing fast driving treated under the
DUNBAR SYSTEM,
successfully.
Interfering invariably cured in shoeing.
Knucknng and knes-Sprung horses Immediately
benefited and lett in condition by the aid OF which
nature soon effects permanent cure.
Lameness from corns ns nsthty removed.
Immediate relief given In cases accute founder.
tanning 10 sho leg and foot of the horse heretofore
considered incurable by the "Od School" Veter-
narians, by judcious application OF the DUN
BAR System, relieved and cured
Waving been at great expense to acquire thorongh
knowledge of the subject and being the only smith In
the State TO whom Mr.. Dunbar has impaired bis val
liable method of treatment, am prepared to treat
| the worst case the public can bring forward.
Anatomical specimens exhibited at the place. show
| ing cause and effect.
| employ only competent men, and personally
| supervise all operations. OMce
Nos. III and IIS Orange street,
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Tns Two goMEIs The Ric nlnoBd III Jgs
match. which "a good authority on eone SUD
iar,s. comics our article on the 7 WoAonets,

Tnp Two toMEls. The isfc hrErnd Das'
t.b which is good authority on tome sud
iac,s COMES our article on The T 90 Comets,
and says: ..e .,..o Ia
raj, ALWAYS points away from the sun. in
she morning. therefore. the tail seems 70 oe
noinfing In different direction from that III
which it points in the evening"
.Inst so. MIR. Dispatch. We know you
know. though we have not heard you. ssy
nat Whether Won took the trouble To get up
and look at the comet rs visible In the morn,
Inc. We hope you Invent taken snap jndg-
" Our comet lore is not worth Dragging Of,
neiphbor: so tell lis Il being an accepted
notion that the comets fail is the blaze Of
surroundings, caused by friction from the
velocity of the comet through space. How
Is It. then, that this blaze can precede the
body itself in It's course away from the sun
for you say sits tall always points away
from the SUM-" We suppose that comets
are eccentric bodies; but we want your no
ton how IL Is thatIher ecceatrici,y gives
them license over natural laws TO the eX'
tent Of effect preceding cause.-The nucleus
being the cause and the tail the efect.-Nor'
folk Day Book.
Your logic Is good, but your premises are
unreliable. The comets tail is, as we nave
heretofore said. about as substantial as
shadow" 1t may, therefore, like shade" ",
change its position.
Again, Dir. Day.Book, this comet doesn't
rise and set daily, like the sun and moon, a.
you seem to suppose it does.
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INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT TIE MISSISSIPPI
RIVER lFrom q speech Of Hon. Barbour
Lewis, of Tcnnessee,i in Congress The river
all the way from the mouth OF the Ohio to
the Gulf grows narrower and deeper on the
average with every nile. Gentlemen would
think that us it moves onward toward The
sea it would grow broader. but it does not.
On the contrary, between Cairo and the klst
one hundred and seventy miles Of its course
as a single stream, it llSes nearly half mile
OF its width. From the mouth Of the Ohio,
1850 miles al ove The GIlf to the mouth OF
the Arkansa,, about $40 miles above the
passes, the crage Width Of the river at high
water is l.. 10 feet and its depth 81 feet.
From the mouth of the Arkansas to the
mouth of lie Red river, 800 miles above the
passes, it las width of 1850 feet only, but
= depth Of 90 feet. From the mouth OF Red
river TO Bayou La Fourche, ITO miles above
the passes, the width has become reduced to
5000 feet only, while the depth is lib feet.
From Bayou La Fourche to the passes, thelasl
ITO miles theriver runs through single chan
mel a.; it has breadth of only 2,4TO feet and
depth of 1919 feet. The river in its course
of 1000 miles has lost 1000 feet in breadth
while it has increased in depth some 90 feet
1t pursdes that course even in the passes
They hollow out their way to the sea an6
build up banks on each side, leaving mar
row opening to the sea. In the case of thu
Southwest Pass, the greatest of them all, il
is only twelve hundred feet wide and sixty
feet deep. In the Southwest Pass nature
has established the condition and proclaimed
her laws. Nature in thousands OF thousands
years has formed it into channel lively,
hundred feet in width and sixty feet il
deDth.
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Personal AND CORPORATE RIGnTs.-T"o
farmers in New York State have raised an
interesting question as to the right Of rail-
way company not only to take portions OF
their land. but to render communication be-
tween Isolated parts Of their farms danger
Gus. Tue New York Central Railway Com
pany wants LAND for two extra tracks near
Port Byron, n. T., but the farmers referred
to refuse to surrender the lard without the
coInpany will accommodate them in return
By building bridge over the tracks, SO that
the divided firmS may have safe communl-
cllion the one with the other. The company
attempted to forcibly seize The land and laS
the tracks, bat the neighborS turned out III
force, built 5reastworks near the disputed
territory, and entered upon an armed resist
ance. The farmers express their willingness
to Weld if The courts decide against them,
and application has been made by the rail-
way company to the Supreme Court for
writ of assistance.
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Ne,g York, July 8, 1874.

RETURN OF JOHN mitchell TO IRELAND
The well known leader Of the " Young Ire.
land party" in the revolutionary agitation
Of 1S4S, Mr.. John Mitchell, sails for Ireland
tomorrow. 1t will be remembered that
this gentleman was tried 10 Dublin, and SEN
fenced to penal servitude, on the charge OF
treason.felony. After some years passed IN
the penal colonies of Bermuda and Van Die
mans Land. he escaped to the United S'4'cs.
1t is his intention TO enter the British PArlIl'
ment as home ruler. One OF the most
prominent men Of the party will retire ID
order to secure bis immediate election.
As SIr. Mitchell Is, in the eyes OF the
British law, convict whose term OF
punishment is uncxpired, bis rtap-
carance on the political scene may create
some difficulty In view Of the length Of
time which has elapsed, and the amnesty
granted to the other partcipators in the AS
movement, it is not likely that any attempt
will be made to interfere with his freedom
of action. The Influence welded in Ireland
by "the exile" is greater than that which
any other homc.rule leader can lay claim 10,
aud he Will, therefore, he formidable addi-
ton to the party. Mr. Mitchell is brilliant
and sarcastic writer. His Influence in the
homc.rulc party will not fail to make Itself
felt. Lie has the confidence Of the people rs
man who can neither be frightened nor
bought Ne,o IO,St Herald.
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MAC.dAHoN's WORDS OF "HoLD ON."-
Paris June 29) correspondence Of London
Ne,cs.j -Marshul Mac Mahon's order Of the
day meets with general approval, and espe-
cial commentator is bestowed upon the
phrase in which be declares his intention of
making the power intrusted to him respected
to the last.
The Patris Of this evening affirms that on
the Goth instant the Marshal said to q Depu.
ty OF the Left. Centre: 81 will not cede to
any one single day of the seven years dur
Jog which am to remain President Of the
Republic. will not hear either of Stadt-
Moderate or of q Lieutenancy General OF the
Kingdom. The Assembly may do as it
likes J; it may remain as it is, make Consti-
tuition, or dissolve. As Ear as am concern
ed, / have no change to make; remain
where am
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Letter from Theodore TiitOn-He Pro-
misses a Full Revelation.

New YORK, July 13.-The Brooklyn Union
publishes the following letter from Tbeo-
dore Tilton to the Beecher investigating
committee:
Brooklyn, July 1910 the Investigating
Committee: Gentlemen,-When on Friday
last I met you at your Invitation, the ap-
pointment of your committee bad not been
made known to the public. You sat in a
private capacity. Moreover, one of your
legal advisers bad previously given me q
hope that if on my appearance before you l
would preserve a judicious reticence coz
corning the worst aspects of the case, might
thereby facilitate through you such mode.
rate public presentation of Mr.. Beecher's Of
fence and apology as would close rather than
prolong the existing scandal. l rejoiced in
this hope, and promptly reciprocated the
kindly feeling which was reported to me as
shared by you all toward myself and family.
Accordingly, when l met you in confer.
,ence my brief statement was 10 substance TO
the TWO following points: First, that my
letter to DR.. Bacon was written not as an
act of aggression, but of self. defence, arising,
as therein set forth, from great and grievous
proyocation by your pastor, your church,
the Brooklyn council, and the ex-modera-
tors criticism on my supposed conduct, all
uniting to defame me before the world, ana
To iuflict upon IAN unjust punishment Tor
arts done by another; and second, that
having by that letter defended myself so tar
as asI ' thought the occasion required me to
carry my reply, I felt unwilling to proceed
further against Mr.. Beecher without further
nubl,c proyocarion or other necessity.
Sneb necessity is now hid upon me BY
Mr., Beecher himself in the publication of q
direct request by him to you to inquire on
ciaIly into his character as affected 5y his
offence and the apology to which | referred.
He thus offers to me. direct challenge not
only before your committee, but before the
nublic, which l hereby accept. / therefore
aud detailed statement, in accordance with
the terms of your committees invitation e
me To- furnish such facts as are within my
knowledge touching matters which co mpro
mise the character of Rev. Henry Ware
Beecher. ] shall be ready to Lay this before
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New DESIGN FOR Postal CARDS.-lt has
been in contemplation for some time past to
change the design OF the present postal card.
number Of specimens have been submitted
by the Morgan Envelope Company, the firm
(which has the contract for printing the cards
now in use. The present card is considered
unstable in several respects. 1t is too sombre
in color. and The border is generally regarded
as too heavy. The new card vii! be lighter
in color, probably very nearly white. The
printing and engraying.wilI be executed in
black ink, and the border will be narrower
aud much neater in appearance. The change
has not yet been fully decided upon, but it is
safe to say that some alteration in. the de-
sign of thu present homeiy card will be
made Washington Star. =
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The Enquirer proposes that the Wing
shall hereafter be Known al the Malone Es'
press and Dispatch rs the Anti Malone Eo'
preston, whilst itself is to be known as Our
Mutual Friend. The impudcnce Of this
suggestion must be apparent to every unbl
assed MUD. Nevertheless, we have taken
TO the skies and 10 science to-day to see
whether we can please the Enquirer. We
do not intend, however, to neglect Genera
MALONE long. He must give Richmond ex
press facilities between here and all South
side and Southwest Virginia. Richmono
loses trade of hundreds of thousands o
dollars per annum for want Of those iacll
ties
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The Chicago novelty ofhaving letter-boxes
attached to the street cars has proven very
successful and satisfactory. The expert
ment was first tried in October, during
which month $1,000 letters and postal cards
were mailed in these boxes, but for June the
number had increased to 164,113. The plan
causes no extra trouble to the mail.carrier or
the post-oflice, and no cost with the excep-
ton of the expenses of the boxes. Like all
the conyeniences which modern thought aud
ingenuity have introduced into our daily
lives, this has become very popular, and the
people of Chicago now wonder how they
ever got along without it. There seems to
be no reason why it should not be adopted
In all of our large ities.-BaItimore Ameri.
rn,a
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ANOTHER WONDERFUL WoNAE."-The
Tombs has recently received fresh supply
of wonderful women" in the person Of a
beautiful and accomplished charmcr, about
twenty-nine years Of age, who stands charged
with stealing pair of opera-glasses and
several English coins from General Philip
D. Roddy, of Alabama. This languishing
brunette" has appeared in New York in
many different ,6!es, from that of rich
southern widow TO that of a Washington
lobbyist. She had singular penchant for
reporters and detectives, nearly all of whom
Sue talked blind with her many and bril-
iantly.told stories. To make her new esca.
pade but the more interesting, she claims to
be the wife of General Roddy, from whose
house she is charged with stealing the arti'
Giles above mentioned. Her real name is be.
lieved to be Annie F. Shotwell, though she
calls herself Carlotta Frances Roddy. She
promises rich disclosures, involving the
names Of prominent individuals who have
oticiously intermeddled in the affairs of her
self and "her husband"
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DEATHS.

Died, In Jersey City, et her uncle's, Dir. j am es
Null. ELLA &. NULL, In the twenty second year
Her funeral will take place from her aunt's, Miss
MARGARET McFaI, on T~enty.fourth street near
o'clock. The friends and acquaIntances OF the
family, and those Of her brother. Mr. Charles W
Null are respectfully Invited to attend
Baltimore papers please copy.
Died, at the residence Of her husband, In Henrict
county at q quarter past 2 O'Clock 4. n. otftht
I4th instant, MARY ROYALL. beloved wife oil
William j. Peudleton, In the twenty-slxth year o!
her age. r,,,, ,,r,,
MORNING at 10 o'clock from the Grace-Streei
PRESBYTERIAN church (Dr Read'sl. The friends Of
the family and those Of her mother, ors. Jonn VI
Royal, are invited to attend
Died. on Thursday night, Jaly 9, 1875, at his re
sidnnce i'm Powhatan county, Va, JOHN +. SIM
Sun, IN the seventy third year Of his age.
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a memorial headed by the Rev. DR.. Vim
ton, Of Boston, IS circulating among the
clergy of the Protestant Episcopal Church,
tiers as do not believe in the baptismal re-
generation of infants. 1t proposes no change
in the prayer-book, but to give liberty to
omit a single sentence after the act of infant
baptism by inserting the word mag in place
of shall, and the same liberty to substitute
the collect for Easter Eve 10 place Of the
closing collect Of the baptismal service. The
friends Of this movement maintain that this
action will leave the act of baptism itself
untouched, and will only affect certain terms
in the mode of interpreting that act so far as
to give expression to corrections that are
now openly declared and acknowledged by
leading clergymen.