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Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30
BAL MAsQUE.
charming Array of beauty and
Fashion.

From Knoxville Daily Chronicle, Dec. 25.l
The bal masque under the manage
ment of the Cnlebs, at the Lamar
House last night, was as pleasantas it
was recherche, and was the event of
the season ia fashionable circles. The
presence of Santa Claus in the city
seemed to exercise no influence in
diminishing the number in atten-
dance for carriage after carriage kept
arriving aud discharging their fair
freight, and soon the parlors were
filled with ladies and gentlemen, who
in their rich costumes recalled the des-
criptions Of court receptions, where
belted knights and titled danes as
sembled in the presence of loyalty.
But here the reigning divinity was of
no anointed line, beauty and gracious
ness being the only claims on which
allegiance was rendered, and sincerer
homage was never rendered tilted SOW
ereign than to bright eyes and fair
! faces.
A little before nine o'clock all who
were en- costume entered the ball room
which had been prepared for the occa-
sion, and when the enlivening notes
of the musicians were heard, a score
of tiny feet began keeping time in an
! ticipation before taking their position
on the floor, which soon re-echoed to
the sound OF flying feet.
"And the gay dance of bounding beauty
train
Links grace and harmony in happiest
chain,
And fairy forms, now here, now there,
Hover'd like children of the air.
The party was very large, yet had
been managed with such tact that
there was not the crush sometimes ex'
perienced. The costumes were re.
| splendent in all the colors of the rain
bow, and the contrasts were marked
and striking and pirates, zouaves ant
heroes sheathed their knives and
sword-blades, and mingled in The
dance with fairies, flower-girls anC
gipsies, Captain Kidd and Mary
Queen of Scots balanced to Blacl
Donald and Queen Elizabeth, forget
ting their historical luminosity, Will
Hiawatha and Swiss Peasant SWUNG
corners regardless Of difference o
nationallties.
The following is list of the charac
tcrs assumed:
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1874-12-30

LATEST NEWS
BY TELEGRAPH.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Finance Bill Made Special
Order for January 7th.
Democrats Fillibuster and Prevent
It's Immediate Passage.
gress
WASHINGTON, Dec. %, 1874.
SENATE.

The Finance Bill, substantially as
exported by the caucus hereto fore tele-
graphed, passed at late hour tonight,
by vote Of 81 to IA, party vote.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
rHE REsrrrr IN DELAWARE.

Mourning is useless, and yet good cause,
sound principles, an enlightened policy, and
worthy candidates have suffered defeat. What
next
We take it that things in Delaware to-day, are
about as they were before the election. The
same causes OF opposition to the Democratic
party exist. The same just criticisms upon its
abominable legislation are to be made. Thesame
measures of reform that were desirable, before
Tuesday, are desirable still. Those Of the good
citizens OF the State, who have been Re-
publoaDs by confinement and deter
mined choice stand where they did, and are
unable to take any other position. They do not
accept theories of disfranchising poor men, and
closing the school-houses Of the people, and they
cannot do otherwise than contend for equal
political rights, universal suffrage, and universal
education. These are principles. They are
living principles. They will never die. The
opposition of men Or parties must be unayaiIne
and their apparent success. in defeating then
only temporary.
The bitterness of politics is happily subsiding,
and the asperities of party contests are being
smoothed. These changes are welcome. 1t il
impossible to believe that when men are thu
cooler, calmer and more free from prejudice
they will not be more reasonable and exercise
more intelligent choice This is all we need il
Delaware. When wisdom and intelligence pre-
vail, we shall secure those reforms which ar
for the States true interest,", and whicl
will be valuable to all its people-no
merely to one party but to citizen
without regard to party. For thi
let us contend. In mere struggle of part
name against party name, Of one organization
against another, of one coterie Of partisan man
agers against another, OF one method Of finess
against another method, the sympathies of man
citizens are not enlisted, and principles fall b
the ground, in the struggle. We have before u
in Delaware certain measures Of Reform. The
must be had They will be had Let thought
full men turn attention to them and earnest me-
give them support. 1t is better to be right tha
to be successful without right.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
FIorida for InvaIIds.

II perfectly equable climate, where sooth-
ing warmth and moisture combined prevail, be
desirable for consumptivea, it can be found no
where in the Southern States save in South
eastern Florida Tho number Of persons saw
during my Journey who had migrated to the
eastern or southern sections of the State many
years before, 'more than half dead with con-
sumption, and who are now robust and vigor-
GUS, was sufficient to convince me of the great
benefits derived from q residence there. Physi-
clans all agree that the conditions necessary
to insure life to the eonsumptiye are admira-
bly, provided in the climatic resources OF the
peninsula. That great numbers OF inyalids
lind the localities along st. Johns river, and
even on the coast, distressing to them, is said
by some physicians to be due to the fact that
those invalids go there after disease has become
too deeply The European medical men
are beginning TO send many patients to Florida,
cautioning them where to go. 1t would seem i'm
possible for the most delicate invalid to be injured
by residence,anywhere on the eastern or south
eastern coast from st. Augustine down. For
those who from yarous causes hnd that each
successive Northern winter,-with its con-
stantly shifting temperature and its try
ing winds, which even the healthy characterize
as 'deadly, ,"-saps their vitality more aud more,
Florida may be safely recommended as a home
winter and summer. For the healthy and those
seeking pleasure, it will fecome winter para
disc for the aing it is refuge and strength
for those severely invalided its results depend
entirely upon choice of location and the progress
which the disease has already made The per
fection of the Florida winter climate il said tC
be obtained at Miami, uear Key Biscayne bay, on
the Miami river. There, among the cocoanuts
and the mangroves, invads may certainly count
ON laying q new hold upon hfe.-EdiCdrd King,
IL ScriDner's for Nocen,ber.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
rbe EIectIons-rne LooK ahead.

From the New YORK Times, NOV. A.
There is yet time to prevent a still more crush
ing blow in 1876, but to do that will tax the com
bined efforts of the best minds in the Republi-
can Party. The opposition will now have an
opportunity Of producing policy of their own,
and they will find it harder TO do that success
fully than to attack the measures OF Republicans.
We shall probably witness the development of
the ideas which were put forward in the plat
forms OF Ohio and Indiana, and the effect OF
that upon our entire financial system cannot
ways controlled the Democratic par
ty and they will continue to
control it. What these sections Of the country
tial repudiation. Whether the people will de-
liberately approve of that policy when it is sub
mittedeo them without any disguise still remains
to be ascertained. When we see the great City
of New York deliberately voting to be put back
under the rule of Tammany, it must be admitted
that even the cause of common honesty does not
appear to be highly popular. We probably have
before us stormy era, in which questions which
the people imagined were finally settled will be
dealt with anew and in way calculated to surprise
the world. The legislation which has been carried
| out since the war, on questions of finance, re-
| construction, and the negro, and the consttu-
| tional amendments OF the same period, are not
| beyond the reach of Il Democratic majority in
| Congress and the country. The history OF the
| rebellion and its consequences is by no means
completed. For the sake of the country, it is to
| be hoped that the Democrats will use their VIC
| tory in spirit of moderation and prudent states.
| manahip
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
prin,,tiye pIowinw.

Mexican correspondent Of the Louisville
Courier Journal writes "On our way back to
Temisco we had an opportunity Of observing
more closely than diligence or railroad can per-
NIT the process of plOwing as practiced in this
country. The plow itself Is almost tdc-siiH,ls
of the pattern used by the Egyptians IN the time
Of Abraham, and certainly commends itself to
all agricuturats on account of its great simple
city and cheapness. 1t consists OF wooden
shaft about four feet long aud four inches thick,
armed at it, lower extremity with au iron point
| slightly hattened, and sometimes presenting a
| feeble forward curve The other end is provd-
ed with round stick passed through hole to
serve as a handle. The pole, consisting of the
| atem Il small tree from winch the bark has been
peeled, is fifteen taot long, and attached to the
shaft by means of morhce and peg. The imple-
ment thus constituted is fastened at the eXtre-
nifty of tile pole to the middle of a very light
wooden yoke, about seven feet long, which rests
Immediately behind the horns Of pair of oxen,
and is fastened there by thongs Of rawhide
passed around the roots Of the horns. Not lest
than fifty such contriyauces were crawling at
snail's pace over the field which we stopped tc
notice, scratching up the ground to the depth OF
two or three inches, certainly to lis Il very move
| sight"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

We express our cordial thanks to the friends
throughout the State who promptly forwarded us
the complete returns of the election. We wish
they had had peassnter news to send Some Of
them had to remain up until nearly morning, TO
secure the figures at ALL and then to drive some
State complete-not district missing-yester-
day afternoon, but the comparison and revision
of the tables, and the footing up of the totals
detained Sussex county 30 late that we were un-
able to get it in the COMMERCIAL. The whole
tabular statement, however, complete from end
to end, and we believe as correct as unofficial
returns can be made, was made up in the DEL
AWARE TRIBUNE last evening, and mailed in all
directions, this morning.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
Quick Time.

A special train OF the Pennsylvania railroad
consisting Of three drawing room cars, with Vice
President Cassatt, General Manager Thompson,
and quite number of Supernteudents Of Wes-
tern railways passengers was run from Phila-
delphla to Jersey City Thursday morning
with view of attaining the fastest rate Of speed
between the two points. The train which was
run on schedule time, left Philadelphia ut S.3i
O'clock and arrived in Jersey City at 1924. A.
NJ, making 80 miles III one hour and 80 minutes.
The quickest time made was from Philadelphia
to Trenton, 80 miles in 80 minutes, running slow
through the Pennsylvania yard, Stacking up at
the North Pennsylvania crossing and at the Del.
aware bridge. The anthracite coal-burning en-
gine No. 922 was used, and the train run by
engineer David Reynolds, and conductor Norris.
At the time that John Brougham and company
played an engagement IN Now York and phila-
delphia the same night, III 1856, the time made
between the cities was l hour and 5S minutes
In the recent trial on the Pennsylvania Central
railroad ~ miles was made in / hour aud Is
minutes. .- North American.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
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Juvenile Travellers.

The Allentown Chronicle says One of the
employees at tile East Penn Junction informs us
that OH Thursday, two small children, a boy
aged years. and girl four, passed through
Harrisburg, Ell route from Yokohama, Japan, to
Liverpool, England. The father Of these chill
dren died in Yokohama not long since, and they
were OIL their way 10 their friends IN England
entirely alone, their tickets having been pur-
chased through from starting point to destna-
ton. They are in the charge of each succeed
ing conductor or captain on the route, and have
thus far passed along with perfect safety. This
journey Of the infants illustrates the perfection
to which the facility of travel has beeii brought.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

PUBLISHED EVERY AFTERNOON, tsu'.days
sosptei) at Ap COMMERCIAL BUILDING. sotth-'osst
corner Fsrh and Market Streets Too cents copy.
Ten cents ,eeek. DELIvEBKD PRzK By carriers
throughout the city. Hos Dollars pear By mail
DELAWARE TRIBUNE, tlseekly,) the Peaffls'lar
,rgan Of Farmers and FruitgTc'Oers great Fan'i'g
Newspaper published spery Thursday morning, a'
Too Dollars year.
COMMERCIAL L STEAM PRINTING ROOMS, pro
vded ssitA rsteiass machinery and sktil iSortnen,
for sssouts Book Job and Hsrea'ltis Printing Of all
descriptions.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

ELECTRIC LINE.
FOR
NEW YORK, BROOKLYN, JERSEY CITY, BOS-
TON, PROVIDENCE, AND EASTERN CITIES.
Through rates from all points on p, W. d b. Rail
road and ts connections.
Through bills of lading from Wilmington, Del.
Steamers will sail from
KING STREET WHARF
TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS
at 2, p. M.
And from
PIER NO. Ia, EAST RIVER,
New York, on alternate days at 4, p. IN.
For further information address
&. ANDREWS, Agent
mar3-tf Wilmington, DEL
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
A Young American SWims the IHoIIes-
mani

Mr.. Charles Harris Phelps, a young lawyer in
New York. who il chronicled by the New York
was performed August ~, Mr.. Phelps was fol-
lowed by an English and Turkish gentlemen in
boat. The river is about mile wide in direct
line, but the rapdity the cunent, eight or nine
miles an hour, renders the distance about four
miles. Byron on the 3d Of May, 1910, swan
across from Abydos to Sestos, but it is feat
seldom achieved Boston Daily Globe.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
A New Field for American Enterprise

iThey are building railway cars in Troy N. ",
for the Australian market. They are to be used
on the Hobson Bay Il. r. These cars, it is said,
are sent out at the very low rate of IS per ton,
whereas formerly as high as $40 per ton has
been paid to Chill and Peru. Prospects for
American enterprise in Australia are full of hope.
The report Of the Australian Chief Engineer,
who visited the United States by direction of the
Government, was highly favorable, and propo-
sitions to send considerable orders for cars, Gu
gines and bridges are under consideration.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

The man who has beaten Butler is thus des-
oribed by the Salem Gazette, Republican news
paper of the district -
"Chafles p. Thompson is an honest man He
was war democrat. lie is respected by his
friends and neighbors. He il az sincerely the
friend of the colored race at the South as any
republican can possibly be. He will not uphold
jobbery or corruption"
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

THOMAS t. TAsKKR, JR. STEPHEN P. M. TAsKKH.
MORRIS, TASKER & co.
PASCAL IRON WORKS,
Philadelphia.
TASKER IRON WORKS,
New Castle, DEL
Once, FIFTH AND TASKER sTs, Philadelphia.
ONCE and Warehouse, 10 Gold Street, New York
once and Warehouse No. So Oliver St., Boston.
MANUFACTURING OF
WROUGHT IRON WELDED TUBES, plain galya-
nlxed and rubber-oooted for Gas, Steam and
Water.
LAP-WEIiDED CHARCOAL IRON BOILER
TUBES.
oIL-WELL TUBING AND CASING.
GAS AND STEAM FITTINGS.
BRASS VALVES AND COCKS,
GAS AND STEAM-FITTERS' TOOLS
CAST IRON GAS AND WATER PIPE
STREET LAMP POSTS AND LANTERNS
IMPROVED COAL-(iAS APPARATUS etc
We would call special attention TO our Patent WI
cnnlEe0 hnbher-coated rune msr22-1y
1IHE BEST GREEN GINGER CAN BE
Il purchased at II x. FOURTH ST.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

Total county,. .SIss DIs4 OTs5 5sos 5lsS $500
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

Rev. Isaac Haldeman, pastor Of the Brandy
wine Baptist Church, at Chadds Ford, has had
season Of revival in his church and on Sunday
last baptised seventeen converts.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05

NorIcE-slnce July |, 1874, subscribers to the
DAILY COMMERCIAL who receive their paper by
mail, are not required to pay postage, at auy Post
Once in New Castle County.
Wilmington daily commercial., 1874-11-05
MaJoritles ON The sIate Tlckel.

The following are the maiorties on the State
cket in tile several counties
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20
. AN EVENT IN THE RICH
VALLEY.
How n Fair Lady changed her
mind. The law Of natural
selection.

NJ longer ago then a. week there
vas TO have been a wedding in thu
Rich Valley. at a Joint distant from
Bristol about two leagues. But ala,
there had been two matrimonial ie.-
CUES made by the same lady ana
hence this Wedding halt came To
nought.
Itscems there vas a damsel. whr
m7de her home at sundry houses Il.
divers times, aud she had the fatal
gift Of beauty. Upon adj Dining
farms lived tro young gentleme" aud
both had been for some time fired BY
a passion for this beautiful phantaa-
magoria of their dreams. and To hotn
of these gentlemen the fair realty
said Il WILL" 1t seems she had pa
rents who were living. and ouc
lover having a fancy FOR doing tcnde'
things in very regular style "s9cre. &,
the supper for this bridal party and
then weut to the ''old FOLKS f,r per
mission to procure the license ana
Cor the parson to tie the >ilheu cable
Just at this interesting jnnctu., ha.
male rival on tie adjnHin9 c"cjn n'r
sought her presence and "h.-re'i"-
in her ear the story of Young Lac,.a.
var, fed with her 10 the free so.i @.
Tennessee and :hen returned Joldll
To- the old homestead in full view g.
ne defeated swain.
.; Pa, Wa mOu ItinS 'nOng thssO OF TIM Metberby
elan,
50 -, bovts 1t to say that they rode and they ran
Ta.- thy chased the lis ht damsel o'er the Rich
VALLEY fair,
t.r th- lost bride Of Tussday-eve failed to be
thee.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20
Roots Ek1lfE SJloes.

u. w. Frost & Co., have large
Shoe Factory at corner of Main and
9Th streets. They are equipped with
improved machinery, aud furnish D
large amount of stock to jobbers.-
Their work is equal in appearance and
superior in quality to Northern work.
They also keep on hand fine stock OF
northern shoes for gents, ladies and
children. There are now employed in
the establishment, fifteen hands, and
it is in contemplation to increase the
force to thirty hands. The house is
certainly superior to any similar enter
prise which has been i'm the country.
Pictures.
J. G.. & w. NJ. Burrow at zoo Main
Street, have large collection o. pic
lures, and do the largest busine, sof the
kind in The South. They advertise in
500 papers, and publish paper Of their
own.
JOB Printing
is done at the office of the BRISTOL
NEWS, in all styles. from the piainest
tlodger, to the most deliberately cOlored
and shaded bills, cards, bill heads, let
ter heads, circulars &c. The motto Of
the ClilSe. 10 NOTR uOlc III CITY cry &c,
at city prices" and with this inscribed
upon its banner, the NEWS has all OF
the Job Work it can do, but is getting
ready to do more. The demand for
Job Work is becoming greater, and we
mean te meet it.
Toys and Corrections
are furnished in great variety by
Messrs. +. Kuhnert Son, who manu-
facture an excellent article of pure
candy, and keeptheir counter supplied
with nice article Of cakes. They also
furnish outfits for wedding tables.
ENTERPRISES not advertised i'm the
NetCS. can be inserted in this column
at fair price in money.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20

Nh. CUsHING.-A Washington tele-
gram. speaking of Mr.. Gushing : no
mination, says of him
Gushing, though nearly seventN-
6,ur wears old, is POSSESSED OF better
health and greater physical vig"r Than
,,,ost men of fifty. aud apparently lac
I,as wears of work before him. lis
Industry aud capacity for labor are
~onders and his intellectual ai. S 9,..,,'r
10, l.s of his life. His study of letters
Lss never been RENTED. and will he
m1S through his whole life. A.
CO.. Sou ~ nrer seventy years old, it Is erro-
ne neo - J thought Ly some that he can
immediateIy retire from the heh &c anu ,a'
retain his salary for life. me re IA h.,, 4, h
auires trs wears service ON the o''i'h
before retirem sut Oh pay"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20
General GOrdOn's Speech on the
Salary Bill.

WAsHIEGTON, January l2.-The
speech of General GOrdo:. OF Georgia,
ia the Senate to day OF. tie salary
question was listened to wiul great at
trntion, especially that portion OF il
which partOok OF the nature of per-
s"ilal explanation, and which referred
To the surrunder of General Lee at APP
pomaItoX. Mr.. Gordon made il be-
cause. he said, he had been charged
with being influenced by personal
prejudice against The Administration
He said he was one of those who
held command in the Confederate
army when il surrendered to General
Grant AT Apponatt"X, and III til that
time lie had never known what grit
was. The negotiations occupied four
days snd four nights, and during all
that time not one word -eXuliatinn
escaped the lips of the Federal COM
mauders. In fact, tl,ey evaded all
conversation relative To battles in
which the Union arms had been sue
cessfuI, and spoke only of those en-
fragments ia which they had been
defe ,ted' ltsn deep into his heart,
and he mentioned the fact to prove
that he was not personally hostile 10
President Grant.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20
DON'T READ THIS

IA >uch manner that il will be for
gotten, for we wish VOu reader Ia re-
nit, ~ call and pay your dues To this
nili .. We have immediate need OF
the money. As many of our readers
~ ca1 be waited Oa, will be handed
their accounts by some of our agents.
We arc very intimate with the Con-
stable, but then you know We would
prefer not having 10 warrant any one
Nor woIld We like to bee driven To the
publishing the names of delinquents
~ the NclrS. Please save us all such
troable.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20

MCRpER IL GRAYsON.-A mau
named Ed. Greer. killed young man
named John Jones, an officer of the
revenue department, in Gray ~"h c"un-
". last week, by striking hlm On The
lead with pair of steel kn"ckas.
The affair, we learn, grew oui at an
alleged intimacy between Jones and
Greer's wife. Greer made hlS r-"dpe,
and has not yet been arrestcd.-N'"'0"
HCru'T.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20

TUEFRANKING BILL "A Washing
to correspondent of the New York
f-jy,tDc. The House post-oiiice
committee will sprin" their bill TO
r..,ivn the frankin- privilege upon tn"
Houss at the first opportunity. ana
hone. it is reported. to push it through
without much debate. They call II
lii To- facilitate the distribution OF tie
nni,li. d1ruments, nr some such NAM;
mi il Is the old franking privilege uh-
der n Thin Disguise Men. bers of Con-
ress ar. 10 write their names on the
documents lust as before"
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20

4 crnss-eyed man east a gloom owe.
Detroit street car last Wednesday hN
addressing one of thc seven inen and
strangers on the oppnsiI" seat, If he
had any chewing tobacco handy. ~
First the seven strangers booked ~
each other. Then the seven hands
went pocketward, and. upon observing
this motion, each of the seven SUBJ
posed his neightor the one spoken TO,
aud the seven hands returned empty.
The cress-eycd man EAST a ricOchct
glance of indignation along the lIu".
AID with the remark. 'aswcrt scented
lot of generous roosterS." took Il chew
of his own tobacco. - Cleveland Voice
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1874-01-20
Blank Deeds.

We have printed limited num-
bor of Deeds. which are exactly in
conformity to the code, with ac-
knowledgmcnts printed for both
he husband and wife. They are
printed on fine tough Bond Paper,
a:rl will bear folding and handling
without damage. Parties wishing
= handsome statutory form for deed
will apply at the office of the BRIs-
yoI. News.