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Middletown transcript., 1875-01-02

"Our guests-the Peninsula Press Associa.
tion." Responded to by Fl. ". jenkins, Esq,
President of the Association, and L. Malone
of the Salisbury Aduertiser.
The seeend was 'Ths Peninsula-Ths
Garden of the Atlantic States,' to which G.
W. Cruikshank, of the Cecil Democrat re.
sponded.
The third, Wilmington, the metropolis Of
the Peninsula. Responded to by J. T. Heald,
Esq, of Wilmington.
Fourth, tsThe Press-The Right Hand ol
Civilization" Response by W. F. Towns
end, Esq Of the Sussex Journal.
Fifth, The Eastern Shore-Delaware's Bet
ter Half Response by E. G. Polk, Of the
Princess Anne True Adsylandr.
Sixth, "Woman-Though absent from our
FEAST ever present in our hearts," Just the
toast for John O'Byrne to respond to, which
he did to perfection.
The toasts being concluded Ii. Pickles,
ESQ.,, being called on, sang Columbia, the
Gem of the Ocean" the whole asssmblage
joining IN toe cuOfus
y AT halfpast fen the company separated
after having spent delightful evening. 8
On Thursday morning at ten o'clock the
editors again assembled in the Board. Of Trade
Rooms for business. The following resolu-
tions were offered, and unanimously approv-
cd by the Association.
lst-by W. Fisk Townsend - "That the
thanks Of the Association be tendsred to the
Board of Trade of the City of Wilmington for
their generous hospitality and courteous at
tention." 8
2d-by J. F. Pennipgton-'sThat the thanks
of the Association be returned to the officers
of the P. W. 4 B. R. R. Co., for the courtesies
furnished to the members of the press attend
ing the meeting"
3d-That the Peninsula Press Association
heartily endorses the o. s. Centennial Inter-
national Exhibition to be held in Philadel-
phia, in 1876.
The following, offered BY T. G. Robson, Of
the Easton Star, called forth . great deal Of
discussion and was finally laid aside for
future action. ..f
Res0lved, That il is the opinion Of the As
sociation that the proposed ship canal from
near the mouth of the Delaware to the Chesa-
peake bay would vastly benefit the material
prosperity of the Peninsula, and therefore it
should receive from this Association all posi-
BILE encouragement. sf.,l,
At one o'clock the association adjourned
till 2.45, and on reassembling went in body
to attend . rehearsal of ssThe Great Republic"
in the Opera House, by Invitation of the
director, Mr.. Frank Nolan. After some 80
minptes spent pleasantly here they returned
to the Board of Trade rooms, and after ses-
sion of two hours adjourned at 8 6oclock to
meet at place to be designated by the exscu-
tive committee on the second Wednesday Of
June next.
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l1kt ytliddltt6i5n Tfasdipl.
EDWARD REYNOLDS, EDroR.
MuDDLErowH. DEL. 9
SATURDAY MORNING, JAN. p 1875.

TIE SEVENTH VOLUME Of the TRAN
SCRIPT closed with our last issue and
the eighth begins With this during
the past year it's columns have been
Iengthencd and one added to each page
1t is now a thirty-two column paper
and we are enabled to give our readers
a much larger amount Of reading mat
ter than we could year ago. II Is
our aim 10. make the TRANscniPr - m
terestiu (. to every class Of our readers
as possible. We seek to < ep as good
. record as We can gather Of all events
offinterest and TiapertssceS that frser =
si spire frsm day to day in our midst. and
all over the State. Pro6ting by ex-
perisnee we hope to be able to make
soor paper better il the future than It
has been in the past.
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james wLbb. ! psoaibsnt citizen Of
Baltimore. died Monday, after few
days illness. aged so years. He had
held various State aud municipal Offices,
and at the time Of his death was Presi-
dent Of the Oldtown Bank and Direc-
tor Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Company. ~ ~
Mr.. P. T. Barnum was the recipient,
on Qhtistdas. day .gof s&hshdsome span
Of horses, valued at So. 500. the donors
being Messrs W. c. Coup. Dan Cas-
tsllo and s, Fl. Hurd, his managers.
So numerous are the additions to the
library Of Harvard College that new
shelves to accommodate 1000 volumes
are in course Of construction
Among winter fashions It is noted
that Russian sables are much worn by
ladies whose husbands have recently
become bankrupt.
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IN mEs1ORIAM.

Miss Mary Wilson, WAS converted, and
united with stheMIB. chufch, ,s1a yea1s,sgo.
She died at Philsdelshia, Beetnah1r llth,
1874, aged SO years.
She vas a. consistent gChsistias swomen.
She sxpressed deep interelt in ssheart- t-purity,
and during her last illness, found peE(sct
peace and rest ID believing. s. ~
Her words were these, ,-sfy spiritual
strength Is being wonderfally le1swed, Jesus
is more precious to me than any earthly
friend.n
Her rnaias were brought bsne, and in-
terred in the Methodist bnriAl groaud, Sab
bath, December l3th, 1874. A large audience
SLED the hoass during the ssryicas, sAd fol-
lowed to the grave. L. g. N47LAcK.
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The Hunt for Charlie Ross.
WORK OF THE DErEcr1vEs-ovER $40,
600 ExPrNDED-HUNDRsps or sLosr
CHILDREN HEARD rRoM-1NrEREsr1Ha

WORK OF THE DETECTIvEs-0vER $ZO, :
600 ExPrNDED-HUNDRsps or ,Losr
CHILDREN HEARD FRoM-INTEREsrING
INCIDENTS OF THE SEARCH.
Many interesting incidents connect
ed With the search for Charley Ross
have been obtained from the detectives
employed In slhe case BY the citixeus Of
Philsdelphia. The detectives began the
search in, July, and since then they
have secured the United States and
Canada. and even crossed the Atlantic
in the hope Of finding the kidnapped
boy. The work has cost over twenty
thousand dollars. One Of the largest
items has been the expense Of circulars.
cards, and posters. Seven hundred
thousand circulars have been issued
containing the particulars Of the sbduc-
ton, description, Of the boy and his
kidnappers, and photographs Of Char
ley. These have been sent to every
police officer, Sheriff and constable,
and posted In every railroad station.
police Office and post Office in the coun-
try. Two men we're specially detailed
to attend to their distribution in Can
ada. The circulars were also posted
in the vessels in most of our sea ports.
The printing. mailing. and the photo-
graphing have cost $4,000. Several
thousand letters aud kilograms have
been sent to the detectives 10 answer
to the circulars. Every communities.
tion has been answered, and al trails
followed The correspondence has
been so extensive as to require sn extra
corps of clerks.
Between FIVE and six hundred chill
dren have been reported as Charley
Ross. In numerous instances, where
good clues were thought to have been
obtained. officers have been sent on
investigations to distant places. only to
find that the children had been trained.
to answer the questions intended for
the ideD scation of the missing boy.
and that their keepers had been moved
to the deception IN the hope Of having
them ransomed. Twenty-Five detec-
tives were engaged at one time in max
ing as many Investigations.
Tho gypsies led the detectives on
many long and fruitless chases. Over
200 hands were heard from as having
children that were thought to be Char
ley Ross. Most Of the children that
we're sought in the gypsy camps turned
out to be stolen. aud In several instan-
ces, their parents we're found. One,
little boy whom the officers came across
in the tents Of the gypsies was restored
to bis father and mother lin Rpchand
county after two separstiohs, They
never expected to see him again.
The detectives believe that. directly
and indirectly. half . million persons
have been engaged in the Ross hunt.
They can only explain the failure to
find him on the ground that be is,
either dead or that the kidnappers
left him in an obscure place with some
recluse who has never heard anything
Of the case.
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For the Transcript.
Letter from Warwick.

One naturally feels defiant at per-
sonalities, and the discussion Of mental
calibre jars as it jostles generalities not
fattering to ones abilities. With elm
cere frankness the admission is made
that sadness pervades our genius, and
we fain would clothe our face with
sackcloth as we iDdite this prelude Of
egotism, but the mendacious audacity
Of attributing our effusions to those who
are non residents Of this village. is a
libel on the author, gross insult to
the whole bailwick.
The uproar is sufficient to crafty
ones intellectual vanity, yet, as an en-
thusiastic American and q Warwicker
to the "manner born" we love con-
spicuous literature. the power Of onu-
| mcrating wonders, cultivating thoughts
rare and grand.
The petty tales Of domestic estrange-
| ment, the vile hash Of low gossipers.
the stories Of s'they say comes not
within, our province. and II heard
| (without credibility) dwells not in our
domicile, therefore. those who fear to
behold stain of darkness struggling
for light on their white robes may rest
content, for we leave such affairs to
those nondescript bipeds whose trench
ant tongues and eaustic virulence. have
begotten societies for the protection Of
dumb animals.
Christmas passed of with quiet joy,
not an item to mar the face Of a day
though ever festive. should be made to
accord measurably with the holy life Of
Him Of whom it is commemorative
To those who profess to seek after
divine draughts Of spirituality, it was
another day distinguished in their his
tory by renewal Of the covenant. and
to those Of profane life. ''who know
not what they do" gala season to
drown care BY quafing the "wiue when
/ it is red !"
We are essentially spiritual people,
and though the influence which rules
Katie King is not with US. subtle
power eminating from old defunct John
Barleycorn moves among us. for one
homeward bound the other night,
trolled bis carol to the tune Of My
Mary Ann.
The darks kept their meeting up the
whole of the night Of the Oath. on
Jubals corner. confident that the rob.
Der who stole their cornerstone box,
would not repeat his vandal act while
the house sqrged with gospel Gre. A
new dwelling is nearly completed beside
the African Church. and ere many
weeks will be occupied by Nathaniel.
the son Of Joshua. (Johnson) 6t
guardian Of the temple
About one o'clock, Monday the 2sth,
we witnessed strange atmospherical
phenomenon. Looking towards the west
by south. we deserted a heavy rain
cloud approaching its advance was ex-
tremely rapid. the gloom deepened
momentarily. but when it reached US
like pail it swept it's darkness over
and around US, an earth cloud scented
with smoke. apparently without mois,
ture.
A feeling Of sadness and unutterabls
grief pervades our village. caused BY
the untimely death of young estima.
BILE lady mother. in the very hey day
Of her bright bloom and usefulness,
Mrs Jennie Merritt, who had not com.
pleted her nineteenth year
aOn earth thou vert all but divine,
As thy soul shall Immortality be;
And our sorrow may cease to repipe,
When we know that thy God ID with
! thee"
WARwIcK, Dec. 80, IA. B
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Letter from Samuel Townsend.
The Ragins ship Canal Again /,

Report says some men. this last week, /,
were prospecting on that said canal
route via Sassafras and Blackbird, bor-
ing | suppose to see If the water aud
quicksand could be reached at 10 to IL
feet from top surface of the ground.
think they satis6ed themselves It can !;
and think they have or ought to sat
isfy themselves, that, as the saying is,
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LOST.

0Nsw.dnesday, Dec! asib, IBsz between
" st. AIMS parsonage and ihe residence
of James ksnely, Jr., in Middletowp, Jet
and Gold EARRING, with hair 10 the CEN
tire. A suitable reward will be given .l,re-
turned 10 MRs NARY j. POTTER.
At the residence of Jas Kanely, jf.s,
jag 2artfs assss Eas shiddlsiowl, Del.
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The Alnesee Pphlishere eepDlaiu 3I1otthair
business is destroyed BY Ayef's AEssican Az
manac. The people prefer y 70 aay Other; The
Farnst's EsesssrH, s6qihs,t j ~ ~ ~ aunsr-
Gus local almanacs, when they can Get Ayers.
1t furnishes the BEST astronomical data, wealth
sr and jokes Of thtna all and sbete allF nkdi-
cal advice whisA b intdlsab1sIsf evefy lsmi-
ly. It lis supplied gratis BY the drugejeh, ,and
should be preserved fot coSssant ils;lsrsihcs and
use. We are sure that no good housekeeper
or grandmother goes willingly without one.
Standard, NJ r. CITY. s.ass
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dition. A few Of the neighbors usre
gathered, and <hs, upfatunats lads were
carried to their home. Two physicians
wsre Immediately called 10, but they
could give no relief One died 1t 10
o'clock and the other 2 o'clock. the next
day A jury Of inquest was called to-
gsther by Samuel Adams. Esq. and.
sfter examining several Witnesses, gave
it as their opinion that they had shot
each other. standing about rod apart,
both shots having been fred st the sams
instant, and both being shot ii the
head. Neither of fhsm spoke after-
ward. although William, the younger.
had run hundred yards after being
shot. No cause can be assigned for
the act a hey, ycre N gqld Jtsrms
With each othsr. We're s6bsr, qdiet and
industrious boys. and well liked by al
with whom they came in contact. Pki1-
adelphia CAronicle.
ll-lli LII t.s-I
Fatal ArYRAr.-KiUiag Of tie Edi-
SW ~ TIC 1ySt0 OFtSUW8 Ouee<StB " esCs
Governor Wd,moatk.-On SATURDAY..
mptning lat a6 hlteycatio1I te6l placs
en- Oansl street, Nea Ofleans, sbttween
Mr.. D. G. Bysrly, one Of the editors Of
the Bulletin Of that city. and ex-Gov.
Yarmouth, in which the former struck
the latter, over the head with ii same
when Warmquth closed with him and
stabbed him I've times with common
pocket knife, INJECTING wounds from
which his victim died in short time.
The ex- -Gossrnos was arrested and COM
uittsd to Jail to await trial.
The difficulty grew out Of an editor
ial in the Bslgstia sexeTely .cqpmentiug
sfnof, ID which Es replied 10 ! Gard IN
another psper. rejecting upon the char
acter Of Mr.. Jewell, another Of the ed
iten lof the GBsl2etis, ,,ies, stecsdutl Of
which duel between thst xsntleman
and Wsrmopth had beep slree1y ar
ranged for. MI. D. G., Bys5ly. the
victim Of the tragedy. vas : native Of
Pennaylvsniai andIabsat 46 yssza old.
He had 4bsenl living ID LoniGi6na for
thirty years and Vas : disting rushed Of
ficer IN the c6nfsderats afny:, ss'''f.s ss
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S SALE. SALE

THE thoroughbred Stallion, LEGATEE,
1 ndyther thoroughbred stock, will be
offered fsr sale at the vehtlne. OF the late DR..
e. A. Vanuort, al his late residence, near
Hanesville, Kent County, Nd, on Thursday,
January IA, 1875. A. L. L s. vANNORT,
Jan PTS. Administrator.
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NOTICE.. !

THE Seventh Annual onvocsiion u the
= Grand Chapter Of Royal Arch Masons ef
Delaware will be held in the Masonic Hall. in
the city Of Wilmington, ON the 3rd Wcdnes-
day, that being the goth day Of JANUARY.
1875, at II O'Clock = m. -
.<EI IslOrya Up. 4HNONn
Dec 2a-tm. Grand Secretary.
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England exports to this country
1000 barrels Of malt liquor per month.
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The publisher of certain paper, away
down country, made visit to Seaford, one
day during the recent election campaign, and.
doubtless feeling happy over his temporary
release from the confinement Of the editorial
sanctum, celebrated the occasion by most
too free indulgence in "oh, be joyful" This
made him merry, and at the same time very
brave and chivalrous. Now it SO happened
that battle royal was taking place between
the partners of each others joys not very far
from the place in which onr editor was enjoy
ing himself, and the loud shrieks of the dis
tressed female grated harshly on his sympa-
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Following the example Of many Of our PEN
Middletown transcript., 1875-01-02

insula and other exchanges, we issue but .
half sheet this week. This We have done fol-
the double purpose Of allowing our employees
an opportunity to visit their homes and
friends, and to get chance to have our Office
cleaned up and put in order for the winter 8
work. This has been accomplished and we
are now ready to receive orders for anything
in our line of business, and to Gil them quickly
and satisfactorily. In as much as we give
our readers the usual amount Of inside read
ing, we trust they will excuse the want of
outside matter.
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D D M n EfIS M . - IL
After Monday next the steamer Kyor Rsy-
bold of the Salem, Delaware City b Philadel.
phia line, will be withdrawn and placed in
winter quarters for repairs. The steamer
Perry, however, will continue to run all win.
ter unless prevented by the close Of naviga.
ton in the river, by freezing,
The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-07-10
From the New Orleans Plcayune.
Killing a Man in His Coffin.

The case of Jomes Connors. Indicted for
the murder of George Banks. while the
same was on the way IN the cemetery in
the canacitv of n cornse came IN Mondav
lime 81 on an annlication for mil Som,
of the tsstimonv Tor The nrosecntiop ,yns
AZ follows. " ' r'''' WIS
estate oil vo, Lrow ohor, ,h;s .,
buryinr a man alive" ~ '"' man
.3rha, man was coming dow, Ioc,.,
street he stonned Mt nv cate I saw the
deod man raise his arms i,ist 90 sey ~
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[From the Boston Herald

We should have the platform of the cen
tennial party as follows:
/. National unity invioate, with no right
of secession.
2. Local self-government and equality Of
all citizens under the law.
3. An honest currency, according to the
standard of the civilized world.
4. A revenue tariff, approaching as near
to free trade as is consistent with a proper
provision for our obligations.
8. Protection of the public lands for real
settlers, from grabs of every kind.
6. Absolute freedom of religion for all,
with secular education provided in the
public schools, and no appropriation of
school funds for sectarian purposes.
We believe that large majority of the
citizens of the United States honestly hold
to the tenets here imperfectly expressed,
and that they can unite IN new, progress
sive party founded upon them, if they will
forget the dead issues and past conflicts,
and come together without cant or preju-
dice. When will there be a better time for
such a patriotic movement than in the cen
tennial year?
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GLOBE SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 49, 1875
New England News.

Joshua S. Whitney, a Gardner, Mass,
farmer and lumber dealer, has failed for
$4,000.
s. M. Kendrick, a prominent merchant
of Winchester, N. H., was drowned by
the upsetting of his boat, Friday.
The mining fever has broken out at Man
chester, N. H., where valuable silver de-
posts are reported on the "Calf place."
just outside the city.
Deecher and Tilton delivered speeches
together at the big Fourth of July celebra-
ton in Brooklyn, Windham county, Conn,
ten years ago the Fourth.
Another new national bank, the Com
mercial is to be started at Boston with a
capital of 81 900, 900, and Daniel HARDWOOD,
formerly president of the Hide and Leather
bank, for president
Another centenarian gone. Mrs. Or
phenia Teeple, of Woodbury.. Conn,
| direct descendent of the Geodrichcs, who
came over in the Mayflowcr, died last
Thursday, at the age of 1O3 years.
The United States loaned 1000 flags to
Boston for decorative purposes at the
| Bunker Hill centennial, and the aggregate
| losses by their use were but $104, all of
which was collected of those who used
them.
The most important thing done by the
New Hampshire legislature seems to have
been the adoption of resolution submit
ting to the people, at the next election, the
| question of holding convention for the
much-needed revision of the constitution.
The wife and daughter of Henry Nor
ton of East Berlin, Conn.,, found rattle.
snake in their coal bin, the other day, and
called some men, who after watching for
| six hours, finally shot the reptile, which
was found to have II rattles.
Lebanon, N H., has never been afraid
of third terms or any number of terms for
her town clerks, having had but three
since 1892. Stephen Kendnck served "a
years. Timothy Kendrick 80 years, and
Edward j. Durant, the present incumbent,
is just completing his 10Th year.
Spiritualism seems about played out at
Boston. Sunday night an audience at
tended seance in Paine memorial hall,
and the committee appointed to see fair
play pronounced the medium, "Prot' j.
r. Bates, fraud, whereupon the crowd
smashed the cabinet and pursued Bates for
some distance down the street.
One prominent dry goods house, at Pitts.
lieled, attempted to flood the market, Sat
urday, by selling the fans at five cents q
dozen but neighboring house was not &c
be outdone, and placed huge case o.
them on the sidewalk with a placard at
tached saying, Take as many as yor
want"
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THE BALL MURDER.
Tho Second Meeting to Get Monu-
mont for Miss Balls Gravo-Adjournmen
Sine Die.

Another meeting of the "Union Investi-
eating Society" was held Thursday after
noon, pursuant to adjournment, on the
ground where the murder of Miss Ball at
st. Adams, was committed. About $50
men and women were present.
The meeting was called to order by the
president and a letter was read from Geo.
G. Smith, after which il was voted that the
thanks of the society be returned to Mr..
Smith for his response to the invitation to
be present.
The president then called upon any one,
either in or out of the society, for remarks.
Mr.. Luther b. Hunt of Georgia moved that
the secretary be instructed to circulate a
subscription paper for the purpose of rails
ing money 10 erect monument over Miss
Balls grave, which motion was seconded
by DIR. Branch, and carried.
Mr.. Hunt suggested that the subscription
be circulated before the gath of July, the
anniversary of Miss Balls murder. Mr..
Hunt further remarked that we are law
abiding people, and he did not think we
needed meeting of this kind. lie
thought 1t was hardly just to call the
neighbors together to get up any feeling
among them he had no fault to find, but
these public meetings would give the
criminal chance to find out all that was
going on, and so aid him TO escape detec-
ton. Mr.. Hunt said he had been locked
up, as the man who committed the crime,
and he felt little delcate-in fact, he
felt more like praying than speaking.
DR.. Branch said he would like to know
the gentleman's name, and where he was
from. Mr.. Hunt took this as sarcasm
and replied that his name was Hunt and
he came from his mother. DR.. Branch
then recognized Hunt as an old acquant
ance, and mutual apologies followed. DR..
Branch and Mr.. Hunt then had some con
versatlon in regard to the propriety OF
these meetings. Mr.. Hunt could not SCI
any good ia them or the manner in which
they were held, but did not object to them
DR.. Branch said he did not blame Mr.
Hunt for not seeing. He supposed tn,
people knew what vigilance COMMITTEES
was. 1t was not trying committee, bu
one to watch and when they had discov
cred anything bring it before the society
DIR. Branch continued that many false re
ports had gone out that had put an impu
tation on Mr.. Smith and any person wht
could not help to remove it., is no friend t
humanity. lie would have been glad L
have seen Mr.. Smith present, but Ii
thanked him for his letter and would ex
cuse him.
Mr.. Fisher, the president, then mad
some remarks upon what he thought OF tn
neglect of the authorities in making searcl
in the first place
Mr.. Farnswor,h of ST. Adams said tina
he knew the authorities had done all in thei
power to ferret out the murderer, and wer
still at work on the case, and thought Mr.
Fisher was wrong in his statement abou
the remissness of the authorities in no
making due search and investigation. N
other business coming before the society
was voted to adjourn