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A Curious Law Suit.

The London correspondent of the Car
diff Times writes: Litigation is not often
amusing, but their is a highly comic ele-
ment in a suit which is now going on, if,
indeed, that can be said to be going on
which can never come of. The two coun-
ties of Middlesex and Surrey have quarrel
ed about bridge over the Thames at
Walton. The magistrates of each county
wish to throw the cost of the repairs upon
the magistrates Of tbs others. Not being
able to come to terms, it was resolved to
bring the matter TO trial. 1t was found,
however, that the action could not be tried
in either county, inasmnch as having been
brought by all the inhabitants of one coun-
ty against all the inhabitants of the other
no juror could be taken from either, the
jurors being interested parties. The venue
was therefore removed to Kent, and the
case was to have been brought before the
Lord Chief Justice, but he living in Lon
don, and being therefore an inhabitant and
rate-payer Of Middlesex, held that, he too,
was an interested party, and although
probably decision would not make dif-
ference Of a farthing to him, yet he con.
sidered that he was disqualified from pre-
siding. 1t has now been ascertained that
all the Judges reside in Middlesex, and are
all disqualified, ~ that unless special act
Of Parliament is passed to enable one OF
them to Sit the cause cannot be tried at
all. Meanwhile, Middlssex has already
spent E1AQ00 in ltigatiQn |" s Z |.
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masten $500 associates. and which in the
six months ending February %, 1874, took
in from sales, ESl9,42S.
1t ID to be noted that these "storsS' do
not try to undsrsell the retail shops, but
sell their goods at ordinary prices, and di.
vide all profits, after reasonable addition
to the reserve" annually or semi-annual'
ly, among their stockholders. The sums
thus cowing once or twice year to q
workman are likely to be 10 considerable
as strongly to suggest the savings bank.
In France, M. Ducarrs's report, while
announcing the comparative failure Of Co
operative societies Of production, stated
that those devoted to the supply Of articles
for consumption, have at once had much
larger degree Of success. In Germany,
Belgium. and Italy, the movement for con-
sumptive cooperation is in full present
vigor. Even in little Denmark, where
but one industrial cooperative society
exists, 81 cooperative societies are report
ed for the sale Of articles of domestic con-
sumption. In Austria, account is gwen
Of 287 cooperative store-unions. In the
United States, consumptive cooperation
has been widely established in connection
with the Granger" movement, and also,
more on its own merits, through the or.
ganization known as the Sovereign of In
dustry."
The Morning herald., 1876-12-14
NEW BOOKS.

"JouRNA1rsM," Edited by Charles F.
Wingate, F. B. Peterson, Publisher, 81
Cedar Street, New York.
This is neat volume Of 1852 pages,
filled with sketches ofthe great journalists
Of our day, it is most enjoyable book, and
one which will fully repay the reader.
Some of the anecdotes of Greeley, Ben
nett, and others are very amusing. The
list ofnewspaper Noms de Plume is such a
reference as is needed almost every day.
We know of no more readable book for
odd half hours, every one has now and
then unoccupied.
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Here and There.

Hero and There.
Look out for overcoat thieves.
Young pigs are down in price.
A Vermont couple divorced in Sep
tember have remarked.
Boston papers for the first time issued
day after Thanksgiving
All Pin is under arrest for theft in
Frisco. 1t is sin to steal All Pin.
indianapolis is about to purchase 1000
pound bell for its Court House.
Tilden's popular majority over Hayes,
249,645. Paste that in your little hat,
Ruthy.
The Greeks fell in love with Dem
Pedro and his wife, like all the rest of the
world.
Secretary Fish endorses Grants bayonet
policy. That's the kind of sardine he
The public reading room and library at
Fort Dodge, Iowa, has closed for lack of
patronage.
A Humboldt county, Iowa, farmer ad-
vertises "cows for rent" That's a real
leasey way to get COW.
The Washington Star reports Blaine as
saying that he feels in the Senate like a
cat In strange garret.
Secretary Chandler directed 1856 guns to
be fired in honor of Hayes election. How
about Oregun.
Mr.. Lytton Sothern, son of Lord
Dundreary, has accepted an engage
ment in a Melbourne (Australia) com.
pany.
A London joker remarks that it is quite
natural for newly-married couples to turn
pale, for the ceremony itself makes them
wan.
Lady visitor: my dear, do. you know
if your mamma is engaged~ Little Cir
of the Period: Engaged? Bless you
why, she's married ?"
The Morning herald., 1876-12-14
ERIN REDIVIVAS,

The rapid march Of Ireland on the road
to prosperity is one of the events Of the
age. Thirty years ago, forty-two per cent
Of the population were paupers Grated to
the poor" She was then borne down by
an infamous land tenure, and the exactions
of a foreign Church, both Of which have
been abolished, and benefcient results have
followed. Pauperism according to Han.
sard, has fallen off in Ireland in period o.
thirty years, from lS45 to 1874 inclusive
from forty-two per cent. Of the population
TO thirteen and half per cent, while it hai
risen in England from eight per cent. to
twenty-one per cent. of the population. and
in Scotland from five per cent. to seventeen
per cent. During the last thirty years the
consumption Of Spirits has steadily de.
creased in Ireland, in IA, 5,3lS,OOO persons
consumed not quite three-eights as much
ardent spirits, or malt liquors, as 8,110,oO0
used in 1s43. 1t has been remarked by
missionary Priests in Ireland, that drunk
enness has been driven into the large town.
and cities, and no longer exists in the rural
districts. Sober men save money. The
London Times Of Nov. 30th, says:
The London Financier says that bank
ers if they chose could tell good deal
about the growing prosperity Of Ireland.
They have for some time past been much
struck by the magnitude of the deposits
lodged with them by persons of apparently
very humble means. The old tendency to
hoard aud hide money in the roof il de-
clining, and the people are gradually in
vesting their savings.
1t is fact worth remembering, that for
the eleven years ending in 1874 the increase
ofthe savings in the Irish banks, were
almost an exact equivalent Of the sum ol
the decrease of the revenues, derived from
the consumption of spirits
The emigration to Ireland in 1875 was
almost ~ equivalent to the immigration 70
The Morning herald., 1876-12-14
THE RIPENING OF THE CONePI.
RACY,

The United States Circuit Court O
South Carolina has assumed and exercised
the jurisdiction claimed by the Unitec
States District Attorney, for the same
court here in Delaware. Mr.. Justice
Bond has ousted the jurisdiction o1
the Supreme Court of South Carolina
without the shadow of authority -
without a single sentence of organic OF
statute law to justify him. This action Of
Judge Bond if submitted to, marks the
storming of one Of the citadels of freedom,
by the Federal conspirators. If the inde-
pendence of the State Courts are destroyed
there is no longer any power to protect
citizens, in times Of public peril, and no
mans life or property is safe, if either be
coveted by Federal official. 1t must
strike any oonsiderate man, that Judge
Bond would not dare be guilty Of such
outrageous usurpation Of the legal rights
of State, unless he was promised the aid
of the Federal power. This invasion Of
the right Of State, renders imperative
proper enforcement OF the sovereignty Of
our courts, alike threatened by the United
States Circuit Court for the District of
Delaware We again remind the Governor
Of its Importance, and Of the duty cast
upon. him by his oath Of Office, to guard
the rights and liberties of the free people,
who called him to be their ruler. The
existence Of those rights are incompatible
with the claims of Federal jurisdiction in
the Police Of the State, as set up in the
case Of the State vs. Heal, wherein an at
tempt is being made to oust the jurisdic-
ton Of the State Court, in case OF an assault
upon citizen of Delaware. The Legis-
latare we are conscious will make ample
provision, to maintain the honor and dig
nifty Of our State, regardless Of cost. The
cheats, chicanery, and GOWNS practiced in
Florida, Louisiana, and Carolina, all
pale, before the infamy of Bonds usurpa-
tion: his action relegates US to the law o.
force.
The Morning herald., 1876-12-14

Amsrica, hereafter the emigrants from Ire
land will be in great measure e,graduates o.
her splendid schools of medicine, botany
agriculture, design, journalism, &c.
We hope to witness the practical reali'
cation of the poets conception:
"Tho' nations have fallen thou art still
young,
The sun ID but rising, while others have
set;
Tho slavery's doom ever thy morning hath
hung,
The full noon of freedom will beam round
thee yet."
The Morning herald., 1876-12-14

A Maryland jury lately declared that
a man had come to his death "by an un.
known wagon" About on a par with
this is the Wisconsin verdict respecting a
man who had been crushed to death in a
mill, when the jury remarked: "No
blame can be attached to the machinery"
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Wilnlngton, December II, 1875.

Wanted-reliable correspondents in every.
village In the State. to write the doings and
sayings Of the people and the business pros.
poets and attractions Of their locality. The
schools, the churches, the farm operations,
the character Of the soil, and the advan.
tagss possessed, to bs the themes for their
communications.
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Sonnet-Hanpton.


Unsullied Patriot! whose escutcheon bright
Through the deep mist of Carolina's s tears
Shone like lustrous meteor that up
rears
Its fiery front athwart the brew of night
Not unrewarded art thou, puissant knight
Who made the foemen reel before the
spears
Ofthine undaunted cohorts, till their
jeers
OF arrogance were changed to cries Of
fright!
A stricken land halls thee with proud &C.
claim,
Who saw fair Freedom writhinE on her
throne;
And naught to rescue save thy hand
alone
Which broke the fetters that enforced her
shame;
: And tyrants, their unhallowed mission
done,
Shrink at thy gle-blast, and::won der
working name!
Charleston Journal OF Commerce.
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THE HERALD.

TIE AoRNING HEkALD 10 Published
very morning, Qsundays excsptedJ and
delivered in the city Of Wilmington and
surrounding places for six cents per week,
payable to the carriers. Mail subscriptions
postage tree, three dollars per annum in
OBY1NE BRos., Publishers,
..s...t No. 500 Shipley Street,
Wilmington, Del.
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STOVES AND FlXTURES.

HOUSEKEEP
SHOULD LOOK INTO TIE MERITS OF
"Marbloised Ironwaro.' y
It is decidedly the very incest thing ever
manufactured for cooking purposes: and @ on q
account Of its durability WILL prove tne
most economical.
We have.
PUDDING PANS,
FRY PANS,
DISH PANS,
SAUCE PANS,
BREAD PANS,
WASH BOWLS.
- 1' TUNNELS,
MEASU RES,
SOAP CUPS,
COFFEE BOILERS,
TEA BOILERS,
CAKE GRIDDLES.
All made of this ware.
Acids cannot affect 1t. 1t will stand any
test of heat and guaranteed.
For sale by
Finn & jackson,
NO. PIG MARKET STREET.
octlO.ly cod
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, jay 81, ls'O.
Only a few of the investigating committees
have reported to the House. At least dozen more re-
ports may he made, OF which In state " for
war,inc s. and those Include the subjects OF the Real
Estate Pool, the Of Engineering and Printing TIE
Brstow, Mary Merritt, and Mule cases. john
VI Diyenports Election Registry, Croohcd WHISKY,
New Federal office matters, the HAYES CddetSp,
expenditures In the Navy Department and the Govern
mont Insane Asylum 10 was supposed several daN ago
that Congress would be prepared 20 adjourn by the ent
OF the present week, Tut this IS not now probable, ~
business has advance aS rapidly az was anticipates
besdes there is prospect OF RECONCILIATION az tue
conflicting views OF the TWO houses on the Consular ana
Diplomatic BILL
Ia response the general inquiry relative TO the pro
posed reductions clerical in the departments 20
the compromised extent Of 7GJ employees, Secretary
Morrill,, on whose department the proposed reduction
would fall most heavily informs tue COmultteo thai II
would unqucStionaby cripple the public service. lie
furnishes detailed schedule including the places wheTo
reductions WILL in the Judgment OF the depftmcnt 10
the least harm the contemplated compromise
should be carried out
The Commission for repairing Pcunsylyania-aye COR
ssting Of Cen H. q. Wright and g. 4. Gilmore OF the
Epyiuecr Corps Of the Army and Mr.. Edward Clark
Architect OF the Capitol met yesterday Tor the tst time
and organized by eleCtng Gen Wright President aud
MIR Clark secretary. They aftcrward made Il general
survey OF the avenue and expressed An Intention 10 adj
vcrtise Tor proposals for the work Of requirement. a.
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WISHTNGTON.
If GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.

THE GENERAL APPROPRIATION BILL.
THE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE IL NO HURRY TO
REPORT Tr-PEOBABLE ARRANGEMENT FOR PAY
ING PRESIDENT GRANTS sALARY-sALARtES OF
CONGRESSMAN TO BE FINED AT ABOUT $500.
IBY TELEGRAPH TO THE TRrBUNE.l
WAsHINGrON, July 30.-Ihe report in circulation
in Washington to-day that the Conference Commit
tee on the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial APP
preparation bill had failed to agree. and had con-
cuded to report this fact TO the two Houses is not
true No meeting of the Committee has been held
since Friday. At that time. although tho work
on the bill was not completed, there was no
reason to believe Chat an agreement was impossible.
When the bill was sent to this last Committee It was
FIRST arranged that each House should regulate the
number of It's officers and employees and their sala-
rcs 50 that one subject of discussion at once re-
moved. The proposition to reduce the salaries of
the President and of Senators and representatives,
vas passed ryor the cOnferecs on the part OK each
House insisting on their views,
Ii is probable that agreement will DO reached
by which money viii be appropriated for Gen.
Grants salary to the end Of his term, while the sal
ary of the next President VIII be left open ques-
ton until the next session Of Congress. A COM
promise will probably be maie on the salaries Of
members of Congress by which they viii be fixed at
about $500 oyit taay be that some of the mileage
allowances vii b. reduced. When the approDrla-
tons for the Executive departments were reached,
the difference between the two Houses was fouud to
be about. S}GOJ,OOO. Representative Morrison
made proposition that this amount be divided by
two and that the House accede TO the Senate
amendments increasing the expenses of the depart
mcu;s above the basis Of the House bill
81. G0O.OOO. while the Senate recede from
Amendment, covering like amount, ut the same
time making the reduction in the number Of persons
employed and Of their salaPe5 in the same ratio;
that Is that the expenses Of The departments shall be
reduced ~ 500 900 below those provided Tor by the
bill as II ~assad the senate TIE saving 70 he effected
both hy reductions of force and salaries The Seaa-
tor, on the Committee submitted the proposition TO
tho head, of the Executive departments, who, after
eight DAYS delay, returned 1t last Friday. The
Democrats on the Committee representing
the House think that while these OIL
Gers. in the schedule which they sub
nit have reduced the force sufficiently in num-
bcr, they have confined their proposed dismissal so
LARGELY TO clerks of low grade-labo,rs, charwomen,
Nc.-,hat the expense SAVED viii not be rs great "a
was contemplated By Mr.. MoTlson's proposition.
The bill has been placed N the hands of the clerks
If thc Appropriation Committees of the two Houses,
with directions 10 compute the money reductions it
contemplated aud they have not yet made their re-
port The majority of tho members of he Commit
tee seem in no hurry to get through with the bill.
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LARGE FIRE ~ MlLErEY. MASS.

BO,roS, JAY 30.-A serious coni!agration IN
Mumry Sa,s icsday destroyed property Amounting
20 slGoOD0; m-,iraugc 10000. The Ire started IN the
uic,err,ou. ~ Nowry Llpnam's WOODEN riiil anl *
tended o." mil, entirely consuming % win the
adjoining su,ilu.- uuI two large bpaIiIu s-uuu.r,.
LAILL--oou after the htr Wa discovered "Jrd wa,
received boz this cts calling Tor hrlp, AMI steamer ana
hose talfiigc UtIe sent nom tI, ,y TIE Tram mii!nE
the run 0f i've miles in i've minutes ana 'hc slrahrr
hlug 10 work lH 80 minutes Hpn Inc lht
a.J-iau,e wa. asked. IaVhIm's MN was bUiit
with the intention OF running - Srss %
WOODEN machinery, bat only seven were IA opcUtloI
,i1v.rv LIau p Ic. his loss -itU,nOu. 100000 OF
which /, covered by Insurance. Among th' lu.HIdnc'
couuauir- tlc following: liu-1u NtIufa'iurinE hu
tual. r2I 20: ArkNrght Nutual OF E,-t"u, NH own
.rS Mutual 81 huston, Manufacturing Mutual OF f!1'-
dagrc i;u0ir leland Mutual 81 Providence AMI Nuf-
ccr Manufacturing Mutual ~ Worc,s' .r' Tlu'l 'i'h
Frluk Hcwttt occupied portion Of On" Old m.i ana
heated gazing and access To the force pumps Mas cut
of at the outset
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snrRIpAv ADVISE, THAT they b. RECRUITED III
TO THEIR IJLL STEENoIif

~HrRIDNN ADVISES THAT 1HEY b. RECRUITED UP
TO THEIR IJLL STEENorif.
WASHINGTON. july 3O.-'Thc Secretary of
War bus sent to the House ~ Representatives the dis
patch ~ Gen Sheridan recommending an Increase ~ the
conpuu.. II the ID 3D. Ih Stu and Th Cavalry TO 100
men, a, was done for tine two regiment, on the RIO
Grandc. lie submits c,tuyt' 'o- IA number of men
rnr.d In addition 10 the - 900 which are author
lied by law Tue number which Will be required To Ill
the REGIMENTS Of cavalry on thu frontier and In Texas
the maximum OF 100 men 10 each company, VIII be
300 and the expenses The. for. tl63i'uo. Gen.
sheridan slys in the Telegram above alluded 10: The
events which have occurred % tho troops, and my
best knowledge oi the InlIn strength and affairs
n the agencies aud In the field, viii not
warrant at tho present tune In asking
for volunteers. Ihiyc no oh.c ton 10 asking for them
.oon a. couscientiousy believe their services neees
AIRY; but DO not from the disaster that came % Custer
from divided cOnuIud. desire 10 take thc rcsp'nslb
ty Of asking Tor volunteers now thereby cntailng on
the Government an enormous expense. Congress VIII
increase the companies. done for the two rcsl-
mont. on the Rio Grandc can Ill them up at once,
and they will Dee sufficiently large to meet the wants OF
the -cryicc and relieve the public mind Of the constant
lear Of disaster 10 present insufficient force IN the
Indian country This could bc done mt much less ex-
p,nse than by calling for volunteers, rs the organizations
are already pYclarcd and the Winter would be ON US De
fore We coald get volunteers fairly In the held'
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RrpORrED DEFEAT OF CROOK.
AN ALARNuNG STORY OF SLAUGHTER ASD
ppn,tpr TpNTR TIDE.

AN ALARMING STORY OF SLAUGHTER AND llS
PROMPT CONTRADICTIONS.
ST. LOUIS. July 30.--An exaggerated account
NJ Gen Croos battle with the Goose Creek ~
circulated here T. Z. Fray. post suter at Camp Sher-
dan who has arrived at Sidney Ncb reports that Lame
Deer friendly chief, brought information that Gen
Crook hal suffered a terrible defeat at the hands
of the Sioux on Goose Creek, but the date OF
the battle was not mentioned. Inc account
states that Crook lost nearly SOD soldiers
WnsJrIycn across tho creek under terrible fire OF the
Indiana and that the tight was of slaughter than
battle Lame stated that the Indians were greatly
eatc over the victory. and intended after driving the
miners from the Black HIS, 10 clean out all the aseH
cs Ia the northern country. and all the stations along
the Pacific Railroad The dispatch Is 80 worded that Ii
cannot he stated whether this an account OF tue od
OF recent date THIS Is therefore gwen or
Mhnl IL Is worth.
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to submit gracefully thereto, quite
Der express dissatisfaction at having soiuiE
fathers" placed them. A maj couhch
was being held at Red Cloud yesterday
Some dissatisfaction felt by the Indians at the meaeer
supply OF food which consists entirely OF corn nou ana
beef They insist sugar coffee, and tobacco in fun
ment of treaty stipulation and further continue to
attribute the departure from the agencies OF those VINO
have joined the hostile bands to this fact rather than to
a desire for An apprehension Of inability to carry
out the orders to dsarm all these Indians before allow
ing them to to the agency exists at Camps sher
dan and Robinson. Two companies OF the 9th Cavalry
90 Camp Sheridan increasing the force at that post to
four companies while at Camp Robinson there only
three companies exclusive OF of the Sd Cavalry at
Sidney Crossing, not far distant.
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TrTFGRAPUIC NOTES.

CHICAGO. July 3O-The committee appointed to
The condition wheat the elevators report that
is in GOOD condition. except about dozen pns which COR
wheat
BosIoN July 30.-The Commencement exercises
NJ Maine state College began last evening with Sophomore
urize dreamaons President Allen delivered tho Dacea
laureate this evening"
MpANY. n Y, July 30.-Company G OF the 7ith
pegmen OF buffalo arrived here last evening It's way homo
from The Centennial Exhibition. Company OF tho 10Th Regi
ment gave them collation..
ST. LOUIS July 30.--A tornado passed over tho
northern portion Of this county yesterday morning and did
great OuhOlses ences, trees, crops, &c
little girl named OTo0le was killed
ST. LOUIS July 30.-Something of q run was mado
on Drovers Bank yesterday but demands
were so promptly the cCass1 Several city
banks one red assistance any eAtonL
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hkMN OkDLRG.

WAsmYGroN July 30.-The Superintendent
the recruiting service VIII loo recruits Ia De
prepared and forwarded under proper charge follows Fy
Fort Randall, Dakota, via laktOn, the LIT In antiJ
% 10 BiInaIck Dakota, 81 Paul for the III Infantry ~
10 Fort Lyon Colorado for the 1911 Infantry; 81 10 Com
panea +, o. H. L. and Is, OF tho I'D Infantry, serving IN
Zen. = command.
Tue following the detail for the recruiting service from
Oct 1876 1873: Col J. j. Gregg cavalry
will relieve Col D. Sturgs Of the I'm cavalry supcn.
teudn Of the mounted recruiting service station at depot,
Louis, Mo Col D. = stanley 81 the 2@i Infantry VIII re
Col j. H. King OF the h Infantry superintendent OF
station, NewIUI MAJOR Al
etadcr Of the ith Infantry in ~ the
depot at Governors Island NrwiOrk Harhs j. T..
OF 18th GbfantrY viii relieve MAJOR f. &. Mason of
the list Infantry, la command OIL the depot Columbus Bar
rack
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DorgLE MURDER ATTEMPTED.

Benedict Swan of No. u BOyd-st. married
daughter OF John Fink, rcsln2 at No. 300 Livingston
st. Newark Recently his wife died, AMI swan coloe'eu
81 900 Insurance upon her life. II short time ne h'd
sauandcred the money la rutous living Ga Sdtu!d's
afternoon he went TO Mr. IIukB house aud drhahd't
money. Fink refusing 10 give H. swan knocked lh Gown
aud attempted To cut his throat with kmie john FINK
IT,, arrived the mat rOmcnt and cilthins
mold Of swan dragged him OF hs father swan luaiahN
attacked the Young man with the luitc. The Two men
ciiucEed, aud swan, dropping his knife IN the Struggle
seized hatcicL aud cndvayOrcd To Cirayc The sku CT
his brOtnorinaw In the mean time tine elder fnK cficd
for help, and the police came swan threw down me
haichct and daItcd through the door, making his escape
but arrested ON Saturday night.