Delaware tribune. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1867-1877, 1876-04-06

paid out In tho Last 15 yeafs over 41bo,000
Tor the benefit Of the inhabitants Of New
Oastls, and such u the confidence OF ~
other twelve geutlamen Of tha Board t1As
they do mot require cant Of soeoRtey tof
the performance Of his duties. He y aAeu
chairman Of the Acttng OomnMttse cf ~
Board, and - suoh, for this eoO1.tetee has
spent during these years ov9 e4O,oo fef
lime, posts, and rails" 10. Al eaes
lAbosious work, almost the sole nanags-
msnt OF 1000 acrss Of land, with esven q
eight tanAnts, for the sEnall pistaAOs A.
lowed by the Board Of el90 per snnum- !
would not reward such disanterested DE-
votedness by such proceeding, for no
a1hes stelsens would be willing 70 perform
thase duties for any such SUM
For your mean and contemplate slur -
Nr. Nanlove, silent contempt would aaflSoe in
this community for those outside | wouh
sAy that any man, woman, o ehiA IN ehis
plaoc could have informed the Dooeps
that he reeides with his widowed nsetAer
In the city, and has Ill his life, ard v ~
we'll known for his honesty, integrity, and
truthsulnsss ~ you ere for The othsE thing,
been caxpst-bagHin8 during your life. y
Now, Doceog, q wofd Of advice AAA I en-
done Go West, ae{kls down 10 yoW pse-
fassisu, donH Msddls In pohtIosy &un't hgsu
your own testh drawn simply 10 show your
patients how easy Il y doat elaam that
the Rsbel generals lost their battles becaAee
they did mot take your advice how TO aRht
tham, don't repeat your wonderful sxpsdafs
Of duslling-%hSy eordle ones bsosd %
don't tire everybody o4t with sso4e0s
moonshine spsechss whom In convssacn ;
work 1t your peofssaien - hard ~ Mon. b
i. Butler does at bis; do Ill these thing,
and viii promise thAt when The Hon. 7.
+. BayATd becomes President 70 give yen 3
lsesss Of Recommendation 10 him thAt nay,
(of may MOI, have you appointed 10 some
lucrative foreign poslton. w. ,'l1
lr1I IliiISE 'E71 E. CHALLaNaaa. :
NEW CASTLE, DEL, March 81. gitA El
Tao Tress 81 Delaware. 3
sIxTY-lx DISTINCT msofRs 1RAr An NATIVE
10 1HA sTATI-rRAY SHOULD ALE BD
anowN At TIE CENTENNIAL. 'AH-@ a,i'{l
~ As Edtecr Of tAs Cons~svctal: ~ ,
A brief itsrn in your issue Of Monday Last
show, that Ut least one member Of the
Centennial Oommission Ut this Btate u
alive 10 the advantage Of having one Of tho
moet Important resources OF DelaVars prop
party displayed At the approaching exhi6l-
fion. allude 10 the atAtement that Col
Il. B. Fiddsman has found thaa we have
"twenty nine vaEieAss" Of native dUbs,
and thas "thsy will oil be exhibited q the
Centennial. lgs1 hiU7 s..s}'., I,
II sseeious Of all our trees could be pre-
pared 20 . 70 properly show theif qualities
Tor various nssf.l OF ornansatal PurPoaes,
our wealth In this respect woul4, think,
Astoniah soene Of our own citizens and be
oa inssesse to those from other States and
eountEiss For II COL 1iddenan had been
ahls 10 extend his researches throughout
the Htaee, he would have found that we
have as leass sixty-six distinct spectes Of
Nees TINT ne native to Delaware soil. In
this nuuhag An included four species Of tho
Aah, two Of the Elm. two of tho Walnut,
hvo ot The Hiok0sy, thirteen of the Oak,
thrss of the Birch, ehsse Of the Poplar o.
Aspen, (net the Tulip Poplar md four Of
the Pine, beaides oshse gensra which are
In the hst belew, al tteee which atsain .
lass diameter Of trunk than six inches ere
excluded, - are also all such - arc natives
Of other portions Of the United 6tAtes, but
Of recent introduction here, though grad
ually making themselves ak homa, ~, for ex-
ample, the Oa&alpa, Honsy1l locusA de- A
angle tree in the uat n TO me very doubtful
~ Z .natipe Of Delaware, viz, the common
Locust but ~ Mr.. Tatnan (in his "Oata-
logua Of the Plants Of New Castle County, y
add OoL Tiddeman think otherwise,
have acquiesced .i-tt-gI
Il may not be inapysopsiaAs to say that
Dr. Geo. vassy, the Govegnment BotAnisl
At Warrington, viii exhibit q the Oeuten-
nial specimens Of about four hundred and
fifty of tho native woods Of the United
Btafss. W,
Tho Latin names as well a. the Englist
are hero given, for the reason that the for.
mer are stable and recognized all over The
| world, while single one of the latter d
often applied in different sections Of tht
country to two very distinct species. Thus
what 10 called "Red Oak" In Delaware, Il
called NSpanish Oak" in Pennsylvania, whilt
the Spanish iOak Of Delaware Ia scarcel!
known In Pennsylvania ''