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Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

THE LADIES are going to wear short
dresses this winter. The unsightly
and inconvenient trail which for year
or two have either been sweeping the
dirty pavements or requiring the con.
slant employment of one of the hands
of the wearer, is to be laid aside, sc
far as street wear is concerned and
something more sensible substituted
We congratulate all women upon the
change, and feel assured that nine
tenths of them, and especially those
who love cleanliness and warm fingers
in cold weather, will hail it with salts
faction.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
Our Winters Charities.

The winter is again upon US, anC
notwithstanding the fact that there
has been an improvement in business,
and more people have had work thar
last year and the year before, there arr
many who will be out of work during
the winter and who will be more or less
dependent upon not only public but
private charity, for the necessaries o
life which are to keep them comfortable.
The people Of Wilmington are charita
bly, disposed, and there is enough given
in this city to feed and clothe every
person in it, if it was judiciously dis.
trlhuted. So far as We know there are
no regu larl.v organized associations for
the relief Of the suffering and INDECENT,
with the exception of the Provident So
Getty, which has its headquarters at
Twelfth and Market streets. The GOOD
that this society has done is incalcu!a,
BILE, and'we know that everything CON
tributed to it has been iudiciOusly ap-
piled, but it does seem to Us that there
should be some more general system
established, by which it may be made
the business of authorized persons tt
hunt up worthy cases where charity
will not be thrown away. Happily
through the refusal OF our city author
ties to entertain tramps, that nuisance
has decreased in gratifying degree
so that our own people are left to shar,
in larger degree the charities tina
were formerly given. to strangers. II
the absence Of any other plan we would
suggest that adopted in the city of Bos
ton. 1t is, in brief, the erection of
central building in each town, as
General Bureau of Charity. Separat
rooms in it are given to each publ
charity, and to private charities also
charging only for light and fuel. Al
the machinery for the help of the poor
from the House of Correction to churc
sewing circles, was thus brought tc
gether under one root. The city is di
vided into districts, and to each ther
are committees of visitors. No street
door giving is encouraged. Applicant
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

Why CAN'T the ticket for 1880 be
"Hrant and Blaine p The two names
would be irresistible. The Republi
cans would thus have Vice President
who would make a first class President
and would be sure. if he survived, to be
Grants successor. Grant and Blaine
Illinois and Maine-that would be- the
ticket to sweep the country
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

SENATOR GORDON at last answers
about the cipher kilograms, but he say'
he had to help to pay note for $5, oo(
which the nephew and his coparcener'
failed to pay. 1t is significant thougl
that this O., 900 was fee for BULLDOG
ing the Republicans out of the State o
South Carolina. Who next, and wher
will Pelton, the nephew, answer.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

CONGRESS WILL MEET again next Mon
day, and it would be good thing if it
would not disturb the business of the
Country. Business has for sometime
past been recovering from a shock it
received from the representatives Of the
people. The last Congress could not
have done more had it tried to unsettle
our mercantile and commercial inter
ests. Let us hope that they will hurry
up their work and go home, and by so
doing they will deserve the welcome
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

WHAT is THE reason that Pelton, Til
d.n's nephew, does not explain in re
gard to the cipher telegrams' No one
knows more about them than he. Til.
den, Marble, Woolley, Coyle and others
have spoke their piece and denied any
know ledge of them, but Pelton instead
of rising to explain goes off to Canada te
spend the winter.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
rhe PUBLICAN has the largest
airc ulation Of amy paper In Dela-
ware. Advertisers take . note Of
this.
The Iu.urauce middle.

From all appearances now, the ques-
tion of the solvency Of the Delaware
State Fire and Marine Insurance Com.
pany, will be definitely settled but
hardly at the present term of court
Personally we know nothing about the
standing Of the company alluded to,
but from the integrity and the high
personal character of the gentlemen
who are the officers we should not have
hesitated TO insure in the company to
almost any amount allowable. he
company having been 80 long made an
object Of suspicion to many by the fire.
quent and persistent attacks Of the
Epery Evening, We are rather glad that
measures have been taken which must
either remove those suspicious or prove
that it is what the +. E. says it is--a
fraud of the biggest kind. If fraud
and proven such before the highest ju-
dicial tribunal of the State, then the
Erery Epeaing will be entitled to the
thanks of the community for exposing
and prosecuting it, and failure of sue
cess in doing so will only rebound to
the injury of that paper and will place
the editor of it in no enviable light be-
fore the community. Though the show
ing made in the Fiery Frening of yes
terday is rather bad one against the
company, We must not take it for grant
ed that every thing charged can be pro-
ven, or even that they really do exist,
as all article of that character, involv-
ing so much of personality, is often
highly coored. and even dictated in
the heat Of passion. Against the ALL
cations made we place the high person
al characters of the gentleman against
whom suit has been entered by Mr..
Croasdale. We say now as we have
said before, that we do net believe that
such men as Willim Bright, DR.. J. R.
Tantum, John Wood and D. T. Haw.
kins would lend their aid to, or coun
tenance in any manner such wild eat
speculation as the Every Ecening charg-
es this Insurance Company with being,
much less become the leading officers
of the same. There are many other
gentlemen intimately connected with
the company against whose personal
integrity and honesty never a word Of
suspicion has been uttered. Amongst
these is Mr.. c. P. Johnson, editor Of the
Guzette, who is Treasurer of the compa.
ny, who has spent almost the whole Of
a long life in this city and is well known
for integrity and upright dealing. We
cannot think that he would have al,
lowed himself to be made the Treasurer
of any wild cat speculation. Though
the suit entered by Mr.. Croasdale
against Messrs. Bright, Tantum, Wood
and Hawkins is for slander and to re-
cover damages for defamation Of char
acter, it must naturally carry with it a
minute investigation of the financial
standing Of the Delaware State Fire and
Marine Insurance Company and if that
investigation is made in the interests of
honesty no harm can come of it. If
fraud is brought to the surface, the
sooner the better. The public have a
perfect right to know the financial CON
dition and standing of any institution
in which it invests its money.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
-, IL, .h. "a.

for relief - sant, with the n@s 81
rsspsctaP householder, to thsgener.l
bureau, Where the books Of ~ diffsr-
snt charities at once shoH WHISTLER they
are deserving or regular FOUNDERS. "
Men and women able to work are given
work if not able to work they are CIV
en- food and clothes. The great advan-
tage Of this system Is that it is perma-
nent, hence more susceptible Of growth
and improvement. and not liable to fall
to pieces every Spring.
Should some such system be estab-
lished for Wilmington, there would be
no need for suffering, or want during
the Winter upon which We are entering,
and as there are many gentlemen and
ladies' of leisure in Wilmington, who
would take pleasure in such work, We
hope that some effort will be made to
organize some systematic plan Of relief,
that our charities, what We have to
give, may not be thrown away, but put
where they will do the most good.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
For the Republican.
Large Corn.

MEssRs. DIroRs:-Mr. John Tweed
has raised and harvested on his farm
on Big Elk Creek, in Franklin Town,
ship, in the southern part of Chester
County, (nearlv bordering on the state
of Delaware,) a crop of the largest corn
| have seen anywhere this year. 1t is
a sight to see it as it lies in the cribs,
the ears measuring IL to IA inches long
and many of them measuring 81 inches
in circumference, % rows to each ear,
and shelling from 1000 to 1900 grains.
think this corn deserves to be noticed
in your paper as Mr.. Tweed was raised
in Delaware. W. K.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

AT THE February election Mayor is
TO be chosen in Philadelphia and Mayor
Stokley is a candidate for reelection
There seems to be little or no oppo.
,ition to his securing the nomination.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

Colonel Ingersoll forcibly and vehe-
mently declares that there never was
such man as Noah, and that there
never was flood. This might be re-
garded as alarming if it were not for
the fact that lngersoll really knows no
more about it than the rest of us. Pos
sibly he may know less. A man who
considers Homer an old driveller and
Milton a fool may not be any better au-
thority upon arks and deluges and pa
triarchs than he is upon poetry.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

BLAINE, OF Maine, pounced upon Ben
Hill in 1876, but did uot silence him
1t was left for Agnes jerks to quietly
gather him under her wing.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
TerraDtnS.

Mr.. Powell will have a fine lot Of
Diamond black and red bellied terrapins
at his stall in the Third street market
to-day and to morrow, in addition to
his usual variety of fish. Call early
and get your pick.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26
Boiler EXPLOSION.

A boiler of the Cooperative Coal Com
pany, at Springfield, H., exploded on
Thursday evening, severely injuring
nine men, one of whom has since died
Another is in dying condition. The
water in the boiler was allowed to get
too low.
Daily Republican., 1878-11-26

BISHOP SIMPSON, of the M. E. Church,
has b cen appointed President of Drew
Theologic al Seminary.
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Where Shall Our Cartmen Live ,

\ recently adopted ordinance OF the Com
mon Council require, public cartmen to re-
side in this city under the penalty Of being
refused license tn carry on their business.
The four Thousand or more cartmcn who live
in Brooklyn naturally dislike this interior
cucc with their liberty, and are seeking pro-
lection at the hands Of the State Legislature.
They want to live where it suits them to
live, and not where New York Board Of
Aldermen think they ought to live; and they
ask the Legislature to pass an act giving
them the privilege. The Aldermen, on their
part, appeal to the Legislature not to de-
this, on the ground that the men who wear
out cur payomcnts with thcir horses and
carts should help pay the taxes raised for
repairing them, and not run away and pay
taxes elsewhere Thus the quarrel stands
at present.
There is something plausible, We admit to
be said in favor Of the new ordinance. People
who get the benefit Of any expenditure ought
to contribute toward it,. Paving and re-
pairing paVements cost money, and the
owners of carts and horses who travel over
cur streets cannot complain if they are re-
qurcd 10 mako good the wear and tear they
OCCASION This is one Of those sclf-cvdent
propositions which nobody can deny But,
then, the question comes up: Why not cal
culate Just how much damage each horscand
cart mliicts on our streets and collect the
prupor-amount Of tax in "A straightforward
manner A man does not want 10 kill
whole sheep Just to get "A mutton chop, nor
do we want to bring over to New York four
thousand cartmen, with their horses, carts,
household furniture, aud families, for the
sake Of getting a few Thousand dollars with
which to mend our pavcmcnts.
Besides, our worthy Aldermen do not seem
to reflect what the result will be Of this accos-
sion Of four thousand cartmcn to the popu-
latlon of the city. They complain Of the
number Of empty dwellings in our lower
wards, aud are anxious w get tenants for
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There are some who still contend that MIR
HAYES was lawfully elected President that
he received n majority OF the votes Of Flori-
On and Louisiana, and was entitled TO the
Office.
II Mr.. HAYES was fairly elected, then he
should be permitted to retain the Office to
The end Of the term. But it isycry generally
believed he was not elected. How, then, are
we to decide We can conceive of no better
way than by a joint committee Of the two
Houses Of Congress, appointed to make u
searching investigation and clothed with
ample powers. The best mcn Of the Senate
and the best men OF the House OF Rcprcsen-
tatives should be on this committee men
enjoying in the fullest degree the confidence
OF the whole country. The investigation
should he conducted with the most scrupu-
lous regard to the rights Of all parties, and
with the utmost impartiality. All we want,
oil the country wants, is the facts as
they actually exist. No man should be put
out, no man should be put in. by fraud.
HAYES should have fair show, just as fair
as TILpEN. What more can his friends ask,
And this should be freely accorded TO him.
II it should prove, contrary to general ex-
pcctation, that he was lawfully elected, he
will then hold the Office by n good title, and
there will be no further disposition to dis
turb him in its peaceful enjoyment As it is
now, very few persons believe he was elected,
and public Office held by such II doubtful.
disputed title, confcrs no honor on the occu-
pant. and is Of no use to the country, but Il
permanent injury.
1t being understood. therefore, that Mr..
HAYES is to have a perfectly fair show, why
should not the few friends he possesses
unite with Us in asking for joint commit
tee of Investigation TO silt the matter 10 the
bottom, If, with fair show. Mr. HAYES
can make it appear that he is entitled to the
Office, let him retain it: otherwise. nothing
would 50 much become him a. gracefully to
retire.
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them But II they succeed they will only do
an injury " our present resident cartmcn
and other workingmon. This surplus OF
dwellings puts rents down, and filling 1t
with families brought from Brooklyn will
necessarily put rents up. Then, IL the cart
men como over they must bring their
carts and horses with them, and there
will arise demand for four thousand
additional stables, more or less, which
cannot fail to raise tho rents OF
stables likewise. II is unnecessary to point
out how unpopular this will be with the six
teen thousand resident cartmen who al
ready find il hard work TO pay their ex-
pcnscs.
This, however. Is n small matter compared
with the principle of personal liberty In
volvcd in the measure. For the same rea-
son that the four thousand cartmcn living
in Brooklyn are To bc compelled TO move
over to New York. the sixteen thousand
cartmen now living here must continue to
live here Thus we have twenty thousand of
the best class Of our citizcns virtually put
upon Jail limits. cartmans wife and
children may he sick and pining for the
fresh air of Kings or Westminster county.
but they must 20, If they go at all. without
him. He may be offered comfortable
home Mt low rcnt but If 1t be outside of
the city precincts he cannot accept IT, After
years of effort we have finally secured rapid
transit, SO that our workingmen may be
enabled to fly from tenement houses and
narrow streets to country cottages, but no
man who drives public cart Is to get the
benefit of the Improvement Like the Rus
sian scrfs before emancipation, he Is tied to
the sacred soil Of the city, aud can only
purchase his freedom Mt the price of his
livelihood. Moreover, what is done to him
may be done to every other class Of work
ingmen. They all walk through our streets
and participate in the benefits Of our city
expenditures. Just IA cartmcn are com
PEELED to live In the city, 40 may bricklay-
crs be- and masons. pastcrers, blacksmiths,
and all other mechanics and laboring men.
Indeed, pushed to its extreme results, the
principle justiiios the exclusion of non-resi-
dents not only from our streets but from
our public parks. Policemen might be sta
toned ut the gates of the Central Park, for
example and turn back every man. woman,
and child who could not show a certificate
of residence. In short. there is no end To
the nbsurdities involved in the position our
Aldermen have taken in this matter. and the
sooner they recede from II the better.
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More About Mr.. Thompson, vcracity.

Between 1861 and 1868, the Hon DICK
THOMPSON clients representing the Lcav-
cnworth, PaWnce and Western Railroad had
various Jobs under way i'm the departments
and before Congress They employed a
lobby to secure the ratification Of the Della
ware and Puttawatamie treaties. by which
they expected To chi-cl the nborgin"S ont Of
valuable lands in Kansas. Then they cn-
ployed the venerable sea lawyer of Tcllc
Haute to exert his powers Of persuasion and
personal influence in certain quarters To-
secure notifications Of the Delaware treaty,
substituting their own bonds for gold and
silver in paying the Indians Tor the land,
purchased, and giving, as security for the
bonds, mortgages on about onc-third of the
lands thus acquired A little later, whom
the Pacific Railway bill was before Con
gress-a measure greatly benenting the
Leavenworth, Pawnce and Western, since
by its provisions that road became an
eastern division of through line across
the continent-all the energies Of the COM
many were turned upou Congress To nut the
biz scheme through.
Every sl.n that wa. won bv the Hon. DICK
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Congress will not adjourn on tho 10th Of
juno rs proposed 10y the Senate resolution
which was a snap judgment taken without
notice or discussion. The regular public
business is not suiiicicnly advanced TO
make an adjournment practicable at that
time Independent ~ -pccial questions which
are likely to provoke long discussion.
An investigation If the electoral fraud I'm
It's different phu-c- will consume more time
than Is now anticipated. In tho ease of
Florida it will doubtless become nccc- .ary
10 bring Mr.. MOVES from Paris. and probably
to call home others also who are now en-
joyng offices abroad as rewards for their
services.
Members of the House who were most auX-
ious for an early adjournment are satisfied
that it is impracticablr, and are rcconclri
10 postponomeut. The Florida fraud has
wroughta sudden and rcmarkahln change o;
feeling on the Democratic side, -ilouc"l
internal discord oNliuguishol vcNatiou-
issues raised by their opponents. AVA forced
10 the front for the most serious Thought
and action question OF the first magnitude.
The Republicans dare not make a parts
Issue Of opposition t. q searching inquiry
into frauds confessed 10y their owu agents
Sagacious leaders will profit by an opportu
nifty for the oxhibitiun of zeal in nucoyornl'
vilainy which, If c'untonancrd. would invite
defeat and disgrace. At tho hr-t, their
prospects are not cheerful for the nest Pres
idcncy and any blundrrof Iu-tilying, under
whatsoever prcteXt, or sustaining the uiqui-
ties by which Mr. HAYES was seated in the
White House. would blast them a with q
fatal scourgc For these reasons, and fol
others soon to bc disclosed, Congress viii
NOT ndinnIn ON tho fnnth OF Imnn.
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We're not ul much account, u, true.
quite weak in hraius in numbers lew,
But no concern ha, yet done more
To make itself public bore,
And huns some strange events To pass,
Than the Mrs Il Is II. Temp. Ass
We take the ohio family mp.
And when wc choose We otit drop;
For every small, ridiculous fuss,
An advertisement is for us,
ON winch may prhlr, ms COWS on grass,
The Mrs X u. II Temp Ass.
About the Fraud we never ir't;
That sort OF thing lust suits our set
Its ori.n, aud motives too,
Are points with which we've uaught 10 do
And some. among the Frauds may class
The Mis. Il - II romp Ass
II Mr.. II presume tn think
That She can look al men who drink,
We then, In visit hes with blame,
Rush INTO PRINT, aud change our name
And lhu, she set. the cpnp u, gruce,
From ihc Mr.. Il. Is Il. Temp Ass
We know that Fraud Is short Of friends
And thus We hopcd to gam our ends,
And offices, perhaps, secure,
Most profitable to the pure
But We must Keep as clear rs Glass
The Mrs. Il u IT. temp Ass
As llcas are proved upnn by mites,
So frauds have Frauds for parasites,
And 1t the small should Nil the great,
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The bibIe on Fraud.

Know 1t thou not this ol old, since man was
placed upon earth,
That the trumlhng Of the wicked sshort and the JOY
oi the hNpofltr hu' Tor amomcut
Though his Exccllcncy mount mp To the heavens, aud
his head roach unto the clouds.
Vet he shall perish forever Ike his own dung they
which have seen him shah say, where hof
lie shall ny away a. dream yea he shan be chased
away a. "a vision al the night
That which he lahori tor shan he restore and shall
not swallow II down according TO his substance shall
the restitution be. and he shan not rcIolce thercm
Because he hath oppre and hath iorsakcn the
because he hath violently taken away an house which
hr huidod not,
Surely he shah not te Quleness In his belly; he shan
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HnptIst. aud the Trajectory.

Al the Baptist ministers meeting Yesterday
the Rev Macarthur. pastor OF calvary church, pre-
-,utcd petition 10 Gov. koiin on asking him 10 veto
the aprroprauu OF s5pur 10 the catholic Protcctory 10
relieve 10 its floating debt The petition declares the
appropriation unconstitutional The petition was adopted
los the conference. and IL was unanimously resolved to
put go the tom resolution of the cuni,r nee and
thc Rev. ur e. " samson uiiNed his signature a. mod
orator amt the Row & Potter clntk. thus escaping
initsiduh signature. THIS document was then sent iN
hr Rev Mr. Macarthur go nr Edward kII2ht. editor ct
the mot ~ Ni~'lu- tu Obtain am tNtrt
copy OF o. reporter Tor rin called ga Mr. Ma AZ
uur hut mat gentleman Bat s,rf ihc resolution Co. d.
bright luc latter gentleman sIli hc hni Mt rrr'lNtd
t Nc added fllf .luliHr .etHuus were 60 have htt
meet iN tl the itrift irui conference, ami made
ready TO be- s,ut tu Albany To-day