Daily Republican., 1879-03-07
ovER AT NEW CASTLE.

2 TAs Asssssnsnf Routine-A p,
!. saso O0esr-A Caaeus l1sssing.
\ Bssrding train yesterday morni
~ our young sister, New Castle,
found ourselves in car in which We
. number Of gentlsmsn gcing to Dow
, II the interest Of having the propos,
new Court Hooss built In Wiiminqto
: The remainder in the car were msst
interested in the Offices the Levy Cou
st New Castle had to bestow on faithf,
Democrats, aid officials aud ex-ofacia
who had lills to present and whis
they hoped would bs allowed to the y
termost farthing. Joining q friend il
tsrested in the approaching session
the Wilmington Conference, We passe
the crowd aud reached the centre Of tn
new city, in advance far enough I
watch the procession which followed.
Crowds Of boys usually watch tn
appearance Of visitors from the mornin
train, for what purpose We could hardI
tell, unit! We heard street gamin sin
out, Hi, Reddy here they come I
another replies, "Sure, two Of ther
this time, q white and black niger Z
Looking TO see the cause Of such q,
outburst Of youthful astouishment, v
saw heading the procession . white an,
Oolored man, hsndcuff.d together fol-
lowed BY blue-costed, brass buttsned
clsanly shaven officer with a terribl,
fierce mustache, having them in charge
and conducting them to Sheriff Pyle's
stone boarding house where they vii
enjoy his hospitality until the Ma,
term of Court, when they will be re-
CURED to answer for certain misdeedl
done or committed upon some Of tn.
good people Of Wilmington. The ad
vent Of the train We learn is looked 70,
every morning with considerable inter.
est BY the gamins, and the alarm giver
by them Of any extraordinary appear
ance, brings large portion OF the pop
ulation to the doors and lowered win
dows to see the sights.
Owing to the muddy condition Of the
roads the County Guardians who live
in the rural districts, did not arrive al
New Castle until almost eleven O'Clock,
but as soon as . sufficient number were
together, President Bright took HI,
chair and called the Levy Court to or.
der. Being what is supposed to b.
= plain practical body of eleven honest
men, they needed not the services Of a
chaplain like the Legislature, but having
read chapter amongst the hard names
Of Chronicles, and sunga short metre
hymn to the tune f"old Hundred, /"
before they left home, they were finely
prepared to face his satanic majesty or
what one of the members was overheard
to say was worse, the hungry crowd
Of applicants seeking for appointment
as constables and bridg -tenders.
If any body is green enough to sup
pose that the Levy Court makes speeches
and gets excited, and shake their fists
at one another, like other civilissd be.
ings, they are wofully mistaken. They
do no such thing. They talk in in
undertone to each other, but what they
say is carefully withheld from the out
side wicked world. Assessment books
are jified oAer to see if there is any
crookedness, and ifany is found an ex-
PLANTATION from the member making the
discovery is made and motion, which
passes : without opposition, rectiaes it.
This Levy Courtman Husbands Of
Christiana Hundred found that Thomas
was assessed . poll tax Of
$500, but his real estate valued at 5000
had been omitted. A simple melton
by Mr.. Husbands which passed will in
crease Mr.. Lawless' tax to such an ex-
tent that will no doubt astonish him
when the collector comes around. The
trst application 70 be assessed was
made yesterday.
A gentleman from Wilmington being
possessed of . sufficient amount Of real
estate accompanied his son, . young
nan, who had passed his twenty-sec-
md birth day, to become his voucher
hat he might exercise the privileges Of
! full pledged citizen. We had often
written about the roundabout way that
lad to be pursued to get on the assess
nent If omitted by the assessor, but We
ound that the plan was more difficult
han We had imagined. First member
# the Levy Court (Mr. Polk in this in.
tance, and who is very much of a gen.
leman,) was asked if it was possible to
,et a young man assessed, and if so
THAT course was to BE- pursued. Mr..
'olk presently informed the parties,
hat the gentleman could be assessed,
tut the freehold voucher had first to 20
'efore justice Of the peace and be
ualified, that he knew his son really
'as his son, and no mistake, and that
q was entitled to be assessed.
Some doubt having been expressed
hat an affidavit was really required,
lr. Polk very politely said ~ will see
hat the law says and let you knew in
minute" In this emergency Clerk
pringer was requested by Mr.. Polk to
unit up the law on this subject, and the
entleman soon produced the digest but
lat particular section could not be
'und. Tie genial good natured clerk
as for once puzzled. The machine
ad become rusty and did not work
ell in this, the first case. After the
w book had been searched on every
page where such q section
as likely to be found, the perspira-
on began to ooze out Of his forehead
clustering globules and:.he was forced
} exclaim: swell, this does get me-"
few more leaves were tHrned back
ard and forward, as he said: ~ know ,
s here some place for I've often read
;" Another search and another pause,
ith the book closed over his thumb I
I'd with a puzzled expression, Mr..
,ringer said, Somebody must have
Ibbed it out" {
With desperate determination, and
ith the full knowledge that a Bohe- =
ian of the REPUBLICAN was sitting n