The daily gazette., 1879-02-12
FOURTH EDITION
TIC state Capital.

REALLY owINo TO THE STATE p-THn |
NKwPoRT GRAMMAR sCHooL-oSr OF
MR.. DAVIS 'JoKKs-MINoR MATTKRs.
Special Correspondence of GAZETTE.
DOVER, Del, Feb. ~, 1879.
Dull leaden clouds and fast falling rain
outside the Legislative walls, and within
the members of the House talking about
re .olutions, AM those of the Senate
voting on incorporation acts. This was
the way yesterday passed. In the Senate
the log of business was almost completed
before the boarding houses rang their
dinner bells, and me bung heavily du-
ring the afternoon session. The House
managed to get al ny tolerably well
without doing as mucn business for the
Senate To act on as usual
| Tame aud monotonous a. the greater
part of the session Of the House wa,
tn re- wa, an interesting diversion during
tue morning, when the Senate resolution
| for the collection of commurable money
due the State by the General Government
was brought up.
The way in which this money happens
to D. owing TO the stale is as follows -
] Duitng the rebellion the State generous
| ~ offered To pay twu-thlrds OF he COM
mutation money demand Il by the Gov
ernnent of ali drafted men who did not
20 10 the army. the sum asked for was
$500, and two-thirds OF tnis, or 500 tor
'.4cn man, came tlom the ST ite Treas
uI.. Alter this had been done another
DAFT Was made, by which about one hun
| ,.red n-n VINO had iurnl> he'd the required
| coinmutalon we're compelled To 70 into
service. The Government not having
| Kept its bargain in this case, an act was
passed b, Cougre $ Ia 1867, by which it
| was decided to rtturn the money.
Through the provision OF this act the
| Senate has claim of 500 Tor ea h man
| who was drafted after furnishing the
| amount for his release, or (pla:iug toe
| LuIuLer vi men at 100, as | have already
| done, so 900. There is aso due each
| of the one bundled indi viduals 500, or
$4,000 more.
L.. the debate which took place upon
| the passage oi the resolution, Mr.. Dean
looked at II through his own p-cuiiar
| spectacles, and WA, zone b., himself" in
the opposition. NotwIl outstanding that
the shar the Stale pad was raised by
increased taxation upOu the people, Mr..
Dean argued that tn State " ht II II pad
the money rel nqushed all claim upon 1t,
and that 1t being given for The ben, tit OF
the persons uiafted, is their property
now. Mr.. Dean dc, lated that IL was "A
uefariuus scheme to rob poor people, and
| he appealed to the members SENSE of
decen,y 10 let the matter drop. 1t may
be huperfiuous 10 state that Mr.. Dean
cast the only opposing vote to the reso-
| luton.
There is surely very little doubt ex-
| pressed but ABOUT two-thlrds of the sum
Is really due To the state. II was done
for the special purpose Of AIDING the cit
zens OF Delaware, and for none other.
But for it many OF The ci izebs would
| have been compelled TO go ibto the ar
my, as they could not have raised the
| above amount, while the third OF II was
| quite easy 10 secure. The end was not
accomplished. NV ng t. the second ii att.
This wrong he Govetnme has ac-
knowledsed long agc, aud by the act oil
1867 has offer to return tue money
Owing to the facts that the money was
applied To particular purpose, and that
the end was not accomplished, the 500
advanced for each man, or S2O,OVU IN all,
Is due the State.
An act III relation to the confirmation
OF the present Trustees OF the Newport
Grammar School was introduced by Sena-
tor Sharply yesterday. THIS institution
has been in existence for 67 years, hav.
Ing been incorporated by ths Legi, la
wer- Mordeta NICK nney, Aaron JUS
tice, Zeovas Wells, A lexander Rubi nson IL
ard Samuel PoulsoE.
Once in while Jsere Is bright streaE
of huinof To enlivsn the Legislative sky
of the House, aud one of them made tn.
r memb rs laugh heartily yesterday after
| noou. Representatives Cochran ant
J Hall being absent from their seats, wheI
: an act was about to be finally passed, tn,
s Sergeant was sent after them. Iv appear
they were making arrangements will
a the Levy Court to secure the Cour
r. House hall for Que night next week fo
the concert of Miss Maggie Cole, o
l. Middle own.
d When The two memb beis entered tb,
room with the Sergeant at their neels
the speaker, assuming an ar of seYerilN
:, asked for an explanation.
e Mr.. Cochran volunteered the informa
ton: "Mr. Hall and myself SAID h,
"were trying to secure hall for younj
lady TO give concert in next week +"
al With his ready wit Mr.. Deau replied
Ie "Will the gentleman inform the Hous
v, | whether his companion was the HdH h
.e was securing for the young lady" Ever
,e one saw the joke right away and ther
was good Laugh at the expense of tn
III two a0seDtees
Is CHAT BY THE WAY.
h. Among the some what nrominent pei
sous here yesterday wete: Geo. RIchdr,
= sol, Samuel Townsend, Thus. NJ. Ogl,
Robert NJ. Cummlns.
Last light all tue mem 0ers attended
supper given by the ladies OF the Ep