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ODE TO A CLAM.

ODE TO A CLAM.
Sphinx of the fragrant sand!
Thou art the stony emblem Of repose,
Tarrestriai type OF silence and stability
Though thou possessest little versatility,
Or exc agility,
Within thy saline cave upon the strand,
Thou stansiest on thy toes
And gazcst through thy portfolio at the
grand
Procession Of the stars,
And shulderest at the elemental wars.
Ihou tender-hcartea teacher Of humility
Oh, offspring Of the welded land and sea,
From worldly worry thou art free.
Born OF the odornns shore,
Where bland September smiles,
And swectening breezes blow from spicy
isles,
Where Summer SUNS are GLOWING,
And back and forth the fragrant wave is
flowing!
All fsvoring forces blend
That earth Or sky can lend
10 give to man this stone-imprisoned torso,
This sayory lnorccau
low very tlsnhiul then we ought to be,
Oh, clam,
That evolution hath engcndered thee
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\
Sing Song Il si1pence,
pocket full OF r5e,
! -Four aud twenty black birds
Baked in pie.
Wy hen the pie was opened
| The birds began to sing
| Wasn't that a merry dish
! To set before the king2
1 -Mothcr Gooses Ne!odie8.
John Hancock became famous bv
| the boldness IF his signature to the
declaration of Independence. Gen. w.
S. Hancock achieved fame by the dill
igent welding of his sword against
the Southern wing Of the Democratic
party. Governor Louis A. Wiltz has
won distinction by pennipg letter
over his official signature to Charles
Weakening, Esq, of Cleveland, Ohio.
The freedom of utterance, calm as
sumption and adroit avoidance of dis
agreeable facts which characterize it,
show our able young Governor to be
the possessor i'm high degree of
very common political talent. MFR.
Weakening, a native Of this State,
propounded to Governor Wiltz some
questions concerning the condition of
Louisiana. The peculiar manner in
which the Ohio campaign was being
conducted, and the reckless way in
which Democratic method of conduct
ing Southern elections was criticized,
made him eager for some information
to calm the fears of his neighbors and
to counteract their prejudices :"
against Democratic ascendancy in
national affairs. The Governor re-
piled, naively remarking that he had
nothing to conceal, and his CORE
spoodent WAS at liberty to give the :
lcttkr any degree of publicity he
might think proper. This is notice
able, because its patriotic assumption
of responsibility stands in marked |
contrast to the tardiuess displayed by
Mayor Wiltz (holding Gov. Pinch
backs commission) in placarding a J
certain proclamation, after Ogleu's
forces we're in motion, on or about
September ID, 1874. OF course the
letter was Immediately published in
the Cleveland PlaiAdeazer, which was
loyal to the Coufederacy during the
war, and anxious to counteract the
z'poison = Of the - s!anderous Repub- |
lican press" ....... @~....
To the first question, els not the
present government of Louisiana a |
popular one?" the Governor replies |
by giving the figures BY which the |
parochial Democratic returning boards |
counted up tig majorities in Deem
Der, 1879, for Himself and the rev |!
constitution, after the bntlanzer had /
soved lis aiile balls freely anl Repub- !
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CIGAR DEAIER.

TOS. THOMPSON, Eailrqad Avenue. next
- door to corner of Conway street, near
tho depot, dealer in Havana and Domestic
Cigars, Tobacco, Snuff, Pipes, etc.
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Ihe Pen and the Sword.

BY EMERSON BENTLEY,
Sing a song Il si1pence,
A packet full OF rye,
-Four aud twenty black kbirds
Baked in pie.
When the pie was opened
The birds began to sing,
Wasn't that a merry dish
To set hcfore the king}
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TItSa1ITE.

H OUIS j. RACkE, Iinsmit.l, Mississippi
HI street, at Icaaans old stand. Orders
attended to with dispatch and satisfaction
insured.
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hrst insertion; each subsequent insertion,
rs cents per square.
Official advertisements 81 per square first
insertion; each subsequent pu blication 50
cents per square.
Editorial notices, first insertion, 20cents
per line; subsequently, 10 cents per line
Cards Of six lines or less in Business Di
rectory, five dollars per annum.
Brief communications upon subjects of
public interest solicited.
No attention paid to anonymous letters.
The editor is notresponsiblef ortho views
of correspondents.
Address: CHEZ, Donaldsonville. La.
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nONALDsONy'LE CONFECTIONERY,
~ by A. Grilhe, Mississippi street, near
st. Patrick. Branch on Railroad Avenue,
near Opelonsas street. Cakes, Fruits, Nuts,
Soda Water, Ice Cream. Cakes. lee Cream
and Syrups for weddings and parties fur
nisheu on short notice.
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DONALDSONVILLE
BUSINESS DIRECTORY.
DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, Etc.

A u. VEGA, Agent, dealer in Dry Goods,
IA Notions, Clothing Boots and Shoes,
Hats, Groceries, Liquors, Furniture, Hard
ware, Tobacco, Paints, Oils, GLASS, Lumber,
Bricks, Carts and Wagons; Loebs corner,
Railroad Avenue and Mississippi street.
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DUTCHERS' EXCHANGE, P. Mollere,
ID proprietor, Crescent Place, opposite the
harket-House Best of Wines, Liquors and
Cigars always kept at the bar
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LIQUOR AND BILLIARD SALOONS.

TE1HE PLACE, Gus. Israel, manager,
4 Corner Lcssard and Mississippi streets.
Billiards, Lager Beer, Best Wines and
Liquors, Fins Cigars, etc.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

Jusr As We predicted the new exc
dus Of negroes from the South has ere
ated sensation in the cotton market,
On Friday the excitement IN the New
York Cotton Exchange il described n
. genuine craze" 1t was simply the
overflow of Wall and Broad streets in
to the Cotton Exchange-all sorts OF
people, dry goods merchants, brokers
clerks, a. we'll AZ the bigger capital
lists participating in the gamble
Everybody for the moment was on g
"wild hunt" for cotton. The quanti-
ty of cotton sold am ounted to upward
of 400, 600 bales to be delivered in some
cases as far Off as June next; and the
price advanced q cent pound.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
DoN'r LIKE rnH ELECTION LAW,

DoN'r LIKE TnH ELECTION Laws
The Republican press are very anx-
ious to have some change In the cleo
tiou laws Of Delaware and no dou b,
would mako sweeping ones here q,
they made in New York and Penn.
sylvania and Maryland IL they had the
power. This they have not got, and
may not have for . long while to CONT
If the Democratic party will resolve u
continue its protection over the peopl.
OF the State. That the Republicans in
the next legislature may ask for some
change in the election laws is probable
They have long expressed q desire to
have q registry law passed and the
counties divided into election districts.
What will be done we do not know.
But 10 is certainly necessary that ther.
should be some change made in oui
city. The election districts have be-
come too populous and should be di-
vided. In several Of the wards the dis
triots cast more votes than were cas-,
in the entire ward some years ago.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

Of the devoted christian, bus her
abstinence and apparent retioenoe is
tho practice Of the grasping missr.
Nor does she manifest any less the
heartlessness Of the tyrant over the
hard lot Of the tenantry that now ap-
peals for relief from the no less heart
less nonresident landlords. Had this
woman the soul that should ado-n a
Queen toward her subjects, abe would
set such example in her bestowments
for the relief Of her Irish peasantry as
would be emulated by the landlords
and wealthy mobiles that would make
the whole Screen Isle" resound with
JOY and praise. No victoria's graces
are no longer to be pointed to as those
Of the exampler she was considered.
In this regard she 10 far beneath many
Of the noble ladies Of America who
have done 50 much for the poor of
Ireland. She claims men as her Sub
jects" and she sees her subjects
starve while she pockets the very
tlthes taken from the dying poor of
her own dominion without making an
ordinary sacrifice to relieve them.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
FLORA McFLIMsKY leads the ton

FLORA MCFLIMsBY leads the ton
in the gay metropolis. Fifth Aven-
ue and Broadway never witnessed
such extravagance of fashion. Al
an opening of an invoice Of recently
imported goodsthere were textures
for promenade suits, which will be
retailed at SO per yard; goods for
full dress, which will cost from Sl2
to SIS per yard a rich exhibit Of
fringes costing from sc all the way
to 500 per yard. 1t is quite com-
mon matter to have costumes mark
ed at from $500 to s700, and so on.
An excessive use of jewelry in the
streets is also conspicuous sign OF
the times.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

BRUCE NOT ADMTTED.-A cor
respondent from Washington says
None Of these people who are talk.
ing 80 sentimentally about Whittak-
er have extended any social courte
sizes to Bruce and his wife or FREQ
Douglass. have asked more thar
one high official, and not one of then
has cited q single instance of Bruce
being entertained at a private dinner
party here or at any other purely
social gathering in private hous,
to which special invitations were is
sued.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
What Cren alton May Do.
From the Baltimore Herald.


Cremation Is growing into favor as a
speedy method OF reducing to ashes the
mortal remains OF those who in life were
not adverse TO the fiery ordeal. A pro.
minent lawyer OF Warren, Pennsylvania,
has made this final disposition Of his
spouse. Several other gentlemen would
be willing to do likewise, and undoub.-
ed bythere are some wives who would like
to reclpIocaie such ardent affection, and
thus deprive the worm OF its food. Tue
Lemoyne furnace is said to be in eHec-
tive condition, and five persons have in
timated their will llingness to be IN due
time subjected TO its incinerating pro-
cess. The cofin-n aker and sexton see
their craft endangered by this new doc
trine OF fire worship. Should it become
universally established, cemeteries will
be obsolete institutions. Tombstones
| and monuments will not be in demand
at the marble-yards. Sculptors will be
compelled to try their skill in less funer.
al designs than those which symbolic
mortality. lhe cypress and willow will
not east moarnful shade. The precious
dust-last relic Of long line of illus.
trious ancestors-can be bottled up OF
lnurned, and, properly labeled, arranged
on the shelves OF the closet to which W,
retire for meditation on the vanity o.
| human greatness. There will no Longer
be any skeleton in the house. Deaths
heads and cross-bones will be divestec
oftheir terrible Significance; resurrection
sts will have to seek new fields for thei
labors, and sanitary commissions be re-
lievsa OF some Of their onerous duties.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

MANY OF OUR citizens with their
families visited the New Court House
ON Friday afternoon Notwithstanding
the snow. They were one and all de-
lighted with the splendid structure
The court room is truly IN elegant ap-
parlment. 1t has not yet been furn-
ished. The platforms for the Judges
and the clerks are completed. They
are Of solid walnut and being more
commodious than the old ones their
Honors will have ample room to exer-
else their limbs in the rear when they
tire Of sitting. The judges and law
yers' rooms are in the rear Of the desk
and are well lighted and Ventilated
There is great deal yet to do before
the Offices will be ready for the recop-
tion Of the Official records and those
having them in charge.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

The N. Y. Herald to-day, says the
amount OF U. s. bonds redeemable pre-
vious to July is $7o2, 1892 900 consis-
OF s254,S92,6so Of SIX per cents and
ssos, ,44o,35o Of five per cents. In the
presents favorable condition OF the
money market this whole amount could
probably be converted h.to bonds bear
ing interest At rate not much exceed
ing three and half per cent.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

MANAGER Abbott has assured the
public in a communication over his
own name that will he not attempt to
put the passion Play" on the stage,
although he has been at a cost OF
$40, 900 in making arrangements to do
so. He says he will not put himself
against popular opinion which ha.
beeen plainly developed against tbs
play.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

VICTORIA AND THE IRISH Poor
We have ever been one of the many
admirers of Victoria as . model Queen.
1t Is true that during the famine OF
1e4S we felt that the Queen had beer
somewhat remisS in her attention u
her Irish subjects. But supposed she
might have been misrepresented, and
had done more than she had received
credit for doing. But the present
conduct OF the Queen and her penuri-
BUSINESS during the recent famine in
Ireland show very plainly shat the
Empress Of India is not tho grea
christian woman that We had though
her to be. This woman Is now ov.,
three-score. Her children are al
raised to be men and womsn. The,
are all provided for by the revenues OF
the realm, to which they do not con
tribute ono sovereign. The laborerl
Of the British Empire are taxed to
furnish this family of non- -producers
of young cormorants, about 81, ,000,-
900 q year while their mother, the
Queen, receives altogether about
$4,000, 900 year to keep up hel
palaces, retinue, &c. or this vast sum
about one-half goes into her private
pocket Beside she is worth about
s2S, 200, 900 in her own right-all saved
from official pay aud good invest
ments. Here then is q christian LADY
with all her children grown and i'm.
menssly wealthy, and having herself
an income sufficient to buy all tn,
crops raised in Ireland and give then
away, heartlessly standing off and wit
Messing sach distress Of her poor sub
jects in that sorely oppressed land a.
exists in no other country, without
doing any Thing to aid or relieve them
If Queen Victoria was q "heathel
Chinee" We could hardly look for sucl
stoicism as she exhibits toward he
poor Irish subjects. We cannot be
lieve that her great female predecesso
On the throne, Elizabeth, would hav
showed 30 little of that charity an
humane feeling which most adorn
womsn's life and elsvates her in til
minds Of the good and great.
Victoria boards her immense richie
while her subjects starve-she eve
looks on while the humble laborers /
their foreign homes contribute largel
from their scanty earnings to feed he
hungry and half-naked subjects. sh
claims these people as they claim the
dogs, yet she sees them starve VIII
she takes from the public treasury, t
which they, though starving have t
contribute, enough annually to hoar
80 would save all the poor Of Irelan
from tho wretehed misery they al
suffering. This is the miser Quee
whom the world has long lauded q
the model mother of her people. Or
upon such hypocrisy. Victoria is 4
longer the great character that b,
admirers supposed her to be. ST
has exposed her hard nature to Il
world and il is little better than tt
bard Of Avon depicted that Of Shylocl
Victoria no longer deserves Il
homage that the world has delightt
70 give her. Her virtues are not tho
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
nov.N-tG
NoTICE.- .-PRoCLAMA1loN By THk
IN GOVERNOR.
STATE OF DKLAwARR.
ExECUTIvE DEPARTMENT


NoTICE:- PROC CLAMA1IoN By TAE
srATk OF DELAWARE. [
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
Whereas, Il appears by the representa-
tion Of J. p. Almond, M..yor OF me city
OF WILMINGTON, that on Wednesday the
third instant, one william q. Guthrie. .
carpenter and builder OF the said city OF
Wilmington, aged about S5 years. feet
inches In height, with light complexion,
light hair, brown mustaohe and chin
whiskers, with q bald head and weighing
about 100 pounds, who also has u slight
impediment In his speech committed
by the name OF Davidson.
And whereas, IL is represented that the
said William @. Guthrie has fed nom ths
justice OF this State.
ernor OF the state OF Delaware, In accord
ance with the provisions OF the nct OF the
General Assembly passed AZ Dover.
March ~. 1877, entitled IAN Act 70 pro-
vide for the arrest OF persous Violating the
laws Of this state, and 10 app oprsats
money TO pay for such arresls," do hereby
offer n reward OF two Lunured dollars, ~
be paid by the said Stale. as provided In
said act, for the apprehension and de
into the custody OF the sheriff at the
common Jail OF New Castle county,
within SIX months from the date hereof
And, de hereby request the sheriffa OF
the several ceunies Of this State, their
deputies and bailiffs. and all other police
officers within the State 10 be vigllani
ana to use every exertiDn and all lawful
means Ia cause the arrest OF the said W IL
liam Q. Guthrie and his delivery ~ aforc-
said.
,-, In testimony thereof, !, John
4 l.. S. W. Hall, Governor oil the State
N~~~~' Of Delaware. have hereunto set
my hand and caused the Great Seal OF the
state To be affi xed. at Dover. this tenth
day Of November, IN the year oI our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and eighty.
By the Governor, JOHN W. HALL.
JAMES l.. WoLcoTr.
Secretary OF state.
ranxrIE- a..d
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

NOTlCE-TO WATEk kkNTERS.
~ All persons " ho have aold property
during thc pieBsni year must give not ce
in writing 10 the Registrar at the office
OF the WAtOr Department. before the 3Uth
day OF November. 1850 and insert la no.
uce the name OF the purchaser and the
number OF the property purchased.
Otherwise they Will be held liable for the
water rent the next year. Also all per.
sons who may wish TO discontinue the
use OF water or any part Of IL, must give
notice as above. and pay o. for drawing
the ferrule. No alteration viii be mad,
IN any bill after the above date
W. J. MORROW,
novl9t 0. Registrar
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

THERE is talk of revival of the
scheme for consolidating the Central Pa
ci1c and Union Pacific roads. The plan
proposed is to fix the capital of the con-
solldated company at Sl25, 900, divi-
ded equally between the two roads. The
total fund d debt OF the new company
would be in the nelghborhood of s240,-
100000. This project, If carried out,
will lie one OF the most gigantic in the
history of railroads in this country.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
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epidemics. and enable all 10 I pIa,
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The daily gazette., 1880-11-29

1NHOMAS Nj. OGLE, AUCTlONEER
l. AND REAL ESTATE AGENT.
Having had i've years experience In
the Recorders ONCE, persons desiring 10
purchase or sell Real Estate, will ind II
70 their advantage 10 give me call.
Houses rented, rents collected and return
ed monthly. VIII also buy second hb nd
furniture. New and second hand furni-
ture for sale. Store, SU7 Market street,
Wilmington, Del. Auction sales prom pt-
y attended TO. at reasonable rates
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
L. W sT1pHAM d son, Auctioneers. sSsers.

REAUTIFUL PORTRAITS OF ANY
graphs or any other kind oi small pic
lures, We will send full de,cription,
price, etc.. to any reliable man who will
act a. our agent. THE AUBURN COPY
ING co, % and " Gsnesee ST., Auburn.
New York. novN-2t.
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
$500 Reward.

Three hundred dollars will be paid for
the arrest md conviction OF the person or
persons who committed the assault ON
Judge Leonard h. Wales, on the evening
OF the l5tn inst, al Delaware Avenue aud
Jefferson street,
J.P. ALMOND, Mayor.
wi MIN ton, Nov. 10, 1887. tf
The daily gazette., 1880-11-29
THE AKTlzANs SAVINGS BANK.

THE ARTlZANS sAVINGs BANK.
oO2 MARKE Ell STREET,
INCORPORATED JANUARY 2th, 1881.
M, until p. M, and on Tuesday and su
lrday evenings from TO s o'clook.
SEMI-ANNUAL DIVIDEND,
regularly made in April and October.
When dividends are not withdraw lt
they are accounted a. deposits. Thus pr,
uaanent deposits compound their intere4,
twice In each year.
Clement Il. smyth, George W. Bush,
NasSani Sss senson SeGssG r. IishshRssela e hRstl
Henry r. Dure. Edward Darlington
w. Hastings, Job IL. Jackson
Edward Pusey, VIM. II. swift.
Anthony Higgins
go. B. CAPELLE, Woe President
feb2l-ly 4. I. TAYLOR Treaaurn
L,IRST NATIONAL BANh
Z OF WlhMINGTuN
REPOSITORY OF TIE PUBLIC AoNar
AND
FINAk IAL AGENTS OF THE UNI
TED STATEss.
EDwARL BELTS, raEsrDKNr.
GEO. d. ARMSTRONG, CAsnir4
Paid uP Capital. e5oO.OO
Philadelphia. New York and Boston E
change Furnished TO regular Deposition
without charge.
Discoant days. Mondays and ursds
at S.3O A. M.
DIRECTORS.
clement b. smyth. George W. BusL
Henry i. MoComb. san,i bsncror, il.
Daniel James, William TatnAlI
Edward B"rR ianl-f,