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The daily gazette., 1880-04-23
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WILMINGTON. Del, April q, 1850.
Latest Stock quotations furnished by
Heald & Co.. 8. E. corner Seventh and
Market streets, Wilmington. DEL. at Il
NJ. to day:
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AnImpossIbIe 'Team'
Ar the junction

At the Delaware Junction Railroad Raj
iron bridge for the Dela"s,ij "ss,"ij.hed, and
over Mill Creek has been to lula laid across
the extra track will soon pe 10 war ware rail-
it. to connect with the Delai ,eo junction.
Wine When this extra track is Ials J separate
give the Delaware Rallfoa" r.'am the juno
and q Independent track from 'H'
tion almost to the depot 4
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THE TARIFF QUESTION

The proposed new free he.
ciude salt, paper pulp, prin,in" ~ %
rags, waste and shorts cod pa
books, chrome ore, copden..ISe .Ier
extract extract of hemlook, type ssfa metsl' o.
(rehned morphine and salts ot y
phine, flax, jute butts, Other VI 9,
waste and fiocks; also the "ra ,a, n0
'ections 2, sol and 2, 5O2, which i'pe3 III
the imposition of a duty Of tsu 1"C
cent on goods impaired in fOreisn ,vp
toms. '''Sn
The list for reduction of dD,, u
include woods of the first and md! ..u
class of a uniform duty of M thir,v s,'
cent ~ools of the third class tvI
per cent cent; carpets of ali " III
thirty per cent ; blankets. a,n,]
hats of wool and all kinds Of ~
thirty per cent; dress goods h,l|
rails, clothing ready made, sbaws
hosiery, forty per cent. The last n
enumerations are made to conforr|
the tariff of ls49, which was alsayj
garded as very high, but yery N
lover than the duties now COLLECTED
these articles. Cottons of all NJ
are put at thirty per cent.
The sugar tariff is, of course n
considered and changes made
House is juat now disposed to conf
the Ways and Means Committee
an early report of some kind,
when a bill is reported there is d
pect of a thorough and very Import
aud useful debate. Representa-
say that they have discovered BY d
correspondence that the country
alive on the tariff question.
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n. q. II. A.

ISOLATION al are holding am an a% "f The P,
meeting in the Directors ,snOt pOtiI in ibis city,
vi; vi, s,.rnaon 4 g a H. Z There her f s.n nSa'''
visitors present from fniia''
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Passed Through.

The N massachusetts, Press Association
lett Boston last evening BY the Fall
River line on q vista to Washington and
Richmond. The party numbers nearly
100. most Of whom will make the trip
through TO Richmond.
Tho excursionIsts occupied two Pull
man cars, and passe1 through this city
to-day on the New York and Washing
ton express south, At 1885 O'Clock.
PERSONAL,
Mr.. Philip QuiKley, of this city, re-
turned yesterday, from Florida, whore
he has been visiting for the past two
months.
Clayton House Arrivals.
Guy Neville. new York.
c. 3. Ramsburg, Georgetown, ID. Q.
@. McCuilough, Elkton, Md.
A. Behringsr, Phiia.
John q. Maybe, New York.
b. <. briggs, Mc(3iDeny Family.
II. L. Curtis, Orange, N. ].
W. de Rhann. New YORK.
N. T, Lewis, PbiIa.
Jas. N. Crawford and wife. N. Y.
VIM. Miller, New York.
John ID. Mishler Reading Pa,
z. Sterling, New York.
John Kunkle, Maryland.
j. Dean Wheeler, Keene. N. II.
y. B. Voeburg, Mc1ibeny family.
o. Sioesslein. Phila.
Frank He aid, Chester Co., Pc.
Jessee Urford.
McGibeny Family.
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Washington
REPiuBLIcAN 2 FleBrpon 4
corss.dodsLl AsD ELECTION MARsshTiHf9y ! MiRs hTH9!

AND ELECTION on MARss1g Mhps 1gRol
correspondence OF, of the Hera,S HaShAL.S
WAsHsslerOs, D,aI Apr, ., =.
,,d,i rrogress ps,, was made with n" tha 1l'iSS|
ton bills to-day. The aIn uahe The approJ
NsSy Ns,Sh oll on.s and the Senate lSs Passed
''troops at she pollsn cIa'n 'auent with
i,t republican Senators d Sia. last y yea,
sould S1,, TO annoy the demosr:,. r what
iiaasds Siii and to signify to The Pie,iSe.o9e about
a,sapproval sas Ia, Of it-lheh desrs rs'asnt 'sl
Meantime the democrats uIea ,s at Tie !
repented flheir YESTERDAY. y, IN. the u
Tue Deficiency bill and alIosaoa,' 'o,'y, q
publisans put E, freely to oppos. 'TSea ~. ~ lhs
the Eli ctions MarshaIs law Tue reform
Matters have now got to .ro,
With some of the rep1blic,n,su ,ucn
seem really TO commit lheir r' D,a,'' That
aosurdity p divided only thu lhs,p party iV
oppose II. 1t certainly seems s !, ,aeno'
the party TO 60 into a ' c,, lOoIlsh
nnrdened with a policy Of N,USe nsi.. el
at the polls and making the s''"s ,p.l II
reputable selections for 'ne mo, most
O. there are republicans who s.'nas Sea ,sIl
there are Others who think So "lha snls
gly. ''' sct acC
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~E"b A'
The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1880-11-18

gings good many were collecting from
$500 to 1900 q day. In the fall of
1848, John Murphy, now of San Jose
discovered Murphy's Camp Diggings, in
CalaveIas, and some soldiers of Ste
phenson's regiment discovered Rich
gulch, at Mokelumne hill. That winter
one miner ut Murphy's realized $50. 600.
1t was common report that John Muir
ply, who mined number of Indians on
wages, had collected over 81, 500. 900 in
gold-dust before the close of the wet
season of 1848. A Frenchman fishing
III q prospect hole for frogs for his break
fast, at Mokelumne hill, in November.
lo4o, discovered speck of gold on the
side OF the excavation, which he dug out
with lis pocket-knife and sold for SO, $50.
Three sailors who had deserted took out
$4,000 in five days on Weber creek.
Such strokes of good fortune turned all
classes into miners, including the law
yers, doctors and preachers. The ex-
ports of gold dust in exchange for pro-
duce and merchandise amounted to
$500, 600 by the 25th of September. The
ruling price of gold dust was $15 per
ounce, though its intrinsic value was
from $19 to $50. A meeting of citizens.
presided over by T. NJ. Lea yenworth.
and addressed by Samuel Brannan,
passed resolutions in September not to
patronlze merchants who refused to take
gold dust at $16 per ounce. A memori-
al was also sent from San Francisco to
Congress in that month for q branch
mint here. 1t stated, among other
things, the opinion that by July 1, 1849.
$500, 600 worth of dust, at SIG per
ounce, would be taken out of the mines.
The figures were millions too low. Real
estate in San Francisco took sudden
rise. A lot on Montgomery street, near
Washington, sold in July for $4,000,
and 1T was resold in November with q
shanty on it for 1927, 900. Lots in Sac
ramento, or New Helvetia, also came up
to fabulous prices that winter. BY the
month of October the rush from Oregon
caused the Oregon papers to stop publi-
cation. In December the Kanakas and
Sonorlans came in swarms. A Honolulu
letter, Nov. II, said:
"Such another excitement as the
news from California created here the
world never saw. think not less than
500 persons will leave before Jan. /, and
If the news continues good the whole
foreign population, except missionaries,
will CO."
The news did continue good, and tLey
came, some missionaries included. Soon
there came up from the mines com.
plants of outrage and lawlessness, most.
ly against Kanakas and other foreigners.
How well they wero founded, to what
they led, and how they were suddenly
and summarily silenced, is story that
covers very interesting part of the
history of California, and the progress OF
civilization in America.
SAMUEL, SEAROTGU
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Wearing q Mask.

What agood thing it would be if women
would only speak their minds. There is
nothing that honest men desire more than
to understand that mysterious race that
is so like them, and yet so unlike, who
share their homes but not their thou ghts,
who are SO shrewd, go practical and SO
irrational. The poor men yearn the
break down the invisible barrier and see
into the real life of those they love so
we'll; but the loved ones smile and chat
ter and say pretty things, and ingenious
things and things they have borrowed
from men and improved in the borrowing,
but never one word of the real thoughts
that are working in their busy brains.
So tho men fatter and lie because they
think the women like it, and the women
accept it all because they think it is mans
nature; and the men think women
empty-headed angels, and the women
think men are fine intelligent brutes; and
the two classes go on loving and despis-
ing one another accordingly, and all for
the want of little truthfulness in con-
versation.
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Not Up on GOats,

The goat is an everyday sight, and
the man who does not study him and
learn his ways and habits has only him.
self to blame Saturday forenoon n
civilian was quietly feeding on Co.
lumbia street when q load of household
goods went past. The owner kept pace
with the wagon, carrying under his arm
n fine mirror about five feet long. AS
he came opposite tho goat he met a
friend, and of course ho had to stop and
tell why he was changing locations and
how much he expected to be benefited.
g.he glass was heavy, and he naturally
dropped one end to the walk to rest his
arm.
Had this man been q close observer he
would have seen the goat and wished he
had brickbat. Had he made goat na.
ture study he would have known bet
ter than to lower the glass. But he was
man who despised the trihes of life, and
he was telling how many tons of coal
the new house would save him this win
ter, when the goat, who had been getting
mad for two long minutes at sight of n
rival in the mirror, went through the
glass like thunderbolt, and jumped
into the street with the frame clinging
to his shaggy sides. All that ripping,
and raving, and cussing-all the open
Ing of front doors-all the inquiries by
an excited crowd, could have been saved
had the citizen but beclloned to the small
est boy on the stceot and asked him tC
give away few points on goats. .-Er-
chdn0C.
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An Editors Trials.

No words can tell how much Thack-
eray's generous soul suffered in his edi-
torial capacity. There is q class of peo-
pie who look upon an editors office as n
bureau Of general relief young widows
with numerous children send in manu-
scripts with frank avowal that they are
conscious of possessing no literary ability
whatever, but that they feel sure this or
that one will be accepted, as otherwise
they and their little ones must starve :
there are farmer boys, who write diagon-
ally across brown wrapping paper, and
beg for favor as means of acquiring ON
education there are thousands who
have failed at everything else, but are
sure they can write some are preten-
tious and impudent, others modest and
appealing, and with the latter it is par
ticularly hard to deal. A great many are
Vituperative, and look upon the editor as
O deposit installed to crush all rising
genius. More than once, when Thack.
cray paid out of his own purse for PARTICLES
which he could not use, the writer's re-
preached him for suppressing matter
which surpassed his own. The work be-
came uncomfortable to him, and he gave it
up.
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The Game Of Boston.

The game at cards called "Boston, "
says late writer in the New York Times,
after the capital of Massachusetts, and
much played by our forefathers, has
lately been revived, it is said, in New
England and i'll New York, especially
here, and is greatly enjoyed on account
of the skill required for proficiency.
Boston is played by four persons with
two packs of cards, which ore never
shufflcd. One of the packs is dealt and
the other cut alternately, to determine
the trump, the trump governing the
game. The dealer deals five cards to
each player twice, and deals six cards
the last time around. IF the first player
can make, or thinks he can make five
tricks from his hand, he says: 81 go
Boston, and his fellow players may over.
bid him with the words: ct go 6, 7, 8,
9, 10, II, IL or 49," as the hand of each
may justify. Should any one fail to
make the number of tricks he bids for,
he must pay to each competitor forfeit,
regulated by scale of prices agreed
upon beforehand The agreement is
imperative; without it the game is impos-
sible. 1t is accounted the most complex
and difficult of all games ut cards, and
is therefore favorite with professional
gamblers. Boston has been played in
France and England, where it is often
spoken of as the American game. Ben
lamin Franklin has the reputation OF
introducing it in Paris. He gave it the
name of his native city, and is said to
have been very clever player. The
philosophers of the eighteenth century,
who were his companions in France,
were very fond of the game and delighted
in its novelty. Baron d'Holbaoh is re-
ported to have said that only man OF
genius could excel at Boston. The game
has always been played more or less in
the Southwest, where much money II
still lost and won by it.
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A FeliOWoFeeling.

The manager of dramatic combina-
ton playing an engagement in Detroit
was approached on the last day by a
stranger, who asked for pass for that
evening:
"Why should l give you pass ?" was
the blunt demand.
"On account Of the fellow-feeling,
was the serene reply.
"Sir, do not know you"
"Neither do know you, but that isn't
the fellow-feeling had reference to-"
EDO you belong to the profession?"
"No"
"Then I fail to see how there is any
thing in common"
"You struck this town last Monday,
didn't you p asked the stranger.
eyes"
$50 did I, and I'm going out of it to-
night dead broke, same as you. That's
my point, may it please the court"
The "court'' whistled n melancholy
tune, figured up the cash receipts once
more, and then wrote the pass without
further argument.
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When the Fee Comes In.

A newly elected Justice of the Peace
who had been used to drawing deeds and
wills, and little else, was called upon as
his first official act to marry q couple
who came into his Office very hurriedly
and told him their purpose. He lost no
time Ill removing his hat, and remarked
Hats off in the presence Of the Court. -
All being uncovered, he said: "Hold up
your right hands. You, John Marvin,
do solemnly swear that to the best of
your knowledge an belief you take this
yer woman ter have an ter hold for yer
self, yer heirs, eXekyertors, administra-
tors and assigns, for yer an their use an
behoof forever?"
'I do" answered the groom.
''You, Alice Ever, take this yer man
for yer husband, ter have an ter hold
for ever; and you do further swear that
you are lawfully seized in fee simple, are
free from all incumbrance, and hev good
right to sell, bargain and convey to
the said grantee yerself, yer heirs, ad-
ministrators and assigns ?"
81 do" said the bride, rather doubt
fully.
'Well, John, that'll be about dollar
n fifty cents"
care we married ?" asked the bride.
eyes, when the fee comes IL"
After some fumbling it was produced
and handed to the "Court," who pock-
eted it and continued: "Know all men
by these presents, that I. being in good
health and of sound and disposin' mind,
in consideration of dollar n fifty cents
to me in hand paid, the receipt whereof
is hereby acknowledged, do and by these
presents have declared you man and
wife during good behavior and until 9TH
erwise ordered by the Court"
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Clear Grit.

A plucky Kentucky school ma'ann is
Miss Hillbreth, of Hopkins County. she
attempted att, t? punish boy named ne Merrill
drew his knife. Miss Hillbreth Jtarmed
him, and he brought q club to5his assist
ance, but she finally whippad him That
night the boys father went To- Miss Hill.
breth's boarding-house and cursed her
shamefully. The next day he went 70
the school-house to continue his abuse,
but the lady had armed herself with q
pistol and dared Merrill to enter the door.
Merrill ran home, and was returning with
shotgun, when he was arrested by an
officer, but soon escaped, and is now at
large.
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Use Of FIOMors.

It's trite and homely saying, "You
can't eat your cake and keep it too," and
we are obliged to square our actions with
it pretty closely; but there is one pccu-
liar satisfaction in the cultivation of flow
ers, for, in a certain sense, they are an
exception to the practical operations of
the rules of addition and subtraction, as
embodied in the expression of them in
the old and popular axiom above quoted.
During the growing md blooming sea-
sons of many of the best bedding plants
and ANIMALS the flowers can be cut freely
and used and the oftener they are re-
moved the greater the amount of bloom.
When plants are allowed to perfect seeds,
they soon cease to produce more flowers,
as the whole strength of the plant is
necessary to mature the seeds. There
fore, if you want flowers, cut them and
use them; place them on your tables,
give them to your friends, and remember
those that are sick, and perhaps, too. you
may use them to help some one who is
disheartened, or even to lift up q de-
graded one who needs, above all else,
your sympathy. It would be sad, in
deed, if objects 80 beautiful rs flowers
should be the occasion of growing sell
fishpess Give them with q liberal hand
and he who sends the sunshine and the
rain will bless you with increasing bios
SONS. A gift of flowers can seldom be
inappropriate, either to young or old,
and purity and goodness are painted on
every petal. With the gift
"Our hearts are lighter for it's sake,
Our iancy's age renews its youth.
The guige OF present truth"
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The Number Of Rich People in Paris.


M. Paul Leroy Beaulieu attempts to
calculate approximately the number Of
rich persons actually living in Paris. He
takes as his principal basis of calculation
the value of the houses in the French
capital; and upon these figures builds up
his theory, on the assumption that the
less wealthy inhabitants spend about one
sixth of their income in house rent,
while the richer house-holders spend on
all average from one eighth to one-tenth.
1t will be easy for those who agree with
him to follow out the theory when they
have the following list of rents, as ex-
traoted from an official source: It ap-
pears that there are10, 900 private houses
or apartinAtts, the rents of which range
from G160 tc 1890 year, 5000 between
6820 and G54Uy e;,a 4 400 between the
latter sum and e1 ,OB0 Finally, there
are 421 houses, on rather palaces. the
rent Of which exceeds G1, ,080. Tt ~ not
necessary to follow out the sums b.,lghich
the incomes Of these various classes OF
rich gha,l IS traced out but it may sufIicei
to say that Nj Beaulieu reckons that
there arc about g. 600 persons in Paris
who spend incomes of co 600 and up.
ward; and this will be seen by the aid OF
the figures already given to be fully borne
out by the facts The concluaspn is also
supported by Che retirn8 OF horses and
carriages kept II the cspital, which show
that there are sso 1000 to 5000 per-
sons who keep sEVate horses. .---Eco''o"
n1tSt Frarcot8.
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SUNSET
DY HALLE O. YOUNG.

In tho far west, as the day grows old,
watch q city of dazzling gold;
From the minRrets that pierce tho sky
listen to hear tho muezzin's CRY;
Affairs are maryland ali aglow-
Their incense smoke is white as snow:
Banners Of crimson are floating out
From arches Of opal scattered about;
Steeples and spires In splendor vie,
And temples Of jasper touch the sky.
Hast thou, Of city above the trees,
An Abelard and Heloise?
My fancy is busy in peopling thee,
SO high above our earth and sea:
Thy glory illumines the bending skies,
And dream thee glimpse Of paradise,
And wonder, and worship from afar,
As angels swing the gates aiar.
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Ia JrdteTnat saludton inspired by tho yclo,7 7feUe
uiSitattonl
/.
Twas after glorious battle
In the swamps Of the Rapidan,
lay on my back at midnight,
wounded and helpless man;
But could well bear my torture,
Gaping gashes and broken bones,
heard such delightful music
From Yanks with their means and groans,
hated the Sanks like " cold pizon,"
They shot my father and son;
80 always aimed for killing,
And carried loaded gun.
Tho hiring and crashing Of battle,
The hot charge and the warriors cry,
Leit, high-heaped, drcnched earth with victims,
And the wounded who begged to die.
Far OF We could hear the roaring
Iell OF tho raging Of murdorous men;
We could only hnve fearing or hoping
49, L nat our side might the victory win.
we had marched to tho fight in the morning;
fought until forced to stop;
NOW, was hungry and thirsty,
With mover bite a drop.
thought OF the old-tlme dinners,
. With many Christmas feast;
NOW, OF the wasted fragments
IA have snatched for the very leask
thought OF the sprayful fountain
nat played by my fathers door;
thought OF the wDd-rice bayou
i net oft my canoe glided DER;
thought OF the mighty river,
Tho plantations flowing through:
thought Of the distant heaven
That sendeth the rain and dow
But these were all empty fancies,
Which even increased my thirst,
Until III powerless longing
was Like Tantalus cursed.
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A CAT saw some sparrows in certain
garden and went for game supper. She
crawied with extreme caution to within
a few feet c. them and made spring,
but instead of catching bird she struck
her nose violently against tho fence
Rochester linton.
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In the Austrian army the "caution
money" as the sum is called which the
candidate for matrimony is obliged to de-
posit with the authorities, has heretofore
been set at $4,000 forins, but rumor
prevails that the amount is to be doubled.
Marriages have been so numerous in the
service that the politicians think it ad-
yisable to check them,
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Suddenly, In the thick dnrknesR.


weak voice made me of angels think;
1t said, "Halloo here, Johnny,
Would ye be aftler takn' a dhrink 2"
was almost a-dying,
And could not even raise the tin cup,
SO the friendly hand of the stranger
TO my lips then raised it up
Sweet, sweet was that drink Of water;
never drank sweeter draught,
For ltfo was gained from that bounty
gaspingly, deeply quaffed.
Then whispered, " Give me your hand, my dar.
Hngl"
Our hands met in tight, tight clasp.
Suddenly, in my living fingers
Limp, nerveleeB grew his fainting clasp.
spoke and intently listened,
But never word he said,
And sadly knew another
Spirit from that red field had fed
Tho surgeons and helpers were busy:
lay until morning-light,
And then 10 my tear -dimmcd vision
Was slowly revealed this sight:
soldier had found a cantcen,
Dropped there in the thick OF the fight
And he, with two balls through his body,
Dragged himself TO mo in the night
And there on his cal, cleaned the letters
"U. 81" on tho blood-stained gold band, +iFa
And saw that he a brother ry9.. .islt
Against whom hal raised my red hand.
He was Union and Ir Rh-
Lightly DER him reet the sod
The blue that he loved above him,
His spirit goue home to God.
Oh men may fight like devils &
AS if hell on earth doth reign: ra
But deep in each human bosom rs.
Some chords eympathiZe with pain.
Thank God for the noble pity, a"
Darling like electric thrill, 49,
Inspiring kinship-emotion, H
Bidding evil passions be still.
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Oh | comrades, ye know our distresses

Oh comrades, ye know our distresses
Wherever tho fever breathed;
Soon over the death-marked threshold
The funeral flag was wreathed.
Tongue never can speak tho horror
Growing blacker day by day;
Pen mover can write our anguish,
Nor times waves wash the record ayay.
Oh comrades, ye know our distrcsscs
Madeail humanity sad;
And, hurried down from the Northland,
Nch bounty We freely had.
The North gave us money, with nurses
And doctors noble and true;
Drugs, provisions, and clothing
The North did a ] che could dol
Allhonor to sincercst virtue,
The spirit of Bayard the Good;
To the chivalric North all honor,
Who showcd to us truest knighthocdI