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The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
From the N. Y. Herald.
THE DEBATE AS FAR AS 1T
GOES


The debate in the Senate threat.
ems to sweep beyond the control of
ordinary political laws. Senators
are losing temper. Speeches on
both sides are marked with an acrid,
bitter tone which will do ne good
to the country. This is unfortunate
in the beginning of a new admins
tration and especially so at the op-
ening Of a long recess. With the
close of the last campaign everybody
felt satisfied. Republicans were
victorious and began to think of
Offices; democrats were whipped
and were glad to be we'll out of the
fight. Everybody wanted TO be at
peace and to give General Garfield
fair trial. Instead of this we have
Senate in angry, tumultnous ses
sion; all the issues of the war re-
vived, charges and countercharges
heaped and hurled from one to an
other, and the beginning of an agi
tation which will throw its shadows
over the summer, awaken animosi
ties which should rest, and array
against the administration an incen-
sed and violent party.
Now, all this is very bad, not
alone for the government, but the
country. The cause of it is the eff
fort on the part of the republicans
to appoint few gentlemen to Off
ces in the Senate. We cannot ina
gine more trltling point upon which
to fight great political battle. 1t
is of little consequence to the coGn-
try or even to the republican party
whether Mr.. Gorham calls the roll
or Mr.. Riddleberger carries the
mace, but it is of great Importance
to have peace and good feeling and
a quiet summer. We think repub
licaus should abandon this contro-
versy as trivial, 60 into active ses~
sion, act on the Presidential nomi-
and return home. However
much they may regret to lose the Of
fees it is small business cons
pared to the evil effects that will be
felt by the country as the result of
angry, bitter, sectional debates.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
CONKLiNG's FUTURE AND
HIS PENSION FUND.

Our Nihilist contemporary, the
Troy Sun-which, since the humiii-
ating exposure Of the literary incap-
acity Of its entire staff, has eked out
"A precarlous editorial page by re-
hashing the articles of the Star
dey0tes itself to the question which
we fully discussed a few days ago
VIII Copkling Fight or Run Awayr
will Conkling Fight or Perishg"
is the style in which the Communist
sun puts our question; but our own
words were better. Perish" IS not
suitable word. There is no dan
ger that Conkling will perish"
when he has such pension fund in
prospect as that which we have pro-
posed for him.
Our assassinating contemporary
thinks that Conkling must, should,
can and will fight. As usual, we
disagree from the dynamite Sun
We believe that, as at Canonchet,
Conkling, X. s., will take to his
heels.
1t is all very we'll to talk about
commencing fight within the lines
OF ones own party, against an Ad-
minIstratiOn which has three years
and eleven months to run; but it Is
quite another thing to undertake
and carry out such a Herculean task.
Conkling has never attempted any
thing like it, and, in our opinion
never will. He may snarl and
growl little at first; but afterward
he will lie down and let Blaine of
Maine walk over him triumphantly.
How can he help himself? The
resolution of congratulation to Col
lector Robertson, moved by Dem
ocrat in the Legislature, and adopt
| ed by Democratic votes, is a strong
| hint to Conkling as to the way IN
which the Democratic Senators will
vote upon Robertson's confirmation
Once confirmed, with or without
Conkllng's opposition, such an ad-
roit and experienced politician as
the new Collector will build up a
party wall around Conkling, here il
New York, that will isolate HIM a,
completely as If he were in a peni,
tentlary.
Then the pension which we have
had the honor to propose will com,
IN very handy for the exile of Utica
Perhaps he had better resign from
the Senate at once, so that he car
make an appeal ad misericordiam al
Grant did, and get as large funt
as the famous smoker from Galena
III. This would be the most pru
dent manner of running away.
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STRANGE STATEMENTS.

PUBLIc AUCTIONS OF NEeEo SLAVES
SAID TO BE HELD IN FLIRvInw, ".
VA.
PITTsBURa, March GA special tele-
gram from Fairview, West Virginia,
says that slavery still exists in that part
of the State, and that regular sales OF
negroes take place, the blacks not
seeming to know their rights. The cor
respondent cites as proof of the truth OF
his astonlshing statement the fact that
on last Saturday there was held In front
of the Court house at Fairview what
had been extensl vely advertised as "the
regular annual sale OF slaves" The 90
currence attracted no uncommon atten-
ton, and the citizens spoke OF it as q
thing they were quite accustomed to-
Few, indeed, attended the proceeding,
except those who either wished to sell OF
to purchase.
A number of blacks, male and female,
were put up and auctioned of, and the
prices realized ran from $50 up to S160.
the latter figures were given for those
negroes who were youHg and strong
The correspondent says he talked with
some of the slaves who were sold at this
public venjue, and they complained not
of the sale but of the inhuman treat
ment to which they were subject. Some
of them said they were glad to be sold.
hoping q change of masters might bring
them better treatment.
The correspondent seems TO have
mistaken what was probably the public
contracting to the highest bidder for the
labor of convicts, which we believe
prevails in West Virginia.-ED.l
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
THURSDAY. MARCH 81. 1854.

TIE Bill for the Suppression Of
Intemperance, which passed the Sem
ate Of Delawate yesterday, as stated
by telegraph to the GAZETTE in its
late edition, contains a section that it
seems to us must imperil the whole
bill. The legislature has no legal
power to destroy contracts nor has
1t the right to confiscats or dictate the
disposition of the property OF ono
man for the unlawful offense of an
other. We have no idea at all that
man can be diSpossessed of his pro-
perty because tenant in possession
violates the provision of the law which
Is incorporated into the bill before the
Legislature. The title to a property
thus sold would not be worth the snap
Of ones finger. 1t is an utter absurdi-
ty to attempt to make property own
or liable for the collection of the
States revenue and at the same time
responsible for breaches of the law by
which such revenue is made collecta-
bic. If the vendor of liquor owns
he property and breaks the law the
penalty may hold against him and his
property be taken to satisfy penalties
bat when the State comes to under
take to take another mans property
which has been leased for hotel and
licensed for the sale of liquor, to salts
fy the costs imposed by reason of the
oftense of the tenant or lessee, the |
matter is quite different. The pro-
visions in the bill will defeat its en-
and we fear aperate as did |
the Prohibitory law, should it be |
passed, and the present law be re-
pealed. We do not now wish to dis
cuss the measure for we have very
imperfect understanding of its pro-
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Says the New Olleans Times Owe
may as well make up our minds to it.
New Orleans. uuless content to zee
herself outstripped by cities of yester-
day, must become Yankee city,
just as New York, Brooklyn, Philadel-
phia and Chicago are 'Yankee cities.
The Yankee cities are the rich and
prosperous cities. They have found
out how to grow and how to win.
There can be no great city on the con-
tinent u North America hereafter
t at is not Yankee city. That is
very certain. The Yankee cities
somehow have the capital, the enter-
prise, the organizing power, the skill
that gets OF" !"
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31

MR.. OWNS IN New YoRK.-Mr. John
K. Owens, the comedian, made his
appearance at the Fifth Avenue Theatre,
New York, Monday evening, In his new
play, called "That Nj an from CattaruRus. !"
The New York papers agree in the con-
clusion that the play is possessed OF bn
little merit. The Tribune says Mr.. Owens's
personation of the simple- nded, kind
hearted, eccentric farmer, ''although a
little prosy, as is apt to be the case with
bIcehc virtue. was full of kindly and droll
humor, and was very sweetly tinged VIII
a gentle, honely humanity" The other
papers are less complimentary in their
notices of Mr.. Owens's performance,
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31

IT IS RIGHT Mr.. Robinson, coun-
sci of Derrick Morris, is right in de-
manding that an investigation be
made into the charges against that
gentleman by his accuser. We have
no correct mode of finding out the
truth of tGese charges. But we have
been very lothe to give credit to them.
The very fact that they were seized
upon by both the Republican news
papers here, and they both sought tc
make such political capital out OF
them as was made out of the bloody
shirt charges against innocent people
Of the South, lead many people to
doubt their truth entirely. If the
charges are true lot tile Magistrate be
dismissed, if they are false let his ac-
cusers be known as discredited and
unworthy slanderers.
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pfnnts Will accumulate much more
rapidly, though the ratio may be less.
FOR the investment Of capital, with
the surety of large returns, there is
nothing in the markets of the world
today, that offers inducements equal
to the working Of the Lowe Fuel Gas
Process of 1880. Capitalists, manu-
factursrs, railway managers and
others interested, can obtain any de-
tail information desired by applying
at the office of the Company, or ads
dressing I. s. Lowe, President and
Treasurer, No. 430 Walnut street,
Philadelphia"
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"THE FUEL OF THE FUTURE. 1T
is said that gas will be the fuel of the
future, manufactured by the Lowe pro-
cess of 1880. Water gas for light and
fuel, it is maintained, in an article in
the eastern Manufacturer and In
dustrial Age" by loves process, can
be made and sold at the low rate of
''2S cents per 1000 feet per day." and
profit of 81 per cent. on the cost of
the works beside 6 per cent. on the
capital invested. This gas fuel it is
argued is the cheapest fuel that can
be used while it dispenses with all the
ashes and dust. We quote the FOL
lowing:
"Both for heating and cooking there
can scarcely any adequate comparison
be made between the water gas and
coal, save for the purpose of showing
the evidence of the contrast. Coal,
with its kindling material, smoke gas,
ashes, cinders, dust and the many in.
conveniences of which householder
and housewives are only too vel
aware, can offer no defensive or argu.
mentative point of comparison witt
this new fuel that needs only in start.
ing, a match, that is clean, odorless
convenient in every particular, and tC
cap all, cheaper by at least one hall
than it's heavier rival. The water gas
is perfectly and entirely safe. Oh
this there can be no doubt in any
mind, no matter how prejudiced. The
fact is too easily demonstrated 10 ad-
init Of question, and with the inro-
duction into New England of this fue]
there will come so steady and full de-
mand that local coal dealers will think
1t time to accept the inevitable, and tc
seek some new channel OF invest
ment for their useless capital"
''With the introduction OF this fue
: gas into any manufacturing city OF
town, the users of power will eaIly be-
come the largest consumers, and il
such localities the totals of consump
sion viii be far greater than in tht
average estimate given above, Will
even at reduced wholesale rates, th,
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pRo osALS FOR CoNsTRUCTING a

DRO OS Al4S FOR CONTRIBUTING A
1 SEWER.
OFFICE or THE STREET COMMISSIONER
No. s12 EAST SIXTH STREET,
WILMIMGroN, DEL, MARCH 20, lo0l.l
Sealed proposals will be received In the
box IN the city Council Chamber until
40 o'clock, z. Nj, Thursday March 3lst,
1881, for constructing a stone and brick
sewer on Shipley run. between Fifth and
Sixth aud \ adison and Monroe streets.
Length of sewer about "a feet; width
nine feet between walls. The walls will
he built OF stone furnished by the City
and Will be delivered On Fifth and Sixth
Streets. The walls viii be "a IeeL thick
and about6 a feet high, depending on the
nature of the ground. The excavations
for The walls must in all cases be carried
deep enough To obtain good and solid
foundation. The pavement wi be an
inverted arch OF feet radius, consisting
of one course OF good hard brick laid on
edge the bed OF the pavement must be
hlled IN with gravelIor some suitable ma
lellal, well packed ana rammed and
made to conform to The exact shape and
grade OF the lnvert or pavement, ana If
necessary the pavements In the sewers
crossing Filth and sixth streets must DE
RAISED or lowered IN order To conform TO
ire grade as IL Will be given by the City
Surveyor. The walls and pavement must
be laid in good hydraulic cement mortar
composed of equal parts OF cement and
clean river sand. The walls and pavement
must be well plastered with good cement
mortar and made AS smooth and true
10 grade AS POSSIBLE. All the work must
be done In good and W, rknanlike man
ner, according To the plans and lines fur
nished by the CITY surveyor, The execu.
tlon OF said work and the performance of
the contract shall be under the direction
and supervision of the street Comnis-
sioner, and the wo. X must be approved
by him before II will be accepted by the
street Committee Bids are requested to
be made stating The price per I'm al foot
iOr building the sewer, the price per line-
al loot TO Include the cost of eXcavating
back I'll ing and ali the labor and material
necessary TO cOmplt Le the work without
any additional cost to the City Except
The stone for building the walls) Tue
| work must be co upleted within thirty
| Gays from the time the contract is aw ard
cd by City Council; for every day there
| ailer there VIII be forfeit OF ten dollars
| per day, A bond, with security in the
sum OF tive hundred dollars must accom-
| pany each proposal for the good faith Of
| me bidder, and the person or persons to
| whom the contract may be awarded must
| give bond with security In the sum of
one thousand dollars for the faithful per-
| lorInance Of the.cuntract. Any repairing
that the sewer may need Tor the space OF
one year must be done hy the contractor
| Without any cost To the City, The Street
(ommltiee reserve the right to reject
| any or ali bids. All bids must be prop
| erly signed sealed and. endorsed, "Pro-
posals Tor constructing sewer on ship
| ley Run" Any further. Information that
may be desired viii be furnished on APP
| plication to l.. +. LYNCH,
| Street Commissioner
BY order OF the Street Committee,
! WILLIAM MCMENAMIN,
: marl6tN Chairman.
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NOTICE |
Hannah K. Davidson IN CbAur6
ct al, -

George z. Kitchen ct al. dF
And now to wit this 2ith uSy 10
ruary, A. D., 1881, the ~ sdo pnd dslfss
10 the Sheriff more than " " l;sore
before he return thereof, sno VAltrs
Kitchen' William f. St.dhs'TT TTbonE
Stidhnm Samuel Stidham, .!,s ds Ja
Stidham S , Anna ii, Jaqqe~s stIdls
Hnahes Brian, george \. n. NcIOss
ThSmas Kiichen and Morris ,aTnd, =
of The defendants, not being nolCbsj
moi having appeared, on mo.iSonc ncoHai
RI I'ore ESQ Solicitor for inc lnns iPbIig
ants %, E'ie, and I' 1non sffidayit 3Ilannty, o.
Clark Sheriff OF New Castie s,t IVl "l lhe 8,
the haid defendants reslds oa' said Gsj
of Delaware. as folio VS.: In'rty, my Sibt1
p p Ki,chan in Chester COMFY sIdJl
pennsyIyania; said Wlllihnn b.
a IfreI il. Stidhana, and Sa,n Sl,on. Dist
ham In the CITY OF WashihsT sudD
of Columbia; said Thomas RaDsss
IN IN Edwards County, state 81 olIna6ss n M1
AZ anna go VI Jaonette, Jennie hus ssSs Cit |
and GEORGE X. Stidham, nsy no wants u
~ ThIiauei y isc:hen in Cecil cynTs c9STs =
~ ahonas nod,and. nd.id said Morris McDo,"d b y
9a! 9l maryIahnn; ynnhnown S II is ordelvs oUrSs ?. X
dence e 1Iax nhkn5mtDi ,5st ibe said GeoFSIA Ahsd
ShshceIIVi sia ,M9iIiam II. Stidham,,, TbOs,,
Snem, " iisla iaslamuel H. stldhssiHI'is JsesS
X. .Stidham, Anna aorcs ~ X. knOSs
Hughes Bryan, Geoin S Morris NcpStsI
Thomas Kitchen, anu ar before w lDst1
appear ia sseintember si next u cODts
L bin q, be beam. '9He and the sssiso,fSd . n
rected To cause copy days noI 4
published within lnasrTE, o neW,Tul'l neW,au,
date in the DAILY GAIf ", ~ WilmlnEt y
published In the elty oantlnued ia ~ d
this county, a. 70 thirty n days after v
publication thereof NJ HOUsMHCG d
Attest: heb
feb6-3pt. 4.
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A press dispatch says "The causes
leading To the disaffection of Messrs.
Macy eagh and James were briefly con-
sidered, it Is said, in today's cabinet
meeting. The President will undoubt-
edly make firm stand In defense of the
nominations OF Messrs. Chandler and
Robertson, and no one seems to believe
for moment that the name of either
will be Withdrawn.
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PUBLIc SALES.
IN THE ORPHANS, COURT. NEW
CASTLE COUNTY.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
OF
REAL ESTATE

By virtue of an order OF the orpnsnd
Court Of the State OF Delaware, IN % sno
for New Castle County, made ~ tnS reUI ,yI
ruary term, A. d., 1881, ei said court VIII
be exposed TO public sale at FRONT anu
Broome streets, on
THURSDAY, the 2lst day OF April 1851
& at 10 O'Clock a. m.
The following Real Estate, being the
property OF Rachel A. Searles, deceased
situate nthe city ofWilminRton Aforesaid
bounded and described as follows, 70 WIZ
Beginning at q point ON the southerly sue
OF Front street, al the distance OF one
hundred and eighty-one feet TWO Inches
from the westerly side OF Broome street,
thence southerly parallel with Bro0me
street about three hundred and sixty -four
feet four inches TO ConnelFs land, thence
westerly by @ line of the same thlrty-two
feet seven Inches to a stake, thence north-
erly parallel with Broome street about
three hundred and sixty-lour Ieet 1our
inches to the aforesaid side OF front
street. and thence thereby easterly thirty
two feet seven inches TO the place OF Be
ginning, be the contents thereof what
they may.
Attendance will be given and terms
made known at the time and place aiore-
said by PETER B. FoRMAN,
Administrator.
Or by J. Frank Ball. Esq, his Attorney.
Attsst j, NJ. Housman,
mh25-2tawts. Clerk Orphans CourL
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31

THE PEACE PRosPECT.-It is an
nounced from Constanlnople that the
ambassadors have decided to sign a pro
tocol declaring that they regard the last
offer of the Porte In the matter of the
Greek frontier acceptable, and tina.
negotiations will accordingly be opened
at Athens to induce Greece to accept it.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31

PLAIN TALK.-The New York Times
yesterday in a leading editorial declares
that "President Garfield has let himself
down to the level of a common politician
in his New York appointments, and that
he ia nothing more than cats paw OF
Mr.. Blaine" This is rather plain talk
for republican organ.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
FURNlruRr

A Glue to the characta,
without seeing 1t. Taks y, our m
oeu room suite OF three mo-, ,or eIas
Lowest prices pieceG
Abh, wood tops,
Anotner i style, walnut or s:I,".,.
Jps.....'...........,.'''m ''' mn
such as are In every lurni,.,.,"..,.
mon wood and common onw,Sais wui, stS
ais0 ~ ~ a small assortment oYt.. az H. VI
Lowest prices In first c,a,.
walnut. wood tops. s Wo't
same style In mahoganv v'''"""..
OF plain style. but proney i::."..-
IN any house, no mRttsr ~ wi son,
Lowest price In elegantn nUw wv Iia.
Maple or walnut. TenneSssssi
mfl
w Lowest prices in lu1urio,D,:. ~,
walnut, Tennessee marb,s !, Won
same style In mahogany "A~r
A very chaste and nobi.. i..'...,e..
t1on of work; e sVA n
Maple, wood tops. .
same In mahogany .....''''"'s
We have very large a.sn,;,-.
below tl0O, and between sIor sIIo'sns,aI
higher prices there is no bigsaa aug q
only more costly decoratlon uuaa
The western gallery.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
"Am deIigh ed with IL. 1 have

confidence in the colorless extracts A
pure article was greatly needed,n saws
DIR. j. W. l0UHIN, president OF Jersey
CITY, N. j.. Board of Health and Vital
Stalistics) OF the Lii big Co.'s Arnieate ed
Extract OF Witch Hazel. Cures Painful
Periods. Leucorrhoea, Female Weakness
Exhausting Flows, Sore Breasts, and
quickly relieves pains ofany kinds, Be-
ware of counterfeits
Sold in tify cent and dollar sizes.
mar26- st.
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meet $:ftHf sfss e e sSs,S s$ssss. ~
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CHRIST. GEHBER. " holesals Hardware,
Toledo, Ohio, says s-The Excelsior Kid
ney Pad has accomplished more for my
vile Ia 4hree weeks than all the med icine
she has taken In three years. Refer all
Bkeptics to me.-See ADV.
feb26-7t.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31

Free Shade, Middlesex Co., Va.
Having used DIR. Bulbs Baby Syrup in
nv famili with the greatest degree sof
s satisfaction, unhesitaLingly,r recommend
II as tue best remedy that / know of for
children. THOMAS Y. LA WSON.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-31
CAR p EFT s.

Our stock OF carpets is now about M full
as IL will be any time this spring. IL Is
rich In every sort, except whole carpets,
We have. perhaps. as choice collection
OF luxurious carpets as any in Philadel-
phia, such as wilton, administer and mo-
quette; while In brussels. tapestry and in
grain our stock Is beyond any other.
W lhout a doubt.
Patterns that prove below the average
in acceptabiiity we mark down. This
gives us at least two prices In every fa-
brio.
We bespeak calls from buy ers for ho-
tells, churches, institutions, DC.
Carpets below value:
Five patterns OF wilton, So: one OF them
an oriental pattern, we consider particu-
larry choice. other patterns, of the same
quality, 1915. John Crossley q Sons
English tapestry, sl.l5; ten patterns.
Brussels, fifteen patterns, sl.25.
Northern gallery.
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GENERAL GRANT OFF FOR
MEXICO

ST. LOUIS, March 30.-General Grant
and his party arrived here at o'clock this
morning, en route for Mexico. The party
took quarters for the night at the Lindell
Hotel, and left at 9.l5 this morning,
by the Iron Mountain road.