The daily gazette., 1881-06-25
THE Pilot Law

AA' lss.s.'s" Aavie. 10 D,,J
From the Phi ils. 1 edgsr.
Were . hsndful Of Breakv.,
VINO pushed the absurd Piio, pilot,
through the Delaware LeRials,nsSe ell
y % Innocent ~ to suppose I'M hs ~, real|
merchants and maritime sn,h. .snipplnd
Philaoelphia would ouia,js .o,ities q
.nelr , ! nSnsense : Did they suppose SIis ,s.l Y
Mould pe no measure or defsncs 4. ,aSi 7
commerce OF this port against ths;S ~ !1s|
e'ations II would seem 20 frnr, r op-|
exercises Of mind ct lhls tim. .a' =. taeir|
lied In our special despatch ~. - srAhlb-
published yesterday. They hsv. h isHss
tse b ,ard Of Port Rxrdens Of ph, ,neatd
Phls, TO and from which nos. a'iadel
nine hundredths or tho cov,,ra ny ninety.
ing Delaware Bay comes and s so.' sn'si' =
teno 20 license competent pilo,s Jill ~.
gard 70 apprenticeship, or 10 tbs bs'iaSss Hs,
Wsre law, or TO the opinion Of ~ T..a pela-
xirden.and his misguided SspAn
Ihey look iorw ard with coucern '..ee. - !,
dreadful thiLg, . conflict OF .,.S.t .nat
uetwesn The State Of Delswars sIoi,ty ~
state Of Penney ivania, and 'thss NV s, sns
nsna snai tne confic (lf that shsll lep,o epm.
aDonI } VIII lead 70 The passage ef = .is1' fsN
ersi pilotage act By Congress, TIL. M
.ney 10 not want. and none OF The osh
OF piiots here or at any other port ~, %
Congressional legislation on tbe pi,o,.a'
disputes. Such q Federal law So''ts
inevitably deprive the pilots Of tbsi, s,u Wv
elusive privileges and pue an and 10
rSS maMoea o. advantages they possess nov
unaer tbe laws OF the separate Statea.
CaPtain Virden's little Knot o,|
breakwaser pilots shouid have tslsn
snese almost certain results into esrIis.
consideration. They are preci.sis
what the Ledger warned them = ~orid
come about when they vere bsnt 1u ~
insanely on driving their bin thronnS y
the Delaware Legislature, thus brsaE
ing up the c0mity existing betvee, n.
thee States whose boundaries A.. ~ ~
the waters Of Delaware river ana n,
But they would heed no warning ~
take NO advice.
Now, they are alarmed. and "A
course, repenlsnt, according to the eY
perience Of oil who rush headlonO int
adventures that tlrn into porilous ar,
perlments on their hands, Thar
leader went to Wilmington on Wed.
nesdxy to consult counsel, and II "a.
understood that he went to SENATE,
Bayard. This was one mark Of re-
turning prudence, for, whether hs
consulted Mr.. Bayard AZ lawyer or AZ
friend. he would be likely to get rood
advice. The right thing for the Brssk.
water pilots to do 10 to reconsider their
very imprudent course, and let their
act Of the Delaware Legislature 70
quietly to sleep. Ifthey do not, all Of
the consequences to which they have
suddenly woke up, and which they
dread, will surely come to pass. They
should keep this fact uppornost II
their minds also that the interesA Of
tho port Of Philadelphia are certain 10 H.
be the controlling influences In oil lhi,
business--ift there was no PHILADELPHIA
there would be no use for single pilt
on Delaware Bay.
Alumns 0mesrs
At q busineas meeting Of the Alumss
Association OF Wesleyan Female Col
lege, held yesterday, the following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President--Mrs. Ella Huntnlngsr O.
ven, Philadelphia.
Vice President Miss Josephins MI
w hita M n wflrui nofou
Corresponding Secretary-Nin n.
Elisabeth MAris, WilmiDRton.
Recording Secretary--Mlss Matte 7.
Jobuaon. Wilmin0to nal