Daily Republican., 1881-11-05
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DAVIS Birthplace - PodloF'a
Lans-Coansy Crsps-ToOperanca
Another CRank-6aulseau Ae,
Correspondents sf the Republican.
MKssks EDIroRs.-I left your city
the fore part Of the week, In answer u
An invitation from down the Peninsula
Went down on The Delaware road as
far ~ MiddlstOwn whore changed
cars for EArville, Md. On my way
down met . lawyer on the train, who
WAS Stalwart Of the Stalwarts, and
WAS sorry to hear him speak so lightly
Of President Garfield.
am now on the soil where David p.
Davis, who Ia speaker of the Senate,
was born. | was surprised to find
that he Il = relative OF my family. and
cousin to the celebrated Henry Winter
Davis. Ex-Governor and ex Senator
White. now elected Mayor of sal.imore,
weeks in advance. suggested for the
first time the name of David Davis for
the residency OF the Senate, a. com
promise between the two parties, and
expressed the opinion that both parties
could afford TO accept him, owing to the
fact that neither party had . legal
majority In the senate, nor a quorum Of
the same, and If no party can of itse' f
organize and do business, 1t can hardly
claim to be legal majority. Judge
Davis has always heen impartial and
independent, and can be trusted by
both parties. There was nothing per-
sonal to Mr.. Bayard In this movement
though ex-senator Davis is personal
friend Of Mr.. Conkling.
The place called Earlvills, was called
Peddle Lane, because OF st ,re 1t its
intersection, which did not have AZ
much stock on hand, - WAS In a ped.
dler's sack, who came along that way
once upon time. The place is now
more hcnOrably named Earlville, being
named after the Hon. George Earl.
It's y fine neighborhood in Sassafras
Neck, and the farms where the Davis
family lived are spread around and
many relatives are still here, Judge
Davis himselfowniDg farm in this dis
trict The wheat crop Is the ightes. for
many years. There 10 only about two.
thirds ofa corn crop, aid the wheat
springing up now is looking poorly.
1rhe price Of corn had gone down, but
is now slightly advancing, and will no
doubt command high figure soon,
owing to the short crop.
| noticsl in the Baltimore American,
the other day, that VIM. G. Mann, a
brother to Rev. j. B. Mann, former
pastor Of Union NJ. F.. Church, your
city, who disappeared from. his home
near Harper's Ferry, threc years ago,
and who was supposed to have been k u
klux@i, was recently recognized at
Everett, Pa. by a cousin, who sent
word by telegraph to Mann's wife, who
had long mourned him ~ dead Upon
receipt Of the telegram she FASTENED to
return to his home with her. Mann, al
the time Of his disappearance, shipped
on board u vessel at Baltimore as u car
pcnter.
The ladies' Of the Temperance Con-
vention, at Washington, visited Presi-
dent Arthur, and WAS to make a visit
to Mount Vernon to-day and then return
their thomes. Miss Willard, President
of the Union, presided at the meeting
in Lincoln Hall, which was large and
enthusiastic. Mrs. Mclaughlin made
d -!nging speech. She WAS followed by
Mrs. Mallory, Of Indiana, a journalist,
and one of the most eloquent and in
tercsting lady speakers in the country.
Among the many interesting anecdotes
rccited by her, she related the following
about celebrated character, a captain
of schooner in the Ohio river, who
vas Il noted sinner
This captain ran his schooner in on
sand bank, at Cairo, and sent word
to the christian leaders Of the town,
that he was under conviction for sin
and desired them to cone to his schoon-
or and hold a prayer meeting for his
benefit. Mrs. MaIloy, said the ladies
locked to the captains old Hulk in
large numbers, and were requested to
20 aft. They found the captain appar
entity very penitent but the ladies
weight soon il)ated the schooner
off the sand bar, and as soon as the cap
tain found that he was all right again,
he called out to them to get off the
beat, and the praye: meeting would be
postponed until the next trip. This
Mrs. Malloy said remin1ed her of the
two great political parties, as soon az
one of them got in close corner they
always called on the women to hold a
prayer meeting, and help them out, but
as soon as assistance was rendered they
would or. out "Wait till the next
trip" for thu pray yer meeting. We won't
wait any longer for either party said
Mrs. Malloy, we will organize a third
party, and bury the two old rotten par
ties beyond resurrection.
The Local option Law is acting like
charm in thi, state and in this coun-
ty, and am glad 10 believe that the
progressive teaching and laws of little
Delaware are acting wholesOm ely in
your state, and especially in Whining
ton. Let the executive officers by faith
full to their trust, and tho preachers in
the pulpit be faithful to their teachings
and the Temperance cause must pro-
gress and prevail.
see another crank has appeared in
Washington, demanding Office by au-
thority of Almighty God, and this time
not y lawyer but Doctor. see too
Guiteau has turned ont tc be a news
paper man and protector He went to
New York to get work on the lndepsnd-
ent and became the associate of Bowen,
Beecher and Tilton.
In an old letter to his father, written
in 1865, he gives his ideas about news
papers being destined to supercede
pulpit oratory and his father to become
an editor of such journal. He claims
that no is inspired in the employ of
Jesus Christ s. Co the very ablest and
strongest arm in the universe, who will
give him the requisite energy and abil.
ity to do his work we'll. In his second
letter written in 1867, two years later,
TO his father, he expresses the desire to