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PASSAGE OF THE ELEVENTH WARD
BILL-THE LOTTERY BILL-GENER
Al, NOTEa.

! PASSAGE OF THE ELEVENTH WAhD
BILL-THE LOTTERY BILL-GENER
AL NOTES.
Correspondence OF Gazette.
DOVER, Del, April 6.-An awful cal
amity happened 20 my letter, this MORN
ing 1t was given to the cbar.e of rusty
messenger, IN order that IL might be de-
livered at the GAZETTE Office sooner
than by gong through the mail, but the
trusty messenger entirely forgot this part
Of his errand and actually brought the
letter back to Dover in his pocket.
The House, this morning, passed the
Eleventh Ward bill-by strict party
vote OF IA TO first atlixing thereto the
amendment changing the time for hold
ing the city election from September to
June. This amendment was one ed in
accordance with the desire of the majori-
ty Of the Wilmington City Council Com
miltee, as 1t effected the change asked
Tor by the City Council as completely as
new bill would have done, and with
less troHble.
The bill was read twice IN the Senat 9
this afternoon, referred TO special COM
mttee consisting of Messrs. McWhorter,
Cooper ard Horsey, and will doub less
be passed tomorrow morning, Repre-
sentative Bradford opposed the bill in
the House, in briei speech, debate hay-
ing previously been limited.
Under the provisions of this bill, as 1t
now stands, there will be 10 election III
Wilmington next September. Will the
people complain much at this think
not.
Tonight the House special committee
on vice and iumorality held session
for consideration Of the "lottery BILL"
which, among other things, prohibits the
printing Of lottery tickeis i'll tins State.
AS these tickets are printed in the office
Of VIM. ID. Maxwell, in Wilminglo on,
, that gentleman, OF course feels qul an
interest in the measure, and was repre-
? sented before the Committee A gumenis
, were made by John b. Pennington, Esq,
for the bill, and by 5. A. Macallisler,
VIM. G.. Whiteley,aud John II. PSynter,
Esqs., and others against it. The COM
miLtee will report the bill to the House
without recommendation, and its defeat
IL regarded as cer' ain.
: The Wilmington school bill, as passed
4 by the House, is very satisfactory
! measure. 1t authorizes Council to Issue
D bonds to the amount Of 500, ,0OO-Ie-
: deema5le IS, ,p00 per annum for the
erection OF new school houses. As Coun-
Gil is not compelled to issue the bonds,
the whole matter can be salts actorily
j.. adjusted in Wilmington, where it ought
. 10 be.
: The Senate, TO day, refused to make
an appropriation for the sugar beet ln-
3 dustry, but passed joint resolution al
y lowing Geo. v. Massey, and j. l.. Wal
u colt, E.qs., $500 apiece for drawing he
bill 10 refund the Stale debt.
2 The passage Of the liquor bill does
7. not give the utmost satisfaction TO any
10 one. The temperance men are dis
n satisfied because it is not that which
p was petitioned for by $4,000 votors ol
= the State. The hisksy men are moi
content because under it Cat least in
is the city OF Wilmlngton) as much
~ illicit selling may be INDUCED in as
under the old law. Judge Comegys
+ is not wi hout his share of censure for
- the suggestions given or as they (the
n liquor men) say, "for the hand he had
d in it," There was warm opposition,
DR.. Tomlinson who voted for the loca
q option bill was one Of the warmest ad
y vocates of the opposition-it was not
y. " what the people petitioned for. I. N
Williams voled for it although he
d. voted against the local option bill
3 The special bill for the city of Will
Z mIngton il being pressed. Why viii
!" lninston should not have a special aei
= we cannot sec. The present law al
n. we'll as the old law curlailed illicit sell
ss ing in the country towns but in tn,
L. city it Increased the unlicensed sale o.
y intoxicating drink. This, as the fact
~ y disclose, sufficiently demonstrate thu
Al a, fact that general laws are not alwayi
m Seneficial and that the principle o
nt local self government is the only
ts criterion of effective legislation
Should law be passed restricting the
~ sale of whiskey IN the city of Viii
~ ', mlngton-ss the temperance men Gay
or it must be sold-then intemperanct
n would be to a degree suppressed anc
Oh the houses in which it is sold be mort
th respectable. AS it is no" many low
'k "a Ugeries deal out poisonous droughti
:, without sanction of law and agains
Al common decency. The morals of thu
city are lowered, crimes increase ant
the tax rate higher.
The two bills relating to election
aud ballots introduced in he Senat
Tuesday, have received but little com
mbHb DeCduoo vi LnC OhOA y
Of Mr.. Bradford and his colleagues Il
put upon the Legislature purely po
ne litical bill calculated to redoaDd TO thu
I'd benz fit of the Republican party.
I'd Mr.. Register and others made brie
I'd remarks against the bill, after which
Id it was killed.
N Here is an item penned for my let
" ter Of yesterday, which 80 sadly mis-
m carried "Col. VIM. g. Whiteley i
ae now in the wilda of Kenton Hundred
30 as guest OF he Hon. James Williams
,d He will return tomorrow 10 resume hs
ne official duties"
l don't want to be egotistical, bu
"a some say this is the best joke OF th
20 session.
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