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At Alexandria, now the great rail-

We would suggest to our confreres
OF the Press, that before any further
invitations are extended to immi.
grants we ascertain If they can reallu
buy these lands to sohich zoe call them
1t Is true they can buy, but Il Is
equally true that the price is out of
all proportion, and has been fixed. in
truth. at such = figure a. to actually
bar immigration. If the price asked
for lands is any criterion we don't
want immigration, inuch.-Natchito-
ches Vindicator.
A very timely and pertinent suc-
gestion. We have been led into ex-
tending Wholesale ivitation to i'm
migrants to this parish, but very
much fear our own zeal in the matter
has given moro color TO the picture
than it really hes. It is true that
most If not all the real valuable lands
in the parish have been taken MP,
and are held at very high prices
when IT comes to selling but these
same lands become suddenly depre-
'iated in value when tax paying tiroe |
arrives. Still. there are thousands |
If aces Of good tillable lands that |
an be bought for song, while in |
'ome instances valuable river lands
md creek bottoms can be had at
fgurea
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GRAsr PARISH. Sept. %, 1881.
Editor Chroniele: ~
l notice considerable inquiry as TO
how and who are to hold the eiect;on
10 November next Be Il remem-
oered, therefore, that in the event
OF the failure Of any officer to dis
charge his duties in election mater
whether it be the police iurors tbe
commissioners of election the recia-
trar OF voters, the sheriff or baiiffs
OF any other Office or set of officers.
the people can, on election dav. as.
semble at the usual place of voting
and, finding no box, baliff nor com.
missioners. they then and there bsyu
Inc sovereign right to improvise :
box, elect their commissioners. Who
can swear themselves in as such
elect their own baliff and clerk Il
they want one. and proceed with the
election as If all the proper oflcers
had discharged their various dutiea.
such election viii be lust al Local
Ind binding as it would be II held
y commissioners legally appointed.
This is the law. The people CANNOT
70 deprived Of their sovereign rioht
Q vote by the failure Of any officer
whatever. I do not say that sny-
hing has been neglected, for I do
lot know that il has. Yours very
respectfully. On CAsr-Osz.
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TIE RALRoAD BRrDaE.-The frame
work having been completed and the
hosting apparatus adjusted, the
work OF putting down the iron of the
first span was begun Yesterday NOR
ning. IL is surprising how easily
such heavy material IL handled. TO
the uninitiated the pieces come up
like the capstone Of the Temple, but
they are soon found TO be Just the
thing needed to perfect the beauty of
design, and as vassar girl would
say. "too lovely for anything" The
masonry OF piers one and two goes
on with an unceasing ring, and rises
loot By foot from day to dsy.-Mon-
roe Bulletin.
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Su11s1 OkFICK, New Orleans. La..)
August "a, 1881.
To the Sherifs, Assessors and Tax Coll.ct-
ors Of the State Of Louisiana:
Gengemen-In view Of the MANY
and grave defects in our laws reouls.
ting assessment and collection Of tax-
es and licenses and in order to enable
the assessors and tax collectors 70
meet and consider these defeota ana
to suggest such changes a. NAV -
their judgment be deemed necessary:
and in order, further, to enable The
members OF the General Assembly -
avail themselves Of counsel and in.
formation from officers employed IN
the assessment and collection Of taxea
and licenses, and who are familisr
with the practical operation and de-
fects of the present statutes. I re-
specially recommend that the as.
SCISSORS and tax collectors Of the STATE
do assemble in the Senate Chamber
OF the State house in New Orleans.
on Wednesday, the 18th day of o..
tober, at IL o'clock M. for the mr.
pose above stated. II Is to be hoped
hat every sheriff, assessor and COL
lector viii attend this highly impor-
ant conferences, unless prevented by
Extraordinary circumstances or insn-
'erable obstacles. You can render
o the State no service more useful
" patriotic than your help to perfect
md establish plain, just, equitable,
inform snd efectios system of as
essment and collection of taxes. I
ave the honor TO remain, your ODE
lient servant, LoUIs A. Wmrz,
Governor.
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CDaily States1

A number OF our country contem-
poraries are persistent in their de-
mand for an extra session of the
Legislature. With the assumption
OF the reins Of government by Lieu
tenant-G Governor McHenry, during
the absence from the State of Gov.
Witt. the agitation of the question
is revived BY the Madison Journal,
which says:
"As Gov. Witt has not shown a
disposition to call an extra session
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Subscribe for the CzsoMcLz.
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Has removed into his New Brick Store.
near the Ferry Landing, where he has
opened one of the largest and best select
ca Stock 81 Goods ever brought to that
place. His stock of
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of the Legislature, which has been
demanded by almorst every section
OF the country, now would be a good
time for Acting Governor McEnery
to get in Highlander, and yield to
the demand of the people by calling
an extra session.
The views of Governor McEnerv
upon this question have not vet been
publicly expressed SO far as we are
informed. But we doubt not his at
tention will soon be given to this
subject, the gravity of which can not
fail to impress him.
The convocation of the sheriffs. as
SCISSORS and tax-collectors of the State.
by Gov. Wiltz, to consider the defects
IN the present law regulating the
assessment of property and the col
lection OF taxes. with the view of |
obtaining from these experienced Of |
hciais some well digested and care
fully prepared system, to be incorpo- |
rated into q law that will secure a
prompt. correct and full collection of |
the State taxes, is indicative of the
very serious necessity of doing some
thing to relieve the State from its
embarrassment in the matter of its
revenues. The end of the year is
rapidly approaching, and the time
Ior making new assessment prepar-
atory to the collection of the taxes
Tor 1882 is near at hand, and the
of some Liquidation that win
remove the obstacles that have inn
peded the State officials in the dis
'harge OF their duties is generally
conceded.
An experience Of two years has
'iven the assessors and taA collectors I
u opportunity to discover the MANY
ELECTS IN the existing revenue laws b
md qualified them to make such il
uggestions and propose such amend. b
aents as will secure the enactment o
I law that will prove efficient. G
qutable and complete in its opera v
ion and in remedying the glazing O
eject OF the laws e they are now Il
!, force. O
In connection with this subject Gov. Il
lcEnery's attention will be called to s<
'e fact that with the 31st of Decem- a
er next all appropriations for tia m
'nduct OF the State government win Il
Zpire. The regular session of the b
legislature does not occur uplil the ca
'cond Monday in May, 1882. In ell
70 meantime not q dollar can be th
avn from the Treasury, nor war Ell
mt issued for any salary or expense hs
CURED after the 3lst Of December. 81
ow much the government will be an
EMBARRASSED by such state Of affairs BY
apparent to every one. II
1t can only be averted BY an extra be
ssion OF the Legislature, to be held to
me time before the frat of Decem- VT
: at the latest. By that time the tn
" State house at Baton Rouge viii no
ready for occupation, and the rel
ecial subjects of Legislation. to be
signated by tho Governor in his M
oclamation, can be propely consid-
ID and speedily acted upon. This ]
believe to be the only satisfactory
position that can be made of the 10
pending difficulties that threaten
affairs of State.
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many Of which will especially please the
Ladies, was selected with great care, as
was also his large stock of
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Breech-loading shot guns, of Colt
and other makers, also rifles, pistols,
and muzzle-loading guns, always in
stock at FEReusoN & ScHNAcK's,
Alexandris.
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PANE, cRAFToM = LApp.

afforHeys-df-Low and Solicitors of american
and Foreign Patents.
4l2 FIFTH STREET. WASHINGTON, d. C.
Practice Patent Law in all its branches
IN the Patent Office and in the Supreme
ana Circuit Courts Of the United States.
Pamphlet sent free on recipe Of stamp
for postage.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
THE NEW RAILROAD SCHEME
NO NEW DEVELOPMENTS.

AS charters Tor new railroad be-
tween Philadelphia and Baltimore are
valuable for sale and transfer, would it
not be we'll for the Legislature to pass
one without the "Granger clause" fix
price for it, and leave 1t with State
Treasurer for sale the proceeds there
OF to be given to the free schools?
The Philadelphia papers continue to
publish daily sorts of rumors about
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, es-
pecially about the building of a new
road from Baltimore to Philadelphia
to connect with the Bound Brook
route. The Philadelphia Times of
yesterday had an article of some length
which says that "Mr. Garrett has re-
solved to secure an independent route
to New York, and does not intend to
avail himself of the conciliatory dispo-
sition OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company to give transportation over
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore Railroad at minimum ex-
pense." The Times also says that
"although an arrangement has Ger
tainly been made by Mr.. Garrett with
Colonel McComb for the transfer of a
majority of its stock il ls very doubt
full If it will be made use of at all. 1t
is what is known as a granger char er, ;
providing that the rate of transporta-
tion for both freight and passengers
shall be fixed by law, and no road with
such restrictions could compete with
another untrammeled. Whatever di-
rection may be taken this side of the
Susquehanna river, it is conceded on
all hands that Port Deposit will be the
objective point at which to cross the
river. Almost the whole of any route
+ ON Baltimore to Port Deposit would
be cheaply constructed So far as the
right of way is concerned. The fact
10 well known that the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company has had engi-
neers out for several weeks making
surveys of two or three possible routes,
which is the most feasible.
TIL" cne which appears to be the most
practices o is the rsats suggested some
lims ago by Edward &. knight, of this
city, formerly president OF the New
Jersey Central Road. This involves
simply the building OF some fifty miles
Of road frsm opposite PoTt Deposit 10
Downington, there meeting the Chester
Valley branch of The Reading Railroad,
which with little Strengthening froA
Edge Hill to Jenkintown, the southern
terminus of the Bound Brook Road,
would give line few miles shorter
than the Philadelphia, WILMINGTON and
Baltimore, but would not give an entry
for passengers into Philadelphia. Arrange
lnents for bringing In freight and passen-
gers would have to be made With the
Reading Railroad. This route, ii is
es imaled, could be built for flve millions
of dollars. Officers of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company admit that the Balti-
more aud Ohio Railroad Company has
determined upon building an opposition
road"
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
The 9aiIy Sazette.
FIRST EDITION.
n Probable FutaL Shot.

About 4 o'clock yesterday after.
noyn, Edward Hehar, a moulder in
Pickel's foundry over Eleventh
street bridge, accidently shot him
self while carelessly handling re-
volver. He was visiting the house
of Thomas Rowe, on Heald street,
and while sitting in the parlor con-
versing wIlh Edward Rowe, son
of Mr.. Rowe, he amused himself
by handling the pistol, and swapping
it.
Mrs. Rowe happened to go into
the parlor, and when she saw Hehar
handling the pistol she demonstrated
with him for SO doing. lie remarked
to her "why there is nothing in it,
look here" and suiting the action
TO the words he pointed the revol-
yer at his head and pulled the trig-
ger. Almost simultaneously there
was loud report, and Hehar stag
gered and fell to the floor. He was
picked up and removed TO a lounge,
and DIR. Blocksom was sent for
Upon arriving he made an examlna-
tion and found that the ball had en-
tered the right cheek, aud lay en-
bedded in the bone. He decided
that it was best not to probe for the
ball at the present time, but he did
all in his power TO alleviate the sui
ferin2s OF the unfortunate man.
1t is difficult to tell at the present
time how the wound will result, but
the physician thinks that he will re-
cover with careful nursing.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
WILMINGTON. DEL. MONDAY MARCH o. 1881.

Titus: "Wbo gave himself for us that he
night redeem US from all iniquity and
purify unto himself pecliar people
jealous of good works.
The folio wing were ordained elders of
the afternoon service: w. w. w. Wilson
Snow Hill. Md; Walter Il. Avery,
Rockland, Del e. O. Adkins, Galveston. i.
Dorchester coun,y, Md; Lewis u An
drew, Camden, Del, and j. 9. Hanna,
Port Deposit, Cecil County, Md.
The. BU ven COMMITTEES will report to-
morrow, TO remand the charges tack TO
the quar- erly conference of the Princess
Anne Circuit for trial.
The committee TO whom was referred
the charges against the Rev. Isaac n
Foreman will report tomorrow. After
a careful and exhaustive consideration
of the case, the committee have decided
that the charges have mol been sustain
ed. This judgment acqhits him and
centiDue1 him in his present conference
relations.
Owing to the bad weather, the con-
templated excursion TO Rehoboth was
postponed till Tomorrow afternoon.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
Local Lanes.

City Council will hold an adjourn
meeting this evening.
A regular meeting of the Board of
Health will be held this evening.
The water in the BrandywIne has
again inundated the lowlands opposite
Thatcher Island.
The Historical Society will hold its
regular monthly meeting this evening at
I 30 O'clock.
The eolored workmen on the new rail-
way are not known by their names, but
by numbers.
No police cases this morning.
Very high tides in the Brandywine
aud Christlana, Saturday and Sunday.
James Cullen Bryant will lecture in
the Opera House on The 27th inst, his
subject being "Our Country's Curse"
]. Alexander Fulton, of Dover, offers
a liberal reward for the return of his
nogket book that was either lost or stolen
on Thursday last, to the Farmers bank
in this city.
The sun crossed the line yesterday and
this is the second day OF Spring.
There are very large number of eel
lars throughout the city hlled with
water.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
THE LEGISLATIVE VISIT.
HOW THE STATE soLoNs WILL BIZ RE-
CEIvED ON WEDNESDAY NEXT.

now THE STATE soLoNs WILL BIC RE-
CEIvED ON WEDNESDAY NEXT.
In acceptance Of All invitation rendered
by The Board of Education the members
of the General Assembly Of Delaware will
visit this city on Wednesday for the pur
pose of inspecting the Public schools.
The visitors will arrive here al 80
O'Clock Wednesday morning and will pro-
baby be accompanied by the Governor,
Secretary of State and other public OIL
cials at Dover, who have been invited.
They vii be met al the Depot by com
mittees OF tho School Board and CITY
Council, and al once taken ar"und to
the public schools selected for the day.
The inspection will end al school No. /,
about one o'clock, after which the visi-
tors will board a tug at Kiug street wharf
aud take ride up the Christlana, from
its mouth AS far as the pulp works, touch
ing at the Harlan Il Hollingsworth Com
pany's ship yard and other manufacture
ing establishments aiong The stream. At
three O'Clock the visitors and other in
vited guests will be dined at | he Clayton
House. They will return to Dover on
the go p. m, train.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
WAR ON SOCIALLS rs.

LONDON, March 2O.-The Agence
Russo of st. Petersburg says the initia-
tive taken some time ago by Spain for
effscting an understanding among the
Powers, with a view TO united action
against the common enemy, the inter
rationale, is expected to have practical
result. This is probable, not only be-
cause the conscience of governments and
peoples revolts against the recent assas-
sination, following as it does the at
tempts on the lives of the Emperor Will
liam and King Humbert and King Al
fonso, but also because proofs exist that
the assassination of the Gar was plann-
ed by the Internatlonale. At the in
stance of the Russian Minister at Co
penhagen the editor of socialist news
paper has been arrested and will be
prosecuted for insulting Russia.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
INTENSIVE PUBLIC SALE
ia OF
REAL, ESTATE

Under the auspices of the h Alp, CITY:
MECH ANICS and WORKINGMEN'S
Loan Associations of the city, at the
salesroom OF Gregg 4 Pierce basement
of the Clayton House building, on SAT
URDAY, March 26th, 1881, at o'clock
sharp. as follows:
FOR THE AID LOAN ASSOCIATION.
No. |. Frame dwelling. $40 Spruce
No. q Frame dwelling, sl2 spruseI
| street, lot l0z8U feet.
No. 3. Frame dwelling, north side of
| Beech street. between Maryland Avenue
and Van Buren street, lot 1514x61 &.
No 4, Same as No. and adjoining.
Nc. 5. Three story brick dwelling, l04
Z. Twelfth street, lot l515x82.
No. 8. Three story frame dwelling,
sheathed with iron, on the south side OF
Twenty third street, west of Market st..
No. i. Three story brick dwelling,
No. 727 Madison street, lot l3-l1x9O feet.
FOR THE CITY LOAN ASSOCIATION.
No. 9. Three story brick dwelling.
Front street, west of Clayton, lot Ex75 n
No. 9. Adjoining above and same size.
Nos. 8 and 8, Ax70 feet.
No. IL. Lot on Jackson street, north OF
Shallcross avenue, 2Oxle0.
FOR THE MECHANICs' LOAN Asso-
CITATION. .
No. Il, Large store and mandatory,
224 Market street.
No, 10. Three. story brick dwelling, 82S
Madison sti eet, lot I4-l0 SO feet.
No, ii, Brick dwelling, 255Shipley street.
lot 2l-6 front, Lob deep, and 1862 at the
rear.
No I5, Two brick houses on Mcguire
street, in Christiana village, New Castle
county, Del.
FOR THE WORTNGMEN,s LOAN AS
ISOLATION.
No. 49, Lot on south side of Sixth street,
west of Jackson street, 3Sxl2S feet.
No IT, Lot N. w. corner OF Sixth and
Rodney streets, l00xl2S feet.
No. 49, Three story brick dwelling, NO.
S23 Walnut street, lot l5-6x60.
No. 10, Brick dwelling, No. e. Flfteenth
street, lot 36x72.
No. 20, Brick store and dwelling, No. al
Shipley street, lot 27xS6-S.
For further particulars see posters.
Terms made known at sale. -
"a JOSEPH G. SEEDS,
Presideht Aid Loan Ass ociatlon.
Z. X. era WFORD,
President City Loan Association.
DENNIS MENTION
President Mechanics Loan Association.
ID. II. KENT,
President Workingmen's Loan Asso'n.
L. w. STIDHAM IL Son, Auctioneers.
mar2l-5t.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
EDITION
A HEAVY EXPLOSION.
A BLOW UP IN THE ROLLING MILL.
OF THE LOWER POWDER WORKS.

A BLOW UP IN THE ROLLING MILL
OF THE LOWER POWDER WORKS.
An explosion occurred shortly af
ter nine O'Clock, this morning, in
the rolling mill of the lower or Hag
ley yard of the DUPONT powder
works. The explosion, as felt in
this city, was not marked by par
ticularly heavy shock, b At the re
port was unusually loud, while the
heavy cloud of smoke that was I'm
mediately after observed up the
Brandywine, gave rise to an impres
sion that the accident was attended
with serious results.
An investigation showed that no
one was injured by the explosion,
though the mill was shattered and
the roof blown off into the creek
No person Is allowed in the rolling
mill except during the time it is ne
cessary to remove the rolled pow
der and put in fresh supply. The
time for making this change was be
tween 9:30 and 10 O'Clock, and had
the explosion been delayed few
minutes loss of life might have re
suite d.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21

They are rough on poets in Chicago,
witnesseth the following
Three poets came sailing down Dearborn
street,
All into the south as the sun went down;
Each felt that the editor loved him best,
AID would say that his slush was the
best in town.
For poets must write tho the editors
frown,
The no-account cusses will not be put
down
While their gentle muse is booming.
Three corpses lay up in the EDITORS
room
Jast after the first spring sun went down,
And the press sat down to q banquet
grand
In honor OF the poets no more in town.
For poets will write while editors sleep.
Though they've nothing to earn and no
one to keep;
Aud the editors club keeps moving.
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
CONFERENCE NOTES.
INTERESTING PROCEEDINGS OF sATuR-
DAYS SESSION.


LEwEs, March 10.-Conferenee
opened at 8 o'clock, this morning, with
the usual exercises.
Rev. p. Rawlins conducted the de-
votiohal exercises. The committee to
whom was rsferren the case of j.. M.
Lindale, reported in his favor, and, on
motion, he was admitted into full con-
nection and elected to deacon's orders.
The claims of Wesleyan Female Col
lege were presented in forcible
speech by President j. M. Williams,
and Prof. r. III. Skinner set forth the
condition Of the Conference Academy.
The following were elected elders w.
w. W. Wilson, w. e. Avery, Lewis
G. Andrew, Edwin q. Atkins. q. d.
Q. Hanna was elected to be local ell
der.
w. J. O'Neill presented paper on
camp-nsetings, whieh vas referred to
O'Neill, Sypherd, Hill, Hutchins,
Browne. The bishop was invited to
have printed in the minutes his re-
marks upon Christian perfection, con-
tained in his address of yesterday to
the dsacons who were admitted. Rev.
DR.. Rounds presented the claims of the
Centenary Biblical Institute
The Board OF Conference Stewards
made their report thl ough Rev. T. II.
Haynes. The money was distributed
to LWenty.seVen claimants
The daily gazette., 1881-03-21
A ma use nAents.
THE pERFoNMANcu SATURDAY EvENIN

THE PERFORMANCE SATURDAY EVENING
No doubt expecting TO see good per-
formanee large sized audien . assem-
oied Ia the Opera House to sec the per
formanee OF .Around tho World In
Eighty Days" IL had been announced
That ii would be presented on grand
scale, with nIagn ificent scenic effects, and
d large ballet. To say the audience was
disappointed would be saying very little,
instead of the play being presented In
nanner that 1t should have been IL was
miserable failure. Judging from the
company IL appeared ns though IT was "A
snap company gathered together hastily
Tor the purpose OF running down from
PHILADELPHIA and making a few dollars
apiece. Not one OF the company had any
ability whatever, and X. keane, who
essayed the haracter of Phineas Fogg, the
leading part In the play. Was the greatest
stick that has ever appeared upon the
Opera House stage. Instead OF IL being
presented with home degree OF accuracy,
it was run as broad burlesque.
oLIyETTE.
The new and successful opera OF oil
vette" will be presented al the Opera
House this evening for the nrsl time IN
this city. The company that Will appear
in the opera IN IA good one, aud includes
most of those who presen ted the "Chlmes
OF Normandy under the management OF
Gharlis ford. OF the opera the Springfield
kMass.) Republican says:
The hrht presentation of "OliVette' IN
this city was given last night to an audi
ence which comfortably flied Music Hall,
and whose interest was awakened at the
start and Increased until the end. II is a
very diverLing work, with complicated
Out amusing story, several grotesqne
characters, plenty of funny sayings
and situations, and bright music out OF
which sparkles now and then 4 number
which lives III the memory TO be hummed
At odd times ior days after. MIR. Ford's
-ompmy Is very good one: the chorases
were dashed on with the yigor and pre-
c sion of pracLiced familiarity. and nc
part Jagged, while the principals won In
slant s. mpathy.
The opera Will be repeated tomorrow
| evening,