Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1890-02-11

~ D0oistys oeor8e O'NeaI, President
eod Jsmes Monaghan, secretary, IRE.
solved, That this society tender TO "
1e1nbefs who may volunteer 10 defence
OF tneiv country all the rights which
eaen brnsncial msnber would otherwise
DO entitled to-" On May 7th Good In
tent Division, No 3. Sons OF Temper
amos, .Rssolssd, That any member Of
this division n good standing who may
volunteer 10 ne active service OF our
country shall b. kept 10 good standing
BY the =. Q. until the brother rsturus.
and shall be sutitlsd to benefits the sslne
% though ~ rsmained In the city," on
che 9th Of Nay, 1851, the relief com mites
Of the city appointed ward committees 10
facilitate the collection OF the fund which
bed been subscribed, - follows: First
ward, J. Morton Poole, J. BrinRhurst;
eecoad ward, Edward Moore, Thorn %
Titus; Third ward, J. A. Hunter. Edward
Bringhursti Fourth ward, John Rice, L.
H. Coxie, DR.. j. ,. Wilson; Fifth ward,
Joseph Pyle, J. N. Robinson.
Some OF the subscriptions to this fund
we're very liberal, and aided very matsrl :
ally TO encourage snlistments. In June.
1864. two hundred families derived bone.
tite from the ''RsIief Fund" the amount
paid out per week being about $3.50.
On May II. Jefferson Lodge. No, Q. I,
o. Q. r., Resolved, That In case any
members Of this lodge leave in rsspopse
TO their eountvy's call, this Lodge
pledges TO keep ssid members In good
standing and 70 protect their familIea
from suffering sad want during their sb-
sence, provided said members ere not In
arrears to this lodge at the Time Of thsil
IN Mo- "A xSyu-s.u..~ v>..... ~
I. Sons Of Temperance, ssResoivsd.
That any momber of this Divisisu, who
has or may 70, unteer his services 70 tLo
General Governmsut during tho pressn /
crisis, shall be sxoneTatsd from his due .
during eaid term Of service, provided be
retain his pledge inviolate, and shall, In
case OF aickness or death, be entitled to
the regular benefits Of the division"
On May Is, Company D, First Regi.
ment, Delaware Volunteers james
Green, captain, passed resolutions thank
Ing the patriotic ladies' OF Ct Paui's M,
=. Church, "for their valuable services
In making up the uniforms and clothing
Of said COMPANY About the same
time the ladies Of Wilmington prcsente d
to the members Of Institute Hall, beau
t'ul Tag. The presentation speech was
made By Hon. Judge Houston. The
response was By Char Is b. Lore. The
musical exercises were under tho direc
tion Of Mr.. Triggs. On May IL, . beau.
tiiul lag was raised on St. Mary's Col
ls9e.
Church contributed thirty-four ($34) to
purchase blankets for the 80 diers. Al
the same time st. Paups N. 4. On urcb,
ksv. NJ. Murphy. pastor, contributed
sixty dollars (t60) for the same purpose.
st. Mary's 3. O. Church, Rev. Mr.. Reil.
10y. pastor, also contributed forty-four
dollars GA which was handed ~ Mrs.
Lee, Mrs. Canby aud Mrs. LaMotte. The
ceremonies ct the Central PresbytsriSu
Church ON the morning Of July 4th were
attended by Company A, Captain Gtur
gis, 81 men; City Guards, Captain An.
drews, Is men; Company b, Captain
Window, 80 men; Brandywine Guards
Captain Febiger, 81 men. The whole
under command Of Captain Feb'Rer,
arrived In font OF the church at 10. 80,
aud having stacked arms In the street,
entered the church and filled the midd.t
block Of pews. Among the frst Govern.
ment contracts given to WILMINGTON wal
one for building the steam boilers, en- ginel
and machinery Tor the United Ststel
slo0p-of. war "Juniata," then being con.
structed ut the Philadelphiss Navy Yard.
Il was awarded In September, 1861, tt
Messrs. Pussy, Jones 4 Company, and
amounted to about 500, 900. Among
the frat vessels sold to the Government,
OF Wilmington manufacture, was thu
side.w steamer "Deiawars," built by
the MessrA Harlan, HoIliugsworth 4
Company. This enisrprising firm bull
some OF the most historic gun-boats and
monitors mentioned In our naval history
Among them may be mentioned the
monitors "PAtapsco," "Haagus," ''Ns.
pa" and others
JosEph OSBORNE.
Wilmington, Delaware, February 10th,
1890.