The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-06-13

contempt and 70 punish him with an arbitrary
issSo Sor PERSONAL liberty n e our ir9 conssitstlon.;
MT. Greys general Somsrhs, which he %%id not
statemont that he thought the most wise and
knowing Of all authsrs was DR., Sam johnson.
nspnGI,siw M n. r1pv,to ~ NE RoI1 ~ t'hsp' o' Inc
/ wss dssirogs Of learning something about the
"TYour progonitors moved up to NewcssuoS
we'll, about q thousand acres OF land on which
my grandfather lived on g. Jones's Greek, near
n IsSin, an. III s Tsnt e fso the I UniiSSSr ii im Of b RsS,n 1o,I:
try. of Delt ware near Newark, where tho Presby.
terians had an ancient academy. Ny father was
owned OWEN dpfSS BY SSi. K sR w sho Of ff the 6sisw 1Sr% Tsai.
meIt After he left Princeton In 1921 no
castle and lived there the remainder OF his lite
and married Miss Schofeld, who was from tao
SsflsSS Of Gem In sStSer M isS% pr %g %Ssh0 in I re Yss rn %I
Eays and ssnal and college of tho State till his
:" A there not some relics Of momen at old
Yes, II was the New Amsterdam Of tho
t RSS,S"s at & sS1f%au Gs S Whose Du! Nor fR" River wa" as
called In distipcti9n from The South River OF
D's'a TSss T Ss sss .st SSsR: ss %ilSiS S%DlF'ii in 1888.
Peter Stuyvessnt in 1851 built a fort at New
castle, which became tho concentrating settle
the Swodes seized the fort in 1859, stuy vcsant
senS an expedition from New YORK: as told in
captured Newcastle for. good. A considerable
Dutch and Swedish ndmixture remains in Della.
period. Around Fort cssimiGr grew up New
Amstel, tho oldest town on the Delaware, which,
SSnsoe Gs N IN lSst BY Sn sh9 !, E wss Tho 'G Rnrl iss
provlnSIel seat for the Territories IT. r On the Della.
twig. water and soil, Oct. 90, 1892
.DelSwars has a composite population and
It's society was SO we'll determined that the
later colonists Of Penn found they did not get
after some years Of alternate peace and pouting,
DelsTsre in i7ot was a =. n,uSit to BY v The mutual nv aMn
Rsssmsiy at e N : ssRarsiIs p' Tse town %' OF b Dover.
ty.oight years after Nowcastle: We had an old
pulled down in 1884. Part Of the house where
house at Newcastle has q very indistinct an
t!quity. Our finest dwelling is that built by
ton, 4 dno brick. with a gallery on it's roof top
and the finest specimen OF COLONIAL architecture
! know, The Constitution rSs N Of d Pe > Rs was said aid
siGner. at Newcastle, and the, present house is
reared upon the colonial site"
State, but we lack a history with the Inspiration
formation nor feeling. The chronicle Of events
In an old State Is only the material for its history
SfsSFe ous tSSffe 10 embr 1nae tSa the Of h the Psn IN pSia"'
What Is the Peninsula OF Delaware =
1t consists of all that country between the
counties OF Virginia, the three in Delaware. and
IN h,G pe la ksts'i is5 600 Stsf IN & &SPSianin and an i 1000
in Virginia. These people, numbering nearly
material nUT I Interests Rae9 T r and would make eAi a Seaat h&i
and influential State. ! often regret that when
| fhn yynr md mazda tyyn Stnfn9 out Of VIRGINIA
they did not make one State out Of the PENN
sule and call it ~ u
made a compSnsating State and stretched Mary
probably Of Maryland pEii.n and % Il also, in thss
peninsula, have wished this result often. Mary.
political equities. Since the war no eastern
shore Yirg1pian goes to Congress. Delaware
presents PRESENTS, John Gr T;c M. PS.sy5sen or wi, I, IF B 6,Ssr as1 r.,
"Have you ever made the tour Of the whole
Not till a year or two ago did I see the beau
tiful Maryland counties with their wide rivers
and serene and intelligent people. went there
on an excursion e open a railroad from the
Chesapeake TO the Delaware Bay. The two Viz
s esRasd iG 9Seil people hsT a. n Cousins ass Of a. oa "1i' 's ssSR i,
1isio ssi' Ines made a. , SaiS'a upon %s' he scside SS o. d
"Wiii Baltimore ever get directly to sea by
c~analing through the Delaware peninsula
Of ~ course north. or 400 miles, equal to tht
chess sssSs IL and t bel Is 70 e cs saaf' Would saf PfSs &c sR,
"Bu. .b1t enters the Delaware still nifty miles
rn he s, + the cs ,Ssifs; a aaGSE U e to p aia ID sS1IS:
ing and has done faithful service since II wa,
H idsa snd a s ssss about " ! a %s'S cSSo' KY fssSeT % ~s'
What is tho rank OF the Bayards relatively T.
The first James A; Bayard, who,dIed in 1913
both OF them Senators. Of whom l knew james
A. the second, and ne certainly was 2 remark
MGe' had nb SO iindcpendence Of mental contro
and was fearless and deep. He was a lawyer
among the greatest. He also loved sport. Hi'
face was something out OF old centuries, wheI
Thomas. or Tom Bayard. ,inheriting the menta
tf1s most Versatile atail.es.o5 Of u the . family. and spannet
the widest variety Of public occupations-sena
in all an active, decided quantity. He had 1881
votes for President in 1880. yet he was Al be
t tRe' ss eet yssr With Sqtia'IEEdd m mum IS. T conE 9Hfn ap snt
Blaine. all of whom he survived in the publ
employment. A hne succession OF American
Ministers In England has left Bayard at no dc
THIS temperament and color are of the san
Ruine sortf'
ment TO his work that l sometimes feared h
would break down. All that he does is done witt
al Mn WI ~ mao " ~ IA
however, to his physical condition, and. an ath
lete in his youth. he still retains the physica
strength of q well.regulated life. Lowell OF on
foreign Ministers was . wonderful man. / thin
he had Tennyson's gift and culture of language
with more power Of poetical thought, perhaps.
:" recollect seeing at Newcastle a queer lette
OF Benedict Arnold's."
!, I'VE had two old men there named Booth an
!. Rodgers, who preserved from an early dat
I State letters and papers. That which you speaI
Of was an order o~rletter from Washington, I
Arnold. at the pitch OF Arn0ld's treason. sayinI
that AT 8 O'Clock no would go down the river
Arnold writes, upon II significantly, Down tn
i river at nine Our colonial and revolutionar
papers were carried Oft to New York by KnyI
t hansen at the time Of the battle OF Brandywint
i a mess in the loft OF one OF the public Offices"
are to have q new Constitution, the hrt
Y In two generations T.
. The first since 1881. when John NJ. Clayton
who long ruled tho State, made a Constitution
: and made It so difficult to change it that he sal
he had locked IL up and thrown tho key out {
the window. This Constitution they think c
, ,,promulgating.' as none Of our Constitution
have been voted upon by the people. thin
this should be done, however"
1 How many inhabitantsh has Wilmington r.
"prOhahly In nNO hut ~ has nayar had p a nj