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Year: 1874

REHoBoTH BEACH AssocIATIoN-The
Semi annual Meeting of the Directors.
emi-aDnual meeting of the Directors of the
in Wilmington last week The business trans
acted at the meeting may be summed up as
follows: Association has determined to offer
one hundred Of its lots at public auction and
to make an excursion to the grounds on the
day of sale. The association is to negotiate a
loan of $4,000 for the purpose of making fur
ther improvements, and has set aside sites for
two hotels and several livery stables, and is of
opinion that a street railway should be built
between the camp ground and the Surf House.
Special arrangements for transportation are TO
be made with the railroad companies for next
season, and the association decided to hold
another meeting in this city on the last We'd
nesday in February next.
Year: 1874

The KENT COUNTY MUTUALLY the clear
statement of the condition of the Kent County
Mutual Insurance Company, as transmitted
for the inspection Of the stockholders last week
by Mr.. VIM. Denney, ir., the efficient Secretary
and Treasurer OF the Company, it is shown to
be the richest and most prosperous fire insurance
company in the State. 1t now has a net
surplus, or cash capital to meet losses of nearly
$4,000, and it has property insured and sub
ject to risk to the amount Of over $4, ,6S6, ,OOO


The fear has been expressed by some of the
stockholders that the prosperity Of the Company
has had the tendency to ''turns the heads" OF
some of the policy holders about Dover, and
cause them, for personal ends, to seek to run
the institution into proAigacy The proposition
to purchase the County Building, in that town
pointed to such result and had the tendency
to alarm the policy holders throughout Ksut
and Sussex. Hence there was large attend
ance at the annual meeting, on Wednesday
last. SO strong was the sentiment against
such scheme that its projectors did not dare
to show their beads. 1t was even denied, al
the meeting, that such project was on foot
yet the announcement to that effect was made
in the public prints, and the Levy Court wa:
conveniently in session on that day. All the
members of the Company in Dover, however
who have no axe to grind, in the way of dis
posing of real estate to some public institution
were opposed to such a wanton waste of the
Company's capital, and If the scheme had been
persisted in it would have resulted in the
disruption Of the thrifty, safe corporation, il
we may predict any thing from the tone Of
policyEolders
Year: 1874

saying "don't shoot me ~ The pistol hrri
either by accident or from the trigger being
pulled by the nurse in ignorance that it was
loaded and the ball entered the breast of the
girl just under the shoulder blade, narrowly
escaping Mr.. Wright's child. Medical assist
ance was obtained but the ball could not be
found, and the girl is suffering severely from
the wound. .-EIsf0n Journal
Year: 1874

A CURIOUS CIRCUMsTANCE.-On Sunday
last, the funeral of Mrs. Richard Venn took
place, from her residence in Wilmington The
body was laid out in coffin, with half closed
white rose in her hands While the funeral
services we're being conducted, those present in
the room noticed the leaves of the rose moving
slightly, and gradually the whole flower spread
circumstance is of very affecting and curious
character - Gazette
Year: 1874

MIR. MoultOn lost no occasion of presenting
to me the kindest view of Mr.. Titon's charac-
ter and conduct. On the other hand, he COM
planned that Mrs. Iilton did not trust her hus-
band or him, and did not assist him in his great
effort to keep Theodore. l knew that she dis
trusted Moulton and felt bitterly hurt by the
treatment of her husband. l was urged to
use my influence with her to inspire confidence
with Moulton and to lead her to take kinder


view of Theodore. Accordingly at the instance
of Mr.. Mouton on the same February II, 1871,
[ wrote letter on one common purpose, to be
shown to Mrs Titon and to reconcile her to
her husband. and my letter to her of that date
was designed to effect the further or collateral
purpose of giving her confidence in Mr.. Moul-
ton. This will be obvious from the reading of
the letters. The following is the full text of
my letters of that date from q copy verified bv
one of your committee, for have not to this
hour been permitted to see the originals, either
Year: 1874




l was most intensely excited, indeed felt
that my mind was in danger of giving way. 1
walked up and down the room, pouring forth
my heart iu the most unrestrained grief and
bitterness of self-accusation, telling what my
ideas were of the obligations of friendship aud
of the sacredness of the household, denying,
however, an intentional wrong, saying that il
had been the cause, however remotely, of that
which l then behed never could forgive nv
SELF and heaped all the blame on my head.
The case as it then appeared to my eyes was
strongly against me. My old and fellow-work
er had been dispossessed of his eminent place and
influence and had counseled it. His family
had well nigh been broken up. and L had adj
vised it. His wife had been long sick aud
broken in healthsand body, and l, as fully he
lieved, had been the cause of all this wreck by
continuing that blinG heedlessness AMI friend
ship which had beguiled her heart and had
reused her husband into fury of jealousy.
although not caused by anv intentional act Of
mine; and should codly defend myself, should
pour indignation upon this lady, should |
hold her up to contempt, as having thrust her
affections upon me unsought? ShoudsI tread
upon the man and his household in their great
adversely? gave vent to my feelings without
measure. discaimed with the greatest earn
estness an intent to harm Theodore in his
home or his business, and with inexplicable
sorrow both blamed and defended Mrs Titon
in cue breath,
Year: 1874

SHORT or SUBJEcTs.-It is easy to SEQ
when our Dolly Warden cotemporaries
are at loss for a subject TO write about.
Thcy either nominate Grant for third
term, or else pat up Gorham as a candi-
date for Governor, and then bring their
batteries TO bear to defeat them. They
have now been and dug up General jack
sons bones and expect to prove by them
that because jackson was once talked of
for third term, there is a show for Grant
70 attempt the thing. Go in, gentlemen;
we" know how it is ourselt" to be short
ee a subject.
Year: 1874

II Is surprising what number of le-
gal luminaries have mistaken their vo-
cation and got into the newspaper bust
ness. Now that the Local Option Law
is decided unconstitutional by the Su-
preme Court, general shrek has gone
up from these lights of the law: We
told you so y Hencetorth we shall not
wait for the slow motion of the courts,
but whenever the constitutonality of n
law is questioned, will await with ankle
ty the opinion Of some of our learned CO.
temporaiies.
Year: 1874

Four men at Guerneville, celebrated
the anti-Loeal Option decision Of the Su.
preme Court, by firing salute with an
anvil. In loading the anvil from bot
lie which contained the powder there was
a premature explosion, severely injuring
three Of the four engaged. We don't see
as those three chaps have any good reas-
on to be gradfed at the Supreme Court
decision.
Year: 1874

The papers tell of u man who had his
jugu!ar severed, but it was tied by by
stander and ihs patient is in II fair way
OF recovery. Time was that when the
brains We're out the man would die" is
an apt quotation for cases like this. We
are compelled to take the story with many
grains OF allowance.
Year: 1874

THE Fresno Expositor tells of a man
who recently, while in the neighborhood
OF Dinkey Creek, wa, temporarily blinded
by the accidental discharge Of his pistol
His horse strayed off, aud he remained
several days without food or water, until
his eyesight was partially restored, when
he found his way to camp.
Year: 1874

The Trhama Independent is informed
that a couple of men living near the head
waters Of Mad river, recently sold 5000
deer skins, the result of one years hunt
ing, and that in Battle Creek Meadows
ten does which had been killed in one
day were found, each had two lawns be-
side it.
Year: 1874

VENTURA COUNTY has burning
mountain, supposed to have been caused
from the fact that about forty years ago
u brush fire swept over the outcroppings
of sulphur, which have been slowly burn
ing since.
Year: 1874

GRRRIL SMITH Is becoming famous for
the distribution of 1000 checks. His
latest act of this kind is the forwarding
Of that amount to the Governor of Kan
sss for the sufferers by the grasshopper
plague. lie says he was moved to the
act by the fact that while in Congress he
worked hard to save Kansas from the
blight of slavery, and that in saving her
self from that curse she also saved the
nation.
Year: 1874

THE Democracy are making rapid
hcadway in Maine. In the newly elected
Senate they will have double the number
that they had last year. Their united
vote in that body next Winter will be
two votes. PetatuDta Argus.
Year: 1874

The most remarkable incident that has
happened in Michigan since the first set
tlement of that State, occurred in Detroit
a few days ago. A boy was fooling with
gun, and it went off without killing
anybody.
Year: 1874

GkNrLKHkN-Hour letter OF tho nth uit makina
inquiry in regard Safe was duly receved and -
take pleasure In stating that safe has assin stocd
the test remarkably well. We gave YOU a ecertI6csts
the Great Fire OF 1871 the same safe ana ~
have again to say that we belle We be best SAD
In Chicago. 1t preserved its contents In hefee
condition than either OF other safes or the yau
which was first class We sincerely hope and trust We
may again be called upon to speak from experienced
tins subiect but until we are we shall place great
confidence in our noble old Terwilligcr.


Yours truly,
Year: 1874

The HAY CRoP.-SOme of the farmers OF
this county have commenced moving the past
week and we believe as general thing The
crop of grass is pretty satisfactory. The far
meTs viii have their hands full for month to
come, for as soon as the hay shall be disposed
Of the wheat shall be ready for the reaper and
after that will come the oats, Many OF the
men who wish work can be accommodated in
the country.
Year: 1874

We should be sorry to do Mir. W. H.

 Barnum an injustice, and we have no doubt that in private life he is most es- tlmable person. In his capacity of business man he has developed rare quail itles, and merits the great success he has achieved. Nevertheless, we should con- sider his election to the United States senate as disgrace to the state. He has and the testimony is on record-de- bauched his district, and were 1t not that the tactics of his namesake, who ran against him for congress, did not bear the test of close scrutiny, he would have been unseated after his first victory. What manner of man he is politically every one in Litchfeld county knows, as also the appliances he brings to bear on elections The Register does not know that in the event of the democrats carrying maiori- ty of the general assembly, whether Mir. Barnum would be candidate. We nev- CT supposed it did, but it must have a very shrewd suspicion on the subject, and 1t must know that his success would be the result of the grossest corruption, and so disgrace, not only to the democratic party, but to the state of Connecticut We have no doubt that if the legislature should be democratic, and Mir. Barnum desires seat Tn the senate, he can have 1t. It is possible he might prefer to nom- mate some one in his place, but in either event he will dictate the choice.-N H. Palladium.
Year: 1874

PHENIX, May 9, 1874.

 To the Editor CITIZEN. Sir:-In look ing over your issue of the 23d inst, saw under the head of telegraphic news no- tice of my address delivered at Wicken- burg on tho 22d, in which I am represent ed with having charged that through the absence of proper legislation the people of northern Arizona have to pay from to } per cent on Tucson checks, and alleged partiality on part of Mccormick to south ern Arizona.

 The report as to what said in regard to Tucson checks is substantially correct, but lest what I said be miscOnstrued, desire through the medium of your paper to state more fully what did say.

 I said substantially that the govern ment, if fully advised, would as readily place the necessary funds to discharge it's indebtedness in the northern portion of the Territory at San Francisco as at Tue son; that checks drawn by the quarter master in northern Arizona on San Fran cisco are at par, while those drawn in the same locality on Tucson are at discount, and 1 alleged that it was the duty of the Delegate in Congress to advise the govern ment and the departments of the necessi- ties and wants of the people of the Terri tory; that if Mir. Mccormick, for any req son, either because of partiality or other wise had neglected reasonable diligence in advising the government as to the wants of the people of the Territory or any portion thereof, then in so far as he had so neglected he had failed to discharge his duty. l charged that by placing the funds for the payment of the government in the northern portion of the Territory, at Tucson-the northern DOT tion of the Territory had been unneces- Sarily taxed from to 5 per cent by way of discount upon the checks drawn by the proper officers upon that fund; 1 said un- taxed because neither section is benefited by the circumstances which give rise to the tax.

 The enterprise and public spirit of the gentlemen who have been instrumental in causing the depository to be established at Tucson certainly deserve well of the people of the Territory and especially of those more particularly advantaged by it. Every publicienterprise which aids in the of any portion of the Terri tory, necessarily aids the whole, for no one portion can materially advance without advantageOuSly affecting the whole. I would be among the last to do or say aught that would detract from the credit to which those gent ,emen are enti- tied or that would in any degree initiate against their success, unless that success comes in conflict with the public interest

 have not as yet determined whether l shall become a candidate for Delegate and probably will not determine until shall have visited your place. 1 should visit your place at once but for the district court which commences at Prescott on Monday next and at which have important busi- ness that compelS my attendance.

 JOHN A. RUSH.
Year: 1874

The Democratic Committee of the Fifth
District. after repeated urgings and hang
Ing fire like an old ilint-lock blunderbuss.
has called the convention TO nominate
candidate for Congress at Ellsworth, one
week from next Tuesday. Ellsworth is
pleasant place after people get there. but
il is one of the most inaccessible in the dis
trict. The time between the publication OF
the call and the assembling OF the Conyen-
iion is totally insufficient for the choice of
delegates by notified caucuses. We utter
a fervent prayer that this laundering may
not foreShadow the action of the conyen-
tom Belfast Rep. Journal


What is in the wind?
Year: 1874

The burberry crop is said TO be very
large. Estimates are made of the value of
the crop in the western part OF this County
and they reach as high as $40 1000. This
may be so. but We should be willing to re-
duee II few dollars. A great part of the
crop in the western part OF the County is
on land owned by VIM. Freeman. Esq, of
Cherryheld, and as a result of his lawsuit
with the Messrs. Underwood last year. he
receives royalty from those who put them
up for market. of one-third OF d cent per
can Machias Republican.
Year: 1874

The gentle bang of the 6.shooter
was again heard upon c street, in front
of the International Hotel, about 10
o'clock last night. The primary cause
of the difficulty which led to the shoot
ing was an insinuatipg, maculated female
of the genus jerker, and the parties to
the tournament were John SLACK, said to
be boiler-maker, and one of the b'hoys
known as Brownie. In the scutfle, Slack
inserted his front teeth into the skin OF
Brownies manly brow and then fired
shot, whereupon both men were arrested
and taken to the city prison.-[V Virginia
Chronicle.
Year: 1874

TIE Eureka Sentinel, speaking OF the
X. X, mine says: .


Since our last report concerning the
work on this mine, the workmen have
been engaged in developing the ledge
recently struck. The new ore body from
the second level near the Marcelina shaft
still continues, and is in no wise i'm
paired, either in extent or richness. The
company is taking out only such ore as
is unavoidable, and has all the dumps
full, there being now on hand about $50
tons Of first class ore, and over 600 tons
Of second and third class ready to ship
as soon as the state of the roads will
permit.
Year: 1874

VICE PRESIDENT WrLsoN-A rumor from
Washington of the intended resignation of
Vice President Wilson, ON account OF his health
is positively denied In Boston as being without
any foundation in fact. The Vice Presidents
health, it is announced, is better than 1t has
ever been since his illness,
Year: 1874

By tha gentlemen before hirn.s when ne and
his associates undertook the rehabilitation md
extension Of the roads which traverse the
states on the left bank of the Mississippi,
by an estimate of the vast but andeyeloped ne
sources of this couetry-a country Of perpetual
summer and of inexhaustible capacity for the
production of the most valuable products Of
the soil and Of industry, IT occurred to them
that where nature had been 80 kind and bounl
tifuj, the enterprise of man should not be found
at fault. 7- h, s-sf f...r t.-r. .starife =


10 this connection, and prompted by q desire
to advance their own fortunes, he and his asso-
GATES had invested seven millions Of dollars in
the roads from this city to the Ohio river, ex-
elusive Of the new issue of mortgage bonds.


After repairing and restoring to permanens
and solid condition, superseding insecure and
perilous cribwork with solid earth basis, their
next effort was to extend their road to the Ohio
river and establish connections with the thirty
thousand miles Of railroads which traverse that
vast section OF country. This had now been
done, and the results thereof on the trade Of
this city had even exceeded their expectations.
Col. McComb further stated that the company
| Of which he was President had not been salts
fed with the mere prolongation or extension Of
| their railroad. They had sought TO give it
depth and soldity, as we'll as length and be felt


confident that with the opening of the trave,
| northward this summer, they would enable eur
people to travel on q road as solid and safe a.


that upon which they made the trip from Pitt


burg to New York. IA


Col. McComb neyt referred to the vast i'm


portance Of the railroad westward, which would


furnish ready transportation and commercial


outlet for that great empire Of Texas 10 this city.
That was the great hope Of New Orleans. Tex.


asvas greater IN extent and fertility than France


and wo1ld support population of fifty millions.


1t was severe reproach uron his people that
the prosecution of so needful and incalculab' J


valuable work had not been prosecuted with


more vigor and perseverance. 1t would fill the


measure of his ambition to contribute to tbs
i success Of such an enterprise II must be and
will be done.


. After repeating his profound gratitude and


satisfaction in being honored by such token


and testimonial Of the good feeling and regards


of the citizens Of this great city, Col. McComt


closed his impromptu and very happy address
by inviting the gentlemen to refresh themselve,
with wine, which invitation was promptly &C
!, cepted, and very agreeable interchange of good
feeling and agreeable conversation followed.
Year: 1874

Louisiana are also doubtful for the


Republicans, in consequence of cor
ruptiOn and misrule, Notwithstanding
the negroes outnumber the whites. Is
this the reason why Grant specifies
these three States, because the bullets
must defeat ballots? And is this the
reason why he fails to mention Ten.
nessee or the Gibson county horror
that eclipses all, because this State is
hopelessly Democratic?


The official circular of Attorney Gen.
eral Williams, however, is apparently
addressed to every Federal Marshal in
the South, while its practical operation
win extend over any and every district
to which he sends official copies in his
high discretion. This dangerous one
man power is intensified by the
well-known fact that Williams
is a plant tool and prejudiced partisan
who never listens to any but partisans.
His instructions to his marshals prac-
tically sets aside the State and local
authorities as the conservators of
society, and place the whole people
under the direct and immediate sur
veillance of the central government.
This form of bureaucracy would be in
tolorable under any national party
whatever. Under Radicalism it cannot
fail of frightful abuses. IL is martial
law will a new spelling-marshals
backed by bayonets.


Gen. Grant writes placidly that "al
proceedings for the protection of the
South will be under the law depart
ment of the Government" Unfortu-
nately, this department-sometimes
sarcastically called the Department of
Justice, as rather impure breed have
been styled Puritans-is about the
most unjust, prejudiced and partisan
of all the departments. If the worst
must come, there would be more mercy
for the South as well as the Indian in
the War Department than in this
Quaker skullduggery.


All the evils of the South result
either directly or indirectly from Fed
eral NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. for the
political objects of the party in power
These evils can hardly be remedied by
increasing their active cause. To abol-
ish all the local authorities and turn
over the preservation of law and order
to the central government is topave the
way for standing army riyalling those
of despOtic Europe.


How shall the Southern people face
this wheeling backward of the
Reconstruction Juggernaut fully
eight years? What can we do?
Nothing, but meet it with calm self
possession, conscious of gross injus
tice and careful to neither justify nor
exasperate. We can consent neither
to its necessity nor its efficacy. What
we need is less interference, not more.
At every step we should firmly,
but peaceably protest against this
monstrous stride of daspotism, warn
ing our Northern brethren of all
parties that these same Congressional
enactments appealed to by Attorney
General Williams would justify him
in superseding every State and county
official from Maine to Oregon and es-
tabEsh on their ruins marshal law.
Year: 1874

SOME few months ago Gen. Grant
declared his first choice for Chief JUS
tice, but the Republican Senate snub-
bed Grant and pronounced Laundalet
Williams unfit to be Judge. Now
Grant makes him Judge, Jury and
High Sheriff over the whole South.
Year: 1874

A SENSIBLE, sober sided view of the
Congressional situation in the First
District is taken by the MorristolCn
Gazette. There is no chance whatever
for Democratic candidate, and the
Gazette therefore refuses, courteously
but firmly, to publish a call for con-
vention at Greeneville on the lst prox.
1t says:


We have talked with representative
men from almost every county, and
have not found man who favored a
convention, except those who have
Congressional aspirations, and their
special friends. We do not believe the
DemocTaticparty of this district desires
any member Of its organization to
make a martyr of himself Just at this
time, and consequently shall give no
aid or encouragement to the proposed
assemblage. As We have heretofore
remarked, the race is assuredly free to
all Let as many run Independent as
wish; but we cannot be induced To ia
vOr, as a party measure, that which
will inevitably stir up political rancor
and result IN disastrous party damage
Year: 1874

eminating from kellogg that the people
from Caddo parish had anything to do with
the disturbance is absurd. The affair was
over before suspicion of it was entertained
by a respectable white person in CaddO,
with the exception of the extreme southern
point Of the parish, where there are very
few whites. a courier from the upper
point of Red river did not reach Shreveport
until Saturday, whereas the disturbances


We're all quieted by Friday morning.