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WILlfflffftTON.
Ita C rowth Within lUe l oot Two Yrnr-An-""1F
a d of Trade.
The pmplo f the City of the Diamond State are
determined tlmt nothing Khali pass through their
net if by Buy possible means it can lo turned to a
coed account, aud the result of this determination In
the rnpirtly Increasing wealth of she city, tho spread
of manufactures, and advanced commercial Inte
.RtH In October, WA anumberof tho promlueut
Lsiuess men of Wilmington mnt together for tho
purr" ro of devising means whereby cadi and every
c would be benefited and the Interests of the city
Awarded. These gentlemen organized themselves
l ta Board of Trade, und during tlio month follow,
iff a charter from the State wus Obtained. The
Voardhas Just Hsucd IM annnal report, and lu so
Jmiiie desire to congratulate the members upon the
E v increase of lirt-rcrt that has been radhifesied
rJirffwrf thn Board bvi;!: !n anwa con.
B'H'ted with It, and also by a majority of the buHlncss
limmmitW a which It has afforded for mutnal
outwei and deliberation upon the business Inte.
reBtH of the city liavo not been neglected, and these
counsels and deliberations have not been without
rood results. The good that will grow out or the
irifiiiii.at,ton In the future will, of course, depend
entirely upon tlio amount of individual labor that 1m
riven to it. The sole intention of the Hoard of
Trade Is the promotion of the best busluext interests
of the city; not any special Interest, but all-manufacture,
commerce, und trade. No one branch can
possibly be assisted without, all being benelltted.
The promotion of the manufacturing interest iti
treancB the populiitlon, adds largely to the number
of consumers, and therctiy Increases trade and tho
production of material for commerce. 'I he exten
sion of commercial facilities orivra illf tloiiil I ml
I.iet.ts to capital lo Invest Itself, and nga n, the pr o
iueim ability is luoreascd, and tra.lu is ngatu
helped. ti.rrfore help commerce, nnd
?i...m iHaa in our city that Is not, directly or Indl
n. tir llnarciaily Intcrctcd in the promotion and
' mp shment of every enterprise that has for Its
.ie V the enlargement of the manufacturing und
uimcrclal facilities. This can only bo accomplished
K Sl en-tot, and the moans for this com .Urn
tmn, this concert of action, it Is tho intention of the
14 The report tln'n goes on to show some Of the pro
ceedings of the Hoard during the year:
An oiig the earliest ellorts of the Hoard was the
attempt to arouse the interest of the citizens gene
rsllv ill the t rection of a suitable hotel.
The need of a nrst-class hotel had long been keenly
felt liv u larue share of the business men, and it was
turned that an earnest ellort, not by the Hoard of
Trade as an organization, but by the citizens gene
rally 'acting with Ihe assistance of the Hoard, would
be successful In accomplishing all desires In that
direct inn. A special committee of three, consisting
r Messrs. K T. Warner, Jr., Wm. (J. Gibbous, and
J. T. lleald, was appoluted, who preseuted a plan
for carrying out the project.
After several meetings had been held, and the plan
presented by the committee fully discussed, It was
ileemed wise to refer the whole matter to the
'Wilmington Hotel Company," chartered In lsf,7,
with the recommendation that the company bo orga
nized at once. The subscription books to the capital
mock were soon opened, and alxmt $Ki,ooo sub
ncrlbed luit the project has, to all appearances, beeu
allowed to fail, much to tho detriment of tin; city,
and greatly to the lncouveiileuce of the travelling
'"Early In the spring steps were taken to secure, if
Twsslble. a preliminary examination and survey ol
the harbor of the christi'ina: the effort has thus far
been unsuccessful, but it is hoped that this enter
prise, so important to the commercial interests of the
city, may ultimately be accomplished.
The following statistics, which may not prove un
interesting to our readers, are also presented:
Population of the city proper.... xy,uo
Population of the city and immediate
suburbs....". M,0
Present annual Increase 1,500
Estimated value f real estate in city pro
per on balx of city iisiesiinent J2i,00n,0O0
.Estimated va'ue of personal properly In
citv proper n.VWi.ooo
Number of buildings erected during the
year ISO? 4"0
Value of buildings erected fl,onfl,tKi
Number ol vessels resciatercrt l:t
Tonnage of vessels registered 20,75 j
The following table shows the amount or capit a
employed In man JfactureS in the c:ty of Wilmington
and Its immediate vicinity:
iron slilp-tmildliig and machinery for the
game ' 5i,2.-o,oon
Machine work proper I,l0'i,noo
Other Iron Manvfiie.tures 1,000,000
Powder and chemicals.... ? 8,ouo,0(mi
Paper I.onii.ooti
iiotton l.iHio.onn
Morocco 7oi),ooo
lioather (other than Morocco) 4110,000
Flour, Meal, eto ' 4iW,0(Ri
Carriages 600,000
i:arsand Car Wheels l,2i)0,o,)0
Wooden ship-building 100,000
Matches ahd White Lead lao.ow)
Woollen (ioods iO'J.Oftfl
Jrtiscellaneous 1, 470,000
Total
The following uible buuwd the
fio.firoiii)
value of the urlieicB
mnuiifaciuretl annually :
Iron Ships ' $7f.9,000
Machines and Machinery 2,000,000
Iron . 1,081,000
J'owderand chemicals 1,ooo,ikki
Paper l.ooo.nnn
Cotton Goods 000,000'
Morocco 1,017,000
Flour and Corn Meal l,HOO,ooo
Barrels, etc 2'AOOO
Carriages 6.!s,ooo
Cars and Car Wheels 9,1i8,ooO
Woolen Hhlr-building 100,000
Tobacco and Snuir 300,000
pices 60,000
Matches and White I-ead 9S5,ooo
Miscellaneous 2,ioa,ooo
Total 110,039,000
Wilmington muiiufactures more carriages than
any town, outside ft! New England, in the I'uited
Mates, and this interest is increasing rapidly, and
w ith t tie Increase of shipping facilities this business
will also grow.
Wilmington bus t lie largest building in use for the
manufacture of carriages in the United Ntat.es; and
more cart iages are built ly the ilrm occupying it
than by any other carriage manufacturing firm In
t lie country. This branch, like morocco, adds very
largely to tiie wcaltU-prcducing power of ilie city.
C IT Y 1HTHLLI UU3IC13,
TAXATION.
The Aiinunl Expenditure and Tax Hate of tbe
City niuce lis CunsvlldiUiou.
On another page we publish to-day flit! report of
the City Controller on tho estimated receipts an I ex
penditures of the city during the year 1870. ami the
action of the Finance Comnilt'eo of Councils on tlia
subject. Below we give a table, carefully compiled
trom the previous reports of the Controller, which
embraces the annual expenses of tho city and the
fluctuations lu the tax-raus since 1854, tno year of
consolidation. As two months' expenditures for
isii are yet to be made, the lignrea for that year are
mill Incomplete. To the list we append the esti
mates for the year lbTO, as well as tho estimates for
jBiit), both of which are Indicated by an asterisk ("):
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TfflEVIKI llL'CKSTKK-i. llulluy a COUpIO Of
rmcksters bucked up th 'lr team iu front of a store at
Twelfth aud.l-ombard slroon, und coolly procoeded
to roll into Iheir vchio'e a b:ir-el of flour belonging
to other part lea. A on into ( poll.enien being noti
fied of the proceeding hurivd to tiie spot, but the
rascalH, rtescrylng thooi at, a distance, ilropped tlteir
plunder and fl f. leaving their home, a bay one,
wagon, and a bag of coll'ou behmd tliein.- They can
ebtuln their property by cullmg at the Fifth District
Station House.
Boys, Hewark! His Honor Wyrr Fox has or
dered that, In all e;mes t alarms of Urn, the whole
reserve force shall be turned out upon the principal
el reels, and that they arrest all juveniles found run
nlug with the Ore apparatus, and also that nil boys
found upon the (ire grouuds bo buUuulcU to the
eanie treatment.
Oi'BN llot'tKH. T)ar clilzens evince a mostluud
a' e(!) desire to aid the many burglars who now
. lnfe our city in their nelarlouH opontUous. Ismt
Bight the doors of ten hoiis'.s in the 'JVn'h district,
thirteen iuthe si.vth, and fourteen In the Fifdl- were
jouuu uuijuHvU and ualooked.
GERMAN REFORMED SYNOD.
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11117 IVWIt tyinPHlH
The Hynod of tho Reformed Church In the United
States yesterday afternoon took np the report of th.!
Committee on Memorials, it was discussed and
adopted by a vote of 87 to TO.
Tho report of the Committee on Ovortnres was
presented, and was considered Item by Item. In the
evening the report was adopted as a whole. A mo
tion was made, requesting the late Treasurer to nay
tho present Incumbent all bonds In his hands be
longing to this body. The report of the committee
on tho contested seats of Kcv. C. Cort and Hev. Mr.
Itcflle, presented maorl(y and minority reports. The
discussion on the majority report 0011 tinned until tho
hour of adjournment.
This morning tho majority report wai laid on the
table, nnd that of the minority was taken up.
liev. Mr, Muliueyof 011'ercd the following resolutions:-.
Iiia-iniu-h th erodentinlK of both not of delegates of
Iowa CbiMi oonnot be rer.i riled v.liil. oeorftinir to I tie
doriiiiirnls iirenente.t nml tho tctimimy hoard, jUnrofora
Hr,lrl. Vint noithir.nt of ill ltKie l8 dmittcilto
a neat in tllilmyuoil ; nnd fnrl.lier .
l.v,,i(r, That, nil the iu.mhni of Jowj OliWHis njsiimble
nt Wheatiand, Inwn, on thewrend 'I hoi-Uy f Al'"';
1S7H, to cl.ct thoir othtfers and trnowict tlioir roitlur
LuWhMam Bner, Ks.., a delegate to the Synod, who
Is a practicing attorney from somerseteountv, spoke
ntsomeleng.h. The only question to bo deelile is
which of the sets ol delegates came hero oct ording
to the constitution. It was not necessary to ask
which set represented the larger party. 1 his Is no
body or lawyers, quibbling about, litt'e points. 1 his
asEcmbly should have ttio whole Interest, or the
Clnircli nt heart, und should demean itself witli more
d'l7r.' Good gave a history of the two meetings which
had sent Ihe rival delegates, as ho understoa-t It.
One party had met nt the time and pltfo which had
been legally appointed. The other party claim that
the President of the clussls bad changed the ti.ne
ahd place or meeting, which, by the constitution, he
had the power to do. One of the members of the
clasais v. hlch met ac Brandon was said to be under
sin pension, 'jhls question should be discussed be
fore the Ohio Synod, to which he belonged, before !io
was entitled to a seat in tho classls. II he is Invali
dated, that meeting is illegal, because there was not
nViu rum. There were only three ministers present
at this im etlng front a classls of twelve members
The larger body met at Wheatland, which sent the
otlierf.i t or delegates. This is the body In which
there Is an irregularity In the time of meeting. Hut
in the discussion of the great question, the little irre
guliinty should lie overlooked. The speaker said he
would not like to mention the secret maiueuvriugs
which bad accompanied the meeting of the llrst
clnssis. It would not niter the decision of Synod. It
was suilicient to hint nt them.
Dr. Metier hoped tho resolutions would bo voted
down as unconstitutional.
ltev. Mr. Kulling discussed the question at some
length In German.
J)r. Kevin moved that the subject for the present
be lnid on the tattle to make room for other business
which Is of far greater Interest at present. Tha
queition of tho llnal organization or the General
synod Is of primary importance, and should bj
attended to now while the house is full, not put o.T
to the last. This motion was adopted.
1r. Nevln then moved that the Committee on the
Kevised Constitution of Ihe Church be instructed to
recommend iu their forthcoming report that, this
General Synod ol the Heforiued Church eoiue to an
end, so as' to make room lor a more Important and
belter working organization.
Dr. llombergcr thought it would 'be better to look
nt the results before taking such a step, lie would
like lo know what Is over the brink before lie put
his body into posit.on to fall over the precipice. Ho
wanted to know wlinl the movers or the resolution
Imagined would be the next thing after tho resolu
tion should be passed.
Dr. Nevin said he would only speak for himself.
If the sense of the body was that a new constitution
was required, then the committee could go to wont
and the classes could take steps towards the reor
ganization of the Church, fie wa not willing that
tills present meeting should come to an end with
out having faced lliis bubject openly und honorably.
J.'ev. t lr. Miller thought that one step more and we
would be on the precipice. Nome of the members
might feel themselves constrained to walk out of the
house: but he wornled Dr. Ne ln"s resolution with
nil his heart, because of Its great Importance.
Be v. S. 1, Fisher said that It should go through
the regular process. There was no such thing us
pnssp'tj "Vl;r such a subject by a wholesale resolu
tion. ltev. Mr. Welker Baid that this Synod was the
creature of the classes. If they said so the Sv nod
could dissolve anil reorganize, but not otherwise.
It was a question whether this mode of procedure
would reach the Matter.
It was moved to lay on the table. Lost.
Dr. Kevin said t Hat he never supposed that this
method would be unconstitutional. He was not
able to Kee that this body had no constitutional
power to dissolve. What other possible course l.s
there than that it should originate lu this body and
go down to the classes': Ho said, however, that it
was only his inieuliou to get the sense of trie
meeting.
Bev. S. 11. Fisher said that If that was the object
he had no objection. B..L the language should be
elianped lest it should eomcy an idea of dissolution.
Lr. Buinberger could not yet sec what was beyond.
He could not see what the end was to which the
motion leaned. The Church is good enough as it Is.
The General Synod for him was the highest autho
1 It v. Tiie Kplsoopac.y was no higher than the Gene
ral Synod. The General Synod of the Presbyterian
Church Is the highest authority, if a change is
made, what form could be proposed which Is better?
A congrt gatloual form of government is not good.
There iuust be souitthiiiR before the minds of those
who have recommended this measure. He would
like to know what thu something might be, though
lie supposed he hail no right to know. But still he
would ask what that thing is which is to come in
place of the present system, which Is considered bo
much better lutLe minds of tho movers as to require
tills anion.
Dr. Kevin said that the change mainly referred to
the relation of the German to the Kuglish Churohos.
He, however, ofiercd a moo location or tiie resolu-
tiop, which was accepted. It read as follows; j
od i'i, That the Special Committee to whom has
been referred the action of the Danville Synod ou
the organization of the General Synod be Instructed
to recommend a movement looking to a reconstruc
tion of tbe existing organization of the Church, so
far as the General Hynod is concerned, with the view
to bring about an orgunlzatiou under fiomo new and
better f 01 m.
liev. Dr. Iligbee said that the Constitution had
come down from time Immemorial, and should be re
spected. The subject could be reached by amend
ments to the Constitution, not by a total dissolution
and reorganization. By this latter method it would
be thrown upou the Church at large, but It would bo
kept within more reasonable und more manageable
limits.
Dr. Kevin's resolution was lost by a vote of 65
to r7.
ltev. Dr. Humphries, a delegate from the Presby
terian Church In America, addressed the Hynod. Ue
reicrred to tho recent uuiou of tho two branches of
tue Presbyterian Church, lie believed that this was
a day for union, and It was gratifying to know that
a motion had been introduced Into tins body looking
to union of tne German Beforiued Church with a
church very nearly related to lu The difference be
tween d il'erent branches of tho Protestant Church
was less than It was made out to be. A certain
divine had onoe said the difference between tho
former Old and New Bclio j1 branches of the Presby
teriHii church was this:
One believed that in Adam all sinned, anl
the other that all sinned lu Adam. Ho hoped
the Svnod would elect and Bend a delegate to the
Genei'u.1 Assembly of the Prehbyterlan Church,
which would mett In this city, where tho division
took place some thirty years ago. The I'resbytorlan
us well as the German Reformed Church had In
scribed on its banner that, great motto of Luther,
' Justilieatlon bv faltn." 'i he delegate closed wttn
kind wishes umf greetings to all brethren In Christ,
The President replied to the delegate In an earnest
and appropriate manner. He congratulated blin on
the great unlou which his Church had made. lie
regarded the present condition of the Church us ab
normal, and be looked forward to the day when all
barrier betweeu the Beets would be removed.
The Synod received the dc.cgate by rising and re
maining standing during tho whole of the Presi
dent's a Dress.
Tho President stated that tho best way In which
the Synod could recognize the wishes of both
Churches, unsatisfactory us It might be ot present,
would be to open a correspondence with the General
Assembly. A more thorough union might take place
at some future time, to which th:a would be tho In
troductory. Dr. Bomberger offered a resolution on the subject
of the meeting of the Evangelical Alliance, which,
was referred to a Hiiecial committee.
Bev. Mr. Klopp spoke lu rola'.ion to the mission
work In cities as provided for by tho constitution,
especially as regards the glv'ug and receiving of
letters of dismission for tho Church.
The subject was referred to a special Qoramlttee.
The Commlttceon the Revision of tho Constitution
rendered a report, stating which of the p j.-Uonsof
the new constitution shoal i.be considered by the
Synod. As they would Dot have timo to attend to
the whole of It, the remainder should go over until
tho next meeting of the General Hynod. Tho cm
mittee ottered a resolution to make the discussion
of these portions thu special order for the afternoon
sesMuii. The report was recel veil but not adopted.
It wusinoved to recommit the revised constitution
to a reconbtruciedaud enUrjod committee. Passed.
The committee was enlarged to eleveu members.
Tbe report of Ihe CoiimuIiimo ou Nomination won
received. Members wre nominated for the Board
of 1'ortiyu AlitnK'iis, the OrpUuus' ilome Board, tne
Pabbath School Board, also delegates to the Lutheran
New:hool General Synod, tho General Hynod of
the Reformed Church lu America, the General As
sembly of the ITeBoyterlan Church, the KvangeUoal
Hynod of the West, and other assemblies of other
sister Chnrches.
An amendment wu agreed to gtrlklng ont the
Item of the report which provides for a delegate to
the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,
on the ground that a delegate had only been rooeiVed
from one branch of the Church, the other having
formerly refnscd to receive a representative fre;u
this body. For this reason it Is their place to make
the first overtures.
Anotheramendment wm agreed to to strike ont
the Item appointing a delegate to the Evangelical
Synod of the West
The adoption of the report of the commlttceon
German cWses was; made the order of the day for
8 o'clock this afternoon.
Tbe triennial election wai made the special order
for b o'clock this evening. Adjourned.
AMERICAN smrrixci.
The ConarenNlnnnl Committee In Hpdon la lid
City The 1'n.unc of Ihe Oeclinn.
The Congressional Committee appoluted to lnvei
tlgate into and report npon Ihe decline in American
shipping, In pursuance to adjournment yesterday
reassembled this morning In tho Custom-house
building. Messrs. Lynch, Buillugton, Washburn
and Merrill were present.
Mr. F. It Cope, the represental Ive of the Commer
cial Kxchange, stated ho had had but a short time to
confer with his brethren ou the subject, but it struck
him that there was no business which came more
directly In -competition with foreign business than
the shipping business. Tho reason why this country
could not compete with foreign vessels must bo from
the lirst cost of the building or the expensive run
ning of a vessel. It was not to be disputed thst ves
sels in Kngland could be built at a much che,i;er
rate, but he conceived the great trouble to be the
expensive rnuning of tbe vessels, on Aimrlcin
vessels the hands receive a great deal higher wages
than on foreign ships. Mr. Cope Instauoed the case
of his own linn, slating, If their four vessels wete
manned by British manners, there would bo a
saving of f'20,oim annually. While the American
sailor was receiving SW per month, the Kuglish
hand received x'i l.'.s. lie accounts for this dis
parity Irom the lact that the rate of wages on Ame
rican waters was governed by the vale of wages in
the country. Kvcn ceuld we build vessels as cheaply
as W done lu Kngluud, we could not compete with
the forrign shipping interests while the present high
rate of wages was continued iu this country. The
only remedy he saw was 10 take oil the high tariff or
resume specie payments.
Mr. H. it. Kilinunds. representative of the vessel
owners, stated that he knew very little of the build
ing of the larger ships lor foreign trade, as his Inte
rest was In the coasting trade. He said that the
Government tux on an iron vessel of 1O00 tous wai
t20,m'i, and li.'s iinprcBsiou was that il this tax wm
taken oil', as it is iu tfugland, American builders
would be better satlslled to build, because their ves
sels would be under an American register. We have
no foreign line of steamers from tins port because
the Government lias not beeu willing to subsidy the
line. In Kngland tho Government grants subsidies
to every line, lie believed if our Government would
do so t in y could erect a class of vessels which could
be used by the country in time of war. The vessel
owners had felt many of the duties Imposed upon
them by the Government t be specially onerous.
Nr. Philip Firzpatrick folio wd in the same strain,
and held that, the high rate of wages materially af
fected the shipping interest. Ship carpenters irniii
1W4 to IRtio received from fl'7r to ft) per day,
while they uow receive from toft. In reply to a
question, the speaker said thai it would bo a lellef
if the ship stoics were taken in bond asj they are lu
Great Britain. If the tariff were taken oil' of every
tiling that goes into the manufacture of a vessel,
the cost of construction would be reduced about ito
per cent.
Mr. cope said that they had a vessel repaired In
Liverpool, and on lis return to this country he had
an estimate made, when he found that, it would have
cost one-third more lo have done the same work in
this country, although the timber had to bo taken
out to Kngluud from this country for the purpose of
repairing.
Mr. Henry WInsor, of the Board of Trade, said that
the Introduction of steam on the ocean win ono of
the great causes ol the decline in the American
shipping interest. Formerly American Balling ships
had the preference, because of their faster sailing
qualities, but no, Kngland had 1111 ro.liu:cl,sie.:i!u.
which had superseded the sal!. Again the, model of
the foreign steam J vessel was Improved to a great
extent, and he saw Hint America. is must lo Jk oh He
into tiie subject of lutroddciug stream an I better
modelled vekscls.
The principle of protection lo American industry
should be applied to the shipping interest with us
much propriety us to any other, but it niiibtbeina
different way. He bad H"cii an objection to this,
but he saw ho difference iu the principle. It wai
only In the application with reference 10 the carry
ing trade he held Hint an Auiericf! 11, under the pre
sent high rate of wiiges,inust tiuve better prints
than a foreigner. This helpe.l materially to ed ict
the shipping interest.
Mr. Tut ham also spoke in behalf of the Board or
Trade, and presented the commltTee a nuuioer or
English documents touching upon tho subject tin ier
investigation.
Mr. Charles H. Cramp, .a ship builder, did not, con
sider that the Kuglish model w;is s.,.rr.;at an import
ance as the manner lu which tney had excelled in the
construction ol marine engines. He held that as the
KnglLsh patterned utter the American iu t.io model
ling, so the American was modelling after the
English in the building or marine engines.
It certainly cost the Government more to construct
the iron-clads iu the navy yards than it would in pri
vate yards. Kngland had "seen this, and ninety per
cent, of her iron-clads were built in private yard 4,
notwithstanding the great extent of tier o.vn navy
yards. He believed that iron vessels are infinitely
superior to wooden ones in every respect. Iron ship
building was in its infancy in tills country, 11 u I the
builders waul some aid iu just what sliujie ho could
not sav.
He deprecated at great length the introduction of
politics into thejuavy yard,a it demoralizes tliti busi
ness outside, and also of the eight hour systjni.
This was a farce, as the men certainly did not devote
their spare time of two hours to intellectual recrea
tion. A repeal or the eight hour law would bu highly
, beneficial to the business interests. Ho believed Hint
with the abolition of all the taxes ho could compote
with foreigners In the construction of vessels, even
at the present high rate of wages, as he believed the
American mcchauij far superior lo the foreign
I workman.
I As to the use of the Iron In the bnllding of a ship,
1 Mr. Cramp wouM use American Iron, because it was
; far better than Kuglish iron, if a drawback on ma
terials was allowed, I. could compete with (Sngllsb
makers lu both the cost of construction and in ihe
modelling.
Mr. Lewis C. Med.ara was interested In the char
tering of vessels, and he felt that something shoal. I
be done to protect this vital interest, as he found, In
an experience of twenty-live jears, that the Ameri
can vessels curried cargoes more quickly and the
freight received better treatment.
captain o. s. ciurK, a sailing master, gave in nts
experience, and made severul statements showing
that everything could be doue and procured cheaper
111 foreign ports man in our own waters, lie iioputi
that something would lie anno lu order that the
American shipping Interest would stand as high as
it did some years ago.
Mr. John vv. tfvermun, a snip owner, complained
ot the onerous duties will. were itupo.iod, the
abolition of which would serve to again bring up the
now declining American shipping interest.
At one o cluck tne committee adjourned until tnree
O'clock.
Provision Down Knrlv this morning, whilst a
son of Lriu's Isle was driving a horse alia. -lied to a
loaded coal cart along Tenth street, ho was warned
by the whistle of a car-driver to clear tho track.
This was In the nelghborhiod of Shlppen street. At
the con. er of Tenth and Hhlppen Btreets there Is a
grocery and provision store kept by ouu Morris, who
outlines has more goods ou hand than his cramped
business-stand can comfortably- hold. Therefore,
partly as a matter of comfort and partly for display,
lie daily lines the curb-front with some of his sur
plus stock. Mow the Hiberulau, being a man of
obliging disposition, on hearing the whistle at once
turned his horse's head aside, und of course tho cart
partly turned with It; but the latter being heavily
loaded the wheels slipped, and swinging arouud
brought the tall of the cart In contact with the afore
mentioned articles 011 the curb-stone.
Away went a box of eggs containing eighteen
dozen of the hen fruit; two uarrels of mackerel fol
lowed suit; numberless boxes of raisins were cinp-
"i meir contents; ann, as 11 to cover the nnpii-
ntlcs of the whole, a burrel of Hour was sprinkled
over ull. The scene presented caused even tho dis
mayed groceryman to smile, whilst tho uliuost phllo
niphlcal cartmau looked upon tho conglomerate
mass with the placidity of a "mute."
A number of the gamins of the neighborhood, see
i'ig the Dsn floating down the gutter, at once turned
lit Mermen, mid, (U lieu of lines und hooks, used their
aril b and hands. Hcraiubliugs and jostilngs fol
lowi d, und now and thru one or two of the wore
eager ones, in their hasty grubhlng for the finny
prey, would hmo their balance and pitch headlong
Into the gutter. Finally a broom was procured and
Ihe pavement cleansed, and when wo left the cai'U
man and storekeeper were warmly contending as to
which was the culpable party, the cart, driver, horse,
or loser. ' '
TiiKrT oh Tim Dan Donnelly a few days a?o
stole a sliver watch. Yesterday Darnel was arrested
at Ninth ai d ChiiHttaii streets. 'Ihe onioer who
made ihe arreht took Daniel before Aldeiman Col
lins, and the Aldermau delivered him over to lUrt
nier. y of the luoi'iieuu ot tue liotcJ UeM lia neu-
Hllf.
THIRD EDITION
G E JSJ B XI A Xt . NE WS.
The Winnipeg Iaiurrectionistf-Un-friendly
Indians and llalf-breeda
The Navigation of the Mis
tieaippi. Still Open
Seven Miles of Snow
Sheds on the Pa
cific Railroad.
FROM THE WEST.
Mutwr KhrriH 011 tli I'liclfie Itnllrond.
Dr)if. i f if ie htctmmj Ttleiiraph.
omitA, Dee. s. Three and a half miles or snow
sheds are completed on the I nioiv Pacific Kallroiid.
It is cxpreted thai seven miles will l,i Unlshed by
the 1st 01 February.
Formidable Indlun Alllnnre.
The Indian agent at Dacotah reports ttmt a formi
dable allninee has beeu concluded between the
northern sloux and the Crow tribes, for the purpose
of making war upon the settlers In Ka.stcrn Mon
tana. AIInnImhIiiiiI Nnvlftntlon.
Despatch lo The Evening Telegraph.
fir. Part,, Winn.. Dee. 2-Tho ract that, the Missis
sippi wus open for navigation up to date was cele
brated here yesterday bv an excursion down the
river. The oldest tliluibitaut asserts that th i pre
Bent Is but the fifth timo that the river Inw beeu
open at this late period.
FROM TlIE'nOMimOJV.
The Hfd Itlver lfebrllion.
Ottawa, Dec. 'i. capt.Krinatinger, of Montreal, hvi
ut:T-i n.l.niiMruv.l l.eiu IU llll'iei llilvO Jl NptMMIM IUC-I-
Bge to Bed river to endeavor to conciimtn the hall
brceils. The Indian epiestlou Is attracting much at
tention. The tribe between Fort William and Ked
river is reported unfriendly.
The Nova Scolln KcnoIiiiIoik.
Toronto, Dec. !i In the. Legislature, last night,
Mr. P.Iake followed np the late Nva Scotia resolu
tions by moving, as a necessary cousequeuce, an ad
dress to thu crown, praying thut by an act of the Im
perial Legislature it might be rendered Impossible
for the Parliament of Canada to disturb the financial
relations, by the liritisli North America act of 1SUT,
us nenvceu ianaua iiiiu ine several provinces.
Mr. Blake supported his motion iu a speech of
some length. He criticized the course taken bv the
Government on the former even'ng, und a debate of
a wiy unlimited cnaraeier toon place.
Jir. Clark moved un muendiucut declaring the
proposed address Inexpedient.
on a division the amendment was defeated bv r7
to 1'i. The original motion was then carrid. und a
committee at once appoluted. Their report was
brniigt.t in nnd adopted, and the address agreed to
and ordered to be engrossed in due form.
Kulhvny Opening.
St. John, X. Dec. tt. The formal opening of
tne western intension jauiway irom Ht..lohato
the American boundary took place yesterday, A
train left ut 1) A. M. with two hundred Invite I goests.
nnd oti its return a grand entertainment, was given.
1 lie l-redcricklou nraucn was also opened lor
tratllc.
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
POUTER & COATES,
No. 822 CHESNUT STREET,
NOW OFFEK FOll fcALE,
At Wholesale C&sh Prices,
JJ O () K S
irr elegaus . Bnxraxrras,
FULLY ILLUSTRATED.
ENGLISH AN D AMERICA NT
BIBLES AND PKAYEHS,
Juveniles and Toys.
rUKCHASERS OP HOLIDAY BRKSKNTS AUK
INVITED TO EXAMINE TIIE IMMENSE STOCK
OP ALL KINDS OF HOOKS OFKEUED AT
TIIE VERY LOWEST MAUKET KATES FJR
CASH. IS! 1 20trp
II
t. I A X
;& s.
Closing out Elclall Sltx-U at a
AT GREATLY REDUCED PRICES.
ANM'Al.K,
ji vi:.mi,i:s,
TOY ItOOtt.
1' AY Ell U OKS,
JSIItl,E"4, ETC. ETC.
CBiAKB.r.M bje;wii.vi:k,
No. 1229 CHESNUT. STREET, .
II 37 ttathlHtrp E'IIJiAIL?i'-'P!!J:
PHILADELPHIA STOCK EXCHANGE SALE
Kcported by Do Haven A Dro., No. 40 3. Third street.
SECOND HOARD.
f WW) Pa 6s, 8 ger. . .10dJ
RsliCaAAinH...113M
Stfjou Lih V It n lis.
lOHliPenua II 6:1
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WEDDING INVITATIONS
hNGHAVEDIN TUtt KKWKSf AND B1U4T
MAKKICK... LOUIS DKKKA,
8tnt inner nnd Knirruver.
Wa. luJ OIlKSNIji btruet.
T 11 E M E N 1) O U 8 D I S P L A Y
of , ;
CHKOMOS AND FANCY GOODS FOR
THE HOLIDAYS.
JOXZKf R. xgAGB-& CO.,
No. C30 ARCH STREET,
noerorp nilLVDELPIlVV.
COAL.
W. H T A c c A R T
" COAL DEALER. . .......
OOALOFTI1K BKKTOUAI.ITV. PBEPABBD KX
ri;i:s8LV mil family ubk.
1208, 121(1 and 1212 WASHINGTON AV.,
12 1 Urn Wotw..n Twulflh awl Thirteenth utroets.
LEGAL. NOTICES.
TN THE ORPHANS' COURT FOR THE CITY
J. AND COUNTY OK Pill LA DKI.IMI I A.
The Au.Ulr inl.l l.y Court to . li t, J ft' a
ao-j.it th. o.H.unt. of MAHY M II LltOl -LANO ( Into
MiMiluNkey). .liniiitrt,rix, d.ioiwd, ud to report oi
trilmtiuiiof tha balaui in th han.Uof tha aoc.miitanl ,
will u..t the ,,uili.. iuter.wt..d, tut tha Miru.tM "
F0UET1I EDITION
DoxnssTxe ArrAias.
The National Board of Trade Meeting
at luenmond vashington News
FROM THE SOUTU.
Thu Jovernment Hnle nt Itnrprr'M Ferry.
WnKM.rNn, W. Va., Dec. S The sale of the Gov
ernment property at Harper's Ferry, np to Wednes
day, amounts In tho RKisrepate to lirt.OOO. Trio
lnnsket and Title factory, wllh the Potomac and
Shenandoah water power, were purchased I'V Cap
tain '1'. K. Adams. The llalllmore and Ohio ltuilroad
Company were heavy bidders.
Nntlonnl Hoard of Trade.
fvf.TTt.vt, ll,n Tim K.xn.l ...... ... nvn I n
III. ii.iipi'i i. , . V.Mlll, mi:. linn III.II iii.ih
and a committee was appointed to Invite Uovurnor
Wnlkcrto visit the sessions or tlieliourd.
'1 lie committee found the Governor just leavlliff
the city, but were Informed that he would visit the
bnnrd on his return In a few days, with his thanks
for the courtesy.
Mr. Lawrence, President of the National Tobacco
Association, wan Introduced to the board, and d'.'lc
nates from the Memphis Hoard of Trade were
leiilstercn.
Tho business programme was then taken np:
Tenth Proposition "I niformity In Corporation
Laws.-' Hcf erred to the Executive Council
hlcvctith I'rotKiHltlou "A Covernmetit Depart
ment of Commerce. "A resolution was ndnptod that
Conpress be reipiested ti establish a new depart
ment, to lie known hs the Department of coinui.T'-p,
to which shall be referred ii'Kt,loim connr.-tvd with
foreign nod domestic, trade and transiiortaUon, and
u committee be appointed to memorialize Congress
to that effect. 'I ho proposition originated with the
l'altimoro Konrd, and was endorsed in speeches bv
Messrs. Opdyke of New York, W'etheriil of I'lilla lel
dila, Hail of I'hlcago, Knpee of Dostou, Cork of
Cinclnniill, and others.
It wns iiRieed that the Treasnry Department, hid
its hatids too full to attend to mercantile ipicvtlnns.
The community wanted a department on a footing
with other departments of tho Covcrninent, with
some eminent mercantile man ut Us head, lu Uveal
ilrllaln this had beeu done, and John Itrlirht. Presi
dent of the Hoard of Trade, had been put at Its
lieu.i.
The I1If.h1hiOi. Election.
ew Ort.kakh. Dec 2 The foilowlnir has been
received concerning the Mississippi election. Alcorn
uiih iiiiijoriucH hs ioiiows:
WHKIUHOi), liooo; Noxahce, 27M Jefferson, 1513;
Yazoo, !inwo; Monroe, aooo; Adams, tin; Warren,
r,;r.:i ; coprah, iwo; Loudres, arioo; Lauderdale, ci2:
Clarke. 0o. '
A jrafn In 1300 counties of over 13,000 over last
jt 11IO IUMIV.UI T'l
Dent has inaioritles its follows: Talluvusha, 700,
a loss of uo. No report as to how the LeeWlatnre
hiuiiiis nus ueeu received, bin tue victory UcouoedeJ
to the radicals.
FROM WAStflflGTOJI.
Nnviil Orders.
Dfiwti'h lo Ihe. A Duocialed I're.
AMUMiTON, Dec. '2 Captain II. liandolp'i Draeze
nun 11uv.11 n, mil villi me Clival uniu 1110.1
Hoard. Licutciiant-Coininau.lci' Macloy U ordered
to signal outy 111 tins city.
Collector ol'Interiiol Kpveinm Avnoinivd.
Pamuel Rush has been appointed Collector or In
ternal Kevcime lor the So Alii Virginia District
vice Ot nice resigned.
IT. H. Ileiintdtiirv Dlui.ntif Imicrf.
The First Natioral Bank of Hamilton, Ohio, Pas
bee n discontinued ai a designated depositary of
ItreelplH rfrom CiiHtoniN.
Customs receipts for the week endlnif Nov. 2;
Huston .i-2(l.
Now York 1,1)2. ..ono
Phila.ielplila l2:t,ono
Hultnnore ir.a wi
New Orleans, from ;Nov. 1:1 to 20.. 71! ins
rian Kraigjitico, from Nov. in to 120 121,144
Total .
.12,144,701
FROM NEVtJWQLd.JW).
Ilii'lTtorM Ite-elccted. '
Deimteh to The Evenuu Tclnjrajh.
I'.om'on, Dec. 2 At n meeiiiifr of the stockholders
of the .liimes hfeam Mill, In NewUuryport, til.! old
Hoard of Dlrectora wns rf-eleeted, and It was vote!
UMinimoiisly to authorize them to sell the mill ma
chinery und real estate. A snow storm commenced
about neon to-doy.
I) en Hi of nil Old Publisher.
8ai.km, Mass., Dec, 2. Henry Whipple, the oldest
bookhcller und puhlinhcr in Salem, und one of thu
oldest in the State, died at his residence UuL niglil,
at the age of fcO years.
FROM JVE V 1 'OR K.
0fr. Itlclini'dson'H KeinnliiM.
Vts.aUh to The Ereninn 7''.'(n;i.
Nt-.w Yokk, Dee. 2. The date of Mr. Hlehar.Hon's
f uiieinl lias not yet been decided upon. HH remains
will be taken to Med way, Mass., for interment.
Coroner Keenan will empanel a Jury this afternoon
to view the body und will hold an lnipiextoii Mon
day. The deceased was a nalhe of Med way, uud as
years eld.
FROM EUROPE.
Hnllioii in the Hunk of 1'rnnce.
Bu the Anijto-Awi'kan Cable.
1'Aiiis, Dec. 2. The bullion In the Hink of Fran :e
lias decreased 1,t)oo,ooof. since last week.
Tho Nnbllme Porte nnd the Viceroy of Hnvpt.
The tioveinmeiits of Pranee and tireat iiritaiti
are making great cilorls to settle the matters at vari
ance between the sublime Porte and tlio viceroy of
Egypt.
Sulcty of an American S'lilo.
Oknoa, Dec. 2 The American ship Kcotswood,
which sailed from New Orleans on August 11, for
this port, arrived hi re safely yesterday. SI10 had
been given up for lost by the underwriters.
Nhlpwreek.
I.OKDOK, Dec. 20 The ship Joseph Holmes, of
Ho ton, which sailed from Now York October Cl.
for Glasgow, experienced a eeavy gale, sprunjr a
leak, and was abandoned. The .crew were saved,
and lauded at Holyhead yestejday. .
The DnnUli Oueallan.
Brhi.ik, Nov. 2 It Is rumored that the Danish
quest Ion is again under discussion. Several Impor
tant despatches on this subject have recently passed
between Heriiu aml Vleniia. '
COODS FORTHELADIES.
jJRIDAL, BIRTHDAY, AND HOLIDAY
PRESENTS.
iV!n Hon lXaiclio.
The One DolUrDnpnrtmnnt oontalna a luro assort moat
of UiNK KKKNCU GOODS, mtmuinff
DKSKH, WORK, GLOVE, HANUKK RO II I K K, AND
DKEiiKINU BOXK8. in mroat variety.
DOLLS, MKOHANIOAL TOYS, and TREE TRIM
MINOS. 6II.K FANS, LEATHER BAOR, POCKET BOOKS.9
CHINA VASBS aod ORNAMENTS, JEWELRY, KTO.
from itfOO (o SOO0.
( all and cumlni out PariaUoodH.
Party and Kreninu Drewies made and triiuoied fro.a
1 rtnrli and lOnclistl fuahinn plutoa.
r nu.'y Costuuiet fur Mniiuirada, Balls, ete., mads to
oidur in l'tiity-oiKht boura' uolice, at
MRS. M. A. fJINDER'3
LADIES' DRKR8 TBIMMINOB, PAPER PATTERN
KliEhS and CLOAK HAKUsti KBi'ABLISHMK.M 1',
N. W. Corner Eleventh and Chesaut,
Seatnth
PHILADELPHIA.
TO RENT.
FOR KRNT LARfiE MANSION HOUSE
.. 1 I. ... TIII1.U UlUiiLJ
:;( ana i.roonua, n. r.. .. ... .......
lailJI'M tOH., lOI'HIIO l.V i.kiuiiium ... 1. ni'nniu., r l
and adiuliiinK A. .1. D"'hI. K. Apply to WHARI'O.V
K. HARltIS,nltfJCKJiflt.
TO l.F.T-A SKCONO STORY FRONT
-1 Ro.,111, Ni. 8.3 CltKSNUf Bt.'oot. auiul.la for tli.i
iwlr or any uthwr l.uin. A lort-B I're ,nxif and li
tttrn.ior.nl... Atily lo LKW18 LADOMUU ". wu.
tKCHKIjM.'T burl. U 3t
FIFTH EDITION
the it at hot. ;rja wo .
An American Ship Wrecked,
and Another Safe which
had been Given Up
for Lost. .
FROM NEW YORK.
n Tne"er,ly ol AmerletiB Shipping.
Despatch to Th Evening Telegraph,
New Yokk, Dec. 2. The Chamber of Com
merce ract this afternoon and listened to tho
report of the coinmltteo.appolntod to consider
the causes of decay la American shipping. Two
reports wcro presented, tho majority rocom-mendinR-Flrst.
That forelRn built steamers he
imported free of duty, prlvilc-cd to carry tho
American flair, provided they are American
owned and not engaged In coast trnde. Second.
Iron idato nnd stjch material used in
cm instruction of steamers to bo admitted duty
free. Third. On all ehip utorea procurable in
bond, drawback to bo allowed same as goods
exported. Fourth Subsidies to bo granted to
linca of stctmcra built lnAirtcrieany:irds. Mino- '
rlty report nib?ti.utlally tho same, but recom
mends free chip lui-tcad of huhaidtc.
FROM EUROPE.
Tho Luteal Qiiotatloax.
B)i the A 1111U1-A met t'. on CMe.
".Al.'-V,lT 1)cl'" a L'lted Sta tea Mi's opened
Diet lit tl;.
J'AKis, Dec. 2. -The Bourse cloned firm. Rentes.
.I.e..
ANTWKHr, Lee. 2. Petrolenm closed firm at 69wf.
London, Dcc.a-4 30 V. M.-CnHola fer money
fii'i, and for account, 92'.-. American securities
'r?OS of 1H8'2' 84T: 'W. old, 83;
i'i'.r" ; '"-'w'. trie- M-' : ll"oU Centril,
WH ; Atlantic nnd Orcat Western, !i7. '
Li vKi i-,o 1, ih e. 2-4 in P. M.-Cotton flrm: nn
atids, I'JVd.: Orleans, I2.ijd. Sales to-day tVooo
bales, IncludliiR Anno for export and speculation.
Lard, 7(1k. (id. Hi lined I'etrolcu.ni Is. svr.l.
1.0M.ON, ihe. 2-4 30 1'. M. The bullion In the
Bunk of Lnjiland has decreased i;:w,(ioo since last
weok.Bt'iliied Pel roleuui, is. Tdia I s. i'd. Linseed
Local Onrn and Enhh There are i2,r.r.T tanables
n the Tweutl. tli ward, according to the returns
made.
Cannot some of the Sheriff's attaches better
occupy their time than by exolianirinjr siKnswith
certain niembi-rs of the demi-mrnnle as tney passf
The residents on X. Ninth street coiiipUin that
they cr.iot recall the time w hen they saw the street
cleaners 011 that thorouifhfure.
The pi nice uro to have a parade and review.
1 1 ay-foot, straw-tout, llle left, march.
There are K; manufactories iu the Fourth In
tenial.Hevcnue dlfrlct.
Uertmint.nvn Is to Philadelphia what Staten
Island is to Xi-w York.
The sniiih islanders want the national capital
removed to thai place.
Our legislators aud Councllmen nlKlitly meet at
Fox's.
Harrison Is the most original "nii'Kcr" on the
BtllRC.
Our city fnih. rs meet to-day,
The Mya meets t-ntKht.
Bmt.E Sciiooi. Akkivkksaky Tne llfty-fonrth
anniversary of the Bible School attached to the Fifth
Baptist church, comer of Eighteenth aud Knrinir
(birden streets, will be celebrated this oveulnj? in the
church bulliliii' by prayer, slii!rlnjr of hymns, read
liifr of report, upecclies, etc. The exercises will be
opened stT'... o'clock with a prayer by the pastor,
Kev. Warren Handolph. A number of recitations
by the scholars will then follow, after which the
assemblage will be addressed by Kev. P. 8. ileiison,
D. I)., and J0I1 11 Wanamuker, Esq.
IlFAHrNfJS AT TUB CENTRA!. STATION Before
Alderiiian Kerr, Committing Magistrate at the Cen
tral station, this afternoon, was arraigned Henry
Mills, enlored, for a further hearing on the charge of
the larceny 01 8U(i from Captain Dyer, of the
schooner Ida Wheeler. 1101) in cash was found
wrapped around his legs, ilu was hold iu 0D .
bail to answer.
Samuel Klchols was charged wita assault and
battery upon .1. W. (Julck, No. 7'4 -Arch stieet,on
Huuday. He wan held In tnoo ball to miniver.
BuiDiiE PitoTF.rnoK Tho Schuylkill Harber
Police force has beeu ordered to take diai'ge of the
Wire, Market, nnd Chesuut Street Undue after
nightfall. Jfad this order tteen Lsaacd so ne time ago.
It Is more than probable that the mau Hughes would
now be alive.
Bom ok Ft.AKNF.t- Some impecanious chap, de
siring to be orepiircd for the to be expected blasts of
winter, yesterday helped himself to a roll of canton
flannel displayed In front of Cope's dry goods store,
Frank ford Itoad and Norrla Street,
Bckolary. The residence of Fred. Simons,
Tassyunk road, near the (las Works, was entered
by burglars about .t,V o'clock this moruiiig and
robbed of two gold watches, a silver loc-pitclicr, and
a lot of silver spoons.
Ownkb Wanteo. Some of the Eleventh district
ofllcers yesterday found' a box containing forty
pounds of soap ut Queen and Palmer streets. The.
owner can obtalu It by calling at the station bouse.
LEGAL IIITELLiaTJKrCD.
Court ol Oyer and Terminer-Jnd;e Pclrce Nnd
1'u x o a.
The case engaging the attention of t . Court this
morning was that of the Commonwealth vs. James
Devlin and Ccorgo Bryner, both young men, who
were charged with killing Francis Arehold at liirard
avenue and Ontario street, on the' night of Septem
ber 18 last, and who were represented In their trial
by John O'Byrne and Lewis C. cassldy, Esqs. A
jury wus in a short time obtained from the regular
panel and sworn. 1 -
In opening the case for the Commonwealth, Mr.
Dwlght said that ou the night In uuesiion a party of
young ladies uud gentlemen, of wnom the prisouer
and deceased were members, were returning to
their homes from tho vicinity of Seventeenth and
Poplar streets, and had reached Broad and Poplar,
when one of the young gentlemen, In a spirit of
sport, took a lady's parasol, and with It pushed tbe
hat of one of the prisoners over his head.
The young gentleman who was thus played upon
became angered, and supposing the deceased wa .
the person who had done this, resented It by a blow
upon the face, which caused hts uose to bleo.L The
deceased and a friend crossed the opposite side of
Broad street to stop the bleeding, aod afterwards
rejoined the parly at Glrard avenue and Ontario St..
when the deeeused demanded of one of the prisoners
why he bad struck him. Thereupon a melee arose.ln
the course of w hlch the deceased received lujurles,
a fracture of the skull, which produced a clot of
bleed upon the brain, causing death. Mr. Dwlght
said lhat the facts of the case would at the most nn
for a verdict of manslaughter etrainst the prisone
and, after the submission of the C un-nonweal
case, It would be for the Jury to say whether It
amounted -vt n to that At the coneiuslou of the
testimony the prosecution was abandoned, aud a ver
dict of not irullty was rendered.
TI1K Mt hliKK OF COLON El. KBVBKRT. '
In the case of l'hillp Flamilgun, trhtd for the mur
der of Colonel .lames ,1. Key hart, at Tllirt.senth and
Wood streets, on tho night of September 18, tiie
Jury retired lo deliberate at ft o'clock yesterday after
noon, and have not yet agreed upon a verdict.
U. H. DItilct'Coiirt-Jriduo Cudwalader. . ,
In the case of tho L'nlted States vs. six; barrolffbf
whisky claimed by John Bresdo, before reported,
the jury rendered a verdict for the tl iverumeut
The next case put on trial was that of the United
States vs. Sixiy-tlvo barrels of whisky, seized by
Olllctr Niilenbcrg, In the .Ninth Collo .tioii district,
mar Lancaster, for alleged frauds against tho reve
nue laws, uud claimed by Levi . Uroll. The ca-io
is yet on triai. .. . .
DUirlci Court, No. I Judge Strourt.
la the case of Margaret Wharton vs. Tlio City,
which was a sutt to recover dmuagos for an Injury
sustained by pialutltT in falling through a hole iu
the tiunmi s run bridge, before lopoi ted, the Jury
rendered a verdict for the plaiutiff furfouo.
Margaret Doyle vs. Jeremiah Maiiouey. An a '.tlin
of trespass to recover damages for au assault and
battery committed by di reiidaut upou p.alultir, lu
pushing her violently off tiie front steps or a build
ing, Whereby she broke her leg. Verdict for plaintiff,
fcoo.
IllNlrlct Court, No. 'j-JitdK Hare.
Lewis, l'hillp, and John Frank vs. David Donohue.
An action on a promissory uuto. No defense. Ver
dict for plslntlir. S2UH1.
Margaret J. smith, assignee, vs. Luooii Taylor. Au
acUou 011 a boud. OutnaL