DELAWARE. 



was appointed to the same cliair in King's Col- 

 lege, London, and held the position till 1839. 

 Meantime he had been advanced in the Church, 

 being appointed Minister of St. Matthew's 

 Chapel, Denmark Hill, in 1830; Vicar of St. 

 Bride's, Fleet Street, London, in 1835, and Can- 

 on of St. Paul's in 1843. In 1846 he exchanged 

 the vicarage of St. Bride's for that of St. Pan- 

 eras, and in 1857 resigned this and was ap- 

 pointed Rector of Thirfield, Herts. Late in 1869 

 he was appointed Dean of Rochester, but did 

 not long enjoy the dignity. Mr. Dale's poerns 

 were collected and republished in a single 

 volume in 1836. His other works were "A 

 Translation of Sophocles," 1824; "Sermons 

 preached at St. Bride's," 1840; "Sermons 

 preached before the University of Cambridge 

 as one of the Select Preachers," 1832-'36 ; 

 "The Sabbath Companion," 1844; "The Good 

 Shepherd, a Commentary on the Twenty-third 

 Psalm," 1845 ; " The Domestic Liturgy and 

 Family Chaplain," 1846 ; " The Golden Psalm," 

 1847 ; a volume of special sermons, and an ex- 

 cellent edition of Cowper's poems, with biog- 

 raphy and critical remarks. Mr. Dale ranked 

 very high as a preacher, and his style as a 

 writer was remarkable for its purity and vigor. 

 DELAWARE. The population of Delaware, 

 according to the census of 1870, is 125,015. 

 The share of each county with the increase 

 since 1860 is exhibited in the following, table : 



The only city in the State is Wilmington, 

 which had 30,904 inhabitants in 1870, against 

 $2,258 in 1860, an increase of 8,646. 



The following are the largest towns of the 

 State, excepting Wilmington : 



1870. 



18CO. 



There are 637,065 acres of improved land in 

 the State, and the agricultural products in 1869 

 were as follows : 



There Avere also 30,000 tons of hay produced, 

 valued at $20 per ton, and 8,438 bushels of 

 peas and beans. The value of domestic ani- 

 mals in the State was $5,144,706, and their 

 number was as follows : horses, 25,160; mules 

 and asses, 4,112; milch-cows, 24,198 ; young 



cattle, 35,340 ; sheep, 19,54J ; swine, 51,360. 

 The dairy products were 1,430,502 pounds of 

 butter, and 6,579 pounds of cheese. Large 

 quantities of fruit are also raised in the State 

 for the New York and Philadelphia markets. 



At the beginning of the year 1871 the ag- 

 gregate indebtedness of the State of Delaware 

 was $1,632,000, an increase of $176,000 in two 

 years. The State has investments amounting 

 to $1,074,150, which is $224,000 more than 

 it held at the beginning of 1869. The rev- 

 enue collected during the year 1870 was as 

 follows : 



From sales, manfacturee, investments, private 



bankers, etc 72.347 01 



From taxes on banks 9,050 8 



From county officers, including taxes on pro- 

 cess and collateral inheritances 9,528 06 



From tax on insurance companies ,598 18 



From the Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Balti- 

 more, and from the Junction and" Break- 

 water Railroad Companies 25.8T.4 25 



Making an aggregate of $120,577 78 



The Legislature of 1869 passed an act taxing 

 railroad and canal companies incorporated un- 

 der the laws of the State and doing business 

 within its limits, upon their capital stock, 

 net earnings, and rolling-stock. The Philadel- 

 phia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad Com- 

 pany claimed that this tax was unconstitu- 

 tional, and one of its stockholders brought a 

 suit against the State in the United States Dis- 

 trict Court, and asked for an injunction against 

 the collection of the tax. The court decided 

 " that the tax on the capital stock of this com- 

 pany, and on net earnings, is constitutional ; 

 but the tax on locomotives, passenger-cars, 

 and other rolling stock, is unconstitutional." 

 Judge Strong, who delivered the opinion of the 

 court, said: " The case, in any view of it, de- 

 cides that a State cannot directly or indirectly 

 tax persons for passing through or out of it. 

 That is enough for the case I have before me. 

 The Delaware statute of April 8, 1869, does di- 

 rectly levy a tax upon both persons and property 

 for transit through the State, into it, and out 

 of it. It is, therefore, in my opinion, so far in 

 conflict with the Constitution of the United 

 States. I shall, therefore, enjoin against any 

 steps for the assessment, collection, or payment 

 of the tax prescribed by the twenty-first sec- 

 tion of the act of April 8, 1869, namely, the 

 tax for the use of locomotives, passenger-cars, 

 freight-cars, and trucks, and I shall refuse the 

 injunction prayed for to prevent the collection 

 and payment of the taxes prescribed by the fif- 

 teenth section, upon the actual cash value of 

 every share of the capital stock of the company 

 defendant, and.I shall also refuse an injunction 

 against the collection and payment of the tax 

 described by the twentieth section upon the 

 net earnings or increase of the company." 



The case was appealed to the Supreme Court, 

 which has not yet decided the question in- 

 volved. 



The railroads of the State are generally in a 

 flourishing condition. The Philadelphia, Wil- 



