Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1858-02-19
Brief News AriIcIcs.


we did not reduce the tariff III double quick
Lime, there would be surplus o. 500, ,u0o,-
600 of coin in the Sub-Treasury, aud 1t
would break up every body. We have pass
ed a t; riff bill, and we have not only broken
every body, but NE have no money in the
Treasury Is this the way the financial af-
fairs Of this Government are to be 1ndact-
ed !! You begin at one session to press
| through bill 10 drive money out of the
! Treasury, and then come here and press US
| into the night hours to get another bill to
put money into the Treasury. think it is
Il seri, Us impeachment OF tue financial aLil-
tiles of The Democratic party. and without
meaning to be unkInt to individuals, am u
| little ASHAMED OF IT.
| We are precipitating the Government Of
the United States. in Time OF peace, with
out any excuse for it, into system OF con-
tis'ental paper money. can make nothing
! else out of it,
/ DEATH FROM CLoRoFoRM.-Mr John
McChesney, OF Toronto, man in the prime
Of life and without organic disease likely to
produce death, expire a few days ago from
the use OF chioroform in extracting teeth
/ The Globe says:
The case of poor Mr.. McChcsney shows
that many persons have been tritirng with
death, while thus using what they consider
ed harmless and useful agent. He came
to Mr.. French to have six teeth extracted,
and was told by that gentleman that he new
er administered choloform except under the
advice of regular pbysicinn DR. Richard
son was thereupon called in, but belore the
chloro:orm was administered, Dir. McChes-
uey asked whether there was any danger in
using it. DIR. Richardson replied that it had
been used in twenty or thirty thousand cases
in the Crimea without accident. and that
| physicians generally thought the danger
very slight; still there was possibility of risk,
and he had 10 doubt that he had better not
take it. Mr.. McChesney unfortunately
chose 10 use it, aud the operation was pro-
ceeded with; by no means large quantity
of chloroform being given, and the patient
never being SO entirely. stupefied us not to
start at the extraction of tue touth. When
the whole operation was finished, he was OBJ
| served 10 change color and soon appeared
perfectly lifeless. a gavunic battery was
sent for and employed, and~four other pily
sicians coming to the aid of DR.. Richardson,
every device was used to restore life, but all
without effect.
a STUDENT PLAEISs LIoN.-The Dayton
Gazette tells the following stofy: f.
| A young student from Oxford, who was
on visit to Troy, afew days agosvisited the
maithouse of B1 assrs. Munday & w arner,
aud while there was Informed that T'eu-
tonic gentleman IN their employ had been
made to believe that u lion had escaped
from u menagrie, and was prowling about
their premises. They were thinking about
getting some one TO play the part of the
lion, and then lots of fun might be expected,
The young gentleman at once consented to
personate the lon.--procurDg buffalo robe
and ensconsing himself within it. slipped a
round the back way into the lower story :
/ The Dutchman was then requested to bring
some article from the basement. When he
arrived there, out sprung the lion, somewhat
frightening the Duichman, who OH the in
slant Sgtasped biudgeon, gave his lionship
one vigorous blow, and then with gig gIntic
strides and blanched cheeks rushed up stair;
to tell his adventure. There upon the par
ty above hastened down, and were them
SELVES considerably astonshed and alarmed
when they found the young student lying
senseless upon the flor, with fearful gash
upon his head and covered with blood.
After calling in physician and applying
restoratives, the facetious young man gradu-
ally revived. His wound was dressed, und
he rs ubie again to he about, but he declares
that lie has no disposition to play the lion to
Il Dutchman any more.
! The PRoPHET's FAMILY.-A correspon-
| dent Of the Missouri Republican writes, that
last summer he was at Nauvuo, and CONVEX
scd with Mr.. Bitoman, whdkis married to Joe
Smiths widow. He says:
.' sat al the table with the famIy, con-
ssting of Mr. Ritoman and wife, and three
sons of Joe Smith, the eldest about % or "a; /;
the second about 20; the third lad of II or
l3 years. From Mr. Bitoman learned that
not one of the famiIy believed in Mormon
ism, and that his wife-formerly Mrs. Smith
I had always been opposed to it, as well as
the boys. Mrs. Bitoman is masculine, in
teligeut looking lady, of 45 or AZ years
She is native Of New York;
BREsLIN AND MORGAN .-Ex-kuditor Nor
gan, wliu now edits the Newark Advocate,
says that John G. Breslin recently made an
affidavit taking upon himself the entire re-
sponsbili'y of the Treasury defuicaiion. in
addition to this, Morgan learns that he ''has
made another deposition, in which he Ores.
Iin) alleges that the $550,000 beeame loss
to the State, in certain months in the first
year of his second term during which months
his officia bonds remained open to be
strengthened by the names of additional Sc
curities before lis acceptance by the Cover
nor" These statements Morgan calls LONG
CONCEALED PERJURIEs." AS regards The
second allegation, in respect to the time
when the defalcaiion occurred, we have
nothing TO say; but as regards the FIRST, that
he (Bresn) took the whole of The money
we have something 10 say. 1t is an unqres
tionable truth, and the statements of Nj
Sparrow in his report show it 10 be so, tha;
Breslin took all the money. 'Fne books Of
the Treasury office show it, and we heard
VIM. ID. Morgan himself, in front of the A
merican House in this city in June last, and
in the presence of number OF people, say
| that "he kaeac that BreSiie had St0lca. The mon.
ey, he was satisfied of il at the time he was
III office with him, and he had been expect
ing explosion ever since Gibson had been
in Office, and had been surprised that he had
been able to keep it concealed as long as he
has, and yet this is the man who has ever
been trying to fix the crime upon Governor
Chase and the Republicans, and now says
uiut Bresn has perjured himself tor swear
ing TO the very thing which he (Alorgan,
himself in June last said he knew to be
true.-- Ohio STATE Journal,
ANOTHER LETTER FROM Gov. WISE -
Gov. Wise has written another letter il
response 10 an invitation To attend an anti