Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-07-08
GENERAL NEWS ITEMS.

an hour afterwards.
Nearly 5 ], 200 were paid for the slneral ex-
penses of the late Postmaster-Genefa Brown,
upon the order of u Secretary, and without the
color of law. The matter will be investigated.
Gov. Brown was rich, and this imposition on the
Treasury is a matter of much modification to
his real friends.
SOME DELINQUENTs.-The delinquent tax list
of Cook county, embracing Chicago, makes
nearly forty-three columns in small type, of the
Chicago Press and Tribune.
Hon. d. F. Robinson, ex-member of Congress
from Pennsylvania, died at Chambersburgh on
Friday last, FROM the disease contracted az the
National Hotel at Washington in the spriRg of
1857.
1t is said SHAT sineg the death of his father,
VIM. B. Aston has laid up" S l, ZOO, 900 a
year. He had nearly 5 l8;9e0, 900 to co1amence
life with.
LANCE AccEssIoN.-On Sunday last forty-sev-
en- males and dfty-seven females united with the
PresbyteriaH Church, at East Hampton, Long
Island
The Rev. J. ~. Risks has been convicted
in Placer county,, California, and fined $500, for
marrying Miss L. Mcdonald to John Yale with
out the consent of her parents, she being under
age:
At Pittstown; N. Y. last week, Warren tohz-
son, Il Iaarn OF Usually temperate habits, got on
a spree. HIS was induced to drink two glasses
of brandy, whi9h rands him stupid and sense
less, and he diednexs morning.
The performing elephants, Victoria and AL
bert, he1c becH seld by Mr.. I. {. Quick, of the
iirar 81 sssEsle kathans & Co., of New York,
the proprietors,) to Mr.. John Wilson, of Cali
fornkl4 Cor the sum of s 81, 600.
There fave been adAlsEd INTO til gBoston In
CITRATE Asylum, about five hundred of that III
fortunate class, who remain. tlsgre for periods Of
from one week to sew.riA lsaosths. ASyet few
upon leaving the institution, have relapsed into
their old habits, and the institution is looked
upon as a success. II has been operated since
1857. ~
o. II. Hewitt a young man of New London,
CT, son of i. j. Hewitt, was taken with bleed
ing violently at the nose on Tuesday night. ard
all efforts to arrest it proving unavailing, he
died after having bled 10 hours.
a man named Gaines, residing in Sturgis,
Ind, lost his life by raslness a few days ago
Some of his friends having sid that some oil of
wintergreen, which they had, was too strong for
use. Gaines maintained the opposite. and, to
prove that he was right, drank two table spoon
fulls, which soon produced vomiting, and III a
few hours death.
The C%sElesteN News declares that, if the
Charleston Convention hcsitates about the
Slave Code, and especially if Douglas is in dam
ger of nomination., tie Southern del esltes will
Sseds, and hoHG6nate for themselves.
Twenty barrels, of new -four sold at New Or
leans, on the 10th, at 50 per BarrsA.
The amount of West India fruits consumes
in New York yearly % S d, 1900, e09.
George Walston, of Louisville, was killed in
That city oa' Saturday, by the bursting of a soda
fountain.
At Pittsburgh, June 25, Richard Jones, a 90
lice officer, shot and killed his wife, then gave
himself up to the authorities. Jealousy was the
cause.
Horace Greely in a letter from Denver City,
June 10th, says that there is gold here but it is
harder to get by digging than almost any other
way. E Saw viii make fortunes here, Wills
many Will loose all, and go away utterly bank-
rupt-
i bfI is now Before tie New Hampshire Leg
~islature to prohibit the change of text books in
the public schools of that State oftener than
once in five years. This should be followed in
. other States. Not seldom are poor pareats or
G widowed mother called upon 10 buy new
books for children when the money can lily be
spared, and where there is no sufficient reason
for the change.
Two brothers, named james and Daniel Nah
err, got Into a tiGi3H asth ID IBIS, pnaF Ottawa. H.,
on the 18th ult., both being drunk at thrtime.
James received a blow which fractured his s4All,
and he died next alorning. Daniel was arrest
cd.
Mr.. kltorio Ca=1lals, a Wcl kaown fr1itcrer
of Charleston, who recently sent 303 bales of
cotton to Genoa, by the bark HollaIdcr, has
been Impressed MD the Sandman army, while
HI sTcESu Se BUSINESS GOlnlcetcu- WITH. his SHIP
nleRh.
Three Senators of the United States Congress
are now in Paris, IA Seward, of New York
Mr.. ~Clingnan, of North Carolina and Mr..
Sumner. of Massachusetts.
The ve1icrabIc- aucE HororaGie JehA f5entbs.
of Keen, noH< ABOUT Ss'yeafro of a@e-the oldest
member of the newspaper press in Neyr Hapap-
~shire-having established the Keen Sentinel in
kI99-visited the Representative Haif at Con-
cord on Wednesday, and occupied a seat at the
rigls3 of the Speaker. Mr.. Prentiss is yet in the
eTjoyItens oe tolerable health, and his mental
powers remail4 ~uni'npaiTed.
Three eities-Chicago, Boston and New Sort
have been the scenes of fortv-fouy n~,=ssec1s
since the first of January last.
1t is a singular fact, that the number of emli-
granfs nON going from the Eastern States to
Calisornitt is; by actual count, greater than it
was daring. tAe seight of the gold fever.
One-of the agricultural fsas1s declares the
most prevalent disease among the farmcrs-the
one most fatal to our country's prosperity-is
the willingness to sell out"
A happy couple have. Just retufns 80 to FaL
mouth, Mas, from their wedding trip, which
was a whaling voyage that lasted five years.
During their absence the wife gave birth, to two
babes. ono of which wara' cllild. oa foar Years
when il reached home.
The ginseng excitement exists la Wisconsin
as well as in Minnesota. 1t is estimated that
5 100, 600 will be paid to the inhabitants of Bad
AK and Richmond Counties, Wisconsin, this sea-
son. for the root that will be gathered.
The $ 1O0,0 600 verdict in the Breach of Prom
Use case in st. Louis. was set aside because Miss
Carstang's letter to Mr.. Shaw, which was ex-
Guided by the Court, was PUBLISHED in the news
papers before the Jury had decided on a verdict.
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE OF 1S6I.-The next
Electoral College, chosen in November, 1860,
to meet in February, 81. will-if Kansas should
ER admit ssGf al the approaching session of Con-
gress-eonsist of 800 votes. I54 of which will be
necessary to n choice for President. The nom
slaveholdins- States wifi have fS6 Electors, and
the slaveioldfng Ssates E20.
Advices from Valparaiso, per steamship Moses
Taylor, announce the arrival at that port of the
barque Admiral. after n passags' of Tires AtaadTed
and fire days from Havre.
ST. Louis, June 30.-In the case of Miss Car
stang against Shaw, in which the lady had Oh
tanned a verdict of a hundred thousand dollars
for breach Of pomise, anew trial has been grant
ed.
Twenty-nine years ago Chicago polled but 81
votes, and the majority of these were cast nv
Frefsch Canadians and half breeds.
CLEVELAND, July 5.-A sailboat containing
twenty-eight persons, IN Clear Lake, Indiana.
capsized on the Fourth. Sixteen persons were
Drowned. No names mostly ladies and child
rrYa.
NEW HAVEN, July "a young man named
Baldwin was killed yesterday, in the adjoining
town of North Bradford, by the bursting of a
cannon
CLEVELAND, Judy 4-Tne Barque Sunshine
Nas ctpsizel on Saturday afternoon off F~airport.
The Captain, first mate, four of the crew and
two children were lost. Tn captains wife, sec
ond mate, and six of the crew were picked ND
on Sunday morning
tbs 5arqac Z. n. Standard, of Buffalo, SoEnd
to Chicago. capsized' ON tie north shore oN Sat
urday. Tho two mates were drowned.
The Democracy of Maine have responded to
the late letter of Senator Douxi5s, by nomina-