Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1859-04-08
NEWS xTExEs.

that $50 persons were punished ht military
tribunals and 4,66a by the civil authorities
and that OF this number $50 pcrsons were huns
and l 1898 shot.
The Dubuque (Iowa) Herald saws that a gen
tleman, from the interior of that State, passed
a few days ago, GO wagons for Pixies Peak
stuck fast in the mud. The accompanying
emigrants had quietly encamped, to wait fol
drier weather.
The Bedford Qnd Independent SAYS that q
little daughter of a Mr.. Nugent, of Fayetteville.
in that county, was burned to death on Frida
OF last week, by her clothes taking fire from a
log-heap, around which she was playing. TIL
heat was 80 intense that it melted the ear-rings
IN her ears. Ii - 0HE0WTE
General Twiggs publishes a proclamation in
the Texas papers, warning citizens against en-
gaging in lawless expeditions to Mexico, to
capture runaway negroes, sell them and divide
the profits. He has ordered the officers under
him to cooperate with the Mexican authorities
to defeat such; attempts. &tii'ii f+ ie A~
Since the beginning of the present month.
Mr.. Thomas Vance, of Lyndon. Me. has buried
six children. Tn disease which swept away
nearly a whole family was typhoid fever, of a
very malignant type.
A few miserable Milwaukee hotel keepers
recently denied a poor consuInptive woman,
who was travelling, a comfortable place to die
in. Whereupon Mcssrs. Cook & Co, of the
Phelps House, kindly entertained and after
wards buried her. .41 -sy -.---g -r
ST.. Louis, April 3.@Ihe st. Joseph Journal
learns that an extensive war is ON foot between
various Indian tribes on the plains, headed by
Mlnnic3nSnls- Negotiations were pending be-
tween the Chcyennes, Arrapahoes, Grows and
other tribes. r ~
HARRIS, Wis, March 26.-Jonathan Post. st
Baptist preacher, and his wife, were killed YES
terday by their own son. The murderer had
been insane for several years, and was consider
ed harmless until this occurrence. He made no
effort to escape. z1'
Augusta, Ga, April 2-Thc steamboat Au-
gusta was burnt last night 40 miles below on
the Savannah river. Henry Day, engineer, and
three negroes, were drowned. Seven hundred
and elShty bales of cotton, forty barrels of
flour and other produce DESTROYED. The boat
and cargo are a total loss: partly insured in
New York.
At Chicago, on Saturday, ayoung man. nam
ed Edwards, while feeding a chained watch dog.
the furious animal broke his fastening and
caught him by the arm, holding on while he
was beat with clubs, shot five times with a MS
tol, and then cut to pieces with an axe
before Edwards could be released from his
grasp.
DETROIT, April 4.-Edward Benedict. a resi-
dent OF this city, stabbed his wife to-day in a
fit OF jealousy, killing her almost instantly, and
and afterwards attempted suicide by hanging. !
General William T. Haskell, the ~welI-known
Tennessee orator and politician died at the
Hopkinsviile, Kentucky, Insane Asylum, on
Sunday last.
Gen. Haskell was one of the most brilliant
men in the country, and but for the curse of
strong drink might haze occupied almost anv
position he could have wished.
Tho Albany Statesman reports that the fresh
ct north has TaS1I1fpI in fha lose of co,,o 81 n
600 worth of lumber. At Glen's Falls some
20Q,000 logs swept over the boom. At War
rensburgh, 10 miles above the Falls, the tim
Der jam extended three miles, and was esti-
mated to contain over half a million of logs.
Letters from Iowa say that the suffering of
the poor in many portions of that State IS terri
bic. Flour is from St to SO Der barrel o1ts
and potatoes 81 per bushel, corn SO cents. The
wheat crop an almost entire failurc-and no
money to buy with. Should the approaching
crop fail, Iowa will be depopulatcd.
OF the large stock of choice cattle, purchased
by Mr.. Barrett, of Henderson. Kentucky. in
at a cost OF more than $50. 900, ONLY
one COW was alive on the arrival of the ship at
New FORK. One after another Of the valuable
lninals sickened and died: among them was a
bull which cost about 50, coo, and a COW for
which 50, 500 was paid.
The Portland Advertiser says of the town
Elections III Maine that the returns are cheer
ng, and that the Republicans. thus far. have
a determination to rebukc the present
administration.
The Anderson Central Texian mentions q
legre man in that town who is I2O years old.
lie was at the battle of Guilford Court House.
nd has "a vivid recollection of the scenes of
hat day. He is a hale old man. :
a recent letter from Kentucky to the Wash !
ngton o. g Union says that the growing |
rop OF small grain have come out wonderfully. 3
the prospect of an abumdan Weld of wheat q
5 highly fattering, Similar reports are ~recciy- :
d from all parts Of Tennessee. ,
The Weldon N. CO Patriot saws that , ooo +,
laves passed through that place during the II
1onth OF January, and not less than 80, 900, It l
informed, went into the cotton regions during
he last year.
james Stephens who has been on trial for a !,
w days past in New York, on charge Of hay =
g murdered his wife by poison, has been con- (,
lcted: His counsel have given notice that h
icy should make a motion fora new trial. d
The balloon in which MI. John lie Mountain 81
opposes to cross the Atlantic the coming sum ia
.cr is TO be built at Lancaster, PennsvIrv a,lia h,
' Mr.. Wise, the father OF eronauts. 1t is to Il
completed in May. The trial will be to u
licago and back. al
1t is only 4 day or two since SIG, 900 Of coun- e
rfelt bills were burnt at st. Louis. and on ST
upward of ST, 600, chiefly of counter b;
it's on the Chippewa. Missouri State, and Gray 20
lie, Illinois banks, were discovered in the y
me city. M
The Norfolk, Va, Argus puts in mourning a :.
TT OF It's sheet containing an extract from the 81
raid of the same city. in which it is asserted
at Virginia will one day he free State, and
e sooner the better
Late Paris gossip says that the Emperor Ma
leon is sulky and equity, and is obligcd TO -
t so much water i'll his wine that dropsy will IN
7babIy supcrsedc the govt. A
Hayes, of Fort Edwards. N. Y. who va
'tessed to have existed two wears without wi
ing, has been reported an impostcr hy n In
appointed to examine into the truth TN
her statement. ~
Both bituminous and camel coal have been a.
i'll large quantities in the bluffs of ~
Kansas river, within eight miles of Kansas ba
'. ing
The Mark Lane Express of the 24th February. we
tes that vessels have chartered in London to cNl
c frehch hour TO New 1ork and Canada. adj,
man named Morgan, who is said to he
tn Soo,OOO, has been sent from Scott county ,
the Alton, Illinois, Penitentiary for two !,
RS, for assault with intent to kill. ual
'uring the year 1858 in Boston, nine coIored ""S
es were married to white women, exactly abo
same number that occurred in the year 1857. dire
re Is moi an instance reported OF the mar yea
A"'' ! -" oiaeA woman qua
man arrived at Pittford, ILL.,, a few davs The
c, from Elwood. Kansas. his errand being -
hrash his brother-in-law who had NAL ny
ted his wife. Having finished the bust ana
to the satisfaction of all concerned, he re- awf
led. nuc
oN. Mcdary of Kansas has 'pocketcd'' and Han
vetoed the bill aboliShiug slavery. The
,rnor of New Mexico signed the bill protec-
slavery in that territory. Both are good 4
Oh course man
S'Ie o cor, was recently made ut Rich who
snug
maple sugar has been made in the wes- 900
years past. h"h'