Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-08-03

to numerous persons. -Four entire squares Of
buildings, principally market sheds, were con-
suu1ed, together with a-laFgs amount of veg
etables fruits &c. The sufferers number over
| two hundred firms and individuals, and the
| total loss was 500, 600.
| What C6a Tkem-The total amount of
bills rendered for expenses connected with the
Japanese reception and stay iu New York, was
hundred and tUepsy.fps thousand dollars, of
which ninety-one thousand were hotel charges.
The bills have been reduced to one hundred
and nine thousand. Only thirty thousand was
originally appropriated. vasI
! The editor of the Democrat who hes been
engaged in taking the census IN Brazorfa ooun-
| ty, Texas, says that he found six planters whose
landed interest in that State amount TO e60, ,56e
acres of land, and last year raised "A. 500 busf-
els of corn. The aggregate wealth Of the six
amounts to $22, 900. .S2S saass
Escape Of C6nvscts. Upwards Of fifty convicts
escaped from the Missouri Penitentiaxy at JEFF
ferson City, by bursting open the prison gate.
In the meele, the Warden was slightly injured,
and three conVicts were killed. and seven seri-
ously wounded. All the prisoners were recap
tured except seven.
Twenty three fresh native Africans were sold
at auction, openly, in New Orleans last week
They are supposed to be a part Of those who
recently died at Key West. One of the lot,
boy of IL. weighed l7O pounds, and was over
six feet high. srr
Col. Schouler, formerly of thu Ohio State
Journal. but now Of the Boston Atlas and Bee,
is associated with Mr.. Pangborn, assignee of
| Thomas Ford, in the public printing at WASH
! ington. [Ohio Statesman.
Diptheria is prevailing to an alarming ex-
tent at Merchandising, Giles county Va. A
considerable number have died--as high as FIVE
] in one family The mails between Mechanics
! wig and all the adjoining towns have been
discontinued.
n. p. Willis was recently confirmed in thu
! Episcopal Church, BY the Rev. DF. Potter. Pro-
yisional Bishop.
The Prince Of Wales during his visit at
| Washington, will be the guest of Lord Lyons,
! the British Minister, although he will be in
| vited by the President to become guest the
/ White House.
SHE Of Land in Mfnnesota "A proclamation
has been issued for the sale of one million Of
acres of heretofore nnoffered lands in Minnes0-
ia during October next. They include lands
remaining to the United States from railroad
grants a7Ts sia aaa
Some land was lately sold ia the city of Loa-
don at the rate of 100000 per acre. z.ss3
The " grey eyed man of destiny has bis
designs set upon Nicaragua again. It Is said
he is on his way there with another band of
flIibusters a eaa snas
The New Hampshire Gazette published ct
Portsmouth, N. H., Is one hundred and four
years old, the oldest paper in New England, ,,if
not in the United States. Al -
4NOt6ilcfu Iowa anu u pcftOn Oh IrN1luu&tOb3
have been visited by n terrible hail storm, do
ing great damage to tina crops. a1@iss
1t is reported that Mr. Buchanan has sold
''Wheatland to Mr. Potter, whose father
! formerly owned il. and that the Presidenfis
negotiating for place near Baltimore 80
| Wesley Hare. the fat man OF German VALLEY,
( Morris county, N. j.. was buried on the 9th
ult He was a middle-agsd man, and weighed
about GOO pounds. It took $40 feet of lumlger
/ to make his coffin. He leaves wife weighing
about 500 pounds. -. -.
! Philadelphia, July 27.-The factory Of DotAs
& Klett. at Cooper's Point. near CArndeu was
demolished during the thunder storm yeSfer-
day afternoon. Eight men took shelter there
| in from rain, of whom three were killed and
! three Others seriously injured. 5 .ae-a
| w. {. Ecison, of Monroe county, Tennessee,
| has recovered $Il, 900 from the East Tennessee
Railroad, for detaining his wheat in the depot
until some of il spoiled and until the price re-
ccded, causing him to lose heavily.
Concord N H., July 27.-This morning,
about o clock, JAS. S. Williams, merchant
of Warren, N. H., stepped up to a Mr.. Wyatt
and shot him through the heart with a reyol.
/ ver killing him instantly. Williams is under
arrest The was trouble about an old
debt Wyatt was young man, and leaves .
wife and one child. ''
! Hgenan on, ErhiJihon-A New York letter
says Keenan, is at length to appear in public.
He has signed contract, by which in consider
alton Of tce7itv flee thousand dollars, he agrees to
give sparring exhibitions during the next three
months in this city and elsewhere His first
exhibition will be given here Monday even
ing of next week.
The New York Tribune Of Saturday contains
list of over fifty murders committed in that
city within a little more thJn three years,
which remain undiscovered crimes The per.
petrators Of these murders have escaped detee-
ton, or if they known. it is believed in
some Instances they are. through influence of
friends, CT the insignihcslncc of their victims,
shielded from arrest
The Cahe Disease. We are glad to be able TO
, state thIt this disease is no longer spreading.
No positive new of The disease has been
reported to the Commissioners since the recent
session of the Legislature. The new Board
was in session at North Brookfeld yesterday,
accompanied 10y DR. Martin of this city They
probably will not find it necessary to kill many
cattle. In North Brookfield, Leifer belong
ing to j. G. Potter, of Boston was killed on
Ffiday last, that exhibited traces of a former
disease, from which she was recovering This
case proves the recovery of a diseased animal.
Il Worcester Transcript
Among the passengers in The Adriatic is Lady
Franklin, the widow of the great Artic navi-
gator, whose heroic efforts in behalf Of her
husband have reflected a new credit upon hu-
manity. and sounded the depths of wifely do
votion. Lady Franklin is 10 be the guest of
Henry Grinnell Esq.
HIND Times IN Kansas Owing to the extreme
drought the entire wheat crop Of Kansas has
proved failure. The loss casts gloom over
the Territory. A correspondent of the Law
renee Republican informs us that in his opinion
there is not one family in twenty south of The
Kansas valley in which pound of flour can
be found, or where any is likely to be seen fos
year to come
Three men time ago murdered free
negro in OF near Calhoun Ky, for his money.
One of the men few days since hanged
by the neck till he SnDnOse0 To he dead
After remaining suspended for "a minutes, he
was put in his coffin. and on his way TO the
grave noise was heard in the coffin, and. on
opening it, signs of life were discOvefabit,
whereupon physicians were called and the man
WAS restored to life. He is now alive.
Wednesday evening, the vicinity of santuek.
s. c., the scene of fatal shooting affair
A Mr. Busby walking with his wife, Whea
he attacked and shot by a man named Je-
ter. and instantly killed. The latter immedi-
atciy fled to the woods, and up to latest I'D
vices had not been captured st
Judging from the large demand for military
equipments from all parts of the country the
martial spirit af the United States is remarkably
high. Military tailors represented as press
ed beyond measure.
There are nearly 200 men employed in the
erection of the public buildings in Ottawa, the
new capital of the Cauadas. 1t is expected the
walls will be well advanced by the time the
Prince of Wales visits Ottawa. s
The London papers of the 4th inst. state that
yielding to the pressure of success Mr.. Barry
has entered on another and pos itively last week
Of his exhibition at the hambra, Leicester
square,
The returns of the census in Wood county.
Va, show a heavy falling off in the slave pop
ulation and now have the census of CabNil
county. which shows only two hundred end
sixteen slaves and 10 free negroes against three
hundred and eight y-nine slaves and eight free
negroes in 1850.