Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-06-08
GENERAz wEH1s rrrms.


had broken near the top of the head, which
probably caused his aeath.
At the Republican ratification meeting In
Philadelphia on Saturday evening last, large
body of men came down from one of the upper
Wards, drawn in an immense car, the sides Of
which bore the device, g The Fillmore Rangers
of '56-All right for Abe Lincoln in co."
Mrs Maria Post, of Patterson, N j., expired
on Sunday, at the great age Of one hundred
and six years. Her husband. who had died in
l847, officer in the revolutionary army.
Heenan, in private letter 10 America. says
that he was never married, and that the women
who had claimed his name are all ftnposters.
Hon. Samuel D. Ingham, Secretary Of The
Treasury under Gen. jackson, died at Trenton,
n. j., ON the 5th inst. a4 a. al IS Grsw
During the quarter ending May 31st, there
were twenty hotnicfdes in New Orleans,
against seventeen the quartet Immediately pre-
ceeding nine persons committed suicide for
ty three were found drowned and there were
twenty-one deaths by accident. and nineteen
of which were the direct result of intemper-
ance
A terrific tornado passed over the town Of
Cattaraugus, N, Y. on the afternoon of the
Both ult-, sweeping every thing before it, en-
tirely destroying six dwellings, unroofng part
of the RAILROAD depot and blowing the woods
shed entirely down. Fohr persons were dam
gerously injured and several slightly.
SENTENCE OF A MASSACHUSETTS MoRMoE. E.--Noah
F. Bishop, of Groyeland arrested recently for
having four wives living, has been sentenced
at the present term Of the Superior Court f0F
Essex county, 20 six years eoffnement ih tho
State Prison.
Mr.. Fowler, the late defaultfng Postmaster,
has, it is said, fed to some part of South Amer
lea When We look at the disgrnceful trans
tions revealed by the Covode Committee,
doe~n't it seem burning shame that, while
Mr.. Fowler BIAS had to run away, Mr.. Buchan-
an hash p Lou. journal.
OLSEY, Ill, June 3-Jamen Thread, mail
contractor Letween this place and Grayvill, was
this day arrested at the instance Of H. ID. Gil
lore, special agent Of the Post Office Depart
ment tor rohiing the mail. The extent of the
robbery is not known but is thought to be
large.
The East is still moving West, and the enfi-
grafton from the Old World swells the tide with
every arrival. At the last accounts seven thou
sand Germans were waiting at BTemenhayen
for an opportunity to sail for the United States.
There was IA genuine Hoosier in the Chicago
Convention DaIned Buthkirk. who was six feet
eleven inches in height. He must have been
the tall pole which knocked the persirnmons for
Lincoln.
Two females who had been in trimming for
some weeks, engaged in regular prize fight
at Concord, n. II. They fought eighteen rounds
with the most brutal ferocity. Muscle 10 stilI
advancing. a-r SEn ..le
Two children, four and six years old, were
killed 10y lightning while lying asleep in a houEe
in Granger county, Tennessee, on the 18th ult.
Col. b. F. Gray, residing in Madison county.
n. G., is reported to have expended fully S100..
900 in the last two years in purchasing lottery
tickets. a4a ftss%
Justice Daniels. of the Supreme Court Of She
United States, died at his residence at Richland,
Va, on Thursday last. May 3lst, He was ap-
pointed by Mr.. Van Bnren.
Judge fancy is said to be e5 years of ago
and ali his associate Justices of the u. IS Su-
prenIe Court, but one over 20 years Of aEs.
The residence of Mrs Frazier, in Binsisldls
county. Va, entered on Friday night laat
! ond robbed Of $40, 900 in cash, "a -,
John B. Cough who has been locturing for
three years in England, is to return 70 this
country in July. 'f'' R--N
Charles Burtell deliberately drowned his own
child in IA barrel Of water in Forsyth county,
n. c.. on the 18th ult. ve,T ~ R-fsr.,-
The Augusta Chronicle says that of the Dem
ocratic papers of Georgia, there is for, Douglas
the COnstitutionalist alone.
The RAIL ARTICLE gentleman in this city
has just received by the United States Exprers,
| from Decatur ILL.,. two rails which were split
by Honest Old Abe Lincoln thirty years agO.-
IN. Y. Post. s...... ..r ..-r
| The Washington Constitution says that the
administration are trying to put an end to
the robin g of the Treasury Yes, by making
it not worth robbing - Louisville Journal.
The Key West Key Of the Gulf StatesthAt
when the bark Wildiiic left the African Coast,
there were fourteen American vessels waiting
for cargocs Of negroes.
In the vicinity of Murfreesborough NJ c.,
few days since, Mr. Askew was burnt to death
fire
The Committee on elections. in the HOupe
has reported in favor Of Frank Tlair, in the St.
Louis coLt,s! ed c; Sc Blair W defeated by the
most rascally ppe-nying ~
The Richmond Enquirer of May Both. says:
The evidence is almost conclusive that the
Richmond Convention Of June llth will ad-
jnurn over, and await the final action Of the
+ Baltinn rc Convention.
Boston is goI ged with beef and veal at low
prices. The f ar Of tho spread Of the cattle
disease is supposed to have cccaSioned gener-
al slaughter of calves and such cattle are in
a condition for market.
South Carolina paper thinks it q great
shame that some Of the young OF that
State should have married New England,girla.
We shouldn at all wonder if South Carolina
were to enact y general law divorcing all such
Of her men end women as have married YAM
kccs.- Louisville Journal.
Lamar, of Mississippi. says that ON personal
grounds he would prefer the election of Lin
cola to that Of Douglas for the reason that ke
- had always more respect for Sanl Of TarsuA
when prosecuting the Christians, than for Judas
Ifcarot who betrayed his master" That will
do for Lamar.
Without single exception, we believe, the
Opposition presses of Indiana which supported
Fillmore in 1856, have raised the flag Of Lin
culn and Hamin. and endorse fully, including
the l4th plank of the platform, the proceedings
of the Convention. This ensures that State
for the Republican nominees beyond all coubt.
Mr.. Seward says empbatically that all the
pretended hopes of the Democracy resulting
60 4 4.
snrd, and that whoever may be the cadidAte At
Baltimore, he will be defeated by 10000 In
New York.
Two fatal prize fights have recently occurred
in England. On the Path Of April Thomas
WOodgate and Charles Dixon had a pugilstie
encounter near Lontlon. which resulted in the
death OF the latter. On the Both of April
George Henry Tyler and Thomas Miller entered
the ring at RrCmpton intending to settle an
ancient fcud with the fist according to the rules
of the P. Il. Miller was carried away from the
field corpse.
Madame Bodisco, who married Captain Scott
OF the East India service, at st. john Church.
Washington. last week, "a given away by
President Buchanan. Twenty years ago, when,
as Miss Williams, of Georgetown, she married
Mr.. Bodisco, Henry Clay gave her away. By
this marriage, it is said. she viii forfeit . con-
siderable part of her property.
THE Ex- x-PREsDExr.-Ihrce of the four liv-
ing Ex- Presidents of the United States have
been in New York city this week MessrE. Van
Buren,, Fillmore and Pierce and all of them
in excellent health. Mr.. Van Buren, is aged
rs Mr.. Fillmore aged co and General Pierce
aged g.
On Monday night some eight or ten slaves
belonging to persons in Frederick city. Md.
and vicinity. absconded in a body. One Of
them belonging to Mrs. Caroline e. Brengle.
and others 10 Mrs. Mary Hammond. Messrs.
John Smith, Ezra Houck, Christian Thomas
and others.
During row at Tort Royal. Caroline county,
Va on Tuesday last between st1nsa citi reno