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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

ANOTHER DREADFUL ACCIDENT
FROM BURNING FLUID.-Another OF
taose terrible accidents, the result Oh
:. fcarelessness. occurred at kelfeggs-
a.. .Tiliag IN this county, on Thursday eve
III ming. at about eight o'clock, by which
two lives are probably lost. Mrs.
aii Mitchell, whose husband was absent
- at SkaneateIes, attending Republi.
70 can meeting, endeavored to fill a
- lamp With eamphene, or burning fluid
~ from can. While doing SO, Mis-
katherine, Young lady employed in
- keflogg's factory, who boarded with
. Mrs. Mitchell. demonstrated and re-
= proved Mrs. M. for the careiessaess !;
:. Mrs. M. replied that her husband had
spoken to her about tlllng the
b., lampsMhiIe the wick was burnIngs put
AZ, she didn't feel afraid. Hardly had
id sAenwofds eseaped her lips before the
:, aekplosicn took place, and she, with
.Iod Miss x katterine, were enFetoped IN
flames. Their piercing screams
anoai drought the neighbors in, who, after
10 the greatest exertions succeeded N
io'fa fauenching the flames, not, however,
80 until their clothes were almost entire
ENI " destroyed. Mrs. Mitchell, expired
about II o'clock, and Miss h. was
lingering this morning, bat cannot
possibly survive. Mrs, Mitchell was
the daughter of Mr.. Price, OF Skane-
:; nteles.d What carelessness, and what
lesson to the careless. e ga 2
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14


The finances Of the Governmeaa are in a
deplorable seaditien and Mn. Cobb, the
Secretary of the Treasury Enier whose atI-
ministration they have become SO, acknow-
Lodging his inabdTTty to suggest a remedy, has
resigned and gone Ronae- to- Georgia to aid in
uuging that State Oh tor secession. He has
been an open and avowed disnnionist for .he
last year. and had such mnn as Gen. ackson
occupied the Presidential chair instead of the
tmid and vascilatiug James Buchanan, he
would have been dismissed from the position
he disgraced the moment it became known he
was engaged in plotting the destruction of the
Union. Cobb's successor has not been official
ly named, though it is positively asserted by
letter writers that the place has been offered
to Mr.. Guthrie of KY, who acted in the same
capacity'under Pierce. .#-.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

D.
in the language Of the honorable Representa-
tive from Dab (Mr. Corwin), IN regard to the
Mexican Maf, we will "welcome them with
bloody hands to hospitabIe graves.s,. sEsensa-
tiohJ t. '7ss LOT or
Mr.. Davis (Dem,, Missy sfter some remarks
id relation to printing the Message; said he
would take this occasion to say that, as q
Senator OF the United States, he was here to
perform his functions as such before 4 declara-
ton Of war is made against the State he rep
resented, and if such declaration OF war
should be made, his State would be found
feady and willing to meet it. But while we
rernain here, eoItihuing at least the forws Of
friendship, and bound together by lines as
close as it is possible to bind sovereign States,
he thought these threats from one to the other
were of no avail, and he should not use Them
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14
KENTUCKY Ss1enr.-gae Louisville Den

KExTUCKB SB1Rn-BRe Louisville Demo
crat pointedly says ~
We do not see how Ecn1 unIlsms can, have
sympathy with South Carolina Hey pnPens
assert that Kentucky can hardly be coHeiaeued
q slave State. Her Legislature iorbids kes-
tuckian from going with his slaves into her
border. She exhibits for Kentucky and the
border States contempt and derision. We
trust that Kentucky will be equally Indifferent
to her. Let us ssFixe to get her rights in the
Union. If she fails, let her act independently,
and not be dragged ater South Carolina
through mud and mire, like tin-kittle to a
NANCY ours tail.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

OF all the unboundcd humbugs ever inven.
| ted, none has been more thoroughly exposed
| than the late Kansas War Judge Williams,
who started the rumors Of the murders and
raids of Montgomery, has been shown to oe a
miserable imbecile, whose honor, if he ever had
any, has long since departed and leh him a
trembling old do,ard. He fled from the scene
Of his official q labors at the first rumor of
possible disturbance, and has the honor Of be-
ing universally contemned and ridieuled for
his childish fright. All other reports tending
to imp, ,icate Montgomery have also been shown
to be base flisehoods, and now the final and
complete overthrow of the invasion humbug
is given in a letter, which we publish below,
written by Gen Snyder Of the, Missouri mill
tia, to the ST. Louis Republican The pro-sla-
very organ Of the State: "a, -. -,
-. t..f.z.s..,. RoIvAR, Mo-, Dec. 3, 1860.V
Nin EDIroR.: Before this reaches you the
majority of your readers viii have .ascertained
that the .invasiann of the State by Mont
gomcry, which cansed SO much excitement,
was, so far as the .'invasion' is concerned, The
merest piece of Manchausenism, without any
foundation of truth. How the yarn that Jim
Montgomery and his gang of horse-thieves
had "takcn Fort Scott" could cause any ex-
ciiement in the State OF Missouri, Is mys-
terry for every one knows that he has had
Fort Scott and all of Southern Kansas for
the last three years. You have perhaps
learned by this time that the "three hundred
armed o,tfiairs who ''invaded the State, y
"took Fort Scott" and "brokc up the United
States District Court" have dwindled down
to certain threats of Montgomery's and Jenni-
sons, and about siriee,a vagabond Abolition
lists who lurked about Fort Scott for few
days before the Court scas TO haze been held.
1t is tue that Montgomery is an aDti-slave
ry fanatic, of the John Brown school, and
that he has been to the North recently, and
returned with arms Of different kinds. 1t is
true that he has distributed those arms to
about two hundred of his ragged followers,
who scattered 10 their dcns at the approach of
danger, and arc whistled together again, ike
a flock of guais. 1t is true that Montgom-
cry is harboring few fugitive slaves, and that
Jennison has made certain declarations of
waging war "npon the curse Of slavery in
Missouri )" and it is true that Jeunison, Mont
gomery & Co., have recently shot Moore and
Bishop, and hung Harrison, Hines and Sam.
Scott. And that is all of it. Bad enough 10
be sure ; but all these outrages concern the
Territory of Kansas, and not of Nj ssouri.-
Why is it that the Federal Government has
not heretofore enforced the fugitive slave law
in Kansas, and checked the conrse of the out
laws there, are matters ! do not propose to
discuss. .,s.z...f.-- -.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

The St. Joseph (Mo.) Free Demo
crat states that the Breckinridge organ
ofathat place; published a list of the
naqnes4oI all, citizens wfio' voted for
lincoln in ST. Joseph Its object is
TO hold them up too public odidnm for
voting a. Republicans ticket La az slave
State.
But the, Free Democrat rather takes
thc.wind out of the sails of; the begas
Democratic organ by pointing to- the
fact that about twice as.many citizens
of St. Joseph voted for Lincoln as did
for BreekiigGid&e.. Lincoln got. 40
votes, and BreeKianiflt,A 226i-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

On. Tuesday ndghs last, German
woman named BasSsBa Fry residing
in New Brooklyn, becoming Jealous
of her husband, made a. wicked at
tempt to take his life, by pouring a
quantity of scalding hot coffee, down
his. throat while he was sleeping The
man .awoke in the greatest agony, and
almost crazed by paSn- STARTED off to
the 9th Precinct Station house, irs sg4
der to have his wife arrested. On
arriving at the house, in company
with an officer, the Uirago was not to
be. fossrAsl.-N. Y. DaY Book.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

sCnxRLEsreS, Dec. 9.-There is ervssd otst-
cry at Fort Moullrie. The legislature vill
probably sit during the tffpe the convention is
held 4..,-.f . ISL ls - I'D ,ea;sa
News from Florida shows perfect unanimity
I'm the State for secession, and the indications
OF secession are increasing daily. e5..z
Lincoln was burned in efigy at Fcrnandeno
on Friday last.
MI1LEDGEvILI.E, Ga. Dec 10.-Gov. EsoxM
is out in u long letter k.voring secession
COLUMBIA, S. g., Dec. 9.-I'here is nNtE@ag
of unusual interest transpiring here. ALI the
Delegates elected to the Convention appear to
be in favor of prompt secession. -, @ 5.,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14
1.esssr from * Gov. aaanutm,lend.

ssfss I'd y5sshEDShifFE L, hsi@A, ioVD.i
tsasoG soGENTLEMEN:-Iaha have Just received
;syouredispatch. iaItsis impossible for
:ssae t5aeenaply with yeur fiattering re
na9uest. South Carolina will certainly
. seeede from the Union on the 17th or
btFsthiof' December next. She intends
..lts9 To try 1t fully at all costs. No more
aaasednf promises of any sort. She will
W Take tic. ;giuaraatees, but will go out of
the Union high and dry forever. If
Georgia will back her, there will be
little or no trouble. l only wish she
bad called her Convention for the day
before and gone out FIRST. We don't
-4wantte lead. Weiwill gladly give
Georgia the lead and all the henors.
,iLst hen, put forth her hand and grasp
atileln. She is and must be the En-
spire State of the south, and South
vtsareliHa will have, perhaps, a hard
Fihfeswithout her sustaining arm.
'''li ifoiie2oY our obedient servant, i5',
j. II. HAMMOND.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14
Fears of . Ngro 1nsarFszsion in south
0arol4naA

Fears of q Hgsro Insarsezsion in south
k3aFo1lnAs
(Froes the New York Times, 5th-l
EXTRACT or PRIVATE LETTER FRox LADY
In seUEH cAEeAISA, RKcEIvED IN THIS CITY.
e. 8. O, Saturday. Dec 1, 1880 !
Ny Dear Us.cEe 1t Is with diRerens Ieei-
isgs 5isat sit myself to pen. these lines to you
ffoss fhose which actuated me when l wrote
you iast. Then all booked brigAtsnd cheeriiy9
II the fufure now how gloomy and porfen-
fsns Still L Gervently pray tod that TINS
cap Hsay pase away froha as" The country
herr is all aglo% vita fres Of revolution, and
such is the intensity of the excitement that
we can scarcely 6,Ed time inclination TO
talk OF think Of anything else than the polit-
icaI topics Of the day, and the moral and So
cal consequences directly pertaining to seces-
sion. / fear that secession and revelation are,
with our people. foregone conclusions THAT
wt,bayeg goie SO FAR retraction aud reessioa
are impossible, and that civil war, with all ats
consequent horrors, is afreax1y upou us, [
shuelticr for che wives aud mothers, sisters.
and bab;s OF Suuti Carolina. as contemplate
the Immediate fature Of the State. You need
not be surprised at any time to. see me and
the clfildran in year midst; for no argument
could Induce me- to remain here an hour Ion
ger than | saeuld be compelled TO, If the worst
should ceme to the worst. fs s=gzis t,5.. s
Yoa may imagine, dear uncle, onr situation,
but you never can realize it in its fuiiness.-
Already We lrenble in our own homes in an
.ticipation and expectancy of what IS liable to
burst forth of any Inomcut, q negro fstsufrec'
fion Could you see the care and precaution
displayed here by the proprietors OF the ne
groas. not oAiy planters, but others, yoa would
not for "a moment envy US our possess lolis =
| Not a night passes that We do not securely
lock our field servants in ibeir quarters; but
!, our most loved and valued house servants, who
in ordinary times We would trust to any ex-
iteut. are watched and guarded against with
all the scrutiny and care that we possess Our
| planters and owners of Save property do mol
allow their servants to have any intercourse
with each other, and the negroes are confined
strictly to the premises where they belong.
/ We are obliged to increase our force Of
everseers to prevent too free intercourse even
/ among our own servants. z. The negroes fee
and notice shese new restraints, and naturally
ash, k,eWhy is this?1 But il is unnecessary
for them 10 ask the question, for they oil com
prchend the cause as we'll as we who owr
them. They have already learned enough te
1igipe them an idea of what is going on in th'
Estate and nation, and this knowledge they
i have not gained from Abolitionists, as som'
! suppose, but from the conversation of thei
/ owners Indirectly held in their presence The.
! have already heard of Lineoln's election, ant
thave heard also hat he is fer giving them lib
Ierty and you may imagine the result.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14
Hreckinridge on Endlng the Gederafivc
.ss,Hsa-@. SYstems

So II Ends the Federdtive System. =
rye feel at liberty to state now, pub
Icly,"' says the Montgomery Mail, "a
remark nude to us on the day of the
Lexington speech by Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, in reply to our remark that
South Carolina would certainly Sc
cete5 on the election of Lincoln
'Fhat, said he, 'or the secession of
any other State ends our federatiye
system All the delegated powers re-
vert. RS The power to coerce resides
nowhere 20 = 5'iafa -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

TERROR IN GEoRG1A.-A letter 80, gentle'
man in this city from his sister, announces
her arrival in st. Louis, she having fed from
Atlanta, Georgia, on account Of the perils
that environ the States that threaten seces-
sion.
The Seoessionists have made one great blum
der iaa their calculations. They carry, as they
suppose, the public sentiment of their locality,
but have not dreamed OF the serious depletion
of their Stases by the quiet withdrawal of the
thousands Of sahstanial citizens who will
leave theiE borders Cleveland Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

sai7e Colonel Fremont's Prospective
eAa Wealth.-It is not generally known
~ how extensive are the works on the
Fremont Estate in California. A
fate San Francisco Journal says there
are now seven quartz mills in opera
ten, and adds:
The average yield of alese mills
recently was over s340 per day each,
over $1,000 per day collectively, and
nearly $4,000 for every eight days
run! The last eight sdaya' product
:, reached sls,996, = in gold bars. which
: : arrived in this city gon Monday last.
1.-The, goid,s we understand, is pretty
.laeyenly, n distributed throughout 8 the
it,Sa aarfz, so that there is no likelihood
of much fuctuation in the yield. at
yatfsisrate the Colonel will be entirely
,ii1efeartof all his complications in che
-syeenfselof two or three months, and
s.-stthefi he wilt commence to realize near
Sasa million dollars per anaum T or
:. : otte6uHting it at the rate exactlyl 81
vi SIS ,s4 every day of the year. Ssa
Trrs.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

Honor, with some men, iss a. comeAodity !;
the, more they prase it. the more they want
to dispose ofit; and the staleE il s,. the loader
they bl6Methh horn.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14

Fhe little oommaaitp of Hopedale, Mas
sachusetts, numbering less than three hundred
souls, have contributed 1925 for the relief of
Suffering people Of ansas. ...,-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-12-14
Respectfully yours, &c,
Rxa.u Sha soush-

Division Inspector Sixth Military District
Missouri Militia. ..--s 50.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09
Pastorship of Half Century,

The venerable DR.. SPRING, of New York,
preached his fiftieth anniversary sermon to
his congregation in that city on Sunday last
The sermon occupied more than an hour and
a half but the speaker showed no signs of ia
tigue, and preached with a vigor and strength
which might be emulated by much younger
man. He said that when he first took charge
of the congregation, he did not expect to re-
main in it more than a year. He referred TO
the scene of his first sermon, and remarked
that, of that crowded congregation, some five
or six might be now present. Not one male
member OF what constituted the Old Brick
Church now remains in it. The sermon was
deeply affecting, as well from the occasion.
and its appropriateness to the occasion, and
its simple and unaffec ted pathos and solemnity,
as for the thoroughly tried character of the
man by whom it was delivered. The man
who, after the searching ordeal of fifty years
pastorship of a church, can stand up without
a stain of error or even folly in his life may
expect, from both man and Heaven, the greet
ing" Well done, good and faithful servant
Rev. DIR. HoGE, of Virginia, a brother OF
Rev. M. ID. Hoge. of this city, is the assistant
of DR.. SPRING in his large and laborious sphere.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09
Steam Canal Navigation.

The prospect of substituting steam for
horse power generally on canals, does not
seem to have been entirely settled by the late
experiments upon the Erie Canal in New
York. The Buffalo IN. " Courier, however.
gives it as its opinion that boat containing a
capable and properly managed engine can al
ways render satisfactory profit to her owners
by joining the towing business with the regu
lar trade. The New York Journal Of Commerce
says the success of steam on the Erie Canal is
demonstrating still further the practicablity
OF steam canal navigation to large extent :;
but it does not enter into particulars as to the
nature of the success. Steam has long been
employed in the navigation of the Delaware
ana Raritan Canal, as well as the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal. and steamers have been
employed on the Schuylkill Navigation and
chesapeake and Ohio Canal. If it could be
introduced with advantage on the James River
and Kanawha, it would be a great step for
ward
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09
Shade Trees in Cities.

Blessings on the man who inyen ted " shade
trees! Every resident of a city in midsum-
mer must invoke a blessing on shade trees
whenever he can find one to protect him from
the blazing rays of the sun. They are not only
an ornament, but a source of unspeakable
comfort and refreshment 10 the weary and
heated pedestrian. Some of our streets-most-
ly, however, those occupied by private residen-
ces-are beautified and beatified by shade trees:
but, in our principal business streets, they are
few and far between, and the city, taken as a
whole, does not compare in this respect, with
Savannah and Augusta, in Georgia; Column
bia in South Carolina Philad eIphia, New
Haven, and many other large towns. In the
Southern cities we have noticed there
are miles and miles of beautiful trees, some
times two rows in the middle of the wide
avenues, and one bordering each OF the side
walks. In Philadelphia. there are, according
TO the Bulletin, about a hundred thousand
trees, all now in the fullest foliage not leaf
fallen. II is a city of seven hundred thousand
people, but the trees are not al all in their
way. Shall we ever live to see the day when
Richmond will have rows of trees on every
street in the city, giving it a beauty which no
architectural achievement can equal, and a
solace in the hot summer days which will add
to the happiness and comfort of every man,
woman and child within its limits.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09
The Texas iuCPudIories

We have bBeborne to speak on this exciting
subject UNI the facts were more clearly de-
veloped. There seems no longer shadow of
n doubt that q vast insurrectionary plot has
been discovered, which was intended to
desolate all northern I .xas with fire and
sword. The features of this insurrectionary
scheme which will particularly attract atten-
ton, are the agency of white abolition ennis
saries in the horrible transaction; the system
by which that agency was characterized-the
country being parcelled out into districts,
each under the supervision and guidance
of a white mainland the additional important
fact that many of the servile population, who
had formerly been considered trustworthy
had been induced by these white men to betray
the confidence reposed in them by their mas
tiers and embark in this diabolical enterprise
As usual, most of the white criminals will
manage to escape the hands of justice, leaving
the negroes 10 bear the just punishment OF the
crime to which they have been insugated
Such facts as these ought to produce pro-
found feeling throughout the whole country,
and to create systematic and seepless Wig
lance throughout the Southern States. 1t is
obvious that the enemies of peace and order
are determined not to let US alone, and fore
warned" we ought to be " fore-armed."
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09

s. ,,.,.r arms that ON the morning
| 49,. u.s,,., aeet which mad the honor OF
...,.r en-. Prince of Wales 10 America was
s.... American waters. "just at SUNRISE"
-, ., a,v was "heralded by most bril-
-, - -, s,,,,i, of the crown of England
Tn. crown came up immediately ahead OF the
am The following remarks are added to the
announcement of the heavenly fact:
Events such as these IN aucien Mt times were al
ways taken as he torerunner of important changes
among the nations of the earth. The crown of
Eng and coming up, as II browning thu sun, would
glorious achievement by the army or diplomacy of
the mother country. In reality England has long
been the sun of liberty to the oppressed nations Of
the continent nj ay her power IN thus be extended
In the crisis OF European affairs just pending"
This reminds US of the old toast given
abroad, ih DIR. FaANKLIN's time, in which
England was likened to the sun, and France
to the moon, whereupon the DIR. drank TO the
United States, as the JOSHUA, who command
ed the sun and moon to stand STILL and they
obeyed him. We had thought that the hyper
bole of extrayagant compliment was exhaust
ed on that occasion; but this Canadian, who
calls England 1.-THE sun of liberty to oppressed
Europe" goes bowshot beyond the most full
some panegyrists of all time. To what ma
tons of "the continent" has she proved the
sun OF liberty!" To Poland, or Hungary, or
even Italy Why don't she throw in a little
sunlight upon Ireland, or give the oppressed
subjects OF the Turk the benefit of her light
and warmth We don't deny that she loves
liberty herself, but she loves ii so we'll that
she don't permit any one else, if she can help
it, TO have a particle.
As to the phenomenon of the CT own, no loyal
Canadian was ever able to see any other i'm
age, in the heaven above or in the earth be-
| meath. If it was a crown, it disappeared with
the rising of the sun, as all crowns will do
with the spread of light and intelligence.
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1860-08-09
Locomotive Building.

The Philadeiphia North american speaks Of
the vast business which is now done in con.
structipg locomotives, consequent upon the
great demand produced by the astonishing
progress in railroad building in the United
States. The American Rait,Uay Reris,o SAYS
that the improved coalition of our roads, and
the necessity OF still more railroad aceommo
dations in the South and West, are likely to
stimulate locomotive building 10 a pitch al
most, il not quite, as high as that Of 1853 and
1854. In our own city this branch of indus
try has already attained greatimportancs, and
our locomotive builders have acquired de.
gree OF reputation which gives them reason to
rejoice 10 the prospect Of the increased de.
msna, Nishmand .pfsssnu every sdysa tass
saF me sss.eiss OF NaAssssixsiaa ard sass
shesisat skiu, As1 sAs NM Westnsa Nc e.
" sssass y M sasatp4assA sstssiisslssj