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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

There will be two delegations from Illinois, out
the Douelasites will after the contest get theH
seats. The double delegation from that State,
will. however, give trouble, and stir up bitter
ness. We have reliable intelligence that the
Minnesota delegation is not thoroughly Doug
las. There is also a hitch in the Douglas ar
engagements in Wisconsin. We presume be
will have Michigan an d Iowa units. 1t is alb
sIrd and grotesque for his friends to claim MIS-
souri,. Oregon and California are dead against
him. So much for the Delegates. Now for the
outside pressure. The Convention will be held
in Charleston, the capital city OF the fire eaters
where the fact that one South Carolina repres-
~entative in Congress voted for "a Douglas Demo-
crat for Speaker, is held to be a grevious Of
fence. 1t will be difficult for the Douglasites
to transport enough of their working men to
that point, to get up a popular feeling for Their
champion. when it is certain that such feeling
will not be precisely. indigenous to the soil. or
in sympathy with the atmosphere. The whole
paw of the Administration with its mighty
sta nding army of Office holders, will be anti
Douglas. and the Democratic Senators-the
dictators of their party-who removed the Hi
nois Senator from the Craftsmanship OF the
Committee on Territories, because he was not
sound on the question of slavery in the terri
tories, will not if they can help it, permit the
man they have degraded from a place with
which his reputation was identified, to be ele-
waited TO the position of nominee Of the party
for the Presidency, that he may in turn dcmi-
neer over them. Taking all these things into
consideration, we cannot in candor say that we
consider Mr.. Douglas chances for the Charles
ton nomination at all approaching monday
brilliancy.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

CAssIus NJ. CLAY AT WAsHINGToN.-An
eyewitness thus describes the attentions paid
Mr.. Clay during his recent visit to the scat
of government
"There has been Of late years nothing like
the reception of Mr., Clay at Washiagton.-
When, on Wednesday last he entered the Hall
of the House of Representatives, for more
than an hour he was surrounded by persons of
all parties-old acquaintance and new even
men from as far South as Tennessee came up
to pay their respects to him.. The galleries
were crowded with ladies and gentlemen, and
all eyes were upon him. His speech at Frank
fort on the 10th of January has produced a
sensation rarely equalled in the history of the
country, and all were anxious to honor the
hero and patriot who so CALAMITY stood by his
country and the Union
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24
CONGRESS.

A very large number of bills have been in
crossing with commendable rapidity. The
question of Printer has not yet been disposed
Of, and so poor is the prospect of clecting
Dcfrecs, the Republican nominee, that it is
supposed he will be withdrawn and another
candidate agreed upon before again proceed
ing to ballot. On the Doth. in the House, Mr..
Lovejoy. of Illinois, offered the following pre-
ambie and resolution, which were laid over
under the rule
WHEREAS, As it is alleged by responsible
parties, that citizens Of some of the States 60
ing into other States on business, such as the
collecting of debts, teaching, and other like
lawful business, have been personally treated
with indignity and violence, and driven from
their property for certain sentiments they may
have held, and without allegation Of crime,
And,
WHERE'S. An alleged practice, similar to
the European passport, system, is springing
up. Therefore,
Resolred, That a committee of five be ap-
pointed to inquire into the above recital Of
facts, and whether any further legislation is
necessary to give effect to the said provision
of the constitution, and that the committee be
empowered TO send for persons and papers.
In the Senate u resolution has been passed
authorizing the Harper's Ferry Committee TO
compel the attendance Of Sanborn, Redpath
and John Brown, Jr., who have refused to
obey their A few Southern Sena-
ators voted against the resolution some Nor
thern Senators for it, including Mr.. Seward.
Mr.. Clark, of Connecticut, on the Goth,
made an able speech in reply to those of sew
eral OF the Southern lire-ca1crs. He vindica-
ted the Republican creed and defended the
party against the assaults of Toombs and 9th
ers, while at the same time he carried the
war into Africa" and showed up with a mas
ter hand the ~blighting effects of slavery
wherever it exists.
Mr.. Seward will on Wednesday call up hi>
bill for the admission of Kansas under the
Wyandott constitution, at which time he vii.
express his views on that and kindred topics.
His speech will doubtless be a brilliant clf,rt
and will be looked for with great interest.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

Why CAssIUs CLAY Is NOT DRIVEN OFT OF
KENTUcKY.-Mr. Clayis audience at New
York Wednesday evening, informed him of
the fact that he was not driven out of Ken
lucky. He said
III tell you why they can't drive me out.
In my own person l am as any other man,
There are thousands of men in Kentucky as
good as /. They can't drive me out because
l stand upon principle. That is the reason
they can't drive me out. Applause. They
can't drive nc out, gentlemen, because what
ever may be the clamor against me, the great
mass of laboring men of Kentucky know that
if there is a true vindicator of their interests
in Kentucky, Cash. Clay is that man. Loud
applause. And thus it is, gentlemen, that
whenever and wherever I make an appoint
ment for the purpose of defending their rights
however much they may be oppressed in
their business connections by this power that
possesses all the patronage and power-the
slaveholding intcreSt-Nhen it comes to an is
sle whether their standard bearer shall be
stricken down, they will stand by me.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

D1sUN1oN CoNvENTIoNs.-Thc plan of South
Carolina to get the slave States, to unite with
her in a Con> ention at Atlanta next June, is
clearly unconstitutional. The Constitution de
clares, that mo State shall enter into any
treaty, alliance or confederation that No
State shall. without the consent of Congress,
clay any duty on tonnage, keep troops OF ships
'of war in time of peace, enter into any ar
arrangement or compact wiM another State, or
with a foreign power, or engage in war" If
we had a President in the White House, who
would execute the Constitution and the laws,
he could easily put a step to this NEGOTIATE trea
son.
1t is bad enough to have political Conven-
tions, but when it comes to holding Disunion
ones, something should be done to break them
up or hinder their assembling. The Federal
G Government unfortunately is in the hands of
the very men, who propose to break up the
Union, unless they are given n fresh lease of
p over. Well-the people must act in this
case. Let Atlanta have her second Hartford
Convention. The people will take care of it
and black mark the traitors who shall dare to
20 to ik-Roitirnore Pa1rtos.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

ALABAMA LEGISLATCRE.-A Mont
gomeFy dispatch says that the Ala
bama Senate, on the 4th inst, by a
majority Of one, passed a bill to raise,
arm and equip eight thousand volun-
tacr5 at the expense of the State
This looks as if the people of Ala
bama contemplated a war with their
sister States. If thrv don't get up
one. it won't he the fault of their fool
ISL l~caler5, Yancey d Co.-[Enquir-
or.
Well. are ypu in favor Of the Fed
cral State Sedition Law, proposed by
Senator Douglas? DO you believe in
the prosecution of the people of Ala
hama for reasonable intentions? You
have not vet ventured to express your
opinion of the recent Senate ~spcechTof
Mr.. Douglas. You should be able to
approve it, certainly, When you sec
what use is being mlde of itas a cam
paign document. The n. Y. Herald's
Washington correspondent says
Report says that two million copies
Of Douglas recent Senate speech are
being circulated. One hundred thou
sand copies will he printed in superior
style.
Will the Enquirer mention its opin-
ion of the Observation-Disclosures
Gazette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

Most of the State Conventions recently
held have been by the Democracy-their Ma
tional Convention coming off first. The Re
publicans are now commencing the work of
marshaling their forces and putting their ma
chinery in order for the coming conflict. Sew
eral of their State Convention came off the
present week, and others will follow in rapid
succession. On Wednesday they were held
in Indiana and Pennsylvania-both largely at
tended and enthusiastic that of Indiana es.
p%ecially so, and a ticket put in nomination &C
knowledged to be by far the strongest the
party in that State has ever presented, and
with which they are s~anguine of their ability
to achieve a splendid victory in October, which
will be the precursor of a more signal triumph
n November. Hon. HENRY S. LANE is the
nominee for Governor, Hon. o. P. MORTON
for Lieut.. Governor. At last advices the
nominations had not yet been made by the
Pennsylvania Convention.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

JOIN Brown IN FLoRIDA.-A gentleman
who is spending the winter in Florida for the
benefit of his health writes
1.-THE news of the John Brown affair reach
ed Florida before we did, and a party of chiv-
alrous citizens had an Indignation meeting and
threatened to tar and feather every abolition
list who might venture among them. | under
stand from one of the residents of the place,
that not one Of the indignant citizens afore-
said owned a slave, or had money enough to
buy one. They appointed a committee to wait
upon a poor Jersey minister, half dead with
bronchitis, but the only thing they could find
against him, was, that he had been seen to
shake hands with a niger, so they only warn
Ell him.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24
A Sp1rEFrI WoNAN's REvExGE.-The But

A SPITEFCL WOMAN's REvENGE.-The But
falo Courier says =
The following singular occurrence is rumor-
ed as having taken pace within the last few
days "A young man residing in town. who
has been a regular ~visitallt at the residence of
Il young lady citizen, and whose attendance
upon the same was understood as a prelude
to an eventual proposal, Mas sitting by her
side at the family tea table on Il late evening
when, during the course of a rather jovial con-
vcrsa1ion. the mother Of the lady turned upon
him with the smiling question "When are
you and NJ going to get married ?" The
gentleman responded, with an appearance of
great establishment, that he had never enter
tanned any such intention. and proceeded to
joke upon the idea. The young lady mmcdi-
ateIy went into'a room adjoining, from whence
she shortly returned, with a bottle of vitriol
in her hand, and without a syllable or gesture
of warning, dashed the terrible fluid into the
unsuspecting face of him whom she had sup
posed her lover, ~shockingly ~disfguring its
features. instantly destroying the sight Of one
eye, and injaring its fellow hopelessly. This
most barbarous result of a lovers d~isappoint-
ment is, we think, without a modern paral-
Inl
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

y number of gentlemen at Washington are
making strenuous efforts to get up a new po-
litical organization called the Union Party,
and are aided in their efforts by a portion of
those engaged in commercial pursuits in Phila-
named city they held a mass meeting the even
ing of the 2lst. The chief engineers of the
movement are Democrats in disguise, who, en-
couraged by the success of third party efforts
in 1886, arc anxious to repeat the operation SO
as to aid the Charleston nominee in the few
doubtful Northern States. In other words, it
is a small piratical craft, designed as a tender
to the Democratic ship which will be launched
at Charleston on the 23d of April next
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

Extensive arrangements for celebrating the
anniversary of Washington's birth day were
made in Washington, Philadelphia and New
York, but in consequence of the inc'emency of
the weather training heavily nearly all day
their eff, etive carrying out was very seriously
interfered with. In Washington City a
Bronze Equestrian Statue of Washington was
inauguratcd. and the display on the occasion,
both military and civic, would have been eX-
cccdingly grand and imposing but for the I'M
propitious state of the weather. \ regiment
of troops from New York and one from Balti-
more, were present and participated in the
ceremonies. their expenses being paid out of
an appropriation made by Congress and placed
at the disposal of tht committee of arrange
ments.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24
Republican Convention.

The Republican voters of Della
ware County r requested to meet in
Comfy Convention at Templar Hall,
in Delaware, at l O'Clock P. N. on
Saturday, 2sth inst,
for the purpose of selecting Delegates
to represent this county in the State
Convention to be held at Columbus on
the 1st of March next-and take such
action as may be deemed advisable in
reference to a Distict Convention to
select delegates to represent this Con
gressional District in the Chicago
Convention.
By order of the Republican Central
Committee of Delaware County.
A. THOMSON, Chairman.
l. RASNEY. .SocrefGrU
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

HORRIBLE AFFAIR IN BUTLER COUNTY
KY.-Mr. John Burga, an old and respectable
citizen of Butler county, KY, is supposed to
have been murdered, robbed, and then burned
in his own house. Mr.. Burga was a bachelor,
and had lived on his farm for many years with
his negroes. 1t is supposed that the negroes
robbed the house, and then fred it to burn his
body TO prevent suspicion, and to convey the
idea that the house had accidentally caught
fire and he burned while asleep. There is
great excitement about the affair, but no salts
factory proof as to the guilt of the negroes
Greensboro Democrat.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

An animated contest came off in Columbus
and Franklin county for delegates to the Coun.
ty, District and State Conventions, a decided
effort having been made to secure delegations
hostile to EX-Gov. Chase The result was q
decided triumph of the friends of the Cover
nor-who carried all the wards OF the city ex.
cept one, which was divided, and were equally
successful in the townships. thus securing the
delegations to the State and District Conven
lions. These personal contests in primary
meetings have a bad tendency, and should MOI
be entered into where it can possibly be avoid
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

DEATH FROM HYDROPHoBIA.-One
occurred yesterday, in which the symp-
toms were powerfully marked. The
victim was a worthy police officer
named Rutherford, of the Fifteenth
Ward. He was bitten only a short
time previous by a pet dog that had
evinced no indications of madness,
yet, at three O'Clock yesterday MORN
ing, the unfortunate man expired from,
Of all diseases, the most terrible, He
was 35 years Of age and leaves q wife
and child.-LPhiladelphia North A
mcrican.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24
The Democracy of Virginia Lad u bolster

The Democracy of Virginia Lad u bolster
Gus time at Their State Convention, held last
Friday and Saturday. Though the friends OF
Wise seemed to lave a majority in the Cen
%vcntion, and controlled the organization, they
failed in their efforts to get a resolution pas
sed declaring him the first choice Of the State
for the Presidency. A resolution was finally
passed declaring that the Democracy of tlr
State will support the nominee of the Charles
ton Convention, according TO She usages of
the party" The fight between tie friends Of
Wise and Hunter was thus transferred to the
several Congressional districts, and it is antici-
rated will lie wagcd with great fury in the
prelimary county meetings, and conventions
for selecting district delegates TO Charleston,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

In the Alabama Senate, the Hon.
Mr.. Bullock, urging the adoption of
Disunion Resolutions, said: .s,
If the South delay and wait for
an overt act, venal papers and men
would spring up in the South, within
a short time, to advocate giving a fair
trial to the Black Republican Admin
istration, and to hold office under 1t.
The policy of that Administration
would be to give more offices to South
ern than to Northern men. 1t would
be shrewd enough to work in such a
way as to keep the South divided, and
prevent Southern unity. 1t would not
commit any overt act"
That must be the most sensible Bull
lock in all Alabama.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

A dangerous fraud has been discov-
cred in the American eagle--the coin,
not the bird. The piece is split edge
wise. both halves are filed thin, and in
place of the gold filed away, a piece
of whitish metal is put, and the coin
re-milled. The cheat is so good that
thirty bank tcllcrs in New York, to
whom one of the fraudulent coins were
shown, pronounced it true and offered
to take il at its face. The cheat was
discovered by the specie clerk of the
u. S. Sub-Treasurv.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

THREE PERSONS KILLED BY A DoG.-A
French newspaper, the Journal de Charities,
relates q terrible affair: A dog, through
whose nose some unfeeling wretch had driven a
long sharp nail, became so furious from pain
that he attacked and bit almost every one with
whom he came in contact. OF ten persons
bitten three are already dead, and some of the
others are so ~fearfully injured that their recov-
ery is not probable
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

We have another illustration of the perils
of ocean steam navigation. The steamer
Hungarian, which left Liverpool on the 8th
inst, for Portland, was wrecked during a gale
on the Goth near Cape Ledge on the coast
of Nova Scotia. All on board are supposed
to have persisted.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

The Democratic papers in tie interest of
Douglas are publishing a letter written by the
late Gen. Qr1TMAN, in 1856, just previous TO
the meeting of the Cincinnati Convention, in
which that distinguished gentleman expresses
a preference for Douglas. Gen. @. gives the
reasons for his preference, but in the papers re-
Gerred 10 they arc omitted. These reasons are
us follows, and they look strange when it is re-
mcmbercd that his nomination is now urged
lien TO "squattcr sovereignty and his opposi
ten to a slave code for the territories. Says
Gen. Quitman:
"Ibcl,cre thcf at thss day, Gath Of March,
1860 the Northern Democrats are 81 Under and
more reliable on tie S'drcry question than Mcy
hare cur been. The Kansas bill has driven cf
all the c~0mpromiscrs, and left those that re-
main no alternative but a full vindication OF
our whole rights. X
IN a SHORT CONVERSATION WITH DOUGLAS
YESTERDAY, (23d of March, 1866 nE SAID TO
ME- THAT WHAT HE MOST FEARED WAS THU
r1M1D Southern MEN worLD FALL BACK.
x x x
He MAN NOT ONLY THE Use AND ENJOY
MEN OF THE COMMON TERRITORY FOR THEIR
Shareholders PROPERTY, But INSISTS UPON IT'S
PROTECTION THERE. TO HIN WE ARE NDEBT
ED FOR TIE KANSAS BILL, WHICH Now PRESENTS
THE POINTS OF CONTACT. He Is THE TRUE REP
REsENTATIvE OF THIS PRINCIPLE, Y OPPOSES
THE ABoMINABLE PRINCIPLE OF SQUATTER Sow
EREIGNTY.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

MASON q DIXoN's LINE.-On the
4th of August, 1853, Thomas and
Richard Penn, and Lord Baltimore,
being together in London, agreed with
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon,
two mathcmaticians or surveyors, to
mark, run out, settle and fix the boun-
dairy line between Maryland on the
one hand. and Delaware and Pennsyl-
vania on the other. Mason and Dix
on landed in Philadelphia on the 18th
of November following, and began
their wolk at once. They adopted
the peninsuIar lines, and the radius
and tangent point of the circulars of
their predecessors. They next ascer-
tanned the north eastern coast of
Maryland, and proceeded to run the
dividing parallel of latitude. They
pursued this parallel a distance of'23
miles, Is chains and 21 links, from
the place of beginning at the ME-
corner of Maryland to the bottom of
a valley on Dunkard creek, where an
Indian Wal Path crossed their route,
and here, on the 18th of November,
lIoi-nlncly-tWo years ago-lAelr
Indian escort told them it was the
will Of the Sioux Nation that the sur
veys should cease. and they terminal
cd accordingly, leaving 36 miles 6
chains and 50 links as the exact dis
lance remaining to be run west to the
southwest angle of Pennsylvania, not
far from the Board Tree Tunnel on
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.-
Dixon died at Durham, England, I'LL;
Mason died in Pennsylvania, 1857
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

The Charleston Murcury says of
Sherman and Pennington :
"The one is as bad as the other-at
any rate, both are too bad for us TO
scrutinize the degrees of enmity or
abolition. As bad as either, the worse
the better for us. The march of Black
Republicanism and Freesoil is on
ward"
We endorse that last remark.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24

The question of an adjourned session of the
Legislature has not yet been disposed of. A
general caucus of the Republican members re-
solved in favor of adiourning over early next
month till the third Monday in February. CT.
The Senate, probably with a view of stealing
a march on their brethren of the lower branch,
passed by a very decided majority a resolution
to adjourn sine die on the 9Th of next month.
The House, not to be outdone in this line,
promptly took up the Senate resolution, and
after so amending it as to substitute the 18th
of March for the 9TH. also passed it by a de-
cided majority and sent it back The ardor
for a final adjournment on the part of Senators
had in the meantime evidently somewhat aba
ted. and nothing further has been heard Of the
resolution in that body. The caucus move
ment indicates that a majority Of both houses
are IN faror Of an adjourned session while
the separate action of the respective houses
shows that a large majority are decidedly op-
posed to the measure, and in favor Of aS.ne de
| a~diournmcut-a conflict of authorities that
confound outsiders and makes the way of leg
islators an exceedingly difficult thing to under
stand. There is not much mystery in the mat
ter TO tie initiated, however. The caucus &C
ton is the true reflex of the actual sentiment
of a majority of the members of both branch
es-the shuttIecock game with the resolution
for a final adjournment a mere demonstration
in the buncomb line. An adjourned session is,
we doubt not, a foregone conclusion. OF the
propriety of the move we have heretofore eX-
pressed our views, and it is not necessary TO
r~eiterate or enlarge upon them at this time.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1860-02-24
Advertisement

DR. JACKSON, Indian Physician, the celebra-
sed practitioner for Chronic Diseases, will be at
the American Hotel, Delaware, Ohio, on Thurs
day, March %. See his appo intments in to-
days paper. The sick should not fail to see
him,