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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
Gev. Magofin of Ky has recently Issued. a

Gev. Magofin of Ky, has recently, Issued. a
proclamation stating that neither Government
nor rebel troops will be permitted to set foot
upon the soil of that State, and asserting its
neutrality. The recent action of the Legisla-
ture has been decidedly unfavorable to the
projects Of the secessionists, and the Union
men are daily becoming more bold and deter
mined IN their action. The late vote showed
that OF 10000 votes rolled 100000 were
cast by Union mcn and the aggregate vote
was the largest ever cast in the State except
that at the last Presidential election, which II
nearly equallcd. These indications would
seem TO leare no room for fear that the State
can be dragged out Of the Union; but it
must he remembered that precipitation is
the policy of the conspjrators, and that though
they composed but a small minority in Eir-
giuia, Tennessee, North Carolina and Arkan-
sas, tley have taseFa those NO 5lle J eii:
Davis Confederacy, AMI would have played
tile same game in Maryland and Missouri but
for the support afforded the Union men by the
General Governm NJ.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
DeGaiuare Hazette.
n. TIL ON ON Editor.
Delaware, NAY 2a. 1e61.
TIE EERs.


The general expectation that We should
hear ct stirring cycu,s the presert week has
not bpet Tealizrd. Preparations for the war
continue on 4 gigantic scale, but when hos
lilities will commcnce it Is. impossible TO te! !;
any day may witness the commencement Of
aggressive movements, and they may not oc-
cur FOR weeks. An immediate collision does
not al this time seem as probable as week
ago.
There arc reports Of several trifling engage
mcuts and skirmishes but the only one that
s7elns TO be well authenticated is the attack
by two L. S. vessels on i rebel battery in pro
cess OF erection al ScweIls Point in the
ueishborhood Of Fortress Monroe, in which
the rebels were dispersed ard their battery
destroyed.
Notwithstanding the frequent positive de-
claraiions coutD ined in letters and telegraphic
dispatches from Washing on That the Govern
ment was about to occupy Arlington flights,
Alexandria, and other points on ths west bank
of the Potomac near Washington. no move
ment Of the kind has yet been made, though
the concentration OF tooops in large numbers
at Fortress Monroe. CLambersburg ard other
points on the eastern and northeastern bor-
dcrs OF YirL;nia, unmiStakably Indicate that
speedy movements locking 10 the breaking
up Of the fountain head Of treason and rebel
lion at Eichmond are pending.
The runlors current the past week ;hat the
remains of Washington had been removed
on, Mt. Vernon arc, according TO latest re
por,s, unfoundel-
Most OF TIC troops enlisted for three
months are eu:cliig for the war, and the
Gtvclnmot Continues to rt ccive tfers Of ulcu
and money wit hout limit.
There is no further interruption of the pas
sage Of troops through Baltimore, and since
tie fcd.r.d troops have been quartcred in the
State the Union men of Maryland have taken
q stand that gives them control of affairs,
ami secession, s. rampant aud arrogant a few
weeks ago, is now in decidedly baI odor and
lis advocates comparatively quiet.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

Yesterday the secession ordinance was voted
upon iu Virginia, OF its adoption there is no
room Tor doubt. In tie eastern, central and
southern portions Of The State, ncn arc arres-
ted, imprisoned and banish=i FOR being sus-
pectcd of entertaining Union sentiments In
those regions the vote will no doabt be uaaui-
nous in the affirmative In khe north eastern
counties there is strong URion sentiment,
but They are filled with secession troops, who
it is unders: ooi viii vote. ana their presence
will tend 10 inim;daie the Union men and de-
ter them from voting their sentiments. The
same game of intimidation is to be attempted
in the Western counties, hat there the Union
men are Overwhelmingly in the ascendant, and
will doubtless turn out in force, more for the
purpose Of showing their strength than with a
hope Of defeating the secession ordinance
Candidates for Congress are running in only
three Of the districts, the Convention having
forbid the elcction of members.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
IL n.I..,..s & E.-cinsa Vic.

Tic Washington Republican pub
lishcs an extract from a letter written
by a lady residing in one of the
wealthicst counties of Virginia. which
indicates that she is far from, happv
where she is, and doesn't know how
to better her condition. la her sec
ton it is believed that The peun!c of
Washington are nearly starved eRi. =.
and that the President Is suffering
from delirium trcmens. Vet kud as
this may be-. in her own town the
prospects are even less cncouragin~
They have Home Guard. the mem.
hers Of which watch by turns every
night and no one, white or black,
dare go out after ten o'clock, for fear
of getting Il rife bullet in them. -
And this guard, She says, was not too
soon begun, for the negroes are great
iv excited by the acts of the scccs-
sionists, and many have been heard
to threaten that if the troops leave
for tho purpose of fighting, they will
try their own hands with the whites
that remain. So also. the rich farm
ers, greatly afraid Of their own slaves,
are compelled to guard thcir own
houses night and day
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
WEDNESDAY S DISPATCHES.

WASHINGTON, May 2O.-Thcrc was a fight
at Sewell's Point, between two United States
vessels and rebel batteries, it being The
eighth and last work now in rebel hands de-
Tending approaches to Norfolk, and regarded
as an important work against blockading
James River where there are now lying 20
prizes laden with tobacco
The steamer Star commenced Saturday
noon, shelIlng the works, and was soon after
aided by the Freeborn, driving out the rebels
She then proceeded to Washington with dis
patches of Commodore Stringham.
She captured two small vessels on Sunday
near cellar Point, one of them having fifty
men bound for the rebel army.
The Postmaster General has issued an or
der to cut off all the river steamers plying to
seeded States.
The Tribune says that yesterday by a bold
stroke the government obtained pusscssio. Of
most invaluable documentary evidence against
the sympathisers with treason in the North
AT given hour the officers os the law visit
ed every considerable telegraph office in the
States, seized manuscripts Of dispatches for
year. The government can now trace the Sc
cret operations OF the rebels and their aiders
and abettors, and henccforth hold Northern
enemies at its mercy.
The Tribunes correspondence from Wash
ington of the goth, says it is understood that
Gen. Butler has orders to proceed at once to
active movements into Virginia, and will di-
rectly remove Instructions in Norfolk har-
Dor.
The adjourned meeting of the Wheeling
Convention of 4th of June, will be attended
by delegates from counties east of the noun
tans, and the Convention will be urged to
declare the conduct of the authorities of Vir-
gina, usurpatons of power, and the actions
of rebels and traitors, instead Of dividing the
State. The policy will be proposed of form
ing Provisional Government for the whole
Stale, and an election will be proposed for a
Governor and State officers.
Four regime It's will be accepted from
Michigan lus cad of three, IN account Of the
favorable Impression made by the one now
here.
A special dispatch TO the Times from Hur-
Per's Ferry. via Frederick, of the goth, says
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

HAGERsrnwN, May Reports arc 10 the
eject That great dissatisfaction exists amor .
the tro"p, at Harper, Ferry, on account Of
the existence Of several factions. One fuvors
the al cx;,iion of Virginia TO the Cnnfedcr-
a,e Sta'vS one to,t the unconditional separ-
ale nd prnd,uce If Virginia; third the
unconditional Union. Soldiers of both the
las INso class refuse to take the cath Of al
l.2r ancc to the Collcd rate 81 ats
Tic W"pc or sharlshHrg village, thirteen
lies sf;u beast rl the ROAD leading to IIar-
r. - Ferry. SWEAR thit no more soldiers for
tac { Moderate army should pass through
Iil,ir towu.
WAsm>G7oS. May 2I.-T'he Pests special
suy>n ftc,.of lG.ot0 rebel lr""l> left Tar
Enr> Fer. y-~trtlay, for Gs,,.to:3, Va. to II
sit the lirsSagc Of Federal treep, from
Wheeling.
I.f'rnaiion Just obtained leads to the firm
h.hot t!int England ard France viii concur
with ,ur. Cov, runi,nt in The siers taken 10.
;. -s>-;,r' is aii i.,sjiy Tins j. a,so tle case
~i il al 'i.e dr'l. IA; ic rcl r,.seniatiy,s in
N.>,.. II .on. 4 co5 l.AI uld rStandjng cxis.s
Win ri.,n: al. Il " Il lv + und that Lord
L ,ir~ y Ii fiji support Tie views expressed
Ia lin. Instructions L" Mr.. AdlnIs
\ Dispatch, dityd Portsmouth. from a
Southern s,lrce. says that owing 10. the firing
into the battery at NcwcI's Point lively
rim:s ar cNp,r'c.l. AMI perhaps troops will
be mul cicd 10 the Po;ni tr m NnriuIk
1T. LOUIS, May 2l.-Mhjnr General Pr1cr
Comnlan,Irr-in-chi.f of tic Missoa.i Militia
arrived last night, AMI bud an interview
with Cen. Harvey wh.n pan was agreed
upon for the nininlenluce of p ace an avoid
auce of future cGaH.cis between the Federal
and State Governments
MoNTGoNENY, May 2L- Gov. Eiiis tcc-
graphs 10 President Davis that North Caro-
lima passed an ordinance Of secession unani,
mousiy.
BALTIMORE. May 2I,-Tvo Philadelphia
COMPARES seized large quantity Of arms
stored in an unoccupicd house, comprising | 80
Eluskets in bcXcs, MAJ kcd Virginia Muskets"
= lso 1000, Pittsburgh TIE whole lot were
taken to Sort M,Eiuny. They lad been III
custody of (le city authorities
The Ncw York 2nd regiment passed +
through this city to-day, and was well recciv-
81, i v'ss ehoaicd i1 parts Of the city. !
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

From WHEELING. VA-The Central Com
mittee OF Safety met on Thursday, John S.
Carlisle presiding. After an expression of
scntim2nt, it was found to be unanimous
in favor of holding the Convention on the
llth of June Delegates to be elected on the
4th.
The sepcrate State movement also received
the endorsement of the Central Committee
They require arms, ammunition and money
from friends TO the Union to encourage and
sustain them
Some 500 armed troops are a. Wheeling, all
for the Cnion.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

ANXIOUS TO FIGHr.-Our telcgrnphc cores
pondent at Springfield confirms what we have
heard before, that the companies who missed
the chance to get into any of the seventeen
Illinois regiments, have gone to ST. Louis, and
there taken service among Captain Lyons vol
unteers. He says that 800 have so enlisted.
Let us remember the fact; and when the Mis-
souri, troops do a gallant thing. we may be able
to claim for Illinois share therein Chicago
Tribune.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

UNUSED To ARNs.-Thc Savannah News
says Not one in il fhouSand Of the filthy
multitude who are shricl.ng for var in New
York, has ever seen Il gun. except in shop
window" I'VE advise the editor" says the
Scientific American, mot to believe that story,
and We presume he docs not, for it is not true
New Fork city not only boasts Of some Of
tie finest drilled military companies to be
found in tie world, but her numerous compa-
nies Of target shooters, now @shrieking for
war are The ough adopts in the art of plug
ging the balls eye. and can stand as much of
rough and tumble IL any other set of men
Tac bravery Of the Southern men is not de-
MED, and they will make Il great mistake if
they suppose that Northern men can't stand
fire, History and experience teach a different
lesson.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
NTiller's Reapers & mowers,

VIZ are now prepared TO furnish these Justly eel.
wv ebfatct Machines IN ANY QUANTITY They have
been much IMPROVED for this years work and arc now
the BEST CONFINED NJ. .,CHINE in tho market We can
furnish either Combined Machines or Mowers only a.
they may be wanted. Purchasers will not give orday
machines until they have one Of these II tbSv
want the o's IN every respect for such can war
rant theul "a be- - 80
We have also the agency RrsSEL's PREMIrs InESu
KRIS and SEPERAIoRs, Which be shed al 'hAru.
factnrer's prlc0h. Z. 4, POTTER n 90,
Nay 10th ls6l--2m, Iemplar Hsu nieTA
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

Tue INDIANS IN ARMs.-A gent -cnan WHO
returned from the Cattaraugus Reservation
last evening states that the Indians held
grand council On Thursday last, ana unan-
mously resolved to organize an Inlian rcgi-
ment to rye in d,fca7e Of the United States
Govcrnm Mt during the approaching war
Another council will be held tomorrow in
ord r to perfect measures rar forming campan-
les Immediately. All the rcd skins IN the
tract are WY cn;husiasiic.-[ Buffalo Ad-
vertiscF.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
Estates &c. for Settlement.

FTIHE following Administrators GuardisnS and
a Executor have flied their papers for srttlemoRt:
Samuel A. McNcal Guardian Of heirs Of David Bachtel
George Ban. Guardian Of Olive and Mary IIOAeLT-
q. $. Carr, Guardian OF Mlry gc:tt.
". T. Watson, Executor OF OrrisIn IIili.
Melvin WIgt0n, Admin istrutu 81 Mary WiEtOn.
J. ". Ladd, Adm r OF Sarah smith.
J. ?. Clark, Admir- abel Hx,n.
HI. Eaton, ct. al, Adm'.s Of =. r. Evaris.
John Hgh, Admir- Of Mary IAh.
There Will b. Il hearing said Cascs At my ONCE in
Delaware, Ohio, Saturday TuEc l5th 1871
Ma 2I-3t ]. ltA%NLN, Probate Judge
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

The CANPAfGS.-1he Government has lis
plans all laid for campaign. But one DC
sign ahimatcs every movement th.t is made,
AMI that is 10 put down treason and secession
everywhere, aud 10 allow OF but one Govern
mcnl md one country from Canala to MeXi-
co. Gen. Scot may not turn aside from his
general plan 10 check the advances Of the
II bcls upon particular points, but depend up
on it that all the great stratcgetic points will
b. taken care Of hear tonight that ii is a
sottIed thing that Norlo and Gosport Navy
Yards will soon be invested and taken by
United States troops. Sooner or later an at
tack upon these places is contemplated. Ii
would seem desirable, that if there is fight
in that locality, that it should come of before
the severely hot season is upon US Wash
Cor. y. Y. Post-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

THE CHEsAPEAKE.-The Baltimore Ex-
Char ge explains why the South desires to ave
Maryland. Tho Chesapeake Bay is ndispen-
81, bic to the South for the establishment of her
maritime power. In it are the only harbors
where large navy can ride. With it she can
cope with the North on the seas. Without
it, she must be dependent on foreign tonnage.
and can never rise to the rank of a first class
power.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

The number Of fugitive slaves reported by
the census of ! $50 was SOB. against I.OII. as
reported in 1880. I he Southern journals
which have pratcd Of the flight of slaves will
find in these figures anything bat consolation
The census of 1860 shows that the number of
fugitives had fallen tlro hnndrea and cighs be
low the humL,r reported by the census Of 1850.
Northern elnissaries" have not been so busy
after all"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

A worthy sister Of Gov. Magofin has sent
to the Legislature a petition for the Union
signed by eight hundred ladies of Mercer
county. God bless her for her patriotism
Would to Heaven she were Governor of Ken
tucky, and that her brother Beriah were at
bome In petticoats- Louisville journal,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
Eho Attitude OF the British Gcvern-
T-erf,

Entirely too much credit has been
given the rumor licked into shape by
the W ashington correspondent Of the
n I. Herald aa to the threatening
attitude of the European powers
The rumor is just about as reliable as
tlosc recently circulated that the
New York 18th Regiment was massa-
cred in Baltimore, that General
Scott had resigned aad that Lincoln
was dead drank every day, that Cen
eraI Bcaucgard was dead and that
John c. Brcsa inridec had enlisted TO
serve the Union under Major Ander
son. The really important and au-
theutic information from Europe Is
contained in the m1il-Tattcr by the
Europa, which left Liverpool on the
4th. The London Post, the well
known organ of Lord Palmerston,
the Premier, of May the 3D., las a
leader, in which it is declared that
"if the privilege of issuing letters of
marque were once conceded to the
Insurgents (of the South the whole
of the commerce between Europe and
America would bc placed in posi-
ton of imminent peril and danger.
"Thcre can be no doubt that the
President, in strict Interpretation Of
public law, has right both to de-
clare q blockade Of the Southern ports
and to treat Southern priyatccrs,
when captured' as piroiss'
In contemplation Of public law
they ale simply rebels and, as
against them, the policy which Mr..
Lincoln has announced is not only
valid in itself hut is ono which
foreign nations are bound TO admit
and respect
This Is the Language Of the British
Ministers, as divcated Of ministerial
phrascoloqy. and published in the or
gan Of the GoycrEmnut- No English
ministry could stand upon any other
ground respecting this question.
Tie city article Tor money articlc)
Of the London Times OF the 81 of
May, noticing the secession of Viz
ginia, says As the slave States
depend upon their ability to export
their cotton and to import the greater
part of the food fer their slaves. it is
Impossible 10 conceive that, under
sach blockade a. it VIII be in the
power Of the North to institute, they
can maintain their resistance for any
very protractcd period"
The London Shipping Gazette, Of
May I'd, says '1nasmuch as the
Federal Government has declared
privateripg on the part Of the South
erners to be piracy, we have no al
formative but to regard it i'll the same
light, until we have, by an overt act
of recognition, conceded to the South
crn Convention The position of a
Government &c iu"e, and established
with it relations SIMILAR to those
which already exist between our Gov
crnmeut and the Cabinet OF Na5hing-
ton"
In the face OF zunh siQciEcant PUN
licatiols a. tbc-o, W. .u1v Sate.y with
hold out c0aiiIcaec foIl the utterly
uaauthcnticaicl runors dispatched
from Washington aHd emp,oycl by
alarm;sts.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

louisville, May 17.-Fnc official
returns from 50 counties show the
Unien vote for Border State dole.
gates to be 98,55I. There are Is
counties to hear from
The aggregate Presidential vote in
November was 1925.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24
J. HYATT,
Notice to Contractors,
OFFICE or THE ONO PENIrENTJARY,
L.o.r .-.-nt-.- NJ. !. nnI. NEH-l


@ EALED Proposals will be received at this
- Office Til Friday, May 3lst, 1861, for the fur
nlshing Of the following materials:
lst. For Building stone per perch, delivered within
the walls.
%. For Stone to bill may be ordered deliver
cd within the walls.
81 For Tagging FOR halls, 2z inches in thickness,
any width or length, to be delivered at the o. p dock,
or at the railroad depot (Sand or free stOns)
Tho building stone and stone TO ball TO be Of Lime
stone
Bidders will specify the price per perch for stone u
taken from the state Quarry and the price per perch
furnished from elsewhere.
Also, for furnishing materials and putting on from
eighty hundred Of the squares Of the Roofing
cludDg cutters oud CWuspouting-the materials used
70 be or the best quality OF lN Charcoal Tin.
Each seperatc bid for the above materials must be
accompanied by 4 bond in tic Of two hundred dol
lars, with good securities conditioned that the par
ty making the proposal VIII accept the contract aWaT.
Gcd to said party.
No bid viii be cnerained unless accompanied by said
bond and bids will be received the day or letting
All further Information may be ObtIned by npplioA-
ton a. this Office.
NiFaEE + f T4HlGHT} MRHi ~, Directors.
JULIUS J. WOOD.
My 24-cw JOHN 4. PRENTICE, Warden,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

CIas SiurLcval.t, In q, Attachment bef r. r.
against 3. Stnith, Juistice nf the
l. v.s e. :t t.rJcvant. Def't Peace Of Dra tp.
n n the 22d day of April, A. D., 1851, the said
- JEsfc" Is HlCd an order Il Atachnant in the abovs
for S257 I ant iHterst al u per Il. fro A1r
l1t l,0 ,, a dollars p.Obs cost nf saIh action.
7. =. PoE.it, ESQ has el gtrnshied as thc debtor
said icrea lent. CHA. STCRDEYAHT.
May Il, '6l-i,.w.
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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

FoEcED loans Nothing can be in strong
cr contrast Sham the open-hand,d aacriry OF
Northern capitalists to furnish the sinewS Of
wAr. with the grinding processes by which
Ihe Southern sHhsides are r'tis1I. These ly.'-
cesScs arr kept in the slla.le mnch p 's,i
.e. nut they Vii come 20 light oncc IN
while. A case, well authenticated. has Just
reached cur knowledge from Mobile. \ mcr-
rhani there possessed stock of goods worth
olr thousand dollaTs-lfiS entire property
He was assessed five han,irr,I dplar< for the
Government, and, being unable to pay it, his
stock, at this time uRsa'eable, Was put up at
auction, and brought precisely five hundred
and eleven dollars and thirty-scvcn cents. be-
sides the auctionccr's fees. The odd eleven
dollars and thrty-seven cents were most scGu-
puloUsly paid over TO the righttul owner Of
the Whole. who. from a comfortable position is
thus reduced to beggary. 4 prndigious re
ac:ipn is coming, 10y reason Of these opprcs-
sive measures, and i. Is to be hoped for the
sake Of the PEOPLE of the South, that it will
come qu:ck'y-N. 7. Horld.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1861-05-24

Arkansas uoxoK-AN Ex-U- : SENATOR
A rswIxDnEn AND TnAIToE.-Thc p!ttsIuTl
Dispatch says: as
Hon. Solon Borland % Arkansas, an Ex-
Senator Of the United States, I:,eeiy editing
paper at Memphis. Tennessee, is indebted il
tie sum OF two thousand three hundred dol
lars TO i paper manufacturer of this city, and
the Honoru5.e gentleman writes Informing his
creditor that he regulates tie DEBT, aud dc
sires to hear nothing more about it, This
raeally cheat led in the capture Of Fort Smith,
Arkansas, and is !, sample of Secession Hon
orablcs.