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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11
w Wanted /!

1.-TWO TONS MAPLE SUGAR, at Highest Market
4 Price, IN exchange for STOVES and TIN WAEE.
April 1162-d. n. WILLIAMS.
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no the Ladies of Delaware,

TF YOU INTEND BUYING BONNET, OR A HAT, OR
- any thing nice, wish TO get Dress made, you
viii mad Il TO your advantage to call on
Apr 11'62 J. S. ARMSTRONG.
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Dissolution Of co-Partnership.

TRE CO-PARTNERSIIP HERETOFORE EXISTING IN
der the firm Of STAHL True is this day diSsolv ed
by mutual cons mt. All accounts aud notes due the
above II must be settled without delay.
G. W. sTAHL,
G. ". TRCE.
Delaware, Ohio March Itth, 1862.
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Peach Trees |!

SOO CHoICCE BUDDED PEACH TREES, Of large
O growth, fur sale at 50 per hundred
Enquire the residence OF the subscr ber FIRST three
story brick house south OF the FIGURING Nils corner Of
Henry & North streets. STEPHEN TRIP
April 11'62-0
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no the Townahip Assessors.

10 LNt > W00 AA'9AA1p 4AS55ssU4ss
TIME assessors of the different townships Of
aaFe county @SypSy HyS yQqgSsSa 9 nice, a. '6e AG
gGJr ehe,r MAN. and receive RESTRICTIONS.
Z. w RHODES,
ArriillR Aa1. Del. CO. o,
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Saturday, tie 26th day Of April, l862.
Delaware Comfy Agriepltura1 soeistv

1oAAHA45 NStAAAbJ 4A55 AASNALuAa SVSAStys
KTYiE meeting If tho Board Managers will be
= ia On Saturday tht 9th day Of April next, At the
Law ofLCs uf Powell x Van Lennn, Ia Delaware. full
attendance desired the Premium List will be
viscd, aid th5 time VI holding the Tair fixed, Al
that meeting.
J. .. VAN DE3IAN, sec'y.
March 2S--2t II tie Board.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11

THE 0Hlo LEGISLATURES is rapidly approach
ing the Close Ct lis present session, aud bust
ness is being disposed Of with considerable
rapidly, though some of the most important
bills are Sill peuding.
The s:,ayl into which the House got over the
resolutions relative to the rebel prisoners was
terminated without formal action Oh the reso-
lutions introduced-a report from the officer
appointed by the Government to examine into
the state of aGairs at Camp Chase, having
ended the controversy out ofwhicb the trouble
originated Is we understand the matter the
Speaker was right in the course he pursued,
and the resolutions offered by Flagg and Con-
verse were as uncalled for as they were insul-
ting The aatbors should have been promptly
rebuked by the House for their unwarrunted
insolence.
The bill TO district the State for Congress
sional purposes passed the Senate in the shape
in Which it came from the Committee. In the
House all after the enacting clause has been
stricken out and several substitutes proposed,
but at last adyices no definite action had been
taken on them.
1t seems 10 be established that we are tc
have an extra session. The House has already
so determined. a Committee of the Senate
has reported in favor Of adjourning till next
To,,or, orJ n rozol,,f;o, to that nffaof hos
been several times defeated by close vote, but
the vote reconsidered, and the subject still
kept open for further action. Wepredict thai
it will in the end be got through in some way
A resolution has been introduced in The
House, but was laid over under the rule, pro.
posing 10 go into an election for U. 5. Sena-
tor without the formality of a previous nOmi
nation.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11

SHERIFF SALE.

Helen c Winchester, Adm'x. p Y virtue Of a
vs. - deCretai order
Sarah kl sell I. al. Of sale u inc directed
from the court Of Common Pleas or re.Gware County,
Chic, snail OF pubic sale the Of the Court
Room ii easN.,rg. oa
Saturday, TIE 26th day Of April, 1862.
between the hours Of and o'clock y. m Of said dny
ths following described real estate wit Situate IN
the Town % e aware, Delaware Curuty Ohio 70 wit
Ia Lut No. 10 IN Cnswod's Addition to tho Town of
Ieiaware Bounded cas-. by Franklin Street. north by
Griswud Street, by Orchard Alley and south bv T.
Hills 1t APPRAISED al 81 900.
r. c. WATEIsS, Sheriff
nad Special Master Commissioner.
Mar cI'C2-;s ufs3 90.
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Elower Seeds.

"a rom The Tist and for sale at cents a paper.
Also, GARDEN SEEDS, at STARR BROS.
Aprii J1162 No. 5 Williams Block.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11
SHERIFF SALE.


4 Neas'f 49, and Wife T6saG sa to % nc a9 dfosie o5GsT
Andrew J. Smith Ct ais. rom tne Courl OF Com
j Pleas Of Uuion County, Ohio, will oaT for sale at
tpeGoJr OF the CoIrt use in AIrysylllc, Cuion
~ Oio, the 17th day OF May =. .. 1852, between
the hours OF tn OcIocE al.d tour o'clock J..
ihs following described lands and toleneuts, Wit
part o. winch Is ly ing IA sad caulty o. tAlun ard
ift the rcSdae in ia cOuJty Of ieaWar il @, Il be-
ilg LIT NJ iu 81 -yey 30. sGgC 80 e acs Greek ie
giun Al stake ip the crcek. Witness BGCkeAc and
Tawpl oil tie i.arih and IcbUt on tie suiiIl 81 l.
OF said creek 10 IL sely c5rnc ol Let Ne thence
with th. moaul r. f sad creek and Njth the ire Of
lot No ] 8ortn west 70 pics ortl 50 " =: y p,l-
Erjh - y Pui.s, Eutl - asst - poles. H. IA
10 east - poles, no. Tn IS wrs; u os, 10 til u
"a plira. north s. west 20 oiss oth - west - rots
u.n ~ n-I polls, ngstT5I west 10 poi *, north 5
sL = ro;a~ the lJrtb wgst corner u said Lot 20.
taence north degrees, 55 mHihtes cast lo7 roles
fo4"C"d anl L,,cl ia III: north line 0f The orig ua
y so. 1856; ihuce wltL sid liAe correcting tho
Thereof SJt.ti' 81 deg 10 minutes 10
pOcs % n ash, :n-wuui EIf3ry und sug9TtrrC lfth-
east corner u TIE ofi41i Srey, thence i!h AN ter
linc Of saia -urvrs sagJ. ta-aecs 80 minutes
go foies - "e b"+a.'ls, ,.tsi.i=g t1i3) rs b-H-
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Lv MOOT oI usIA no1 81
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astates 80, for settlement.


HIHE following Administrator and Guardians have
i E.ed their papers for settlement:
William Owston, Adm r. OF Isaac Axten. deed
Alex. Marsh, Guardian OF Benjamin Marsh ct al
Truman Case (by Admir- Guardian Of Sidney ".
Crumb.
There viii be hearing said cases at my Office IN
Delaware, on saturday April 10, 1864
Mar. IS. 1862. /. kANAEY, Prob. Judge.
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Notice Of Co-Partnership.

THE UNDERSIGNED, HAVE THIS DAY FORMED A
CoIartnership, under the style Of TRUE & LUN-
LAP, aud VIII continue the BooT SoE and LEATHER bus
incss At the old stand Of J. & l. Day.
G. W. TRCE,
March IL, 1852. A. DUNLAP.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11

PTTsBUKe, via FoRT Henry, April s. 500
a. m.-One Of the greatest and bloodiest bat
ties Of modern days has just closed. resulting
in complete rout of the enemy, who attack
ed US at day break on Sunday. The battle
lasted without intermission during the entire
day, and was again renewed on Monday NOR
ming, and continued until four o'clock in the
afternoon, when the enemy commenced their
retreat, aud are still flying towards Corinth
pursued by large force Of cavalry.
The slaughter on both sides is immense. =
We have lost in killed, wounded and missing
from $4,000 TO 20,OOO5 that of the enemy is
estimated at from $4,000 to 10000 1t is i'm
possible, in tie present confused state OF af-
fairs, to ascertain any details. J therefore give
you the best account possible from observation,
having passed through the storm Of the action
during the two days that it rnged.
The fight was brought on oy body Of 800
Of The 25th Missouri regiment, Of Gen. Prem
tiss's Di7ission, attacking the advance guard
of,the rebels, which was supposed to be tic
piekets Of the enemy in front Of our camp
'Che rebels Immediately advanced on General
Plentiss' division, On tue lefl wing, firing vol
IS after rolley e muskctry snd riddling cur
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11

Cnemy. About 3 p IN Gen. Grant rode TO the
1 left, here the fresh regiments Lad been order
ed, and finding the rebels wayeFing, sent por-
tion of his body-guard TO tie head of each FIVE
Tcgim ents, ard tleu oldtrd charge across
The field, himself leading, as he brcndshed his
] sword and waved aud waved them on to the
Growing victory, Nhie cannon balls were fall
ing like hail around him. The men followed
with shout that sounded above the roar and
din OF artillery, ard Ike rebels fed in dismay,
as from destroying avalanche, aud never made
another stand.
Gen. I'nell followed the retreating rebels,
driving them III splendid style, and by half
past five O'clock, the whole rebel army was in
full retreat to COriuth with cur cavalry in hot
pursuit with what further result is not
known, not having returned up to this hour
We have taken & large amount of their artil-
lery and OlsO 4 number of prisoners. We lost
a number of our forces as prisoners Yesterday,
among whom is Gen. rrcnti,s The number
Of cur forces taken has not been ascertasned
yet, it is reported at several hundred. General
Prehtiss is also reported wounded. Among the
killed on The ebcl side was their General-in
Chief, Albert Sydney johnson, who was struck
ly cannon ball on the afternoon of Sunday.
OF this there is no doubt, as tie report is cor
roborated by several rebel officers taken to-day
1t is further reported that Bcauregard had lis
- AZ 9i4O' On A'iiN9 a lHoou NtneTdiS Bfagg,
Breckenridge and jackson were commanding
portions OF the rebel forces.
There has never boon q parallel to the gal.
lantry and bearing of our Cficcrg. from tho
commanding General to the lowest officer
General Grant and staff were in the field riding
Glung the lines in TIE thickest Of the fight du,
ring the entire two days Of the battle, and all
slept en- the ground Sunday pight during a
heavy iain. On several occasions Gen Grant
got within range of the enemy's guns, and
was discovered and fred upon. Lieut. Colonel
8cPherson had his horse shot under him when
riding alongside of Gen Grant. Capt Carson
, popdent, when a cannon oalI took off his head
and wounded several others General Sherman
had two horses killed under him, and General
AcClciHdnd shared like dangers; also Genera
Hur'buTt, each Of whom received bullet hole.
through then clothes. General Buell. remain
Cd with Lis troops during the entire day, anc
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-01

vsrrish, usds vholiy o. n par q Gun eopsi 8 ~
P P sss: q: = s'ssT : ss;.: g 's'.as'
Vegetable pulmonary balssm. sane 80 "Dsnfri-
verunifass. .snsutifnos-
"srehou-e entry, a. custou, hooses. not sxccsd-
ing ons dollar IN vslas. stamp daty 1tcsuts-
Nv. dollars 50 cents.
Do. do, exceeding Eve dolsrs IN valu. 90
Marcbou>e reeeipts. stamp dsty 3
whisky, per gallon - oenss-
Do. reciihed. .. not 10 pay ar saassiousl dusv
Wholesale dealers. under whieh tern. i incIot.d
every pcr~cn Who's business occupstinrs
% sell, or ofer % sell. grocsrics.oF sny goods.
wares or merchandise. q fore En dousestk
prudnction. by more Than original p.uk-
aee % piece a. cue tine. 70 he sane pur-
cha>er not iucladfng wines, spirfnous q malt
liquors. Tor each license 60 %
Wholesale dealers IN liquors q every d<-crip-
uon including distilled spirits. fefrnenird II.
Quors and wires 81 all kinds (per-ons other
than di-tiiiers. Who ell o onsr Cor sale any
such liquors. IN quantities = mcre than three
gallons a. one time 10 The purchaser.srs
inciuded.) Tor each license 100 %
Willow. manufactures q srr C..
Wine made Of grapes, f~r gallon scrnf<.
Withdrawal entry. a. custom house. stamp duty 90 cents
Wood, manufactures Of, II not cther~iss pro-
vided Tor sp~rct
Wool crews II cts.
Nool manufactures o. not otherwise specified per ca
Worsted manufactures ~ otherwise Escci>d Per
Worm lo1enges. same a. "Dentfficc."
Writ stamp duty 50 cents.
Zinc manufactures Of not otherwise specfed per c.
10. oSyde Of per Too pounds IS cent?
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RAILROADS.
PERU AND INDIANAPOLIS
r. a IL r O a d.
1862. MN 1862.
new ARRANGEMENT.

|, % Mills SHORTER THAN OTHER RoUTE.
ON AND AFTER NAT S, 1854, trains win Be
" run a. follows
Mail Train will leave indians polis lilo a NJ,
stop at all stations and make Close connection kckomo
with train on the Cincinnati and Chicago Air Line Rail-
road Tor Logansport Valparaiso and Chicago and
nj Peru AT ais p. NJ, IN time make Nth
trains on the Toledo and Wabash Railway going Hast and
West
Returning, the train will leave Peru 600
A. NJ. after the arrival of the train the T. W. W.
from the East. and arrive AZ indianapolis AZ $50 A. N.
in time make Connections Tor all points East South
and West.
An Expressran win leave indianapolis at loss ?. n,
connect Kokomo with train for Chicago and arrive
Peru 500 A. NJ IN time make connection with trains
going East and West the Toledo and wabash Rail-
way.
Returning the train will leave Peru al 1900 NJ.
making close connection AZ Kokomo With the trains
on the cincinnati and Chicago Railway from Chicago
Yah ariso and Loga port, aud arrive indianapolis II
4l0 r. M In time with the evening trains fer
Cincinnati Louisville and other points.
Special attention given the transportation Of live
stock. produce and merchandise generally.
DAVID MACY, General Agent and Superintendent
THEo. z. HAUsasY. General Ticket Agent. apl62-diy
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INDIANAPOLIS AND CINCINNATI

SIN
r "A I L r O a -
go; 8 e. :. = = =
shortest Route by Thirty Mtless
NO CHANGE OF CARS TO CINCINNATI.
Three transleave indianapolis Daily. Sundays eseepted
UNIRSTTRAIN.-5.2o An CINCINNATI LIGHTNING
u Express arrives AT Cincinnati At 10 M and Lex
ington, KY. 100 p NJ.
second Train-le40 A. M.-Cincinnati Mail arrives Il
Cincinnati s0 r. NJ making close connection with Little
Miami Railroad for ioveland. Morrow, Columbus, New
ark. GAINESVILLE, and Wheeling.
Third TraiD-635 Y. NJ, Cincinnati Express, arrives q
Cincinnati lilo p NJ.
Fare same as by any other route
Call for your tickets ria the Indianapolis and Cincinnati
Railroad.
Baggage checked through.
SPECIAL NoncK-Be you get In the right train 1t
indianapolis. The enly Cincinnati train, stands the
fifth track. being the farshes track south in the Uuioa
Depot, nj indianapolis
VIII. l.. NOBLE, General Ticket Agent.
VIZ. PowkrL, Travelling Agent my7s 81
Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1862-11-01

rhc Taxes Imposed ~ the Tax Bsti,
aad Passed BY Congress, June CAD.
ssss-rhe Duties ou Incomes, 1usu-
suraace mpanies, Railroad Com.
panses, &c.-The Taxes On Distilled
sptrtss, Manufactures, Oils, Paper.
Gas, Candies, Tobacco, Snuff, Sc.
gars, lreu, Seap, screws. Cloth, Len
sher, Cline, Wsuc. Ceais &c.-The Tax
On Cessen-rhe License Taxs &css &es
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-30
TE,e National Capitol.

The Washington Chronicle, Of recent
date, gives the following description Of the
WORK on the National Capitol The noble
dome, conspicuous for many miles around,
is progressing rapidly, and elicits the adj
uiration of every 5ehosder. On the pc
destal opposite the fxsse OF Freedom
stands proudly, as if anxious to be elevated
70 her lofty destiny.
The massive steps leading to the new
Senate and House OF Representatives are
also advancing, and daily observation
proves that the work Will correspond with
that on any other part of the edifce.--
The exterior Of the old centre section OF
the Capitol wears a bright and beautiful
appearance, being much improved by the
pure white painting on which our mechau-
les are engaged. Those who have recent
ly visited the rotunda have admired also
the fine taste displayed in its renovation.
This is the great national exchange,
for here are assembled daily citizens from
almost every State and Territory friendly
salutations frequently transpire, ana ex-
pressions Of patriotic devotion often fall
upon the car as our countrymen and
women stand in survey Of the 'Declara-
tion OF Independence, the Surrender of
CORVALLIS" the Resignation of General
Washington at Annapolis, December %,
17S3,' the Baptism of Pocahontas," the
'Embarcation of the Pilgrims" sc.
The first places sought for by visitors
are the old Senate Chamber and Tie Old
House Of Representatives The former
has been transferred to and reitted as the
Supreme Court room of the United States.
The semi-circular gallery Immediately
over and around the principal entrance
has been removed, but the splendid Ionic
columns-said to be after those of Minerva
Polids-still adorn that memorable cham
Der. The venerable Hall of Representa-
tives, although disrobed of furniture and
principal decorations, retains much of It's
original appearance The beautiful Amer
lean eagle, copied from nature by an Ital-
ian artist named Valapcrte, aud the
entablaturc SO much admired, now occupy
other appropriate positions. The fine life
like portrait !. Washington, by Vanpalyn,
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-30
BEARD gTearIRg.

In his Give Lay Sermons" DR.. Brown
thus talks OF the masculine prerogative
Il am for boards out and out, because
[ think the Maker of the beard was and is.
This is reason enough but there are many
others. The misery of shaving, It's ex-
pense, its consumption Of time--a very
corporation existing for no other purpose
but to shave mankind Campbell, the
poet, who had always bad razor, sup
pose, and was late of rising, said he
believed the man of civilization who lived
to be sixty, had suffered more pain in
littics every day in shaving, than woman
with large family had from her children.
'FThis would be hard to prove; but it is
a process that never gets pleasanter by
practice; and then the waste Of time and
temper, the ugliness of being i'll or unsha-
ven. Now we can easily see advantages
In it the masculine gender is intended to
be more out Of doors, aud more in all sorts
of weather than the smooth ch;nnod ones,
and this protects him and his Adam s
apple from harm It acts as the best of
all respirators TO the mason and the east
wind Besides, 1t is eeory; and it must
be delightful to have and stroke natural
beard, not like beanstalks Or bottle-brush,
bat such beard as Abrahams or Abd-el-
Kader's
at is the beginning ever to cut that
makes all the difference. [ hazard the
ory that no hair of the head or beard sho'd
ever be cut, or needs any more than the
eyebrows or eyelashes. The finest head
OF hail l know of is one which was never
cut 1t is not too long, and is soft and
thick The secret where TO stop growing
is in the end of the native untouched
hair. IF you cut it of, the poor hair does
not know when TO stop; and if our eye
brows were so cut they might be made to
hang over ohr eyes and be wrought into a
veil.
"Besides, think of the waste of substance
Of the body in hewing away so much hair
every morning, and encouraging an endless
rotation OF crops. Well, then, / go in for
the boards of the next generation, the un-
shorn beings whose boards viii be wagging
when we are away; but Of course they
must be clean. But how are we to sup
our porridge and kali ? Try it when
young, when there is just a shadowy
down on the upper lip, and no fears but
they will do all this 'telegaptly" even.--
Nature is slow and gentle in her teaching,
even in the accomplishment Of the spoon." "
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-30
2SBURG, PA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 80, 1862

and Lafayette, to correspond, bya French
artist, whioh so many years adorned the
right and left Of the Speakers chair, now
most appropriately occupy recesses in the
new Hall.
The venerable hall is of the form OF the
ancient Grecian theatre. The chord, of
the largest dimension, is 96 feet. The
height to the highest point of the ceiling
of the dome is 60 feet. This hall is sur
rounded by 24 columns of variegated mar
bic from the banks Of the Potomac, with
capitals Of white Italian marble, carved by
Anadrei, after the Corinthian order
Over the main entrance from the rotunda
the clock attracts attention. This repre-
sents History recording the events of the
nation.
She stands on winged car traversed by
the signs Of the Zodiac; the wheel of the
car composed of clock This was exc
cuted by IradelIa. The building now in
course Of construction opposite the east
front of the Capitol, is for the use of the
architect, Thos. u. Walter, ESQ, and
will be very convenient for all having bus
iness Herewith.
The Alleghanian. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1859-1865, 1862-10-30

they lost all their money The game was
deeply interesting. Some of the stakes
were high, but almost every throw the
officers lost. The half hour was over, and
after drinking with those who had robbed
them, they, too, left.
| had a lengthy conversation with the
two men who kept the house. They told
many of the secrets Of their business-how
thirty-three per cent, after all expenses
were paid, was the usual price paid by
Washington proprietors to those who acted
as stool -pigeons-how each man played
his money separately, and how they pro-
tected the interests of third party, who
was absent, by not risking his. Nothing
could exceed the liberality Of these gam
blers; they were lavish with their liquors
and cigars. To hear their story, they were
the most honorable men in the world
They said they never played with men
who did not know how to handle cards,
and one Of them said he had always been
steadfast to one great principle, never to
play cards with any one when he brought
him there himself. Speaking Of one Of
ed scouhdrel,' because he left off playing
Wnen luck was against MIN.
These men were most strenuous in their
politics, each having the strongest opinions
and to hear them talk Of the morality
of all their dealings, almost made me wish
that Jefferson Davis, instead Of rebelling
against the Union, had only got up a con-
spi-acy to repeal the gambling laws. "You
see," said the taller of the two, explaining
the game of faro, "you see when the cards
are marked down on that pasteboard, you
can always tell which ones are left in the
box, by looking at the numbers that are
tried" OF course he couldn't do it In
that way, but perhaps he might ia another.
Both now complained of the dullness of
business, ana bewailed the war, because
it prevented Southern gamblers coming
to Washington. They longed fer tae
Congressional session. "Why, how is it
you don't get along" said my friend, ''the
theatres are full enough ?' Pshawl" was
the reply, "dny one can get in there for ii
quarter" So they can, and when they
come out they are sure they have not paid
any dearer. With great nonchalance
these men wondered why Congress had
not taxed gaming houses. One Of them
advocated such a tax on the ground that
it was an impost upon luxuries.
Washington is full Of such places as
these. There is plenty Of law, but no one
in power to suppress them and when
Congress meets, there will be no means Of
calculating the amount of money which
will find its way into the faro banks OF
Pennsylvania Avenue.