Delaware State journal and statesman., 1862-02-07
aENEnAL suMmARY OF NEWS

Samuel Nj. FELTON,, Esq, the President oi
the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Balti-
more Railroad, has been elected President
of the Baltimore Central and by pretty
decided majority too. This insurcs the
union of the Two works and harponious
management.
Senator Wilson's bill for new and i'm
proved organization of the army, which he is
pressing in the Senate, proposes to divide
the entire forces into corps ddrmee, each of
which is to comprise three infantry brgades
one cavalry regiment, and three batteries OF
six field pieces each. Thus there will be
three brigadier generals under each maior
general This bill appears to be received
with considerable favor among the Senators
and has fair prospect Of success.
In Missouri General ialleck seems TO be
gradually gathering considerable forces to-
ward Springfield. Curtis, Sigel, Prentiss,
Pope, and others are steadily moving toward
Springfield. where Gen. Price is evidently |
prepared 10 offer battle
Fort Pulaski is now thoroughly invested.
Gen. Sherman daily has reports of all that is |
done there, and will take the place when he
chooses TO attack it.
The result of an examination recently by |
the telegraph interest is, that the number of
messages over all the lines during the past
year, was 100000, yielding total income
Of $l,422000 Should Congress, in the
new tax bill, impose three cents on each
Isasl 40 q fann
would be realized from that source, or "a
per centum on the aggregate amount of busi-
ness.
A collision attended with serious conse-
quenees occurred on the Northern Central
Railroad, on Friday morning. A freight
train and a repair train collided at a bend in
in the road near Cockeysyille, Md. One
man, workman on the road. was instantly
killed and four others injured, two of them
seriously.
William A. Larned, Il professor in Yale
College, fell dead in fit, in the street, in
New Haven, on Monday evening.
The levy of fifteen thousand dollars upon
the secessonists of Marion county Missouri,
made by Gen Halleck, to repair the railroad
bridges which were destroyed by the rebels,
is now being collected. The levy has caused
great number 10 suddenly change from
JEFF Davisites to Abe Lincolnites. Doubt
less many of them are now ready to swear
a Ia nurse johnson, that they are the only de-
feders of the conservative policy of Mr.
Lincoln in Missouri.
General Halleck has seized Ex-Governor
Claiborne F. Jacksons hemp plantation,
in Saline county, Missouri, for eonfsca.
ton
The Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs
has addressed letter to the Mexican Con
snl in London on the subject of the foreign
invasion of the Republic. He states that
Spain preciptated IL war on his country at Il
moment when the Government could, within
year, have paid of her debts to the Euro
pean Powers secured internal peace and
consolidated her power by the extinction OF
faction. The design of the writer is TO in
terest England, even yet, in behalf of Me2i-
co and against the policy of Spain.
In speaking of the war, the Philadelphia
American says: ave hope that thii
war will last long enough TO afford The
south her full and entire share of the igh
for which she has been so long itching. W.
are utterly opposed TO allowing her 10 ge
up short war and puta stop to it whenever
she sees proper. She thought the Kansas
affair could be settled in that way, an,
therefore promptly rushed into the Gel,
with an overwhelming armed force to con.
quer the territory. But the slow, deliberate
patient, laborious north took up the gaunt
let and went into the contest in her custo
mary way, and the south was vanquished il
the battle herself had challenged. 1t wa
in this short method that the great Napo
leon waged his numerous successful wars
When he had gained his share of vctore
he made peace to avoid subsequent reverses
But he encountered at last antagonists wit
whom he could not make d peace, and
was the long wars which ruined him. Hi
nephew, the present Emperor Of Franc,
conducts his wars in the same style He
exceedingly ready to rush into war, bu
after few successes is just as ready to settl
Aue hdtleE, ne mas tuuS succeeueu aSaln'
Austria and Russia
Mrs. Butcher Mrs. Partridge, Miss Elia
d. johnson, Miss Atelia Jordan, and Mi
Margaret L. Mccormick, Of the District
Columbia, have been appointed to clerl
ships in the dead letter office at Washn
ton. They receive . compensation of S5t
each person. Samuel Lemon, of Penns,
vania, has been appointed clerk in the san
department.
California has officially telegraphed to Il
United States Treasury Department tn
the State government has assumed the pa
ment of the California apportionment of I
national tax.
By the arrival at Portland of the steam
Nova Scotia, from Liverpool we have lat
adVices from Europe The London Tim
editorially opposes England's interference
American affairs The brig West India
from Charleston, has arrived at l.iyerpr
with Il cargo of turpentine. The sales
cotton at Liverpool, for FIVE days, We
1000 Lales The market closed irregu
AND with downward tendency Breadstu
90 al upward tendency. The brig Neap
lian fFom Messina Tor Boston has be
burned by the pirate Sumter. 1t is report
from Alsera that a prolonged cannona
had been heard on that coast. A vessel v