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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
CONGRESS-.

Much Of the time of the Senate has been
occupied in discussing bill to abolish slavery
in the District of Columbia, and resolutions
reported from the Judiciary Committee favor
ing the emancipation views contained in the re-
cent special message from the President. FL
nal action has not yet been had on either. A
bill has been reported to aathoriza the con-
struction Of steam ram, at cost of 81 ,G00,-
600; number Of iron gunbouts, to cost not
over 5000 900, and appropriating S750.00O
to complete the Stevens battery, and $780,
600 for the extension of the Washington na-
vy-yard, in order to enable it to forge the ne
cessary iron plates for the contempla ted iron
gunboais. Another bill was introduced to au-
thorize the President to apply the appropria-
tions lately made for fortifcations to the con-
struction of iron-elad steamers. TLese appro-
priations amount TO SG,500,O00. The disagree
ing amendments of the two Houses to the bill
in relation TO the purchase Of coin were recon
cied, and the bill finally passed. The post Of
flee appropriation bill from thedIouse was al
so passed with amendments, one of which pro-
yides for d mail froIs New York to San Fran
cisco via the I5lhmus. The subject Of the al
legged disloyalty of Senator Starke, of Oregon
was referred to select com Aittee 4 bill was
introduced to provide for the public defense
and to accept ths loan of money from the ser-
eral States. issuing twenty years United States
six per cent. bonds therefor.
The time of the House is Chiefly occupied
in considering the tax bill. BGt little progress
has thus far been made, though some impor-
tant amendments and modiicati1ns have been
adopted. The majority Of The Judiciary Commit
tee has reported against all the bills retired to
it proposing to confscate the property Of the
rebels-the minority submitting a report pro-
posing a new bill No action on either rs
get. Several Of the Senates amendments to
the suffers bill were disagreed to. Mr.. Fent on
asked, but faied TO obtain, Leave TO INTRODUCES
resolution instructing the committee Gu The
Conduct Of the War to inquire into the cause
of the exposure Of large bodies of our troops
belonging to the Army of lie Potomac, con
sistiug of regiments, brigades and in some in
stances of whole divisions, who have been de-
prived of shelter for days and weeks in conse
| queuee Of having their orders to march coun-
termanded, and then being again ordered tC
march and again countermanded, without al
| equate food, and as TO who is responsible fcl
this needless exposure and suffering of Oul
troops. MIR. Rice, Of Massachusetts,, from the
committee on Naval Affairs, reported j>int
resolution appropriating $4,000 TO enable th'
Secretary of the Navy to test the plans ans
materials for rendering ships ard aoating bat
| tcrics invuincrable.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28

years the time Tor enclosing railroads by fences
and cattle guards, lnls Di4i nsSs alsO PASSED the
seuatr suu 1. u iaw,)-ro euauIe nlauulaclu mr.
ing companies to capitalize their debts by in
ereasing their stock and creating preference
shares-in regard to locating. establishing and
constructing ditches-in regard to volunteers
who have entered land at Defiance A large
number of bills have been under consideration
at various stages, but have not been finally
acted upon; and considerable time has been
devoted to the discussion of resolutions on va
rious subjects. Among the few resolutions
passed was one defeated by the Senate) favor
ing an adjourned session.
The majority ofthe joint committee appoint
ed to prepare bill apportioning the State fol
Congressional purposes. submitted the follow
ing report:
1st and "a Districts-Hamilton ceun-
ty.
8d-Montgomery; Prebel. Butler and
Warren.
4th-Miami. Dsrke. Shelby, Logan,
Campaign and Unisn.
5th-Mercer, Auglaize. Van, Vert,
Allen, Putnam, Hancock Hardin and
Wyand tt.
6th-Williams, Defiance. Paulding
Fulton, Henry. Lucas, Wood and OF.
tawa.
7th-Clermont, Adams, Brown Pike
and Highland.
Sth-Cla k. Greene. Clinton, Fay cite
9th--Delawars. Marion, Morrow
Knox and Licking.
l0th-CrawfOrd, Seneca Sandusky
Erie and Huron.
11-Lawrsnce. Gallia, Scisto, Jack
son, Vintoa and Hooking.
12th--Franklin Pickaway, Fairfield
and Perry.
13th--Morgan, MenrsS. Athens.
Meigs and Washington
14th-Muskingum, Guernsey, Nobl
and Belmo ont.
15th-Holmes, Coshocton, Tuscara
was, Harrison and Jefferson.
16th-Ls-ain, Medina, Wayne, Ash
land and Richland,
17th--Cuyahega and Summit.
18Th Stark, Carroll, Columbiana
and Mahoning,
19th--AAhtabula. Trumbull, Lake
Geauga and Portage.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
News Brevities.

Fourteen pairs of prairie hens have just
been sent from Chicago to England. They
are intender for queen Victoria's hennery.
The new legal tender) notes will probably
be ready for circulation, during the first week
in April,
The receipts at the New York Custom
House, last week, were over SI,20O,OOO.
james Z. Otis, one of the editors of the n.
o. Picayune, was under arrest at the latest ac-
counts for uttering seditious language against
the Confederacv. The Pic. resisted secession
until the pressure became overpowering. Mr..
o. was formerly connected with the New York
press.
) 1t is stated that the proposed national tax
on manufactures, if agreed to, will make Gov
ernor Sprague's firm in Rhode Island, pay
tax annually Of Sl25,OO0.
The number of deaths in the army of the Po-
tomac, up to the end of December, 1862, was
1890, of which 100 were from wounds. The
above deaths occurred in PSI regiments.
Among the deaths in the ministry of the
| Methodist Church, we notice that Of Rev. j.
NJ. Thompson, one of the pioneers Of his
/ Church in Ohio. He died at his residence
near Pckin, in Clermont county, on the Sd of
January, aged 81 years.
Does anybody in the South hear now the
echoes of ''the roars of laughter" with which
the gibbering rebels at Montgomery greeted
President Lincoln's Proclamation of last
April?
Bowling Green, KY, has the appearance
very much OF one vast cemetery. During the
occupancy by the rebels not less than forty
seven Or forty-eight hundred new graves were
made in its vicinity.
The long-talked of japanese Embassy to
the governments of Europe is now on board
q British vessel of war on its way TO England
where it may be shortly expected to arrive.
Secretary Chase is said to have recently
estimated the expenses OF the Government at
four million per day; and the head of another
Department, says the Army of the Potomac
has cost between two and three hundred mil,
lions.
Tie second of tie three iron-clad steamer:
Of the pattern Of the Monitor, is being con,
structed at Greenpoint, and is expected 10 be
ready this month. Tie third is being construct
cd at Philadelphia.
| Col. MULS1GAN ORDERED TO ST. LOUIS
Col. Mul!igan, the hero of Lexington, has
been ordered at once 10 St. Louis, and is tc
take with him all tie men he can muster, leav.
ing the rest Of bis brigade to follow as fast Us
possible,
The supply of Pc Otroleum oil in Pennsylva
uia is believed to be iuexbaustble. The week
ly product is now $4,000 barrels, and there i:
no well where twenty might not be sunk. The
present wells might be made 10 yield 200 ,OOC
barrels week.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
Buell. Moving.

CascAGo, March 25.-Ths Nashville
correspondent Of the Times arrived at
Cairo. reports that Bnell's entire army
is under movement, Gen. Mitchell in-ad-
vance,
Gov. Jnhnson has put newspapers
under military rule, suppressing one OF
two. and has issued a proclamation Of q
coneiliatory character, and said he dssi.
red to win the people back to the Union
but should deal vigorously with trsa-
son.
Mr.. Elheridge made a speech, in
which ho said slavery would be abolish
ed if the Government could not conquer
them any other way. The government
has gone late operation this week war
ming an5 one uttering reasonable lam
guage TO be arrested.
The Union feeling is gaining ground
Business is pretty much resumed all
the stores are again open, and prices are
much reduced.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
Slubbsd.

The lot of the rebel Commissioners in Eu-
rope is extremely unpleasant. At last accounts
John Slidell was running about Paris in search
Of house, M. Thouvenel having declined to
receive him in an official capacity. All the
reply that Earl Russell youch-saled to Yancey
& Co.'s long speech was the simple aclnowl-
edgment of the receipt of letter on behalf
OF the $50 styled Confederate States Lord
Lyons wrote to his government that the South
was so much pulled up with IAN overweening
sense of its own importance that England
would experience very serious Inconvenience
from any attempt at ciyility. Mr. Weed says
that Mason is avoided by the arisIocracy of
England, and lives quietly in London, receiv-
ing only the visits of few secessionists who
happen TO be there. Yaneey is already quite
disgusted, and is reported 10 be on bis way
home.
With these repeated Snubbings, it is not to
be wondered at that Mason and his fellow-con-
spirators are desponlent. BY this time they
must have discovered the hopelesspess of their
cause
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
OHIO LEGIsLATuRE.

The Senate has passed 4 bill reducing to 80
cents per day the allowance to SheriGs for sub
sisling prisoners reducing the pay of jurors
from 81 so to 81 90 per day-and amending
the tax law SO as to require Assessors to fix
the 7alue of personal property assessed. Also
the bill introduced by MIR Bricc designed to
abate the dog nuisance, by taxing and out
having worthless curs-a bill reducing the sal
ary Of members of the Board of Public Works
to $500 reducing fees of County Treasurers
regulating the admission Of patients into the
Lunatie Aeylum-reducing the pay of County
CommissioAersto 81 per day this bill is now a
law)-and aresolution authorizing the trans
portation Of sick soldiers from" Camp or Hos
pital to their homes at the expense of the
State. The Senate has also rejected resolu-
tiOn from the House toyhsld an adjourned ses-
gisn.
The House has paEssd bill extending tive
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28

The latest news from the rebels, is, that iu
forty days they intend to take Cincinnati, and
by the sack of the city provide themselves
with meaus TO proceed to Philadelphia, New
York and Boston, where they will dictate terms
of peace, which is TO include the payment of
all the expenses of the war by the Yankees =
the abdication of fLincoln-the Inauguration of
JEFF, Davis in his place-the hanging of the
Republicans dsfranchisement of the I'm
ion Democrats-the furnishing of each North
ern syuJpGthizer with a ''nigger," freshly i'm
ported from Congo, as a reward for his servi
ees, aud hadge Of nobility.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28

No State has thus ia suffered so severely f.om
the effects of the rebellion as Virguia-espc-
cially the eastern and south eastern portions.
The correspondent ofa city paper, writing from
Winchester, thus depicts the devastation and
ruin which has bcfallen that part Of the Stnte
know as the Valley:
Among the farmers of this valley there are
thousands of Union men, frcm whom the reh
els have taken the last horse and harness; vast
numbers have been forced into the army OF
compelled TO get a substitute. Hundreds ncd
TO Maryland, and have only returned siuce our
forces came here. From their families, the
last measure Of meal was often taken. No one
can represent the cruelty that has been prae-
tice6 upon these families Of Union men; and
few would credit it if it were told. | rode
SIX miles into the country to-day, and conEer-
scd with these returned refugees At times
have held my breath for very horror at the
recital of their cruel wrongs Families long
parted haze met again, but there is no Joy.
ousness. So feayfnily have The faculties Of en-
joymenl been crushed VIC ated, outruged-sC
deeply have their better instincts been wrong
cd, that egen now they have little more than a
feeling of hurried. inpatient anguish.
When will insulted Liberty assume tie form
of Nemesia, the avcnging goddess Of Justice
and demand redress? But we will not weary;
we will not murmur; for down through the
ages speaks lie aw iul warning that judgment
and justice dwell in the bosom of God; land
though sinners join hand in hand, they shall
not go unpublished"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
Sheriff Sale.

Diana Cal han DY yirtua OF a Aecretal
- urisr n sale u ne dirt@,-
William Boyd et NJ lEd lroul the Court Of Common
Pleas OF neltwa County, Ohio shall ufeT public
sale at the doorof Il' Court Ro1nI "a Delaware, on
Monday, the l4th day Of April, 1862,
between this hours OF 10 O'Clock M o'clock p
m Of said day, the following described real estate
VIZ. situate in the County Of Delaware and 0f
ono, aud in Orange township, and described
follows, Beginning in the contcr OF the Jross
Roads IN said township, running east and west from
Alum Cre'k 10 milestone, ana north and south from
Eden to Columbus; thence Soul upon the Road
warren Pnncys land, it being part OF said tract OF
land; thence west along said pnnCy land the
Lots thence north TO tbs County road thence along
said County road to the place Of beg inning. Containing
forty SIX acres aud rods Of land being the
same land that was conveyed said William Boyd by
pavId Boyd, by doed dated u yEeh S, 1858.
b. c, WATERS. Sheriff,
and Special Master Commissioner.
March Il '02-ts pfS3 IS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28

TIE SUMTER IN FIx.-There is something
decidedly good in the quiet persistence with
which the Tuscarora sticks to her duty of
watching the rebel privateers. Fooled, by the
British Admiralty order, in her attempt to
catch the Nashville, she promptly betooI her
self TO the Mediterranean, to nab the Sumter,
which, according to the last accounts, was ly-
ing at Gibraltar, epdeayoring to beg, borrow
OR steal coal enough to bring her back to A.
mericq. We now hear that the Tuscarora is
standing guard over the prvateer, and under
circumstances that are rather interesting. She
has taken up her anchorage in Orange Grove,
which, though bringing her within three miles
orthe Sumter is still in Spanish waters. The sin
lister British provision which cOmpels the armed
vessels OF one belligerent TO wait twenty-four
hours after the departure of armed vessels of
the other belligerept, before leaving the port,
will therefore have no application to this case;
for while the Sumter is in British port, the
TuscarorA is in Spanish port, though at such
proximity as to bring the pirate ship within
range other long guns! The situation" is de-
cidedy an interesting one, and we may shortly
expect to hear Of stirring catastropy Y.
Times.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28

The European news by the America, is i'm
portant. The American blockade question
coming up in the British Parliament, it was
shown that of the long list Of five hundred al
legged evasions of it, furnished by the rebel en-
voys, only nineteen cases were well founded.
and that these for the most part were proofs
of the general strictness of the embargo. The
Secession sympathizers were utterly routed,
Parliament declining to encourage their
schemes, not even taking trouble to go into
division in attesting their decided opposition
to the plans Of Mr., Gregory and his coadju-
tors
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
New ran Dry Goods

had drank and the scenes that they witnessed,
that they turned their weapons upon their own
allies and butchefed and scalped the rebels
and Federalists with the most charming indit-
ference. A Confederate major, whose men had
been fred upon by the Indians, believing they
had turned traitors, ordered an Arkansas regi-
ment to attack them and show no quarters,
whereupon they 1.-THE rcbeis9 attacked them
with great energy, and for nearly an hour a
desperate battle was waged on the ridge; the
Indians fighting with blind fury, and scalping
all who fell into their hands, whether living,
wounded or dead This is described as being
one of the seyerest actions in the entire battle,
and the Indians, who were finally routed, are
said to have lost l25 in killed and wounded.
1t has been a noticeable fact that wherever
our troops have come in contact with the reh.
els the most violent and ungovernable have
been found among the females. At Baltimore
Louisville and Washington, this class Of trait
ors and spies has proved the most bold and
daring in their plottings against the govern
ment, and the most faithful ard valuable allie:
of the rebels across the lines; and at Nashville
Martinsburg, Winchester, and indeed wherev.
er our troops have taken possession of town
in Secessia, both officers and men have been
subjected to gross and repeated insults from
insolent rebels protected by crinoline
In making his official report to Flag OScer
Dupont, of the circumstances attending hi;
taking possession of San Augustine Florida
Commander Rogers thus notices the temper
displayed by the female portion of the popula-
ticu of that place:
About fifteen hundred persons remain il
San Augustine, abou; one-ffth of the inhabi
tants having fed. I believe there are many
sitizens who are earnestly attached to the
Union, large number who are silently op
posed to it, and still larger number who car(
very little about the matter l think Iha
nearly all the men acquiesce in the condition
of affairs we are now establishing. There i
much violent and Pestilent feeling among th'
women. They seem to mistake treason fo
courage, and have theatrical desire to figur
as heroiIes. Their minds have doubtless beef
filed with the fulsehoods so industriously cir
culated in regard to the lust and hatred Q
our troops, On the night before our arriva
a party of women assembled in front OF th
barracks and cut down the flagstaff, in orde
that it might not be used to support the ok
flag.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
Steel Plows.

gUST RECEIVED. tho largest aud bcs, Stock Of
y ofEILTiDnSever offered IN this market. Among
Wnic may be found the following:
GilI's celebrated Combination Steel Plow.
Gill's Double Steel Pow.
GilI's " Subsoil Steel Plow.
Lagonda }YOlk, all Steel Plow.
Roberts Cincinnati all Steel Plow.
Roberts Columbus all Steel Plow
Single and Double Shovel Piows, &c :, &c.
Which viii be Did at Manufacturers prices for CASH
Ma +o2-tF [. L. CHAMBERLAIN.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
AN Ordinance

ITO PREVENT Swine running ut larga within the
= limits OF the Incorporated Village o Ashley, Ohio.
It is hereby enacted and ordained by tile Council Of
INCORPORATED Village OF Ashley Olio a meeting OF
si Council held a. the Council Room OF said Corpora
ton, March 1lh, 1852, as follows: II shall be aud
hereby declared unlawful for swine run large
within the limits Of said forpoFatsn. without having
one Or more rings IN their nose sufficient to entirely
prevent tLem from ing. 1Bd upon complant bcing
made by any tc the Mshal Of said Corporation
Of Sw running ut large in violation ofhs ordinance,
the Marshall shall Immediately take said swine into
his possession ud advertise the for public sale
by posting said advertisements tho Post Olae
in sa rpOrutiJn, giving not less than six hours
tce of sale. one fart4 Of the receipts OF said sala
shall b paid u the 3ianat fourth the
pJratiJn and one L4ll to the Marshall in fun for his
fc;'s alfd Eerviccs
This ordinances shall take effect iE mediately after
laWfu. publication. JOHN CURl{k1T, Nay or.
J. /. RUNNELs, EeCOrder. March 14'C2-3t
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
SHERIFF SALE.

C. J. Wetmorc ct al OY virtue OF an execution to me
VS. I'D directed riom the Court Of
William &. Norris. Common Pleas of Delaware coun-
y, Ohio, shall oaer public sale the premises Of
the said VIM G. Norris, in Troy township, Delaware
cuHnty Ohio,
Wednesday, Che I'd day of April, 1862,
between the hours Of 10 O'clock a IN aud O'Clock D.
m OF said day, tn fO!owng described personal prop
erty, o-wit; Two SorreL Mares, zone four years Old
ana the other seven Two Grey Horses tone years
old and the Other seyen}; Two Eun Mares Zone cght
years Old aud the ether four) Yoke Of oxen (txo
years old; Que Carriage aud Que Two Horse Wagon.
Mar ~ CIV pf 81 90. b, c. WATERS sheriff
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-28
SHERIFF SALE.

HELEN C. Winchester, Adn'z, R 7 virtue Of
dn9 decretal order
Sarah Kinsell, ct. al J OF salOto me directed
from the Court ur Common Pleas of Delaware County,
Ohio shall Oder at public sale al the door o. the Court
Room IN Delaware, on
Saturday, the Goth day of April, 1862,
between the hours OF aud O'Clock D. m OF said day
ths following described real estate wit Situate Ia
the Town Of Delaware, Delaware County, Ohio, wits
In Lot No. lis In Griswod'E Addition the Town q
Delaware. Bounded east by Franklin Street. perth by
Griswod Street, by Orchard Alley, and south e.
Hills Lot. Appraised NJ 81 200.
d, c. WATERs, ehorld
and epeeial Master C mmissientr
Mar sf'e2-h res oQ
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Tie Tax as it Affects Newspapers.
from the New Yo.k Pcs..l

II it were not for the imputation of speaking
from motives of personal interest, we should
object to some of the various modes of taxing
newspapers proposed by the bill 1t is right
that proprielors Of public journals should bear
their part in the general contribution to the
needs OF the treasury, bat it may be doubted
whether it is good policy to make uewspap pcrs
dear, the effect of which is 10 take them out Of
tie hands of the poorer class. BY the effect
of the bill the publisher of a newspaper is tux
cd on his income and in other ways like every
body else. Then come the taxes which bear
particularly on his vocation. lie is taxed on
the paper he employs, three mills u pound,
WHICH they say is about fifteen cents rcam.-
lie is next taxed three per cent. on the value
of the newspapers be prints. In the third place
he is taxed three per cent. on all the money he
receives for advertisements, IN the fourth
place he is charged a duty of three cents on
all messages sent or received by telegraph. In
the ffth place he is required to pay u tax of
three per cent. on the value of the printers
ink used by him. Here are FIVE distinct ways
in which the publisher Of a newspaper, after
paying his proportion of the general taxes like
other persons, is taxed on his special branch OF
business. We are not sure that these are all,
for the tax bill is surprisingly multiturious,
and we have not had time to examine il SO
closely as it requires. We doubt whether any
other branch of business is made to contribute
in so many different ways and SO largely. The
members Of Congress will judge whether such
an accumulation of burdens on one class IS
fair