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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06
Free Homes for all Pannla.

The Free Homestead law is one of the VIC
! tories Of peace, and lis blessings will be dfIs-
ed and increased from year to year. II grants
to actual settlers on the public domain Ger
tain number of acres which they may hold ia
their own forever. 1t robs the spectators in
the public lands OF their grasping vocation, and
will rapidly multiply the small farms of III peo-
pie from all nations, who will become indepen-
dent lords Of the soil without money and with
out price, in the vast central regions of our
country between the Atlantic and the Pacific
This measure, in throwing the public lands
open to the poor and the rich of the country
, or an equal footing, and relieving our large
cities of their great mass of unemployed pop
ulaltion, will yield general benefit far exceed
ing the patry sum that now finds its way from
those lands into the public treasury; it will
give PrOdigious and wholesome stmulou, to
the growth and Improvement of the new Ter
ritorics and States, and consequently to the
national strength and prosperity; and it will
have most happy influence in elevating the
character, promoting the Independence, and
fostering the patriotism of the
foreign emigrants, immense numbers of
whom will be sure from year to year to avail
themselves of its benefits.
The passage of the Homestead bill is one of
the compeLsations Of the rebellion. Under
Southern rule of the Government, no such
law could have been enacted. 1t had been
pressed upon Congress by the inhabitants os
The Middle, Western, and Pacific States for
many seasons, and successfully resisted by the
South. When the rebellion is put down, the
rich and immense public domain yet unoccu-
pied in the Valley of the Mississippi will be
opened to Free Men for Free Homes, and the
tide Of emigration, so long steadily and resist
'essly setting Westward, will naturally defect
South along the eastern slopes OF the Rocky
Mountains, and in duc time viii cover the fer
tile plains, green hills. smiling valleys, aud
rich deIas of the tributaries of the Gulf, with
contcnted, patriotic, Industrious, entcrprising.
homogeneous and happy people. The now
llesolatc places will be made glad; and towns, !
villages, cities. manufactures, school houses, |
churches, and all the institutions of f5ec |
Christian civilization, will spEing up and fouV-
ish under a Southern sun. The success of the
Homestead measure, then, may well be hailed |
as public bIessing.-C Ciereiand Herald.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

EFFECTS OF TIE BLnCKADE AT NEwORI.EAHs.
A copy OF the New Orleans Price Current,
embracing a summary Of the years business,
ending March | l8G2, has hecAsent to the Nj
Wy Department by one of the officers of the
Gulf Squadron. 1t appears from this j,urnal
that the exports OF cotton from New Orleans
for the past year have been elevcn thousand
bales. against one and half millions the pre-
vinua year
The exports from all the Southern ports have
been only thirteen thousand bales, against more
than two millions the previous year Exports
Of tobacco irons New Orleans nothing against
seventeen thnrrsand hogshrNds last year. I'm
ports Specie. nothing. against Sl2000,0o0
the previous. year; coffee. 300 bags, against
5oO. 900 bags salt. nothing, against 50O,6Oe'
sacks. Who says New Orleans has not been
efficiently blocaded.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

TURNED CP- AEIvE.-S Some time since. MIR
David Y'ohe. of Pigeon Creek, Washington
county, went to the battle field Of Fort DOuel-
son and had disinterred, as he supposed, the
body Of his son, who had received a wound
during the fight. Of which he afterwards died,
and was buried. The body was conveyed home
and re-interred in the family burying ground,
at Pigeon Greek, all the family being satisfied
with the identity Of tie body, except a sister
Of the deceased. Last week Mr.. Yohe was as
tonished at receiving letter from his son,
whom he supposed was dead and buried, stat
ing that after some weeks treatment in the
hospital, he has recovered, so far as to be able
to rejoin his regiment, and expected to take
part in the next battle. The joy of the family
can better be imagined than described,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06
The True Policy.

Gov. Sprague of Rhode Island recently
spent four weeks on the Yorktown peninsula,
in Virginia, where he had every opportunity
for learning the real animus of the rebels and
the best remedy for their disease. lie declares,
in the most emphatic manner, that some OF his
opinions, touching The rebellion, have under
which he had glimpses during his visit TO the
Bull Run battlefield, he had seen in all its
naked deformity ON the march from Yorktown
to New Kent Court House, realizing fully the
atrocities of the warfare the rebels wage
He is ready now for the most vigorous and
stringent measures in the treatment Of these
barbarians. The roseuater policy, be declares,
will not answer.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

IIIGn PRICES AT MEMPHIs-W We have heard
of a good many fabulous prices asked in these
times of scarcity, and have been surprised to
learn that they have been given but yester-
day demand was made for coffee that rather
took US farther than usual The owner bad
but few pounds on hand, ard he was deter
mined to make the most of it. It was pare
article, and in ordinary times would have
been held at l2K or l3 cents; but salt goes
at 40 cents a pound coffee, being rather
scarcer, is thought cheap at So 80 a pound,
and not burned at that, If that is not steep,
we do not know what is. A few sacks would
purchase a handsome estate AualGnohe,
M1V ] 6.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

ENANCIPATIoN IN MARYLAxD-The Balti-
more American says that the evidence accu-
mulat"s that the heart of Maryland is deeply
stirred; that however eff ,rts may be made 10
postpone or avoid discussion on the current
topic, emancipation, it will make itself an.
parent. 1t is no more possible, it says, 10 ig-
more this matter than it is to ignore the pres
cnt war. The Easton Star, published on the
eastern sl ore Of Maryland, says that the time
has come when the question "must be met, dis
cussed and decided by the people," The ST.
Mary's Beacon advocates the immediate rorma-
tion of party to embrace the whole anti-abo-
lition sentiment Of the Stale The Cambridge
Democrat says il is certain that the Presidents
emancipation acts are meeting with response
in Maryland 1t adds, that "to perfect an or
ganizltion which will give aim and Object to
the cause and assure its more certain triumph,
circulars have been distributed to several of our
post Offices throughout our county," Thus ii
appears that the friends and foes Of emancipa-
ton are actively entering into the discussion Of
the question, and taking measures to carry ont
their respective views at the polls A bout the
same kind ofagtation is also apparent in Mis-
souri,.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

CARE OF CALVES Farmers, take
good care of the calves. 1t will pay.
Keep them sheltered from rlin and
snow; let them have a stable perfectly
dry, TO stand in, and plenty of shavings
or straw for bedding. Let them have
plenty of pure water to drink. Give
them new milk; and if you skim it,
stir in wheat flour. for, depend upon
it you will find that it pays, They re-
quire something to make their bones
grow large and strong; and if they
do not have such nourishment during
the first eight months they will never
amount to much, and then a half-star.
we'd calf suggests stinginess. In pass
ing a rm-yard, when VIC see calves
pinched with hunger, we are apt to
think there rnust be small fisted farm
ers somewhere.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06
Troa5ury Notes at a Premium.

1t will be no less gratifying to all
who love the Union than to those
who hold the notes themselves, to
know than the 7.3O Treasury Notes
whice were extensively circulated and
bought last fall by the banks and peo-
pic, and which were taken not with
Il view to pecuaiary profit, but out of
patriotic scIitlcnial, have passed
above par aud arc row quoted to 104I
per. cent. 1t is ais a matter of pride
and interest that United States bonds
arc at par, although during a portion
of the last year they were as low as
65 per cent. These are financial tri-
umphs worth boasting of, and what is
particularly gratifying is the fact that
this is done without one cent offorcign
aid and in spite OF the croaking pre-
dictions of the foreign journals whose
sympathies were with the rebels. The
labor of the London Times and others,
iE advising European capitalists not
to invest in American securities, was
all lost; we ask not cent of their aid
American musccl goes te the field to
fght,and American industry labors
at home and devntes its proceeds un-
hcsitatingly to the support of its pro-
tecting Government.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

The GovERMENT ExPENDITUREs.-Thec coun-
try was some time ago Informed, on y hat seem
cd to be "reliabe authority" that the expen-
ditnres of the Government were fully three
millions Of dollars per day. A great deal Of
astonishment and some apprehension was felt
at the statenent. People were justly puzzled
and alarmed at the idea of the nation plunging
into debt at the rate of one thousand millions
of dollars per year. 1t now appears that Ihe
average expenditures of the Government have
not been one million of dollars per day. The
New \ Gork Commercial Advertiser says of a
speech made on Tuesday, by Mr.. Dawes, Of
Massachusetts: lie showed on authority
which is entirely trustworthy, that the whole
expenses of the present Administration. for
period Of fourteen months and eighteen days
amounted to only Sal 100000, which was
three millions less than one million per day on
the average. The entire Indebtedness, includ-
ing the seventy millions bequeathed by the last
Adminislion, was $4SI 196145, on the 22d
ult." The speech of MIR. Dawes was in reply
TO Nnorhes, of IndiaEa, who made out that our
Ma "a debt world soon amount to six thou
sand million dollars.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06
New State of Virginia.

The people of West Virginia have taken all
the steps requisite for an application for the
formal admission of the new State into the
Union, and the commissioners appointed by
the Constitutional Convention to lay the ap-
plication before Congress will soon discharge
that duty. The Commissioners are Messrs.
John Hall, +. G. Van WinkIe, +. H. CAD
well, +. b. Hall and j. w. Paxton.
There has been considerable delay in max
ing the application, but now the prompt &C
tiOn Of both Houses Of Congress will be in-
vOked. There probably will be considerable
opposition TO the measure, but as the people
of West Virginia exhibited their loyalty aud
good sense by cutting loose from secession at
the moment when the Old Dominion became
formost in the rebellion, their wishes should
be consulted and grat;fi d. Ctereland Heratd.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

METHODIST MINISTERS IN TFE ARNY.-The
minutes of Conferences Of the Methodist Rpis-
copal Church and other official sources, show
that there are 3I2 preachers Of that body in
the loyal army. OF these there are fonr Col
ones, two Lieutenant Colonels, one Major, 30
Captains, 20 inferior officers, l0 privates, and
240 Chaplains.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

In conversation with an fntefIi-
gent and reliable farmer from Ohio,
a day or two since, the rot in potatoes
came up. He informed us that with
them, a preventative had been found
for the rot in stored crops, The dis
covcry was purely accidental, which
was thfs-a friend Of his had a large
lot of fine pot9toes, which he placed
in q barrel for storing away. Not
having enough -four barrels he used
two salt barrels; tsuch as the New
York works pack salt in)and on OPEN
ing the flour barrels he found that
nearly all of his potatoes had rotted,
whilst those packed in salt barrels
were sound and good. Not satisfied
with one accidental trial, he used
more salt barrels the next season and
found the reslffE the same. He made
known the result to some of his
friends and their trials proved the
preventative properties Of the salt to
their satisfaction. Our friend inform
cd us that instead of using barrels he
puts his potatoes in a cool cellar, in
beds about nine inches thick, on which
he sprinkles one quart Of salt to six
bushels of potatoes. This, he says
will effectually prevent rot. It is
certainly worth a trial. 1t has thus
far prevented serious loss, and ban.
ished the diseasein stored crops.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

We see by the Chicago Journal that com
mission of lunacy was issued against the we'll
known and wealthy Solomon Sturges, at the
instance OF his son, George Sturges. A iury
was selected, and after trying the case declared
Mr.. Sturges to be insane.
The number of persons present at the first
opening of the Worlds Fair in London, was
SO, 900 The second day the number present
was 80, 900. That number of Tickets sold at
guinea a piece
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

BETTER THAN MAN.-It Is veil known
that all ladies have an intense admiration for
II sewing machine, and that their delight in the
possession Of one, call out enthusiastic terms Of
praise. a lady called at a sewing machine
agency to purchase, and inquiring for some
one who had a machine of whom she eotlad
learn Of its merits. was among others, referred
to n lady then present, quiet demure looking
maiden lady. Upon being questioned, this
individual at first replied with modest reserve,
but finally the all absorbing delight every
sewing ng-machine prOPrie.rcss inevitably feels,
got the better of her diff lence, and sic warm
" eulogized the object of the inquiry and
finally her eyes frightened, her cheels grew
rosy, and she sprang to her feet, and with an
energetic voice said +: Like my sewing ma
chine ? TO lie sure l do! Why, / 1couldIt
begin t exchange IL for man !'
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

1t is not solely in the Gospel that people go
out into the desert TO cape after new spiritual
incarnations. They have sometimes been
sought in moral deserts, often in intellectual.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

A call appears in the Standard Of yesterday
for meeting of our citizens at TempIar Hall
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

We advise all in need, to buy MATTHEW'S
VENETIAN HAIR DYE, the bsst in use.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

The company Of three months volunteers
from this place, COW at Camp Chase, has ef-
fected an organization by the election of The
following officers
Captain--A. n. Mead.
ist Lieutenant ELEM c. yISISo
I'd --STEPHEx CRAwFoRD.
Capt. Mead at the tiue Of enlisting was a
student at the 0. w. University, is a worthy
young man. and win doubtless make an efficient
officer. The Lieuienants are residents of De!a-
ware, and both well known to our eiti
zsns
Some ffteen to twenty of the Delaware boys
have joined the Cleveland Grnys, the number
who enlisted being more than sufficient for
single company
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-06-06

Taxpayers 10 Eastern townships will please
note corrections in Treasurer notice.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

The IMPEACHMENT CAsE.-In the Senate
on Thursday, rules were adopted for the
Government Of that body, while sitting as a
High Court of Impeachment, 10 the trial OF
Hardy. The President Of the Senate is al.
thoriEed to subpoena witnesses, aud may
refuse subpenas for either party unless sat-
isfied from affidavits of the materaliiy of the
witnesses-either party having right TO
appeal TO the Senate from the decision OF
the President. A message was received
from Judge Hardy protesting against this
rnle. He has already furnished a list of
one hundred and forty witnesses whom be
wishes to have summoned. The Attorney
General has given an opinion that toe Sem
ate can sit as Court of impeachment af'
ter the adjournment Of the Assembly
Whatever rules the Senate may adopt for
the trial will be final, as there is no higher
ourt to review their proceedings or reverse
their decision. The effect of conviction
will be 10 remove Hardy from his Office, and
incapacitate him from holding any office
again in the State. All the evidence taken
before the Assembly Committee shows HsF'
dy to be an unfit man for Judge; but tie
most serious charges against him, are, that
he has made decisions with the view Of "a
voring his particular friends, and to de-
fraud litigants Of their legal rights. Unless
these charges are successfully rebutted on
the trial, the Senate can do nothing else
than convict him.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19
SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 10, 1852.
GEy. GRANr.-A teIegraphiC dispatch re-

GES. GRANT.-A telegraphic dispatch re-
ceived in this State about month ago,
stated that the President bad authorized
Gen. HalIeck "to supercede Gen. Grant for
his conduct at Fort DonelsOn.p AS there
had been no complaints against Grant, the
item very naturally took people by surprise;
but nothing more being said Of the matter,
we had come to the conclusion that the
word "supereede," as it appeared 10 the
dispatch, was mistake, aud bad been sub
stilnted for some other word. 1t appears,
however. that an effort really was made,
shortly after the DOnelson victory, to have
him removed from bis command. On the
10th Of March, a sword was presented TO
Grant by some of bis officers, and from the
speeches made on the occasion, it was evil
IDENTIFY supposed at that time, that Grant
would be superseded. It is, perhaps, for
tunate that the efforts to remove him were
unsuccessful.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

An OLD PAPEH.-Mr. Geo. Loring Of this
place, has shown us a copy Of the "Boston
Gazette and Country Journal" of March
IL, l77O-ninety-twO years old. The paper
we Judge, is a recently published fac simile
OF the original, and is wei calculated to
deceive. the type and paper having been
manufactured expressly for the purpose. 1t
gives a lengthy account Of the massacre of
several citizens of Boston, by the British
troops, which happened OH the 9th ofMarch,
l77O, which caused great excitement at the
time, throughout the Colonies, and was one
of the causes of the Revolution. The Ga
zette came out in mourning for the citizens
killed on that occasion. and is highly in
dgnant that the British Government should
persist in quartering troops upon the city.
1t is a small paper, three columns on a
page, published by Edes & Gill, and the
ADVERT sements, and reading matter gener-
ally, show many of the customs and quaint
style of our great grand-fathers.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

Wa learn from Mr.. Pattison,, the iele-
egraph operator at this place, that Eastern
dispatches were received yesterday, by the
Associated Press; but in consequence Of a
break in the line between SacramentO.and
Marysville, the news could not be tele.
graphed to Nevada. The line by way Of
Plaeerville is in working order,. but is SO
constantly employed with overland dis
patches, that the news received yesterday
could not be telegraphed that way The
news, we presume, will reach here this eve-
ming in the Union.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

GROWTH OF LINcoLN.-We are pleased to
learn that Lincoln, at the terminus of the
Central Railroad, has made rapid growth since
the opening of The Spring business. A num-
Der Of houses are going up, large amounts OF
freight are distributed from thence, and stages
arrive and depart daily to and from Marysyille.
Nevada, Grass Valley, Rough & Ready. Au-
burn, etc. Property holders and business men
are in excellent spirits, and the general activity
Of the place denotes cheering prosperity. In
ing cOHRtry, which is developing in importance
each succeeding year, the people of Lincoln
have elements of a substantial character more
than the interior towns of California have usu-
ally enjoyed, and we cannot but think their
town will grow to Importance 1nder these in
fuences.-[ Placer Herald.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

IRoNCLAD VEssEIs.-Tbe uNval engage
ment in Hampton Roads, between the Mon
itor and Merrimac, as might have been ex-
pected, has excited some attention 10 Eng
land. The British Government IS now en-
gagged in the construction Of four large iron-
clad steamers, which will cost about S3,-
5000 each, and take nearly two years to
complete. Capt. Ericsson. the builder Of
the Monitor, suggested that the British
Government was throwing money away, In
constructing such expensive vessels. and it
ia not improbable that the work on them
may be suspended. A suggestion to that
effect has been made In the House of Com
MONS
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

EUROPEAN NEws.-Tbe following items OF
European news are given in New York
dispatch of the llth:
The Asia has arrived from Liverpool with
dates to March Goth, and from Queenstown
with dates to the 30th.
Lord Palmerston had been i'll, but was suffi-
ciently recovered to attend Cabinet Council
on the 28th.
Sir +. Smith had given notice in the House
of Commons that he would call the attention
Of the House to the engagement between the
Monitor and Merrimac, and would ask whether
in consequence of the results, Government had
better not suspend the construction of plated
ships until the question of iron-clad gunboats
was considered.
The rebel schooner C. S. Evans was passed
on the 4th March, en- route to Bombay. There
was an unknown American ship. alongside.
The Union was lowered when the ship parted
company.
The London, Times has sarcastic editorial
on the taxes about to be imposed on Ameri-
cans, and insinuates that tthey will not be sub
mitted to.
The Nevada Democrat., 1862-04-19

AN Honest, OUTsPOKEN REBEL.-A cav
airy officer, who participated in the battle
at Fort Donelson, gives the annexed account
of conversation with q rebel Colonel,
named Hanson, which took place soon after
The surrender:
"well," said he, "you were too 'hefty' for
u.s."
ayes, but you were well protected by these
splendid defences."
s"Your troops fought like tigers"
apo you think now one Southern man can
whip FIVE Northern menF
"Not Western men," he replied doggedly.
"Yoar troops are better than Yankee troops;
a0ht harder-endure more. The devil and all
he'll can't stand before such fellows. But we
drove you back"
"Why did you not keep us backT
"You had too many reinforcements.
'But we had no more troops engaged in the
field than you had"
"Well, you whipped us, but you have not
conquered US. You. can never conquer the
South"
awe don'twish to conquer the South; but we
will restore the Stars and Stripes to Tennessee,
if we have to hang ten thousand such daredevils
as you are" =.
never mhuJ sh1 "" WIZ HS'SA o'' ~ -
Nashville"
"Then Nashville will surrender before we
start"
"Well. the old United States Government is
vlayed out-we intend to have right govern
ment down here"
"What am to understand by rightgovern-
ment"
ga government based on property, and not a
damned mechanic it"
"Do these poor fellows all around us here,
who have been fighting for you, understand that
they are to have no voice in this right govern
ment you seek to establish"
"They don't care-they have no property to
protect"
thought-confound the fellow-he is the
most honest, outspoken rebel ever saw