Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-04-11
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THE II ,MEsTEAD BILL.-The homestead
ill passed by he iIouS. Of Representatives
on Fridly, provides tLat Oh a.d uitcr the first
Of next January, any person lwcnty-one YEARS
Of age who is = ciliz..i. or who has declared
/ his intention 10 be sach, ana aho shall en-
tcrupon the linl AMI cultivate il for five years.
shall be entitled 20 ona bundled All sixty
acres, upon the payment Of the baud Oilicc fees
and $40 to c5yer the expenses OF survey.
The Senate Post Oi9ice Committee have
reported agai,si Tie money o.l9r system for
! the mails as being cumbersome and expensive.
/ They also reported against, lie bill allowing
other than maIabie matter to 20 by ailil
j EAv94I1i:, tsI07.'i. ~ ;,ies;.4., states
t&at The culture ofr:ce ..as 5aea commenced
ana goes on moiais;agIy near lIonoiulu.-
About 290 acres orii are unlor cal;iya lot
! aud in NIX months It is expected that hu I
Il million pounds wa be raised. O;hcr
i,la@ds oi Tire folyAs.aa group are also M
mencins to cultivate IL. The rice Of IIpa-
o.u.u is equal 10 ii4l Of Carolina, and 1t yy.la
about $3.50 p0galj 10 TIE acre.
Nashville, April Tt Dlmont Is
one hundred and sky thousand pounds zap,
turcd by Col. uazzar,l, IF his command, iG =
l:ii.cs above beIr, on The Cumberland rive
Yesterday, Col. DIaie.d. OF that part Of Gen
Dumoat's command now al MmfrtcsJ0rG,'
captured the mail direct from C1rinlh. with
upward Of one hunlrei anj fifty letters, sauny
Of them containing valubie information in re-
gard to the strength and position Of the enemy
From these letters the General learned Of u
number Of spies ana Cmissaries at Nashville
and Edgevle, and has had them arrested
Commodore T4tnal has abanIjnad his mos
queto fleet, and gone 10 Norfolk 10 take cum
niund Of the battery Merrimac Ills proyer-
bal bad luck siaca lie turned rebel will No
doubt follow him.
The seven millions appropriated for coast
dciences are to be applied to the constructions
of iron-clad vessels Of war. Commodore
Smith, bead Of the naval Bureau of yards
aud docks is authorized 10 have au iron clad
gGn-boat constructed within sixry days.
The Washington 9ntelligenccr says such
confidence is felt in The early restoration Of
Richmond to the Government, that the old
Southern mail line company are making ar
rangements for the resumption Of travel via
Acquia Greek.
Hon. Andrew johnson, Military Governor
Of Tennessee, reports that the arrest of sevc-
raj prominent persons engaged in the rebel
lion has been made, and that the Union cause
is working well.
In the course or Mr.. Stevens remarks in
closing the debate in the House on the tax
bill, he said he supposed our debt on the first
Of July would be six or eight hundred million
dollars. The interest therefore would be, one
hundred and thirty million of dollars, iudepen-
dent of the increase of thepension list.
All the straight Democrats ofthe House
of Representatives voted against the resolution
inviting William 6. Brownlow, the Tennessee
martyr to visit Ohio's Capital. They are pre-
pairing record which must especially delight
the rebel officers at Camp Chase, to whom
some of them have extended ennypathetic hos
pitalities.
A refugee who reached Washington on the
7tb, reports that one thousand Union men in
Rockingham, Co.. have taken to the noun
tains at Elk Bun, at the Blue Ridge. with a
determination to resist with arms. their impress
ment by the rebels. This statement is be.
lieved, and Gen. jackson lhreatens to subdue
them by force which they are determined to
resist. The forces in front Of Gen. Fremont
are retreating towards ths Sa,aanloah noun
f tains.
George Noggle, young gentleman of Wal
nut township, informs us that he killed q
large Bald Eagle on the place of John Reber
a few days ago which measured six feet four
inches from tip to tip Of the wings.-cirele
riilc WGtohman.
t A sTRAw:-The day on which President
; Lincoln was inaugurated, March, a 1861, U
S. 6 per cent stocks sold at % 10. ANel
increasing the public debt, which then stooc
at $76,455,o0o, to some $3.50, 100000, tha
same stock is now selling in the market at "a
VIM. II. Polk, o. Tennessee, who has JUS
! arrived at Washington, earnestly fayors N,
t passage ofa conGseation bin bv Conqress.
He expresses the opinion that such measur,
would do more TO make the Rebel states Low
al than any other that could be adotped.
D. c. DonOhue, Government oo.lt write
from Paducah, Ky, 10 the Corresnondin, 1r
, Secretary of the Illinois Agricultural Socle,y
that he purchased three tbousond bnsbels :