Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1862-03-07

Co, white lead works, and others LoSs So
COO.
Letters from Fort EovaI 81 that Fort Pu-
laski is entirely surrounded by L uinn trpnpS,
aAd cffcctualIy cut of from communication
from Savannah. and batteries are being
erected.
BALTIMORE, Marcli ) - Hon. Eevcrly johnson
was to-day elrcted L s. Senator 10y the Mary
land Legislature tor six yeLrs from March I
next.
We learn that a dispatch was received in
this city yesteT;lty. announcing the aclTittl 4
of Col Alssins,.I. 'f the lst Virginia Cavalry,
Of the charges preferred AZ tnSt him "t coward
IL. la the lspcc nf the enemy Fr'"n the best
information gain We believe THIS to ic
reliable. A curt martini haS lad the ease I
un,ier consideration for some time W lIeclln n5
Inteiigrnccr
SraIsyGyTr1.D IL1, March 5.-Tlic cnSiitu-
tional convention to-day, discussed AN article
which prevents ncgrOes and mulattocs cmcrat-
ins into this State; prohibits them the right sut
fr.I.sr.; requires the General Assembly pass the
lax to cry ont i.s provisions. The articles FiIs
adopted I,y sections. Tie report Of Committee
Concuned in ayes -, nays l3.
A prouf Of the progress Of the National arms
in sllIHluin;s the rrlcllun may I've found in the
fact that, fer the first time snrc carly last
Summer business messages from Nashville
were sent by telegraph to New York on sat
uT,lay.
| We arc Informed at the War Department
thrt the Iricson irs,n- cl,tl IrIttcry. and from
which much Is expected. has not only been
complctcl but has stiltsl for hcT deSiinl ltlnn.
| Where that is. We trust her exploits will
soon disclose to the public National Intel
/ ligencrr.
Mr. Scwnrl having becn informed of the
! XistcI,cc of Al club in Philadelphia the puT-
] pose of wlicA WIS to nominate him for the
next I-rt=SidyIry. sent lcttcr to its president
respectfully declining to bc considered Il ctndi-
date.
Henry Burnett the cxp,lIcd member of
| Congress from the first district uf Kentuky,
was Mt fort DoncISnn during the recent fight,
hut escaped with Floyd and Pillow the night
before the captiltinu.
THE State forces of Florida amount to seven
huulrcd and sixty two all infantry cx-
ccpt ono cnmplny Of artillery. They near
~ all stati med at Almlacl'cola, and are ell
six months men. whose time iS nearly out -
Brigtdier General 1'rhpier, who commands this
| army. has fallen under censIIre for ingorioirs-
ly seeking his casc.
WAsnrNGrnx, March 3-Thc Baltimore &
Ohio Railroad is lcing rapidly rebuilt. and will
soon Le in running order. AhNnt 40 miles of
iron and erosstcH have been carried of 10y the
rebels.
General Hallrck has advised Mr. T. L. Ieat-
man. uf st. Louis, tn take possession of the
| Cumberland iron works recently DESTROYED
: hv the crew of .snr-bolt st. Louis. Mr. Lewis.
one Of the prCprictOrs of the works referred to,
who was taken prisoner on board the St Louis,
states that John PcII. who one of the part
ners in the destroyed concern, is in very bad
health, and will not live mlny weeks. lie Is
at times perfectly inSlne. John G. Brcckn-
ridge Mr. Lewis says. has become hlbitllll
drunkard. I!c is now in Tennessee.
Among the priz.s clpturcl 10y the Federal
; soldiers mt Fort Donclson rifle worth
81 900. Its hrcech Is inlaij with the finest
goIl. II belonged to hotel keeper in Mem
phis. and won 10y him at a horse race.
Within two weeks Secretary Stanton has
three times spent the whole night in his office.
In conversation recently. with three BriSI,licr-
: If we are defeated. it cannot be helped. Il
victorious 50 much the better But you must
fight
: Our soldiers at Port ROYAL and Tybce ar,
having fresh slIa'l and green peas brought il
: to them 10y the ncgrooS. 1t is warm Il,
summer. and corn and grass are from siX inch
cs to foot high. They will have green corr
presently.
The Soathcrn spy who said few week,
ago to have been in Washington, disguise,
{ in uniform of il Federal officer. is now known
to have been o. Jennings Wise.
WooL is now higher thln it has been fO
. / forty four years. This is owing to the larg
, dem md for army gboIs and to the advance,
price of cotton.
In the House Of Delegates of MIryland OF
S Wednesday the Hon. Rever,ly johnson introlu
; ced a resolution rcpu,liatu@ the assertion o
!, Jfferson Davis that Maryland was disloyal :
! The resolution was adopted by a vote of aye
Il p, noes ).
: The Richmond Examiner of Saturday con
: tains editorial commencing with the follow
n ing: "From valiant Senator down to timi'
;, seamstreSs the question on every tongue il
" Richmond Is, whether the enemy are likely t
penetrate with their gunboats to this quarter.
On the strength of a lying despatch fror
> Albert Pike, the rebels at Riclim, nj. at las
Is accounts, were rejoicing over the battle be
&c tween Price and Curtis at Sugar Creek, Il rel
81 victory. They viii find out that Albel
Pike is very bad authority.
The bloomington Pa3tagraph says when tn
re rebel prisoners Of the Twentieth Tennessee re.
c, iment passed through that city for Chiclg
If they were eIted to all the coffee they coul
fa drink. When the train moved cf. they joine
:. in giving three rousIng cheers tor the ol
ST Union
p Bcnjamin the rebel Secretary of War; h;
or issued orders for the release, on parole, of a
ey prisoners held by the rebels
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