Delaware State journal and statesman., 1863-01-20
FROM THE STATE CApIrnr.
Dover, JanuarY lq 1sea

D"fhhi january IL, 1868,
Henry EcKEL, ESQ.,
The two Houses of the Legislat,,..
in joint convention, on Thursday las. "et nt
the purpose Of examining the retlrns ~ .u iur
recent election for Governor. Tba W Nv. 'Ie
showed that William Cannon had Result ,ssult
s,l50 votes in the State, and Samuel Teu Tan,e'u
son s,O44. Before the Speaker bsS uer
nounced the result however, there a,,,1l an
ing mere informality in the returns grpuar dr ".
county and Sussex, the returns not sbo;s,;ur sGur
that the election was held on the nevt tT1%,ug T.nlg
day after the first Monday in Noyenber uys' ~
two houses separated until Friday. on 'us
assembling the Speaker declared Mr, Cae 'O'
The General Assembly has passed n 500.
iullon requesting the Governor to remov,
Joseph >. Wheeler, a Justice Of the Peaoo
lor white Clay Greek Hundred. NJ
Nheeler IS Lieutenant in the Fourth nai
aware regiment. Straws show which wan
the wind blows. In this connactiaa way
might State that the Democrsc, aaul We
tremely anxious about providing Ino,iaA vtna eA,
the Peace for our people, Wbero.l.e .l.es Of
term of the incumbent would boyo a' lne
within Governor Uannons term tbeS ileu i
either got him to exchange for soms n,i "Ip
station, or else resign, that th,v niot, I.'y, sn
his place with some good Bayardite y MY nil
may be honest in accordance viii, ilon,i.nuus ,ns
TIC teaching, but it will receive tha oas
State s nun IN The
Mr.. Salisbury, not Willard, bnt tbs Al.
ungulshed Senator from Kent conntv IN tls ,
General Assembly, is destined 10 immor,a,
NY. Again has his brilliant intellect shsS,
OF clayton depart-conceiVed and byonHL.
iorlh IN the shape of a series of resoln,iou'
an awful record against the government
ils CRITICISMS OF the policy of the Admini.
tratlon III arresting nice peaceabIe citi1ans
are sublime. He wrote them ton all Lin''
sell, indeed Eli had nothing 10 do WITH ,han manu-
lie AYERS that the people of Delawaro bos.
been are now, and of right ought To be"av
cnse me, that is the Declaration of Indonoa
dence, and declare Senator SanlshnrI Sis
write his own resOlutions--attacbed ~ hs s
Federal Union There is streak inform" r"0
tion for the benefit Of ALL for which Tn,nss
historians will be truly grateful. He con
demns the emancipation proclamation Nor
MIR. Lincoln, what are you going 10 do9
pretty thing you have made of t. 10 go .ns
issue such proclamation, witbout eonsnl,
ing Mr. Salisbury of the Senate of Del"
ware. But we forgive you, no doubt, as yon
We're aware that we had a bright luminarv
IN senate OF the United States Of that NAM
you supposed that we had no more Of them
Dut We nave another and see what heknnws
why he's got more wisdom than Congreo,
l,,, Ine PRESIDENT and the Cabinet put toqelbe,
inut Is nos all either, he proposes an arms.
Iee "hu Il NalloRal Convention composed of
ecelegales from all the States Of the Union
lor an adjustment Of our difficulties. Tbere
LOW, luere .1, Is the great panacea for all our
rulers of the so-called Confederate Stato.
do say that they will accept no terms oI
compromise, and would rather beooma vos
sails to France, or serfs of Russia. than coma
back into the Union? Mr.. Saulbury had il
all lXed. They were read and five hundrad
copies ordered to he printed
Mr duncan, the able Representative from
your clty, on Friday, presented the petition
Of tne City Council OF Wilmington, for an
thorlty to amend the charter of the citv so
as 10 enable the Council to lease a certain
wharf to the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
} Baltimore Railroad Company. Read and
referred. lie also reported n bin far tha nd
mendment 81 the charter of the city of vii
mington. Read. Also, the petition of III,
Olty Council of Wilmington, for authoriiv n
borrow $4,000 for educational nurnoses
FROM the reports of the Board of Education
oil your city, there can be no doubt that tbe
school accommodation are not commensu,
= rate with the demand for seats. IL ia 10 he
hooped, therefore, that the General Assembly
! VIII pass this salutary measure.
Mr. duncan has also presented the petj-
ilon oil the City Council for authority tC
borrow money to construct new reservoir
Read and referred. '''
I,nnE nut
morrow. Nb ~
Yonrs