Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-02-20

Rufus SAWYER and bis wife, OF Berlin, Mass.
last week celebrated the fiftieth anniversary OF
their marriage in the same house and room
where they were welded in the bright young
morning of life.
The Mansfield Herald chronicles the follow
ing solid transaction recently taking place
near that towuson the specie basisi
"Weare informed that J. II. Cook has sold /
his noted farm, near our city, for $4,000 !
I here is no; hing so remarkable about the price
| for the farm is we'll wer,h is, but it isnotabe
That this sum was paid IN gold Think Of
/ fourteen thousand dollars in gold, when II Is
worth ifiy gents premium. The purchaser
! il Mr.. Mortimer Cook. ii brother Of TIE seller
who we believe is recently from British Col
umbia"
ST. LouIs. Feb IA letter to General Da-
wilson from persons who accompanied tie re-
cent scout to BItesyile, Ark, says Hindman's
army is utterly demordliz.d and totally iuef-
Gcent Three hundred Of his troops froze 10
death during the retreat from Van baren. =
lIindman has been ordered 10 go 10 Vicssburg,
but his men refused to go Upward oftwo
\ hundred dtsericrS are concealed in the brush
twent m les from Bltesville, aud the wish of
large majority Of the people is for the PerrnA-
nent occupation Of the country by the Federal
army.
WHEELING. Feb. 1.-THE amendment
known as the Wiley amendment, inserted by
/ Congress in the Constitution Of the new STATE
OF West Virginia, was unanimously ratified to-
= day by Tie Constitutional Convention. 1t
will be submitted to the people on the 26lh
rlaalrR
ly ratified. The amendment provides for grad
uaI emancipation, commencing Oh The 4Ih Of
July next.
We observe by military orders, Issued and
Published by Col w. Il. Penick, Of the 5th
: Cavalry, Missouri State Militia, that he has
directed Maj Drumhiler, commanding the
!, lpo<t at Kansas City, to prevent the
newspaper kl1wn as the Crisis, pub
li5hed by Sam. Medary, at Columbus, Ohio,
from being circulated within bis jurisdiction =
Maj Drnmhiler accordingly issued an order
to the clf-ct.
John Van Buren, Delivered a speech in
New York, on Tuesday evening, before the
( Union Democratic Club He declared the
South had no light to seccIc, and that the
b war shon}d be prosecuted with vigor. lie
was opposed to al meda ion.
= Massachusetts has furnished in the army
: and navy, nearly 10000 men tor the war
). 10 wonder hat the rebels ana their friends in
!. the North are specially anxious that Mlssa-
chusetts, with the rest of the New England
States, should be left out in the cold.
. President Lincoln contributed $3.50 to the
q ssl:n collected by the Efforts Of Mrs. Smith TO
: provide Christmas dinner for thirty tI 'us-
a and sick and wounded soldiers in Washing
ton.
d The present Empress q. France. Eugcnie is
said to pay Billiards with all the perfection Of
( an expert. aad The grace and and beauty Of u
seraph. Her Majesty, the Queen Of Briluin,
u inSis Billiards not only ii great CONSIDER, but a
II most favored ann 'emeut-as we see by late
T. number Of The Art Journal.
!, FonrRrss MONROE Febuary tl.-In reply
., to demands made for the release Of Federal ar
my officers Col. Ludlow, United States Com
!. missioner, received information that all FEEDER
:, al officers captured before the 10Th Of Deeem
:, Der, 1862, the date Of JEFF Dav.s proclaIna-
, tcn, w"uld be Immediately released. An srrt-
!, lers' clerks and Government employers, conin-
= ed in Richmond, have been released, and arri
= we'd here.
IS An entire family Of eight persons, by the
u name of = rnhard. were poisoned in Cincinna
k ii on Tuesday. The arsenic was administered
r, in the soup by tlla servant girl, named Stein
u brccker, aged % years. @
The Iroaion r gister, of the 29th ult., says
, Last week fat boat loaded with coal oil. from
. the X,uesviIle works, tied up ut the wharf arr
: disposed 9f some two dozen barrels; o private
. . parties, at IS cents per gallon. Last week IT
= sold ii soc
Il The s.. L9ais Republican learns that the
t orces Of IIindnql have disappeared entirely
from the front Of Scho6eld's army, and that
# new plans are being made in tie National
3 camp for future operations It is believed that
r portion Of TIE rebel force, including he com
: nIand of Persons, has go3e to Texas. There
: are probably but few Confederate troops at
Y this lnle in the State Of Arkansas. About
! 5000 under Gen Walker, are said to be al Pine
# Bluff, Oh the Arkansas River, but it is not
thought that any formidable Qualifications exist
i between Arkansas Post and Little Rock
). Mlrmajnlle. was few days ago at BatesviIle,
.
Davidson's conman3 had, doubtless, ere now
= driven him further South, or in the direction
: Of Searc7. The S9cas>onisis of Arkansas arc
= much dispirited and di=snsted, having evident.
b. ly almost abandoned the hope Of keeping the
State out Of the Union.
1t is reported as the general opinofn at Hill
;, ton Head, that naval force must do the bur
+? den Of the work in the capture of Charleston,
+ and that three or four Monitors will be requir-
Q cd The pace is defended by over 900 guns,
t many Of them of improved European fabric
Every island, point, river creek and swamp in
proximity to Charleston is commanded by
: hostile cannon.
: Gen. Rosecrans has made oficiI report OF
the Fort DJnelson affair. The attack was
: made by 1000 men and eight pieces of artillery.
e Our force was only 500. The Rebels made
D several charges, but were repuIsed wifh great
i loss, amounting to mere than 100 killed and
+ 800 prisoners. Another account says that
: already 45 Rebels had been buried Our loss
: was II killed and 80 wounded
i HEALTH OF GEN. Scorr 1t is stated that
Gen. SCOTS beallh is fast failing him now
He is confined to his apartment in the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York, almost entirely
: helpless, and, what is worse, it is said that his
mind at length is breaking down under the
: weight of years, and mental and bodily trouble.
Il He receives but few visitors, and these only
his most intimate friends.
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