Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1863-11-27


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How TO DETECT COUNTERFEIT FIFrY CENTS.
Many persons do not know the counterfeit
ffty cent postal currency from the genuine
There are marks on the spurious, that if OBJ
served, will at once show the counterfeit.-
On the counterfeit the final 81 !" in the words
'United states Postage" over the head Of
Washington, is dropped, and the letter "S,"
in the word Treasures" extends higher up
than the other letters Another test is that
in the spurious, the ~" in the word "Depos-
tory, = does not touch the border on the back
= ST. <'d9G fieiz -syaa .bstaoi-
a discussion has recently been going on in
the West Yirginia Legislature as to the lOca-
tion Of the future Capital of that State
Wheeling, Parkersburg, Beverly and Point
/ Plaasant vera an tallTed of - Dr. F37a5 .--
The Hon. John Bells wife arrived at Gin
ciunati from Nashville on Thursday. 1t is
believed at Nashville that her poor husband
would have remained loysl but fer her inhu-
ence. 1 s. s1ol LzsFeig
An exchange says that George Faulkner,
grocer, of Cleveland, had by slow degrees ac-
cumdlated about $1,000 in gold and silver,
which he kept buried in a box foot deep in
his cellar. His very anxiety about his treas
ure must have betrayed him, for on Thursday
| night week the CELLAR was entered and the
money stolen. .faE .ysa1aErs1 -rE
| j. B. Blair and W. q. Brown, thorough
Union men, haye been elected to Congress
i from west virginia. Hosss7; is5lE7 s}i Eis7as
j-3f 9T33 Sis p buA .hs4auuasa 90 de
~ Affirm in -Essex, Mass are building ,hsp,
merry which Will40ecupy six, acres of ground.
They intend to- furnish fowls for the New
York markets. .ogGsoo 1fe5 2ui3aare- ot 2
The population of ireland decreased 20 per
cent. between the census Of 184I and that of
1851, and II per cent. more between the 'ce11
sus Of 1851 and that Of 1861. 7'9aF 9aj
The raw volunteer gets, in co9Yenient in
stallments, 1902 bounty, the veteran $4O2
and joins the regiment or battery he may pre-
] fer, thus securing comfortable sum in cash,
and the privilege of joining his friends in the
army. The conscsipt, however, gets no bounr
! ty, and is assigned where he is wanted. -
F. The Soldiers vote in Montgomery is $50,
ofwbieh Bro1gh received 965, and the Cana
dian guest b25.1 Brough's maiority in the
/ county is 1905. What a verdict against the
traitor in his own county. .r aI -sw
PHYSICAL ExEMprIoNs.-It is stated the
Provost Marshal General has published an
amended schedule, reducing the number of dis
eases and infrmities, which will disqualify
drafted men for military service from fifty to
forty-one specifications The effect of this Or
der will compel many men in future drafts to
perform military duty who have heretofore
been exempted fer trihing physical disabilities.
JEFFERSON CRY, November IL.
The ballot which resulted in the election of
B. Gratz Brown as United States Senator for
the'short. term this morning, stood as follows:
Brown "a, Broadhead 66, Voorhies 2. The
next ballot resulted in the election of John
b. Henderson for the long term. as follows:
Henderson 80, Phelps AZ, scattering IL. 6s.
The Navy Department have, official notice
i of the capture of thezrebel steamer Cornubia
by the Niphon and james Adger, on the 11th
instant; also, of the steamer B., E. Lee by the
james Adger on. the 9th; also ofthe s.eame;
Ella and Anna by ethe NiPhon on, the same
i day. All of these were inward bound to
Wilmington with stores and ammunition. il
F. james Jenkins, dissipated man, residing
in GAINESVILLE, killed aneighbor, Francis Null
len. Mullen had demonstrated with him for
abusing his wife. Jenkins went into the house,
got United States musket, snapped it twice
at Mullen, and failing to fire, ran him through
the body, killing him instantly. ST -
Special instructions from the Provast-Mar-
shal General states that "where names have
been removed from the lists of persons liable
to draft upon the election of aged and infirm
parents, whenever subsequent draft shall be
ordered, Boards of enrollment shall require such
claim to be re-substantiated. Notice that proof
will be required in such cases must be given
| by the Board" .@a71a f''' aiai .t-;
The Bridge across the Ohio River, at Stsu-
benville, is just commenced Ito be entirely of
iron; eight spans, oae Of sac feet, 90 feet above
low water. three spans Of 21o feet each, and
iouE spans 22s fest sachi total length als9O
1 'ssss' ai ssioodqorq 4isdT .noig9ds4 S,i N2
The Columbus Express MENTIONS mfSGant a barrel Of
sorgo syrup in Michigan, which had been
stored away for five years, aud when reopened
was found to be dry sugar.
"A CONVENTION of5the Wool-growers' Asso-
citation of Ohio will be held in Columbus on
the 9th Of January. 1r s,.e.as.asrE ''-.-''
Five girls dressed in male attire arrived at
Louisville, the other day. in party Of three
hundred rebel prisoners. p . @ mid rs
A foreign magazine Of fashion says two
| things strike one as particularly novel in la
dies costumes; first, the very pretty Chamois
colored leather boots, coming half way up the
| leg, and either buttoned or laced at the side
and two small tasssls; and, secondly, the can
Hss, or in plain English, walking sticks, spor-
ted by the mos t elegant among the Fotaries
of fashion. These canes are simply wooden
sticks, more or less carved and ornament ed
with fiat gilt tops, and finished of, like the
boots, with cord and tassel. ,-.ef 30. T.
The Infamous Judge McCunn was elected
J udge of the Superior Court of the City of
New Y ork,by only 1000 majority, being
Copperhead loss of about 10000.
A petrifed rattlesnake has been found in
side a block of stone which was being cut for
the West Harrisburg market house. 'a
Never did morning wear to evening but
some heart was broken. H.i9ss'
It is not our belief and conviction that fright
en- Us half so much az our faneiss, 2Y /,