Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-02-19
NEWS AND OrHmR MATTERS.


establishment at Oxford, N. Y, TO have pho |
egraph Of her niece, u little child then with her |
The phot graph was taken, aud while the lady
was waiting to have il finished, the little girl
itrayed into the laboratory and swallowed some
,ind OF poison which she found there. When
mi sed and looked for she was found in the abo-
faioiy, dead, having expired almost immediate
" The aunt has since become insane.
The Chattanooga Rebel says General Hum
lhfey Marshall is n candidate for Congress from
The state Of Kentucky. As he weighs about ive
hundred pounds. the presumption is that, if elect
ed, he will be able TO fill his stat He is much
helter qualified for Congress than for light infah.
Try.
lady teacher in Raymond, Maine, hal re-
raetory pupil, whom she ordered 10 be held by
" lieeer boy until she tiogged the youugster
heartily. An action of assault was raised, but
the court declared the schOomisiress had a right
In do as she had done.
lsanc Fishc, deserter from the l6Gth Penn-
>ylyania drafted regiment, has just been con-
dHnned in court TIL ut Chamhrrsburg, Penn
sylvnnin, ior having been au accomplice Of Fits-
hugh Lee in gndiug and plotting the course Of
the rebels in their late raid down the Cumber
lhud Vailey, and has been sentenced to be shot
Mt tie Carlisle barracks come time this month.
The exact date has not yet been determined.
A Memphis dispatch of the 18th states that
Gen Smiths cavalry expedition camped at iIol-
| y Springs on the previous night, and will Prob,
ably be heard from next through rebel sources.
1t is reported that Gottschalk is about to be
married to an heiress residing in Fifth avenue,
| New York, said 20 be worth $500, ,OO0.
| Newhern ndvices TO the ! 9Th have been receiv-
ed at New York. Major General Peck has re-
turned to his command, aud has issued an order
for the troops to hold themselves in readiness
for Offensive or defensive action ut moments
notice, night or day. The North Carolina pa-
| pers continue 10 speak of the growing discomfort
among the people of that State at the rebel rule
General Rosecrans visited Jefferson City, Mis-
souri,, Oh Monday, and was formally received by
the Governor and a committee OF both Houses Of
| the Legislature
1t is stated in the latest dispatches from Chat
tauooga that the position of ohnston's army re-
mains unchanged. General Sherman's progress
ezcitGs great CONSERVATION among the rebels
Kit Carson has been successful in his expcdi-
ion against the Nayajoe Indians. lie killed 90,
and took l60 prisoners
dispatch from ST. Johns, N. f., states
that the merchants there are generally opposed
to the continuance of the Reciprocity treaty.
The Navy Department has received dispatches
from Rear Admiral Lee giving the particulars
of the destruction Of the blockade runners Wild
Dayrell, Nutfeld, Dee and Emily aud Fanny,
by the blcckadng fleet off Wilmington, N. G.
The Legislature of Colorado territory have
passed resolutions recommending the re-elest tiou
Of President Lincoln.
The Governor of Rhode Island has iaformed
Legislature that the quota of that State undel
every Gull Of the President is now full
The ensuing Arkansas election will be held il
thirty-six counties-the State contains ffty-onG
and no opposition will be made to Judge Muir
phey, the Union candidate. Arkansas will also
be represented at the Kentucky Freedom Con-
yentiOn.
The government Of Arizona was organized h,
Gov Goodwin on the 29th of December.
despatch from st. Louis says that the re
ported occupation Of jackson, Mississippi, b.
General Shefman's forces was premature. TN
Rebels have fortified the place with cotton bales
The Atchison (Kansas) Champion says tina
Fitz John Porter, once Major General ,f Vol
unieers in the United States Army, pesse
through Aehson on the 4th inst; en- route /
Colorado
Advices from Key West confirm II ie captul
by the gunboat De Soto of the pri "a steame
Cumberland, hound from Havana 10 Mobile wit
cargo of ammunition and arms or the Reb
Government. This is the fifth ste amer recent
captured or destroyed, three of which had
board war material for the enemy.
The Louisville Democrat Of S saturday repor
that the guerilla bands under Hamilton ar
Hughes, who captured and pilaged Scottsvil
some days ago were pursued into Tennessee
Major johnson with battalion of the SD Kei
lucky, who overlook, attacked and routed then
killing forty, capturing twenty and recOverir
most oil the goods stolen from citizens Of Scott
willie.
ltis an interesting fact that the sales of co
hschted estates now InAking at Beaufort, s.
: is carried on from the verandnh of The Edmu
hhett House, where more than ten years ago
rebellion was bFoOded over by the very II
whose estates BOW pass under the hammer. Il
, singular, itoo that the chairman of the Tax Co
i, mission, Dr. William Henry Brisbane, is the IL
a who riOre than twenty y ears ago, was driV
ifofl the State because he would liberate
s,nTes
Tlree deserters from the 9th Pennsylyai
volunteers attempted an escape from Fernandir
They passed the pickets, and on arriving at
river they met man with boat, and engaG
him torow them over. 1t was nearly morni
. on starting, and u dense fog arose, when
= boatman, Mr.. Helper, brother of the author
the "Impending Crisis" instead of taking til
= = to rebeldom brought them to our shores, VIII
they were handed over to eur guard, much
their discomforture. They were tried by cou
{ martial, and sentenced to be shot. The sentel
= was approved by General Gilmore and Ii
= will be Shot on Tuesday, 9th inst, at Ferns
e dinF.
u A letter from Natchez, Miss, 25th ult, go,
y "our town is showing signs of returning Wig
: A healthy reaction is already visible. Plant
u who hitherto held alOof are returning 10 their
{ logiance, aud receiving back their landed p
= perty. No less than ten have taken the Pre-
dents oath within few days. Deserters
I, coming in daily. Fifteen arrived from Alexi
u dria few days since, and four this morn
from the same point, bringing in their capt
- and the surgeon of the regiment, as prisoner
IN In lcetown, opposite ST. Louis, which
~ oniit on the frozen river during the fscold spe
" baf-keeper builr fire in his tent aud sat bel
~ 1t on three-egged stool warming his sh
" when the fire thawed a hole in the ice and
VI man fell in and has not vet re.appeared.
:, ass staht, verdnnt Irish boy, was asked vii
y the proprietor was, and replied "Eaith.
re gone into the cellar
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