Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-12-13
LOCAL AFFAIRs.

place OF Ohrtstian hyland, resigned.
The Uity Council has granted tho use Of the
City Hall to Eli CroEier, for the purpose OF hold
ing banquet for the wives aud children Of our
soldiers on the Goth inst.
lWeslsy, son Of Wm. Simmons, Of this city,
who was taken prisoner in the battle Of the VIII
dsrness, has been exchanged, and is now at An.
uapois, Md. He was at Andersonvilie, Ca, for
about four months and barely escaped with his
life, being very weak Aud emaciated.
Samuel w., son Of Wm. Simmons, Of this
city, WAS taken prisoner on the Weldon Railroad
about two months ago, and is now in the hands
Of the rebels, il living. lie was on picket duty
and was shot 10 the hip before ho surrendered
John T., son Of VIM. Simmons, Of this city,
has been promoted to = First Lieutenancy iu
the Third Delaware.
Capt. Horace y. Ray died at his residence 10
this city, on Saturday last, from neuralgia. lie
WAS about &c years Of age
John MeLeAr s Son, liz Market Street, have
for sale Delaware State Bonds. See advertise
ment in smother column. They want to buy
Firs, National Bank stock.
THR SKATING PACK Tho Skating Park,
noticed in ths Journal upon several recent oc
essions, Is now, through the unwearyiug en-
etgy Of Mr.. Wharton, the prpj,clor-fuished,
and ready for visitors. The House, winch is to
be one hundred feet 10 length, wii be completed
in day or Two, and fitted up for the pu' poses
originally intended-to w.i-ieireshmrnIs and
personal comfort Of skaters and visitors. lu
order to give as wide a range " popularity us
possible 10 the Park, MIR. Wharton p. cposes to
present fFse " cost q handsome par Of Skates
to any lady or child who may subscrib. TO the
Park on and -after The 18th Of the prtten
month. all, therefore, who my aHil lh III
selves Of the opportunity oil becoming subsyri.
btrs, may, 10 Rd iiilon " the advantages of I'D
mission to the Park ut Al tunes, asO. becour
the recipients Of an elegsut pair Vt SEaies eHch,
without additional cost Isis may be sisueo
at Doughmau, Thomas s. Cos Book Store, IL
Market Street, the Wilmington Institute, or at
the Compsny'a Office, on Delaware Avenue at
either OF which places samples OF The >Saies
may be seen and examined. Nov is the tine u
enjoy 1.-THE healthtul out oi-iuOr sports Oh the
ice, while the cold season il upon US.
tbs BouExtASs oy LosDoS We have re.
ceived from the publishers, I. g. Peterson
Brothers, PbiAielphis. work uuier the t,ile 0
"D5hemiaus Of London, "Irom the pen OF war,
NJ Witty. "Bohema," as we suppose ever
one is aware, is cant term for Il secti 0
London, the part inhabited by clever fellow
with much reputation, aud pretty women viii
' very little, by the classes who are said TO 'iv
on their Wits-j 9urDAlists and politicians artist
and dancers. fbe work is from the same ub
pen as The Stranger in Parliament and come
to us recommended by DR.. K. Shelton Maeken
| Eie. The work is written in a satirieal vein
= and procseds to exhibit the scenee within ih
ring Of London social, literary, and poitica
life. Il is divided 10 series OF most cutting
o ably written and amusing reverles Of variou
- professions, and reveals the weak side Of huma
nature, at least in its conventional surrounding,
Ii 10 written with purity Of style. and light
II ness Of narration which will make it an aecep
able visitor to every household II possessI
, deep interest and the depth Of plot is n,
~ decreased b. the Knowledge that every word
: the producton has u foundation in fact,
q We have also received from the same pull
a fishers, a work from the peu OF the late Geort
LiPpaId, entitled "The Mysteries of Florence
Both Of these works can te procured at the a;oi
0 Of L. s. q. Butler, No. AGO Market street,
m this city.
/. SENTENCED TO be HANotD.-Tho Balimn
Clipper Of Saturday, says The Military Cot
mission has completed its lnbots IN the trial
p Peter BoileaU, alias Peter Barlow, charged wi
1t having on the 10th Of November last, W. ntol
ra murdered q little boy named WIN I Ioehne
by shooting him. The evidence iu the case
III conclusive, and the commission rendered VI
c. dict Of guilty Of murder in the first degree, al
referred the case to Gen. Wallace, for sentep,
q The General yesterday ordered that the accus
ol DO removed under strong guard from the oi
l. Jail 10 Fort McHeury, and there held in soiiia
confinement in irons, under stict guard, un
the 2lst Of the present mouth, when bgtwe
y the hours OF aud 2 O'Clock. a. NJ he shul
" banged by the time that tbs article has bt
o. read by the masses, the wrelehed man will
looked up in his dreary cell. He ieigns insaui
but from careful examinations by compete
ed judges his insanity is only feigned, with
q hope OF bsirg pardoued
The murder was q coWar lily aud most C
FLOODED QUE, and justice dsnaTd4 that the OF
~ prit ,hall pay the paualiy with his life. Boir
80 IS u native Of Delaware, aud was member
or Co. A. LIST Delaware Volunteer Ibfsutry.
SALE oT DuILDINo Lors.-Tbe sale of lety {
building lots advertised by wm. McC,uley
~ Co, 10 take place at Twelfth aid Lombt
Ia streetei on Saturday, was postponed ou accor
re OF the inclemenoy OF the weather, uutll u
Saturday, at two oclcck, l.. NJ. Here !,
" splendid opportunity to purchase yolua
III building lots, at low prices, in an excel
he lOcaliy. Persons desrous Of investing Ii
- mouey 10 good advantage, saoulJ attend
W sale.
BReWS's BRONCHIAL TncoHEs We VIC
ne call the special attention OF cnrsymoo
n teachers TO "Browns Bronchial Jrothes."
on IL well known 10 our RIA iers that We do not
y
lis these Troohes, becAuee, after a nlul Vt tb
he We are satisfied shat they are the hest ,hirl
lin the Kind extsn'.-Chieaso School Jouynat
ars RHTIaISO BoAED.-Ibe Secretary Of War
H., ordered q Retiring Dorrd to convene in
- city. The tollowiUg is the detail for the Boz
'el- Major General Frarkln, Presidsn,; Brig. {
The Il. q Arnold, Col. Henry o. B,rmB. Surg
of S. A. Edwards, U. =. A., Assistant Surg
Joseph C. Bailey, U s. A,
~ CoID TEAIHkR "A snow storm SIT in on
'H' Friday nigh', during which considerable 81
ary tell. This WIS followed by dIizzliug rsiu
d. lasted over Sunday. Sometime curing Sun
night the weather cleared up, and yestet
morning daWned upon "a intensely cold
days last Winter were colder than was yestery
,ss Ladies' FuIs.
ion FsEhS.sr, nay ely sPSS setting tie Hss! rq
the dslphh.
The AHoTnER DRAPT--A Another draft took n
~. at the Headquarters OF the Provost Marshal
- this city. yesterday morning., for two hund
Tue and forty-six men, to fill mp Deficiencies in
in lner drafts.
red oRDraRD.-We leArn that letters have
for received in this city, which state that the Fo,
of Delaware has been ordtrsd to South Carolin
md SUPPOSED SPr.-A youhg man named II
H. Musgraye, was arrested on Thurslay aftrrt
Ine at the Camden street railway depot Baltim
he by a Government detective, on suspicion Of b,
n a bounty jumper or deserter. He was con,
ted 10 tho Central Police Station, anl L
searching him, papers we're found show
that he was q resident OF New Castle, Del,
ect enlisted as private in Capt Dement'S ne
vas Battery, Baltimore Artillery, On the 9th OF
lav tober, 1862. MnsgrAve states that he has
~ we'd in the rebel army since the date above IL
ION toned and came through the lines for the I