Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-03-08
OFFICIAL.

he II resolved by Me Sendfe and House Of Rtp-
reseatatiVss Of The United Srdfss of america in Con.
gress assembled, That the the thanks OF Congress
are hereby given to those noble and brave men
who, having already so gallanily endured the
hardships and pers of war, for more than two
years, ia support of their countrys flag, presen;
the sublime spectacle Of again voluntarily enroll
ing themselves in the army Of the Union for
another three years campaign, or so long as The
war shall continue.
Sec. .. And be il further rssoipsd. That the
Secretary Of War cause these resolutions to be
read to each Of the veteran regiments who have
re enlisted, or shall re-enlis, In both the volun-
Ieer aud regular forces Of the United States.
Approved, March 3, 1864
ESRoLLiaG.--We are Informed thal the enroll
ing officers are now adding the names Of those
who haved arrived at the age Of twenty, aud
striking OF those who have passed forty i've, in
accordance with the provisions Of the act fe-
Gently passed for enrolling and calling out the
national forces.
PnILADRLPnIA ANNUAL CoNTEREEUE.
Philadelphia Annual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Church, will hold its sessions in the
Hall of the Wilmington Institute, commencing
Tomorrow morning. 1t is expected they will
continue one week.
MONEY FoUND.-Was found, on Saturday last
between five and six O'Clock, at 4th and King
streets, an envelope containing small sum of
money. The owner can have it by calling on
Mrs dist, SO7 East Fourth Street, and paying
for this advertisement.
COLLISION BETWEEN 0ovRRNMRsr STRAMEAs
"A collision occurred on Thursday night last
while off Craney Islaud near Fortress Monroe
between the steamers Convoy and Express. -
The latter almost Immediately sunk. She is
badly damaged, but it is thought she can be
raised The Convoy was but slightly injured.
No lives were lost The Express had no cargo
on board. The Express formerly ran on the
Delaware river.
CnoP OF SORdnuN--The Smyrna Times
says;-We last week called the attention Of our
farmers to the proftableness of the culture of
Sorghum. A gentleman has since told us of the
experience OF MIR. Powell who resides In the
lower part of this county. lie has a mill Of bis
own, did bis own manufacturing, and from FIVE
acres of SoTgh0 he manufactured 100 gallons
which he sold in Philadelphia for 10 cents gal
lon-SIIO. This would make the WELD TO him
9loo Per acre-leaying wheat, corn, fax, &o.,
far iu the shade.
SPRER's SAMBucl WINE.--Decidedly one Of the
incest and most oreditable Of any advertised ar
ucle we have ever seen, ia the vnOus fluid bear
ing the above name, from the vineyard Of Mr.,
Alfred Speer, of Passaic, N j. This wine is
expressed from the Sambuoo grape, species
originating in Portugal, which, under the hand
Of Mr.. Speer, has been brought to q state of
great perfection. The wine possesses the very
highest medicinal virtues, and certainly ss an
article OF beverage, it is not, in our judgment,
to be surpassed 10 color, taste, or any Of the
qualities which constitute pure, mild, and
agreeable wine. TBoston IEanssripf
Our druggists have procured some that is four
years old, direct from the vineyard, and will
furnish information and testimonials as to the
virtues of the Sambuc.
MORE RECRUITS, About twenty colored re-
cruts from the loweI part Of the State arrived in
this city, on Thursday last. They wero muster.
ed in the service, and sent to camp Wm. Penn
at Philadelphia.
ATTENTION SUBSCRIBERS of our sub.
scrl6ers who intend to change their places Of
residence on the approaching moving dsy. will
please inform us OF their new location, in order
that tho JOURNAL may be regularly sent to them.
t-25th.
CArrAIa GALLAGHER. This officer left tbis
city for his new field of labors, Baltimore, Md.
on Wednesday last, and his successor, CAPTAIN
Tyler, has entered on the duties of his Office.
HEALTH FOR THE SoLDIERs For one who
dies from the effects Of the bullet, ten perish
from damp and exposure to night air Small
doses of HOLL0WAY'S PILLS, taken every
other night, will correct oil disorders of the Liy
er and Stomach, purify the blood, aud insure
box S9s
CoUGHs, HoAsENEss, and the various Tbroat
affections to to which Public Speakers. Military
uthcers, and Singers are liable, relieved by
"BTo'0n's Bronchial 7rochss." Having A drset
influence to the affected parts, they allay Pulmo-
nary Irritation.
PATENT IssUED.-A patent has been iasped
from the United States Patent office in Washing
ton, to William Huston, of this city, for improve.
ment in marine leak signals.
Cecil CoUsTr MATrERs.-We COPY the follov
ing items from the Cecil Whig Of Saturday =
Run OB-On Thursday afternoon last Nj u
A. Harvey's rolling mill teams were standing on
North street, the wagons loaded with coal. and
drivers absent as usual, when one of the leans
got frightened by the boys throwing snowballs.
and turning round, broke the wagon,tonqua oif
and started on the run up Main street side wall
dragging one of the horses, which was tbrown
when the team broke loose. The gearing of tbe
animal soon giving way released it and thus a..
capped with some scratches The remainder ~
the team ian on up the pavement till the Leaders
coming in contact with Mrs. Jones' house. above
the Union Hotel, were knocked down, One of
the horses was severely injured, we were inform
ed, by being kicked or tremped. The frightened
team was here secured without any further inoi-
dents occurring that we heard Of
Susqaehanad Bridge On Tuesday the bil
amending the act allowing the Phila. Wilm. and
Baltimore Railroad Company to build a bridge
over the Susquehanna river, by repeating ths
provision requiring them to provide for Other
travel than that by railway, to build a carriaea
way, So, was taken up.
Mr.. Jones submitted and amendment. rennir. |
ing that every train of cars be stopped At either
end Of the bridge long enough to allow passen.- |
gers to get on and oil with safety; the oompanv
to carry such passengers over the bridge with. |
out extra charge The object of the amendment |
is to insure safety in the local travel over the
bridge, and prevent accidents to persons cross,
ing on foot.
The amendment was adopted.
Another amendment offered by Mr. Jones re-
quring the company to keep constantly at each |
end OF the proposed bridge a sufficient ann
ply Of cars to be attached to freight frains
for said transportation the same tolls as we're
charged over the Port Deposit bridge at the
time Of the granting of the original charter 10 |
build the bridge, was also adopted.
On motion Of Mr. 5tockbridge, an ameniment
was adopted requiring the company 10 keen
steam.tug or lug-boat at the bridge at all times.
to enable every vessel to pass underneath. and
imposing penalties for any detention that NAV
occur by the absence of tug.
A motion 10 strike out tbs enaOting clause was
rejected. al.a TTnI
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