Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-07-22
miscellaneous Matters.

three months, with but single fatal result, and
that was 10 the case Of man who WAS taken
there in tile last stages OF the disease, from q
neighboring town. The remedyllssd in all these
cases was tea made from plant known in
medicine ne SdryGeenid pUrpurd, familhrly called
Ladies' Saddle or Water Cup, the root Of which
IS the remedial part.
-. THE Mormons have started a circulating
library in Salt Lake City; they are also raieing
very ialr cropa Of cotton; and an ingenious
saint has'diseoyered an infallible cure for the
tapeworm, via; pumkin seed meats, pounded ine
and mixed with enough cold water 10 make them
easily swallowed and taken in the morning he.
fore breakfast.
A MAN at East Haddam, Connecticut, the other
day fOolishly fastened boat containing him
self, woman, and child, to the stern OF steam
er going down the river. but soon as his i'm
provsed tug had got fairly started the small
boat was swamred, and the Inmates were saved
with difficulty.
cnTroS has made the fortune Of Dundee. Jute
3 nov It's staple manufacture, With grest profit
II ia good substitute for cotton In many nrti-
elep gentlemen In this city has succeeded in
beaoling and dyeinB 1t so perfectly that il eau
DO used in place of silk for many articles
Ar Darlen Connecticut, patriotlc gentleman
celebrated the Fourth by giving five scTes of
building land, and donation Of $5 900, for pur-
pose Of providing home for wounded and disa-
bed soldiers belonging to the State. 1be home
was duly lnsugurated, and II is proposed to raise
100000 for Ito permanent endowment.
TAn I.oHDoH Globe siates that the Great East
ern has just taken c 900 tonu of GOAL on board,
and will shortly leave Liverpool for sheerncss or
Deptford, where shs will be fitted with water
tanks, 10 which the AtautiC cAbls now being
made by MeHsrs Gess O. Co., will be slowed
away as il is made.
A ToRPEno BOAT Ia constructing at East Ha-
ven, Conn She will DO bomb-proOf covered
with iron plates Of a greater thickness than
those upon the monitors, aul provided with
powerful machinery.
MR JoHH WILSON, Of Lawrence, Mass, while
searching for gulrs eggs, recently, on she south.
ern head oE Grand Alenan, fell down a Rtesp de.
oliyity TO the distance Of hundred fest or more
and was killed.
FIFTEEN hundred ssgar makers 10 Esw York
are reported TO have been thrown ont Of employ
ment BY the tAX on tobacco.
IT estimated that the plundeE carried off and
the damage inflicted by the rebels in Marylaad
will amount TO four million of dolars.
THR aotOurneTs al Cape May, many Of whom
we're from places threatened by the rebsl invA-
sion, departed in haste for lheir homes last
week. -Four hundred II is said left In one dSy.
MAN named Robert ahorts, we'll advanced in
years. was oowhded in Allegheny. an Thursday
evening last, by women whose daughter, ID is
alleged. he attempted to ahduct
A Fms broke out in the pines IN Eicean Oouu-
~, N. j., on Saturday, June %, und ragged for
four days. II started about three niles north
east Of Ferugo, and extended 10 Toms river,
making sweep Of about nine miles in direct
lines and destroying every Veataee of timber and
vegetation over an area Of probably tH enty-hVe
square miles.
Mrs EDWARD EDwARDs residing in Mahoning
county, Ohio died last week from injuries re-
Oeived at tho hands of her husband. II appears
that the parties had heen at picnic. and that q
difficulty occurring between them. the wife
threw three stones at her hupband, The latter
took up one of the stones and hurled it back at
the wife, when il struck her on the forehead,
producing injuries from which in "a few days
afterwards, che died
LfRuTENAsT VIM. Shesrer was murdered on
Thursday night last by Francis Gillespie, of Co.
u. 10th New York Cavalry while en- route via
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad from Pnrkersburg
10 Cumberland, Gillespie WAS tried by mill
tary commission on Saturday, and found guilty
and sentenced to be hung on Monday. The sem
tence was duly executed near Rose Hii Gene
terry, Cumberland, at four O'Clock or Monday
afternoon.
The payment of three hundred doll ara COMMIT.
tation, il made before last Februa Ey, exemptS
from all drafts for three full years. Ii made
after that time, the exemption iA good only
against the impending draft, as ihn law was
changed in February 10 that end. Since the
pnHgnna Of the al Ephruapu thau,n IL
mutation, and all who are drafted and found
liable must serve in person or by pr ~.
MAJOR IL. X. Thomas gu additional army
paymaster, ,was tried in Washington for defraud-
ing the government, and aentenouI to ., forfeit
all pay and allowances nov due or 10 become
duo HIM to be confined In the State Penlteutiary
at Albany, New York for six years, and to nav
tho government Of the unipd 2dates S95. ono
and upon non-payment to 10 confined until the
same Is paid, provided the whole term Of his
imprisonment shall nO' exceed twelve years"
THS REBELS, wher. leaving Washinilon seut
snelr piunder by V,ay of Rockville, on Tuesday
lney plunuered and gutted the store there dur
ins theif lasy 4ge. Our cavalry met and fought
lhsm On Wednesday for four hOws- bradley
Johneon's horse was wounded 10 the leg, and he
was cup cured bu1 escaped through a rebel
chaGee while being sent 10 the TeaF. The rebels
blached the roads with brush, logs aud hrokon
Wag ms 10 prevent pursuit.,
aIAJoR Hale. who Is paying tho troops be-.
rFeen Nashville and Murtreesboro', was attacked
by guerillas, six miles from Nashville lsss week
1 1hey took all the large bills out of the safe and
hed to the bushes. A Lieutenant who was with
him took q Henry rifle and He'd Aldo The
/ horses attached 10 the ambulance Immediately
| took fright and had gone but 3 few rods when the
| latn FIJI NJ an tba nd sta
dlemoupted, one of them exclaimlpg "heFe is
what We are after" They at once threw down
their gnns, and were about helping themselves
to the money, when the Lieutenant who, with
the rayhaster, was aecreed in some bushes
near by, fired and wounded one Of the men. A
cOmrade Immediately went to his assistance,
whom seGoRd shot brought him to the ground
a corpse. The others then fed, without neeur.
ing any booty,
A Max. named ScboOger, living near Clsve-
land, on Wednesday last, went with his wife into
thO field to get load OF hay, leaving IN the
house their four children Mary, eyed years
Charles 10; John 4; and Catherine aged i
year On returning, the children could not be
found. Search was made everywhere for them,
but without avail I'LL next morning their corpses
were discovered in huge old German chest, ia |
the corn house. They had got into IL In play |
and shut down the lid, which closed with |
spring lock, and they were speedily sufocated
The reported Invasion of Kentucky through
Pound Gap proves to be a canard. Morgan's |
command is disOrgani7ed and untitled for such |
an undertaking, and he is at Abingdon Cen.
Burnside has taken the right method Of finishing |
guerilla murders, by ordering the instant exc
cution of four guerillas. to be selected from
pA A"isonert, for every Union man killed.
Tim rebels 10 Platt and Clayfcountiss, Kan
sas, have broken into small bands aud are seat