Delaware State journal and statesman., 1864-10-07
LOCAL AFFAIRS.

EPIroME OF BusIsEss AND PERsoNAt ISTRt- |
LIeI ISoE, - Watches dne Jewelry, solid silver
watP, etc Of a supeIior quality, advertised in |
this issue by Henry Harper, $50 Arch ST.,
rhilad'a.-- Reader give him call.
Our readers will find IN this issue, the an |
Of Msssra. Edwin Hall K Co, No. |
20 South Second street, Philadelphia, stating |
they are Offering their magnificent stock Of Dry
Goods, at far below the present geld prices.
PvrchasSa Twill do well 10 give them call
lliyarSS Co., GIG Market street. offer Union
Bank stock for sale They also have the new
$40 Treasury notes ready for delivery at time Of
subscription.
George d. Armstrong offers his residence No.
800 Shpley street, in this city, for sale.
w. W. Hopes 4 CO., have just laid in fine
stock Of Fall and Winter Dry Goods, to which
they invite the attention Of purchasers Rare
bargains may be had.
Howard L. Guy, will sell AT public sale, at his
establishment Brick Meeting House, MD on the
l4th inst, seventeen new carriages. Of differ
ent styles Sale to commence at II O'Clock.
Any person wishing TO procure new carriage,
should attend this sale.
r. A. Ellis ESQ, will sell at public sale on
the 2G,h inst, At the Court House, in hkion,
the farm OF the late Thomas Howard, situated
in Cecil county.
William Mcilaulley 4 Co., offer a fine three
| H0ly hllck hohAc luf thlc
PosrpoNEp.-We are authorized
to state that in consequence of the
meeting on Wednesday evening.
and the projected toreh-light pro-
cession on Thursday night, the
meeting announced for THIS
EVENING has been postponed for
the present.
SALES or REAL EsTATE.-The property of the
ate VIM. Rice was sold by the Executors last
Saturday:
No. IA brick house and lot fronting OH 10th
street, TO @, NJ. Drnmhle for So, 900.
No. > "A brick house nud store, corner Of
10th and Bridge streets, top 8. Miller for 81,
200.
No "A brick drug store, 10 J. j. Gallagher
for Sl475
No. A brick house and lot on 18th street
between Market and Orange streets, 10 John
Finn, for S736
s M O.--Frame cooper shop, barber shop anJ
4 triangular lot of land, TO Joseph W. Day, ivi
3 $ls75.
6 No GA frame house and lot fronting 81
. feet inches on French street. between lltl
L aud 18TH streets, to Joseph W. bay, for $500.
No. "A lot at the corner Of lih and French
y streets to Joseph W. Day Tor 81 per foot,
. No S-Three-fourlhs of frame house an,
: lot on liih street between French and Walnut
4, ts Joseph W. Dry. for $40,
a No q. IA lot fronting 81 feet Oh Orange st,
y :, near l4tl, 10 Joseph " Day, for $500.
No 10. The half of brick house aud lot No
Bl2 King Street, t. John f Kane, for 800.
"A No II "A frame stahle, without lot corne
of IAN nnd King Streets to W Morrow, 3l15.
IL No ia frame copper shop, without lot t
3 james Carswell. for 900
Is No. IL "A frame cooper shop, clrner of l4tl
Is and Walnut Streets, without lot, to c. Wilt
bank, for $500.
70 Forty-iiVe shares of stock in the Wilmineto
~ Coal Gas Company, to Joseph Tatnall for SCI
y so per share.
% PROMOTIONS IN lHE THIRD DELAWARE Gov
n eruor Cannon has promoted Adiutant Manu-
41 Eyre, Of the Thr,i Delaware, to bc "a lieuienau
Colonel Of that Regiment, and Captain Jaml
Bailey, to he Major
~ SURGEON OF THE FouRTH DELAWARE Cove
N '1 nor Cannon has appointed Assistant Surget
so Linton Smith, Of the 4'h Delaware Volunteer
90 90 to he Surgeon, vice Hopkins deceased
vi RHAyERY REWARDED. Governor hi
promoted Sergeant John 8 Shilling, Of Th
Regiment to he a First Lieutenant Sergea
III Shilling Was one Of the three enlisted men
nd whom ueneral Meade recently presented media
~ Of honor for daring courage
Lesr In going from third and Walnut, OIL
ais Cemetery, a Gold Breast Pin, with the initin
II T. A. carved ON il, The finder will he suit
hly rewarded and receive the thanks of Il
-, owner, by leaving il ai LArku'a nry Good etor
au' No. East SECOND Street, Wilmington Del.
~ FounTEgN DAYS oN BRrAD AND WATER WI
sr Myers. private Of the l99h Regiment Pen
sylvsnia Volunteer Infantry, arrested on I
9th Of September in This city, TN the olaiFe
leaving Gaap Cadwalhder, near Phlaielphi
red without permission has bpsn tried hy the Mi
tafy Commission at Baltimore, and fund pnill
The court has sentenced him to forfeit all p
and allowances during the time of his absen
from his Regiment and he confined in the qua
hossD nn n bread Hnd water diet, nj the sal
time dong police dpty, for period Of fourls
days.
> pNI0N MEETING Union meeting was he
at the Institute Hall on Wednesday evening Ia
a which was attended hy lnrFe number
ladlea and gentlemen. Major Calhoun, gave
: very interesting address, in which he deiail
= his experience as nrisOner in "Lihby"
was among the number who dug their wny q
4 of that hostile place, Int was unfortunately !
:, captured, and parnled. llis history Of the
privatinns md sufteriugs Of our brave men W
n fall into ihe hGnds Of tho traitor horde by
forlnnea of war HhOwa tar hass Gpfii that q
mates the enemy. Captain ueorgo w. Gu
, also addressed the meeting.
0 tNcoLs AND JoHN5oN.-.The Union Campai
Z Clvh Of this city, yesterday displayed from
9 Of the wndoWs of their headquarters, ira
2 parency with we'll executed kGnosses of
2 candidates fer President and Vice Preside
Is Abraham Lincoln apd AniFcW johnson
u WouNpED--ln the recent cngagcmCnta
fors Richmond George T. LnrimCr and l0sl
Shelcut, belonging to Company Il. Fourth u,
q ware were wounded The former in the
~ and the latter in both feet
- THE FOURTH DELAWARE AND the pRRsIDgN
A vote was taken in the Fourth Doaw
Regiment, q few days since, which resulted
,t il follows ~ Lincoln, 27G Mcclellan, 8
400 CoMINd Doma.-Thc SnR York correspond
of the Ledger Of Wednesday, eays, that az
auction sale of Dry Goods in that city
rs OF prices of msrinOs and other fabrics fell from
hlco TO so cents in the yerd
lee'' HIsToRrAL SOCIETY MEETING ~ epe
H.. Meeting of the members of the Historical SO,
hes % ty will he held at the Directors Room of
'gs' Wilmington Institute on Saturday evening
" a. at u O'Clock, to choose delegates to attend
% nln' Commemoraton of the Two Hundreith Ami,
9'I1s :, sary of the Conquest Of New Netberland in
!, IoDH a. City of Neg YORK. WILLARD HALL.
,on@ fresden
bier, l. THE DRAFT.--The draft to til the dehcit
'enee in Appoqunmihk Hundred, and parts OF Su
,ney County, took place at the City Hall, in tbls
eter- yesterday morning.
arles SUBSTITUTES WANTED. Wanted so Aooei
m j. BILE substitutes,f for which the highest Bounty