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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Gov. Andrew johnson on Slavery and Compen-
sated Labor.

In the course of speech at an Eighth of
January celebration in Nashville, Tennessee,
Governor johnson remarked as follows on
the progress of opinion in Tennessee:
Before the rebellion we could discuss all in
stitutions all subjecst, all measures, except sa-
very. On that subject no one dared to speak,
or write, or print, except on the side of the
slave aristocracy. Now, thank God, the time
has come when the press is unmuzzled-When
the press can discuss this and all other sub
jeets. The time has come when this institu-
ton is dead-when the chains are broken and
the captive set free. Applause.l The insti-
tuition is dead-[applausel- slaves are
not now worth quarter of dollar a dozen.
TLaughter.l Being dead, let us, in a becom-
| ing manner, prepare for the funeral. Now
is the time to dispose of this great question.
1t is great question and which must be set
tied upon the great principle of human free
dom; not by abolitionists in the North, nor
! secessionists in the South, but by the great
law of self preservation which governs all men
alike. Slavery is cancer upon the body pol
itic, which must be rooted out before pefect
health can be restoId. The great law 1 refer
to is now at work, and negroes and all things
| CioO HAlOA Aieg DG Az hIO way ~ ulpSuS lAS
course, must get out. Don't go to inventing,
but find out the principles of that law, and
conform your actions thereto.
In the game speech Gov. johnson gave
Shareholders the following sound advice:
The Union and the Constitution must be
preserved intact. l have owned slaves that ]
bought with my own money-mOpey earned
by myself quarter of dollar at a time
They were confscated and sold; yet two o
them ran away from the rebel dominions and
came here to me. hired tbem-made bar
gain with them Cor their labor, and thus re.
cognized theiri freedom. And 7 find they dc
better than when they were slaves. Now, i
any Of you are slave owners, advise you tc
go and do likewise, while you have the chance
Hire your negroes TO work for you, and you
will find they will do better labor for you
than when they were slaves. By this mean.
you viii do your part in the great transaction
to teach them self reliance The edict has
gone forth, and all that remains to be done i!
to change the relation of master and slave
The day is not far distant when this section
will be the great centre of civilization, of tht
arts and sciences, and of true religion Time
was when the tide of emigration ran westward
the time will soon be when it will run south
ward. Let us go on with our mighty work
To talk about breaking up government lilz,
this for slavery Tis madness. Let it go OF
with its great mission.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

GREAT FIRE. Colts immense pistol factory
at Hartford, Conn. was entirely destroyed by
fire, on the 9TH instant, except one building.
The loss it is supposed, will exceed half a mil
lion of dollars-S75,O00 insured. Several
lives we're lost by the falling in of the roof of
one Of the buildings.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

q. S. POSTAL SYsTEM.-By the report of
the Postmaster General we learn that for the
first time in many years our postal system
may be regarded as self-sustaining. That isg
the Government receives in postage just
about enough to pay the expenses of sending
out mail matter over the entire domain. Our
great drawback in former times was that
the SoutherH States yielded but a very small
revenue towards paying their proportion of
the Postal expenses. In other words, the
Southern capacity for gettiDglfat contracts out
of the General Government Ifor mail delivery
was much more largely developed than their
capacity for paying postage. Secession took
a very heavy load off the Postal Department.
We presume it will return with "the restored
Union until the Southern colored population
learn to read and write. The entire expense
of the Department is $11 ,314 ,206. The num-
ber of Post Offices is 29,047. The number
of Dead Letters received during the year was
over 2,5oO,OO0 They enclosed money to the
amount of ST., 7,961. OF this amount $63, ,627
were finally delivered to their rightful own
ers.
The number of letters sent to the Dead
Letter Office because postage was not pre-
paid, or because of imperfect or illegible d.
rections upon them, was 196,4l4; of these
nearly 1000 qcere SOithout any direction
lUtatever; and some of them contained money
or other articles of value. We believe that
80 out of every 100 case of irregularity in
the delivery of letters are due to those who
carelessy mis-direct them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

The London Irdex, which is the organ of
JEFF. Davis in England, is preparing the un-
happy holders of the i" cotton loan for loss
of their security. 1t asserts that the " block
ade-runuing is an unmitigated evil to the
/" Confederacy )" that it draws out the gold,
and thus forces the rebels to repudiate their
promised interest payments that it takes out
cotton to the benefit of private persons, but
with no advantage to the rebel Govern
ment )" and the bIockade-runners import lux
uries but no necessaries. Therefore, says the
Index, blockade-runners should be abolished,
an embargo laid on cotton, and the Rich
mond Government - should carry OF for it.
self the business of bIockade-running
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Executors Sale of Personal
Prop ertV,

FETIIE undersigned will sell at public sale, the sth
u day of March next on the premises OF Robert jam
ison deceased in Delaware township Delaware county
ing OF
One Of the best yoke of Oxen in the
county, Young Cattle, Sheep, Hay,
Corn, 2 Wag ons, Farming Uten-
sils, Potatoes, Books, &c. &c.
Sale to commence at 10 O'Clock a. m Terms made
known ut time Of sale. JAMES EATON,
Executor Of Robert Jamison deed
Delaware, Feb. 10, lsS4-3t
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

The conSeription act has finally got in a
shape where its passage may be regarded as
certain. The disagreements between the two
Houses have been arranged by committee
Of conference, whose report is in substance as
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Notice

rs hereby gwen that the 2d day OF February, ls6S
an application was filed wi IN the Clerk Of the Court
OF Common Pleas Of Delaware County, Ohio, asking that
the whole Of the town plat Of the Town OF Berlin, m
Berlin Township, in said County, and in Range lb'
Township l. Section . United States Military, be vaca-
said application will be heard at the next term
OF said Court.
GARPER X VAN nEAIAN,
Atty's for Petitioner
Feb. Il, lS54-5t 50 Ln
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Recruits Wanted,
An Az 4th Ohio Volnnteer Infantrr.

II OF Iue sui OnlO OluHle6E IulduAINs
FTfHE undersigned wishes TO secure immed iatcly
Il number OF Recruits for the 18th Regiment Ohio Vol
Infantry Those intending TO enter the service
should fail the important fact that the very
liberal bounties at present paid cease on the 1st OF
Narch and the 10th OF that month the dra for two
hundred thousand additional men commences. NOW,
therefore, is The time to volunteer, aud he IS unwise
who il liable do military service docs not improve
it, This fine Regiment holds ont strong inducements
to patriotic young 10 enter its ranks The Hleh-
EST B0UNTIES paid. For further particulars anpy 20
at Galena Serg't WM. CUTLER
Feb. u, Ig64-2t Recruiting omccr.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
For Sale.

- A LOT on Hill Street, Delaware, immediate
ItiiH IA ly west Of the Catholic Church. The Lot
llJ has on 1t two Houses-a Frame and a Brick-
The property will be sold entire divided, may be
desired For terms apply to Thomas Jones' on Winter
street. WM JAMESON, Ext.
Feb. 8, 1854 Of James Cherry, decd.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
PorIz. Lard. BACON.

WYE WERE VERY FORTUNATE in buying splendid
wv Lot OF Corn Fed Hogs, during the last packing
season. the greater pars OF hem being OF tHe Shn9 enu
Pork by the H. or bbt. Also large lot OF Beautiful
,,ers s. n. IITTELL4 SON.
Iulv1o 1891
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Governor Hamilton,

This gentleman one Of the staunch Union
men of Texas, in an address to the people of
that State, shows them what they have suffer
ed through the rule of JEFF. Davis, and how
promises made BY the rebel Government have
been unfulflled and the penalties that they
have suffered in consequence of rebellion; re-
feEs as follows to slavery in the South, how 1t
had grown TO be despotism in that State;
" In our own State, during the summer and
fall of 1860, according to the published &C
counts of the murderers themselves, two hun
dred and fifty of our citizens were hung as
felous, and thousands driven from their homes
and compelled TO leave the State, because they
we're suspected OF infdelity to slavery. And,
finally, gathering temerity from its successful
war upon the rights and lives of its citizens, ii
lifted its unholy hand to destroy the Govern
ment to whose protection it owed its power.
In its efforts to accomplish this, you have on
ly been considered as so much material to be
used.
If, then
you believe, as do, that the institution of
slavery has merited and invited it's own des-
truction, and that its doom. pronounced by the
sovereign power of the nation, is an act of
justice -attesting the presence OF an Omnipo-
tent band-then speak and act as men who
deserve freedom for themselves and tneir pos
| terity. The day Is near at hand when the
name Abolitionist will have ceased to be a
reproach, even in the South, and when chill
dren, now daily the subjects Of attempted in-
suit on account Of It's application to theil
fathers, viii thank God that they we're so re-
viled."
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
legal Notice.

Lewis W. Ashley,
vs. Court Of Common Pleas.
Ellen Benton, Nary Ben Delaware Co. Ohio
ton, ct al.
THIJEN Benton and her minor children Eitchell ana
II Arthur Benton, and Mary Ann Benton and her mi
children, Lydia and Eunice Ben0n and David Ben
ton Charles Benton and Byron Benton in the State OF
Illinois, will take notice that Lewis W. Ashley, OF the
county OF Union and State of Ohio 18th day
Of January, 1864 Gle his Petition in the Court OF
Pleas within and for the County Of Delaware and
State Of Ohio against the said Ellen Benton, Mitchell
Benton, A thur Benton. Mary Ann Benton, Lydia Ben
ton Eunice Benton David Benton, Charles Benton By
Benton Julia A Benton, Mary Benton Laura Ben
ton and Eunce Benton heirs at law Of William p. Ben
ton deceased, setting forth that the said William 2
Benton deceased in his lifetime gave mortgage to the
said Lewis W. Ashley nLots Nos 20, 81 and % in
the town or Ashley, Delaware county, Ohio; ALSO
Out-Lot ''M'' in said village OF Ashley, said out-Lot
containing and SO II perches OF land-to
the payment Of $50 ST. according certain notes
referred to in said mortgage and praying that the
Defendants pay to the said Lewis W Ashley the said
sum now claimed to be due to wit: SS6,67, with
al interest thereon from April 231, 1850; that the
said premises may be sold to pay the And the
said Defendants notified that they required to
appear and said Petition before the 18th
day Of March, 1864.
LEWIS W. ASHLEY
ByJ HIPPIE, mis- Attorney. ar..s
Jan. %, 1876 $500
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Livery and Sales Stables.
%
nUWLAP q ARMsTRONC

A tho American House Stables Delaware o. have
ia on hand a superior lot Of HORSES and VEHICLES,
and will all times be prepared 70 accommo date those
who may be pleased to favor them with a call
Special attention paid to the purchase and 50 ls Of
Horses.
November 13 1S6s-tf Il. aa.ral
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
For Sale.

$e@a A GOOD BRICK HOUSE AND LOT, situated
ii;ssH "A on William street The house contains Eve
.Ih rooms, with good WeH, Cistern, and abundance
OF Fruit Trees aud Grape Vines OF choice varieties.
Also, outlet containing nearly ono acre OF ground,
adoning the above lot, will be sold cheap for cash.
Enquire OF J. C. cox at True & Duniap's Shoe store.
Delaware, Feb Il, 1s6A-tf .r .-.#r
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
NEEDT,ES.

TTOR the Wheeler o. Wilson, Singer, Kelsey
! Pearl and Boudoir Sewing Machines OF the best
quality can always be found at No. g. Williams Block
NeedlesfOr any other Machines supplied on short ne
-ise '. fLAAI.
March 20 ,-6I. '+tf
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
TuRTHER PARr1cuLARs.

BALrnoTE, Feb. 1.-THE escaped Union
officers reached here this morning, and go to
Washington this afternoon, The account of
their escape is full of thrilling interest, but for
prudential reasons many particulars are with
held from publication at present. They were
ifty-one days making a tunnel. Having
managed to find access to the cellar, they COM
menced work, relieving one another as opor-
tunity offered, Their instruments were case
knives, pocket-knives, chisels, and files
Twice they bad to abandon their work and
commence anew, on account of meeting OBJ
structions which they could not pass. They
had hoped to avail themselves of a culyert, but
found it impracticabIe. After getting through
the wall, they disposed of the excaVated soil
by drawing it out in spittoop, which they
attached to cord. This would be filed by
the party at work in the tunnel, and pulled
out into the cellar by their companions, who
disposed of it by spreading it in shallow layers
over the floor, concealing it beneath the straw.
The work Was necessarily very slow. So
close was the atmosphere in the tunnel, that
they could remain in it but few minutes at
q time, and their candles would go out. At
one time they got 80 near the bend of the
street that small hole about the size of
stove-pipe, broke through, but fortunately
this was not discovered BY the guard, and was
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

Il to meet at the onlce Of Carper & Van Deman, on
the goth day OF February, 1854, at 10 O'Clock M
jan. %, 1se4.-4t -J,D VAN DEAlAN, sec'y.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
LIST NUMBER Z.
Advertised Letters

n EMAINING IN THE POST OFFICE AT DELAWARE
IO Ohio. on the 18th Of February, 1864
Bartlett Daniel johnson Miss Caty
Baer Charles A Jones John
Bartlett Miss Mary A-2;Knowlton
Barber Miss Maria J Keeney Charles
Benson Miss Clarrissa Link & u
Boyer Adam .l McIlvain Mr. -
Bowersmith ], McBIahon Mathew
Brown Ester McLarey ROckzilla
Brown John McLarey William
Garrett John d McFadden James-3
Campbell G w d. McFadden Williams
Cargo Miss Mary Ann Maxfeld Catharine
Coon Ezra S Mayo w ..r
Cookten Peter Meighan Owen
Croak Miss Mary oliver Mrs Nancy
Croak Thomas Pharbys William
Davies Mrs Anne, (care Petts Andrew
Jas Bevan) Phillip Miss Margaret
Davis Miss Annie RAIDER Nicholas
Daniels Miss Nora Saunders Humphrey
Darlington William Sabns Mrs Manda
Dav Mrs Elizabeth Scott I S
Dillon William B Shearer w H-3
Dinloma Miss Mary Sl1urrs Mary
Edwards Samuel Sturdevant Henry
Edwards Mrs Ellen Sparks Ell
Evans Mrs Mary Sparks Charlie
Forester Miss Mollie Strain John
Gardner Isaac !Tipton John
Harman Estella B Terry William
Hack Mrs John Tibballs William
Howard Lieut., 182d regWorline John
Husbands 7 O-4
E3- Office hours Opens 80 a. m.-clOses p. m
Persons calling for following letters will please
give NUMBER of list and DATE Of advertising,
Feb 10, 1864. 20 A. THOMSON. P. N
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Executor's Notice.

IHE undersigned has been duly appointed and quail
i ned as Executor on the Estate OF Robert Jamison.
late or Delaware county, Ohio deceased. All persons
indebted to said Estate required TO make payment
in compliance with the law in such cases made and
provided; aud all persons having claims against said
Estate required to present the duly auihent
Gated within year.
JAMES EATON, Executor OF the last
... will and testament Of Robert Jamsons dec ID
Feb. u, 1S64.-3t
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
SHERIFF. SALE.

Geo Bliss & Col RY virtue or an erdero
~ sale % me directed by
George W. Little Ct al. tho Court Of Common Pteas
Of Delaware county Ohio shall Offer at public sale at
the door Of the Court House in Delaware, ON
Saturday, February goth, 1864.
at one O'Clock p m. tho following described Real Es
tate wit ;stuate in the township OF Delaware,
u Delaware and state OF Ohio aud being a part of
In-Iot No. IS as numbered the original recorded
plat Of the Town OF Delaware bounded follows:
ginning at point IN the west line OF Sandusky street
and east line Of said lot Al 4 feet south from the north
east corner Of said lot and south west corner Of san
dusky and Winter streets thence south with tho wer
line ofSandusky street 81 feet; thence parallel vii
the east line lo6 feet; thence north 81 feet thence
$500. -
Jan. s, 1854 $3.50
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

lust received, cases Of the above in oil. Il vii
J stand better than any Green Paint In use and
June Is is62 c. c. CHAMBERLAIN.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Renort

F tho Treasurer OF the Delaware County AgrIcultu-
u raj Society FOR the year ending Dec s1st, 1868.
DIR.
Cash received for use Of Fair Grounds $1,000
.. from membo borships, at 81 0O.... 741 90
is6S'..-....es..i....... soe,75
from gates aud other sources,.. 60,oO
--.r.... s114s as
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Lost.

IN the 18th OF Feb. inst, between Delhi aud Della
" ware, or in Delaware as got out OF the wagon when
arrived in town, my Pocket Book, containing Seventy
Dollars-one dfy dollar note, balance in lives all
Treasury Notes. Any person finding the same and re-
tu rning 1t TO me will he literally rewarded
THOM AS EEAnIEY.
Radnor, Feb. 10, 1S64.-lo
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

By amount overpaid from last year,.... S2I,o9
for 1868, ....................... 4s5,A
q paid Premium list for same year,
S715 80, deduoting the following
premiums nncailed for: Robert Nc
Kinnie 90 F. r. Thompson 800,
N. Miller l .oS2s2O 90, COS so
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

A barn attached to Farmers Hotel, 10 Chi
cago, was burned on the 18th, and so Idle r
name unknown, twelve horses and some other
stock, burned in it. 1t is supposed that the SOL
dier was murdered and robbed. and the barn
burned to conceal the crime. -, a....
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

The Richmond Enquirer of the 9th, says
the Confederate Congress has got in pet
with the newspaper men, and will conscript
all below forty-fve years of age, making it ne
cessary to suspend all papers except such as
are necessary to do the public printing
There are now but thirty-fve papers in the
COnfederacy, I
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
s1265.os

Lsav ing balance due the Treasurer, s575
y. .."r r. f HILLS, Treasurer.
Delaware, Feb T. 1864
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
Acting Rear Admira

The Green Bay Wisconsin, Advocate re-
cords the death, in the town of Bellevue,
Brown county, of Charlotte Rurcha, aged one
hundred and twenty-five years. The Advo-
cate says: '' We believe she was born near
Green Bay, had gone through many of the
Indian wars, and in one desperate struggle
had both her ears cut off. -
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
window Glass.
Tmperlal Erench GRreen.

TUsT received = good stock of the Best City
q Dec q, !. .'5o. az Q. c.cHANBERLAIH
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

Governor Solomon, of Wisconsin, and Gov
ernor Curtin, of Pennsylvania, have arrived at
Washington. A number OF other Governors
are also expected. It is understood they are
in that city for the purpose of comforting with
the authorities upon the re-flling of old regi-
ments, and recruiting under the new order for
five hundred thousand men, ..-...
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19
a Farm for Sale

Nd0NTAINTNG SO Acres-SO of which are cleared-sit-
" uated within three miles of Delaware Terms easy
All information necessary be had by calling A.
A Wech.
Feb 10, 1s64.-5t JOHN MOSS.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

The Danish army in the eld.commanded by
De Meza, is as follows Infantry, eighteen
regiments, of two thousands each, thirty-six
thousand. Cavalry, six regiments Of six hun
dred each, three thousand and six hundred
Artillery, seven field batteries of one hundred
and thirty each. Total, forty thousand five
hundred and ten. The main force is concen-
trated in the city of Schleswig.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

While our old soldiers are re-enlisting by
regiments, the rebel soldiers are desertiug by
fifties and by hundreds to our lines If these
processes go on till spring, we shall have no
cause to complain.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

An alfray occurred in Muskingum county,
not far from Za1esville, a few evenings since,
in which man named james Canada was
stabbed to death by his adversary, one Robert
Crawford. The latter was arrested aud bound
over to Court.
y merchant of Philadelphia, who a few
years ago was reported to be wealthy,and MAX
lag annually from five to ten thousand dollars,
is now driver on passenger railroad car at
nine dollars per week.
According to a communication from the
rebel Secretary of the Treasury, laid before
the Senate at Richmond, the Confederate debt
is now over one thousand and two hundred
and ten million dollars.
There are five thousand two hundred and
fifty-four rebel prisoners at Camp Douglas,
Chicago. Among them are probably fifty
boys under seventeen years of age. In one
regiment there is one boy of fourteen, two Of
sixteen and five others but little il any older.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

A family in Portland, Maine, came very
near having horrible tragedy QUE day last
week a discharged servant girl took her
leave in the morning, after having filled the
tea-kettle for breakfast. A lucky suspicion
caused an examination of the water, which
was found to be solution of arsenic, strong
enough to have killed the whole family, if
their coffee had been made without interrupt
ton.
A most disastrous fire occurred at Hart
ford, Coma, on the 9th. One of the buildings
Of Colts Arm Factory-that in which the
pistols were made, was burned. The loss will
reach two million dollors, on which there is
about four hundred thousand dollars insurance.
Nine hundred workmen have been thrown out
of employment. The origin of the fire is not
known. One man was killed and another
is reported missing.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

, EIAINING IN THE POST OFFICE AT DELAWARE
10 Ohio. on the 18th OF February, 1864.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-02-19

E9- Office hours Opens 7.3O a. m.-closes p. m
Persons calling for the following letters will please
give NUMBER of list and DATE Of advertising
Feb 10, 1864. 76 A. THOMSON. P. n