Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1864-01-08
NEWS BREVITIES.

las inst died IN w ashington, OF OmAli- poA.-
He was resident of Portsmouth Va.
On last Saturday ifty-seven wagon loads
Of wood were brought into Ashland, o., by
the farmers of the county for the soldiers fam
lilies and the poor Of the city.
There are six United States general hospi-
tails in Ohio, capable Of accommodating three
thousand six hundred and ninety-eight pa
tients.
Gold had taken fall in Riohnond SO they
say. 1t was selling at only $3.50, Confed
crate currency for 81 in gold.
The cattle disease has made it's appearance.
in Littleton, Massachusetts, in the last few
days. Que person had been obliged to kin
sixteen head of cattle.
The Peterhofr. captured from British
crew for running the blockade, has been con
verted into 6rst-class, United States war
steamer, and was put in commission at the
Brooklyn Navy Yard on the 2lst, inst.
The entire population OF the fifteen Slave
States barely exceeds IL Millions, whereof
bus Millions are this day under the Confed-
crate flag, of whom nearly or quite millions
are slaves. There are not to-day Millions
of free persons in the actual COnfederacy, Of
whom not millions can read and write.
Streelsr, the murderer, sentenced 10 be hung
Jan. 10Th, who escaped from Medina Jail, was
caught in the barn Of cousin in Summit
County He was secreted in q NOW Of oats
in the bundle. Two men, Suspectiug his
whereabouts watched the barn several days
and nights before they found the prisoner.
By ORDER Of Gen. Grant, the sale Of whisky
either by wholesale or retail, has been pro
hibited at Nashville.
North Carolina officers and soldiers are
eeming iuto our lines, availing themselves OF
the provisions Of the Presidents amnesty
proclamation.
Seven thousand dollars worth of shoes,
stockings and clothing are on their way to
the Western Sanitary Commission for the
freedmen in the Mississippi valley. The shoes
were captured on the blockade runners.
Since the occupation Of Little Rock, Ark. e.,
by our forces, 1000 persons have come in
from the surrounding country, 5000 of whom
ent says that in less than twelve months Ark
ansas, will have a free State Constitution,
and be identified cordially with the anti-sla-
very cause.
A LARGE SToGK .OwNER.-Abel Stearns,
of Los Angeles, Cal, lost about 1000 head
OF cattle, through the want Of food, during
the last few months. That gentleman is be-
lieved to be the largest stock and land owner
in the United States. He owns this year
$4,000 cattle, besides 5000 calves.
Privates Edward Rookey, company G, 92d
New Y York Vol, and George N. Sullivan,
company D, 5th Rhode Island Artillery, have
been sentenced to be shot to death by mus
kerry, at Newbern, n. g., for the crime Of
desertion. The sentences have been approved
by Maj. Gen. Butler.
The sentence of a court-martial, consigning
two rebel recruiting agents, Maj. Thos. D.
Armesy, and Lieut.. Samuel Davis, to Is years
atshar4 labor in Fort Warren, has been ap-
proved by the Secretary Of War. They were
caught while recruiting for the rebel army
within the Federal lines.
The IMPORTANCE OF PAYING THE POSTAGE
IN FULL.-The law is, when anything is put
into the poStoffice underpaid, the sum which
remains due shall be paid double by the receiv-
er. Thus, if John S NTH send Jim Jones a
letter rated at cents, but pays 3 cents only,
it is not kept back like an unpaid letter, but
Jim Jones at the end has six cents to pay
and SO Of all packages through the mail
This extra charge of 33 per cent. we suppose,
is to make people more careful to know that
they pay enough, and to compensate for ex-
/ ira trouble and risk. Letters are three cents
per half ounce-6 cents per ounce-and 80 on,
each fraction ever one-half ounce or one ounce
counting three cents.
4 terrible tragedy took place at Shelby
vile. Indiana, on Monday. A crazy Tennes-
seean had been lodged in the county jail, in
which were also placed two boys charged with
minor ofenGeS. During the night, says the
Lafayette Courier, the lunatic killed both the
boys, cutting their throats from ear to ear.
One of them was evidently killed while asleep.
the other had apparently been murdered after
desperate struggle with the maniac, and was
terribly mAngled about the face.
A FAoT.-As culinary preparation, Her
rick Aliens Gold Medal Saleratus ia infaHi-
bic. II has great advantages over yeast fer
msntation, and will make twenty-five pounds
more Bread or biscuit from the same barrel
of -four, and much bettsr Il retains all the
glutinous starch and sugar that is in the -four,
and from two-and-Ahaf pounds of -four will
make ee-apd-a-balf pounds Of Bread or
Biscuit, while the same quantity by yeast fer
| mentatiod, will make only tri1e over three
pounds, and require more than twice the
quantity OF shortening, besides being so much
more unhealthy. Try ii and be convinced.
A SUCCESSFUL MEEcHANT.-The success
ful merchant is always the one who keeps the
best class of goods of all kinds, and as many
of them are aware of the fact, they keep the
Chemical Salerstus, manufactured by D. B.
Deland & Co., at Fairport, Monroe Co., N.
Y. For sale by most wholesale and retail
dealers in the country.
A recent Salt Lake City letter speaks OF
the new theater erected by the Mormons as
one of the finest in the Uuion and adds:
Last night counted in Brigham Youug's
family box ninety-three women and children
and the box was not near full. He occupied
an elegant private box with bis two avorite
wives.
We learn from Chattanooga that 10000
rebels we're at or near Dalton, Ga. They were
fortifying Rome, Resaca, aud Atlanta. The
Union army at ChattanoOga and thereabouts
has gone into Winter quarters.
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