Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-08-08
General gews.


flowing and burning.
Workmen are now engaged in remoV-
ing the woodwork, furniture, &C., from
Ford's Theatre preparatory to its being
remodeled as 6re-proof building for the
reception of the archives of the late rebel
government. The alterations are being |
made under the supervision of Mr. CLARK,
the architect of the Capitol extension.
At the Yale College commencement
dinner, General Ullman said he was au-
thorized by the Secretary of War, few
days ago, to say that there had been
recently disbanded, or were now in pro-
cess of disbandment, 7s2,542 soldiers,
and that we had million of men in the
field when Lee surrendered.
Mrs Hayden a smart old lady Of
seventy-fve, in Baintree, Mass, was out
berrying last Wednesday, when she caught
sight of rattlesnake, with raised head,
about ready for a spring. Selling
stick, she thrust it down his throat, thus
holding him to the ground then draw
ing a stone to her by aid of her foot, she,
with stick and stone, dispatched the "var-
mint" bysevering the head from the body.
Shouldering the snake, she started for
home with pail Of berries in each hand,
but confesses to be a "little startled"
when the headless body was suddenly
coiled around her throat, and concluded
to transport her prize some other way.
The snake measured nearly five feet, and
had ten rattles.
The U. S. frigate Congress was raised
on the morning of the Sd.
About lsO captured guns were sold at
auction, at Fortress Monroe, on the Sd,
Consul General Hale, at Alexandria,
Egypt, in an official dispatch to the State
Department, gives vivid picture of the
raVages of the cholera in that city
There were seventeen hundred and eighty
five deaths from June 2sth to the It'll
of July 1t is estimated that more thar
thirty thousand persons have left Alexan
andria since the malady appeared, on tn,
llth of June, up TO the 7th nlt. TIL
most distressing reports are received fror
the interior.
General John NJ. Palmer commandinJ
in Kentucky, has written letter to Pre-
sident johnson, giving the result of hi
policy relative to the negroes.
Gen. Fisk, Assistant Commissioner 0
Freedmen and Refugees reports tina
there is a great amount of swindlinj
among the people of the south in drawing
rations. He mentions Georgia and Ala
bama as especially bad, and thinks tn
donation Of food needless and of ba,
effect
Lieut.. Gen. Grant is at Quebec, an
receives attentions from the British of
cials there.
The Newfoundland cable, just ishe
up, is found to be too rotten for use.
has been laid for some years.
The President has nearly recovered
and has pardoned Bishop Lynch, of Sout
Carolina, and Mr.. Slocum, of New o.
leans.
The Postmaster General has ordere
mail service from Mobile to Columbu
KY, and to other prominent souther
towns.
The Atlantic cable, after having ha
some defects discovered and REPAIRED
was being laid on the 25th of July wit
success
The French elections are again favors
BILE to the government. Spain has recol
nized the Kingdom of Italy, and Franc
and Spain have ratified treaty for re
dueing the customs tariff.
The cholera is subsiding in Egypt
The King of Prussia will sanction Il
budget of 1865, and the Reichsrath
prorogued. There has been some tro
BILE in Berlin, growing out of the CLAIM
OF the workingmen to assemble in publ
The workmen were dispersed by soldier
and quiet SO restored.
Our consul at Port Mahon saws Il
people there dread the cholera.
The City Of Boston brings Liyerpo
dates to the a7th-one day later Al
other defect had been found and remedi,
in the Atlantic cable about eighty mil
from shore. The steamer then advance
On the 9th the Great Eastern was aC
miles from land Mr.. Field expected
reach Hearts Content on the 9th, so tb
we may expect news of her arrival dai
The net Liberal gain in the late Parl
mentary elections is from twenty to TIVE
, ty-four. A report is renewed that Lo
falmerston will retire before Parliame
conVenes, in favor of Mr.. Gladstone, wi
Will yield to Lord Granville. Dipl
matte relations will be renewed betye
England and Brazil, the latter having a
copied the'former's conditions. There
report that civil war has recommenc,
In japan.
All applications to visit JEFF. Davis a
refused, and one from bis family physiCir
mas just been denied, because he is n
suffering from his present treatment.
The General commanding in Texas h
been ordered to forbear from any form
Intervention in Mexican matters. Pre-,