Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-08

/ The, SteubsnviIle Herald savsfhere ap-
1pears TO be a more than tusuaI demand for
wool We have heard of number OF
sales that took place rerently attolerably
fair figures. At GaFrelton, last week,
medium grades were bringing about 30 cts.
a pound. .a3tA ~ 's7nSisA80
The conduct Of British officers III Sup
pressing the revolt in j amacia excites va
rIous comments in England. The Times
| thinks it was all right, proper, and COM
Imendable. The London Star expresses
the utmost Indignation at the eruelties
practioed by tho English officials. Ism
The official vote in Pennsylvania gives
the Union candidates 22 600 majority
| 238, 400 votes were forrthe Union ticket
and 2l5,74O for the Democratic.
| The Episcopal General Convention in
| Philadelphia were very jealous and fra
ternal in trying to prove that the rebel
iious Bishop Wilmer, of Alabama, was
not foreign bishop, The late council Of
Southern dioceses held at Augusta, Ga,
thought otherwise. 1t affirmed that Will
mer was, and still is, foreign bishop.
having been eonsecrated while the de fac
to Confederate Government was in power.
and was therefore under no obligations to
pray for the President of the United
States. sir
Dr. Chambers, of Kingston, N. y. was
beset by. two stout highwaymen In lone
ly part of the read, a few nights since,
and his money demanded. The doctor
said: We'll, if must give up my money.
I'd better do it." So he quietly took off
his glove, and putting his hand into his
side pocket, he drew out-not his pocket
book, but a neat revolver, and bringing it
to bear in an instant, he shot one OF the
robbers dead. The other rufian then
fired at the doctor, but the ball went
harmlessly through his hat The doctor
then took his turn again and wounded the
fellow severely. He then rode back to
Kingston and made known the facts, but
on returning the wounded man had escap-
ed I9na sli i4,efS'f
The Commissioner Of Internal Revenue
has decided as to the amount of stamp
duty on deed Of trust or mortgage given
by the Atlantic &fGreat Western Railroad
Company to John r. Penn, trustee of the
City of New York, banker, in answer to
an inquiry if 81 600 in internal revenue
stamps was sufficient to cover the, same,
the entire amount of the mortgage being
10000 600, that it would require internal
revenue stamps to the amount Of $4,000,
and if said stamps were not affixed there
to, the bonds of said railroad company
would be invalid.
CHANGE OF CLERKs.-Mr. o. Cole,
Chief Clerk in the State Auditors Office,
having resigned his position, DR.. lanes
Williams has been appointed in his stead
DR.. Williams has been employed in the
Auditors Office for the last ten years, and
is an able, genial, and courteous gentle
man. His appointment cannot but give
satisfaction to all.-State Journal. ea1dt
The Secretary of War has ordered that
all enlisted men of the volunteer service
now imprisoned by reason of having been
found guilty of deserting, be Immediately
released from custody, and furnished
transportation to enable them to go to the
chief mastering officer of their respective
States, who will furnish them with dis
charge, with the facts of the case indorsed
thereon, including the crime, sentence.
&c, and such other papers as they may be
entitled to. In cases where no pay is due
transportation will be furnished to their
homes. This order will be understood to
apply to all enlisted volunteers of the
class in question, of whatsoever corps or
arm of service. 3 f+-'
r A painful accident occurred near Ches
terfeld, Morgan county, last month A
young man by the name of Clements, for
merly of the 25th Ohio, who was engaged
to be married to Miss Baily. was paving a
having his gun loaded, and was about
leaving the house when the young lady
caught hold of him, remarking that she
must kiss him as he might get killed be-
fore returning, when In. the act of turn
ing toward her the lock of the gun caught
on something near, snapped, and discharg-
ed the ball through the back of her head,
killing her instantly. a4
Colorado, the new State which has
lately elected Union delegates to Congress-
stretches some 400miles from east to west.
by not quite three hundred from north
to south, and contains about 100000
square miles. The Rocky Mountains
traverse its entire length, giVingrise with
in its boundaries to the Rio Grande del
Norte, to the Colorado. the Arkansas, the
Kansas, and the Platte It was first ex-
plOred in 1905.
A new dodge in smuggling whisky over
the Canada border has been detected
Thirty-two women, each with what seem
ed to be baby in hee arms, were arrested
on one railroad train, when it was found
that the supposed babies were cans con
tanning whisky. Whisky in gun barrels
or in burial cases, is excusable, but whis-
Ky in baby clothes is entirely out Of or
der. il