Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-11-17

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The vote indicates population of about
$4,000, of whom 5000 are Mexicans.
The Times Washington special correspOn-
dent on the course of the Clerk of the
House, says -" We can state upon the
authority of Hon. Edward Mcpherson, late
Clerk of the House of Representatives, that
he will not enter upon the roll of members
of the next House, nor call the names of
gentlemen who may present themselves as
Representatives from the States lately in
rebellion. So far as Mr. Mcpherson is con
cerned, these claimants of seats in the next
Congress will be required to present their
credentials to the House of Representatives,
and await the action of that body to deter
mine whether they shall take their seats as
members of Congress.
A sad case of destitutiOn was brought to
light on Monday in Williamsburgh, N. Y
A German family, consisting of man named
Rafel, his wife and four children, lately ar
rived in this country, and found shelter in
the basement of house in Richardson Street
Without friends, the poor creatures fell vic
Tins TO their poverty The woman died on
Sunday night of starvation, and her husband
is reduced almost to skeleton The cond-
tion Of the four children-the eldest of whom
is but five years of age-was scarcely better
than that of their surviving parent.
Another conflict between the civil and
military authorities in Chattanooga has oc-
Cured. Gen. Thomas refusing to obey a
writ of Habeas Corpus calling for one Bart
Vinson, charged with the murder of col
ored soldier
St. Georges Episcopal Church, of which
Rev. DR.. Tying is pastor, corner of Sixteenth
Street and Stuyvesant Square, New York,
was destroyed by fire on Tuesday afternoon.
The loss by the destruction of this splendid
Church is estimated at 100000, on which
there is $4,000 insurance. The walls and
towers are standing.
The Trenton Republican states that the
Democrats in New Jersey charge their de-
feat upon the Fenians, who, they say, voted
bodily against Gen. Runyon.
There was large fire at Avondale, Pa, on
Monday, by which the Strathaven Mills and
two dwellings were destroyed. The pro-
perty was owned by Miss Ellen Patterson
and Mr. Robert Patterson, of Philadelphia.
The fire is supposed to have been the work
of an incendiary. Loss about $4,000.
telegram from Raleigh to The RichmORd
Republic announces the certain defeat of Mr..
Holden, the Administration candidate for
Governor of North Carolina. The SUCCESS
fql candidate, Jonathan Worth, Esq, is an
Old-Line Wing.
The New York Tribune in speaking of
the recent rumors in reference to Canadian
affairs, says:-There are many rumors here
and in Canada in reference to the suspicious
and threatening movement of American
troops toward the Canada frontier. One
rumor is that this trouble arises from the
Fenian movement; another that there is some
little trouble about the return of the English
deserters from Maine. We have dispatch
from Washington, however, which gives the
consoling assurance that these rumors are
like rumors generally-merely bubbles, with
nothing in them
European adyices of the 9Th inst. have
been received by the steamer Persia, at New
York. The British Cabinet has not vet
formed. Minister Adams, it is reported,
will relinquish his post and return home in
the spring. A special commission for the
trial of Fenians in Dublin has been issued.-
Some cases Of cholera have occurred al
Woolwich, England Two cases have oc
CURED at Barnsley, England. The Frankfort
Senate still refuses to accede to the demand o.
the great German Powers II is renortad II, q,
Austria and Prussia are in favor of a division
OF the federal laws governing public associa
tons A recruiting order has been issued il
Russia A new Ministry has been formed
in Greece. The Spanish government has
Joined the Constantinople sanitary commits
sion. The Danish Ministry has resigned
The preliminaries of treaty of commerc,
between England and Austria have beei
concluded