Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-11-10
zHE NEWS.

minister Abbey on the 9th ult It wal
understood at date of last advices from
England that Earl Russell, present Min
lister of Foreign Affairs, would succeed
to the Premiership.
Major Gee, the rebel commandant Of
the prison at Salisbury, where our prison
ers were treated nearly if not quite as bad
as at AndersonviIIe. was arrested recently
in,Florida and has been committed to the
Old Capitol prison. 1t is said he viii be
brought to trial as soon as Wirz is final
ly disposed Of.
An order was issued at Washington on
the 7th inst, mastering out of service
forty-two Paymasters and thirteen Sur
geona, their services being no longer re-
quired.
A report having gained circulation in
Alabama, that the freedmen Of that State
were arming themselves to enforce COM
pliance with their fancy that on the 1st
Of January they are to receive portion
Of the land owned by their late masters,
the Mobile Times says that after an in
vestigation, no foundation is found for
such statement"
The ChickasaW Indians, many of whom
are slave holders, have recently held a
council and resolved to liberate all their
bondmen. They took sides with the reb-
els, and in common viii them have to pay
the penalty of defeat
A terrific gale occurred on Lake Onta-
rio on the 9th and 7th inst. Numerous
vessels were wrecked and a number of
lives lost
A large number of female clerks en-
ployed in the Department of the Interior
at Washington, have received notice that
their services are to be dispensed with
It is said the same class Of clerks in the
Treasury Department are also likely to
receive similar notification.
The number of students at present in
attendance at OberIin College is 1920, of
when $50 are males and 484 females
The institution is in highly fourishing
condition.
Dr. ]. F. Boynton, of Syracuse, N. Y,
and Miss Mary w. Allen, of st. Louis,
were married at New York. on the 8th in
slant, the ceremony taking place in the
balloon Of Prof. Lowe during an ascen-
sion.
The sense Of the officers and men com
posing the Veteran Reserve Corps having
recently been taken to ascertain their
wishes in reference to being mustered out
of the service, the officers almost unani-
mously voted nay, and the men with equal
unanimity voted yea. All whe expressed
a wish to be mustered out will be dis
charged, which will leave the corps an
abundance of officers but no men.
The Georgia Constitutional Convention
on the 9TH inst, passed by vote of 133
to III an ordinance repudiating the rebel
war debt.
The President has approved the finding
of the Military Commission that tried
Wirz. Thelsentence is death by hanging,
and it is understood the execution is to
take place to-day.
The land upon which the two last State
Fairs were held, known as Stewards
Grove was sold few days since to VIM.
D. Deshler, of Columbus. for $4,000
cash, being at the rate of about $500 per
acre.
The average Union majority in this
State for eight successive years, with the
exception Of 1862, is about 10000. In
1862 the Democratic majority was $500.
The effect of slavery on the general in
telligence of community in which it ex-
lists is illustrated by the fact stated in
recent address of the State Teachers As
sociation of Tennessee, that there are in
that State $4,000 adults who can neither
read nor write, and over 100000 children
are without school advantages.
The Episcopal Recorder. Philadelphia,
and tbs Western Episcopalian, reprobate
in strong terms the late coWardly action
or rather want of action. on the part of
the General Convention. The sub
serviency of that body to the Southern
delegates bore remarkable resemblance
to the syeophancy of Northern Demo
cratic Congressman during the days when
the representatives of slavery cracked
their whips and gave daily exhibitions of
plantation manners in the National Leg
islature.