Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-10-13
THB NEWS.


Mr.. Hooper, the recently appointed
State Treasurer, on taking charge Of the
Office. gave DR.. Dorsey a receipt Tor
the full amount of funds shown to be
duet State by the books Of the Audi
tor and Comptroller,
The Soldiers Home, near Columbus,
was organized last week by the election
Of ofhcers, aud in a few weeks will be
ready to receive and care for those enti-
tied to become inmates
Hon. WIN. J, DUANE. died at al adj
vaDced age a few days since at his resi-
dence in Philadelphia. He was Secretary
of the Treasury under Gen. Jackson.
and was noted for his refusal to remoVe
the public deposits from the u S. Bank,
which led to his resignation and the APP
pointment Of Roger B. fancy as his
successor.
Gen. Thomas is not disposed to toll
crate reasonable demonstrations in his
Department, now that the rebellion is
crushed. He ordered the arrest of the
Episcopal Bishop Of Alabama and forbid
the clergy officiating because of their re-
~
fusaI te use1the prayer for the President
o fthe Tinted States in their public min
istrations.
The election for Governor in Missis-
sippi resulted in~2thesuceess of Gen.Hum-
phreys, who figured as an officer in the
rebel army. His competitor was Judge
Fisher Gsssi9 aT5aL s.
ArtheS6utherR States that shave yet
actsdih the matter have made the white
population the basis MISREPRESENTATION in
their State legislatures Should this
rude be applied IN regard to representa-
ti5ninaC Congress, they could NOT r~easona-
blyscomplain.
A vote was taken afeW days since in
Connections ona proposition to amend
the Constitution so as to permit blacks
to vote. and was defeated byaa majority
lof6,412.
Ithas beenrecently stated that JUAREz
had fed from Mexico, and abandoned
the country to the Inperialists. Mr..
NAVARRE, the Mexican Consul General
positively denies the report.
Prof J.G WATSON. of the Ann Arbor
Mich.1 University announces that he
has discovered q new plant which shines
Ikea star Of the 81 magnitude. and is
situated on the right ascension fourteen
degrees and forty-ive minutes, and in
decl~ensi0nsix degrees north.
The steamer Tycoon, bound from Mem
phis to Louisville. was burned at Little
Prairie Bend, on the Mississippi, Mon
day evening, With a cargo of 1900 bales
of cotton. No lives lost.
The assessment ofthe real and personal
property of Chicago has just been pub
lished. The total amount is $64,703,600
ofswhich &4,058, 922 is real and SIC, 644
678 is personal. In 1864 the total valu-
alton was $40, 1872 1872.
An earthquake occurred in California
on Sunday last, causing considerable de-
struetion of property. The damage is es-
timated at sl0,000. Several slighter shocks
have been experienced since.
The President has recently restored the
estates of quite a number of Virginia reb-
els. He has also ordered the Freedmenas
Bureau to give up to Its former owner
the estate of John Sothren, of Maryland,
the man who murdered an of1cer OF a
colored regiment sometime since, and is
now a refugee in Canada
The notorious guerilla Champ Fergu-
son has been sentenced to be hung on the
10th inst. at Nashville, Tenn. This
bloodthirsty wretch boasts Of the murder
ofoyer a hundred Union meu.
AT the recent charter election in New
ark, New Jersey the Union ticket was
elected by from 500 to 500 majority
gain of 500 since last year.
Alex. III STEPHENS. and his associates,
John A. Campbell, John H. Regap. Geo.
A. Trenholm, and Chas. CLARK, we're re-
leased from prison Wednesday by order
ofthe President, and permitted to return
to their several States on parole.
Advices from the plains. report the In
dians as becoming more troublesome.