Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-09-01

0ON ERNMENT FARMS IN MARYLAND.
The lands taken possession of by the
Government as farms for the freedmen in
( St Marys county, in this State, consti-
t9te some thirty thousand acres, on the
Patuxent, which belonged to Cob Soth-
oron and Joseph Forrest. They are
tlHed by some seven to eight hundred
freedmen, in Government employ-the
whole under charge of Lieut.. e. f.
o Brien, as superintendent for the bureau
of refugees, freedmen and abandoned
lands. Twenty-Five hundred acres of
rich land are now under cultivation,
mostly IN corn and tobacco, and the
crops promise we'll. The feld-hand re-
ceives $40 per month, while the gangs
man, a colored man at the head of %
or 30 others gets $15. The dependents
or those who are unable to perform any
labor, receive their rations and clothing,
the children being sent to school to a
teacher engaged for the purpose: De-
llnquencles IN labor are punished by de-
ductions from wages, and strict disci-
pine entorced-B Baltimore San.
WEST VIRGINIA Or WELLS FAIL
ING.-The Pittsburg Chronicle learns
from friend who recently spent some
months In the Western Virginia oil re-
! gions, that there is decided falling off
IN the quantity ofoil produced from the
oil wells in that region He mentions
the famous -Luellen we'll as a striking
instance. That well was at first a flow
ing well, producing such prodigious
| quantities of oil as to render it impossi-
bic for a long time, to procure vessels to
contain it-haEing flowed, if we reccol-
lect right, at the rate of a thousand bar
rels Of oil in twenty-four hours Its
sale realized a splendid fortune to its
owner. 1t is said. now to have wholly
falled and to be. Abandoned Many orc,
/ clI.
wells, are said to be IN the same eondi-
ton, or nearlyso-
SLAVERY PRoGREss. The best
news lately received from Europe Is to
the effect that King Louis of Portugal,
when closing the Cortes, promised strict
law for the final abolition of negro slave
ry within his dominions. This actually
means in his colonial possessions the
Cape de Yerd Islands, Madeira and st.
Thomas; in the Azores in Senegal, IAN
COLA, Guinea, and Mozambique; in the
East indies; in the Indian Archipelago,
and at Macao in China. The whole Of
this colonial population exceeds three
millions and half, We have no doubt
that the recent abolition of slavery in
this country has acted as a strong induce
ment to the performance, however taFdi-
dy, of this act of justice and humanity al
. HORRIBLE TRAGEDY AT EA.4A dis
patch from Havannah says " A hOFFi-
BILE crime has been committed in the
Gulf, on board the ship Haydee, bound
to La Paz, with several passengers from
Alazatlan as passengers. A French sail
or named Magne, together witha Greek
and an Italian made an attack upon the
passengers, and assassinated in cold blood
eighteen persons, among them Senor
aChao, a Spanish gentleman, and six mem
bers Of his family. Eighteen young chill
dren of both sexes all fell victims to the
knives of the monsters. At the latest
dates they hadinotyet been apprehended-
POSTAL MONEY .ORDER OFFIoEs.-
The number of money order offices in
Ohio has been increased by the Postmas-
ter General to fifty two. The facilities
which THE system affords, for the-eheap,
safe and convenient transmission of mon
ey, should be generally known Persons
who desire toremit amounts of$30 andun-
der, should get a money order at the Post
Office. If the order should be lost, mis-
laid or destroyed, they can get another
in. its place, SO that there is no possibility
oflOosing the amount to be remitted.-@
Every one should remember thata money
order is sure thing, for the amount
specified on the face of it.. al 1o31e
The number of churches in New York
City was 100 In 1915, 226 in 1850, 283 in
increase of the Catholic Churches in. these
twenty years was from Is to, 30, of the
Preshyterians from 81 to So; the Baptists
from % to ~; the EpiscopaliaDs from 30
to go; the Methodists from % to 80; the
Lutherans from 3 to 9; and the Jews from
z to "a while the Unitarians increase
from to 3, the UniYeTsalists held their
own, 4, and the Friends decreased from
to 3. ss,.fr - ref re.,
CURE FOR BEE STINas.--Dr. Bush,
| Chester Co. Pa, says that zone drop Of
strong spirits of hartshorn, will in an in
slant remove the pain caused by the
sting of a bee, wasp or hOrne5-It should
be at hand in every family where there
are children. Smiles Of gratitude shin
| ing through tears of distress, will often
repay the thoughtful mind that provides
and the quick hand that applies the rem
edy. He recommends the same article
also, forthe removing of grease spots,
It is said that George Eustis, formerly
wing NJ. G. from Louisiana, but of late
more notorious as secretary to John Sill
to President johnson for pardon, Eustis
is the n-in-law of Mr.. Corcoran, rich
ex- banker of Washington, who sympa
thized with the rebellion and fled to
Europe at its beginning. Corcoran has
lots of valuable real estate in Washington,
which his son-in-law would, no doubt, like
to save from the grip Of Uncle Sam,
The Baltimore iSun says Two weeks
ago we noticed the affliction in the family
of Mr. Dennis Boone, residing between
Liberty and Walkerville, Frederick
County Maryland, up to which time four
of his children had died. Since then four
more have died There is now but one
left. Thirteen brothers and sisters
the eldest not twenty years of age-now
| lie side by side in the quiet graveyard.
Such fatality in one family has seldom
ever occurred. The disease was dip
iberia. '
The Augusta, Georgia Constitutional
1 list reports the late Governor Brown as
/ saying that slavery was dead In that
State, nor could it be resusci tated in any
shape This thing he desired should be
understood by all, and also that the pe0-
! pie reconcile themselves to the matter,
and accommodate themselves TO the ex-
isting state of affairs as soon as possible.
A revolver in the satchel of a returned
soldier was discharged by being struck by
a passing train in the depot at Cleveland
one day last week, the ball passing through
the knee of James Smith, an employee
about the depot, inhicting such serious
injury that it was feared amputation
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