Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-08-25

THE NEWS
The rebel sympathizers of Washington
city have recently been engaged in rails
ing q fund BY subscription for the benefit
of Mrs JEFF Davis. About $500 were
raised. in sums varying from $16to $500.
The Atlantie.c cable project is, for The
present at least. a complete failure. The
vessels that were engaged in laying the
cable have all returned to England. and
thoughit is said arrangements are max
ing for the immediate renewal Of efforts
to recover the lost cable, It is not very
probable that if made they will prove
successful.
The postal rYfca1sbeingrapidfy rel
storedin the rebel States The Post
Master General has recently concluded
contracts for TRANSPORTING the mails on
most Of the principal Southern rail road
lines and Heterogeneous are making for
restoring hesefBee en- ailsthe main lines
seftra9eE
Hon BEN STANTON, for a long time
Representative in Congress of the 9Th
district, of (which Delaware county form
ed part, has IefG B-eIIerounra1n and re-
moved to Martinsburg, Va, where no is
engaged in praeticing law
The gold checks forged byyoung Ket-i
chum amount,te 50s0Qd. and together
with the funds and securities belonging
to the firms and other parties who Deposit
ed with them distracted from the safe
and appropriated to hisaown use, the 2
gregate amounts to che enormous sua of.
four millions.
Ehe-sAoek of-anse aEthduakesWas sensizH
blyfet at Memphissana3the points on
the Observation-Disclosures morning Of
the 18th inst.
The trial of Capt Wartz. afterse4eral
postppneheR3s eemmeneed last Monday
The day was censEmed In reading the
charges q specifications and -a-rranginea
prelimiharie 0nTe5assembfing the fol-
oWingsmerHingaa Establishment was an
nounced, without any time for re-assem-
bling being named. The object of the
adjournment has not transpired. Thurs
day morning the Court was recognized
and changes made in the charges and
specifications, whereuponth counsel for
the accused abandoned the defense and
Withdrew from the case.
The health ofGoy+ Brongh has again
somewhat improved, and slight hopes of
his ultimate recovery are entertained by
his physician.
eoLG.St Leger Grenfels, an English
~adventnrer, who served the rebels,in va
rious capacities, was convicted of p~artief-
patton in the Chicago conspiracy and sen
fenced to be hung. The President has
eommuted the sentence to imprisonment
for life at the Government works on the
Dry Tortugas.
Democratic State Convention No. 2 met
at Columbus yesterday It is likely Gen.
Geo. W@Morgan received the nomination
for Governor-being the only military
man available for the purpose.
Nothing definite is yet known inregard
to the trial of JEFF. Davis. The impress
sion prevails In Washington that he will
soon be arraigned before the u. s. Su-
preme Court on the charge of treason
His counsel are Chas. O'Connor. of New
York city, Geo. e. Pugh, Of Cincinnati. ]
and q. H Giilett, of Albany, N. Y.
Gen. Terry has By order of the Presi- {
dent revoked the pardon of a prominent
Richmond civilian, it having been ascer- 1
aimed that he had paid a considerable
sum for alleged services in procuring it. a i
of brokerage said to be springing L
mp at Washington, which the President Is e
determined to nip in the bud. t
The Constitutional Convention in SEES t
sion at jackson, Mississippi, has adopted b
by the decisive vote of Sc to IL, a clause a
forever abolishing slavery in that State. c
The ordinance of secession has also been a
repealed. I
The mother-in-law of JEFF. Davis. hav- "
ing in charge his three children. passed V
through Albany last week, enroute for Ii
Canada. s,
Orders have been issued for abandon p
ing Camp DennisOn. This will reduce r,
Inc military camps and hospitals in the il
otate TO two-Camp Chase and Tod Bar fc
J. H. Klippart, Secretary Of the State
Board of Agriculture, who has been ab- +,
'ent on a tour of observation through the =
most noted agricultural regions of E1rone 70
cached home a few days since. and i ca
low busily engaged in preparations for the p
coming State Fair. OF