Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1865-12-22

WILLIAM CONWAY, veteran sailor in
the navy, who refused to haul down the
| United States flag at Pensacola, early in
| the rebellion, when ordered to do SO
by his superior officer, died recently at
the Naval Hospital, New York city. He
was buried with military honors.
A conductor out West recently demand
ed two tickets of the Siamese twins, but
the twins insisted they were one, and as the
conductor couldn't eject one without the
other, he had to let them pass.
Gen. Nelson, who IS In command of the
British force at Morant Bay, published
report in the Jamaica Colonial Stand
ard, of October 16 in which he says that
every one of the rebels captured on that
island is hanged after summary trial
He also states that an insurgent mob of
| about eight hundred persons, mostly wo-
men and children, were dispersed by a
| discharge of shells from a gunboat. This
is British practice against British preach
| ing so freely vented against the United
States during our rebellion.
Official notifications of the ratification
| of the Constitutional Amendment have
been received at Washington from twen-
| ty-six States, and the, additional certif-
Gates required to secure the abolition of
slavery throughout the Union are expect
ed soon.
A TERRI BILE DEATH On Saturday
last, girl named Sarah Ready, about IA
years of age, leaning over the banisters of
a fight of stairs in the fourth story of
| AtWater Block, in Cleveland, lost her bal
ance, and fell to the floor below, and was
! instantly killed. -.. ....-
AN immense deposit of black marble,
equal to the Belgian, and superior to the
| T-se Oh hoe
Pa. It is the only one known in Amer
lea, and company has been formed to
work it upon an extensive scale.
A Richmond paper referring to the
Virginia Legislature says that it is Gu
rious fact that in the House of Delegates,
of ninety-six members, with single ex-
ception-that of the delegate from Rock
bridge eounty-every member is an old
line Wing; while in the Senate, the ex-
ceptions are but three or four, the re-
; mainder being all of the like party ante
cedents. The whole delegation elect in
Congress and very large majority of the
State and local officers of every grade,
were also Wings.
Judge Johnston, of the Jefferson county
} (Ky.) Circuit Court, has dismissed the
Indictment against Gen. Palmer for aiding
: a slave to escape, on the ground that the
requisite number of States had adopted
the constitutional amendment before the
indictment, and therefore all penal acts of
: the Kentucky Legislature were ofno effect.
Gen. Palmer has issued a proclamation,
announcing that slavery has ceased in
Kentucky and advising the colored peO-
pie to apply promptly for redress if denied
;. the right of travelling on boats and cars,
l or other public conveyances,
! The business transacted by A. T. Stew
: q NJ II ~
!, to $49, $50 900, on which they paid tax
: to the government of about $500 600 Du-
ring the same year the firm paid about
$10000O00 for duties on imported goods
h In both establishments at New York a.
t bout 100 persons are employed, and, out
, side of the buildings, some $500 persons
? are engaged in manufacturing various
f kinds of goods. Including operatives in
: mills run exclusively for the benefit. of
this house, it is estimated that their EN-
4 ployees number upward of 5000.
GENERAL MCCLELLAN has gone into
winter quarters at Dresden. He will,
therefore, not advance on America Until
! spring. As there is no enemy for him to
. q meet, the mud will probably not delay BIN
! : as it did in other days.
E SIZE OF THE WEsT.-Illinois wohld
make forty such States as Rhode Island
$ and Minnesota sixty. Missouri is larger
r than all New England. Ohio exceeds
, either ireland or Scotland, or Portugal,
Q and equals Belgium, Scotland and Switz-
: erlaud together Missouri is more than
f half as large as Italy, and larger then
Y Denmark, Holland, Belgium and Switker-
land. Missouri and Illinois are larger
than England, Scotland, Ireland and
a Wales,-iS Louis Rep
I MAKING TREASON ODIoUs."-A bill
: with this title has been reported in the
! Senate of Missouri. Section / provides
v that no person shall address another Who
. has acquired title in the rebel service
: by such title, without prefxing the word
f rebel" Section provides that any per-
r son violating the provisions of the hrst
t section shall be fined not less than $40
a nor more than $50. 2
: The Office of Ray & Co., West Troy,
a N. Y, was robbed on Friday night 6f
! $50, 900 in 7-3Os, $4,000 in bank bills and
9 $500 in specie. The safe was blown open
d by the burglars. III
! The North Carolina Legislature has "a.
q journed to February l. Governor Worth
v has not been inaugurated. His Oficial
majority over Holden was 5000.