Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-06-19
GENERAL NEWS.

OANAhAFAAAe W. " NEs
The expense incurred by Canada, in con-
sequence of the Fenian invasion, up to this
time, may be estimated at a sum not far short
of 50, 900, 600, and that sum will be largely
increased before the matter subsidies into
quietness. -.l.
A ''colored" millionaire, announced as the
Duke de Bouton qui Perce, is in Paris. He
is the wealthiest of the ex Emperor Soulou-
que's ebony courtiers. His fortune is stated
to be seven millions, and a splendidly deco
rated and furnished hotel has been prepared
for him in the Avenue de l'Imperatrice.
According to the recent State census, New
Jersey has now population of f773, 700, which
is gain in five years of over hundred
thousand, Hudson and Essex counties ex-
hibit the largest relative increase.
A gentleman of Boston recently made his
daughter present on her wedding day of
check for $4,000, just to start housekeeping.
Tho President, on Friday, returned to
Congress without his approval, the act to
enable the New York and Montana Iron
Mining and Manufacturing Company to pur-
chase certain public lands not now in market.
The biggest fish ever caught in the western
country, was hauled out of the Mississippi,
opposite St. Louis, on Tuesday evening, in
seine 1t measures six feet nine inches in
length, and weighs sixty -four pounds. 1t
looks like shark, and has forty teeth in its
head.
The late Jacob Foss, of Charlestown, left
$4,000, the interest to be spent in firing sa-
lutes, decorating and ringing bells on the
anniversary Of Bunker Hill battle; g., 900
to be spent ior the benefit of the poor; $s, 900
to purchase United States flags for the pro-
per celebrations; $4,000 to Cornish, N. H.,
his birthplace, the interest to purchase flags,
and 80, 900 for the poor.
After July first National Banks will not
be allowed to pay State bank notes over
their counters, but it is likely they will take
them from customers, but at small dis.
count, say one per cent. or q half per cent,
which will pay the expense of sending them
to their respective banks for redemption.
There is no law preventing their passage
among individuals, and for all uses except
ing at Bank they will be as good as ever.
There is bill before Congress extending
the time of their circulation six months lon
ger, and it is probable that it will pass.
Southern newspaper correspondent
writes; You will recollect that the terrible
affair at Memphis grew out of dispute be-
tween white and black boy who were en-.
gagged at game of marbles, and at Norfolk
the cause was equally trivial. We have
been on the eve here several times of the
most terrible riots between the whites and
blacks, from causes that would not have oc-
casioned ripple of excitement if they had
occurred among the whites alone
A young girl named Molly Mohan, accom-.
panied one of the Fenian regiments from
Wisconsin to the field as its daughter. '
She ssixteen years old, the daughter of a
Union soldier who died OF wounds received
at the battle of South Mountain She is
said to be highly educated. She wears a
short !woolen dress and trousers, on which is
embroidered the Irish harp in silk
The Charlotte IN. C.,) Times says: "The
wheat harvest in this section has commenced
and we are glad to learn from reliable sources
that while the stand on the ground is not as
thick as desirable, the quality is excellent
and that very fair average crop will be
made.
The Easton papers announce the sudden
death of Mr.. Edward laval, of that place
While standing near his house, in the full
enjoyment of health, he stopped down tc
remove an iron hoop which was lying in the
road, and at the same moment experienced
severe pain in the back. He Immediately
became unconscious, and died the SAINT
night.
Dewalt Keefer, at one time county com
missioner of Franklin county, Pa, and al
ways an ardent lover of his country, dice
suddenly, recently, at his home in tina
county.
The cholera is slowly working its way il
New York, although it does not appear tt
cause extraordinary excitement. Cases, oc
curing mostly among the poorer classes
living in crowded localities teeming witt
filth, are reported daily, while at interval
deaths take place which are Clearly the re
suit of the cholera. One man died on Fri
day, while two cases are announced. On
was an emigrant but lately arrived.
An old gentleman from the country stoI
ped at a first-class hotel in New York, an
wrote home that his room was six storit
high, and his bill three stories higher tina
his room.