Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-07-13
MISCELLANEOUS iyEMs.


Willie p. Maugum, Jr, son of the late
Priestly Mangum, of Orange, n. G., has
taken the test oath and gone 10 Nagasaki.
Japan, as United States Consul For eight
or ten years past Mr. Mangum las been
Consul of the port of Ningpo, China
The statue of Washington, removed from
the.N Virginia Military Institute, at Lexington.
Vap by General Hunter on his raid I'm the
Valley of Virginia, has passed through Al
eXandria by express on its way to that place,
an order having been issued for its restora.
tion.
A Paris leiterwriter, intending to inform
the readers of the London .Star that war has
begun in Europe, breaks out in this fashion.
"Maddened by the fever of the hour, ,myriads
OF men are now plying the engines of death;
to and fro rock the living billows of men,
leaving the soil, wherever they go, deluged
with their blood
"A lew evenings ago the train bearing Gen
Grant, stopped at Mattoon, Ill. A lawye,
of that place took Gen Grant for brakes.
man, and asked him to step aside SO he could
pass in and see the General This the
brakesman politely did, when staff officer
pointed out the man on the platform as Gen.
Grant.
An attempt was made by some unknown
person, on Sunday night week, to assasslnate
Gov. Fairchild, OF Wisconsin, while walk.
ing in his garden at Madison. A person
darled up to him and dealt blow, which
took effect upon his head, but not doing
serious injury. The Governor drew his re.
yolyer and fired at the assassin, but it is SUP.
posed without effect. No probable cause
for the assault can even be guessed,
Methodism in the six New England States
numbers 100000 members, 1e1 900 Sunday
school scholars, 0lO churches and 4sO parson.
ages, valued at $4,e5O,O From 1850 to
1865, the increase of Congregationalsts was
10 per cent, of Baptists per cent, of Me.
thodists 2s per cent; and from 1860 TO 1860
the increase of population in all New Eng.
land was IA per cent; of Methodists 90 per
cent
A lady in Norfolk rushed into the street a
few evenings since, and begged passing
BohtiNilhn W SOlut lnlO leT mouse and DrD-
tect her as there was man under the
bed. " The gentleman went in and made
diligent search under all the beds till finally
he came TO one where he discovered unmis.
taxable signs OF something" Seizing the
article by one leg he cautiously drew it from
cover to find that the man under the bed was
a very huge and odorous "billy goat
A terrible accident occurred at Lafs%est5
Ohio, on the Cd instant Mrs, Christopher
Martin, in order to start'a fire in her cook.
ing-stove, applied coal oil lamp, witch
was burning, but from which the chimney
had been removed. The result was an ex.
plosion of the lamp, setting her clothes on
fire, and burning her body so badly that she
died in short time, Her husband was also
severely burned in attempting to save her
Mr.. Martin seems to have been born to i'll
luck. Two years ago, while riding out with
the daughter of Rev S. S. serwiss, his
horses ran away, and throwing Miss s. upon
the hard pike, killed her instantly
The Emperor of the French has subscrib.
ed 500, ,OO0f. to an institution to be formed in
France for the encouragement of the princi-
pies of cooperation among the working
classes.