Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-09-11

any attention from u.s. and hereby gipe This early no
dggrisrsd o. disappointed II er orders should be de-
ellned for me reasons dbove stated.
Epitome of Business and Personal Matters.
-Mencke & Brother, S04 Arch Street. Phila-
delphia, dealers in Berlin Zephyrs, Domestic
Zephyrs, &c, offer great inducements to the
trade. Read their advertisement in this
issue.
Rev. II. j. Gaylord, of New Castle County,
has purchased farm near Lincoln, and an
acre lot in the village, on which he proposes
to erect house and reside.
VIM. @. Vile, of Duchess County, New
York, has purchased ground in Lincoln, on
which to erect Collegiate Institute. The
work has already commenced, and it is de-
signed to have the building so far completed
as to open school in the early part Of De
cember
James H. Lay and VIM. L. Gaylord both
Of De Kalb County Illinois, have purchased
farm lots in Lincoln.
John G. IIaddock has erected three brick
houses on the site formerly occupied by two
old frame tenements in King Street, below
Second They are three stories high, with
two rooms on each floor, also bath room
and a one story kitchen. They will be fin.
lshed in the best manner, and will make
very neat and comfortable residences. They
will be completed about the first of Novem-
ber.
The Copperheads of North West Fork
Hundred have formed a club, and elected
the following officers: - President, James
Stuart; Recording Secretary, John w. Allen;
Corresponding Secretary DIR. Frank Tray
ers; Treasurer, Captain Michael Colbourn.
The Crumpton (Md.,) Gazette says:-P.
b. Hopper, trustee, sold the Holden Farm,
on Saturday last, to S. NJ. Reeves, of Della
ware, for S21.30 per acre.
Sentence of Wm. r. Cooper. the U. S.
District Court, Philadelphia, on Thursday.
VIM. R. Cooper, who plead guilty to the
commission of frauds upon the Government,
by which large sum was obained, was
brought up for sentence His counsel, David
Paul Brown, Esq, read a statement prepar.
ed by the prisoner, in which he referred to
his having been employed as a clerk in that
city, and afterwards in the capacity of Cap
tain's Clerk in one of the vessels attached to
the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, in
which he said he had conducted himself in a
way to receive the commendation of the
officers of the ship. His present situation
he attributed to the fact that after he left the
Navy he was thrown among gay society at
Washington, and lived beyond his means.
lie alluded tohis marriage said that he had
formed the acquaintance of his wife some
months before the commission of the frauds,
and that the marriage had no connection
whatever with them.
David Webster, ESQ, who represented
some OF the parties defrauded, stated to
the Court that the prisoner had through
his counsel made prompt restitution of
the moneys obtained, over forty thousand
dollars of which were in Government bonds
deposited in New York
Judge Cadwalader remarked the case was
one OF great aggravation, and he did not per
ceive anything in the statement of the prison
er to relieve it of its bad features. The ex.
tent of the frauds was altogether dspropor-
toned to the alleged stiaitened circumstances
of the defendant, and parties to whom he
had referred had not come forward to certify
TO his former good character.
The statement of the prisoner that peeuni-
ary embarrassment had led him to the com
mission of the frauds could not be regarded
as entitled to any weight, when the extent of
the frauds was taken into consideration.
lhe frauds were evidently the result OF pre-
paratlon and OF systematic arrangement, and
not OF hastily formed purpose, and for that
reason the sentence should not be light one.
Perhaps the plea of guilt should be taken
into consideration in passing sentence, and
yet 1t was not entitled to much weight from
the tact that proof of guilt was so clear
Under all the circumstances, an mprison-
ment OF five years was proper punishment.
AT the close of the Judges remarks, Coop.
er arose, walked to the bar of the Court, and
asked the privilege of making a few remarks.
The Judge replied that he would hear
what he had to say, He had supposed the
statement read by the counsel embraced all
it was desired the Court should be made ac-
quainted with.
The prisoner said that he wished to impress
upon the Court the fact that the marriage
had not anything to do with the frauds.
Judge Cadwalader replied that he had not
allnded TO the marriage at all.
The prisoner said that the marriage had
been much commented upon in the news.
papers and also his intended European tour.
u did not hear of the contemplated trip
to Europe, said the Judge, land your SEN
tenee was based solely upon facts connected
with the frauds"
Cooper closed by remarking that what he
had said was not intended to induce a change
Of the sentence. His only desire was that
his young wife might not suffer in the csti-
nation of others for his offences.
Lead Pencils for Drawing. have re.
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Co., No. 421 Market Street, in this citv. a
sample of their Superfine Lead Pencils for
Drawing. They are an excellent Pencil.
and we would recommend the public to give
them trial. They are manufactured under
the immediate direction of the firm, and may
be relied on.