Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-02-20
MISC cELLANEous ITEMS.

that MS sVltue OF ilenly tlAy, designed Tor
the Louisville Court House, will soon be
completed
;he lower branch of the Ohio Legislature
has passed bill fixing eight hours for day IS
labor
A negro was hung by mob at Knoxville,
Tennessee, on Tuesday, for shooting Lieut.
Col. Aver, of the First Tennessee Cavalry
The printers of New York propose To
have grand dinner on the 20th inst.
The resignation of Brevet Brig. Gen Geo
IL. Forsyth, of Illinois, has been accepted
1t is now stated that no change will be
made in the mission to England Tor some
time.
An office for the sale of Fenian bonds has
hcen opened in Washington.
Secretary Seward, in his recent visit to
Cuba, astonished the people by shaking
hands with a negro coachman and foolman
The iailal Darlington, South Carolina, WAS
SET on fire and burnt by some Of the prison
crs ON the 'lh inst. None of the prisoners
escaped
man named Drury beat j NJ Bruce 10
death with billiard cue at Franklin, Ky,
on the 18th inst
Thc brig Vincent, from Livcrpool to l'os-
ton, with general cargo of merchandise,
struck an Sow and Pigs Ledge, during II
thick log ON sunday night, and hilgcd 1t
was thought she would prove total loss.
1t is re"red that the President denies
having ordered recent military seizures ol
southern Methodist Churches.
The Court OF Claims, at Washington, has
decided against the validity OF the fraudulent
bonds ISSUED by John b Floyd.
The cNcqualor OF Eslaban Rogers, authori
lng him to act as Chilian Consul al the pnrt
OF New York, has been revoked by the presi
dent
The sum of $l95,OOO has been raised in
and about Charleston To aid emigration 10
South Carolina; and a company 10 promote
that object has been chartered 10y tile legs.
h,nc
The President has signed the hill passed
by Congress prohibiting American vessels
which during the rebellion took foreign re
gistcrs from having their American registers
restored to them, and it is therefore now a
law.
Ihe gambling establishments in New
Orleans have been suppressed by order of
Gen sheridan. The Mayor is remonsiiat.
ing against this interference and an appeal
To the President is threatened.
A Mexican correspondent says MaNmilan
never shows himself, and when he walks
out privately heavy escorts and secret spies
nc his pathway to shield him from danger
lie feels no security, and looks very care
w"rn' but strives To put the best side out
Two soldiers OF the lliLh Illinois Rcgi.
mcnl Just mustered ont, returning home,
stopped at the Briggs House, Chicago. and
went 10 bed. In the morning one, named
Harding, was dead, and the other, named
fcwkeshury, was gasping Gas filed the
room, the men on going to bed, having blown
out the gas instead of turning it OIL
y dispatch from Washington states that
there is The best authority for saying flat the
tenor of the official adyiccs received hy the
Government, indicate even more conciia.
tory disposition ON the part of the Emperor,
regarding his relations with this country,
than is apparent from lis speech or the ut
terncc Of tic Paris press The Cabinet, it
l. added, regard the State Of affairs ms entire
ly satisfactory.
MT Isaac Eaton, Of Antrim, y. H., who
killed himself on Sunday week, was the last
oi three brothers, all of whom committed
suicide
Mrs. KeiSer poor widow ,d Allentown,
lN, las fallen heir to S2j, 900 by the death
ol an European relative
Rey MIR Spurgcon has now in preparation
for the ministry ninety six young men, for
Whose board and education he is personally
responsible. rhc copyright of his new book
is devoted 10 that object
terrible accident occured short time
,incr at Atlanta The wall Of building in
The course of completion, ON Peach Tree
Street, feel, crushing Six discharged soldiers
under the ruins Two were instantly killed,
and THE other four injured SO severely that
thcY are not expected 10 survive