Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-11-09
MIscnI.LANnous IrMms.


The manner in which the civil authorities
administer justice in portions OF tho South
is well illustrated in the case OF Judge Coo
ley, of the District Court Of Louisiana, who
lately held Il session Of his courts in Rapides
Parish There were nineteen cases OF MUIR
der Of freedmen and uuion men on the
docket all OF them perfectly clear cases OF
deliberate mIldcl In lhc first SIX cases, al
the Cud Of each Trial the Jury, without
leaving their seats returned u verdict OF not
guilty AT the close of the sixth case Judge
Cooley broke uptnc court and left the parish,
satisfied that the civil authorities would not
punish rebels for crimes against Union men
and negroes.
Miss Mary Bella Quinn recently went be-
fore the Mayor of Harrisburg, Pa, and stat
cd that she was the daughter OF a physician
at Logansvillc, Ind, but that she wished
him to place her out OF harms way, as she
was laborng undcran uncomfortable impulse
TO murder others. At the same time she
took u package Of strychnne from her stock |
ing and handed it over to an officer She
was committed for thirty days. The young
lady is described as of pleasing appearance
and unusually intelligent
The Kings palace at Brussels has mar
rowly escaped being burned to the ground.
A fire which had been smOuldering Tor sew.
eral hours during the night was perceived
on the morning OF the 18th ult, about seven
O'Clock when it had burned away the floor
ing of one of the rooms, and destroyed sever
al valuable pictures, amongst them one re-
presenting our Saviour, by Rubens, and
various objects of art brought by the present
King from Egypt. The firemen being called
in, were soon able to extinguish the flames.
The loss is estimated at no less than 400, 0OOf.
1t is announced that the new muslSet which
was repeatedly tried Mt the camp oil Chalons
is detinitively adopted by the French War
Department II is somewhat shorter than
the weapon now in use in the French army.
1t weighs only 16 pounds 10 ounces, carries
sabrebayonet larger than the old one, and
the barrel is riled II can he fired, il is said,
fifty times in four minutes; in the ranks, on
an average, tena minute; and the soldiers fire
with ease seven or eight shots a minute.
Astronomical observers will be interested
to know that NJ. FOucault has discovered n
method of diminishing the effect of the sun g
rays on the focus OF telescope lenses. By
means of an extremely thin layer of silver
acud on the ohiectglass, the sun can be
observed without any injury TO the sight.
NJ Noucaut has communicated the particu-
lars Of his invention to the Paris Academy
of Sciences.
John Bright declared in recent speech
that during the last six years the British navy
has cost as much as the United States navy.
In this time England has been in a condition
of profound peace, while the United States
have had to build or buy six hundred ships,
to man them, to furnishthem with munitions
ofwar, and to fight them during the greatest
struggle that any nation ever waged.
man applied to be registered in Newark,
N. j., last week, and presented what he
called his naturalization papers, but what
really proved TO be u United States license
as a liquor dealer. 1t was found that he
really voted nj the late charter election on
the authority of that paper, and that II bore
the Endorsement Of the inspectors.
The Chicago Post says there are personi
at Cairo with divinE-bclls. preparing to hun
for the safe of the steamer X. w. Carter
which contains over million of dollars, o
which they aIe 10 have c-hall If recovered
1t lies esabout35mies above Vicksbug, huriet
in the bed Of lie Mississippi, and has beei
beenlnndrr watcrlNr elk months.
hefNorielk Nirginian, says that oyste
dredging has been extremely prosperous
The oyster beds were never more prolific
and the yielQis said to exceed that of an
previous year. The shipments to New York
Baltimore and Richmond have exceede
$4,000 bushels per week, e,.
A young man named Wilson was brutal
murdered by another named Harper, {
Otterville, Mo, few days since, Will
riding home with his wife, who had jul
married him in preference TO Harper, lla
per was terribly yenraged, and after shootin
Wilson beat him over the head Till life WI
m extinct. 4S-osrffl .ei
A widow and her three children, who liz
near Rochester, Indiana, were poisoned
few days since, by eating Siberian era
apples, cooked in copper Kettle, which ha
not been used before for eight years III
oldest daughter, aged 1s, died from Il
effects, and others are not expected 10 i
cover. .
There are tifty,iive Protestant churches
China and ninety five Protestant missio
aries are also settled in Nagasaki and Yok
hama, in Japan Many of the rich Japane
are learning from these missionaries {
languages OF the western nations.
A man named Dudley was recently I
victim of a singular accident at Dextel
Maine, He was pulling stumps in iit
with the and OF patent machine, wher
nook gave way, and flying, struck him
the breast and passed clear through hi
killing him instantly.
A severe snow storm is reported betwe
Denver, in Colorado, and Salt Lake. 7
snowwas two feet deep. Trans for Hallda
overland Express Company had seventy
mules frozen 10 death.