Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-02-09
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DrRuSe the month of January the claims
against the United States, presented at the
Office Of the Second Comptroller Of the
Treasury, amounted to the very large SUM
Of SIS, ,5s9, ,091.
THE Canadians are in a great ferment in
consequence of an apprehended descent
upon some portion Of their territory by the
Fenians. The provincial militia are kept
under arms, and every possible precaution
used to guard against surprise.
The Government commissary warehouse
at Fort Riley, Kansas, was burnt on the
29th uIt-, and property valued at million
dollars destroyed.
Our Government has recognized the Re-
public Of Dominica, and the President has
nominated Minister to represent our
country at the seat Of government Of the
new Republic.
A FIRE occurred at franklin, Pa, on the
1st inst, by which property to the estimat-
ed value Of $4,000 was destroyed.
Ar the date Of last adviees from England
the cattle plague was on the increase, and
the cattle attacked in a single week with
the maIady numbered over ten thousand
THE English papers contain accounts Of
the wreck of the Australian steamship
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of 80 lives. The vessel was built of iron,
and was on her way from London to Mel
bourne, Australia, and the passengers were
chiefly emigrants.
TEE people Of Birmingham, England,
have subscribed and RENTED to this coun-
try i've thousand dollars in gold for there
lief Of needy freedmen.
sEsr1Es, the commander Of the pirate
Ger in the rebel army, now in confinement
at Washington on the charge Of having vi
olated the rules OF war during the fight in
which his vessel was sunk, has written
long letter to the President, claiming that
he is entitled to the benefit Of the terms
granted Johnson's army in the surrender !
to Sherman and asking that he be dis
charged from custody.
TEE last arrival from Europe brings in
telligence that in his speech TO the Assem-
bly, on the 22d ult. the Emperor Napoleon
announced that arrangements were being
made for the withdrawal Of the French
troops from Mexico, and expressed the
hope that this step would satisfy the people +
OF the United States.
RAILROAD accidents, consequent upon
the action of frost on the rails, have been
quite frequent of late, but generally they
have not been attended with serious re-
suits. One that occurred on the Toledo & |
Wabash road was an exception, two per-
sons being killed and two others seriously /
wounded,
ACCORDING to the Galveston papers those /
who have taken goods to that market are
not likely to realize large profits. Goods /
Of all kinds, including produce, are selling |
at less than cost, and the market being |
glutted, parties are exceedingly anxious /
to shove off their goods.
A. 7. STEWART, the New York merchant /
millionaire, has serious trouble with the /
newspapers. A few weeks ago he arrested /
the publishers of the National Police Ga
zette for libel, and few days since he ar
rested the New York correspondent of the .
st. Louis Republican, and instituted pro-
ceedings against the proprietors of that
paper on q similar charge, The offenders +
charged him with immortality and intima-
ted his domestic relations were far from
felicitous-Which charges are pronounced
grossly slanderous.
AN agent Of the Freedmen's Bureau was
recently assassinated in his bed at Pom
tattoo, Miss. and three Texan refugees,
who had served in the Union army and
since the war returned to their old homes,
were murdered by their former neighbors.
THE London Morning Post, a paper well
posted in regard to official matters, says it
is reported in diplomatic circles that a pri-
vate understanding exists between the
government of Great Britain and that of
the United States, by which the claims
made on England for compensation for
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be amicably adjusted.
THE pen with which President Lincoln
wrote the proclamation Of emancipation
was presented by the deceased President t
TO George Livermore, Of Cambridge, Mass,
and is now in possession Of the widow of +
Mr.. LiYermore.
TEXAS is now the only one of the States
lately in rebellion with a Provisional Gov /
srnor, and she viii also probably soon have :
. Governor Of her own choosing, as a Con
Yention to reform the State Constitution is
now in session at Austin.
A WIDOW from Dayton, was met on the
cars few days since between that city and
Chicago by a stranger, who after a few
hours acquaintance proposed to marry
her, and obtained her consent. On arri-
wing at Chicago he showed her to a room :
ana on pFstence OF QeposlGIng her money {
in the hotel office for safety, got possession
Of all she had, $3.50, with which he decamp- t
ed, leaving hen aenniless among strangers '
ABOUT 5000, 900 in cash and supplies were
to the Indiana soldiers during L
The war, through the agency of the State =
Sanitary Commission.
THE Louisville Courier says the w. r. !
Carter. which exploded her boilers on the
lth inst, on the Mississippi, is the eighth
steamer that has blown up on the Western
rivers within few weeks.
TRENHoL1r, the rebel Secretary of the :
Treasury, has testified that when the Con-
iaderacy collapsed there was only S82O, 900
= specie in the treasury, and that it was 4
III paid out to Johnson'a army.
IN compliance with a resolution passed
1y the United States Senate, the President t
has sent to that body the correspondence
himself and Chief Justice Chase !
n regard to the proposed trial of Jeff. Da-
Yis. It simply confirms what has hereto g
fore been stated. that Judge Chase declined .
holding a Court in any of the States lately
IA rebellion while they remain under mar
iaI law. The correspondence took place '
sarly In October.
An Express car was accidentally burnt I
,yg fE7a 21at T1lt on the Atlantic tE Great I