Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-01-26
GENnRAL NENVs.

which sought new flag during the war
Their owners evinced dsloyalty then and
should receive no favors now.
Captain Cicero Price, of the navy, has
been suspended for two years on half pay, for
neglecting to transmit his muster rolls as re-
quired by the regulations. This neglect often
results in loss to the seamen, and always in
great inconvenience 10 the Department
The Cashier of the Farmers and Citizens
Bank of Brooklyn, modifes the statement
that their messenger boy was robbed of $40,
900 in checks. 1t was $1,000, making the
amount stolen $4,000
The joint resolution passed by Congress
accepting the invitation to participate in the
French Universal Exhibition has been ap-
proved by the President and favorably com
municated to the government OF France.
A series OF resolutions, recommending
general amnesty and pardon to President
johnson, were introduced in the Georgia
Legislature on the 22d.
Secretary Harlan had reception on the
22d inst
The report of the Commissioner of the
Freedmen's Bureau in North Carolina states
that so generally have the freedmen sought
employment and obtained it, that the de-
mand for laborers cannot be easily supplied
General Sheridan has received instructions
to investigate the recent affair at Bagdad,
and to punish any United States soldiers who
may have been engaged in it.
An ice bridge spans the river at Niagara
Falls, which is crossed by many persons.
The Imperiaist situation in Mexico grows
worse by its own confession. Acapulco has
been depopulated Desertions are frequent
The National Soldiers and Sailors Con.
vention at Washington, on the 22d, was at
tended by representatives from thirteen
States. Major General Logan was chosen
President. Several delegates at large were
admitted
Major General ]. H. Wilson has resigned
his commission in the army and accepted
the Northern agency or superintendency
of the National Express Company He is
expected TO commence its active manage
ment in New York within fortnight.
Cortinas now occupies Bagdad with about
200 men. General Weitzel has already ar.
rested some of our officers engaged in the re.
cent capture OF Bagdad All the heavy ord
nance has been ordered from Brazos tc
Brownsville, and preparations of belliger
ent character continue both at that place anC
at Matamoras. An ortega faction has sprung
up in Mexico, and refuses to recognize Gen
Crawford. -Four companies of black soldier.
are doing provost duty in Bagdad, at the re
quest of the American citizens.
A county court in North Carolina having
sentenced negro to be sold for drawing q
knife on white man, Major Wickersham, o
the Freedmen's Bureau, placed the court un
der arrest and sent it to Wilmington for in
yestigation. The report of the commission
ordered by the Governor to frame laws fol
the government of the freedmen was read ir
the House on the 2Sd. 1t makes many re
Communications, which are argued at length
The report received is very incomplete
The resolutions of Congress upon the deatl
Of President Lincoln have been beautifully
engrossed and framed by order of the State
Department and will be forwarded to Mrs
Lincoln.
The Supreme Court has sustained the po
siion of the government in condemning as
prize the British ship Admiral, which wa!
captured in December, 1862, about thirty
miles off Tybee Island, while standing in io
the port of Savannah.
The municipal election in Wheeling, Yves
Virginia, on the 22d, resulted in the success
of the Democratic ticket
Petroleum has been discovered in smitl
county, Texas.
As the impression prevails to some exten
that nearly or quite all the distinguishes
personages who were active rebels have beer
pardoned, it is stated by the Washington
Republican that nearly 1,2O0 application
ore now upon the Presidents table, most O
which have been there for several months
Seven hundred of them fall under the $50,
600 clause. The remainder are classified a
follows Members OF rebel Congress, SO; ex
United States army officers, 1872; rebel gen
erals, 1877; prominent civil officers, 32 ex
officers of the United States navy, 116
The New Jersey Senate has passed til
constitutional amendment abolshing slavery
A clerk in the Quartermaster Generals o
fee, Washington, named Jones, romarke
the other day, on hearing Of the threats {
assassination to Senator Sumner, that lie wa
not exactly in favor of decapitation, but Il
would like to sec him sent to his long home
The Secretary of War, on hearing of it, in
medately dismissed him from service
The Nashville and Chattanooga Railroa
has begun a suit against its late Presiden
for si,0O0,oOO damages, in permitting til
Confederate government to use the road an
its machinery during the war