Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-05-22
GENERAL NEWS.


The Governor of the State of Tobnsco,
Mexico, reports a victory over the French at
the town of Jourita on the 18th of April,
The garrison of the town surrendered after a
short battle.
The Governor of Idaho writes to the Com
missioner of Indian Affairs of the massacre
of sixteen friendly Indians on the Boise
river by the citizens Of Ada county.
On the 9th instant the National Bank at
Usage, Mitchell county, Iowa, was broken
into and twenty thousand four hundred dol
lars taken from its vaults During the
night the burglars forced open the front
door Of the bank, drilled and succeeded in
hlnpving open the iron door to the vault, and
also the door OF the saIe nitIiin a..
The Herald's special says that no one ex-
poets the Colorado admission bill 10 pass
over the veto, and the Senators elect from
that Territory will soon leave for their Wes-
tern homes sadder but wiser men.
The family of the Rebel General Albert
Sidney johnson, who was killed at the bat
tlo of Shiloh are reported to be in destitute
circumstances in California, and the people
of Texas are contributing TO their relief.
The President has approved the bill for
the coinage Of five cent pieces; the bill TO
allow the Vice Admiral a secretary; the
Joint resolution on the attempted assassina-
tion of the Emperor of Russia, and the
resolutions relative 10 the Courts and Post
office in New York.
2 The General Assemblies of the Presby.
terian Church, both Old and New School,
assembled in st. Louis on Thursday.
The Postmaster at Cairo, Illinois, has
been removed Tor being too radical.
Rt. Rev. George Burgess, D. D., Bishop
Of Maine, is dead.
Raphael SemmeS, late rebel Admiral, is
prohibited, by order of the President, from
exercising the duties of Judge of Probate
for Mobile, or any other civil or political OF.
fee, while unpardoned.
A construction train went through the
railroad bridge at Clarksvllle, Tenn, on
Friday morning, in consequence of one OF
the spans giving way Seven lives were
lost.
A statistician says that he has already Pc
rused fourteen hundred and thirty three
different articles upon the cholera, in all o.
which the authors advise different preyen
tives.
Colonel Carlos A. Waite of the United
States army, in which he served for forty -siz
years died at sackett's Harbor, N. Y, las
week.
General Halleck telographs that there ii
not word of truth in the report OF tit
massacre at Fort Goodwin.
The Governor of Idaho las concluded {
treaty with Oughee shoshones, by which al
the lands, rich in minerals, known as thi
oughee mines, are ceded to the United States
Only one man was killed and eight iniuret
by the late railroad accident at Clarksville
Tenn.
Clark county, Mississippi, was visited by
terrible tornado and hail storm last week
and there was great destruction of houseS
treet, crops, &c,
The Grant House at Franklin, Pa, wa
destroyed by fire on Saturday. Loss $50,
900. Two servant girls perished in th'
flames, and lady who jumped from tn,
fourth story window died Of injuries re
ceivod.
The health OF JEFF. Davis is improving.
There was a terrible storm at Rochester
n. Y, on the 10th, which did much damage
Mr.. Wilmer has been chosen Bishop o
Louisiana
The French war steamer Emperor ha
been wrecked near Guadalajara. The Jua
rists attacked Metthila on the 1st, and wer,
defeated, The Imperialists defeated anothe
assault at Saledo, on the esd ult. The in
ternal revenue receipts were 81, $4,000 il
1864, or ss,l47, 900 over 1858 There hav
been heavy rains in Texas, and the cotiol
prospect is bad