Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-04
MISCELLANEOUS.

Notwithstanding the depression that ex-
lists among manufacturers, they are still
hopeful Of the future. The American print
works at Fall River, Mass, are about to be
enlarged to three times their present capacity,
when they will give employment to twelve
or fifteen hundred hands. A new cotton
mill is also being built, and stock sufficient
TO erect two or three more has already been
taken. AtLawrence sites have been sold for
Touring and paper mill, and negotiations
are on foot for the erection Of other mills.
In the cases OF Mcmahon, Lynch and
Slavin, the convicted Fenians at Toronto.
applications for new trials have been made.
In the other cases, there are no applications,
although the time has expired; consequently,
unless their sentences are committed, they
will be hung on the 18th of December The
Canadian Catholics denounce in unmeasured
terms the conviction OF Mcmahon and the
release OF Lumsden. A very bitter religious
feeling is beginning to display itself
John Hopkins the richest man in Balti.
more, offers to give his suburban seat OF 800
acres to the city for IL public park, and W.
w. Corcoran, the Washington banker has
made proposition 10 give the Government
his estate, lying two miles from the city, for
q Presidential park, In the latter case, II is
thought probable that site in the north
as better adapted to landscape gardening
A lady, who keeps her eyes open, says she
has examined all the latest fashion reports
| and visited all the principal millinery stores
| to pick out winter bonnet. She reports
as the result OF her examinations that there
| are now eighty six different styles of bonnets
all fashionable, but there is not one of them
that sensible lady, who wishes to guard
herself against cold and neuralgia, would
l0ish to wear; but then they ull wear them,
for zone might as well be out of the world
as out of the fashion,, you know.
The cOlOred people of Georgia have en- p
tered upon the work of education with a
zeal and energy that should put current pre-.
judices against them to flight. They have
| appointed general superintendent and
propose to establish schools in every county
in the State, wherein children and adults
! may learn at least to read and write
Judge Magruder, of the circuit court of
Anne Arundel County, Md, whose adverse
decision upon the Civil Rights Bill and con.
sequent refusal of negro testimony we have
already noticed, was taken on the Gath be.
fore U. s. Commissioner Brooks, on the
charge of violating the provisions OF the act.
The Judge declined an examination, and
gave bonds to await the action of the Grand
Jury in December.
The Secretary Of War under the act of
Congress passed last session, has appointed
Colonel W. II. Stewart, W. Finn, and
Washington A. Miller commission to award
compensation to loyal slave owners of Mary
land whose slaves were drafted into the
army.
A postal arrangement has been concluded
with Great Britain, by which the rate is re.
duced TO twelve cents, to be paid when the
letter is mailed--each Government keepine
what il gets.
A tumor weighing three and half pounds
was taken from the face of child seven
months old in Philadelphia on Thursday,
and was found TO contain the impertectly
developed form Of a male infant