Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1866-01-19
FHE NEWS.

Sweeney, the Sec stary Of War of the
Fenian organizatiC a, was q Major in the
Regular Army Of the United States till
last week, when he was dismissed from
the service-tE5 authorities very proper
Iy eoncludinZ that the Secretary Of War
Of foreig4 government was not very
suitable person to hold a commission in
the U. 9. 4Army.
Col. Has kins, a member of the Ohio
House Of Representatives, from Wash
ington county, was found dead In his bed
at hotel in Indiana few days since
The cause Of his sudden death is not
stated.
A resolution has passed the House Of
Representatives instructing the Commit
tee of Ways and Means to inquire into
the expediency of lessening the import
duties on cotton fabrics, and that they
report by bill or otherwise.
O'Mahony completely triumphed in the
quarrel with the Senate. The Congress
recently in session in New York sustain
ed him as Head Center and abolished the
Senate. Stevens, the Irish head Of the
order, has also sustained him in a recent
official communication.
On the 14th inst, the Iowa Legislature
elected Hon. James Harlan Z. S. Sena-
tor for the long term and Ex-Governor
s. J. Kirkwood for the short term. Mr.
Harlan is at present Secretary of the In
terror, and as his Senatorial term does
not commence till March 4, 1867, it is IN
derstood he viii not resign the Office he
now holds for the present.
Applications for pensions, which re-
Gently numbered from 400 to 500 per day,
now only average about $50 per day.
OF the nine thousand post Offices in the
Southern States, about two thousand have
been re-opened. Postmistresses have
been appointed for nearly three hundred
Of them, because men could not be found
who were able to take the oath that they
had not borne arms against the govern
ment
The Washington correspondent of the
Cincinnati Gazette says the widow Of the
late Stephen A. Douglas is to be married
on the Both inst, to Brevet Brigadier-
General Williams, Of the Regular Army,
who is now on duty at the War Depart
ment
A second breakup of the ice on the
Mississippi has caused immense addition
Al destruction of boats and property of
various kinds at st. Louis. The loss is
estimated at $500, 900.
Last advices from Europe indicate con-
siderable uneasiness on the part of the
British authorities in regard to the state
of affairs in Ireland. Additional troops
have been sent to that country, and the
police force of Dublin and several other
cities doubled.
It is confidently anticipated that ere
long Napoleon will withdraw his troops
from Mexico, leaving Maximillian to row
his own canoe With the removal ofthe
foreign troops, it is not likely he would /
long be able to maintain a footing in the .
country.
New ersey is now thoroughly redeemed
and regenerated. On the assembling of
her recently elected Legislature the Con-
stitutional amendment abolishing slavery
was promptly ratified by decisive majori-
ity, the vote in the House being u to 10. /
There was heavy snow storm in Penn /
sylvania and other eastern States on the .
18th. In Minnesota the fall of snow has .
been unusual it is said to be three feet
deep and badly drifed.
Reports have recently been current Of
the discovery of a plot to effect the escape
of JEFF. Davis.
A desperate fight occurred on the 10th .
at Richmond, KY. between two families /
named Parish and Kavanaugh, and .
their partisans, In all numbering about
sixty persons. One man was killed, three .
supposed to be mortally wounded, and
half dozen others more or less seriously
injured.
A company of fllibusters, said to have
been composed to a considerable extent of
colored troops, crossed the Rio Grande
from the American side on the 18th, cap
tured the Mexican town of Bagdad with
the Imperial garrison numbering $50
men, and after saeking the town returned.
A prize fight between two noted New
York bruisers, named Phelan and Ker-
righan, took place on the 10Th Eighteen {
rounds were fought, when Kerrighan ,
was declared the victor.
The rate of gold in New York the last
few days has remained at about $40
That dispicable rebel sheet, the New ]
York Daily News, having reported that
Mrs. Lincoln had carried away from the {
Presidential Mansion articles of furniture d
&c. belonging to the Government, spe- 7
cial committee examined into the matter G
and reports that the charge is base I
and groundless slander. I
WE'LL SAID f
There is in every community a snail t
class of uneasy persons, who having adopt t
ed opinions Of their own on matters of