Delaware State journal and statesman., 1866-12-25
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

eu ny MT Morse, the United States Consul
IN London, and Mr. Montgomery Gibbs the
treasury agent sent over from here by
which Messrs. Fraser, Trenholm & Co the
Confederate agents in Liverpool. make a
very good thing out of this Government.
inc gist OF it is, that il is left to Messrs.
Fraser Trenholm to say whether they have
any Confederate property under their con.
tfol, and II SO, how much; they are to pay
themselves tl5O,OOO out of it, If they have
any and If they should declare that there is
any surplus they are to paw it over 10 the
United States in satisfaction OF ali demands
we are no prophets; but we predict with
confidence that should this agreement be
carried out, it will be found that thew have
singularly enough, exactly et50, 900 in their
nahds' The arrangement will probably not
oe carried out, however, as it needs Mr
AuIuss consent TO give it validity, which
aouDtless cannot he had. Mr. MONTGOMERY
Glbhs's share in the transaction places him in
rather an awkward position.-N r. Nation.
Rev. W. II. AIilburn, the "blind preach.
en- mas OF late entertained some hope of re-
covering his sight. Eminent oculsts have
informed him, that so many are the new ia
cilities for examining the eye, that in their
OPINION double operation upon the right
| eye would enable him not only to distinguish
! objects, but perhaps read coarse type. Rev
Nlr. NJ. intends going to Europe in the spring
TO consult an oculist at Berlin, whose repu
tation in that speciality is worldwide.
Should the Berlin oculist advise the opera
ton, Rev. Mr. Milburn will submit to Il
An. account of the disaster to the Kate
Dyer says that just as the ill-fated ship. was
SINKING, with her planks torn asunder, and
her masts falling around her in confusion. a
large Newfoundland dog was noticed leap
! ing from the main deck after the body of q
hoy who was bufieting the waves. Buoylng
the body upward, the noble animal swan
Tor the Scotland, but such was the violence
oil the sea that the dog lost his hold, and the
gouy sank simultaneously with tho ship.
The dog is said to have been rescued by
the sailors of the Scotland
Last week, Patrick Farrell attempted TO
break into store on the Third Avenue. New
York. He was surprised by officer Kass.
Attempting to escape, the officer ordered him
to stop. He refused to do so, and the officer
fired at him, inflicting wound from which
he died. Farrell was a desperate character.
Before he expired, he sent for the officer, and
sad, II forgive you, because I know that
you was doing your duty"
The story of gambling bout between
congressman blorrissey and Senator Wood,
Is SAID to be true. The amount lost by Nor
,ilssey ,i,s was $Ig4,OVo. At one time during
the evening, Wood had lost $50, 600; but BY
ms coolness, he made ii up and turned the
tables.
Nearly two thousand Germans now leave
Europe every week for the United States in
the Bremen and Hamburg mail steamers. A
company is established at Copenhagen to en-
courage the emigration of Danes, NorWegians
ana Swedes to the United States The chill
dren OF all these emigrants are taught the
English language as their mother tongue.
The broker who recently invited a num-
ncr OF ladies to his house, and had placed on
tue plate of each a gift worth one thousand
gollars, is said to be Leonard W. Jerome.
some oil the husbands of the ladies were
very indignant, and compelled them to send
their presents back. Mr. jerome treats the
sensation very nonchalantly.
The British Museum has lately received q
series of specimens of the beautiful sponge
called Venuss flower basket (EupIseteHa
spec'osum.) 1t is more like the work of
some lace maker than a congeries or republic
OF minute jelly-like animals; and the thread
OF which it Is woven is so hard that it will
scratch glass.
Rev. Henry Ward Beecher lectured at
Newark, N. j., on the evening of the 17th
INST, in favor of universal suffrage, includ-
ing black and white men and women, pau
pers, and foreigners intending to remain in
the country He claimed voting to be
natural, inherent right
A mysterious murder is reported ON the
warren county border in Pennsylvania A
skeleton was found, the skull separated from
the other remains. couple of gentlemen
went prospecting after ore in that neighbor-
hood last summer, and it is suspected that
one murdered the other.
II is now said in Paris that the object of
General Casteucavs expedition to Mexico
was to induce the abdication of Macmillan.
A rumor also prevails there that Max does
not intend to abdicate, but threatens to nut
himself at the head of the loyal Mexicans,
and battle for his crown.
The invitation from leading dignitaries of
the Catholic church in the United States re
Gently in session at Baltimore, extending 10
the Pope an urgent request for his Holiness
to visit this country, has been received, and
is under consideration. There is some
probability of its being accepted
The general impression now is that the
Senate will confirm such Of the nominations
sent In as are not glaringly partisan in their
nature, trusting to the passage of some mea-
sure at this session 10 curtail the Presidents
patronage.
Albert Pike says in late letter, that the
completion Of the new Arkansas and Ten
nessee Railroad is ten times as important as
getting into the Union and electing Sena
tOIsi anu all lnat
1t is singular coincidence that Lieuten.
ant Commander Moreau Forrest was buried
at sea on the gath of November, the very
day his uncle, Admiral Forrest, of the Rebel
navy, was buried in Georgetown.
The recent census taken of the CITY of
Mobile show 1t TO contain: Whites-Males.
29lli females, 2015; total whites, 1926 Co
lored - Males, 3lS1; females, 1855; total
colored, 1886. Total population, 19,O62.
VIM. Earl, one of the oldest inhabitant,
of Troy, died last week, aged 50 years. IL
had lived in Troy since the year 1900. About
six months ago, he was attacked with the
first illness of his life.
The official Republican majority for Gov
ernor in Michigan is 2903s. The majority
for revision of the State Constitution il So,
O27, and the majority for the amendment
allowing soldiers to vote 1890.
London paper states that during the
year several persons in various parishes Of
England have been fined f1ve shillings for
not attending church.
The idea is broached in Canada of sending
convicts to catch whales, and some philan.
thropists favor it as opening a chance for
civilizinG and converting the Esquimaux
DR.. Carpenter of Oneida, has removed
from the throat OF a young man a tumor an
inch in length and an inch in diameter.
located directly over the palate.
The Quartermaster's Department have
sold the past year articles no longer needed
for army. purposes to the amount OF 800