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Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22
rHE mANIsHnD SPANISH sTATEs-
MIN.

The London Morning Post says Of inc
Spanish statesmen who have latsiy pcen
banished -, a.
IOf the members who have been sent 70
the Canary Islands, two arc among the nloss
eminent statesmen Of Spain. M. salaver I,l
was for six or seven years Minister OIL "
nance and leader Of the Lower House unuei
the administration of Marshal O'Donnelli
was under him that the Moorish war was
successfully carried out; and, whatever may
he said as 10 his reluctance to settle All tue
obligations of govcrnment-in when, now
ever, he was no worse, probably, thah
either his predecessors or his successors-
his long financial career has certainly hoch
associated with degree OF popular prosper
ity such us Spain Rios Rosas, though ne mas
probably done less in point oil pracuca,
administration than N. SnlaverriA, possessed
hardly less considerable reputation IN
Europe. In spite OF some tergiversatlon,
common indeed to most Spanish statesmen,
his ecclesiastical policy stands out conspic-
iously; and he has, curiously enough, more
| than once had Narvaez, who now baniahes
\ him, for colleague. The Marshal at the
head of the government is al any rate nc
respecter Of persons All who oppose hin
| 90 10 q common and indscriminAte exile. u
| is now made abundantly clear that there II
nothing but the army to bridge over th'
difficulty between government and, reyoiu
ton. That all classes are against the pres
ant ministry is certain enough, but IN
probability is that IT, are equally Oppose
to the dynasty itself. "
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

THE PREsIDENT's LOGICAL the Cop
perhead celebration OF the 9Th OF January,
in Washington, President johnson gave US
an example of his logic power in the follow.
ing toast;
under; the Constitution, to renounce it's
place in or to withdraw from the Union; nor
has the Congress Of the United States the
constitutional power to degrade the people
of any state, by reducing them to the condi-
ton Of mere territorial dependency upon
the federal head. The one is disruption and
dissolution Of the government; the other Is
consolidation and an exercise Of despotic
power. The advocates of either are alike
the enemies Of the Union and Of the consh-
tutional form Of government.
of course, no state has right, under the
Constitution, to renounce its place in the
Union. That rs what the loyal men OF the
country have said from the beginning,
though the great majority of those who are
nOwIthe Presidents supporters have held
the opposite doctrine. But men and States
often do things which they have no right ia
do. Booth had no right to assassinate Lin,
coin and thereby put the country underline
rule Of q man who Is an apostate from the
principles which Lincoln revered. WhaI
then9 Is Lincoln not dead2 Is Andy John
son not President2 The South had no right
to withdraw from the Union; does il thel
follow that she did not withdraw Thu
thief has no right to your poeket-book; bu
if he takes 1t, what thenf If you catch hin
and wrest your property from his grasp
} do you at once take him to your bos0mas
} An honest man, upon the theory that, Il 1
} not right to steal, therefore no crime Ina
been committed, and 1t would DO unfair /
degrade" him by reducing him to the con
{ ditlon Of a criminal?
The President unconseiously retutes hi
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

THURSDAY, January II, 1867
The United States Senate, on Thursday, re-
ceived several petitions for On increased tariff
also, q petition from the Texas Unioniss asking
for reconstruction Of the State government.
The House hill fixing the compensation Of post
ofce route agents WAS passed. The bill to reg't-
late the tenure OF oihce WAS discussed by Mcssrs,
MoDougal Wiley, Hendricks, Conness, boo.
little and Sumner In the course Of the debate
Mr.. Sumner sail "Tbcre was no such duty on
our recent predecessors 10 this Chamber, be
cause there WAS no President Of the United
States who Ind become the enemy Of bis coun-
try" Mr.. Dooliite claimed that auoh language
toward the Executive was not permissionable In
the Senate. The chair decided that the words
do not exceed the limits Of debate usual in The
Senate. Mr. Doolitle appealed from the le.
cison, and on motion Of Mr.. Lane, the appeal
was mid on the table. Adjourned.
The House Of Representatives. In Committee
| Of tho Whole, resumed the consideration Of the
Legislative Appropriation bill After the adop
| ton OF some amendments tho bill was reported
| The various amendments were then considered
| Some we're agreed to, and others were voted
down. The bill was then passed. Tho Com.
| mittee on Military Aiiairs wore directed to In
qulro into the administration of the affairs Of
West Point Military Academy. Adjourned
FRIDAY, January 18th, 1867.
The United States Senate, on Friday rOcevet
an1 laid on the table tho resolutions Of the Ken
lucky Legislature rejecting the constitutions
amendment. Petitions on various suhjeota wer
also received. A motion TO take up Mr.. Sauls
bury's resolution calling upon the heads Of dc
parimonts for lists of the removals from ofIic
between March l, 1851, and March 4, 1865, wa
disagreed to. The bill to regulate the tenur
Of office was taken up, and the deba,e was con
iinued by Mossrs. Sumner, johnson, EdmundI
Howe and Lane. The bill was finaly passed
yeas 20 nays Q. An executive session was held
Adjourned.
Tho House OF Representatives was engage
principally in the consideration Of bills on III
i private calendar. Mr. Stevens Reoonstruotio
bill WAS discussed by Messrs. Donnelly an
Eldrilge. MIR. Randall, from the OommiltC
on Banking and Currency, reported q bill
authorize the issue Of TREASURY notes not beal
ing interest, to be u-ed in providing slnklT
G fund for the extinguishment of the public deb
/. An evening session was held for general dObat
SATURDAY, January 10Th, 1867.
In tho United States Senate, on Saturday, II
n Naval Committee reported the House bill Of Ia
q session for the selection Of League Island se
pr depot for iron clads The Bankrupt bill "
), considered, and several amendments we're adeI
:, cd. Adjourned.
|, The House Of Representatives was oooupi
in the confederation Of bills Of private ohara
I, ter, aud afterwards took up ahe Stevens Reoo
~ siruction bill The discussion vas contlnu
by Messrs. spslding Koontz, Scofeli, Ward o.
4, Plants Adjourned.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

ATTEMPTED MURDER AND A SUICIDE
A tragedy occurred in Manchester, N. H.,
on Monday evening, which has caused con-
siderable excitement. A young man named
Hatch, formerly u saloon keeper, some time
since became enamored of Mira. Batchel-
der, residing ON Mount Pleasant street,
whose husband is living in Boston. Tho
hopelessness Of Hatch's guilty passion seems
to have unsettled his reason, and on several
occasions he threatened to kill Mrs. Batchel-
der. About six O'Clock last evening Mrs
Batchelder and Mrs. Davidson went to the
room Of the former, and while one of the
women was engaged in putting wood into
the stove, Hatch entered the room with q
revolver and fired at Mrs Stakeholder. The
ball struck a steel stay in her dress, and
glanced off without doing any injury.
Mrs, BRtchelder and Mrs. Davidson then
escaped from the room, wheroupon Hatch
placed the muzzle OF the pistol OF his own
breast and shot himself through the lungs.
The wound is mortal ono. The doctors
who were called to attend Hatch state thai
he has been insane for some time past.
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rnImns Am oAsuALrrEs.

A Deputy Collector of Internal Revenue,
while on the road to Memphis a few days
ago, was assaulted and robbed of $4,000 at
Duyalls Bluff, Arkansas. II was afterwards
shown that the party had connlved at the
robbery, and lie was arrested and the stolen
money was recovered
a desperate plot for the assassination Of
the Pasha of Egypt and the subversion Of the
government has been discovered and frus-
trated
In Boston, on Thursday, a little girl was
smoihcfed in the snow while returning to
her home from school. The police assisted
10 their homes q children and over 100 wo-
men, who otherwise would have persisted in
the snow.
Edwin Burns, No. 10 Washington street,
New York, was arrested on Tuesday on
suspicion Of numbering his wife.
A trial is in progress in New York to re-
cover $4,000 for running of with man Is
wife. She could not have been worth tina,
much, OF she would notlave run away.
The guardians OF two young men who
haye enlisted in New York tried to get then
released because they were under 1s, Judge
Belts refused the application, as the boy
lad sworn they were over IS.
Moot the Jewish Rabbi, who secured th
confidence and money of Faxon, of Boston
by the loan dodge, Is supposed to be Sc
erclcd in this country 1t has Just trans
lired that he succeeded in getting loans tror
Nj Fay0n to amount Of over $500, 600 III
stead OF $l30,0OO as previously stated. Moo
not only managed to fleece Faxon with hi
diamond trick collateral, but indirectly oil
tanned money from other parties with papt
which Faxon had endorsed; one party hi
$4,000, and another $4,000 OF It.
A eoored man, named Andrew jackson
sai down and died IN doorway in Rcl
mond on Wednesday.
newly married Pittsburg lady has be,
surprised by a letter from husband of lol
ago in California, stating he is coming ho1
with lots Of money.
The Mississippi steamer Platte Vail
struck the wreck of Il gunbost near Mempl
Tennessee, on Thursday, and sunk in thu
minutes up TO the hurricane roof She "
crowded with passengers, and 1t ls beliey
that one hundred persons were lost, amo
whom were nearly forty women and cl
lren. ...H..
During the progress oil the late terri
fire at VicksbuTg, a wholesale system of /
laying was carried on, and ii is reported Il
~
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

TRAGEDY IN INDIANA.--A special Chi3l-
80 dispatch, under date of the 10Th inst,
says
A terrible tragedy occurred at Valparaiso,
Indiana, forty-three miles from this city, on
the Pittsburg and Fort Wayne road
Chauncey Page, jeweler Of Valparaiso,
some time since had trouble with his wife,
which led to separation, the wife going as
servant into the family of IN old man re-
siding the vicinity.
About nine O'Clock last night Page went
to the house and succeeded in obtaining an
interview with his wife. A quarrel arose
between them, during which Page threw his
wife upon the floor, beat and kicked her in
terrible manner, and left her for dead. He
then went to an adjoining room, and with Il
heavy poker, which he snatched from the
fireplace, attacked his wife's mother, and
killed her; and then, as If TO cover up the
horrible deed, set the house on fire, and fed
10 the woods.
The only person who escaped from the
house was young girl, who was terribly
mangled, and is not expected to recover.
Other reports say Page shot his victim
with revolver.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

The HAIR.-The ordinary length OF the
hair of the head in woman variea from
twenty inches to yard, in some instances
even longer than that, but they are oil I'M
usual occurrence; its weight from five ounces
to eight ounces. A contemporary relates an
instance whore the hair of ladY's head at
tanned the measurement Of two yards in
length. But its proper length for texture
and strength should not exceed twenty-four
inches, and its value as long hair is much
deprecated in price when it falls shorter.
II has been calculated by Without that the
beard grows at the rate of line and hall
per week, which gives length Of six and q
half inches in the course Of the year, while
for a man of eighty years OF age twenty
seven feet would have fallen before the razor.
We arc informed that the beard Of the Burgo-
master Hans Steiningon was so long that on
ono occasion, having forgotten to fold up the
same, he trod upon it as he assembled to the
council chamber at Brunn, and was thereby
thrown down and killed. And still further
We may cite from Eble that at the Princes
| Court at llldam there is a full-length paint
ing OF carpenter whose beard was nine
feet long, so that when engaged at work hi
was Obliged to curry ii in q bag. In the In
dustrial Exhibition OF 1869 there were oNhi
bitcd specimens of human hair taken from
the heads OF English, French and Italian
ladies, the longest specimen having been Gu
from one of our own countrywonen.
was lock of jet black hair, and measured
seventy-four inches in length.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22
LETTRR FROM DOVER.
II corrapond q, nee n ne JotnnOl and Sdfesman
DovER, January 19th, ls67.

DOVER, January lBth, l6bi
The salary of the Governor of this State
is now two thousand dollars, the Senate
passing the bill making the increase on the
evening previous to the Inauguration on
Tuesday last.
The following bills are now laws having
passed both Houses:
A supplement TO chap. 95 of the Revised
Code, entitled "0f the Court of Chancery.
A supplement to chap SO of the Revised
Code, "Of joint estates and partition. (The
two acts enlarge the jurisdiction Of the
Chancellor during the vacation Of the Court,
and will prevent delays in the transaction of
business, which have Justly been causes OF
complaint)
| The Delaware and Dorchester Railroad
bill has passed the Senate and is now before
| the House. Mr.. Jackson OF your county,
has introduced a bill to incorporate the
Delaware and Chester County Railroad
Company, which is intended to run on the
"western line" The Dover and Mahon
bill is pending in the Senate. These are all
the railroad bills so far before the Legs
lature.
The charter for the Delaware State Nor
NAL University passed the House unanimous
ly, and there is no opposition TO it in tn
Senate. The various bills for Building ant
Loan Associations will all pass without an!
opposition, all the members looking upol
these excellent institutions as in every wa.
beneficial to the community.
An application has been made for an &C
ofincorporntion for q company magnificent
named, 1.-THE CrGsus Gold and Silver Mir
ing Company" said company intends
8 operate In Colorado, and no doubt its pro-
D pectus will be a brilliant production. Ho'
many ''ground floors" it would have cAnnt
+ now certainly be stated, but one thing is no
n sure, it will be 'Hoored" in the Legislator
Bills have been introduced in the Hou
/, to renew the charter OF the Wilmington Co
n Gas company; to incorporate the Delawa
Gas Light Improvement company; to inco
poratc the Hicks Steam Engine company
Va New Castle, and also to incorporate Il
=, Electrical Brake company OF America.
" The Committee of Ways and Means ha
not yet reported any project for increasi
10 the ordinary revenue of the State. 4
IN Committees on Divorces and Roads are k
90 busy, and seem to report bills on all apple
" lions, at least they have not yet made q
adverse reports.
ne The State Treasurer has not yet answel
n' the resolution of the House making inqu
sc as to the enforcement of the law tax
is- passengers, or strictly speaking, the pers'
'H and corporations carrying passengers,
~ Next week, two important matters will
~ decided in the House, viz; the Constitutio
llS Amendment, and the bill for the recognit
=" of the Civil Rights Bill in this State.
,as Both Houses adjourned on Friday me
ing, until Monday evening.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

The bill prohibiting the right oil suhias.
tn snv citizeuin the Territories of the United
States. ON account of race or color, has pass
ed both branches Of Congress, and is now
in the hands of the President. A veto IS
looked for. I'll
Congress has suspended the payment oil
the bounty proposed 10 the legal owners Oh
slaves who enlisted in the late war. mary |
land now proposes TO withhold the payment
of her State bounty 10 her colored soldiers
Congress should vote the suspended bounty
10 colored soldiers themselves.
The conservatory attached 10 the Execu-
live mansion at Washington was damaged
by fire to the extent of $50, 900 on Thursday.
About one.third of the valuable plants, many
of them of the rarest character and oil ior'
eigu origin, were destroyed.
The steamer Ellen s. Terry, Of the New
bern North Carolina) line, was badly
damaged by fire in New York harbor on
Thursday morning.
Arrangements are in progress for the re-
building Of the Atlantic Hotel, in NorioiA,
reeeatly destroyed by fire.
JuuIEA IIIlNtu hL OuAnhbS D~~NNN~
The next day he cent force to follow the
French ON their way 10 the city of Mexico.
One thousand French troops fell INTO an
ambuscade near San Juan de los Lagos, and
were entirely cut off, losing all their arm'
and $50 prisoners.
The Kansas Senate has passed join
resolution for the amendment OF the STATE
Constitution restricting suffrage to loya
men.
The Legislature of West Virginia LA
adopted the Constitutional amendment-th
Senate by 10 to 8.
The Commercials Washington's specia
says.-rhe gradual substitution of lega
tender treasury notes for National ban
notes, Is much talked of, and the friends c
the National bank system are gettin
alarmed.
Colonel Badeau, of Grants staff, hs
nearly completed biography ofthe Genera
upon which he has worked two years.
i appears by dispatches from the Mort
and East, that travel was entirely suspendc
on tile railroads in those sections, on Thur
day and Friday, owing to the tremendo'
storm which prevailed, the snow completed
blocking up all the avenues Of travel. 4
last advices the entertainments of snow We
beng removed, and travel resumed.
Tho Hon James W. NYe, has been T
elected United States Senator from Novad
General Nye is a thorough-going Radical
politics, and is among the most able men
the Senate
Commodore Blake, who was missing fro
lis home, near Boston, and was supposed
have been lost in the storm, has returned
his home, having taken refuge in hut.
Christopher and Benjamin Sheesley
father and son-died on Saturday week
Middle Paxton township, Pa
George Locker, of Burlington, Iowa,
been insane ever since a shell burst W
near his head, during his term of service
the army.
A negro man made application on Thu
day in the Superior Court for Chath
county, Ga, to be admitted to practice
the bar. His application was denied.
gunhoat is to be stationed at Kings
in the Spring, on account Of the number
Fenian convicts in the penitentiarY Their
"A Wisconsin court lately decided tn
man has right to chastisc his wife
reasonable extent"
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

ALDRID0E, THE Memo AcToR.-From the
following, which VIC find In Wilkes Spirit
of Times, Ira Aldridge, the celebrated negro
actor, who is pure black, with thick lips,
fiat nose and curly hair, appears TO be al
most as great o prodigy as Blind Tom:
"About thirty years ago, being youth OF
twenty, Aldridge went to England with
the elder Walack, in the humble capacity
of body servant; but so great was his apti-
tude for the dramatic art that, without any
instruction, by mere association with that
great actor, he inhaled and absorbed sufti-
cient skill to come out as an actor himself,
IN Othello, in the slave, and in several other
parts with which he was Unidentified by his
color For many years he struggled on
| in England in the arduous endeavor to win
| fame aud fortune upon the stage. At times
he was in the greatest poverty and distress;
but he held on bravely, and at last his re-
ward came. But he did not reap his great
est success till he went upon the continent,
| in 1852. There his victory was complete
and overwhelming.
Sin Austria, Germany, France and pre-
eminently in Russia, he has ever since had
the most stupendous triumphs. In Moscow
and 81. Petersburg SO great is his populari-
ty that the students have often embarrassed
the horses Of his chariot, and drawn him
home from the theatre us conQueror. An
he does not know tho continental languages
we'll enough to employ them upon the stage
and that from the very outset he has spoken
his own part In English. II is high evidence
Of his ability, that in language utterly
strange to his audiences, by sheer force OF
acting, by look, tone, gesture, attitude,
movement, he should electrily and deligh
the most cultivated nations of Europe. Ant
from the deep poverty Of his early years he
! has risen TO opulence Nobility and royalty
have showered upon him their iavors. HI
has been knighted and bears the title o
chevalier. He wears rings given to him by
kings and queens; and he could load hi
breast with the decoration and medals of thu
different orders he has received.
Ellis wife 10 Swedish baroness, and hi
! residence is splendid mansion in the sub
4 urbs Of London, near tho Crystal Palace
a and he owns not only the house no occupies
n but five villas OF equal proportions. Their
= Is not ali, a more successful man thar
= Chevalier Ira Aldridgc, X. s., thirty ycar
? ago Wallack's body servant"
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

AN INCIDENT IN PARIs.-A small occur
renee which took place at the inaugural lee
ture of Professor Michel Chevalier, in the
College de France, the other day, was not
without its significance. His subject was
"Political Economy" and therewas most
crowded audience assembled to hear the
learned and distinguished teacher of that
science. He spoke generally of the benefits
of freedom, not only in commerce, but in all
other walks OF human interest and duty; and
towards the close he illustrated what he had
said with q most eloquent tribute to tie sue
cess, the stability and the glory of the United
States He described the late war, its for.
midable and gigantic proportions, the ease
with which huhdreds OF thousands of men
had volunteered to defend their country,
with which hundreds Of millions of dollars
/ had been poured into its chests, and then.
most marvellous of all, the silence with
which these men had been returned to their
habitual occupations of industry; the promp-
titude and rapidly with which an enormous
debt was about 10 be extinguished; and he
exclaimed, 'Is is only where liberty is that
such thingB ought to be-" and his words
were drowned with tremendous outbreak
of applause.
Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-01-22

MURDER IN CINCINNATI. - A terrible
tragedy occurred OF Cincinnati, on Monday
night, the details of which are not fully
known. The victim is Mary J. Thompson,
o daughter Of Peter Thompson, well-known
Scotch liquor-dealer OF that city, recently
deceased. Miss Thompson was the mistress
of William Mclaughlin, a prominent builder
of this city. The wife of Mclaughlin went
to n house on Baymiller street last night, and
found her husband and MISS Thompson in
bed together, which so enraged her that she
seized poker and inflicted wounds upon
Miss Thompson that caused her death in u
few hours. Preparations were made for u
hasty burial; but the authorities got wind oil
the affair, and an inquest held on the body.