Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-03-12
GENERAL NEWS.

A ,oraigr letter says;--"You cannot form /
an ;dea of the emotion caused in Northern
schleswig by the conscription Tor lhe rIuS.
s,an army. Nearly four thousand youths
have len the country to escape wearing .ne
pruasau uniform. They have taken refuge
in Denmark, where they will enter inc
Danish army"
The President and Cabinet, in connecuon
with Cen. Grant, are perlectng arrange
ments Tor the immediate enforcement Oh 'he
reconstruction law. Thomas, Sheridan
sickles. Ord and Schoheld are reporteu u
no the Ave commanders who will have charge
If dis,ricts. Instructions for their guidance
are being prepared by Secretary Stanton ana
Gen. Grant.
man in Memphis, Tenn, wrote
wretched play, and when il was performed
at the theatre, made an attack in the pit on
a critic who Kissed 1t. The critic knocked
down the unfortunate author, and the next
morning extingulshed the drama with MS
pen.
A correspondent oil the New YORK Times
writing from Valparaiso, South America
says:--Valparalso is quite gay, the city De-
ing tuil of people from the capital. Inc
opera is Sin full blast" the season Is ek'
tremely hot, and earthquakes OF daily &C.
currence. Pleasant
Capt Isaac Casey, only son oil non
Joseph Casey, Chief Justice OF the u o
Court of Claims, died in Washington OF
Tuesday. The deceased greatly distinguish
ed himself during the late war in many marc
fought battles.
The venerable Father Webb, the oides
Methodist clergyman in the world, Is salt
to be very i'll at his residence in barnstanie
Mass, and IS not expected to recover.
The immense shell combs, such as wer
worn forty years ago, are TO supersede IN
waterfall.
The Herald's Berlin correspondent enron
cles the splendid triumphs of the Libers
Democracy Of Germany at the General eleS
ton held under the universal suffrage irar
chise. The city returns from Berlin sho'
that Count Bismark, with every General
the late war or Prussian war hero, wei
signally defeated by the constituencies
which they were nominated.
The Herald special says Hon. G. ID. HUI
bard, member of Congress from West VI
ginia has returned to the Treasury OF Il
United States 1881 90, the balance of his i
creased pay as Congressman.
The Worlds special says that the Intern
Revenue Bureau has issued instructions
immediate assesspents for the income ia
I., tha laxu pauep1 last wee
The time of assessment is changed from M
to March, and the uniform rate of per Gel
is fixed on all incomes, with one thousa
dollars exempt. Assessors are required
go to work at once.
Gen. John Meredith Read, Jr. author
the Historical Inquiry Concerning Her
Hudson, has been elected member OF
Royal Irish Academy, on the nomination
Sir Edward Burke, Ulster King of Ar
and Lord Talbot de Malahide, President
the Academy. The Governor and Cour
Assistants OF the Muscovy or Russia Com
nv, the corporation founded by sebast
Cabot in London in 1555,and which origi
ted the commerce between Great Brit
and Russia have also sent an official lette
General Read thanking him for the inter
ing light cast upon their early history
The United States steamer Tuscsrora
gone to the Fejee Islands to punish
sayages for barbarities on American sean
The French post.of1ce receives daily
thousand letters whose addresses are III
BILE. Two clerks are constantly emplo
in deciphering these charades. AT
$50, 900 letters annually defy all guesses
Charles F. Browne, known as Arte
Ward, the American humoriest dies
Southampton on the 9th.
A statement from the War Departr
shows that 80, e62 whites and "a, 2SS col
people in the South will need food
some source before the next crop can rel
them, and that ITO, 200 rations per m
will be required for the next Ave month
Governor Wells, Of Louisiana, has ia
proclamation declaring the act Of Com
for the more efficient government of
rebel States in full force in that State.
The Christians in Thessaly have eni
into negotiations with the Turks for secl
religious independence.
A Georgia correspondent says that a 81
party, enunciating the principles cont
in Ex-Governor Browns recent letter
ing the acceptance of Sherman's miltar
construction plan, has sprung up and
fair to be the controlling party in the
The money market is tighter than wat
known there before, owing to the withd
nr Northern capital and the employing
all funds Tor the purchase of provisions
On Thursday the corporation election
place at Williamsport, nd, and result
The election OF Daniel Cyester, Burgel
=. Miller, Assistant Burgess; William
and John Flemming, Commissioners,
Gals; Samuel Leverer, S. s. Cunnin
and Moses c. Bowers, Copperheads
year the Codperheads had majority
vote was the largest ever cast on 81
occasion.
The Lower House of the Missouri
lature has passed bill to amend the
Constitution SO as to permit negroes t.
by vote of ayes rs, nays 40.
CRIMES AND CAsUALTIEs
In New York, on Wednesday ,Alfre
ther was sentenced to the penitenti