Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-12-13


London, Dsesmbsr 5.-Copious sx-
tracts ofthe message OF President John
son are published. In commenting up-
on it, the Times has the fol1Owings
'4Ihe message shows Ehas President 4
Johnson has learned nothing BE I
transcends himself IN imprudenca. BE |
regards his Office as absolute soTerelgns Z
do their prerogatives. he forfeits ali /
respect"
At Gallatiu. Tennessse, last Thursday |
night. Lieutenant Colonel Martin, late [
Of the First Arkansas (rebel) regiment 1
prsuareE q cloth saturated with chlOr-
form. which his wife inhaled to relieve
q distressing headache. Shortly e1tsE,
he fell asleep, and did not awake until 8
a. n, when. TO his horror, he found his
wife dead. Her remains were forward
ed to her relatives, at lexington Ken
lucky.
The Governor OF Kentucky has ap-
pointed Col. Frank YVOolford his Ad3 d
tant General. WoOlford was c0urt11ar-
tailed during the war for public abuse
Of thePresident Of the United States
The Philadelphia Union League has
nominated Gen. Grant for the Preslden-
cy.
The Kentucky Senate on Tuesday,
passed arasolutiOu, by a vote Of twenty
i've to six, forthe appointment OF a Jolnt
COMMITTEES Of five e ON eaca house. 70
ascertain and report the assessed Ea4ue
of slaves taken from c1tlzens oi eaGA
county in Kentucky Dy teoeraL Ike
cutfve pr0cIamations, by acts OF Con
gress, and by the amendment 70 the
Constitution. The committee are also
to INQUIRE as to the proper steps Tor pro-
curing compensation for slaves 50 Ia~
ken
Municipal elections were held in sew
eral Massachusetts, cities on tne stn-
m IL n n
oerat7 Mayor, and worcester e4ecJsA
James B. Black, Republican.
The artificial limbs for MANNED veter-
ans cost the government last year 49,
206. so. and the tobacco supplied to the
enlisted men Of the army cost $lO4seso,
81
The Georgia Reconstruction Conven-
tiOn is now in session
FIVE POINTS, NEW 1oRE.--l3epuDII=
can vote q Democratic 2I2z5.
There viii be no contraction Of legal
tenders during December.
There are now I, 1,O14 prisoners in the
Ohio penitentiary.
The story that Gsribaldi has escaped
from Caprera is pronounced false.
The italian Government has granted
universal amnesty to Rdherents Of Gar
ibaldi,
There is to be a National Convention
of the Grand Army of the Republic at
Philadelphia on the 18th Of January.
The President has again rendered the
Mexican mission to General McCIer-
naud Of Illinois.
The list Of counterfeiters pardoued
by the President viii be presented to
the Senate in few days. lt embraces
only about thirty-fYe names.
An approximate estimate Of the guam
tity of donkeys in Chicago may be bas-
ed upon the fact that the receipts at
Westonis slecture," on wednesday
night, amounted to $500.
The sale of newspapers devoted to
criminal news, and embellished with
fancifut and lasctviOus sketches is now
prohibited on the cars Of the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company.
The Democratic majority in New York
city would have been larger If two or
three ship loads OF enigrants that were
expected had not been delayed by adj
verse winds.
The public debt statement win show
an increase Of eight or ten millions, oW-
ing to heavy interest payments. Twen-
ty-elRht millions of coin viii be reQuir-
ed for the same purpose soon, but there
are 500, 100000 Of coin in the treasury
now.
A special from San Francisco, Of the
9TH saws the members of the Legislature
and others were taken on a special e1-
cursiOn, on that day over the Central
the Sierra, and through the great tun-
mel, z ,042 feet above the sea.
Mississippi has certainly voted to hold
a Convention. Returns have been re-
eeived from all the counties but four,
which four can not alter the result.
Gen. Grant is preparing a new order
to still further reduce expenditure on
army account. The moY6ment made
some time since by him, to dispense
with the services of civilians em-
ployed in the army, VIII constitute an
important feature, and viii make a re-
duction, it is stated, of 5000 men.
In twenty-four districts of South Car
Olinia, in which there were 96,66S regis
tered y-ytzrs5 * Is re ported that 81, ,4o1
so that it is probable the Convention IS
called. The first returns received, it
viii be remembered, indicated diner
ent result.
Senator Wilson has given notice Of a
bill TO relieve 5S4 citizens Of Alabama,
therein named, from, the disabilities of
the Reconstruction Act. The list in
cludes Governor Patton and Gen. Long
street, and is Endorsed by Generals Pope
and Swayne.
The Virginia Conservative Conven-
ton meets at Richmond, on "Wednesday
/ Of this week. There viii probably be
500 delegates present. It is reported the
| Convention VIII adopt a moderate plat
form, favoriDg impartial suffrage and
| Gen. Grant
With Southern Democrats the feeling
of hostility 10 schools is traditionary.
There is, for instance, no period in the
/ political history Of Georgia when any
public man dared to risk his political
existence by the bare proposition Of the
smallest public tax for common school.