Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1867-08-09

ID men thrown out Of employment by
their afectionate Conservative employ
srs.
4 Paris dispatch says that tn. uaiae I
Of Bishop Dupanl0up Is prominent 7
among those spoken * to succeed Plus /
Ninth as Pope, It Is said he viii have Z
the French influence. which viii large {
ly prBponderate at the election.
There is a report from Fort Harlzer /
that the Indians killed seven men near (
there on Sunday, ard committed other
outrages in the vicinity. some troops
went in pursuit. but found the Indians
too strong to be attacked.
Among the passengers by the China,
which arrived at Boston on Tuesday
night, were admiral TegethOff, Of the
austrian Navy, and his brother, Gen
Te~sthoff, en- g0slte for Mexico to obtain
the body of MaXimilian-
Miss Dix, the Florence Nightingale Of
our asylums and hospitals, has just
shipped to Fortress Monroe the last load
which is being erected there. The mon
ument is Of beautiful design, and VIII
be completed early in the Fall.
The Chicago Tribune predicts that the
Republicans VIII carry twice as many
States in the South IS the Democrats
VIII in the North next Fall and at the
Presidential election. Senator Wilson
win undoubtedly confirm the opinion,
aud, what Is more, the South itself VIII
confirm il.
a new direetorv of Baltimore has
been issued, which embraces the names
of 1880 hOuseholders, being an in
crease of IS ,92S names over its grede-
cessOr. There being only about twenty
five per cent. Of the population eSume-
rated ia the directory, thts would ynti-
cate The population of Baltimore al noL
I less than Geo, Of whom about 400
are cOlOred.
/ A young woman named Carrie Ma
/ son, recently frOm Dayton, Ohio, and
/ previously 4 resident of CoviuRfou,
| Kentucky, attempted To commit suicide
IN Chicago. on Tuesday, by taking NOR
phine- She was resuscitated. The de-
sertion Of her lover was the cause.
The Frecdnsns Saving and Trust
I Company, under the management Ofthe
( Ereedmen's Bureau, has just publish
I ed an instructive report for the month
/ of June last, showing that the colOred
! people dt posted during that period
/ $Iz2,O75, and withdrew S94, ,Sl3. leaving
an excess of deposits of SIS, ,262. Tie
/ Company has now on hand over S4S0.-
[ 200 belonging lo freedmen Sfich an ev-
/ 5dence of thrift on the part Of "A newly
/ emancipated people has m parallel in
I history, and exceeds the hopes of even
I their best Friends.
T. Buchanan Read has been engaged
20 paint pOrtrHi of ex-PTesident Lord
I Of Dartmouth College.
A fresh-water whale or aquatic mon
/ stef, which 'tpuffs, blows, means, and
eats whitc6sb," has been seen in Lake
] Michigan. 1t is described as being much
/ larger than any sturgeon which has
ever been seen in the lake. some of those
who have seen ST estimating its length
( at fully 10 feet. Its head is large and
I its jaws capaciOus,
The dog war in New York City this
/ season has resulted in the capture Of
/ 5,S51 CANNES, at "a cost to the city Ut
/ s.. .204 so. The price has been reduced
i one-half. and now but twenty-five cents
are paid for dogs. The business Is mo
nopOlized by five persons, who hire
small bows TO do the work and give
them small commissions for theirIabor.
The profits of these dog brokers during
/ the season will be about 5000 each
1 Twenty-Five miles more of the Kansas
+ branch of the Pacific Railroad has been
/ finished and accepted. This reaches
235 miles west of the Missouri river on
that route.
The great tunnel on the Pacific Rail
road, at the summit OF the Sierra Neva-
da is nearly competed. Only sixty-four
feet remained uncut last Saturday. The
rails are being laid att the easterly lOpe,
whore twenty mile f track are graded
( It is expected that the locomotive will
pass through the tunnel by the 18th OF
August, and the lille will be completed
Ito the Nevada line in Septem Der next
Under the Penny Postage system, the
receipts of the British POst-Ohice have
Increased prOdigiOusiy. In the estimate
/ of Post Office Revenue in IS66-67, lately
submitted to the House of Commons by
! the Chancellor of the EXcheQuer, S23,
l250,0 goo was set down as the prObabre
sum for the year; and from the Revenue
Returns for the June quarter, just pub
llished, 1T appears that the anticipated
income is likely to be fully realized, the
quarters receipts being no less than So,
f750,O00. The London Times questions
! the policy of reaping so large AN in
come from the POst-Ofice, and suggests
whether its surplus revenue might no
I be turned to account. and its operations
made still more beneficial, either by re
: duced rates Of carriage or by an increase
in the functions Of the Department.
Though we are but imperfectlv in
/ formed of the advance of the Russians
in Central Asia, we know that for sew.
eral years they have been steadily con.
J quering portions Of Independent 1arta.
rY and anneXing them to the Russian
dOminions. In 1865 the country con.
lquered until that time was constituted
Russian government Z" (province)
under the name of ToOrlzistan. Since
then large additional conquests have
been made, and Gable dispatch from
st. Petersburg informs us that the coun.
try lately conquered has been cOnstitu-
ted a new government, " under thC
command ct Gen. Kaufman.-N. 7
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