Delaware State journal and statesman. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1855-1870, 1867-02-15

Gen. Grant, in circular just Issued, says I
that hereafter boys under the age OF twenty
one will not be enlisted, except for the pur-
pose of learning music, and then only under
authority from the superintendent OF the
recruiting service, or the Adjutant General
Of the army, after the written consent OF
parent guardian or master, has been OBJ
tanned, and when that cannot be had boys
will not be received.
A striking proof Of the scarcity OF money
in the country, is gIven In statement con-
tanned In a letter from Buckingham county |
to the Lynchburg Republicans. AT sale
here, two weeks since" says the writer,
"pork sold for eight cents cash, and sixteen
cents on time and corn and other articles
also at double rates on credit.
In the death OF Captain Wood, of New
York, who was lost from the yacht Fleet
wing in the great ocenn race, singular
presentlmsnt OF his wife has been fulfilled
over the date of December 10, 1865, she
wrote her mother my husband sailed for
Europe on the yacht Fleetwing, the 18th,
/ and am completely Frustrated with grief
and anxiety, feeling that he will never re-
turn. You will think this childish, but to
me II Is reality"
The usual dullness Of Athens, Ga, was
eulIyened the other day by a woman whip
ming her husband through the streets with
a large hickory.
! A man lost his way In the woods In JEFF
!, ferson, Iowa, short time since, and was
! devoured by wolves.
!, A Young lady 10 reported in Harrisburg
h who can pley two pieces on the piano and
a sing third, all at the same time.
Il A number of lawyers in Kentucky have
D. been sued for not taking out license, and
IN paying tax.
g. colored man was nned one dollar ant
ne costs in Now London, Conn, for "groan
ing like a possum" in meeting.
Il" An ingenious Frenchman has invented
method of stopping running horse by
lse continuance which ssizes his noatrils an
u. stops his respiration.
u n At West Milford, PasSiac county, N. ]
Sa scafiolding inside Of a stack or kiln at Ii
Long Pond Furnace, recently gave wa!
~, burying in the ruins fourteen Of the wor
a men who were on top of the scafoldln
"a Ono Young man, John staltar. was kilt
~, instantly. His father was Hhockingly mu
- lated, brt there are some hopes that he "
S vet recover. Three or four of the men hi
their arms and legs broken, and all the IT
.h' were more or less msngled.
W A frail woman In Binghamton, express
uH' TO her man 6 desire to die. Whereupon
pto procured large dose of arsenic which 4
80 took. But woman called on doctor, "
- administered remedies, and abe may live.
irtv Three policemen had terrible strug
rust with giant rufaan, at Chicago, one nil
i he lat week. he was first accosted by /
sue. yate watchman, whom he ept badly wit
,irds long knife. A second private watch h
they ing the noise pitched ir, and was slso ba
bose cut, as was policeman who came up at
q be noise When finally the rufian was 81
and ia not expected to live.
tb. In the Illinois PenitentiAry, at Spring.
oses Last week, convict procured hle, cut
iron bars OF his cell, seized and gagged
40 guard, and liberated thirty other prison
~ Thev then set themselves to work cut
Itatea lney ms - ,ha othor cal, do
= 49, amd but the outside guards were alarmed
! w." "r succeeded In capturing the party before
int Of iufthef nii''nls' was N
t. the A man hsa been arfsHsso ~ nunsai'
n the killing four children and eating their hi
untry raw. He acted on the Dehei .ns. ~ !"
he in have the power to become invisible wh'
Il will had eaten seven, but was not permitte
carry his experiment TO concluaion.
cad of ought to have been made invisible on o
a this the nrss one