Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-11-12
GENERAL, NEWS.

The election OF depuAcS !" the
Diet took place on Thursday, the prosres'
siye party carrying the day,
Tho question whether q lailroad company
which has printed on its tickets lhaV% is
not responsible for merc than one hunureo
dollars worth OF baggage can be ipaue 10
,,domnirv a traveller for lost trunk has
again been settled against rairoad eomp"
nv in Brooklyn. The Judge held ih"' !"
the hurry Of travel party was not |" ut
held resnonsiblc ior reading all the printed
matter that might be stuck at him through a
ticket window on the back ol his tieket'
The only fruit, it is said, which is known
IN grow in every climate, is the strawberry
MS the only fruit which somewhere on the
earth is picked every day ile year round'
Gen. George b. Mcclellan took passage
far The United States in the SCOTIA winch
left Liverpool on the Cd inst
The report of Gen. Grant in answer 10
the INQUIRY OF the President as to Wha'
number OF troops are stationed wi'lh INC
denartment of Washington, shows that III.
whole force amounts to but little over ,9o'
men, all told, in the States OF Maryland AM
Delaware, the District OF Columpm' "''
two counties in Virginia
The Maryland Episcopal Conyenuon'
lie session IN Washington ON THURSDAY
adonicd resolutions in favor OF creating
now diocese to consist of the District OF Ct
lumbin, Montgomery, Howard, Anne AfW
del Prince Georges, Calvert and ST. Mary
counties, with the Episcopal seat al Anna
oils The subject comes up before the ne'
diocesan Convention.
President johnson has pardoned Jam
A. Seldom, ex-Rebel Secretary OF War
The attempted revolution in Costa Ri
filled. The treaty between Nicaragua nj
the United States is on its way 10 Washln
ION. The Nicarauguan Congress is in SC
sion. Tie ,rors are suffering IRON df"uRl
The Peruvian revolution is Hu'mng gronn
President Pmdo Is III TIE fe,i, with A3,O
troops. A governmental disturbance
Ecuador was settled by the resignation
the Home Secretary,
The prize fight between the Agrale ii
Creamer, Baltimore roughs, was fought nj
Norfolk, and the former was beaten in iw'
ty-three rounds.
Tennessee court has gwen Sl6,'
damages against an express company
goods destroyed by the United States ar
deciding that Federal troops were not
eubed as .'lhe common enemy"
While hostiliues were suspended in Cr
pending negotiations between ihe Gre
and Turks, the latter destroyed great :
ul property. The provisional eoyernn
Of ihc island has rejected the snlan's o
lures, and declared that ii would yield {
10 King George. The Ciecinn CHAM
have made appropriations for the Gre
and for the fleet, and the people take =
interest in the annexation Of the island.
George Francis Tram and several wo
who have been active in advocating fel
suffrage in Kansas, will lecture On that
iect in eastern cities the coming winter
The shipments ol fractional currency
week amounted to Si55,9l2. The rcce
from Internal revenue were Si,O3l,OOo.
The employees of the War Deparln
are forbidden to communicate with out
parties on official business, or transact pu
business with claim agents.
The Brighton House, Chicago, was bur
on the 9th. Loss, $50 600 MaTpc's fl
ing mill was destroyed by the explosion
it's boiler, and subsequently, burned.
engineer is supposed to have lost bis
The money loss is So, 900
Weston, the pedestrian, passed ihro
Utica, n. y, Saturday noon.