Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-02-22

A man named Carrier, who had given
bonds to answer TO a charge of stealing
horse In Kentucky, was taken from his home
in Parkesville, in that State, on Sunday
night and hung by mob. The horse was
taken from the rebels at the battle OF Perry
willie by Carrier, and the mob which hung
him was composed mainly of Quantrelfs
guerrillas.
\ young man in Savannah, Georgia,
playfully pointed a revolver at his sweetheart
the other day, and pulled tho trigger To
his horror the pistol was charged, and the
discharge resulted in bad fright and a
shattered earring
The ship Addison, from Kennebunkport,
is reported lost, with all on board, except
the captain, mate, passenger and four sea-
men. The captains wife and child are
among the number lost.
The first secret murder, and the only one
ever perpetrated for money, in the county OF
Fauauier, Va, was committed in Warrenton,
on the 2sth ult The victim was negro
named Henry Clay Lee, and the perpetrators
were two men of the same color.
The body of Captain Michael Enright, O.
Utica, n. ", who has been missing since
the 2sth of November last, was found day
or two since in the Mohawk river, the break
ing up Of the ice having brought it to thu
surface.
A burglar has been convicted in Brooklyn
on the circumstantiel evidence Of an inter
nal revenue stamp. He had left the cove
of match box on the premises, and he hal
in his pocket at the time of his arrest tn
box, attached to which was the torn frag
ments oil a revenue stamp. On placing o
the cover the broken edges of the staml
fitted exactly, and on tins proof alone tn
prisoner goes to the penitentiary for tie
years
Thomas F. Bowie, a member Of Congre
from Maryland, was sued for three notes
one thousand dollars each, but pleaded
defence that the notes were given for
gambling debt, and gained his case,
Elopemeuts are so common at Sprngfe
that there is talk Of establishing A Hon
for Deserted Husbands"
The premature discharge of a cannon
the funeral of soldier, in Honesdale, Pi
IN Friday, MORALLY wounded two men Al
slightly injured another.
General Hobart has introduced a bill
the Wisconsin Legislature, providing Il
no divorce shall be granted by any court
TINT State for any other cause than adute
Three shocks Of an earthquake were
perienced in san Diego, Cal, on the 1st il
George Ellsworth, u rebel guerrilla unt
Morgan during the war, shot and killed
man named Smathers, at Paris, Kentuc
on Sunday The murderer escaped
A dispatch from Indianapolis, India
under date of the 10Th inst, says:-A "
authenticated case Of spontaneous c.
huston occurred in Columbus, forty IN
south Of this city, yesterday morning.
drew Nolte, German, very intemperat
his habits, was found dead in his shop,
lips entirely burned away, leaving CHA
hole, his tongue charred to a crisp.
nose was also burned, as if by fire con
out Of lis nostrls, and his clothes were
burning when found No other part Of
body save the air passages was burne
Physicians who examined the body
uuunCe II clear cast OF spontaneous
buston 1t is supposed that the fire
communicated by attempting to light a c
MIR. David johnson, faithful Coz
ment employer, who has had charge 0
coal fleet at the Mound City (Illinois)
Yard tor the past three years, made a
take in The meusurment Of barge of
which he received from n contractor
weeks since, by which the Government
abont four hundred bushels Of coal.
error so preyed upon his mind that he
mitled suicide on tho Sth inst, by sho
himself through the head, fearing TN
reputation had suffered materially vii
officers to whom he was amenable, ant
the confidence previously reposed in
would he withheld in future. The
obtaining the figures he had used was
ma table near him, and on the Other
lns written note, stating that lie di
1isown hand,