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Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
BRAZILIAN EMANCIPATION.

Slavery is at last destroyed In Brasil.
That is, the day of it's abolition has been an.
nounced by royal decree signed by Don
Pedro, on the 9Th of April. The decree or
dains that all children born after the day on
which 1t is issued are free by birth, while
those who are now slaves shall be emanci-
pated In twenty years. Some years ago the
Emperor forbade the importation ofnegroeH,
and the government has for long time co.
operated with this country, England and
France against the slave trade. About I've
sixths Of the population are negroes or ofa
mixed blood, and o.fifths of these are eslaves.
The census report Of 1855, the latest, report
ed total population of 7,o77, 800, CT which
100000 were whites, / 1,121 900 mixed free
people, 100000 civilized Indians, 100000
mixed slaves, and 1900, 900 African slaves.
In 1s4s alone, 5000 negroes were imported
direct, and in 1949, "a, 900. In 1851 but 1887
arrived, and the next year only one SLAYER
reached the coast.
Without questioning the wisdom of post
poning just and desirable actthere ismuch
in this decision which will give the livelieAt
pleasure IN this country. 1t is a quick re-
sporse to our own more violent emamcipG-
ton, and as 1t follows that, we may be per-
mitted to believe that it was to some extent
caused by it. While waiting for the tuli re-
suits, it must not be overlooked that the
current policy of that empire will now be
directed in behalf Of freedom, and that this,
in itself alone, is very great and important
thing The country has been governed in
behalf OF slavery, and it has been so admin
istered. Its progress has been checked
thereby, and its commerce has accordingly
suffered. Now, the immediate results must
be new allotment of lands, popular educa.
tion, industry, economy and those connected
and resulting advantages which we claim the
germs of at home. Our propinquity to thAt
country will therefore be increased, and We
shall have greater influence and a greater
business than formerly.
Emancipation in the United States and in
Brazil leaves slavery alive only in Porto Rico
and Cuba on the whole western continent,
1t has been formally abolished in Mexico
Both ofthese islands belong to Spain. They
are not large enough nor strong enough to
defend the institution themselves. Spain is
not strong enough to do it for them. The
whole world is riding itself of the crime, and
when left without companionship, moral
f forces alone will be competent TO render them
free by the time when Brazilian emancipa-
ton takes effect. Then the continent will
be free And, as it is but day since Russia
put period to serfdom, we may hope that
. those who are now living will survive to see
) the universal extirpation of the offence.
. Philadelphia american.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT IN JAPAE.-The Japanese
punish murder by decspitation; parricide and
other such heinOus crimts by crucfxiou. A
prisoner sentenced to death is taken TO the place
of execution, surrounded by the officers, and
having hung around his neck placsrd, giving
his name, age and rank his crime and sentence
After his execution his head is left suspended
n sight for three days, with the placard still
Anging to it. Arson is punished by burning
to criminal at the stake ; yet, as enforced, this
psalty does not bring very painful death.
II criminal is first kept on a very scanty al.
loNnee of food for some time. Then, before
bek taken out for execution, he is overfed on
richNnd highly spiced viands, till he becomes
stupi and Indifferent. He is fastened to the
stakOnd wood and light materials are heaped
high aout him. These are lighted at the same
mOmenin six different places, and the victim
is smOtsred by the smoke, as quickly as he
could betrsneled by rope.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
NO. 80.

pal. No doubt all his skill (sud he had con.
siderable) was exercised, for 1t was gener.
ally thought to be an unequal contest and
few expected to see o'Connell again alive.
The excitement in Dublin and along the
route to the scene of the duel, was immense,
and when the result was known, the city
drew long breath, like man relieved of a
heavy load of anxiety. After the men were
placed, two pistols each, one for each hand
were handed to them, and they were told to
fire at discretion. D'Esterre fired first, and
most strange, his bullet went wide OF ita
mark. Before second the report Of o'Con-
nell's pistol was heard; its ball hit D D'Estsrre
in the thigh, little below the hip. When the
unfortunate man received the shot, he bent a
little on his right leg, turned round and fell on
his face. Two days after he was a corpse.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
TILL WE SHALL MEET.

Sleep on, my love in thy cold bed,
Never to be dlsquietedl
My last good night Thou wilt not wake
Till thy fate shall oyertake;
Till age, or grief, rr lickness must
Marry my body to that dust
1t 50 much loves, and fiji the room
My heart keeps empty in ths tomb.
Stay for me there; 1 will not fail
To meet thee in that hollow vale.
And think not much Of my delay,
am already on the way,
And follow thee with all the speed
Desire can make, or sorroWs breed,
Zach minute is short degree,
And every hour step toward thee
At night, when betake to rest,
Next morn rice nearer my west
OF life, by almost eight hours sail,
Than when sleep breAthed his drowsy gale.
But bark, my pulse, like soft drum,
Beats my approach, tells thee / come;
And slow howe'er my marches be
l shall at last ait down by thee;
The thought Of this bids me go on,
And wait my dissolution,
With hope and comfort. Dear forgive
The crlme), am content to live
Divided, with but half heart,
Till we meet, and never part.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
WILMINGTON. TUESDAY. MAY IA, 1867.


A look Of yeArnIpc tenderness
Denealh ner lAAnes iies'
ana nope ana love unutterApie
are shauoWeo IN hsr eyes
As IN some uee2 unrunnsu s'leAin
are eiouuA anu SUMMER hAisa'
she passed 10 early womAnhood,
r,on uisainS' s"ee. s'i in',
nmu m s,Usssu 'ls rosy ah,sSnO'u' Ou'
=. ~ ~, ~ -s,'en : ~ ,,-
H., ~ - ~ - =, ,,sI, 80 ''s' -'sP'
''-' f'''' S' ''''
And as she olasped her small white hands
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14

A MAN DIos UP TIE CoRPsE OF Hrs WIPE AND
Conveys IT HoME.-An extraordinary case of
violation of sepulchre has just occurred in one Of
the French Departments at LouVroil (Nord). A
workman named Magnan, aged 90, had the mis-
fortune, about month back, to loose his wife,
to whom he WAS greatly attached, and few days
after his grief was augmented by the death Of
his child From that moment the husband ap.
peared to have partially lost his reason, and be
was continually talking of his deceased partner,
and expressing the belief that she had only left
! him for a short time and would soon return
Recently, after spending short time in wine.
shop where some drink which he took had still
further unsettled his mind, he returned home,
took spade, and proceeding to the cemetery,
commenced removing the earth from the Woman'e
grave; after some hours labor, be succeeded iu
bringing the coffin to the surface, and ther
forcing off the lid took out the corpse, and
carrying it home in his arms, placed it in his bed
and after lighting fire, went and informed thre,
of his neighbors that his wife had returned home
These latter, although not attaching auy impor
tanoo 10 MS Horus, accompanied MIN nome Will
the view of inducing him to retire TO rest bu
were Mortified to find the body as Magnan hat
stated. The unfortunate workman spoke to il
as if still living, and epdesvOred to obtain reply
by addressing it in the most endearing terms
Finding it, however, deaf to his entreaties, h,
allowed himself to be persuaded to carry it bacl
and replace it in the coffin, which he restored t,
the grave; he also filled in the earth and wen
home TO sleep. On the following day, Msgnar
had no recollection of what took place on th,
previous evening, but said that he thought b,
had seen his wife during the night. The au
thorilies have not given orders for his arrest
but have directed that he should lie stric.ll
watched as weak in mind.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
THE DIssEvERED HEAD.

The British Medical Journal has the fol-
lowing:
Much has been written, and many conflicting
opinions expressed as to whether the head after
decapitation retains any sensibility and the
question has been revived in Paris apropos Of
Lemaire's execution. NJ. Bonnafont gives the
following account of an experiment oD the dis
severed heads Of two Arabs, which will probably
set the the question OF rest. He says: was in
Algiers in 1888, where met with military
surgeon, M. de Fallois, who asked me what
thought of the assertion of DIR. Wilson, of New
York, that discovered head retains its sensi-
bllity for two or three minutes | maintained
the impOssbility of the asserted fact on physio-
logical grounds; but NJ. de Fallois remained un.
convinced. | heard that on the following day
two Arabs were to be beheaded, and obtained
leave to make some conclusive experiments on
the subject For this purpose had placed on
the execution ground q small, low table, on
which was placed a small shallow vase, nearly
filled with powdered plaster. l then went to the
place of execution provided with a small ear
trumpet and very sharp lancet. II had been
agreed that the charus should place the head
Immediately after it was cut off, upon the plaster
of Paris, so as to stop the hemorrhage NJ. Fal
lois was to speak to the first head by name
placing the ear trumphet to the ear, while ex-
amined what occurred in the eyes and on the other
features. This was done, but, Notwithstanding
oil the shouts into the ear, could not perceive
the slightest sign Of life. The eyes remained
CLASSY and motionless; the face discoored The
muscles gave scarce any signs of contraction
under the influence of this lancet We changed
places when experimenting with the second
head, and NJ. de Fallois convinced himself that
death was undoubtei and instantaneous. 1t
could not be otherwise, physiologically speaking,
for Immediately after the divisison of the large
arteries which convey the blood to the encephs.
Ion a sauguineous depletion takes place, which
must necessarily bring on syncope.'
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14

Wendell PHips says he has seen father in
Boston, in aepating at the cars from his daugh-
ter, refuse to Iiss her when she asked him,
because the Islanders would see it. But in
Paris he has sh whole crowds buried in kisses.
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
DRUG STORE,
CORNER OF
FRONT AND WEST STREETS,
WILMINGTON, DEL.

MRS. DIR. FOSTER
Announces to her friends and the public generally that
ara has taken the Drug Store at the Of Front and
West Streets, and laid In q full supply Of
Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
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The UOIldeTJdL results produced
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Induced many to MANUFACTURE pre-
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Delaware State journal and statesman., 1867-05-14
RELIABLE MEDICINES,
RELIABLE MEDICINES,
RELIABLE MEDICINES.

W DUNG LADIES BEWARE OF THE INJURIOUS
l. effects of Face Powders and Washes, All such rene
dies close up the pores of the Skin and ina short time
healthy and youthful appearance, us9 Hembold's Ex-
tract Narsanarilla
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Horrible Family Ouarra,

The Cairo (lll.) Democrat, Of March 1871
has received from gentleman, iu.. e..
Sarcoxie, Missouri, an account of 4 tr,,oa'
in that place, which outvies the yirpIe.,..
of Cain. Two brothers, jacob BarnarL ."S
johnson Barnack, aged twenty.four and
twenty-six respectively, who were educa,oJ
together ut Amherst College, and had bosa
noted for their mutual affection, were tho -
, tors in this affair. Their father, Jamce y
: Barnack, one of the weal,hiest mcn,of IN.
vicinity, had died about three months befora
leaving them his only heirs The causc &c
quarrel seems to have originated in the ma,
rage of the elder brother year ago s;neo
which time the younger has been Regarded
by his brother with an increasing an;mos;
", from which the death of the father -
moved the last check About the Ia. ;,s,
on the occasion of his visiting the residence
of the elder brother, the younger brotbcr
was attacked and terribly maltreated. Th,
younger brother then sent the elder Wort
to arm himself; that he intended TO kin
him on sight.
Neighbors and friends used every moss;
bic effort to stop the feud, but to no purposr
The two men went heavily armed on all o..
casions, and finally they met on the high.
way near the residence of the elder, on tho
9th inst, and Immediately commenced fir.
ing ut each other, and at tho same time a.,
preaching. They cmpticd two revolvers
each, and then cliuched and beat each o,b,r
III horrible manner with the butts of their
pistols, and continued in this horrible work
until they fell apart from sheer exhaustion
When found by some men who happened
along the road the elder brother was s,iF
and dead, and the younger horribly wound
cd, trying TO drag himself away from the
bloody aud fatal spot where his broiherlay
'nc survivor was at once attended to. and
't last accounts he was still alive, with No
hopes of his recovery, as he was terribly
wounded in five places, and continued to
rave like IA maniac.
U'rr'btc .Ranirr IN .N,Licstorn, "a
L Farmer kiWed ami snLJ,d News ba.
been received at Pittsburg, Of horrible
murder committed on the evening of Mon.
day, March *, near Noblcstown, Washing
ton county, Pa. Three men went at nine
o'clock t" the house of Hugh Spronll.
wealthy farmer, and demanded his money
He refused them, and told them he knew
them. One of them then seized Miss Sproul
an aged sister of Mr. S. and carried he, nm
stairs, where he bound her to the bed with
ropes. The other two attacked Mr. Sprou
ana beat him With pair of tongs, and nfic.
ed on hun stnb> that must have proved fatal
IN themselves. Twcnty-onc wounds were
inflicted on the unfortunate man. They
then threw quilt over the corpse and robb
cd the house, getting something over 800
Miss Spr"ull remained ~ the murdcrrsl left
her. until 'hcnrxtcycming, before the crime
was recovered and she released. There is
a clue t" the murlcrer>, and they are beng
tracked MIR. Sproull was u bachelor, sixty
years old
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MARYLAND RELIEF FOR So,rurpyS ,,

MARYLAND RELIEF FOR SOUTHERN SIR.
FERERs.-DoNATIoN BY EDWIN FORREST
While passionate partisans in the House
OF Representatives at Washington DELAYED
the bill (Which however has now passed. ap
Propriating 81 900, 900 on the part of the
government for the relief of the starving Door
people of the South, says the Baltimore Sun
ofthe I'D inst, the Legislature of MARYLAND
IN most creditable manner, RESPONDED to
the call of distress by passing bill appro.
priating 100000, to be Immediately an.
piled, through a board of competent com.
missloners, in purchasing and sending for
ward food to these sufferers.
The board consists of the Governor of tho
State, the Presidents of the Board of Trade
and the Corn and Flour Exchange, Lawrence
Sangston, Esq, and three others to be Sc
Iected. These gentlemen, of course. have
such practical knowledge ofthc duties which
they undertake, the means of communication
with the ports Of the South as well rs the
interior, where the relief is chiefly needed
that with the kindly disposition and energy
cbaracterizing them, the very best that can
be done with the means at hand is sure &C
accomplishment
They are priviledgcd under the act Of the
Legislature to receive and apply any other
sums of money or donations in any shape
that may be made them for the object in
view, and it would seem that any institu-
tions or individuals who would desire 10 aid
in the good work could find no better agency
through which to dispense their bounty than
the commission authorized under the act Of
our Legislature
The following letter received in this city
yesterday by the gcntlcman to whom it i,
addressed, explains itself:
PmLApELPHtA March ~, 7G7 John T Ford
ksq Dear Sir herein enclose 10 your care
inc sum OF i've hundred dollars. to be sent hy th,
safest aRd most expeditions was in aid Of ouf err
ierlng brethren iu Zoe South
God himself only knows the FUN extent az ,l,,i-
present suhernRs IL is enough for us 90 know
they greatly need our assistance Let us thep
~ once do all we can 20 relieve their dfre III ,r
not stop 10 question what IS constitutional .f,r
charity itself fulfIls the law"
EDwIN FORREST
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Free to Everybody.

y larg" rP. Circular. giving information Of
INC Importance IL the Young Of both scves
II te'-'hcs how the homcly may become heauii-
fnl the d"~iiSc'i respected. and The forsaken loved
No y"nng mdr or gentleman should fail 10
s'nd their Address. anl receive copy postpaid.
10y return mail. Address L. q. Drawer, 81
MaFch X IS6'.-dm Troy, ~ Y.
The Markets At our last accounts from Bal.
lim"rc. Beet Cattle were selling AT prices ranrn.
rom - - to So -. Hogs and sheep, no change
To - per hbl.: wheat no sales corn white. loi
I" 10 cts. yellow. lO7 loo cts. rye. 81 80:
oats, 6|r' 80 Cts. per hushcl
South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1867-03-29

Sa-The United States consulat Antwerp
has informed the Secretary of State of the
breaking out anew of the rindcrpost, that
fearful scourge which swept over the great
er part of Europe last year. Secretary Nc
Cullough has issued circulars to collectors
of customs, cautioning them to be on their
guard, and to prevent the landing of foreign
neat cattle and hides.
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SHERIfEs' CoMMTssioNs.-The Wheel.
ing Intcliigcncer learns that the Governor,
Auditor and Treasurer, by authority vested
In them, have fixed the per cents allowed
Sheriffs in certain counties, as follows
Berkeley, Hampshire and Mineral, per
cent; jefferson, Hardy and Writ, per
cent; Boone, Braxton, Calhoun, Clay, Fay.
ettc, Gilmer, Grant, Logan, Mercer, Monroe,
Nicholas, Pendleton, Pocahontas, Raleigh,
Randolph, Roane, Tucker, Wayne and Wy
oming, 10 per cent; and Mcdowell and
Webster, II. per cent
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AccIDENTToJurGE LEE-Judge George
ii. Lee, of this State, was severely injured
few days ago, by a fall upon the platform
OF the railroad at Grafton. His condition is
now somewhat improved, but he must still be
necessarily confined for some time.
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S@-1t will give some idea of the enormous
taxes levied by the United States Govern.
ment to state that the single town of Dan.
vile, Virginia, pays, the Richmond En9ui-
rer understands, tax of Mrc. millions OF
dotiars on the manufacture of tobacco-the
tax being forty cents per pound.
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I6y-The u. States Senate in executive
session has confirmed the nominations of
postmasters Edward j. Sullivan, at Harri.
eonburg; Henry Massie, Charlottesville
Robert Campbell, Lexington, and A. T.
Maupin, Staunton, Va.
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~The Clay statue will be inauguratcd
at Louisville, Ky, on the 18th prox Rob
ert c. Winthrop, of Mass, will deliver the
address. Willard Fillmore and 4. III. Ste
phens are expected to be present.
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WHAT VIZ ALL MAY SAY.-Itwts Graf
tan, the great Irish Orator, we believe, who.
in the bitterness ofhis heart, exclaimed "I
saw the liberty Of my country rocked in is
cradle, followed its hearse to the grave -
We may all say this, and from present indi-
cations, however, there will be a second ia.
neral
Our liberties have been laid in the grave.
and the stone rolled against the scpulchrc ;
bu, the freedom Of the North will soon fol
low, and Elmwoods Fisher famous sugges-
ton Of an cpitaph, which some philosophers
never heard Of, viii be written on the head.
stone Hero lies a nation which in
giving freedom to the slave lost its own lib.
critics"
Two funerals make a black chapter in 4
merlcan history Norfolk Jugmiap.
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INTEREST ON TIKI VIRGINIA Drgr The
following is the bill to provide for the nav.
mcnt Of part Of the interest ON the debt Of
the state q Virginia, as it passed tho lie.
cislaturo-
Whoou from ihc universal lose of property
sustained hy The state boo tho late war ~ is fupd
impEs be- under pr sent circumstances IN tay
i0. - ,cfest on Toe publ. debt. and wh,rea. II
ls iht desire and purpose ~ ;h, General Asser,-
Ply o. make provision iur paying The same 20, full
" MS the resources Of The State will warrant
therefore.
BE IL enacted boy the General Assembly That
me accounting Ulcers Of The treasury pay. ON ,bc
ISL Gay Of July, 1867, and January. aGs two
per cent interest upon the principal Of the public
deni OF thc State, excluding therefrom the bonds
gwen iur interest ON said debt under th. act Of
the General Assembly passed March %. l-ss that
belng the interest which this State feel. Obliged
U pay unui there is a settlement Of accounts lie
tween thi, State and West Virginia.
Nothing boz this act shall be- construed ne
intending to affect the constitutional requirement
PIo'idlug tyr an adjustment with The state ~
W tsl lrgnia o. the proportion of the puhIic dcbt
OF Virginia proper 90 be borne by the States ~
Virginia and West Virginia
D. nv necessary expenses incurred in CARVING
ou' inc provisions Of this ACT shall be pad npon
the warrant Of the auditor Of public account.
drawn upon toe public treasury. out Of any mo
hey 'neren not otherwise appropriated
Tbs act shall be in force from ito passage
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EDwIN FORREST

GREAT FIRE ~ NEW YoRK.-Wintor
Garden, one Of the finest and most popular
theatres Of New York city, was totally de-.
stroyed By fire on Saturday morning last
and the Southern Hotel was seriously dam.
aged by FIRE aud water There are two hun.
dred and fifty rooms in the hotel, and at
the time Of the fire there were 100 guests
10 the house. All Of these saved their bap.
gage, and escaped uniujured The loss at
the theatre is estimated sts16O, 900 at the
Southern Hotel, 10000 to $4,000