Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1868-01-03
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EERa o. TIE REEE.
Gen. Cowen, in his forthcoming report
viii recommend the abo1ishment of the
office Of Adjutant General.
The State Convention Of the Iouisi-
ana Union Leagues has unanimously /
nominated Mr.. Chase for President.
1t is reported that AEazzini is very i'll
at Lugana, in Italy.
General Willard Warner, formerly Of !
Ohio is supported for Member of Con- /
gress nom Alabama, not State Senator. (
The Convention ofthe c. a. r. in /
Massachusetts is tomeet at Boston June
sth.
Two drafts of a Constitution were sub
mltted to the Louisiana Convention the
other day. The 6rst article adopted was
a quetasion from the Declaration of In
dependence: "All men are created free /
and equal" &C.
Information has been received at the
War Department. that the soldiers sent
sent to WaIrussia are in danger Of
sLe.Iyll5s 7Ell ana freezing before supplies
can De got to them. Gen. Grant says
that the President ordered them there,
and he is not responsible for it.
The New York Nation suggests one
strong argument for the Copperhead
method Of paying the national debt; it
would make it impossible for the ma
ton everto incur another debt.
The choice for President of the Con-
vention to be held at Columbia, south
Carolina, wiz be @. Mackey, Collector
OF Charleston. The prospective nominee
for Governor is Judge Wooding, former
District Tax Commissioner.
The railroad bridge at Omaha having
been completed, the first train that ever
crossed the Missouri, passed over to the
Iowa shore on Thursday.
The official vote on the Convention in
Mississippi was as follows: For Cen
Fention, SO, 7S9; against, 1871. The to-
tai number of registered voters in the
state is 139,S27.
The Washington Soldiers League
propose @ National Presidential Con-
VenfiOn, 70 be held in May. The plan,
and by distinguished soldiers through
out the-coantry,
Sixteen thousand inquests have been
held in New York City within. six years.
SANTA F'E, Dec, 1S.-Chief Justice
John p. Slough and Captain Rynerson
had political quarrel, on Sunday when
Bynerson shot Slough whOdied 0HI7th.
Ryuersoh who is a member of the Leg
islature, gave himself UP to the Mar
shal.
The answer of Mr.. Stanton to the
Presidents reasons for suspension, viii
be ready in short time, and it is now
expected the case will be acted upon
within a week after Congress meets.
The Franklin county Democratic Con-
Yeution met at Columbus Saturday.
The Nallandigham men were beaten in
the primary meetings. There is much
bitter feeling in the party.
The Committee Of the Cooper Institute
Grant meeting has sent circulars to
business men throughout the country,
urging them to get up similar demon
strations.
Gen. Candy has issued an order for
the South Carolina Convention to meet
in Charleston on the 24th of January.
The majority for the Convention is
shown by the official returns of the
votes to be 5000.
The Postof1ice Department has on
hand, taken from the dead letters that
accumulated during the war, more than
ten Thousand photographs of Union sol
diers,
Judge Busted, of the United States
District Court Of Alabama, was shot. in
Mobile, Saturday, by J.. v. B. Martin,
District Attorney. Martin had been in
dicted for revenue frauds. judge Bus
teed's wounds are not mortal.
An order las been issued at Washing
ton, making several changes in the
Southern Military Districts. Gen, Ord
is to go to California to relieve Gen.
Mcdowell, and the latter takes Ord's
place in the 4th District, Gen. Meade
takes Pope's place in the Sd District,
and the latter is ordered to report at
headquarters at Washington. Gen..
Swayne is ordered to take command of
his regiment in Tennessee
Governor Cox has issued a procIama-
tion, ordering a special election TO be
held in the Eighth Congressional Dis
triet, on the 9th of January, A. ID. 1858,
TO fill the vacancy caused by the death
of Hon. c. S. Hamilton.
The Republicans Of Ark ansas will
hold State Convention at Little Rock
on the 18th of January, to nominate
candidates for Governor and other
State officers to be chosen at the next
election. The late election for Conven-
tion resulted in an affirmative majority
of twelve or fourteen thousand, and of
the delegates elected about nineteen
twentieths are straight-out Repubi-
cans.
Thirty thousand special Constables
have been sworn in and are now serv-
ing in London,
RICH8IoND, Dec. 30.-The exaggerated
accounts telegraphed from this city rela-
tive to the expected rising of the ne
groes of the south side counties, have
no better foundation than the fact that
few days since a squad Of soldier were
sent to Halifax because a disturbance
Oh A4ElEEUlu6 was l1HLEu lAEEEa 4 AH
negro population throughout the state
is as quiet, as far as armed insurrectiOn
is concerned, as they have been since
the emancipation. Neither military
headquarters nor the Freedmen's Bu-
reau have been advised of any aDpre-
hended trouble.
Tt turns out that the purchase Of Alas
lxa has brought slavery againinto the ma
ton. A letter states that it is so much
Of a domestic institution among the In
dians of that delightful country that the
wealth of families is estimated by the
number of their slaves, and the portion
Of a bride is stated by the head just as
in Kentucky the simile for the portion
of rich heiress used to be s'as many
niggers as you can tie up in bed cord.
Andrew johnson furnishes the frs
example Of President whose condue
has been so outrageous as to create
strong party in favor of his impeach
ment and immediate removal from of
fee. He is also the first Presiden
whose administration no politica
party dare endorse. Even the Dem
ocracy while they fully approv
his measures keep gingerly iron
shouldering the odium Of my poll
cy." And when it's too bad for tn
Democracy it's bad indeed
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According to the latest information
we have at the time of going to press
seems probable that the Union Conven
ton to nominate a successor for Nh
Hamilton will meet at Gallon on tn
eth inst. An effort was made to hav