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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
REARRANGEMENT OF MILITARY
OFFICERS.
HEADoUARrERs OF THE Amy,
ADJUTAcyT GENERALS OFFICE,
WASHINGTON. MARCH 10.

GENERAL ORDER NO. 1S.l
By direction of the President of the
United States. the following changes
are made of military divisions and de-
partment commanders.
1. Lieutenant General P. H. Sheri-
dan is assigned to the command OF the
military division of the missouri;
2. Major General h W. Halleck Is
assigned to the command ofthe Military
Division of the South, to be composed
Of the Departments of the South, LOUISE
ana, the Fourth Military District, ana
the States composing the present De
partment of the Cumberland, head
quarters at Louisville, Ky.
Major General HaIleck will proceed
to his new command as soon as renewed
| by Major General Thomas.
3. Major General George II. Thomas
/ is assigned to command of the Military
| Division of the Pacific.
4. Major General J. NJ. SchOfeld Is
| assigned to command Of the Depart
| ment of Missouri The State OF 1lll=
| no1s and the Post of Fort Smith, Arkan-
] sas, are transferred to this department
/ 5th4 BriEadier and Brevet mayor
| General o. o. Howard is assigned 70
the command of the Departments o.
Louisiana. Until has arrival, 1ne
senior officer, Brevet Major General j.
A. Mower, will command, according to
! his Brevent rank
6thi The Department Of washington
viii be discontinued, and merged into
the Department of the East. The re-
cords will be sent to theAdjUtant Gen
! eraI of the Army.
z. The First Military District will be
added to the Military Division of the
| Atlantic.
8. As soon as Maj. Gen. Thomas is
ready to relinquish command of the
Department of the Cumberland, tht
| Department will be discontinued, anC
| the States eomprisingit, added to Other
/ departments The records viii be for
warded to the Adjutaut General of tht
army. By command Of
GEN. SHERMAN,
| E. D. TOWNSEND Ak. G.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
EXAlIINATIoN NOTICE.
SchOOI TlXamfner,s Noffc,

TENHE School Examiners OF Delaware
Il county viii meet, during the year 1862
Tor the examination Of teachers, az the fol-
lowing places and times, namely:
At the COURT-HOUEE, IN Delaware, ON
February Nth, March 18th and nth. a priA
Sd and nth, May Sth and &2d, September
25th, October 9th and 23d, November fth
and Goth, December nth.
At the schoOl-house, In ASHLEY, a pril
10th at the school-house in LEWIS Cf5N-
school-house in OsTRADDER, October 2d at
Col. Frambes' schOol-house, in SUNBuRFr
the Saturday after the session Of the County
Teachers Institute.
Candidates must present satisfactory tes-
timonfalS OF good moral characters and tho
law requires, as condition OF es1aminattolr &
that each applicant for a certificate shall
pay q fee Of dfty cents.
No certificate is granted unless the appli-
cant is "Qualided to teach ALL the branches
named in the law; namely Orthograpl@s
Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, Geography,
English Grammar; and possesses an adj
equate knowledge Of the theory and prac-
tice Of teaching"
Denominations Will commence at 10
o'clock, A. n and close at O'Clock r. n.
and no applicant will be admitted after ID
far as possible in writing. Each candidate
stamped envelope addressed 60 himself, in
which the certificate awarded win be mailed
TO him, or notice Of failure.
j. 5. CAMPBELL,
January %, lS6s.-tf clerk
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

Some people contend that gas is not
powerful, but the following fortifies
the position that it is;
BRIGGS @ % Of warren Mass LHG was AffIl iIlng @i
large gas bag from the pipe which sup
piled his house, and when the bag was
nearly full, some of it escaped and
reached lamp that was standing on a
table in the room, when the explosion
came, shaking the town from. one. end
to the other. The gas, after knocking
down Mr.. Briggs and the family, rush
ed through the windows, tearing out
every thing that came in it's way,
breaking all the furniture, smashing
the stove, ripping up carpets, and
knocking over the furniture in other
parts of the house. It finally went
through the floor into picture-frame
factory below, tearing away the parti-
ton, smashing out ashow window, and
starting the walls from ther founda-
tiOns.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
NnffCe.

VTTILLIABI DennisOn EKeyes and JAS
w Budd viii take notice that a petition
was filed against them on the 10Th day Of
March, A. d. 1863, in the Court OF Comm on
Pleas, within and for the county Of Alelnr
ware and State of Ohio, by Mary Ann Mini
len and her husband Elijah Mullen ana p
now pending, wherein said Mary Ann hul-
len and her husband Elijah Mullen, de-
mand Partition OF the following real estate
situated IN the Township Of Genoa County
Of Delaware, and State OF Ohio, bounded
and described as follows, to-Tlt; Beginning
in the center of Big Walnut Creek on the
southwest corner Ofland ofJacob r. Weeks.
it being the north east corner Of lands be-
longing to the heirs of Henry Bennett de-
ceased; thence east 203 rods and links 10 "a
stake; thence south Y rods and l5 links TO
stake and stone; thence west l53 rods and
20 links to the center Of said creek; thence
up said creek to the place OF beginning
containing s. acres OF land, moro or less.
And at the next term of said Court tne satQ
Mary Ann Mullen and her husband Ellau
Mullen, viii apply for an order that parl-
ton may be made of said premises.
Dated March 10th. A. ID. 1863.
MARY ANN MULLEN,
and her husband Elijah Mullen.
BY REID g. POWELL, their Attorneys
mar u 09-6W D 5000.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

In view of the disturbed condition OF
affairs in Cuba and the imminent
danger to lives and property of Ameri-
can citizens resident there, Admiral
Porter, at the instance of the Secretary
of the Navy, has ordered several of the
ron to proceed Immediately n to n re-en- rtsn
force the West India Squadron. In
addition to this, Admiral Porter has
given orders to fit out at once two first
class iron-clads, to proceed to Key
West, and hold themselves in readf-
ness for any orders that may come
from the officer commanding the West
India Squadron. The large frigates,
Lancaster and Sabine are also ordered
to be got in readiness for the service.
The Government is of opinion that the
time has arrived when prompt action
should be taken to show the Spanish
authorities in Cuba that the rights of
American citizens there must be re-
spected. When the vessels ordered ar
rive, there will be sufficient force in
Cuba to to meet all emergencies.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

We are a young State. A man need
not be very old TO remember wildly
the events of the year 1913. Yet it was
in that year that the first book was
published in Ohio. It was ga Com
pendious System of Universal Geogra-
ply, designed for schools and youth in
general" /" AID bore the Imprint of Put
nam 81 Israel, of GAINESVILLE, who were
its publishers. This venerable volume
tells us that the religion of the peo-
pie Is various, but the Presbyterians
and the Methodists are the prevailing
denominations" Columbus, a new
and recently laid out town, is intended
for the permanent seat Of the State
government after the year 1918 - and
its advantageous situation seems to
render it probable that this town will
eventually become a place OF import
ance." Which It accordingly did,
iSp9JltGfeLd Republic.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

The Republicans throuhoutthe coun-
ty should be alive to the importance of
keeping up their organization in the
coming spring elections. Delaware
and Berlin townships have nominated
full tickets, and organized for the con-
test, and their example is one well
worthy of being followed by cur friends
throughout the whole county We
warrant you, the Democracy will not
be caught mapping in the townships
where they have majority. This mat
ter should receive attention.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

Gov. Baker has called a special ses-
sion of the General Assembly of In
diana, to convene on the sth day of
April for the purpose of making the
appropriations necessary to carry on
the State Government, and which were
prevented being made at the regular
session by the resignation of the revo-
lutionary faction.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
lF'roin the New York Tribune.l
MIR. sTANTON'S CONDITION.

The President has long known, what
Mr.. Stanton has assftred his friends,
that under no circumstances would he
again accept Office. This was Mr.. Stan
TOMS resolution when he retired from
the War Office. His health is wretched
The long and bitter service of the wal
broke down a splendid constitution
and the great Secretary, we regret tc
say is no longer what he was. We haZ-
ard nothing In saying that If there was
any Office which Mr.. Stanton would ac-
cept, it would be gladly given to him
He can take no Office that would add &c
the lustre of his great names
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

General Sherman is going into the
work Of reducing the army to a peace
basis with his accustomed energy, A
general consolidation Of regiments
has been ordered to the great consterna-
tion of the supernumeraries in partie-
lar and of West-Pointdom generally.
Military loafers who have been spen-
their time in Washington are ordered
to duty and directed to take charge of
their commands instead of watching
piles of old shelter-tents in the militia
ry store-houses and barracks of the
Capital. Recruiting is suspended, leaves
of absence are revoked, sand in the
military houshold generally there is
''sich a gittin' up stairs" etc. Old
Tecumseh means business.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
LETTER FROM IOWA.
Acton. Iowa. Much ii. /

ALTON, Iowa, Mrch IL, 1863.
EDS. GAZETTE: As our time has
nearly expired for your paper, please
find enclosed 81 to renew the subscrip-
ton, as we do not wish to be without
our old familiar friend, as it has come
to be by it's regular weekly visits to
our far Western home.
Perhaps it would not be uninterest-
ing to your readers to have a descrip-
ton OF our prairie home. Ut is in the
northeastern part of Union County,
on the dividing ridge between the Mis-
sissippi and Missouri Rivers. 1t is
high, rolling prairie, with timber in
large bodies along the streams. The
soil is deep and rich, with heavy clay
subsOI, very fertile-prOducing all
kinds of grain and vegetables with but
little labor, compared Uith the clay
soil in Ohio. There are but few or
chards here vet which have come to
bearing, so that fruit is not plenty.
Wild plums, gOoseberries and grapes
are abundant,
The winter here has been very pleas
ant. with good sleighing for several
weeks. There was mud about four
days when the snow left US, but here
it does not last long, as the prairie is
SO rolling the water soon dries off or
runs away, and in a few days we have
good roads again. Alton, our county
seat, is growing rapidly, and it does
not look now as it did last spring.
The railroad was completed to that
point last summer, and has caused
quite an increase in business of all
kinds. Now is the time to come West.
Every day brings families moving
west, many of whom are settling in
our county, and others in adjoining
counties. Household goods, horses
and wagons arrive. on nearly every
train. Many come on the cars as far as
Alton, and when they get off they have
thfIr @Po,t leans ms ready y4 to 60 forward %
That is the way to come here. Bring
all you can, for it is quite a new coun-
try, and horses are not very plenty.
When a new conner wishes. to buy
them, their owners put the price up as
high as their consciences viii allow
Land is plenty and cheap, and build
ings can be put up here as cheaply as
in Ohio. We have good market for
all we can raise, and can have better
living here at less cost than it can
be had there. u. J. FULLER.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

A shoemaker at Richmond Center,
y iseeRsipm I'm made to order pair of shoes
inches in length, and five and half
inches broad at the toe. A local paper
says: ''The person for whom they
were made, came from over thewater.'
We should think he contemplated a re-
turn over the waters, Independent OF
steam lines.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

Secretary Boutwell, takes charge of
the Treasury Department with about
S102, ,O00. 900 in coin in the vaults, 3d.
600, 900 of which is IN gold-bearing GER
tificates.) and $4,000, ,0o0 in currency.
The public debt on the first of March
was 81, ,545, ,336, ,904.SS, but since that
time has decreased about Sc, 600, 900.
No payment of interest will be due
until the first of May, when $50, ,OO0, 600
in coin viii be required to pay the
semi-annual instalments of interest on
the five-twenty bonds which fall due
on that date.
A cotemporary says of General Geo.
H Thomas t'His transfer to the Pa
cific coast is spoken of as discrimina-
ton against him. In this appointment
his transfer is a promotion, as he goes
from the command of department to
the command Of a military division,
with department commanders under
him. There were but two military di-
VisiOnS-One for the Iieutenant-Gen-
eral, the other for the senior Major
General. Another is now created. and
General Thomas is to take command of
the one originally created for the SEMI
or MalOr-General, embracing all the
empire west of the Rocky Mountains.
BY the terms of the order, the transfer
is not to take place at once, but at the
convenience of the senior MajoT-Gen-
eral.
The financial condition Of the govern
ment at the close Of the present fiscal
year, in June, will undoubtedly be
| business seems to feel the good effects
| of last fall's elections, and the the re-
ceipts from all sources are much larger
than they were last winter. The Gus
toms receipts for the fiscal year will
I probably reach one hundred and eighty
| five or one hundred and ninety million
! dollars, and those from Internal Rove
nue. at least one hundred and fifty and
i perhaps one hundred and sixty million
/ dollars. Secretary Boutwell, is on the
whole very well pleased with the con-
dition and prospects Of his depart
ment.
The first section of the amended bill
to enforce the fourteenth constitutional
amendment in Georgia, reported from
the Judiciary COMMITTEES by Mr.. Trum-
| bull, repeals so much of the act Of June
/ ., 1865, as relates to Georgia Section
| second reviVes the military government
of Georgia Section three continues
| the government of the State as proYis-
| ional, and declares null and void the
expulsion of African members of the
Legislature, and restores them to their
seats. The persons admitted to their
places are to vacate the same, and 1t
prohibits any person disqualified under
the fourteenth amendment from mold
ing a seat in said Legislature. Section
fourth makes it the duty of the Presi-
dent to station such part. Of The lanC
and naval forces of the United States
in said State as shall be sufficient tC
carry the act into full execution, and al
officers in command Of such forces shall
on demand of the acting Governor
render military aid and assistance il
the administration of the government
! and protection to life and property and
the enforcing of jus tice.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

A writer in the Scientific American
proposes that the water power of Mag
ara Falls shall be used in driving the
ant center Of manufactures. The mode
which he has devised for applying the
enormous force of Niagara TO the pur-
pose is novel and ingenious. By means
of turbine wheels he would compress
air into a vast receiver, from which he
would lay large main pipe to Buffalo,
with branches to distribute the COM
pressed air to establish ments desiring
it, just as gas and water are now dis
tributed. 1t is estimated that a press
ure of four or five hundred pounds to
the square inch might easily be fur
nished in Buffalo. Such an enterprise
would apparently require joint stock
company to conduct it. If one should
be organized, we shall not fail to in
form our readers, so that they may
subscribe to the stock if they want to.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

The Cuban revolutionists have ap-
pea1ed to the President of the United
States to accord them. beIIigerent rights
and recognition of their indepen-
dence. The ey claim to have possession
of two-thirds of the island, that they
have armies numbering q, 900 men and
a navy which viii be able to cope with
that of Spain, that they are fighting
against an alien tyranny in behalf of
self-government and that the hearts Of
nineteen-twentieths of the inhabitants
of the island are with them.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

A protracted struggle was had in the
Senate over the Stiekney railroad bill
which permits foreign railway corpora
tions to lease Ohio roads upon the same
terms as home companies. The bill
finally passed, with some amendments,
and is now law.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

Speaking the other day Of a threat
ened Indian war in Alaska, President
Grant remarked: 80
81 think I've settled on a. plan for
stopping that. If one breaks out be-
ieve III withdraw all the troops and
there wont be anything there for the
Indians to fight"
But how about the enterprising set
tiers who have gone into the orange
and potato business /? Are they to be
left to the tender mercy of the saw
ages?
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
THE PRICE OF FIVE-TWEN-
TIES.

Five-twenties are at "a in sterling
in London this morning; which is
equal to 92 in American gold COIN
COnsOls are 90, so that our skies are al
most equivalent to British threes.
But it will be remembered that the
latter have been the favorite invest
ment in the world IS financial centre for
generations, and have not been in-
creased in amount for half a century,
while of tho former nearly two thous-
and millions have been created and
thrown upon new market within a
very few years. On the whole, the
very rapid growth of our national
credit abroad is still more surprising
than the low point to which it mt one
time fell.-M. Y. Post, March 10.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

To 0loneys Of Lots bounding and aDttfJlg Wt
North Street, from the OleataHgU hiUcr TO no
Depot Grounds:
THE Council OF the incorporated
il Village of Delaware, at the regular
resolution then adopted, declared its inten-
ton to pass an ordinance requiring said
portions of North Street to be gruded. grave
eled, guttered and paved.
Mar. 5-4w c. II. 1ICELROT, Recorder
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
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Durable,
BeautifuI

1t is quiet, light trimming; and capable Of
performing range and variety of work
never before attempted upon single ma
chine-using either silk, twist, lineh or cot
ton thread, and sewing with equal facility
the very finest and coaTBest materials, and
anything between the two extremes in the
most beautiful and substantial manner. Its
attachments for Hemming, Braiding, Cord
ing, Tucking, Quilting, Trimming, Binding,
| ETC.. are novel and practical, and have been
/ invented and adjusted especially for this
machine.
New designs of the unique, useful and
/ popular folding tops and cabinet cases, Pc
culfar to the machines manufactured by
4 this Company, have been prepared for en-
closing the new machine.
/ A faint idea however, can at best be given
! through the medium Of necessarily lin
/ tied advertisements and we therefore urge
/ every person in quest of a Sewing Machine
/ by all means to examine and test, if they
| can possibly do SO, all the leading rival ma
/ chimes, before making a purchase. A Sc
| lection can then be made Understandings
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may be addressed to
}. p. CUMMINS, Agent,
Delaware, Ohio.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

Twenty of Bringham 7oung's wives
arrived at Council Bluffs Iowa Monday
on visit to friends in that city and
Omaha. Brigham's latest love, Miss
will continue their journey to Wash
| ington.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26
MIR. HUBBARD,s PLAN.

Hon. Gardiner S. Hubbard writes to
the Tribune in defense of his postal tel
egraphy scheme
The bill establishes the postal tele-
graph system. It invites the brOadest
Competition by Ohering the contract
fora term of ten years to that company
whose offer shall be most favorable to
the public interests. The only restr1c-
ton is that no bill shall be considered
in which the rates for messages of 20
words, including the date, address and
signature, exceeds 20 cents for each and
every 500 miles of it's transmission to
which five cents on each message will
be added for postage.
The effect On the proposed reduction
on messages transmitted 900 miles or
less will appear from the following
statement:
At the East. West. South.
The average of
the present
Proposed rates are.25cts. 25cts. 5cts.
Amt of reduction-16cts. 6Scts. l35cts.
A large majority of all messages are
transmitted under these rates. The
reduction in longer distances is equally
striking. Present rates from New
York to Chicago, S1.75 /; to New Orleans
1925; to San Francisco, 81. Proposed
rates, 45 cents, IS cents, 81 25.
The bill also authorizes further re-
auctions by the ROSCmaStef-Genera
provided the profits of the company
are not thereby reduced below 10 per
cent per year.
The act not only establishes the sys-
tenn, but in the twelfth section, which
is severely criticised in your article,
the means are provided for carrying it
into effect. This fact authorizes the
Postmaster7Gene to require the
company incorporated by the act to
contract for the transmission of mes
sages at the rates named, if no other
company shall offer to transmit them
at less rate, on penalty of fOrfeiting
their act Of Incorporation,
/ believe that the telegraph business
of the country can be performed at
these rates by the adoption of the post
al telegraph system, and that COM
pauy can be organized to perform the
service. If it falls the public win have
the benefit of the experiment without
cost. If it succeeds, as it surely viii,
it will yield small net revenue to the
Post-Office Department, fair dividends
to the contracting company, and to
the people the telegraph at reasonable
rates, from the use of which they are
now precluded by the high rates
charged.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

CHINESE VACCINATIoN.-O the seven
hundred deaths from smallpox in San
Francisco last winter, only five were
among the Chinese. A correspondent
of the Chicago Tribune writes from
San Francisco
DR.. Offo, Chinese physician, resi-
ding in this city, was asked by scien-
tif1c gentleman with whom he was
conversing on the Oakland boat "Do
you vaccinate in China ?'' The reply
was, ''Not like the Americans - s'HoW
do you do it ?" FFOh, we put it in the
nose, (making motion like that of
taking snuff and then comes the fever
all over" Show long is it since
they commenced ptaetiuihg that in
China ?''- ''Oh, long, Tong ago"
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

The Union Agricultural Association;
comprising the counties of Champaign,
Clark, Madison, and Union, will hold
its first annual fair at Mechanicsburg,
commencing Tuesday, August 31st,
and continuing three days. Prepara-
tions for the improvement of the
grounds early in the spring are being
vigorously pushed forward.-Ha7yS-
l,iIIe Tribune
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-03-26

To o,cners Of lots bounding a5ta o5uttina 0,t
Third Street, aCest qf Liberty Street.
TW-HE CoumcfI OF the Incorporated
IL Village of Delaware, at the regularmect-
ing held March 1st, 1869, by resolution then
adopted, declared its intention to cause
Plank Walks to be laid on said portion OF
Third Street @. III. MC-l4HD4s
March ), '63-4w Recorder