Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-12-24
NEWS OF THE WEEK.


CONGRESS.
senator Morton's bin to perfect the re-
construction Of Georgia, came up in the
Senate on the 18Th. The discussion Of she
bill was continued on the 18th, when an
amendment By Senator Williams was
adopted-yeas IS, rays Is. This amendment
requires that the Legislature shall ratify
the Fifteenth Amendment to the Con-
stitutI on Of the United States before Sen
ators and Representatives shall be admitted
to seats in Congress. The bin as amended
passed BY a strict party yote-yeas s., nays
g. The bill prohibits all persons from hold
ing seats in the Legislature Of Georgia who
participated IN the rebellion, excepting
those who were dragged Into IL BY physical
force. Among the bills introduced and re-
ferred in the House were: A bill TO appor-
tfon representatives in the next Congress ;
to amend the revenue laws; to repeal the
ten per cent. tax on State banks; 20 provide
for superintendent Of representatives.
among the States to provide for furnish
ing artificial limbs to MANNED soldiers and
mariners; providing for q free system OF
national banking by Mr.. Bingham, grant
ing pensions to surviving soldiers Of IsI2 ;
suspending provisions OF the public credit
act until specie payments; repeating tax
on receipts and for license Of agricultural
societies. to abolish the franking privi-
leEe TO pay 0OuI6F 70 eu4lAGl1 A4alAAa-4 ecu
for sickness Mr.. Cox introduced q resOlu-
tion favorfng an early return to specie pay
ments RIr. Moore, in reference to suppress
sion Of poIyEazny In Utah. The resolution
admitting Virginia Is postponed until after
the holiday recess. Senator Schurz has In
froduced q bill to reform the civil sgrviee.-
tt more comprehensive than that Of Mr..
Jenckes. and extends the principle Of that
bill to appointees OF the President A bill
to provide for the suppression Of polygamy
has been favorabIy reported in the Senate
Senator Warner has introduced bill tc
equaIizs the distribution Of banking cap
ttaI. The Senate has passed joint resolu,
ton, suspendlng all existing laws relative
to taking the census until February ], 1870
The House passed - Georgia reeonstruc.
ton bill on Monday-yeas Il2, nays 81. A
bill TO prevent the importation OF Coolies
and dissolute Chinese women is pending in
the Senate. Senator Sumner introduced a
bill to carry out the reconstruction act in
Virginia.
Both Houses adjourned on Wednesday, tc
meet again on the 10th of January.
GENERAL.
The Ohio State Board Of Agriculture vii
meet on Monday, Jan. 5, at Columbus.
The remains Of George Peabody viii b
landed at Portland.
Only eight counties in Mississippi wen
Democratic,
saco, Me-. is sick OF playing city, ant
wants to be town again.
Pere Hyacinthe recently Ieetured in New
York on eThe Government of Life"
There are II 4O4 school houses in Ohio, 66.
ofwhich were buill during the present year
The Alabama Legislature talks of spend.
ing twenty million dollars in railroad
building.
Governor Campbell, Of Wyoming, ha.
signed the woman suffrage bill, and it ii
now a law Of the territory.
The Ohio Wool Growers Association vii
hold its annual meeting on Tuesday, Jan
uary 4
The Toledo Blade Is moved by the Rich
ardson trag edy to advocate national di
vorce law.
Daniel Mcfarland, the murderer of Al
bert D. Richardson, has been indicted BY
New York grand jury.
The track is laid ON the Southern Mich
igan Railroad some four or i've miles be
yond Albert Lea.
Davis has 62O majority in Texas, with sew
en- counties to hear from. The Legislator
is Conservative.
Persons who 60 East are pointed out
small spot there, about ten feet long, on
certain railroad, on which 1t is SAID NJ
smash-up ever occurred.
A game Of chess, lasting ten years, ha
Just been concluded between DR.. Karl Bren
singer, Of Germany, and his brother in New
York
Ohio has s245 miles Of railroad, costing
with equipments, sSOl ,569,s7L The gros
earnings Of these roads in 1865 were S47,IIs.
~ and expenses ss2, ,92OO8l.
The contest over the Kentucky Senator
ship has resulted in the election Of GOV
ernor Stevenson. AIcCreery, the presen
incumbent. withdrew on the final ballot
The nomination OF Geo. H. Yeaman, O.
Kentucky, to be United States Circuit
Judge Of the 6th Judicial Circuit, has beer
Withdrawn by the President, and s. L
Withery, Of Michigan, nominated instead.
Twenty-one states have reported theil
ratification of the 18th amendment to this
State Department. Nebraska, Iowa, Min
nesota. Rhode Island, Alabama, Mississip
pi and Texas are expected to ratify it.
Ashley has been removed rom the Gov
ernorship Of Montana. Gen. B. f. Potts
Of Ohio, has been appointed in his stead.-
General Potts is a member of the Ohi'
Senate.
Secretary stanton has been nominated a
Justice OF the United States Supreme Cour
to succeed Judge Grier, who has resigned
Grier's resignation was necessitated by ex
treme age and increasing infirmities.
The Topeka Commonwealth says tina
never before in the history of Kansas -hav
so many Texas cattle been purchased b,
Kansas farmers as have been bought th1
fall.
The total number Of youths in Ohio be
tween the ages of and q years, is ], OBS 675
This is exclusive of the colored youth, who
number 2S.T75. The population of the State
computed on this basis, is 2,s41, zoo.
Several counties in Iowa have recently
declared in convention their unwillingnes
to submit to a decision of the Fedora
Courts in favor of taxing corporation rail
road bonds. The people were recommend
ed to refuse to pay the bond tax
NEIeHBoRrSG COUNTIES.
Benefontaine is troubled with ghosts,
Kenton proposes to have a fire engine.
Springfield continues to be blrglared a
usual
Morrow county proposes to purchase
farm for the use of new inhrmary.
Dio Lewis and Moses Colt Tyler are book
ed for lectures in Springfield.
Kenton hopes to be spared an inhiction @
Philip Phillips.
Springfield has machine which turn
ont hubs ready spOked.
Springfield wants to have the next Stat
Fair. We vote aye.
Columbus has two church bells, and con
templates third.
Times are extremely dull in Marion. Ba,
roads the principal cause.
Adeer was killed the other day in Nor
row county.
There are 2 male and So female pupils il
the Ohio Institution for the Blind.
A man named Engler was killed in
shindy in Columbus saloon on the 10th.
Over thirty thousand dollars worth c
school buildings were erected in Clark
county last year.
Three men in Akron gave $4,000 the ott
er day fo- a new Lutheran church in this