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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
THE UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD.

We print in this paper "a report male
by Mr.. Snuw, a late Government BIZ
rector in the Union Pacific Railroad,
which confirms the most damaging
stateuttnts that have heretofore b On
made in regard to the manager enI of
that enterprise
Notwithstanding the immense su.Is
givrn to the company by n Cove n
meut-subsidies sufficient to have bIIt
and equipped a, tirst-ctaSN rpad-ii he
w"rk ba- ben only about half dane,
and, inst. ID Of II iTst-class iIHpr Ne
menf, the county viii have a road p
on which traffic can not be sa G y or
prof able conducted.
For some time this TACT has ben
known TO Jhep public. From the y ~
first, in fact it was known to the Sec
rotary of the Interior that the road w IS
at no time ia a condition to entitle The
company to n dollar Ofsubsidy. ct
as section after section was compile I'd,
the work was certified as having b~tn
done according to law, and upOu these
certificates United States bonds were
issued, land warrants were executed,
and the public were deluded into l.ur-
chasing second mortgage bonds, which
would not To- bring in b mari ct
half what they sold for originally.
Had there been and honest admins
tratiOn at Washington when Jesse L.
Williams, as a Government Director,
made his reports. and when the press
began to expose the swindle, millions
of dollars might have been saved; tut
it was not until Grant went into Office
that the flow of public money could be
stopped, and then, unfortunately, it
was almost equivalent to locking the
stable door after the horse had been
stolen.
Now the money has been spent, and
we have q half built road, which The
Government will be forced to take pt-s-
session of and finish or abandon all its
claims.
1t is upon the whole, a sickening ex-
hibiti0n ofnational corruption, without
a parallel in the history of this or any
other country. It would be some c n
ISOLATION if the men througA whom his
great fraud has been perpejrated could
be reached and adequately punish ed;
but the most that can be accomplished
at this time, we presume, is to save.
what is left of unappropriated suttsi-
dies, and to hold up the men who be
trayed the confidence Ofthe people tothe
scorn of those who are compelled to
pay the cost of treachery.-CineinTIt
Gazette.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
AN ORDINANCES

EOR the Improvement of Washing
IL ton Street, from Griswold Street to Lin
coin Avenue.
Sec. 1. Be it Orduined 6V the Council Of The
Incorporated YRtdge Of DeLa10aTe, That the
owners of lots and n bounding and
pabutting on Washington Street from Girls
void Street to Lincoln Avenue be and they
are hereby required to grade said portion
of Washington Street by the hrsG day OF
July neXt; and in default thereof, h Mayor
is hereby directed and required to let the
contract for grading all that portion of
Washington Street within the above limits,
not graded to the established grade on said
date, to the lowest responsible bidder, after
having published for two weeks, In some
newspaper of general circulation in said
Village, notice that sealed proposals will be
received for the same. .v
Sec. 2. Thai the owners of lots and lands
bounding and abutting on said portion of
Washington Street be and they are hereby
of Washington Street, in front of their re-
spectiYe lots and lands, by the first day of
September next; and in default thereof, the
Mayor is hereby required to let the contract
for the same to the lowest responsible bid
der, after having published for two weeks.
in said Village, notice that sealed proposals
viii be received for said graveling and gut
tering.
Sec. 8. That said grading, graveIing and
guttering shall be done in accordance with
the general specifications for such improve
ments, and under the direction of the Viii
Iage Engineer.
Sec. 4. That the expense of said improve
mentS shall be assessed on the feet front of
said lots and lands.
Sec. ,. This to take effect and
be in force from and after its publication.
Passed May Sd, 1869.
CHARLES NEIL. Mavor.
c. 0. LITTLE, Recorder. my7-It
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
ARLINGTON.

We looked on Arlington trough still
softer airs. How beautiful it isl how
sad it is! how holy! Again the tender
spring grasses have crept over its six.
teen thousand graves. The i%nnocents
the violets Of the woods, are blooming
above the heads of our brave. In the
rear of the house a granite Obelisk has
been raised to the two thousand who
sleep IN one grave. FOurcRnnon point
from its summit, and on it's face it bears
this inscription
Beneath this stone repose the bones
of two thousand one hundred and
eleven unknown soldiers, gathered af-
ter the war, from the fields of Bull
Run and the route to the Rappahan-
mock. Their bodies could not be identi-
fed, but their names and deaths are re-
corded in b archives of their country,
and its grateful citizens honor them as
their noble army of martyrs. May
they rest in peace.p
The rooms and cOnservatories of the
house are filed with luxurious plants,
soon to be set out on the graves Of this
cemetery. Beauty and silence reign
through this domain of the dead.
There is q hush in the air, and a hush
in the heart, as you walk through it,
reading its names, pausing by the
graves of its unknown" thinking of
the past. Far as the sight reaches,
stretch the long columns of immortal
brave. The beauty of their sleeping
place, the reVeFent caro- covering it
everywhere, tells how dear to the ma
heart is the dust of its heroes,
how sacredthe spot where they lie. In
this let us not forget the still higher
love which we owe them let us attest
It by a deeper devotion to the principles
for which they died. Washington Let
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
THE EIGHT PER CENT. INTER
EST BILL



The following IS the Interest bill, a
pas~ed by The Senate and House Th-
Vote ia The Snn e ~as twenty in favor
Of and u sgainsf- Il w.sIhe intention
to have thebiH lake effect on its pass
age. hut The ana section OF the Subsii-
tute was 70 read b same as the nm
section Of the free trade III ]. or rather
this section was not altered, aFd The
bill does not take effect until Oct. 1st.
A BIZ to amend an act for fixing the rate
of interest.
ESEc-I. Be q enacted bVzthe Generul
! assembly 0f the State Of Ohio, II at Il e
parties to any bond, bill, pra4nisso-y
note or other instrument OF writing for
| the f~orbearapce Or payment OF money
at ans future time, may stipulatntherr-
IN for the payment Of Interest upon the
lamount of such bond, bill, note or 9TH
aer instrument of writing at any rate
not exceeding eight per eentum per an
mum, payable annually.
SEC. 2. That upon all judgments,
4 DEGREES or orders rendered upon any
/ bond, bill, note or other instrument of
writing containing stipuIatiOns for tie
payment Of interest in accordance with
the provisions of the first section OF
this act, interest shall be computed ill
payment at the rate specified in such
bond, bill, note or other instrument of
SEC. 3. In an cases other than tho q
provided for in the first and second
sections of this act, when money shall
become due and payable upon any
bond, bill, note, or other instrument of
writing, bearing date after the passage
af this act, upon any book account Or
/ settlement hereafter made between par
ties, upon all verbal contracts hereafter
| entered into, and upon aljudgments1
DEGREES, and orders of any Judicial
tribunal for the payment of money
| arising out Of any contract made, or
| other transaction occurring after the
/ passage of this act, the creditor or credi-
| tors shall be entitled to interest at the
rate Of six per ceat. per annum, and no
more.
SEC. 4. All creditors shall be en-
titled to collect and receive Interest on
all bonds. bills, notes and other written
Instruments heretofore entered into,
upon all balances struck on settle
ments heretofore made, upon book &C
| counts heretofore accrued, upon all YER
bal contracts heretofore made, and up
on all judgments, DEGREES and orders of
Courts heretofore rendered, precisely
a. if This act had not passed.
SEC. 5. That section one Of San act
I fixing the rate of interest,"" passed
January Il, 1924, be and the same is
hereby repealed.
SEC. 6. This act to take effect and
be in force from and after the ISt day
| Of October, 1889.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
..A THING OF THE PAsr.''

In the Virginia Conservative Cow u
ton at Richmond, the ultras were de
feated. The disposition of the majority
was not to offer ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
to the Constitution, and so delay rec n
stFuction and representation. This nc
ton is undoubtedly due to the influence
which the President, who is anxious to
have ali the States represented, has b I'd
upon the people eff Virginia.
To those who oppose the Constitution
and insist that If negro suffrage be
forced upon the Stale, no Yirginidn
should do any thing seeming to cons MT
to it, the significant reply was made
that such arguments were Hthing~ of
the past.' Negro suffrage was an &C
eOmplished fact, and Virginians should
make the best Ofit.
This is sensible. Negro suffrage is
the inevitable sequence of negro eHiFn-
cipation and citizenship. Whatever
opposition is made to it, and however
the struggle may be prolonged, yet it
will come. No class of citizens in this
Republic can yer remain permanently
disabled because of race or color. The
principle that whoever is entitled to the
rights of a citizen, aud has the duties
and the burdens of citizenship to bear,
must be clotbedw 18th the political pow
er of the ballot, is bound to win, let who
viii kick againstthe pTieks.-GiRciRR I'll
Commercial.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07


The Melbourne (AustraIia) CORES
pondent Ofthe New York Herald gives
an account of the finding of a nugget
of gold weighing 210 pounds. The
lucky finder was so hard up that he
was refused credit by the storekeepers.
He went to work ina claim at Dunolly,
and while working round the roots Of
a tree, struck something hard with his
pick Immediately below the surface
Miner-like, he grumbled out, Soon
foundit, 1 wish it was a nugget and had
broken the pick" The nugget, when
it was unearthed, was found to weigh
2I0 pounds troy, and on smelling, it
yielded 2,26S ounces and ten penny
weights of pure gold. It was scarcely
covered by the earth, and was less than
a couple of inches below the surface
It was Immediately christened the
HWelcOme Stranger" and is largest
nugget on record in Australian mining
annals, and, in fact, is believed to be
the largest a of gold ever discOv-
cred.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

A Frenchman has perfected an in
ventfon for furnishing motivepOwer to
a sewing machine by means of electric
ity. The chief objection to its use as a
motor heretofore has been the great eN-
pense attending its generation. For
fifteen or twenty cents a day power
enough is furnished by this new app 4
ratus to run a sewing machine or other
light machinery. Why should not the
usefulness of such a lively agent be ex-
tended? With a little portable battery
and running gear, a thrifty farm wife
might churn the butter before break
fast run the washing machine before
dinner, and give the Singer or Wheeler
d Wilson employment in the after
noon. Then some inventive Yankee,
seeing how much could be made by
extending the sphere Of electrical aC-
tivity, would not be long in devising
suitable means for making it wash The
dishes, milk the cows and tend the
baby.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
mss vANLEw.


OF the appointment of Miss Van Lew
as postmaster at Richmond, Va, Mary
Clemmer Ames writes to the Independ-
ent:
1t is a reward for the most devoted
patriotism, the most exalted service.
Miss Van Lew was one of the very few
Southern women who loved their
country, their whole country, and serv-
ed it and its soldiers at the peril of her
life. Though placed under guard,
though her house was filed with spies
OF the Confederacy, though trammeIed
IN every way, she yet made it possible
to visit our soldiers In Libby and Castle
Thunder, aud to administer to their
wants; more, she made it possible to
hide them and to eco them within
the walls of her own house: more. she
made it possible to communicate with
Grant, and to convey to him impor-
tant information. She expended over
fifty thousand dollars in her countries
service, aud when its triumphant armv
entered Richmond one woman at least
wept for joy How many soldiers at
the North remember with fearful graft
tude his woman, who ministered unto
them when they were prisoners, wound
cd, and almOs dying. Governor An
drew, of Massachusetts, wrote of her
THAT any government that could for
get such a woman, or fail to remember
the services she had rendered. it, desery-
ii to perish" But the Government
hasn't forgotten, and in her case is not
ungrateful. II is a mystery to me how
people can write poetry 10 General
Grant. If they knew him personally,
I'm arc they couldn't. All his yicto-
ries together couldn't quicken a thyme,
if, while you were writing you were COM
PEELED to look at him. If the lOOk on
his face could ever inspire it, / should
think it would have been when lie took
the hand Of this gentle woman, and
told her that he had had the pleasure Of
sending her name to the Senate, and
and that she was already confirmed
POSTMASTER" of Richmond. ANY one
who imagines that large executive tai
ent in a Woman is necessarily accom-
panied by q masculine person should
see Miss Van Lew. Sheis very delicate
and slight. Her a is remarkably
sensitive and sympathetic; but the high
straight nose indicates courage and re-
deems it from all weakness. The eyes
are large, soft and sad, as if hey had
shed many tears. Indeed, b shadow
lf suffering gone by fingers over every
feature. TInt took which so many
Eomen's faces brought out OF the war;
1 look Ia which anguish, love and he
'oism blend; which, whom it has once
lallowed q face never leaves it even in
leath.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
"Yenf. Yfdi. Vict.,,

h forthcoming number of the nlustra-
ted Western World, printed in oil colors,
viii be the most beautiful paper ever issued
from the press since the art Of printing was
discovered. Remember, it is the only paper
in the world whose illustrations are printed
in from one to seven distinct cOlors at a sim
gle impression. Aside from the beautiful
illustrations which accompany It weekly,
every number is repIete with glowing Ro-
mances, Love, and Histrionic Tales. II is
n ut companion of every hreside-the mag
Rzine of every branch of Iiterature-the
champion OF all noble industries-the sup
port of the farmer, merchant, artisan, and
the education of the masses. Send for spe-
cimen copies. Sold by all news dealers.
Subscription, So per annum. Address II
WESTERN WORLD 90, corner Park Place
r o. Box 1920. New York.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

correspondent of the San Francis
co Bulletin lately visited "a religious
meeting held in Canton, China, bv a
missionary. Il was conducted in the
Canton dialect The practices of COM
ing late, going out during the service.
and sleeping under discources, prevail
as IN other countries. During the ser
vice a man came running in with a
wild expression on his countenance
and asked the minister what could be
done for a man who had been frighfen-
ed 10 death. The interrupted preacher
gave him the necessary directions and
proceeded with his remarks. But he
was not allowed 10 complete the SER
vice IN peace aftertbis strange Interrupt
tlon. Before the sermon closed the
military mandarin ofthe Province han
pened TO pass along the street, in front
Of the chapel, and the congregation
tumbted Pell-mell into the street.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
AN ORDINANCES

DOR the improvements of Railroad
Il Street from Franklin to Washington
Street. $50
Sec. l. Be IL ordained 6g the COuncil of the
Incorporated village Of DeLdagdre, That the
owners of lots and lands bounding and
AUDITING on the north side Of Railroad Street
rom Franklin to Washington Street be and
they are hereby required TO gravel said
portion of Railroad Street by the first day
Of August next and in default thereof, the
Mayor is hereby directed and required to let
the contract for graVeling all that portion
of Railroad Street within the above limits,
not graded to the established grade on said
late, to the lowest responsible bidder, after
having published for two weeks, in some
newspaper of general circulation in said
village, notice that sealed proposals will be
received for the same.
Sec. : That said graVeling shall be done
IN accordance with the general specihcR-
ions Tor such improvements ana under the
direction of the Village Engineer.
sec. 3. That the expense of said improve
ment shall be assessed on the feet front of
said lots and lands.
sec. A. This ordinance to take effect and
be in force from and after its publication.
Passed May Sd, 1863.
CHARLES NEIL, Mayor.
co. LITTLE, Recorder. my7-lt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
NOTICE

I : hereby given that a Petition viii
be presented to the Commissioners of
Delaware County, Ohio, at their next regu-
lar session, on the FIRST MONDAY OF
JUNE, 1869, asking for the establishment of
a new County, Road in Liberty Township, as
pillows Beginning in a County Road at the
corner of lots 2, 3, 8 and 8, in section 8, town
ship 3, range Is, U. s. NJ. lands, and running
thence north on the lot line between lots 2
and 3 to the south line of lot %; and con-
tinuing thence north through said lot % I'M
til it intersects the east and west County
Road on the north line of said lot No. %.
Liberty Township, April, 1863. my7-4tt
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

The annual short-hOrn sale of r. g.
Dun, of PlumwoOd, was held at Lon
don on Tuesday, and attracted the vet
eran short horn men from different
sections of the State. The cattle sold
at good prices. The PlumwOod estate
is a thousand acres or more in extent,
and is in the region known as "The
Barreus," near London. MI. Dun has
been well known as Il breeder Of Short
for many years. He is the son
of the late Walter Dun, of Kentucky,
who imported largely from England
about IS30.-COl, Journal.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

o. HIS TRAvELs.-A little four wear
old boy came down on The Delaware
train the other night, ths conductor
.supposiUg, until he reached this city,
that his parents were with MIN. After
the train arrived at Springfield it was
discovered that he was running away
from home. The authorities at Mechan-
icsbuTg were notified by telegraph and
he will be properly cared for until his
friends arrive.-SPTin0feLd AdDertise7'.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
The Delaware County Bible
Society

HAS just Received a New Supply of
Ii Books from the American Bible Socie-
ty, which, with the stock on hand, makes
the assortment full and complete in the va
r1ous styles of Family and Pocket Bibles
and Testaments. Also, Bibles and Testa-
ments in Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, German
and French languages. For sale at the So
ciety, list priees,at the Depository, C. PIatt's
JeWelry Store, No. 3 Williams Block. NV
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

THE Senate failed to confirm the
nomination of Johns. Carlisle, of West
Virginia, az Minister to Sweden, and
that Of NFcCcok, for Governor of Colo
RADIO, might have been rejected with
like propriety. Both Carlisle and Nc
Cook have rung all the changes OF the
political gamut during the last few
years.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

The municipal election in Indianap-
oils, Tuesday, resulted in the election
Of the entire Republican ticket, bv
from 300 to 800 majority, with a major
ity of the City Council. In Iafavette
and Fort Wayne the Democratic ticket
was elected. In Richmond and Col
umbus the Republicans elected their
ticket. The latter is a Republican
gain.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
NOTICE.

ITO Owners of Property bounding
Il and abutting on East William Street
The Council of the Incorporated Village OF
Delaware, at a regular meeting, held April
18th, 1863, by a resolution then adopted, re-
solved to grade and gravel East William
Street sixteen feet in width in the center Ol
said street, from the Springfield Railroad to
the corporation line.
my7-4t c. o. LITTLE, Recorder.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

Potato spectators in some sections
Of the country AVE been badly bitten.
and are unloading their stock at a sad
sacrifice. \ Michigan paper saws that
In portions of that State are
obliged 10 sell potatoes at fifteen cents
per bushel, for which they refused sI "a
last fall, and that they have a yeTv
large steel on hand.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

The Governor has appointed, and the
Senate has confirmed, Mr.. L. /. Rice
as Superintendent of Public Printing.
Nh. Rice has been a faithful guardian
of the public interests, and his reap
pointment is a deserved compliment,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

Robert E. Lee had a recent eonsulta-
ton with the President In reference to
political affairs in Virginia. Lee is
said to favor the new Constitution for
that State, and the adoption of the
XVIII amendment.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

Both Houses Of the Legislature bave
passed an appropriation of nearly six
hundred thousand dollars to pay the
Morgan raid claims, This is one of
the most magnificent swindles ever
foisted upon the taxpayers Of Ohio.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

The monthly public debt statement
just issued shows a decrease in the
debt during the month of IS, 1898, 07O.65.
No boRds were issued to Che Pacific
Railroad during the month.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07

Also, from Auction, immense lots of Cas-
simeres, FlanneIs, Shawls, Hosiery, Para
soils, Ladies' Hats, Flowers, Corsets, Hoop
Skirts, &c, at nearly half price.
We ave a Dig pile of Ladies', tents and
Misses Ldsle Thread Gloves, which we
bought at less than half the cost to manu-
facture them. We propOse to divide with
our customers, keeping the Ions share.
We sell the best Kid Gloves in the West at
sI.00. Try the Glove, as we claim there is
none better at the price.
On Dress Goods you can save from 10 to 20
cents a yard.
On other kinds of Goods you can a " an
equal proportion.
Mt. Vernon, Cardington, GiIead, Marion,
and surrounding country, can save one
by buying their Goods Of us.
s.. p. & J. J.. HUE
N. B.-LOok out for our Price List. a
and get one Free to all, or sent free to any
direction desired. S. P. & j. j. S.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-05-07
DEBILITY.

There is no medicine equal to Hollands
German Bitters and Tonic in cases Of DeDtl-
ity. They impart aENtOne and vigor to the
tite, an enjoyment of the food, ena-
bic the StOmach to digesttt, purify the blood,
give a good, sound, healthy complex1on
part a bloom to the cheeks, and change the
patient from q short-breathed, emaciated,
weak and nervous invalid, to a mlI-faced,
stout and vigorous person.
Weak and Delicate Children are made
strong by using the BItters or Tonic. In
fact, they are Family Medicines, They can
be administered with perfect safety to a
child three months old, the most delicate
female, OF a man Of ninety,