Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1869-12-17
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Representative Butler 70 reE'etlA the AsAtA
of-onice Act; by Representative HIN, to
abolish the ranking privilege; BY Senator
TrumbulI, hning members Of Congress
thousand dollars for soliciting offices for
their friends: by Senator Morton, resOlu-
ton for the admission Of Senators and /
members from virginia; ~ Represents
tive Stevenson, Of Ohio, exempting from /
duty tea, coffee. niolaSses, riees salt, lumber /
hides, printing paper and pig iron : by |
Senator Morton, providing fof convening
the old LEGISLATURE Of Georgia, with eondi- |
tions that no person shall be admitted to
membership who is unqualified under the
Fourteenth Amendment. or be excluded
therefroun on account Of race or color, and
that If said Legislature. thus organized, shall
ratify the Fifteenth Amendment, the State
siia11 be admitted to representation in Con-
erssss b Representative Shanks, bill
similar to Senator Morton's By Represent
ative Ingersol1, providins for an additional
issue Of s44OOO,O0o of legal tenders by
Senator Drake, denying the Jurisdiction OF
the Supreme Court in cases involving the
constitutionality of acts Of Congress for
giving relief and pensions to surviving
soldiers Of ls12; for granting universal am
nesty; for facilitating the settlement OF
1,r1blfo lands by. freedmen; for establishing
a universal system Of naturalization TO
regulate the importation Of lumber on the
northwestern frontier. The House refused
to table and decided to refer Ingerson's
bill toinerease the legal tender issue
On Tuesday the death Of Senator Fessen-
den was announced, and both Houses spent
a aconsfderable part Of the day in eulogiums
on the deceased. a resolution authorizing
suitable preparations for the reception Of
Mr.. Peabody's remains was introduced
The House considered the Census bin on
wednesday. The tariff bill viii not be re-
ported upon until after the holidays.
GENERAL.
Iron has been found in Noble county.
Father Hyacinthe has sailed for Europe.
The Denver Pacific Railroad IS completed
to Evans Station.
some OF the Georgia eh14alry are buster
ing about resistance TO Congress.
The xenia soldiers Orphans Home is to
be opened Immediately
Iowa has now over SSOO, 900 in her treasury,
and does not owe a dollar.
There are three hundred soldiers orphans
in the poor houses Of Ohio.
The law imposing tax on incomes ex-
pires by limitation June 80, 1870.
Snow sheds are being vigorously con-
structed on the Union Pacific Railway.
The next Democratic State Convention is
to be held the first Wednesday in June.
The English Government VIII take pos
session Of the telegraph lines in February.
Mahlon Chance, of Ohio, has been ap
pointed Consul at Nassau.
The remains of George Peabody are e7
route for this country for interrnent.
Minonk, Illinois, has the deepest coal
shaft in America; to sink it cost $4,000.
The Earl of Derby left fortune OF $40,
900 year.
An ordinary green tarlatan dress contains
half a pound of arsenic.
Red granite, from Peterhead, Scotland, II
to be used for the Mcpherson monument si
Clyde
The Mobile Register is alarmed st the
avldity Of Northern capitalists in SELLING
the best chances in the South.
The late Paul N. spofford, of New York
left an estate of 100000 to his wife ant
children.
Itmay interest Dem mocratsin Ohio to know
that General Rosecrans' present address il
st. Louis, No.
Mr.. John kirkpatrick, EntomOlogist on
the State Geological Corps of Ohio, died re
Gently at Cleveland.
The total number OF children in average
daily attendance upon the public school:
of Ohio is 1885.
Mrs. Stowe has just completed the last
chapters OF her book, which she calls 'sTht
True story of Lady Byron Established"
The President has nominated Attorney
General Hoar,9 Of his Cabinet, as an AssO.
ciate Justice or the supreme Court.
The Democratacmembers OF the Alabama
Legislature voted for and helped elect a
coIored man Engrossing Clerk.
Seventeen counties Of South Carolina
have increased 2,Oe2 in population since 1850
The census has not yet been completed in
the remaining fourteen counties.
The Cincinnati, Wilmington and Zanes
vile Railroad has been sold to the Penn
sylvania Central for sl,OO4,OOO. The road
extends from Morrow to GAINESVILLE.
The anntaI reunion Of the Army Of tn,
Cumberland was held at indianapolis OF
Wednesday and Thursday. Sen. Sheridan
presided, Gen. Thomas being absent.
General AIcorh, the Radical candidate
has been elected Governor of Mississippi, b,
over 10000 majority. The Legislature vii
be strongly Republican.
The Texas election is still in doubt, bu
Davis, the Radical candidate, is believed t
be electeds with Radical Legislature an
Congressman.
During General Grants administration
so lar, the debt has been decreased at tn
rates as some arithmetician calculates, c
three dollars and four cents per second, an
nearly eleven thousand dollars per hour.
Mr.. KIippart, of the Geological Survey
has received a sample OF clay found il
Defiance county which it is believed wi
prove suitable for the manufacture of a I'm
quality of porcelain ware.
Sunset Cox, a Democratic carpet-baggt
from Ohio, who has become a New Yor
member of Congress, inadvertently aC
dressed General Garfield the other day {
his colleague.
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad is sI2 OOC, 900
gold. The contracting parties have agree
to furnish fifteen millions If necessary.
heavy force is to be put to work, and tn
road built Immediately.
Four Expresses are now living in Ell
rope. The Empress of the French has ju
returned home after a visit to the Orient.
The Empress Of Russia IS confirmed II
valid. The Empress Of Austria is also i
poor health, and lives in a country vilIae,
The unfortunate Empress CarIOtta is il
sane.
The Winnipeg rebellion is dying out. Th
latest adviees report only fifty insurgen
under arms, the remainder having di
banded, and many of them gone to th
plains on a buffalo hunt. 1t is believed tn,
Governor MeDougan will be invited to r.
turn and resume the reins of government
Governor NfcTavish is not expected to T,
cover.
Prof. Agassiz having been reported
saying in the opening lecture Of his Ha
ward course, 81 do not wish any one to con
to my lectures who believes the Book
Genesis given in the Bible" declares in
published card that the phrase attribute
to him is gross fabrication, and that a
he ever said that could be so misrepresente
was that Genesis is no textbook Of Natur
History,
The vote In Western Florida on the que