Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-03-11
nnws or THE WEEK.
nrrrRAr AssrllnLY.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY.
March aa.-The House passed Bll LIS, to
limit the ccn1rensation Of officers therein
named. Mr. JaEnison introduced In the
Senate BIN reducing the Railroad Com
naissloners salary from 81 900 70 5000. The
senate passed House bin making It q crime
to mufilate or change the public records
Also q bin amending the act to Incorporate
Saving Societies, 50 that deposit may oe
made l3y any one person OF s5.0o9, instead
Of a OO0 "A now. and that the societies may I
1oa7, "a mar cant on their resi- estate instead
of so Der cent? as now.
8d.-Tbere was q volley Of petitions pre-
denfsd In the House for Soldiers Orphans
Home. The Houzs passed bin for the
removal to Reform Institutions Of minors
under sentences FOR felonies. Several new
bills were introduced. The House passed
resolution instrueting District Assessors 70
apuraiss real property on g specie Basis
.rlle senate has concurred IN this resolution.
Afh.-Both Houses adjourned until Tues
day afternoon. March stlH-t
The General AppEDpEiation bill which
has been introduced into the House, makes
the follcyvfns appropriations: support Of
benevolent Institutions, sS4i, 100 /; land and
buildings for the same, s324 500; Peniteh-
tiary and other not raised by taxation, ,sl41,
500 Judiciary, SIS. 900; salaries OF State
ofIlcers, 50 800 geological survey, sl1 ,lo0 =
State printing and binding, S75.300; miseel-
laneons, sa0l00o Total, 1,1s5,TO0.
CONGRESS.
March Sd.--The senate discussed the new
Funding BIZ. The House passed. O bill re-
Iisving honoRably discharged soldiers from
the payment Of fees under the Homestead
Law. Also the Indian Appropriation bill.
IN bin. 1lr. Brooks, Of New York, spoke
in opposition to it. A resolution was adopt
ed calling on the Secretary OF War for In
formation relating to the recent alleged
massacre Of the PiegRu Indians.
4th.-The Senate devoted the day to mis-
osllaneOus huEiness. The House took up
the Georgia bill, and Mr.. Butler spoke in
its favor.
6th.-The Senate was not in session. In
the House the Georgia bin was discussed
all day. GT. Lawrence spoke for and Mr..
FarnsWorth against the bill. After further
discussion the House adjourned.
GENERAL
The repeal or modification OF the income
tax is being vigorously petitioned for.
The Kentucky House has tabled the
Southern Railroad bill
Gold touched llO7< In New York on last
wednesday.
Chicago Is to have new hotel, covering
an acre ana 3 half Of ground, and to cost a
million dollars. 1t is to be finished in 1872.
The senate has confirmed the appoint
ment OF Jesse b. Grant to be Postmaster
ct atCoviugton.
The United States corvette Oneida. sunk
OF Yokohama, Jan. 24th, carried down with
her $50 Of her crew. Fifty-seven sailors and
three ofheaTE were saved.
a new coinage OF the denominations Of
10, 25 and 50 cents has been struck at the
United States Mint at Philadelphia. It's
standard value corresponds with that Of
our present currency.
silver change Is msking its appearance In
New York. Several retail merchants and
restaurant keepers advertised themselves
handsomely yesterday by paying out silver
in change.
The obsequies of Mr.. Burlingame took
place at st. Petersburg on the ID, and were
attended by q great ooncourse OF people
The Czar called ON Mrs. Burlingame on the
1st.
Prof Huntington, Assistant state Geolo-
gist OF New Hampshire, passed the winter
on the summit OF Moose HiIIoelz, 5000 feet
above the sea level. The lowest point Of
the thermometer was II degrees below zero,
Mr.. summers bill to enforce the XVIII
Amendment Furnishes with imprisonment
and heavy fnes the refusal to receive, reg
lister, count or give legal effect to the vote
Of any citizen on account Of race, Color etc.
The United States District Courts are given
exclusive Jurisdiction In these cases.
At the solicitation Of the Russian Minis
ter, Governor Hodman, Of New York, has
pardoned Alexander Reno, sentenced 70 20
years confinement In the penltentIary, for
cutrag1ng child ten years old. Reno's
father is q member Of the Cars personal
staff.
James w. Mason. an Arkansas planter, a
graduate. OF 0berlin College, Ohio, and Of a
French National School, and a former
Colonel of the French Army,
in which service he won brevet promo
ton for galiantry in the Crimea, has been
appointed by the President Minister to Lii
IBERIA. Mr.. Mason is a mulatto.
A dispatch from Laramie, dated March
7th, says: The Judiciary Of Wyominl
sustains the right Of women to serve a.
Grand Jurors. All the ladies drawn a
Grand Jurors were present at IL O'Clock n
m. A motion to quash the panel was mo
sustained. At IE55 q. m. the first lady
Grand Jurors In the world were sWorn.-
None asked to be excused. A lady baili1
was appointed for the Grand Jurors 4
splendid address was delivered. by Chic
Justice Howe.