Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-10-21
NEWS og THE WEEK.

General sohenck ia collecting evidence to
contest CampbelI's election.
Banks and Butler have each been renom-
mated for Congress.
shellsbarger's majority in the Seventh
District Is 1,s3l.
The President has issued q proelamatto on
against Fenian dIibnstering.
The omcia1 returns show the Nebraska
LegisIAture stands 50 Republicans, 8 Demo
Gratis, and Peoples candidates.
The Republicans held q grand joIlihca-
ton st Columbus on Thursday evening Of
last week.
The Indiana Senate is absolutely in the
hands Of the Republicans. by 28 to q. The
House Is IN the control Of the reform Re
publleans.
Madison county. hitherto Democratic,
gives Republican majority Of 100 for Shell
labarger and elects the entire Republican
county ticket.
Gem. Lee was buried on Saturday the 18TH
inst. Frs body was placed in vault Pc
meath the chapel Of Washington College, OF
which college he was the President.
The Democrats have thus far gained
eight members Of fCongresEfOur in North
Caroline, three In Pennsylvanla and one
in Indiana.
All through the South the news OF the
death Of General Lee was received with
deep sorrow. Business was suspended and
the buildings drRped in mourning
Meetings were held and resolutions ofaor-
row passed.
Senator Morton telegraphs that the DEM
ocratic State ticket is elected In Indiana by
two thousand majority. Lew. wallace is
defeated in the Seventh District.
The Auditor Of State, Mr.. James H God
man, has appointed Eoung lady, Miss
Mary G. Babbett. srecent graduate OF the
Columbus High School, to be the Record
ing Clerk Of his office.
Governor Hoffman declines to meet Gen
eral Woodford in a joint political discus
sion In the canvass OF New York. Hon-
mau depends more on the efficiency Of re-
peaters than on the strength OF ideas.
The cities Of Orleans and soissons have
fallen into the hands OF the German forces
and the Investment of Paris goes steadily
on. Siege guns Of the largest caIibre are
being brought forward, and the lombard
ment VIII commence as soon as they are in
position.
The burial OF the late United States Min
lister CoggeshaII and daughter, who died in
y
ago, took place at Columbus, on Tuesday.
At Mansheld, Tuesday night, VIM. Gage,
the man sentenced for railroad murder, at
tempted to take his Life by cutting main
artery. He was seen in time to save him.
A Adispatch to the New York Times Of Sat
urday says; tsAdvices received here con-
cerning the health Of Chief Justice Chase
Indicate that isvery doubtful il he viii ev-
I.s aF-F Fs,4- Fff
pre- me Bench
At Mansfield on Monday, William Gag'
was sentenced to imprisonment for life
and John Sugdon to imprisonment for ter
years for throWinga a train from the tracl
near Mansfield some time ago.
The majority against schenek in thc
Third District is sixty-five. This majority
was achieved by the wholesale disEran
chtsement of the soldiers at the Nationa
Asylum. A poll was opened at the Asylum
and the vote of the soldiers taken after i
was refused at the regular poll. An effor
viii be made to have it counted.
Ths hrst ooIored jury was impaneled il
the Criminal Court OF Judge A. L. Robin
son, at Evansville, Ind, on the l4th inst
Among the jury is one man who speakl
French, Spanish, Portugess, Italian anC
an Indian dialect; two speak German anC
English three can read and write, and foui
can read. They sentenced a colored man
TO six months in the county jail for lar
csny. Judge Robinson was the hrst aboli-
ZIONIST in Vandenburgc county, and was vot.
ed for for Governor In 1852 as an abolition
1st, and mobbed at Terre Haute. The Sher
III, 8. III. Miller, is a Democrat Both judge
and Sheriff go out OF ofice in a few days.
There was large attendance at Court. On,
Of the jurors claims to be 1O9 years old, auc
voted the Democratic ticket because, ht
says his father, a white man, was a Demo
graf.