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Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
no D1soHAReED so1DInRs.
who are Entitled to the Additional
Bounty

Bounty.
Every soldier who enlisted for three
years and has only received 500 Gov
ernment bounty unless discharged for
promotion, every soldier discharged for
wounds, injuries or hernia, received
while in the line of duty.
The time for fling applications for
additional bounty under the act Of July,
1866, expires January 9Th. 1871.
WHO ARE NOT ENTITLED TO ANY BoUN-
TY.
Soldiers discharged for disability 10th
er than caused by wounds, injuries or
hernia) 6etorr they had se1-Uea tzVO years.
All such should make an earnest per
sonal effort with their friends in Con-
gress to pass the eight and one-third
dollar bounty law, which passed the
House last Congress, but was defeated
in the Senate of the United States.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
HEDGE TRIMMER.

ITO ouIfivators OF fruit and hedges ,
! The great Western Hedge Trimmer
and Pruning Shears is on exhibition at
W m. Htnderson's Barber shop under the
Office ofthe American, where orders for the
Shears may be- left.
deo-la-4t VIM. HENDERSON Agent,
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

nTTG AND CLEANED I'm TIE h
of Manner and un reasonable terms u4 EAa
nndrl sianed. Have had thirty yrAre e1pe-
r.ence "a al fully understand the nnhA1eaa---
AnniV ~ ihe thi4u house east or Eno iron
~ HitIrJiy-3S-tf Patrick DoBHIE.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
Turnpike NOfice.

THE Stockholders OF the DeIaxv are
4 and County Line Turnpike Company
are nuGihed that an el-ction for seven
directors of said Company viii be held on
the ath day OF January next, at one O'Clock
p. NJ, a. the Brick School House. near F.
Avery's, on said line.
dec q 7OH3 DAVID DAVIS. PreS't.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

"Inexpertness in the use Of exact
language" is the way the ohio STATE
Journal puts it.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

The nomination of General Sshenck
to be Minister to England was sent to
the Senate on Wednesday.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
OHIO AND THE INPERNAL REvE-
NUE. TAX.

1t will be noticed, by reference to the
Internal Revenue report, an abstract of
which we published in our telegraphic
columns a few days since, that the State
of Ohio, though third in population
among the states in the Union, is second
in F5Bint of Internal Revenue, that Hi
nois is third, and that Kentucky is fifth.
The Democratic papers are raising a
cry because Ohio pays almost three
times as much internal revenue tax as
New England, resting their complaint
upon the following figures from the ta-
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

Thursday. February ?, 1871,
at 10 O'Clock A NJ. upon the premises. the
following described real estate-flee from
the dover of Abigail Roof, widow of Moses
Roof, deceased,-Io wit:
Situated in the county of Delaware, and
state OF ONO. to-wit in the Attn Township,
Al Section, Is h Range. Unit d Stat+S Mill
tary Survey, convex ed by PhiIsnder Kelsey
and ~ lie the 28Jh daN o. November, 1864 !;
Beginning at the southwest corner of
Seott's land in the west line oil sai1 Section,
thence East on the south line of said srOtt's
land to the center OF Alum Greek; then ee
down the cen of said creek 10 fntersect
he north ne OF Hoadiey's land Gas tnen
owned, now ned by SchOfield, excepting
d fraction of this corner, bring IS perches
uD the center of said creek from the Hoad-
ley corner aforesaid and six percnes vida,
sold to J. Lewl-l; thence West on the
HoadlsE line and liue of The fifty acre tract
heret ofore sold to E. p. Saunders by the Ad-
mintstrators of the Estate of said Moses
Roof dec'd, t. the west line of said Sec
ton; thence North said line to the
place of btginuing- Containing one hun
dred acres, be the same more or less.
Appraised at sIAty-nine hundred dollars.
JOHN H. BALE,
Administrator Of Moses Roof, deceased.
df1Q29-4yET1fg2 n
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NEW ADvERTIsEaIENTs.


VI z undersfgned has been ApDOIm-
Ted Administrators of he state Of Ade-
aide E Benningnus. late of Delaware
county. Ohio, deceased VIM L. HEYL
dec 3-3t Adm mtuis istrsstor.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
North Missouri Lands
FOR SALE
BY THE
Hannibal and st. Joseph
II. R. COMPANY.

About $4,000 Acres of the Finest
Farming and Grazing Land an tine
Untted states, for sale at low prices and
on easy terms; thus enabling an fndus-
tr1ous man with small capital to pay for
his land with money earned from it.
Missouri is not tBO far West to be at a
great distance from markets; its Railroad
facilities are great and constantly increas-
ing; the climate IS IsspIendtd, and good CT OBS
are almost a certainty; while the nuner-
ousfhri wing towns and cities hpringing up
on every hand attest beyond doubt thai the
blight of slavery has been effeetually dissi-
pated- and that Eastern men and Eastern
capital are doing their perfect work.
OUR LANDS DEFY COMPETITION.
Send for full descriptive Circulars and
Sectional Maps, enclosing 80 cts, and Stating
what paper you saw this in. to
EDWARD WILDER
Land Commissioner Hannibal Nh
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

Correspondence Delaware Gazette.
MARYsvTLLE. O.. Dec. u. 1870.
COUNTY IAIL BURNED.

AARYSVILLE, o. Dec. p, 1870
COUNTY JAIL BURNED.
Last night, about ten O'Clock, the
Sheriff S family were aroused by the cry
of fire from the prisoners confined in
the county Jail. The alarm was given,
and the entire town, ey DzaSSe, was on
the spot in few moments, and succeed
ed in rescuing the prisoners and saving
the contents. Sheriff Sharp, hatless,
coatless and bootless, worked like a
hero. When the alarm was first given
the FIRE might have been Subdued, but
the fire company proved themselves
thoroughly incompetent, and stood help
lessly BY while the building, with the
exception of the kitchen, was entirely
consumed. Defective packing in the
engine. or in other words, general shift
lessness on the part of the fire company,
IS the only reason that can. be given in
explanation of the loss of the building
FIREMEN's FAIR.
The Firemen's Fair and Festival is
annoanced to commence to-day at Union
Hall, and continue during the week. If
the expressions of citizens on the streets
this morning, with reference to the con-
duct of the fire company last night,
mean anything, there will be less free
will offerings for their benefit than there
would have been twenty-four hours ago.
REV. LEROY A. BELT,
of Marion, officiated as presiding elder
in the place of Rev. A. Harmount, dur
ing the quarterly meeting just closed.
He preached a fine sermon Sabbath
morning, and by request lectured on
temperance in the evening. 1t is no
disparagement to our own ministers to
say he preached the finest sermon we
have heard in long time. All other
services were postponed in the evening
so that all might hear his lecture. Mr..
Belt is a graduate of the o. w. u, a
former resident of Delaware and man
Of decided ability. and destined to make
his mark in the church.
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Make MONEY :::::;: :::z =s::=s e: :::!:l IL =

man to act as Local Agent for HENRY WARD
BEECHER's Great Religious Weekly. Eight
mum bers, with HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 8
new Story, and a superb IS Steel Engraving
GIVEN AWAY. Many now making SO 10
$50 per day an cash. Sample copies FREE.
Address J. B. FORD & Co, SO Park Row,
N. Y.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

Total 10000 100 90 10000 10000 10000 10000
Sulphur. O53 O.49 0S5 OS8 10y O.75
Color Red White. Red Gray-Fawn Gray
aSheS5 "dlSh 1Sh. ish.
Very Quite
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

The latest news from Europe is mea-
gre and unimportant.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

It will be noticed that the sulphur in
these Goals runs from 1.01 to l. .43 This
is in excess of our Ohio co Is, as de-
scribed by the analysis. Perhaps the
most important question connected
with our Ohio Goals is their adaptation
to the smelling of iron. 1t has been
shown that the percentage of sulphur
is small, the ash is small, and the
amount of fixed carbon is large. This
would seem to settle all doubts as to
its iron-making capacity.
A large blast furnace is now in cree
ton at Colum bus to use the coal from
the NelsonviIle seam. Lake Superior
ores are to be mixed with such native
ores as can be the most conveniently
obtained from our lower coal meas
ares. Limestone and fiux are in ample
supply from the great quarries in the
immediate vicinity of the city.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

Nature of coke-alI compact.
For the purpose or comparison, we give
below, from Professor Wormlpy's records,
the analyses of several of our best iron-ma-
Z ing enaIs
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
AuDIToR oE - oEEIoE.l

DEPARTMENT OF IlgsuElAECE,
COLUMBUS, o.. January StEt, lelAJ
TT Al hereby certified That the H ElL.
4 FORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY
located 80 Hartford. in the state ol tun-
nectieut, hes complied, in an respects, with
the laws of this State, relating Gu sire ana
Marine Insurance Companies Cor the cHf'
rsnt year. and has flleii I'm thtk0Euoe y NNtof y
Sfalemeut, by the proper omcera thefegli
Rhoyrfnn its condition aud bu-lnesHt on lLr
Slst 0f December, 1859, 60 be as iolloWa'
Amount OF actual paid-up cap. "a, r-, ,,
lUAl
AgEgrsEisto amount g. 25i4QiO "a
ArRreaats amount or A-iQnAAAGea
Trent eapuall including re- .-- -
tnsuran e1A s..,' p
Amount OF Income TOT hhe P4@ .,-o v-t .s
CpdlnR yeafs....,. @t'tAN on
Amount OF Expenditures TOT tue 49,. 90. 80
preceding A'1oAee A
In witness whereof, have hereunto sub
Rcrihed my name Rnu e49reg We
rsseAF1 seal of ray Uhhgt 70 ne aAAAeal rAe
JAS. III. GOODMAN
Auditor OF STATE
GEO. G. EATON ABems2 ,,,.
Tetu uiar Hal Building, ma.
Delaware 0hAlf
dec. "a 'oa-n
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
NEW ADvERrHsEBrE EErs.


A IsT OF Letters remaining umsu1r-
Al cd for in the Delaware Postomce, Dec.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
IT HELPS THE POOR BY LOAN.
ING TO THEN A PART OF
PREMIUM.
Cash Rates Lower Than Most
Old Companies.
AUDITOR OF STATES oFFECE,0
DEPAItTR5E OF IlssuRANCE,
COLUMBUS, Sept, lsts l6l0.l


COLUMBUS, Sept. LIST, l6l0.l
It is hereby certified. that The MUTUAL
LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, located ot Au-
gusta in the State OF Maine
Directors CBlce-BOST0Nt Al1Ga.l
has complied. In all respects -wifhthe laws OF
this slate, relating to Life Insurance Conn
panfps, for the current year. and neH Mteo
In this Office q sworn Statement, by tnG
proper Ofilct rs thereof, showing its cOnoA-
ton and business at the date OF such state
meut. December 3lst, 1861 t0 be aA lolluWa
Aggregate amount OF avail
able Assets, Including the pre-
mium noies held by the Conn
pany on Policies issut .......,,... Si fu 33ll ll
ties 6ncluding resins1fance.l a,g7a4Oo.O0
oedinq year N eas... 10y. sl2s8 40
Amount Of Income for the pre-
ceding yearfn notes for premi-
ums which includes cash
quarterly .premiunis...............- s55.Ss7,s0
Amount of Expenditures for
the preceding year in cash .... e2l, ,8lA,eQ
A mount OF NnLe~ used In puv-
ngemt of Losses and Claims du-
ring the year.-........-........,.,-....- 4G83sGQ
In Witness Whereof, II have
hereunIo subscribed my
(sEALJ name and caused the Seal
~ OF my ONCE 10 be aGnEed
the day and year above
JAMES III. GOODMAN,
Auditor OF State.
sAAT'Ls W JOHOSON.
Genl. Agt., Culumhus QhAo.
GEO. G.. EATON, Agent.
Delaware Ohl0s
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
TRoN ORES.

The iron ores of Professor Andrews
district are found in the lower portion OF
the coal measures. The ores constitute
layers or thin seams intersrati6ed with
the other rocks. In Vinton, Jackson.
Scioto and Lawrence Counties the favor
Ite ore rests upon a seam of limestone,
and hence IS called the Limestone ore. .
1t is remarkably free from sulphur and
phosphorus, and the charcoal iron made
from this ore, according to Professor
Andrews, has no superior in the world.
These ores often give in chemical anal
ysis over fifty per cent. of metallic iron
There are also '.blue ores a blue car
Donate of iron, properly termed siderite.
For the purpose of comparison | give
from Baeurman's "Metallurgy of Iron
the average richness of Iron of the ores
in the famous Cleveland Iron District,
England.
This average for four samples, five
different localities, IS $3.50 per cent.
of metallic iron, while the average of
six samples from our Ohio fields is 36. ~
per cent. The question then is not Of
quality, but quantity. On this point,
Professor Andrews says:
ut is impossible to estimate the vast
importance of these ores to the State
We have ore enough to last for many
generations to come.
Professor Andrews gives-a list of thir-
ty-eight charcoal furnaces now in sue
cessful operation along the iron ore belt
of the lower coal measures. This ore is
known as the Hanging Rock Iron.
There are also five furnaces along this
belt that are using bituninous coal.
The statistics given are as follows for
the wear.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

All Policies Non-ForreIting.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

600 bushels of bituminous coal for smell
ting ore.
Professor Andrews has not yet closed
his survey of ores in the iron regions of
Vinton. Jackson, Scioto and Lawrence
Counties. He thinks, however, that the
ores in that region are richer and better
than those already described
SALT.
Professor Andrews found a superior
quality of brine in a large number Of
counties in Southeastern Ohio. Wells
bored for oil have revealed the fact that
these brines are almost without limit.
Brine was found in abundance in Meiqs.
Athens, Washington, Noble, Morgan
and Guernsey Counties. In Duck Creek
Valley, Noble County, a company bor-
ing for oil struck light colored sand
rock at 763 feet, and continued in it to
the depth Of 875 feet when the boring
stopped. This well has yielded copi-
Gus stream Of strong brine, which comes
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23
AdmfnisfratOT's Sale.

1 Data Court of Delaware county, Ohio,
will offer for sale, at public auction, on
-Tl,rrr-rlnr- IIaI,,n,nrrr ro-r
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

NO EXTRA CHARGE TOR FEMALES.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

The most valuable mineral wealth
of Ohio is in her coal-fields. Coal
differs from all other elements dug
from the earth. Tt alone il a source Of
power. The superficial coal area of
Ohio has been computed at l.. 900 square
miles. Profes- or Newberry estimates
our productive coal area at 10, 600. his
is more than double that of any nation
on the continent of Europe, and equal
to Great Britain. France that was has
in round numbers, 2, 600 square miles,
Spain 1000, and Belgium 5O0 Pro-
fessor Taylor, in his work on coal stat
istics, issued 1854, estimates that, in
the ordinary method of computation
at least twenty-three thousand million
t23, 900, 600 000) tuns of coal are avaiIa-
BILE in the State of Ohio. The annual
coal production of Great Britain is
about one hundred million tons. It is
estimated hat twenty million tons of
that twenty million tons of this
product is applied to motive pow
er, equal to that of 133, 900 600 men,
Ohio, on the estimate of Professor
Taylor, can stand the drain of Great
Britain on her coal fields of LOG. 900, 600
tuns yearly for two bundled and thirty
years. Last year, according to the re-
port of the Commissioners Of Statistics
of Ohio, twenty five million bushels
were mined. The report of the COM
missioner this year will show 81. 955.
$40 bushels. This rate of consumption.
counting eighty pounds to the busheI.
and two Thousand pounds to the tun.
is but two millions, two hundred thou
sand tuns per year. Taking the esti-
mate of Professor Taylor, which is un-I
doubtedly low, and we have coal suffi-
eient to last for 10, ,454 years, and"when
we have been there ten Thousand
years" &C., it is to be hoped that
Nature in her grand economy will, by
second Battle of the Glaciers, (as per
Newberry,l either scoop us down ITO
deeper hidden jewels of wealth or take
us hence.
The ''Coal Measures of Ohio extend
into large portion Of the territory
Northeastern Ohio) under the supervi-
sion of Prof. Newberry. and will be
described in the aggregate hereafter.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23

ASSETS OVER e5,OOO,oOO.
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UNION MUTUAL
LIFE
Nv SURANCE COMPANY
ORGANIZED ISA9.
PURI2L NJ MUTUAL
ASSETS OVER s5,OOO,OOO.
AII Policies Non-Forrelting.
NO EXTRA CHARGE Tor FEMALES.
Delaware gazette. [volume] (Delaware, Ohio) 1855-1886, 1870-12-23


Executor of Henry stallman, decd
dee23-4wpfSl0
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PURELY MUTUAL
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Tho State Of South Carolina,
ABBEVILLE. COUNTY, = Z
I'M Equity

James M. Latimer, Henry 8. Kerr; We.
Henry A. Jones, Caroline G. Hucka-
bee, Mary P. DuPre, J. F. c. DuPre,
aud others.
Bill TO declare trusts, perfect titles to land
&c.
IT APPEARING that Henry A. Jones
i James A Brownlee, Mrs. Rebecca
Ware, and the children Of w. c. Ware.
whose names are not known, some OF
tue parties defendants 10 this case, reside
beyond The limits Of this State. On mo-
ton by Thomson & Fair, complsinants
solicitors, ordered that the said parties
plead, answer or demur to the Bill in mi,
case' within forty days, or the snmo will
be taken against them pro confesso.
! MATTHEW MCDONALD.
q. c. P.
Jan. 10, 1869, 3o-c.
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all kinds of Musical Instruments, Stringe,
&c. 322 Broad Street, opposite Planters
Hotel, AUGUSTA, GA.
May 2s, 1869, 5-H
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GREAT SOUTHERN
IMPROVEMENT In FENCING
Saves its Cost in Land
saved, and facility
of cleaning.

NfEAT saving OF timber can be made
~ of anything that will not break of
its own weight. A rat may get through
it and a squirrel may climb over but nil
other animals must stay out. Tie wind
can not blow it down, needs very little
repair, and the timber will last lonoe,
than in any other known fence. The snb
'crlber is agent for AbLeviIle County and
will cell rights for plantations and k,r
townships. Come up on. Sale Day and
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j. W. THOMAS,
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1870-01-29
The Terms of Tenmessee's
Admission.
The

AS there has been limitations that Ten
nessee has not lived up to the terms of her
re-admission into the national sisterhood, it |
may serve usefnl purpose to show pre-
cisely what were the conditions of her
re-admission. The following is the joint
resolution under which Tennessee's repre-
sentatives were admitted:
WHEREAS, In the year 1861, the govern
ment of the State of Tennessee was seized
upon and taken possession Of by persons in
hostility to the United States and the in
habitants of said State, in pursuance of an
act of Congress, were declared to be in a
state of instruction against the United
States; and whereas, said State government
can only be restored to its former political
relations in the Union by the consent Of the
law-making power of the United States
and, whereas, the people of said State did,
on the 22d day February, 1868, by large
popular vote, adopt and ratity Constitution
of Government whereby slavery was abolish
ed, and all ordinances and laws of secession
and debts contracted under the same were
declared void and, whereas a State Govern
ment has been organized under said Con-
stitutiOn, which has ratified the amendment
to the Constitution of the United States
abolshing slavery, also the amendment
J
has done other acts proclaimng and de-
noting loyalty Therefore, be it
ResolUed 6y the Senate and House Of
Representatives. Of the United States in
Congress Assembled, That the State of
Tennessee is hereby restored to her former
proper, practical relations to the Union, and
is again entitled to be represented by Senu-
tors and Represen tativcs in Congress"
There are no conditions imposed and no
guarantees required, as a condition prece-
dent to the restoration of Tennessee q to
her former proper, practical relations to
the Union" No reconstruction law had
been passed on the contrary, Tennessee
representatives have had vote in passing
every one of the so-called reconstruction
measures. And yet, with full knowledge
of these facts, there are some official per
sonages who pirate as if Tennessee was
amenable to the same rules and regulations
that her representatives helped to force on
other and reluctant States