DELAWARE. 



DENMAEK. 



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for the good conduct and obedience of the meu in his 

 charge. 



"Officers and soldiers must be strictly sober, and 

 while preventing disturbance by others, must avoid all 

 disturbance themselves, and are required not to hang 

 around the polls nor engage in political discussions. 



" It will be borne in mind that the whole object of 

 the order of the Commanding General is to preserve 

 peac*e at the places of voting, to sustain the judges or 

 inspectors of election, to protect loyal voters, and to 

 prevent from voting disloyal and traitorously disposed 

 persons who refuse to take the oath of allegiance. 



" In enforcing paragraph I. of the General Order, to 

 prevent violence and disturbance at the polls, care will 

 be taken that disloyal citizens of other States do not, 

 as it is apprehended they will attempt to do, intrude 

 themselves at the places of voting, and endeavor to in- 

 timidate the lawful and loyal voters of Delaware." 

 DANIEL TYLER) Brig.-Gen. Commanding. 



On the 17th of November, a public meeting 

 of the Opposition was held at Newcastle, at 

 which a resolution was passed, "that the fol- 

 lowing address be issued to the Democrats of 

 the county." 



NEWCASTLE, DELA-WABB, November llth, 1863. 

 To the Democrats of Newcastle County, Delaware: 



The undersigned, Democratic voters of Newcastle 

 county, represent : 



That at the Democratic State Convention held at 

 Dover, September 18th, 1863, to nominate a candidate 

 to fill the office of Representative in Congress, made 

 vacant by the death of the Hon. William Temple, the 

 Convention unanimously nominated the Hon. Charles 

 Brown, of Dover Hundred, in the county of Kent, for 

 the office designated ; and ever since the adjournment 

 of the said Convention the canvass has duly and qui- 

 etly proceeded with every reasonable prospect for the 

 success of our candidate, all of which facts are of pub- 

 lic knowledge. 



To our astonishment and regret, however, we are in- 

 formed by a public military and civil order, dated No- 

 vember 13th, 1863, and made known to us on the 16th 

 of the same month, that the constitutional and legal 

 rights of the citizens of the State of Delaware to reg- 

 ulate their own elections, and make and prescribe all 

 qualifications for voters at the ensuing special election 

 on the 19th. instant, have been utterly subverted, and 

 new qualifications and tests, unauthorized by the Con- 

 stitution of the United States, and contrary to the con- 

 stitution and laws of the State of Delaware, imposed 

 upon her citizens by military power. 



With the several and collective knowledge and belief 

 of the undersigned, they utterly deny the existence 

 within this State, now or in any past time, of associa- 

 tions or individuals hostile to the welfare of the Gov- 

 ernment of the United States and of its Constitution 

 and laws ; and considering the said military order (to 

 which the unauthorized recognition of the Executive 

 of Delaware gives no sanction) as uncalled for, illegal, 

 and unjust, do earnestly protest against the same and 

 against the interference of the Federal Government in 

 the election held within our State, and in view of the 

 presence and intimidation of a large military force of 

 the United States in our State, and the indisposition 

 of our people to produce collision with the armed 

 forces of the General Government do hereby recom- 

 mend to the Democrats of Newcastle county, whether 

 officers of election or voters, to submit to their disfran- 

 chisement and take no part in the said special election, 

 but to rely upon the official oaths and consciences of 

 the next House of Representatives iu the Congress of 

 the United States, to declare null and void an election 

 so held, and conducted contrary to the laws of the 

 State of Delaware in that behalf, and controlled by a 

 power unknown to the constitution and laws of our 

 State. 



The address was signed by a considerable 

 number of citizens The result of this address 

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was, that the Opposition declined to vote, and 

 on the day of election Mr. Smithers received 

 8,220 votes, and Mr. Brown 13. The vote at 

 the election for member of Congress in No- 

 vember, 1862, was : Fisher, Administration, 

 8,014; Temple, Opposition, 8,051. 



On the invasion of Pennsylvania by Gen. 

 Lee, 2,000 men who had been organized for 

 State defence turned out to aid the regular 

 forces to guard important positions. At that 

 time, the State had furnished to the army 

 seven regiments, including the three months' 

 men, a battery, and a battalion of cavalry, 



DENMARK, a kingdom in Northern Eu- 

 rope. The king is Christian IX., Charles Fred- 

 erick Augustus. He was born July 19th, 1798, 

 and ascended the throne November 15th, 1863. 

 The kingdom consists of Denmark Proper, 

 embracing the islands and Jutland; also the 

 Duchies of Schleswig, Holstein, and Lauen- 

 burg, and a number of dependencies, includ- 

 ing the Faroe Islands (17 in number), Ice- 

 land, Greenland, and three islands in the "West 

 Indies, viz.: St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. Jean. 

 The following table exhibits the area (in geo- 

 graphical square miles), and the population ac- 

 cording to the census of February 1st, 1860: 



The army of the Danish monarchy consists, 

 according to law, on the peace footing, of 23 

 battalions of infantry, comprising 16,630 men ; 

 25 squadrons of cavalry, with 2,895 men ; and 

 two regiments of artillery, with 2,560 men, 

 and 97 pieces of ordnance. This total of 22,000 

 men, which on the war footing is to be doubled, 

 has been seldom reached of late years. To di- 

 minish the budget the standing army has been 

 kept down to about 12,000 men ; but during 

 the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1848-'50 there 

 were in the field 49,300 infantry, 10,600 cav- 

 alry, and 9,000 artillery with 144 guns. The 

 army is formed by conscription, to which 

 every man in good health, who has reached his 

 22d year, is liable. The legal time of service 

 is eight years, but de facto the recruits are not 

 kept longer than about ten months under arms, 

 and afterward sent home on furlough and 

 called out for annual exercise. At the end of 



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