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DEOATUR, STEPHEN. 



DELAWARE. 



of 1818 was restored, with this change, that 

 the Minister of War and Finances should be 

 common to both parts of the empire. The 

 Emperor accepted this constitution, and was 

 crowned King of Hungary. The restoration 

 of the independent Hungarian ministry was 

 brought about on March 18, 1867. The new 

 Government secured all offices for itself, and 

 declared the members of the Left to be traitors. 

 To this Deak replied, " In this House there are 

 no traitors; here there are only patriots, and 

 every one has a right to speak his mind public- 

 ly." This sufficed, and after that the Govern- 

 ment adopted a more conciliatory policy. But 

 he had been ailing since 1868, and in 1873, being 

 hardly able to speak, he delivered his last 

 speech on the separation of Church and state, 

 and on civil marriage. Since that time he 

 took no part in public affairs. But how much 

 he was honored, both by the people and by 

 the Government, was seen at the time of his 

 death. When it became known that he was 

 dying, the House immediately adjourned. The 

 Diet voted that the expense of his funeral 

 should bo borne by the country. The body lay 

 in state in the vestibule of the Academical 

 Palace, and thousands went to look at his re- 

 mains, while they were guarded by members 

 of the Hungarian Diet. Letters of condolence 

 were sent by the Emperor, and high officers of 

 the Government, while the Empress came her- 

 self and deposited on the coffin a magnificent 

 wreath, on the white ribbons of which these 

 words were inscribed in gold: "To Franz 

 Deak Queen Elizabeth." Then, kneeling 

 clown, she remained for some time in prayer. 

 From the time of his death till after his funeral 

 the whole city of Pesth went in mourning. At 

 his funeral every town and county of Hun- 

 gary was represented. The Archduke Joseph, 

 the Archduchess Clotilde, and an aide-de-camp 

 of the imperial staff, represented the Emperor. 

 Both Houses of the Austrian Keichsrath had 

 sent delegations, while Count Andrassy at- 

 tended in person. Members of the Hungarian 

 Diet were the pall-bearers. Ghiczy, the Presi- 

 dent of the Diet, delivered the funeral oration, 

 while the Primate of Hungary performed the 

 services. 



DECATUR, Commodore STEPHEN, was born 

 in New Jersey in 1815 ; died in Boston, Mass., 

 January 9, 1876. He was appointed a mid- 

 shipman from New Hampshire in 1829, served 

 in the Mediterranean squadron till 1833, when 

 he was detailed to duty on the sloop Vin- 

 cennes in the Brazilian fleet. In 1840 he was 

 made a lieutenant, and was subsequently as- 

 signed to the West Indian squadron. In 1851 

 he was ordered to the sloop Saratoga in the 

 East Indies, where he remained till 1854, and 

 in 1857 was relieved from service. He was 

 commissioned commander in July 1861, captain 

 in 1867, and commodore in 1869. He was a 

 grandson of Stephen D^catur, who captured 

 several English ships in the War of the Revolu- 

 tion, and a nephew of the famous Stephen De- 



catur, the hero of Tripoli and the War of 1812. 

 He leaves a son, also named Stephen, who 

 graduated from the Naval Academy, and has 

 been for several years in service. 



DEGENFELD - SCIIONBURG, AUGUST, 

 Count VON, an Austrian general, born Decem- 

 ber 10, 1798; died December 5, 1876. He 

 entered the Austrian army at an early age, 

 took part in the campaign of 1815, as well as 

 in that of 1821 against Piedmont. He be- 

 came a major in 1835, colonel in 1843, and 

 major-general in 1848. In the Italian cam- 

 paign of 1848 he had but little chance to dis- 

 tinguish himself, taking a prominent part in 

 the campaign in Piedmont in the following 

 year. Commanding at Novara the advance- 

 guard of the Fourth Army Corps, under Count 

 Thurn, he contributed essentially to the Aus- 

 trian victory, by a timely attack on the right 

 flank of the Piedmontese. In 1849 he was 

 created lieutenant-field-marshal, and was ap- 

 pointed lieutenant-governor of the fortress 

 Mayence, belonging to the German Confedera- 

 tion. Distinguishing himself by his adminis- 

 trative and organizing talent, he occupied from 

 1851 to 1858 several of the highest offices in 

 the War Department. At the breaking out of 

 the Italian War in 1859 he was in command of 

 the Eighth Army Corps, stationed in Bologna, 

 and after the battle of Magenta was appointed 

 to the chief command of the Venetian Littoral, 

 to oppose any attempts which the French 

 might make to land. After the treaty of Villa- 

 franca, he took the place of General Schlick 

 as commandcr-in-chief of the Eighth Army 

 Corps. Having been promoted to the rank of 

 general of ordnance (Feldzeugmeister), he was 

 appointed Minister of War on October 20, 

 1860, which office he resigned in 1864. 



DELAWARE. The financial condition of 

 the State of Delaware appears to be very sat- 

 isfactory. The total bonded debt on the 1st 

 of January, 1877, was $1,201,000, classified as 

 follows : 



War bonds due January 1, 1885 $795,000 



Balance of bonds loaned to Junction & Breakwater 



Railroad Company, due January 1, 1890 230,009 



Bonds loaned to Breakwater & Frankford Railroad 



Company, due January 1, 1898 176,000 



Total $1,201,000 



The reduction in two years had amounted 

 to $63,660. There was, January 1, 1877, in 

 the Treasury applicable to the redemption of 

 bonds, $90,000 ; the investments of the State 

 outside of the school-fund amounted to $671,- 

 800 ; and there was due from interest, taxes, 

 and other sources, $100,462. This showed an 

 excess of liabilities over assets of $338,738, 

 not taking into account the investments of the 

 State devoted to the support of public schools, 

 which amounted to $449,000. The average 

 annual expense of the State government for 

 the two years 1875 and 1876, exclusive of pay- 

 ments on account of the debt, was $105,000, 

 while the annual receipts of the Treasury 

 amounted to $195,000. 



