DELITZSCII, JOHANNES. 



DENMARK. 





A Prohibitory Convention, consisting partly 

 i.i u 1. 111. -ii, was held in \\ 'ilmingtim on t In- loth 

 1. 1 ( triober. Jt nominated Charles Moore for 

 russ, and adopted a series of resolutions, 

 denouncing the liquor-traffic, condemning the 

 license l;iw of the State, and declaring in favor 

 of locul option. 



At the election on the 7th of November, Mr. 

 Williams was elected to Congress, the vote 

 being, for Williams, 18,169; for Bird, 10,592; 

 f..r Moore, 286: total, 28,997; Democratic 

 majority, 2,841. The total vote for presi- 

 dential electors was 24,135, of which the 

 Democratic candidates received 13,881, and 

 the Republican 10,752, making the majority of 

 the former 2,629. The State Legislature, 

 chosen on the same day, was unanimously 

 Democratic in both branches. In the preced- 

 ing Legislature there was one Republican. The 

 Legislature consists of nine Senators, three from 

 each county, and twenty-one Representatives, 

 seven from each county. 



The Delaware Association for the Improve- 

 ment and Education of the Colored People 

 gave assistance during the year to 29 schools, 

 with 1.197 pupils. The schools are supported 

 wholl.v by private subscription. 



At the close of the year, a case was pending 

 which involved a conflict between the State 

 and United States Courts. William L. Heal, 

 a deputy-marshal of the United States on 

 election day, was prosecuted in the State court 

 for an alleged assault on John O'Byrne, at 

 the door of the United States Court room. 

 The case was removed to the Federal Court by 

 tho I'nited States District Attorney, but Judge 

 . Comegys refused to allow the transfer. In his 

 annual message, Governor Cochran recom- 

 mended that the Attorney-General be author- 

 ized to prosecute the case to the end, that 

 there may be a thorough and deliberate pres- 

 entation for judicial determination of a ques- 

 tion of such grave constitutional importance 

 and vital moment to the sovereignty, integ- 

 rity, and very existence of the State. 



Chief-Justice Edward Woodward Gilpin, of 

 the courts of Delaware, died on the 29th of 

 April. lie was born in Wilmington, July 15, 

 1805. In his youth he was in narrow circum- 

 stances, and learned the trade of a currier. 

 He afterward became a clerk in a store, but 

 finally studied law, being admitted to the bar 

 in 1827. From 1840 to 1850 he was Attorney- 

 (iiMicral of the State, and was appointed Chief- 

 lustice in Mjiy, 1857, holding the position from 

 that time to his death. In early life he was a 

 Whig, but, in 1856 and later, became asssoci- 

 ated with the Democratic party. During the 

 war he was an ardent supporter of the Union 

 Mate. 



DELITZSCH, JOHANNES, a Professor of The- 

 ology in the University of Leipsic, died Feb- 

 ruary 3. 1876. He was the eldest son of Prof. 

 Franz Delitzsch, of the University of Leipsic, 

 and was born at Rostock, in 1846. He at- 

 tended the gymnasium at Erlangen, and after- 

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ward laid the foundation of his theological 

 studios at the university in the same place. 

 He continued hirf studies at Tubingen, aud fin- 

 ished them at Leipsic. His attention was. 

 directed quite early to the special study of the 

 histories of symbol and dogma. He acknowl- 

 edged his obligations for sympathy in this line 

 of investigation to Drs. Thomasius and Lan- 

 derer, to whom he submitted his first writings. 

 A close and lasting attachment grew up be- 

 tween him and Dr. Bruckner, of the University 

 of Leipsic, based upon their common zeal in a 

 common pursuit. He gained the degree of 

 Doctor of Philosophy at Leipsic, in 1869, for 

 which he had prepared an essay on the the- 

 ology of Thomas of Aquinas. He passed 

 the theological examinations at Leipsic and 

 Dresden, and in the spring of 1872 was made 

 a Licentiate in Theology, having submitted for 

 this purpose a dissertation, " De inspiratione 

 Scriptures Sacra quid statuerint patres aposto- 

 lici et apologetffi secundi sseculi." In the sum- 

 mer term of the same year he began his lectures, 

 and received strong encouragement from the 

 students. His studies became concentrated 

 upon a systematic and historical examination of 

 the doctrines of the Roman Catholic Church, of 

 which he sought to make a clear and thorough 

 presentation. In 1874 he published in the Stu- 

 dien undKritiken an historico-critical study on 

 " The Apostle Peter in Tradition and History." 

 In the summer of 1875 he was able to publish 

 the first volume of a comprehensive work he 

 had undertaken upon " The Doctrinal System 

 of the Roman Catholic Church " (vol. i., " The 

 Fundamental Dogma of Romanism ; or, The 

 Teachings of the Church "). In the spring of 

 1875 Delitzsch was nominated Professor-ex- 

 traordinary in the Theological Faculty at Leip- 

 sic. While he was still occupied with his great 

 work his strength began to fail. Nevertheless, 

 he continued to labor steadily until his con- 

 stitution was destroyed. His last work was 

 that of editing the posthumous lectures of 

 Oehler on " The Symbolical." His illness in- 

 creased greatly after the completion of this 

 task, and he was compelled to seek rest. He 

 discontinued his academic instructions at the 

 middle of the term, and went to a southern 

 climate for restoration, where, after a few 

 weeks, he died. 



DENMARK,* a kingdom in Northern Eu- 

 rope. Reigning sovereign, Christian I X <v , fourth 

 son of the late Duke William of Schleswig- 

 Holstein-Sonderburg-Glucksburg, and of Prin- 

 cess Louise of Hesse-Cassel ; appointed to the 

 succession of the Danish crown by the Treaty 

 of London, of May 8, 1852, and by the Danish 

 law of succession of July 81, 1868 ; succeeded 

 to the throne on the death of King Frederick 

 VII., November 15, 1863 ; married, May 26, 

 1842, to Louise, daughter of Landgrave Wil- 

 liam of Hesse-Cassel. Heir-apparent, Prince 

 Frederick, born June 8, 1848 ; married, July 



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