Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-11-02

great attention, and the hope is generally OK
pressed that the question will be amicably
solved.
Efy~A special Dispatch from st. 1'oui. to
| the Cincinnati Gazette says
| The Old School Presbyterian Synod, which
has been in session here for some days past,
adjourned yesterday. This was quite as re-
bellious body. and manifested fully as re-
rengcfu a spirit as any assemtlagc we have
had in the State since Prices grand raid
! The loyal men in it were too few in number
to exert much influence, and were ovcrrulcd
in all efforts TO stay the tide of the traitorous
proceedings. The notorious dsloyal S. p,
\ nIcrson was the leading spirit in the Synod
backed by..Nr. Brooks, both Of this city. Mr..
| Frrris. MO was excluded fiom the Synod last
year because he would not take an oath pre-
scrbod by Gen. RoSecraas was elected Mode
rator by large minority.
TIE NEW CouurrnrEIr. The new fifty
dollar counterfeit United States note recently
described, is considered by many bank officers
as one Of the most perfect limitations ever is
sued The vignett", which is the heal of
Hamilton probably presents the best mark for
distinguishing between the genuine and coun-
tcrfcit. On the former the buttons of the
coat show distinctly, while on the latter they
can scarcely be seen. AS the vignctc of the
United States rs is the same as that of the
50s, the public should he well on their guard,
as it is not improbable that the parties who
put the sos aaoat are altering the same plate
for Is.
WEST VIRGINIA ELECTION. Thursday
Of last week an election took place in West
Virginia for members of the Legislature,
iu lges and sherils. The Unconditional Union
party carried Wheeling by $50 majority !;
Berkely county by 700; Morgan by 200, and
Harrison By 300 or 800. They also carried
Brooke, Ohio, Hancock, Marshall, Marion,
Taylor, Preston and other counties. In JEFF
crson county, Engle, conservative, was elect
ed sheriff, and Wants, conservative, and Me-
Curly, radical, to the House of Delegates
Kennedy, conservative. for Circuit Judge,
and Downey. conservative, for Senator, have
majoritcs in Jefferson bat are probably de-
feated in the district.
Henry S. Foote, formerly L. S. Senator
and more recently member Of the Confedc
rate Congress, appeared in the L. S. Dis
trict Court at New York for the purpose of
taking the necessary oaths and being admit
ted to the bar. He went through all the
oatlls but the "iron-clad." After listening to
that he declared that he could not take it, and
left the court unsworn
The citizens of San Antonio, Texas held a
public meeting August TO- 1865. for the pur-
pore of inaugurating subscription by the
people of the State to provide home and a
competency for General J. B. Hood, he be-
ing so disabled by wounds and injuries re-
ceivcd during the lac war as to be unable to
provide the means of living for himself.
Commodore Craven is soon to be tried be
, fore Naval Court Martial in Washington for
failing to fight the Confederate Ram "Stone-
wall" in the harbor of Fayal, he being on
: board of the steamship Niagara. At the time,
the Sacramento, another ship was in close
proximity.
Private letters from Western Texas say
the Contederates who went to Mexico when
the TRANSIT ississippi army surrendered are
returning, disgusted with the Mexicans.
Emerson Etheridge has been acquitted Of
the charges preferred against him before the
Military Commission at Columbus, Ky and
is now at his home in Dresden, Tennessee.
From Rio Janeiro we have advices to the
18th of September. The Brazlians were re-
joicing over their recent victories. and the
city was illuminated several nights. The
news of the utter rout of the Paraguayan ar
my was confirmed, and the allies were follow
ing up their successes by an invasion of the
Paraguayan country.
EFThe English bondholders Of the secu-
rites Of the Southern States recently held
meeting in London. and appointed commit
tee to look after their interests. The total
arrears are estimated at four million pounds,
and the total debt twenty-seven million
pounds
EFOn Wednesday last, Mr. Donahuc was
shot dead by j. B. Akin, proprietor of the
Capitol Hotel, at Frankfort Kentucky, in self
defence. Akin is a delicate man and with
only one arm. Donahue attacked and at
tempted to choke him.
FfTTh Kingston East Tennesseean of the
21st instant says: 1--WE learn that Herman
Irons, aged one hundred and ten years. nine
months and ten days, recently departed this
life at his residence in Monroe county, leav-
ing his wife behind, aged over one hundred
years"
Young men in Lawrence, Kansas have to
marry to get board. the lanJladies there TAX