The weekly union record. [volume] (Oroville, Calif.) 1864-1866, 1865-11-18
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

occupied the public mind TO much create,
degree than did the hanging of the conspiralors
This is probably due 10 the fact Of the notice
given in this instance, while ID the case of the
former executions, scarcely more than ter
hours OF daylight iptervened between the pub
lie announcement ard the appearance Of lbe
CONDEMNED ones 90 the scafold. President
johnson Is known to have met the petition Of
Schade. for q Communication of the sentence
with kind attention and regard, but said moth
ing TO induce belief that executive clemency
would be extended in the Wrtz case. nor did
Schade entertain o shadow Of hope" The
body Of Wiriz, it has been decided by The
President, j. TO be inferred 10 the peni,eutiary
ground. where Payne and Others are buried.
The New York Commercials Washington
special dispatch says that it is suggested by
leading politicians that al amendment, sane
.ioning the Union war debt, ignoring the debt:
contracted for the overthrow Of The Union be
added 10 the Constitution of the United State:
and the Southern States be required to adopt
it before recognition.
The Navy Department has received tele
gram from Hilton Head, dated Nov. 7,h
stating that the U. S. steamer Tioga had
arrived there, having on board Oliver Martin
and Jas Norman, picked up at sea from raft
and the only survivors of fourteen who at
tempted to save themselves from the wrecked
steamer Republic.
1t ia asserted from official sources that the
Army of the United States will not be reduced
so low as has been supposed. Its full available
strength exceeds 10000, of which about one
half is on each side of the Mississippi river.
A dispatch to the Secretary of the Treasury
dated Galveston (Texas). Nov. 4,h, announces
the death of William johnson, the only brother
OF the President, from the effects of gunshoi
| wound.
From kilograms and other official commune
cations received by the Secretary of the Int
rior from General Curtis and other Commits
sioners to negotiate treaties with the Indians
of the Upper Missouri river, it appears that
the mission has been eminently successful
Treaties have been concluded with nine power.
full tribes of Indians.
The New York Times special dispatch says
it is rscertained that, during the entire war
the navy has lost only ,406 men killed, and
l,63S wounded, out of seventy FIVE thousand
sailors ard marines on the rolls, inclusive Of
oil losses in the grand battles on the Mississippi
at Charleston, Mobile, Fort Fisher, and else,
where. The whole expense of the navy since
the beginning OF the war, including the con
sruclion and equipment of all vessels and their
maintenance, has been less than two hundred
and thirty million dollars, or only about sever
and half per cent. of the national debt
Moreover, We have, at the close of the war
ship, enough 10 show for the money spent
constituting what is probably better navy
than that of any European Power. We have
constructed, since 1861, two hundred and ter
vessels OF war, all Of which are OF the most i'm
proved model. aud containing all the appliance:
of modern offensive and defensive warfare.
The executive officers of the Feniau Broth
erhood have engaged spacious mansion in iht
upper part of New York city as headquarters
The n. Y. Express says the present organza
future Irish Republic, but ouly to aid Iri>l
patriots in the struggle for independence b,
arms, money, etc.
Colonel A II. Bowman, of the United State
Corps of Engineers, died at his residence il
Wilkesbarre. Pennsylvania, Nov. lllh. Ii
superntended the building of Fort Sumter
, and at the time of his death was President o
the Board Of Engineers, charged with remodel
ing our coast Notifications.
The Heralds special dispatch says priva,
telegram gives report that the rebel Genera
Forrest, in Mississippi, does not expect tn
President TO pardon any officer of his class
r bnt leave it to Congress, which will probable
disfranchlse them forever. But he will 60 Il
Washington and try the effect of money, aus
thus accomplish his purpose.
. The cholera is still at work nj Damascus an,
Aleppo. The mortality at Saa5ia is estimated
at Two thousand, and at JatTa one thousand
The msady is still at Beirut, but has lost ii
epidemic form. Our Cousul at Paris say
there is no longer any doubt that the choler.
has commenced its rsvsges 10 that city Re
ports from Florence 10 the State Department
represen, that the cholera has greatly dimin
ished in the southern and eastern portions o
The Italian kingdom. It is on the decline il
Jerusalem, and is also aba,ing at Barcelona
Advices from Rio Janeiro to October 10th
via England confirm the capture of the Uru
guayan army by the Allies. The Urugusyau:
surrendered Internationally. Six Thousand
were made prisoners. Their General has beer
taken to Rio.
1t is generally reported 10 the Partisan
papers that the French army in Mexico vii
be withdrawn by insiallments. and that by
August or September of next year, the wholt
viii have returned 10 France. This resolution
is said 10 be adopted not only from desire tC
afford 90 reasonable ground of complaint 10 the
United States, but also on economical grounds