Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1865-1869, 1865-07-26
NEWS AND MISCELLANY.

place on the Schuylkill.
A convention of colorea men [dark coloredl vii
be held in Harrisburg In August.
A merchant In Wisconsin shot his brains on
from grief at ill-luck in business.
/ At one Of the grand balls in London this sea
son three hundred ladies appeared without cri
Moline.
/ Aman in Chicago cut bis throat last week be
cause (as he said) man who had recently dice
| owed him $780, and he wanted to go after It.
The Lord Kiusdale who died recently in Lon
: don enjoy ed the ancient hereditary priv ege o.
standing with his hat on in the presence OF roy
atty.
A vigilance committee" is said to be wanted
| to purge Now York of its rascality. Something
else Will then be needed 10 purge New Io.k Of
the vigilance committee.
The Swedish pastor has been found guilty Of
poisoning his Practitioners at communion, and
will be beheaded. He said he feared his victims
would become burdens on the parish.
The Chicago Times of Saturday has two co.
lumns of reports from the great grain growing
counties of illinois, Indiana, Michigan aud Min
nesota all OF whic b encouraged the expectation
that the forthcoming harvest in all that region
will be one of the most bountifnl on record.
Howard Hoskins young man of Rock coun.
ty. ILL.,, committed suicide IN Chicago a few days
since. He was young man of property and Of
good char ,cter but he lost his health in the ser
Vice add became displrited. After asking release
from his betrothed, he made over his property -
her and his father, went TO Chicago and drowned
himself.
An agent of Mississippi emigIsnts to Brazil left
New Orleans on the 9th instant for Rio Janero.
He takes out with him letters TO James Watson
Webb, United States Minister, and says he is the
representative of i've hundred families OF that
State who have p edged themselves to the enter
prize and subscribed money enough 20 pun chase
a lar. tract of land. He thinks that 10000 emf.
grants will ultimately leave the state.
A provision of the constitution lately adopted
in Missouri makes it obligatory upon every
preacher aud teacher of religion, and every
teacher Of any school, public or private to take,
Subscribe ana file his oath OF loyalty within sixty
DAYS after the 4th day of July instant, on penalty
of fine of five hundred dollars, or Imprisonment
In the county Jail for six moths, If they con-
tlnue to teach or preach without taking and hing
the oath.
By the last European mail we hear OF start.
ling balloon accident which had happened in
Ireland. Mir. Coswel's balloon, after having as.
cended from Belfast with ten people IN the car,
effected perilOus descent, owing 10 the valve at
the top not acting properly. kiILt OF the zero.
nau 5 sue ceaded IN getting out some OF them Sc
verely Injured, when The balloon again ascended
with two gentlemen still in the car, and nothing
had since been heard OF II.
Catherine Mulligan was sentenced to twenty
days imprisonment for beating her husband, In
Troy the other day She was being taken away
when she sp ed her recreaRt spouse, and sprang at
him like tiger You'll Iun after other women,
will you y she said, as she dealt him right.
handler. Take that ano his face suffered Then
they rolled together on the loor-he resisting
she pounding. Officers fn-ly separated them,
and then Catherine was sentenced over again
six months.
A sharp canvass for members Of Congress is In
progress in Tennessee. Three candidates are run.
ming In the Knoxville district. Benj F. Wells,
of McMinu county, and MIR Anderson, of Camp.
bell county. James X. Hood and A. Z. Carrot
are announced as additional candidates in the
third district. In the fourth district Edmund
Cooper is q candidate. EX- governor William d.
Camp bell and Samuel ). Csrter are now candid.
ates in the bfth district and in the sixth district,
d. D. Thomas and & NJ. Ardell ask the suffrage
Of the people.
The Chattanooga GGsette says the telegraph
line between that city and Washington, By way
OF Knoxville, Bristol, 1ynchDurS and Richmond,
"a now completed and In WORKING order. De.
spltches are received over 1t from all points up
tne rad.
A writor In Georgia describes Government
tsnnery, grinding bark by no power visible at
frst OF suspected. The machinery ia run by an
underground cIeek-s great curiosity. There are
several similar streams In that region, soft lime.
atone being favorable 10 sinks and submarine
channels
New Orleans dispatches state that the Teche
district IL Louisiana, is at present infested by a
despei ate band OF guerilla thieves who have so far
de6ed all the efforts Of the National troops, with
the assistance OF the citizeIs 10 capture them.
They not only punder the rural districts bat have
on several occasions entered Franklin nnd other
towns and robbed the stores.
The the .trical wardrobe OF J. Wilkes Booth, the
ass ssin, which was picked up from the wreck Of
the schooner Marie Victoria hiss been sold by
auction in Canada. Though most Of the articles
were greatly damaged by salt water, they realized
high prices. A dressing case, nearly IN pieces,
brought fifteen dollars, and spoiled costumes were
knocked down at twenty-five dollars each.
A French chemist asserts that If tea be ground
like coffee be ore hot water Is put upon it, 1t will
yield double the amount Of exhIlarating qualities.
Another writer says that 'ifa piece OF lump su.
sugar the size Of walnut is put into the tea pot,
You will make the tea infuse in one-half the
time"
4 Texan correspondent says Of Kirby Smith s ar
nv: DO not think eXaggerate the fact when say
that there were as many officers on duty AT Gal
weston and Houston as there were Of enlisted men.
Every person that owned dozen head Of cattle
or q couple OF horses, OF cart or in fact, any,
thug would be made a quartermaster to take
care Of them
Rev. DR.. Magoon, OF the First Baptist Church in
Albany, " Y, and formerly Of this city, was
made the recipient Of silver tea set costing four
hundred dollars by friends, on the occasion Of his
silver wedding.
Gen. Carl Schurz, having resigned his commits.
sion, has been sent by the President to travel
through the South on tour OF observation 10 re-
port how the SOutherhers are having themselves,
although the President knows more about il than
C. S. can ever find out
Ex.Gov. John II. Steele died at his residence in
Peterborough, \. H., on the morning Of the Sd
instant, at the age of 10 years and months.
Ex.Goy. Wise, of Va, is among the petitioners
for damages 10 his property from its occupation by
our Government
James S. Gardner, a lively lad of 7s winters,
was Joined IL he holy bonds" TO u lady of 10
summers, named phebe A. Rose at North Kings.
ton, recently.
Gen. Forrest had both of his shoulder-bones
broken by an accident on the railroad near Sena.
toba, Miss. The car in which he was seated was
thrown down an embAnltment
They are engaged in a warm political canvass in
Kentucky The question is upon approving the
amendment proposed TO the U. 5. Constitution,
abolishing slavery
Two army of6cers-Major Albert Elfeld and
Lent. Arthur W. hompsnn-committed suicide
in New York last week.
Mr.. Arthur Tappan, the famous abolitionist,
died at New Haven, Sunday morning, In the 8Oth
year Of his age.
Mrs. Ross, the wife of John Rass, Chief of the
Cherokee Nation, died at her residence in Phila.
delphis on Thursday last.
An order has been issued by Secretary McCul-
loch that no more i've cent fractional currency IL
10 be issued.
Orders have been received at Nashville to mus.
ter out Immediately all white volunteers, except
such as Gen. Thomas may ,nsider necessary for
the public exigencies. re Fourth Corps Ii on the
way to Louisvi lie 70 be mustered out.
Possession OF Ford's Theatre In Washington,
will be taken on Monday next by the Government,
which will pay Mr.. Ford rent for the building un.
I'll the meeting Of Congress, In anticipation of an
appropriation for its purchase.
Robert Brown, of Wellsburgh, has been sent
from Wheeling 10 Fort Delaware, where he has
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