Civilian & telegraph. [volume] (Cumberland, Md.) 1859-1875, 1865-09-14
SUMMARY OF NEWS.
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Jefferson Davis has go far recovered from P
lis attack of erysipelas as to be able to re- g
ume his walks daily. s.
The brig Nellie recently arrived at Norfolk
'ro il Turks Island with cago Of salt, being ,
he Est arrival Of the kind since the war.
Cen. Judson Fitzpatrick will take the stump
for the Union cand date for Governor OF New :
Jersey.
The total amount Of cotton received in Mo-
bile since the Union occupation IS ll,0Oo
bales.
The latest wor: vet coined by the newspa-
per minis is PIT in circulation BY the New
York Times. It is special-teegrammatists.
The Confederate General Joseph L. John
ston has been appointed President OF the
Richmond and Danville Railroad. g..
The New York lIerald's Richmond ceres
pondcnt says General Lee has begun t9 write
u history Of the war.
The murderer Of General McCook in 1862
was recently shot in prison in Nashville by
his guard.
There trc now one hundred and City brsi-
ness h)tsee in Atlanta, Ca Three months
AFRO there were only four.
The constitutional election of Colorado took
place on Tuesday The returns are suli Gent
TO Indicate that the constitution is carried by
by large majority.
Mrs. Mallory, wife of the rebel Secretary
of War, has taken the oath II order to pos
sess herself Of certain property which she
holds in her orr right.
Among the applicants for pardon on Mon
day, waiting for an interview with the Pres
iIcnt. was cx Governor Brown of Georgia, on
his fourth visit for the same purpose
A document Will soon be issued by the War
Dcsartmeut giving the name company, regl-
ment and residence of all soldiers who died at
Andersonville. The list viii comprise some
II 600 names.
A deed for receiving lands was lately for
wardcd from New York to the Recorder OF
| Nyc county, Nevada Territory, and Sl3oo
worth of revenue stamps were pasted upon
the document. .-..
The Copperhcad State Convention resolve
the ordinances of secession to be void. The
Buffalo Express wonders why they did no, so
resolve balorc the Union army made them
void by The bayoncts
A bow of fifteen lately >o,1mittcd suicide
in London because the servant maid took
away his candle while he was reading "Pick-
wick Papers" Mr.. Dickens should immortal
ize him in his Tex. novel.
FgRxAypo Woop returned fron, Europe in
the City of Liverpool, after m absence of five
months He did not visit the Holy Land, as
was given out when he started, but he was
confidently expected ut lie New York Demo
cratic convention yesterday
A CAIRO paper says that al Ito hanging Of
two negroes in that city, everything passed
of most pleasantly" It is surprising that
there was not added to the account the phrase.
- 1t was an occasion long to be remembered
with pleasure by all present"
An En- Sish touriSt who is amazed at the
unfinished condition of affairs in Washington
exaggeratcs it slightly when he says, " A
, one end of street you may purchase the las
new novel; at the other end you may possibly
encounter rattcsnake."
: Report says troops will soon be quarterct
+ in all the county towns in South Carolina
: Dctachmcnts already occupy Columbia
Orapgeburg, Abbcville, aiken, Summervlle
: ana many other points. They are mostly
: colored.
A vessel known as the "cigar ship" la
been on the stocks at Mr.. Hcpworth's yard
in the Isle of Dogs, London, for a long time
but is now nearly ready for launching. 1t il
stated that upward of .Ei00, goo have bee!
a expended in her construction, and It is an
t ticipated TINT she will attain t..e speed O
. twenty five miles an hour.
Mr., W. II. Russell should certa inlv be on
OF the best informed men in Enga nd on point
: Of geography; yet in sending by the Terribl
:. to this country duplicate copies Of his ,diar
4 on board the Great Eastern, he directed on
to paper in Philadelphia, Ohio, and anothe
to the Baltimore American, Baltimore, Mich
O gan.
# WHEN the surrender of General Lee va
= aup oun ccd, and Secretary Stanton stopped III
d draft, the New York Common Cornell form
ally thanked the head of TIE War Departmer
e for. his promptness. The Mayor could p'
e help the adoption of the resolution, but he b.
o since vetoed the appropriation of a few dolla
for having it appropriately framed and PR
scented to Mr.. Stanton in the name of the citt
J 1t would not be according to Gunther to re-
= ogrue any merit in any action of loyal mai
Ne however much the results Of it may bcne
lin or The city over which he presides.
: TIE people Of the Territory Of C5lorat
OF have adopted the constitution proposed by tt
p late convention. The legislature, at its fir
n organization, is to consist of thirteeq Senate
m and twenty-six members Of the lower hous
J. to be increased, as eircums stances may requr
r. after 1870, TO thirty and seventy-eight f
rs each branch respectively. which extent
Sc; representation is the maximum. The 90
ic ernor's salary is fixed at $4,000 per year, t
o. Secretary Of State at $1,000, and the Treas
at rtr's S16O0 It i. supposed the people "
'l- ratify the proceedings, and that the appl6
50 ton will be made to Congress at its next SC
Y sion for the admission of the territory into t
e. sisierhood Of States. s
" The Republican State Central Commit
. of Connecticut have issued an address to t
h. voters of that State in regard to the vo
I'd which is to be taken on the first Monday
nc October, upon amending the Connectic
(" Constitution. so that black men shall be a
ed mitted to the. rights of suffrage on the sar
,el terms with white men, No white man c