The Monmouth inquirer., 1865-07-27

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Barnum has opened the. Winter Garden
with his theatrical company. This is but
temporary arrangenents as W. understand
he is fitting up the Chinese buildings. on
Broadway, as Museum, until he erects u
suitable building.
All the rebel prisoners at Fort Warren,
excepting Vice President Stephens and POST
master Reagan, were released on Monday, ,on
taking the oath. They numbered many dis
ltinguished officers Of the late Confedesats
army. +s frff,sr
| About $4,000 worth Of mutiIated and
worn out fractional currency is replaced by
new issues, at Washington, daily. The to-
tai amount now in circulation is upward Of
| $21 200, 600. No more of the three and Ave
cent denomination will be issued. .s@
1t is reported that John Minor Bolts is
preparing an address to his fellow citizens of
Virginia, urging them to vote for negro suf-
frage. .-.'....- s.......,. ..,.-.-''g4H'n fae @
| With the addition of the subscriptions IN
Massachusetts,, Rhode Island and New York,
the estate of Mr.. Lincoln viii, it il said,
amount to 100000. id-lo2 sTna Ped
The Secretary Of War has issuedan order
annulling all orders of post, district, or de-
partment commanders, whereby passes have
been required from freedmen : and abolish
/ ing the general restraints and distinctions
| founded on coler. t
The refusal Of the War Department TO
accept the resignation of Major General Bet-
ler, has brought on another ''cussin spell"
amupg si.u eoRPvsl.eads-they Thought they
had got rid of bluff cid Ben. ..... ~ 6g
Returns Of the elections in Virginia repre-
sent that in other portions of the State as
we'll as Richmond the regular secession cam
didates have been generally successful. En-.
couraged by these results, it IS said that the
guerilla chief Mosby designs being candi-
date for Congress. ........,.... AZ X
The federal steamer Quinnebaug was
wrecked on the bar at Morehead City on tho
twenty first instant. Thirty persons proba.
F. Deming, OF the Ninth Maine, whose body
was washed ashore. About TIVE hundred and
| fifty soldiers of the Ninth Maine and Seventy
sixth Pennsylvania were on board. ,,., ...T
| Possession Of Ford's Theater in Washing
/ ton, will be taken on Monday next by tho
| Government, which will pay Mr.. Ford rent
| for the building until the meeting of Con-
gress, in anticipation ian appropriation for
| its purchase. 70
Major General Logan is making speeches
in Kentucky in support Of the Constitution
al Amendment.
Seven-Thirties were sold on Saturday to
the amount of S., ,1aO, 400. Total for the
week $32, ,503, 900 ..........-..-. -
| Out Of sixteen hundred male clerks, mes,
sengers, and others employed at present in
the Treasury Department, six hundred are
disabled officers and soldiers. The five hum
dred lady clerks are chiefly refugees from the
South, and relatives Of disabled and deceased
soldiers. sgt2S
| Among the thousand -and-one propositions
| for the payment of the public debt is one
| from correspondent who proposes to have
jeff Davis, the Ex- President of the so-called
Confederate States" placed on exhibition,
"in boots and crinoline," before the public
He suggests that Barnum be appointed as
commissioner of the grand exhihiiion, and
| feels sure that thousands wodle Nnsl
tens Of thousands $50, hundreds of thou
sands, $40, and millions, s$5,n to see the
arch traitor in such habiliments- We haven no
doubt of it, but we suspect the Government
will not look favorably upon the project. We
presume, also, Mr. Davis is under engage
ments here that will prevent his making the
proposed tour through the country Wash-
ingto7s Chronicle.
A Correspondent, who has pr bably ''gdS
the mitten," writing from Saratoga, says =
''Fellow men, when you pay your devoirs
| to one ofthe gushing maidens who are sd
| plentiful in the saloons Of this vast minsiofi
take the precaution to sec the maternal fela..
ton The trim, delightful daughter viii
grow up much like her" ~
We surmise that the cause Of JEFF Davis
imuaired health. is too much Bible. He has
=, ~ : ~ 49, "n dnn't
| no otner uook u,u,, sa.,. y, y s.-~--
wonder SO much Of such unaseastamed.
| mental ailment has made him sick. John
Mitchell, the shrewd rogue, refused to accent
any Bible and he is in robust hsslth,
1t is lawful in Kansas to sell liquor with
out license provided it is ''by the barrel."s
cute chap there sells it accordingly in
gun barrel, in quantities to suit customers.
A poor young lawyer in Quebec wanted to
marry pretty girl Rich papa objected and
locked up the willing damsel. Young lawyer
beng determined to have the body" sued
out a writ of habeas corpus. got the lady and
married. Who says the lawyers don't know
a thing or two. Y y
"You blundering scoundrel," said The
owner of q crockery store to one Of his as
sistants, 7" What did you knock Oyer that
china set fors Don't YOU know uou have
broken at least fifty dollars worth dishes"
6 Blessed are the piece makers" said the
"that is the excuse I've got"