The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1865-07-22
News of the Week.

| an order has been sent to the Captain General OF
| Cnba TO deliver the Rebel ram Stonewall to our
Government. The Spanish Government asks
! that our Government shall become responsible
for tbe expenses of the StonewalI in. Havana, but
does not demand 1t as a condition for surrender
ing the vessel The consent of our Government
to the payment Of these expenses is given by Mr..
| Seward. 10 ae aUos ltsgf a8A s
The masses of the Indians all through the re-
gion traversedsby General Heron sicommission-
ers appearedto be overjoyed at the prospects Of
peace, and all agreed to commit no more acts of
hostility against the Government, and to cease
their interference with. the overland mail and
western emigration The Indian, country has
been dreadfulIy impoverished and rayaged oy
the ware The spoliatons were committed by
the Rebel troops, with whom the Indians were
in alliance COL Pitchynn, in alluding to the
fact, exclaimed .tGod save ME from my friends r.
The Rebel Indians acquiesce with a very good
grace in the loss of their slaves by the emancipa-
| ton measurs, but are much troubled about the
confiscationequestfon fearing theywill also lose
their lands iiH 1H a&i5E01 'f'l $3.50
. Mr.. Edward Atkinson stated to a meeting of
teachers of freedmen, which was held in Boston
on Thursday 18th inst, that some of the mer-
chants of that city were taking meaures to bring
+ a case before the Supreme Court Of the United
States, in order to get decision of the question
whether the clause of the Constitution authoriz-
ing the State to fix the qualifications of voters
gave power to make color a qualification. 1t
q -, ~, u, -, ,,hothar r. woo cnY-
stitutonal to prescribe qualification which ev-
cry citizen could not acquire. se astfg 54p
Mr.. II. S. Stern, employed by the friends OF
jeff. Davis 10 obtain speedy trial for the pris-
oner, has been informed by the Government, in
reply to anlapplication he made to be permitted
to see Davis that no access will be allowed to
him by counsel until he arrives in Washington.
With reference to Emerson Etheridge the Lou
isvlle Journal states that he was arrested in Glib
son county, Tennessee, several days ago, BY Lieut..
Col. Debozey, and taken TO Columbus, Ky,
where Lieut.. Col. Debozey is in command Mr.
Etheridge had been delivering speeches to the
people Of IAN exceedingly exasperating character
denouncing the President personally, And abus-
ing the Government generally. ~ 800
The cannon and other war material carried
into Mexico by the Rebels after the surrender of
Kirby Smith, is to be, returned to ouH Govern
ment. OF ass nrlgnH eoen adt GN0h
The long talked of international bridge at
Buffalo seems about to be realized. Two mill
lion five hundred thousand dollars has been
pledged for the work, which will consist of a
durable and elegant iron bridge to span the Nj
agra at that place. as well as for the construction
of grand union depot building, and the seven
miles of railway round the. city to connect the
eastern lines with the bridge. The contract has
been let. rs 8si,} 5Ff gAW ae3 80 .si3ts@
4 The work onthe Pacific Railroad is progressing
rapidly. The road will be completed to Topeka,
rs miles west of Lawrence by Nov. 1st.
+ President Johnson has appointed Judge Will
liam Marvin, Provisional Governor of Florida,
the last Of the Rebel States unprovided for.
grand musical festival is being held at New
York city this week, of the various german sing
ing associations throughout the, country. A
large delegation went on from Baltimore aqt
The publication of the Richmond, Wing has
been stopped by an order from Gen. Terry.e Mr..
Ridgway on taking editorial charge of the Why
on Tuesday, published an article under the cap
ton of " Sahtatory,p' containing the following
Incorporate remarks: 81 am equally opposed
to the mean, brutal, cowardly policy, Of confsca-
tion The possession of property whether lit
tie or much, isinot q crime, norris it recognized
as such in any written CODE iof any nation, civil
LIKED or savage, on the face of thelearth and
let not the best Government the world ever saw
make itself the worst and most despicable, by the
adoption Of a, policy which seeks to determine
and measure the guilt of an offender BY the
amount Of his property The writer of this:is
announced as the Union candidate for Congress
from the Seventh District of Virginia ~ 1861
The youngestand only surviving daughter Of
President Harrison, Mrs. Colonel W. H. Tailor,
died in Cincinnati on the 9th. instant. She was
a lady Of remarkable amiability and many ac-
compishments. ga,.;. saac.,t4 ~ tsg
: We. have now some particulars of the fate of
the shipl William Nelson, bound for New Yofby
from Antwerp, having on board five hundred
and fifty persons, The Captain on the 18th of
June undertook to fumigate her. Pitch was pla-
ted in the hold, aud red hot irons thrown upon
IT, The pitch blazcd and fired the vessel. Con-
sternation seized all on board. The CaptainN
officers and cabin passengers lett the slip, leay-
ing the poor emgrants to escape by snch means
as they could command. The cabin passengers
were much burned, particularly the females, who
are slowly recovering. About forty Of the steer
age passengers further reports say have, been
saved, and possibly we may yet learn Of more
survivors. 1t Isl however, certain that1amore
than three hundred persons persisted by the i'm
prudent act of the Captain in trying to discnfcct
his ship by the means he adopted f". Di''
The State prisoners have been removed from
the Arsenal prison at Washington. The convict
ed conspirators, Dr.. Mudd, Arnold, OlLaughlin
and Spangler, were sent to Fortress Monroe, and
from there it is believed they will be conveyed to
the Dry Tortugas for imprisonment. The Rebel
General Harris has been sent to Fort McIfenry
Professor Mccullough was sent to Richmond, and
Jeff Davis private Secretary, Benton II. Harri-
son. has been transferred to Fort Delaware The
old Penitentiary building in which the trial of
the conspirators took place is to be demolished
Major General Hancock has issued his order
taking command of the Middle Department with
his headquarters in Baltimore. 4
Isaac NJ. Yeitch, Grand Sire Of the Grand
Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows, has
issued his proclamation inviting and exhorting
all Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments
throughout the United States to send Representa-
tives to the Grand Lodge Of the United States to
assemble at Baltimore on the third Monday Of
September next. For four years the Southern
Grand Lodges and Grand Encampments have
not been represented, and the Most Worthy
Grand Sire expresses the hope that the brother
hood may renew its fraternal intercourse, and
that g its great heart may ever vibrate in union