Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1865-12-06

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singular looking object lying near the
edge of the water, he struck it with an
ak, when il exploded, killing him in
~stantly. This torpedo had been IN the
water over eighteen months.
Breyet Brig. Gen. James {. Beecher,
commanding the Second Sub-District OF
South Carolina, writing from G%reenville,
S. c., emphatically denies that there IS
any truth in the reports of negro insur-
rections, or attempts at Instruction IN
Barnwell District.
1t appears that in the Tennessee Leg
islsture the resolutions demonstrating
~aesinst the pardon of JEFF Davis and 9th
ers was amended by adding the names
of James Buchanan and John c. Brock
inridge to the list declared infamous and
worthy of death, on motion OF DR..
Keith. who stated that he had been a
Democrat and had been deceived by
them. The preamble and resolutions
were then a~dopted-l5 to 3.
The Episcopal General Convention in
Philadelphia tried TO prove that the re-
bellious Bishop Wilmer. of Alabama, was
not a foreign bishop. The late counsel of
Southern dioceses held at Augusta, Ga,
| thought otherwise. 1t affirmed that Will
mer was, and still is, a foreign bishop,
having been consecrated while the de
! fscto Confederate Government was IN
/ power. and was therefore under no o6ll-
| cations 10 pray for the President Of the
| United States.
\ terrible explosion took place in Lon
don, England, on the 3lst ult. The gas
ometer of the London Gas Company, full
charged with gas. suddenly exploded,
tearing in atoms several large buildings
! so completely that not one brick was left
| standing upon another. People nearly =
/ mile off were violently thrown down, so
severe was the shock. Thirty men were
| taken from the ruins, nine OF whom were
dead. and the remainder in n precarious
condition.
The steamer Nova Scotia has arrived
with FIVE days later news. Her dates are
to November 18th. The West India mail
| steamer had been detained because the
| Government had the protection of British
| interests in Chill under consideration
Stephens, the head center of the
Fenians had been arrested. as also an
other head center. The Times SAYS there
is no doubt of their being guilty Of trea-
ion, and thinks that with their arrest tne
| Fenian trouble will end. The conduct
of British officers in suppressing The re
volt in Jamaica eXcites various comments
in England. The Times thinks it was all
right, proper, and c~ommendable. The
| excitement concerning the Angle rebel
pirate claims still continues.
Last week. for ihe first time ia nearly
Il fuO ~aarE HplanraHhaa -zpN. nnnTzatTgn
was held between New York and eeE
Orleans. The first message transmitted
from New York TO New Orleans was rs
follows: Weather clear end pleasant.
Time $50" The answer returned was:
weather clear and cool. Time 1862
Another dispatch from New York was
fallowed by thirty-one messages from
New Orleans 20 New York occupying
about forty minutes. each message ayerag-
ing twenty words. This length of line
has heen worked only once before and
that was between San Francisco and New
York a iew months ago The only sue
cess attending which was the transmits
ion of a few words. Fhis leavs the cred
it 10 the stretch of line between New
Orleans and New York of being the long
est oyer which any business has ever
been done IN this country.
Libby Prison and castle Thunder are
soon t. be used as store houses again.
The blacks in the District of Colombia
expect to have 10000 signatures 10 their.
petition to Congress for suffrage.
The Mississippi Legislature has decided
to allow negroes 10 testify i'm all cases eX-
cept where whites alone are interested.
The immediate muster of a consider
able part Of the force on the Rio Grande
has been ordered.
Mr.. Mcpherson is said to have deter
mined that, under no circumstances, can
the names Of the Virginia delegation be
placed on the rolls, on sccount of the
great Irregularities of Governor Pier
points certificates of election.
A resolution has been introduced in
the Missouri Legislature, declaring that
Jefferson Davis is guilty of the highest
crime known to American law, and is not
a fit subject for c%lemency. a motion to
reject the resolution was lost by s. vote of
II to 81.
A company in New Haven hes Just
finished a pair of wheels for Government
use in drawing heavy ordinance. They
are warranted to sustain sixty thousand
pounds, and are thought to be able to
carry even one hundred thousand pounds.
The official vote of New York City |
gives the Democratic majority, between
the two principal candidates, Barlow and
Slocum. 24.SSS, while on the whole tick
ct it averaged a little less than 24,000.-
The average majority of the Union ticket
in the State is 10000.
A decisive success oyer the hostile In
dians in Nevada j. noticed in San Frna-
cisco dispatches. With sixty men and
one hoTitzer. LIeut. Usmer captured an
Indian stronghold. killing about l20 of
ssvages, and getting possession of
their horses and other property. The
of the whites was one killed and two
wounded.
We have official news from Fl Paso,
Juarez's tempornry cspitol. that the
French have been Obliged Ia evacuate
chihuahua, the former liberal capitol and
retire to Durango. The whole State of
chihuahua Is now free from the invaders
Juarez would soon return "a ille city of
Chihuahua. This is the most encourage
ng news that has been received from
Mexico for a long time. /
The elephant Romeo. a delicate crea-
-ur, weighing only Eve and a quarter tons,
broke loose in Philadelphia, en- Sunday
night. oVerturning and smashing no a
tearing down t~ree-boxes. uproot-
ng a tree, and showing fight when an at
.empt was to secure hun. He was finally
captured, however. and returned to his
His owners will have a bill of
manages to pay for his s-portiveness,
amounting to about 1000.
By the steamer SCOTS, we bsve news
rom Europe 10 the 10Th of November, 4
wO days later than previous advices.-
There is considerable excitement in Eng I
and over the Spanish aggressions on
hill, and there are hopes that the Brit
sh Government will interfere TO protect
British interests in Chill, and check the !
Matchmaking operations of the Spaniards. q