The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1866-06-21
THE NEWS.

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The Canadians intend keeping 1900
troops on the,frontier.
Italy will commence hostilities as soon
as they are commenced in Germany,
A number of Southern United States Of
fcers are resigning, because the Govern
ment requires them to take the test-oath.
The Fenians are outwardly quiet, but
they are still holding secret meetings in
New York. l;, ........ ~.
The Austrians were concentrating at Al
tOna, This Is regarded as the virtual COM
mencement of the war ...... I'D.
The damages done to the Lower Canada
places, on the border, by the Fenians, will
be fifty thousand dollars, it is said.
BY the falling of a pSlyy floor in Louis
vile, yesterday, two young ladies lost their
lives. .......... ....
There is to be new evening paper in
Philadelphia, called the Express. 1t will
support President johnson. ~
The trial of the Fenian prisoners has
again been continued. 1t is stated that
they will be severely dealt with. l u'.u
About 1000 Fenians left Buffalo on
Thursday night last, for. their homes in the
West and the South. !v ..r . .. ......
More cases of cholera are reported in
New York and Brooklyn, and the public
are beginning to be alarmed. .fI
The mother of Senator Sumner died at
her residence in Boston, on the 10th inst,
at the advanced age of eighty-one years.
Colonel Seaton, of the National Intelli-
gencer, died in Washington City, on the
18th inst. .... ....... .........-
There are more Americans visiting Eu-
rope now, than at any period heretofore,
and vessels now leaving New York harbor
are crowded. .r.,......
The People of North Louisiana have ap-
pcaled for relief, on account of the floods
that have swept away their crops and pro-
visions.
The death of General Lewis Cass is Of
iicially announced by the Secretary OF
State, and the Government Departments
will be closed in observance of the event.
Judge Hill, ofthe United States District
Court for the District of Mississippi, has
decided that the test oathis unconstitution-
al jar#t G..4.
The cholera in this country appears to
have had no effect upon emigration. The
number of emigrants forthe month of May
is reported at l7,Gl0 against 1876 same
month last year. t.. ...' o..
It is said that Austria will regard the de-
parture Of the Prussian Minister from
Frankfort the seat of the Federal Diet, as
the signal for the commencement ofhostil-
ties. "..l .e
The Fourth Ward, (Indianapolis) on the
the 18th inst, elected Democratic candi-
date for Council, by one hundred and fifty
four majority. A decided change since
the last election, . .. d ...
Generals Sweeney, Spear and Mahan
continue their residence at st. Adams, but
the dispatches are silent at what they pro-
pose to do. 1t is known, however, that the
Fenian Senate are at present holding Sc
cret council of war in New York.
Samuel n. Pike has begun the erection
of his new opera-house, in New York, on
the corner of Twenty-third street and
Eighth avenue. 1t is expected to cost five
hundred thousand dollars, and to be the
finest in the country. ,'
Orders have been issued in Canada coun,
termanding the previous orders calling tic
volunteers back from the frontier. The
cause is owing to the introduction of reso-
lutions in Congress looking to the repea
ofthe neutrality laws. l.. .... .'
Judge Ballard, on yesterday, rendered
decision in the Isham Henderson hdbed.
corpus case, in which he decided that thu
military had, Jurisdiction in his case
and that his arrest and detention was lille
gal and unlawful. The Court thereupOl
ordered his discharge. ....f .... I'..
The Enquirer of yesterday says: Om
dispatch from Columbus states that the
Republicans are swai1ning thither to at
tend the Convention in the Capital to-day
The Radicals are in the majority, and viii
adopt in their Platform the Radical doc,
trines of Thad. Stevens & Co.
According to the new postal law just ap
proved by the President, prepaid and free
letters are to be forwarded at the reques
of the party addressed, from one office Il
another, and returned dead-letters are to b.
returned to the writers thereoffree ofpost-
age. .y iN NI.# .s .siu. o..
The radical Republicans held mass.
meeting at indianapolis on Tuesday night
The crowd was composed of all colors an(
sexes. The speech of the evening wal
made by Governor Morton. He favoret
all the radical measures adopted by Con.
gress, and denounced the restoration policy
of the President. .'i'.,- + NJ -
In Canada everything is quiet, and tn,
Government is preparing to recall the vol
unteers. 1t is believed that the United
States Government will take care of tn,
Fenians on this side of thief rontier. 1t 4
also stated that the authorities will no
hang the Fenian prisoners now in thei
custody, but will treat them magnanimous