, 1866-02-13
Ql)ica9o &ribn11e.


Gfn, Butler has closed negotiations for
valuable mill property the Dutch Gap Caua., md
IL about fo erect extensive cotton factories thereon.
The Texas Reconstruction Convention com.
fncnced proceedings hy votine down 4 motion to
take The P1esidcnt't ANA efty oath
Gen. Giant has agreed to send out militia
Texpedilion In the spring 10 establish military
po+t+, md open road from Minnesota to Montana.
The Memphis DulIeta oi the sth Says
Henry Folsom WIS nned @b1. on the previous day.
br llscordtr Creighton, 1of seng arms to neqFpes.
The st. Loais boat burners, John g. Parks,
md Michael Latci11c, hive been discharged nom
custody BY order Of the >errt1s! q. Hnr.
The car shop or the Ohio and Mfasfssippl
railroad at East 81. Lout-, wss destroyed by fire
yc+terdny. yt,h fourteen c&fB. Loss $4,000.
Ore-Armcd Berry, tho notorious kentucky
sut'il =, has been found guIl'y by Military Com.
mission Of eleven murders. md Inns been sentenced
to be hanged March I'd.
Dr. 1Iough, m old md prominent resident
oi Knicna7oo. Mich- Judge smith Of Ccnscn1ue.
Mich, and charles Eipler, 5r.- one Of The a1lest
1swscs7 tn Ecntucky. died yesterday.
Al. Iastaro, tile Spanish Minister at Wash
1ncior, d. nles the allegations fhat freedmen 4Ft
actn< kidnapped, teut to Cubs and sosd into
x!are1y.
In Tue Massachusetts Senate, last week, It
VII decided in regard 10 The communication ot the
Ae41EtaiAoA VI <aAa*
asmuch ~ the State Q! Illinois herself had moi yet
voted a1y aid 10 the undertaking. the subject be re-
rr.d To thr ue1t Legislature.
Yesterday, tic anniversary OF the birthday
OF Akrnllsn, Lincoln M1s commemom,ed with
solemn ceremonies by both houses Of Congress.
The dea!ls Of the exercises. with portions OF the
memorial oEation by Hon. George Bancrofl. Will ae
found elsewhere The day ,:as 7to obscrycd ap-
rrupriaicly at many other places.
er,Sf nF Cal u nfr4ef lam
&. HIdsesrs hclrs and other. involving i've thou
eard acres Of land tn the upper part Of Campbell
county. Kentucky, on which there afc about one
hundred tenants. who were defendants to the suit,
aud ~l,c, la been pcuotng for eight or nine ycat,
alat been decided IN tayur Of the deiendante-dis-
u,is.ipg the petition Of Mrs Carney, md The csoss
petition Of Beal! 4 Kschfo1d-
The Jackson, Mlch., Citizen says most dis
astsuuk fire occurred the village OF Napoleon IN
tor pi.hs ot the 9Th 1nt winch destroyed The store
os Aezsr. Watt. and lillie dry goods and grocery
m.fthRntR, together with their entire stock, books
and accounts Both the propE1c,osz were absent 1t
the time Of the fire. Their loss Is cetimated At from
$4,000 to $500. They are toth young men, and
Lad just started In bussness.
A curious case Of libel has bcen decided IN
The Supreme xoust Of New York. bo.h pss.ies In
which were from Philadelphia. It appeared that a
Hsan named Hale had been employed BY Page u IN
agcEt In the eale Of par1dnc vatneb. Separating In
hneincss the lattcF inserted in the papers "a
lion. which tt vas charged WIS ltbellous, and the
injured p 4rty brought This aciIon The jury gave
him five thoasand dollars da,naccs. all he Claimed
and the Judse added five per cent 70 toe amount
In The Court of Common Pleas, ut Pitts
bnrgh, a., On the 9Th, tie enc Of John r. Robin
soa'e administrators VI. The Cleveland 4 Pitts
hugh ail1osd, concluded and the jury render
cd a verdict In favor Of the plaintiff ioz SLG0c,
subject TO the decision Of the Coan on The quee-
tions Of lay reserved. Mr. Robinson was Killed tn
December. 1851, during the accident which occut-
rod on the Clcselaud Pittsburgh Railroad. near
HEdson, Ohio, By the breaking Of rzit, and The
Actcn WIS Instituted By his bei1s to recover dan-
ayes.
new daily newspaper Is to be issued ut
Rochester, N. j.. the coming spring, By Hon A. t.
Wilder, late Member Of Congress from Kansas and
several ahle aesodalee. tits 10 he called the ezcs
zad will bc conservative Republican IN politics.
The first number Of the Detroit Past is expected to
te tssned about the 1st Of March, with capital Of
SsoolA0 Capt E. D. Ward, the great steamboat
man. IL the largest shareholder. Carl schurz is 10
Dc tie cdi,or. Hon. v. 4. Howasd aud Senator
Chandler are among the heavy Stockholders.
Since the 5th Of May, 1866, there have been
told In tht Qua1tc.master's Department, at Mem
phte, two shouaand two hundred and thisay-cisht
Aosr and one thousand three hundred ana stxty-
eight mules, for which the rum Of $50, ,40s has
been reoessed. making average Of <s414 for each
anlmal, and many Of them wcrr sold !" uusczvice-
1hle-" We belitse the 1gu1rs ehow 4 greater
avc1nga considering the kind Of aninals, than las
bccn realized upon similar STOCK IL any other point
in the United Statce.
Gen. Thomas ]. Wood, commanding the
Department Of M,ssleeippl, has tssued an order
that no prosecutions wilt be allowed in this De.
rartment against cnlored persons for offences for
which While persons are not prosecuted or pun
3shcd in the md degree; but no inter.