The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1866-04-25
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

= AuJI Gen. 11omas has returned IgOn
Mississippi.
President Johnson is soon to issue
7 proclamation OF Of amnesty
Gen Benedek has been appointed Con-
mander-in-Chief OF the Austrian army.
4 family OF seven persons was murdered
near Philadelphia. on Friday.
Dr. John Beach. Of New York. reports
fatal case OF ASiatic cholera an that CITY
Mrs. JEFF Davis is in New York. . fo'i.s
for Canada, where her childTe' are d
school.
The President has not yet appointeda
Customs Collector for the pof o. Ne"
York.
The Senate passed a resolution to prohioi.
the sale OF spirltuous liquors IN the Capiloi
building.
tnS TeaGEani appeared before a ygs'!.es I. &c. ..
for fast driving.
The parlshioners and friends OF the Rev.
II. J. Van Dyke OF Brooklyn have presented
him with check for - 600
The Hartford Post is about TO pass under
the control of Mr.. NJ NJ. Eaton, an expert
enced journalist.
The censorship on commercial cypher
dispatches al NewOrleans has been re-
moved hy the War Department.
Gen Marshall Leferts. Engineer Of The
American Telegraph Company, sailed Tor
Liverpool from Boston.
Gen. Hancocks board has under oonsid-
Grafton breech-loading rifle, which loads
and fires 32 shots per minute.
Col A. II. Markland leaves Washington
to-day on trip 10 recognize the postal
service IN the Mississippi Valley.
The Senate, on Tuesday failed 10 confirm
the nomination OF Lewis ID. Campbell rs
Minister 10 Mexico.
Mr. Cleveland. the Democratic candidate
for Mayor OF Jersey City. was on Tuesday
elected hy Il Majority OF $40.
Gov Low. OF California has vetoed the
bin granting State mid fn tho Weston PA
clhc railroad, and has been sustained ~ las
veto.
The member Of the next Freshman class
M Trinity College, Hartford, who passes
the best examination will receive prize OF
$50.
The New York metropolitan police have
issued orders iOr the summary arnesi % ail
beggars, including children who sweep
/ crossings.
\ party OF French Canadians, in.mvor n
the annexation OF Canada 10 the United
States held a meeting. IN New York on
Tuesday evening.
4 general search OF the houses OF suspec-
ted Fenians was made in Toronto ye,ier-
day. The Cornwall prisoners were exam
Ined In secret.
The Quartermaster's sales OF animals
since May l, 1865, are 1881 horses aud
1892 mules for which the Government
has received the sum OF Sl46,2lO p
The steamship Tonawanda, OF Boston.
was wrecked on the Florida coast March
%. The passengers and crew were all
saved, also "A part OF the cargo.
The creyasses in the Mississippi contin-
ued, az latest accounts, ANA 40 seeul.d
highly probable that tho entire sng9r crop
OF LOuIsiaua-small enough al the lllgc
this yosI --',ouid pv utterlN destroyed.
The loss by the recent fire az ST. Louis
was $500, 600, on which there was an insu-
rance OF $500, 600. A serious lire 10 re-
ported 10 have occurred al Deckard, Ala. !;
loss $50, 600. Other fires are reported.
Count Bismark is SAID 10 have addressed
u circular dispatch 10 the Prussian AmDass-
: adOrs al the c,urls OF the Great Powers,
directing them 10 protest against The extra
ordinary armament Of Prussia.
The remains Of Union soldiers will be ex-
( humed In the different battle-he.ds oil Ylr-
ginia. and inferred in the National Cemetery
al Arlington. Major Gleason has been ap-
pointed 10 gather them IN.
Congress ha- voted permission 20 Admit.
raj Paulding and Commodore Rediord 10
receive medals OF honor from Tie hlug OF
Italy, in recognition OF their service rem
dered 10 the lrigate Re Italia In 1864.
Great excitement prevails al Easiport
Maine. relative 10 the movements Oi The
Fenians. British war steamers patrol Tue
harbor aud St. CrOiX river. small parties
OF Fenians are continually arriving.
The Fenians have gathered In large
numbers on the borders Of the Province "
New Brunswick, and the prospects are now
strong that blood Will come OF AZ. Many
; errests OI feuian9 have taken place al
: Canada
In his testimony before the Teconstruc-
tiOn Committee, A. II. Stevens said
D tho Southern people generally acQli-
, esed ia the idea OF perpetual Union, Tut
they viii never agree 10 glge equal political
rights 10 the negroes.
4 Washington dispatch states that seri-
: Ous remOnstrances relative 10 the FeniaDs
have been received from the Canadian au-
tbOrites, and that the President will sOOu
issue a proclamation warning all persons
against any evasion Of the neutrality laws.
e. Chief Justice Chase. ia the course ol his
Z remarks before the St. Pauls Methods,
a Episcopal Church, in New York city. aii1-
ded 70 tue passage Of the Civil Rights Bill
and said that Tie next step should be 70
give the ballot 70 the emancipate1 slave.
Alexander II. Stephens, OF Georgia, ap
peared before the Committee on Recon
o structiOn to-day, and will conclude bis tes-
c timonv tomorrow. He was very deioerat'
b and careful 10 all Of his replies. HH tesd
mOny IS interesting. lie returns U Geor
gla
.t The Wisconsin Legislature ha
q passed resolutions cOndeming Senator
o DOohttle's course 10 connection with th'
e Freedmen's Bureau and Civil Rights Bills
u and broadly hinted that has re- e-.gD4is8.
IS would be acceptable % the people 81 liza
q State.
III The Provost Marshal General has com
= pieted a careful compilation from me mus
: ter rolls OF all the deaths 10 battle iron
wounds, and from disease, ~ every req
e me1f and company 81 every lOya. = ~
7. during the war Il appears that 239. 80
- officers and men have lost their lives ~ th
- service o. tnis number 5.Z2l c0mml-
- =Dned officers aDd s0.s55 men have oee
- killed ia acton. or died o. wOls3s, W1A|
2,32l Commissioned officers and p, 90 en
listed men died Of disease.
"A L. :. C0nsnl Wilson ~ Antwerp, wrote
. on March a. 70 the Governor Of tha
i province, asking Information ABOUT ID
, prevalence OF the cattle plague, and ID
- measures taken 10 prevent is spEe--- Z
a letter m. reply states that the plague b2
20 not been observed since February iast. bu
= has again broken out ia three parishes. j.
= one OF which l. Tas necessary 10 sacr.-1
I l3G animals in a dlstiAery stable, - Y
!, which were found 70 be diseased.
During the month Of March the Postma7
er-General caused the following PostOfi e
10 be reopened; Ia Virginia l0f; in N0rrl
=. Carolina 80; IL Western VIgiBia 6; il
- Georgia, 80; 10 Tennessee, p; IL Gis--sS
Z ippi, 5; in Florida, 6; in Arkansas, II;
Texas. 25; in South Carolina. 40; 10 Louis
: lana. 9. Total, 26s. The department "a
y also, in the same time, established l3s nei
III Offices. &c have been discontinued all IL