The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-27
News Items:

died In Washington city on SUNDAY, 'ne 1'N
inst, q. the advanced ago Of u year,; r.
Two youngiladics 10 Louisville ny.
vsr. found ,uifocat.d In the vault Of . pri'y
on Monday. The floor Of the clo'et nau a ,u'''n
through, precipitAting them into tho 1auNr
The 18th Ohio cavulry, tho last troops
in the service from that State lett tIFt . na.
mic on Saturday, tho 10th, lome"aFo D0u"o'
for muster out. Ar.
It rained Holsters or crawfsh at Mil,
vaukee on the 18th. but exactly which has ,i no'
been determined. A correspondent OF the n".
rou,in says thew were lobsters-the editor, that
they wcre oraWfsb.
According to the records Of the Treas
ury Department, the United states Nnsy 0.p
tured over fifteen hundred prizes ouf,9s NV
war, Of which we're Yalusa ID A'SN %
$500 900. IN,
A Young man named Hood wa killed
by lightning ono day last week noar Nashs'.io'
tho shock tearing bis hat in TWO, anu ueu.S
removing his clothes from his entire person
Three OF his companions were Dau'y stunu0u'
Several cases and deaths from cholera
occurred In Now York lust week, and mush
anxiety is felt At quarantine also inc
discasc is increasing. Que death from choisru
Is reported in Baltimore, Of gentleman just
arrived from New York.
Gov. Brownlow, Of Tennessee, has
issued proclamation calling the Legislature
of the Stato 10 meet at Nashville tho 4th OF
July, for the purpose Of ratifying the amend
mcnt TO the constitution Of the United Suites,
jus, proposed by Congress. =.
According to New York dispatch,
L. hoa
city in the last three months, and TINS o'euFieu
lust " ednesday. A returned Feniun bulchercu
his mistress, und then attempted 10 cut his
own throat.
Ono hundred and twelve miles Of the
Union Pacific Railroad were completed anu
examined by Government Commissioners Of
Omaha on tho l4th. The track IL now being
laid ut the rate Of mile and o half per duy.
Tho roud will DO flushed TO Fort hesrney,
two hundred miles, by October. ~.
A violent storm swept over Lake Eric
on the night of The l7th inst, creating grea'
havoc among the light craft Oh those waters.
Mnuy vessels were driven ashore and dashed
to pieces, and u great number Of lives were
lost Two of these wrecks occurred ut CleYc-
land.
A man named Lane, who murdered
John Augustine, IL citizen Of Curondclct, Mo-,
n few duys ago, was taken by mob from u
wagon on his why to jnil, dragged through the
streets Of Columbia, Monroe couuty-near the
scene of the murder-und hanged TO tree ut
tho edge Of that town. The lynching party
numbered five o. six hundred men.
Gov. Hamilton, Of Texas, recently ar
rived in Washington. lie represents matters
As quiet in Texas, though he does not regard
the people rs loyal now ~ they were ono your
ago. The cotton crop, he states, would have
been very large in that State, had 1t not been
for the recent heavy floods, which have de-
s,roycd ut lens, one halfOf lie further ndds
that the free labor syslcm il working we'll.
A mass meeting Of President job Dson 4
friends was held Mt Frederick, Md, on Sntur-
duy. Drunkenness ind rioting were the order
of the day. Numbers Of returned rebel soldiers
were in attendance, and cheers for jeff. Davis,
Moseby, 3caurcgurd, and other noted rebels,
were repeatedly given Mt the meeting and on
tho streets. Montgomery Blair and other cop.
pcrheads delivered speeches on the OCCASION.
The Commissioner ofPensions has just
issued instructions aud forms 10 be observed
in applying for nrmy and navy pensions, I'M
der act Of June G. lSGG. The hi CHEST grades Of
pensions, $50, $50, and Sl5 per month, nc
cOrding TO the extreme or partial disability,
will be allowed only TO those disabled since
the 18th day Of March, 1861, and will date only
from the 9Th day of June, 1866.
The Controller Of the Treasury has
decided that Nil mutila,ed National Bank
notes must be sent TO the Offices from which
they were issued, for redemption, when, if the
bank recognize them, he will redeem them. AL
United Suites notes. when not detaCcd NOR,
than to the extent Of one.tweuticth, will be
redeemed Mt the Treasury Department Mt their
full face value. When tho mutilation ia
greater, the redemption will be in proportion
Secretary Seward, on tho 10Th inst,
sen, to the Governors Of the various States Il
certified copy Of the constitutional Amend
mcnt recently passed by Congress. This was
done in accordance with tho precedent adopt
cd in tho casc Of the amendment nbo.ishiug
slavery. In TINT instance, although the amend
mont Ind been submitted by Congress Il
President Lincoln for his approval, he did not
deem his signature thereto rs in any way
necessary to render IL valid.
Cen. Fisk has made on elaborate re.
port to Gen. Howard upon the condition OF
affairs in Tennessee and Kentucky. lilo snys
that during the month Of May, IT'LL rations
were issued TO white persons, md 400 to
freedmen. lie has ordered the distribution OF
an aggregate OF $4,000 rations for June, ut
least lwothirls Of which will 20 10 the whites
The people Of kentucky, he thinks, arc indis'
posed to properly care for the aged md infrm
freedmen, and their support will for n time be
burden upon the Government.
The latest news from Europe indicates
war ns threatening. On tho 7th Instant, n
Prnssian army crossed tho Elder mud entered
Hostcn. On tho 9Th, thoy occupied Rcndshurg,
the Austriuns leaving tho town the same day'
No hos,ili,ies Ind occurred, but the Austrian
General Gablcnlz Ind issued formal protest
against the PrusSian occupation. An immedll-
ate declaration OF war by Austria was expected;
and Italy, it was believed, would commence
hostilitics as soon os war should be declared
in Germany.
WATSON, the burglar who killed Capt.
Mcntcr, a. Covington, Kyr has been convicted
Of murder. Being asked If he had anything
to say why sentence of death should not be
pissed upon him, tho prisoner said: 81 don't
know as have much 10 say. can not look
upon myself as n murderer did not 60 TO
that house 10 kill Mr.. Mentcr, and did not
shoot until Ind been beaten and was down
on the floor, where might have been killed
hn