Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1866-03-28
General News.

In Congress, Mr.. Welker, of Ohio, last
week presented the petition of /, POO wool
grower of his district. praying for an in
crease of the tariff on wool.
Governor Brownlow is still at his house in
Knoxville. He is in very feeble health, in
deed. 1t is stated that his physi cal system
is almost completely Frustrated.
Advices from East Tennessee state that
the wheat crop is materially injured by the
frost, and is likely to prove q failure,
A bitter warfare is being waged on BRIG
HAM YeUEe in his own city. ~
The first strawberries of the season have
made their appearance in the New York
market. They are sold in tiny little baskets,
for which boys ask the sum of $3.50.
The Wisconsin Senate has adopted a reso-
luton striking out the word "white" from
the section IN regard to qualifications of
electors by q vote of Il TOD s;s
The latest news from Jamaica states that
the Royal Commission Of Inquiry into the
cause and suppression Of the recent revolt,
was still progressing. The examination has
now lasted thirty days. In the Assize
Courts, thirty-seven of the prisoners charged
with participating In the rebellion, were on
z trial. @ : hs
From a statistical statement it sppears that
the total number Of hogs packed in Chicago
during the season Just closed is 50l, 462,
against $50, l47 last season, showing a fall
ing of Of 24S, 695. The average yield of
lard Is Al per cent. more than last year. q
The total number of cattle packed is 3D.
726 head, against 80, 459 head last season.
The diminution is 68, 43I head.
The Consul at Amsterdam writes to the
Department of State, under date Of Februa-
~ 10th, that the cattle plague is still spread
ing, and it is feared will affect the whole
country. Farmers are so opposed to the kill
ing of infected 0ttle that in some instances
the military had been employed to enforce
obedience to the law.
An organized band of letter thieves has
been recently discovered by the Postofice
detective in New York. Important arrests
have been made.
A natural deposit of gold has been discOv-
cred in New jersey, Passaic and Sussex
counties, of an average yield of S2S per tun.
A marriage was solemnized on Thursday
last, in Hartford, Conn, between q lazy of.
that place and a clergyman Of a neighboriRg
town, in which the united ages of the par
ties amounted to one hundred and ffty-eight
years. He was ~eighty-nine and she was six
ty-nine.
At q recent revival of religion in East
Tennessee, conducted by the ministry of the
loyal Methodist Church, Hon. A. G. Wat
kins, once a member of the United States
Congress, but more recently q rebel leader,
was converted and joined that church.
The bill to restore the death penalty in
Wisconsin was, on Monday last, indefinitely
postponed in the Assembly of that State, by
a vote of forty to thirty-fOur. Next day
the postponement was reconsidered and the
bill made the special order for Friday, when
it was again defeated BY so to 81.
A man named Metz, sentenced to ten years
in the penitentiary at Columbus for horse
stealing, arrived at the Institution on Friday.
It is said that thirty-fve years of his life
have been spene there. a
Prices in the New York Dry Goods mar
ket are all downward. Buyers from the in
terror purchase light stocks and further de-
cline is confidently expected. .
The right of Senator Stockton of New
Jersey to his Seat was contested last Friday,
and Stockton only saved his seat by voting
for himself
Reports of cholera at Mobile are said to
be incorrect. But it is admitted small poT
prevails there to 8 considerable extent.
The Mexican agent in New York City
announces that he will pay the interest on
the thirty million Mexican loan in gold
Three eolored children abducted from New
Orleans and sold'in Cubs. have been found
and returned by the o. s. Consul. TO their
parents. l.r1Ct af
The Canadians intend to keel. waiting
and watching" with a military eye over the
border until warm weather destroys al the
ice bridges.
8 The Herald's Mexican correspondent rep
resents the message of Governor Anderson.
of Ohio, in January last as producing quite
sensation in the Republican party in Mex
leo. The Presidents message to Governor
Halton, of Texas, IN which he reiterates the
hope that loyal Representatives from the
South will be permitted TO take their seats
in the halls of Congress, is published, dated
February 10th, 1866.
NV York, March 25.-There is contin-
ued activity at Fenian headquarters. Re-
ports from ireland say all letters for suspect
ed parties are opened by the postofice au-
:horities of that country. The Fenian Sis
terhood OF this city have made an appeal to
their c-ountrywomen and sympsthizers for
aid for the families of the victims of British
tyranny, who are now languishing in Eng
lish prisons.