The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-06-20
News Items.

Judge Underwood has refused to let
JEFF Davis ont on bail.
The wheut aud fruit crop is reported
promising in Tennessee.
The Hog Cholera and potato bug Pre-
will in illinois.
The Fcuian Stephens, is at Rich
mond.
Capt. Menter, the popular musician, was
killed by n burglar one night Inst week.
Judge Lane of tho Supreme Court Of
Ohio died o, SanlusSy, Ohio, on the 18th
i,lstnnt.
'The Cabinet decides TINT jeff. Davis
should be nei,hc4 admitted to buil, nor pa.
ro!cd.
Ten new cas- rs Of cholera have occur.
red II, the New Eork cholera hospiiul since
last report.
|, is reported that. the oil wells Of
Tehunn,epcc, Mexico, arc yielding enormous
ly.
Another death from cholera, and two
new cnscs were reported in New York city OH
the 10Th inst.
General Lewis Cass died ut Detroit,
June Eth, at4 o'clock A. NJ, aged eighty
three years.
Two thousand Fenians have left Buf.
falo for their homes, leaving some fur
hundred yet n, that point.
The Union majority in Oregon is
" ~ In hIkF
Senate stands Il Union TO 8dcmOcrats.
Hon. James W. Patterson was elected
nm the 18th inst, to the United States Senate
by the Legislature Of New Hampshire.
| Mortimer Gibbony, one Of tho muir
dcrers Of Abraham Deems, in 1864, was hung
at Parkcrsburg, Wcst Va, on the 18TH JIG
made no confession.
The Governor Of Missouri on Thurs
day last, executed and delivered TO John Z
Fremont, II decd conveying tie Southwest
Branch of the Paciic Railroad.
! Uuder the new West Point Academy
Bill, passed by both Houses, on the 18th Inst.
the President, has authority TO appoint hsty
cndc,s ut large, instead Of ten as heretofore.
The City Marshal Of Independence
Mo-, was killed by Guorrillss Inst week, for
refusing to give up the keys OF the J"'', where
IL bushwhackcr was confined.
Two ministers. Rev. Mr.. Munson and
father Murphy, were fined five hundred dol
lars each at Cape Girardcnu, No., for preach
ing without taking the test onth. .,'
Resolutions expressing sympathy will
the Psninns and proposing repeal OF th
Neutrality laws, were referred I" The commit'e
on rorcign affairs, ia the lower House Of Con
cre.s, on the lllh inst.
The Assistant Commissioner OF Tho
Frec,lmen's Bureau has ordered the iS'uc Of
% 600 rations in East Tennessee, Tor June
lie recommends like issue for July, and the
withdrawal of all relief utter August.
Under tho now postal law just signed
by the President, dend letters are to he re-
stored to the writers free Of postage, md pre-.
pnd letters may be forwarded, Mt request Of
pnrtics TO whom addressed, from ono oihco Il
another without additional postage. ...
The large and splendid Merchants
line steamer Magnolia. was burned TO the
Writer'S edge. at ST. Louis June IA. II Tns
the work of inccndiarics. She cost Sll5.Wt
md was insured in Cincinnati Offices for $40
900. No lives lost. ...... -.... ...
General Rousseau. Of Kentucky. on
the l4th, in one Of the Halls Of the Capitol
nl Washington. demanded m apology from
Mr.. Grinnell Of Iowa, for offensive rcmnrEs
lately nndc Ivy the latter in debate. The
! apology being refused, the General broke bis
cane across the Town gcnliemau's face, where
upon tho bystnulers in,crrerel and terminated
the uTrny. .." ' .. ..