, 1866-02-26

There is great Hood at Oil City, Pc, aud
much darn.e II feared In con sequence
The ex.rebcl General Forrest has been ar
rsted upon m indictment for iFenson.
a 1at1ner named s. II. Harland, Of Chebanse,
III. wss killed at That place saturday, while al
tempting 10 jump On freight tsaln.
A hmilY Of five rcrsons were burned to
6earh in Baltimore On Saturday, escape from their
burutnf dwelling being cut OF By the damrs. :
An extract from the speech oF. Alexander
a. Stephens, made before the Gcorgta Legis.a, are,
viii be found in our Nashville deep.tch.
Mrs JET. DAVIS, Is now guest Of Howell
teu,lon frnm the ladtes.
There WIS terrible tornado In Knoxville,
Tcpn., en- Saturday, which destroyed otez. thirty
buildings. ..
Tie negro troops have been withdrawn
from Columbpt, Ca, al the repneSt of t;.ne.ai
Jenkins.
The sentiments Of the Norfolk VA, Poa,
rebel s1ect, will he found in our Warrington dcs-
patch.
Cos. Oelcsby and Soc. Hatch hare returned
hom their Eas,esn trip, and report -tsy hx-aszbly
on The prospect Of the Lincoln Monument Fuad-
The Decatur Daily Tribune, after having
heen Kept aaisc tor few weeks On eensatlonai
Items. up the chost On Saturday OF lsst weak.
The billiard tournament at Memphis closed
IN the I'D instant the frst prize, OF Hvr hundred
dollar, pc1ng awarded 10 Meivsu Foster, o. Scw
1ork.
4 Nood-pa5ser on one OF the Georgin co.
giucs recently placed upon his engine miniature
tiaTf and bans and wAs sent to AuGuka under arrest
tor hit tuuble.
The steamers Hillman and Mamie Byers
toiided at Madtor, Ind, on Saturday, csntinE fhc
Litter To sink instantly Fsom thirty TO sixty lives
tre reported lort.
An enthusiastic anti-monopoly meeting was
ttd nj Bunker Htll, nllnoi. ou Saturday, at which
great uran1mty prevailed. Delegate. wcre appoint
I'll TO tLc bloomington Convention.
Our dispatches bring briet synopsis Of
speech delivered nj Miliedecvi1lc, Ga. the I'D
lust. by Alexander Il. STEPHENS. IN which he couD-
selt the South To accept The istue% Of the war,
The Fcnian Congress adjourned sine die on
saturday. They dIxdatned any connection with
American poli,scs and istucd IN address to The
brotherhood urging immediate preparation tor sar.
A man named Williams, living in Gencseo,
who lately married a widow Snyder, got into a
quarrel With his elepson, Mart. Snyder. and en..l5
shot him in most coxsrdiy manntI. Williams Is
IL JAIL
There Was no session Of the Senate on Satus-
day. The uonee went iufo COMMITTEE Of tic Whole
nnd epeeches On rtcopxtuction were madc by
aic4stt. McKee, Of kentucky. Dromwell. oi Illinois,
iAamAn. Of Michigan and Clarke and Plants, Of
Ohio.
Cor. 9tonc has sent stirring and eloquent
t!szpa,ch 10 1he Iowa members Of Congress Inform
In, them thet the Legislature, by overwhelming
,otr surtains tbc1n ir their renudia.fcn OF the
Prr.idents veto. The despa!ch will be found IN
Our columns.
Herbert Spencer, the author Of !" Thc Sys-
.cn o: rh.lo. ophs,F has publicly announced thai
n the circulation Of The eucotstsr nntntr Of his
work insufficient 10 tase him trcn loat, be co.,
templates dtecoatiuu!nE them, and abandoning the
further Execution of his echemc.
Tlr causc Of the rupture bctweed Uruguay
aad Ch1li IL the fact that the Cnl1ian M1nster at
.!ontts cdco has bceu making arant.emense :or fr
lin. out Chi:an prlvateer to prey upon the Spanish
aud 10. receiving pzos In uruguasan ports for con-
G,mnastna, al ol which waa protested aga1n=t BY
1ue CruguEEuu Minister Of Stztc.
Gca. Howard has despatched 4 circular let
ter to iii fhe aeru,s OF the Freedmeua Bureau, an
nouncnE IL them upon the authority Of the pfezi-
dent, that The burrsn will euntnu" IN existence at
least snetycar from this time. and urging them 10
renewed e1e1stons IN promoting the welhre Of
1fcednen and ssE12ecs.
During the unusua}ly severe storm and cold
Emp fort Abcrctombic, recently, several sodlers
OF TIT garrison at thst place, md also Fu1 Wad.-
worth, werr frozen to death. Horses and o.hes AMI.
the wsJ ron Fort Abcscronble TO Fort wadsworth.
has no. been heard tcom, and It Is feared have per-
ishrd n the storm.
Two meetings have been called to meet In
la,t1irure-onc this evening to indoFsc President
Johps4p, and one on Thursday 10 inaorse and
enrlaft Coucreee. The fofne. call ia signed
aln1ost exclusively by rebels and coppcshead eym.
natl,x.1a. while the latter caQ em1Haces ths
nsme. Of al leading men Who voted for Lincoln
and 1ehnson. ....-.-..
According to the Neapolitan correspondent
OF Tie 1t,ata, Queen Victoria has w1ttten N auto
crap, letter to the Pope, thanking htn Tor TIC IN
truuona lIe had given to his c1esEy IN fne fen3ao
1nattt. II IL further aeeefed thaf she hao cHt1ed
Lin aeylum In he. dnKu1nio1s In case Nc Shonlo
wi.l 10 lcavc his States for political snatpns IND
1has Nr. Odo Russell ms the bearer Of this 10 al
Appearance very apochsyphal 1nessage.
Tit Union 1ncn Of Rock Island have non1l'
na'ci 1he following ticket fcr municipal odicefs.
Ur. .7ueedalc, the candidate for NAyot, is popu-
lar nAn. and we hopc will he elected :-Fos -yo,
Gavin 1fuesd4le; Tot Polcc Magistrate. l. T.
Ifgty; tof Aldermen, 1st Wsrd, Jacob R. Hubtr;
"a Nard, Tetcr Fr1es 80 Waru, Rtchsrd Ctsrttop
and thstaca Hausgcn; 4th Ward, 10 be xnnplieu.
Eltcton, Tuesday, Aarch Glib, 1861
The Rock Island L,.io1 says that r. N.
Davis, conductor, and George Eollace. enkins.r m
the FREIGHT t1sin which ran into ths rost Bgrop
train uesr the Junction. On the 1ath inkt enu.tns
The dath of Edmund Cabln and Patrick Muu.y
were tu tie I'd, tnkfu from The county jail Oh
WI, O, Aa2eas oorpus. and brought bctore Hon
Is1 u, Williamson tor bearing. Thn exsminsno.
r-.uled In the discharge Of so1laec, md The hold
ux OF Day1s Ix iy1Gl.