The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-05-30
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MILITARY DEPARTMENTS ABoLIsHED.
General Ordor No, 80; from tho; Ad.
jutaut G GENERALS oiico OF the War Oe.
! p,rtment, abolishes, tho, military depart
m men of North and South Carolin,,
Georgia and Alabama. by order Of the
President. North, and South Csrolin.
will hereafter constitute q new depart
mont, under Moj. Gen. Daniel =: Slokles'
with headquarters at Columbia, 8. @.
The State Of Georgia and Alabama viii
be now department, under Bre7et Ms).
Con. G; r. Woods, with headquarters s'
Macon, Ga.
JEFF. DAVIS PRISON RESTRICTIONS BE-
.. LAxED.
..- Fo.rREss MONROE, Nay %.
Instructions from Washington we're
received this morning by General Miles,
to give jeff. Davis. on bis parole, the
freedom of the fort, and return to hi'
room at night. Mes,ru. Shea and
O'Conuer, his counsel, have boon allow
ed access to the fort and o private In
terview with him At any time.
COMPARTMENT OF cALLAo.
Tho Spanish feet, under Admiral
Nunez, was badly worstod 10 an attempt
TO lombard the Peruvian port Of Callio,
on May 2. The vessels were compelled
to back out Of tho fight, the batteries
proying too much for them. The dam
nec done to the town was triaiug. Ad'
miral Nunez is reported among tho
killed.
The Superintendent Of the National
Ceuetry at Murfrccsboro, Tenn, hal
received numerous warnings that he will
never be permitted to erect on its grounds
INV monument to Union soldiers.
PRoDsT, the murderer of the Deering
family, at Philadelphia, is to be e1ecu'
ted next Friday, june 9th. A 90 mpar.
ison has been drawn between him and
Covert, tho DecrGcld murderer, and they
are said to possess close resemblance
A FIRE AT CAIRO, ILLINOIS,
On Tuesday morning Of Inst week, de-
stroyod fourteen buildings on Levct
street.
GREAT FIRE IN WISCONSIN.
HUDSON, Wis, May ga dcstruc
tive fire, on Saturday, destroyed the
whole business part Of the town. The
loss will amount to s350,O0O; insured
for 100000. The telegraph has beer
burned for one mile. The cause is un
known.
ACADEMY OF MUSIC, AT NEW YORK
BURNED.
Tho New York Academy Of Music
wos laid in ruins on the night Of thu
2lst inst, together with several sur
rounding buildings. The origin Of the
fire is attributed 10 inccndinrisE. Two
or three fremeu persisted in the flames
and ono of their engines WIS burned.
Tho fire occurred about midnight
The Academy wns valued at 1896, 600
insurance sl3O,OOO. Tho University
Medical College wus destroyed, contain
ipr DR.. Valentine Motifs valuable anat
omical collection. The Lutheran church
and two largo Piano factories were alsc
burned. The entire loss is variously
estimated at from one to four million
dollars.
EUROPEAN NEWS.
The news brought by tho last steamer
is highly important.
The sevcrcst financial panic since 1855:
has visited England, though at lntes
adviccs the public mind was moro calm
For several days perfcc. tu'nult existed
in London, md the minor cities were
hardly less excited. Runs wcro made
on n large number Of banks, but nearly
all were equal to the emergency. Sev
eral immense failures occurred. Tht
news of the suspension Of tho firm o
which Sir Morton Pcto is tho seniol
ember, will be received 10 this country
with equal surprise and regret. His as
sets arc estimated at s25, 100000, ant
it is confidently expected that his pres
emit trouble will be temporary. Parlia
mcnt restored some measure of tranquil
ity to the financial world by suspendiul
tho Bank Charter Act. There was alSt
q great panic in tho cotton market. NJ
hostilities have occurred on the. Cont
ncnt, but the news is very wnrlikc. Th'
excitement in 1tuly is at fever heat
Prussia and Italy have their entire ar
mics modified, aud Russia aud Turkey
arc placing theirs m war.footing
Fiye.twcntics suffered from the panic
closing at 64@GG.
The following is tho text Of Nnpo
Icons speech at Auxerre, to which i:
attributed tho cause for the fnancia
crisis in Europe: II see, with pleasure
that tho memory Of the first Empire ha'
not been effaced from your minds. Be
lievs me, for my own part, have inner
tied the feelings entertained BY tbt
chief of my family for this energetic ane
patriotic population, who sustained thu
Emperor in good Us in evil fortune.
have debt Of gratitude to discharge TO-