The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1866-03-28
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

day at 1875.
Pixies OPERA HOUSE
Building, Cincinnati, was destroyed oy
FIRE on Thursday night last. Owing to
the fact that this building was an orna'
ment to the Queen City, its loss is re-
cnrded somewhat aa q public calamity
The fire was doubtless a magnificent one'
as witnessed by thousands of people, lar
and near. The loss is set down at above
one and three .fourths million Of dollars.
Mr.. S. N. Pike, the proprietor, alone
loses 100000, besides having his
watch stolen from his person while he
was looking at the coDAagration ! The
Enquirer Office was completely destroyed
but the paper resumed publication Sat-
urduy morning in the Times Building
Among the other heavy losers we're r.
". Carroll g. Co., Booksellers A. T..
Peters & Bros, and Adams Express Co..
Only about one sixth Of the entire loss Is
covered by insurance.
A TORNADO.
On Tuesday night Of last week a ter
riblo tornado visited southern Indiana,
blowing down houses and burns, trees
fences. &C.. 1t also blew down one OF
the piers of railroad bridge near Con.
persvillc, aud train fell through and
VAS completely demolished. Several IN
iurics, but no loss Of life. The storm
was also severely felt at Wheeling, ".
Va. a tremendous hail storm visited
Chicago aud vicinity.
A MCTlSY
Occurred at Galveston, Texas, on the
o0,h inst, in the 18TH Ohio regiment.
Over sixty members were arrested. They
q sscrt that their term Of servicc is out.
GREAT EMANCIPATION.
The l'ni,Od States Consul at Liverpool
informs the State Department, ny let
ter dated March o. 1866, that all the
steamers aud emigrant ships leaving
that por, for the United States arc TILED
with emigrantS. ShipoWucrs and others
say ,ha. the emigration to the United
States will be enormous, and the indica
tons arc that it will be greater this year
than Il, any time since We have boon
nation.
THE CENSUS OF BOSTON
Was completed on Saturday, the l1th
inst. 1t shows an increase in the pop.
ula,ion of the city daring the past five
wears Of l4,3G2, which is not so !aryc rs
the growth Of previous half DECADES
The total population is 1872 POI.
GEN. BURNSIDE
Was nominated by acclamation, by the
, Union Convention Of Rhode Island
March 9D,h, .. its candidate 70! Cover
nor.
SMALL rON
, Is reported as Icing uucommonly prev
alent throughout large section Of
, South Carolina.
! THE CHOLERA
; Is reported to have made its appearance
ut Mobile. 1t is said to have prevailed
at Key West for some time past.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Has elected Gov. Smyth, Union, By
| handsome ma ority.
DISCOVERY ar GOLD.
| Large discoveries Of gold are said tt
! have been made on the lands Of til,
! lluIsous Bay Company in British
! AN erica.
| rARDoNED.
| The President has purdoucd Thomas
! Martin, n notorious blockade runner
who made twenty successful voyages aud
acquired a large fortune, which is thu:
! rescued from con6scation.
! THE METHODIST CONFERENCE,
: or New York, has adopted resolutions
Of a strongly aut;,slavery character, and
calling for the punishment Of leading
rebels.
JAMAICA.
The evidence respecting the cruel'les
inflicted upon the negroe, in Jnmaiea,
BY British officers, is Of u most revolving
character. Men were first hogged and
then hung; others, after being fossed'
were compelled to run the gauntlet Of a
! line Of British soldiers and sailors, who
pcltcd them with stones, and other men
were shot in cold blood, without trial,
and under cruel circumstances, before
! their wives aud children. The instru
meuts used in whipping were "cat,
constructed in part of twisted wires, and
with these, many women were logged,