Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-11-07
News Summary and Personal.

The candidates are JAS. Fl. Chase, of
Iropton, Republican; and James r.
Mccormick, of Ironton, Democrat.
Hon. B. C. Yancey, a leading
citizen of Atlanta, Ca, brother of
the late w. L. Yancey, and formerly
President of the State Senate has
written letter in favor of conven-
tion and reconstruction.
Senator Nye, made one great hit
in his New York speech on Wednes-
day evening. SIN Baltimore he
said, 'they fred hundred guns for
Democratic victory; these were
more, but not so fatal, as those fired
at the Massachusetts soldiers in 1861.
The Cadiz Republican says Mr..
James 3. Jamisen, Senator elect
from that District, pledged himself,
before his election, that in no event
would he vote for Vallandigham for
Uniten States Senator, he "would
resign first"
A veteran horse thief named Hale
was arrested in Hoppinton, n. H.,
on the Goth, for stealing a valuable
horse and buggy at Augusta, Me-
Hale is seventy eight years old, and
has served fifty years in the State
Prison for horse stealing.
Rev. DR.. Hawley, of the First
Presbyterian Church, of Auburn. n
Y. is to Immediately proceed on
highly important mission to foreign
country. He was appointed by Sec
retary Seward, and will be absent
about four months.
Gov. Cox has fixed upon the 2sth
of Nov. for Thanksgiving day in
Ohio.
1t has just come to light that by
some oversight the bill to make the
22d of February legal holiday,
which was introduced in the Ohio
Legislature by Hon. W. P Nixon,
and which passed both branches, was
not enrolled for signatures of presi-
ding officers, and is not included in
the volume of published laws.
Hon. Robert Raulston, Represen-
tative from Marion county, in the
Tennessee Legislature. and one of
the boldest and noblest Union men
in Tennessee, died in Nashville on
the 3lst.
The Grand Division of the Sons
of Temperance, Of Ohio, opened
their twenty second annual session
at Mt. Vernon, on the Both, G. W. p
Rev. Moses Smith, presiding. A
large number of delegates were
present. The Order is reported to
be in very flourishing condition.
A mob broke into the jail at Frank
lin, Ind, Thursday night, and took
out four prisoners. Two of them
were named Johnson. and the others
Patterson and Ashley, who were
confined on the charge of numbering
Mr.. Lyon, some months ago. Ash
ley and Patterson said that the John
sons were innocent. The mob re-
turned them to the jail, and imme-
distely took Ashley and Patterson to
a wood near the town, hung them to
a tree and left them hanging there
all night.
. Col. Austin, Of Mississippi, genuine
Rip Van Winkle, made a speech in
the Hall of Representatives at Nash
vile, on the 1st inst, advocating as
the only means of restoring peace to
the country, the enfranehisement of
all Writes and the re enslavement of
the blacks. -D
1t is reported that Secretary Sew
ard has sent Rev. Mr.. Hawley, of
Auburn, to Rome on a secret mis-
sion, The object of which Is to offer
the Pope an asylum in this country.
Hopes are entertained that the mis-
sion will be successful.
Gov. Cox received an anonymous
letter from Cincinnati containing
Slh0, which, it was stated, belonged
to the State. The Governor certified
the amount to the Treasury as con-
science money.
It'll, reported to Washington cor
thqt negroes in the /
South are arming for some purpose
other than peaceful, and it is said the /
President has referred the matter to
the War Department. ff1J
The sorghum crop of 1867 is said
to be failure, compared with the
yield of former years. From most
Of the cane growing regions of the
W est the reports upon the condition
Of the crop are gloomy.
A dispatch received from Copen-
lagan, says that the Danish West
Indies have been sold to the United I.
States for sl4, 100000 in gold, and
hat an agent Of the King of Denmark
9 soon to cross the Atlantic for the
purpose Of completing the transfer
If the property. 4 GA 7
There was large incendiary fire
1t the Ohio Penitentiary in Colum-
,us, on Saturday evening, consum-
ng the shops of Ide, Sage, Dom &
20, and Ayers, McCune d Metealf
loss about $4,000. There is Sl4,,
100 insurance on the former, and
80, 800 on the latter.
The yellow feyeris decreasing in
Southern cities, and Gen. Grant has
ssued an order directing all officers +
Ibsent from their commands on ac-
count of the fever, to report to their
tations by the goth inst.
Official returns to the Annual Ses-
ion of the Methodist Churches of
he United States, now in session in
lew York, shows the increase Of
members in the various Conferences
Turing the past year, TO have been
10000; total of Sunday School
cholars over 100000; increase In