The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1867-01-31
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Yesterday Tor SIX years IN Mary
land. WV
A Washington special says it ha:
been stated on good authority thai
in approving the bill authorizing
the assembling of the Forfeit
Congress on the 4th ofMarch next
the President has contributed tc
his own impeachment. The Com.
mittee on Judiciary are now work.
ing very industriously in the col.
lection of evidence, but will not re.
port until the close of the session,
and then the report will be in fa-
vor of impeachment. The task OF
offering articles of impeachment
will devolye upon the next Con-
gress. ~ -rr yrsN
We are again in receipt of news
from Madrid, a formidable out
break had occurred, occassioned
by the starving condition of the
populace. ~.
In the House yesterday, Ashley,
of Toledo, was brought up with a
round turn. In the course of one
ofhis uncouth speeches he said that
II ere were members in the House
who had cooper ated with rebels.
Upon which Hon. Mr.. Winfield
pronounced it a base and unfound-
ed SANDER, while Hunter, more
emphatic, added that it was base
lie. Tho Speaker pronounced this
out of order, and by vote of S5 to
"a a rebuke was administered.
Ashley then subsidized. He had on
ly intended the application in a
Pickwickian sense. gr
A Washington dispatch says the
Republicans and colored voters of
this city and Georgetown, have
formed a coalition to carry the
coming municipal elections in the
spring. By this means the Radi-
Gals will carry every ward.
A colored man has been nomi-
mated for Council in Georgetown.
The Republicans st. Joseph spe-
cial says: "The bill for preventing
negroes or mulatt oes from sitting
on juries in Colorado, vetoed by
Governor Cummings, was passed
over his veto by the Legislature.
Governor Cummings is en- route to
Washington" .s.
A very pretty little breeze-per-
haps preliminary to the great blow
which is to come-was enacted in
in the House of Representatives
yesterday. Kelley. Of Pensylvan
ia, bitter, Radical malignant, de-
nounced the President as an usur-
per, upon which Mr.. Cooper; of
Tennessee, replied that ifit were in
order he would reply in the Ian
guage of Marmion, "Lord Angus,
thou hast lied" Kelly retorted by
charging Mr.. Cooper with being
"the paid agent Of the usurper,"
and then, withoutquoting Sir Wal
ter Scott, Cooper gave him the lie
unequivocal. AT this the Speak
er, who should in the first place
have clapped an extinguisherupon
Kelly, interfered. What a digni-
fed spectacle does this present
Congress of ours present to the
world at large! '.
Mr.. Lee, who drew the Crosby
Opera House, has sold it to Mr..
Crosby for 100000.
The ice gorge in the Mississippi
river, below Cairo, broke on Sun
day morning and boats can now
get through.
An oil well in Pennsylvania,
near Franklin, known as the Eber-
Iy well, threw up water and stones
to a wonderful height last week.
Gen. Logan Just Just from IIllia2is ,.2is,
says tthee ii people are generally in
favor of impeaching the President,
and believe him guilty of crimes
and misdemeanors. Give "Fight-
ing Johnny" a bottle of old bour-
bon, a fiddle and a little niger to
dance for him, and he will say any
thing.
CmcAGo, Jan. 26.-Mr. Abraham
Lee, who drew the Crosby Opera
house, arrived in this city last even
ing. He and his family occupied
one of the proscenium boxes, at the
Ristori matinee, in the Opera-house
this afternoon. .. o
Late last night a carpenter,
named Schroeder, attemted to
shoot his wife, in revenge for seve-
raj beatings which she had admin
istered to him OF late. The ball
from the weapon only grazed the
woman's nose, when she fell to the
floor, more frightened than hurt.
Schroeder, believing he had killed
his wife fled from tho cnana in tho