The Greene County Republican. [volume] (Waynesburg, Pa.) 185?-1867, 1867-06-26

history of Parkersburg was committed
about 8 o'clock yesterday morning
The hour is ascertained by the cry Of
murder having been heard about that
time by some of the neighbors. 1t
seems that one or more infamous scoun>
drels entered the saloon on Market street
kept by Mr. Lillenthall, knocked him
down, inflicting severe wound upon
his forehead then cut his throat from
ear TO ear, robbed him Of every cent
they could lay their hands upon, and
then made their escape,-Pw&ersJrg
Ga-ette, June G.
A SMALL 'CoNFEDERACY'-The
Wheeling hteIAgeacer hopes that when
Gen. Grant gets back to headquarters
he will make some provision Tor thor
ough and radical reconstruction of the
village OF CIaysviile, Washington coun-
ty, Pennsylvania, on the llempfcId
railroad, 1t says: we are reliably
informed that when the Generals tram
passed up Wednesday there was a crowd
at Claysville, part of which cheered for
General Grant and part for jeff. Davis,
and that those who cheercd tor jeff
were the larger part, Daring the war,
Claysvillc was so VIGOROUSLY dsoyal
that it was known as Little Richmond.
Even big Richmond had more decency
than this when visited recently by the
General,in-C -Chiet.'
GENERAL LoNGsrREEr publishes lets
ter in New Orleans paper recommend,
ing compliance with the military recon
structlon bill, which, he says, lis a peace
offering
The Reading Gazette, the organ OF
Mr.. Clymer, late Democratic candidate
for Governor, copies the above extract,
and adds the following comment:
"A devH of a peace Offering, to be sme,
The General is getting deme"tcdh
Such is the comment of this Demo,
cratic journal. 1t is short and signifi,
cant; but it emphatlcally conveys a
clear meaning of Democratic puncipl le.
THE President has ordered his Private
Secretary to procure and preserve list
OF all the delegates to the late Pennsyl-
vania Copperhead State Convention, tor
reference in the future bestowal off patro-
mage in this State. No man, a member
of that Convention, will receive recog-
milton at the White House, because Mr..
Johnson was snubbed with contempt by
that body. We admire Andy's grlt +;
but wont there be shaking among the
dry bones of Pennsylvania Democracy !?
TOE following banks have burst since
the National banking operation; Ven~
ango National Bank, Franklin, Pa !;
Tennessee National Bank, Memphis,
Tenn. First National Bank, Atuca, N.
y; First National Bank, Medina, N
Y First National Bank. Columbia,
Mo i; First National Bank, Carondoet,
Mo. Merchants National Bank, WASH
ington d. G First National Bank,
New Orleans, La. Not one of the fore-
going, it will be seen, was located in
New England,
MR. THOMAS j. DURANT closes privae
letter by saying: And | am of opinion
that no one of the late rebel States
should be admitted into Congress by its
representatives until an amendment to
the National Constitution shall have
been adopted, establishing irrevocable
universal suffrage and equality before
the law IN every State of the Union.'
FoRNEr has heard Spurgeon preach,
and writes home to his two papers,
both daily that he would rather be
Charles III Spurgeon, surrounded with
the love Of the rescued souls of the works
ing people Of his parish, than the Lord
Bishop of a thousand churches of
England
The soldiers of Pennsylvania will of
course not forget that resolution COM
plimenting General Sheridan, offered IN
the SharSwood State Convention, was
declared ont of order. When was. or
when will be, a resolution complimentary
of a Union soldier, in crder in Cop,
perhead Convention.
DnATu>BED RErGNrANcE.-In an old
graveyard at Baton Rouge, is tomb.
stone bearing the following inscription
'He lived a Democrat and died Chris.
tian '-Br0w@scille clipper.
ALL THE REPUBLICAN, JOURNALS IN the
State of Pennsylvania are boldly de-
nouncing the Attorney Generals opin-
ion, misconstrulng the military recon,
struction law
TIE Democrats Of a county conven-
tion IN Kentucky, have nominated Jesse
D. Bright for the Legislature. This is
of course done to reward Bright's
treason.
LOUISIANA files into the ranks of the
Union. The Union Convention has an
nounced the name of their organiza>
ton to be the Radical Republican
Party
ONE case Of cholera is reported IN New
York this season. This should be sufli-
cient admonition to everybody to take
every neellul sanitary precaution.
You need little sun and air, said a
physician to lady patient 1T do
was the reply, III wait till get a hus-
band.
1t is now definitely arranged that the
forthcoming Pennsylvania Agricultural
Society Fair will be beld in Pittsburgh.
Ir is said that every respectable ply.
sician in Washington City has twenty to