Owyhee bullion. [volume] (Silver City, I.T. [Idaho]) 1866-1867, 1867-05-16
FROM THE EAST.
Dates to May 7th.
From the Union Vedette.l

FROM tne Union feuette.
New York, May 3.-Returns have
been received at the General Land Office
showing the disposal ofover GU 900 acres
of the pubic lands, during March, at the
Land Office in California.
Fortress Monroe, May 3.-Mrs. Davis
went to Washington last evening, for the
purpose of comforting with the President
upon the release of her husband.
New York, May 3.-Large numbers
of refugees from Ireland are arriving in
this city. They give very discourag ing
accounts of the country, and say the Fe-
MAN movements in Ireland has been a.
baDdoned. 1t is said Colonel Roberts
has made special call on the Fenian
Brotherhood for aid for the families of
Irish prisoners.
The Evening Post says that on Wed.
nesday last, George Shea, counsel for
jeff. Davis, presented petition to the
U. 5. Circuit Court for Virginia, and
moved upon it, before Judge Underwood
for writ Of habeas corpus, directed to
General Burton, commanding at Fortress
Monroe, to have JEDI. Davis before that
Court at Richmond on the second Mon
day in may. The Judge, after hearing
argument from Shea, and some deliber.
alton. granted the writ. and / was plac
ed in the hands ola U. S. Deputy Mar
shall for immediate service.
If JEFF. Davis is not released on bail
by Judge Underwood next week, the
President will order his liberation.
New Orleans, May 4.-The whole re-
gion bordering on the White ami Black
rivers is overAowed by the recent GREY.
asses The suffering and less is incalcu.
liable
St Louis, May 4.-No distur bance has
yet occurred among the laboriug classes,
though considerable discomfort is mani.
tested. A large number are willing to
continue the old hours of labor at the
old pay, while others demanded the
eight hour system, consenting only to
very small reduction of pay. So far the
employers refuse to make terms.
Mobile, Ala. May A Colored Con-
vention here have unanimously resolved
that it is the undeniable right of negroes
to hold office, sit on juries, ride in all
public conveyancese, sit at public tables,
and visit places of public amusement.
New York, May 4.-Seventy thou
sand Germans are said to have engaged
passage for the United States. The
Prussian CONSUMPTION laws are driving
many from the country,
Louisville, KY, May 4.-The Con-
5resslonal election passed off quietly
Asa 2. Grover, States Rights Democrat,
s elected in the 9Th District by 1920
majority. j. B. Knott, in the 4th, and
las. b. Beck, in the 18th District, States
Rights Democrats, are probably elected.
Washington, May Airs. Davis is
1t the house of DR.. Miller, where she
lad long consultation with several law
Ters last evening.
New York, May A cable dispatch
avs the Emperor of Brazil has abolished
lavery throughout his dominions. Chill
Iren attain freedom on reaching the age
f twenty-one.
Fortress Monroe, May 4.-The habe- |
s corpus case Of jeff. Davis excites deep !
interest at Norfolk. The military au-
horities here are not advised what action
las been taken.
Washington, May 4.-The Registers
+ the District of Columbia have record.
d 1865 colored voters, and 7,047 white
oters.
London, May, 3.-Dispatches receir-
d state that rising of the Republicans