Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-06-05
Latest News by Telegraph.
Dates to May 2S.


dispatches extracted from late Portland and San
Francisco papers, which have not been given in the
Salt Lake City Vedette.-ED.l
| New YORK, May 24.-The Commercial as
serts that Frazer, Trenholm q CO., the great
| English house lately failed, own from One-halt
to two-thirds of Charleston.
| J.W Parkman, defaulting cashier of the
First National Bank of Selma, escaped from
prison and drowned himself
In the case Of the United States rs Jacob
Bruin, whose property was confiscated and
sold during the war, under O decree of the u.
S. District Court, sitting at Alexandria, Judge
I'm nderwOod presiding, on application for coun-
sci for Bruin, Justice Chase on Wednesday
granted q writ of error on the following
grounds: First, that the District Court con-
demned and sold the absolute estate Of the
petitioner in and to the property, which judg-
ment was beyond the power of the Court to
pronounce Second, that the condemnation OF
the property was for treason, of which the
party could not be adjudged except by the
finding of ajury. Third, that the proceedings
were in admiralty, when they should have been
upon the common law side of the Court by its
formation and not by libel
The Agricultural Bureau has advices that
the wheat crop all over the country looks bet
ter than ever before.
Congressman Kelly spoke at Charlotte last
night. He was received by the Mayor and
prominent COnfederates His audience was
mostly whites. He has invitations to speak
at Concord Grenville, Danville, Salisbury, and
other places in North Carolina.
The Herald says the Fenians are making
active preparations for war on Canada. Am
munitiOn for 100000 men is being prepared
IL and 24-pounders, shells, grape, canister, &c.
They have several secret arsenals in New York
City, and it is the same in Buffalo. A large
Fenian meeting was held in Boston last night.
WASHINGTON, May GA dispatch to Sew
ard, covering a dispatch from Juarez to Gen.
Berrisabal, San Luis POtOsi, May Is, says
"QueraterO has fallen, and Maximilian, Mejia,
CASTILLO and Miramon are prisoners" An0th-
er dispatch, from EscObedO, Liberal war Sec
retary, from MatamOras, May 23d, says La
Curz had fallen before the Liberals, and that
Juarez had ordered Maximilian and all his
Generals to be shot.
the President cOntemplates the removal of
Sheridan and the appointment of Thomas in
his place.
Judge Nelson, of the u. S. District Court,
has denied the motion of Edwin Forrest to
restrain Mrs. Forrest (divorced) from col
lecting almony from him.
A Havana letter says the r. r. Cuyler affair
promises to become serious. The Spanish Adj
miral has gone to Santa Martha to Investigate
it.
A MatamOras telegram Of May 25th says
the troops which captured Queratero had
started for the capital.
Sir Archibald Allison, the English historian,
is dead.
A Cork dispatch of May oath says NJ Clure,
Fenian, plead guilty to the charge of treason.
The Czar is likely to purchase the ir0n-clad
MiantonOmah, and two very fast iron-clad
cruizers Of the u. S. Government
Since the Peace Conference adjourned the
Eastern question has assumed much more i'm
pOrtance.
The Episcopal Convention of North Carroll
ma acted in favor of teaching the freedmen,
and admitting them to the ministry and as
teachers for their own race.
There is much complaint against BrOwnlOw
and the military rule in Tennessee, and Gen.
Thomas has been called to Washington upon
the matter.
European dispatches sayyery soon the whole
Russian army will be armed with breechlOaders.
A Dublin dispatch of the 25th says, if Burke
or Mcclure are hanged, sudden and sharp
reprisal by tbe Fenian leaders is expected.
Both of D0ran's sentences are cOmmuted.
About 300 of the wrecked passengers of the
Santiago de Cuba have arrived in New York.