Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-01-24

The Pope's annual income Is hse
million dollars.
The rumor floats about that Speak
er Celfax will, next month, lead the
rich widowe wealthy banker OF
New York to the altar-Ns'c York
Literary Gazette
A Herald Richmond special says
that General Rosser and Henry A.
Wise addressed the citizens of Rich
mond, on Monday evening, on the
subject of relief for the widows, Of
Confederate soldiers. Both ex-
pressed the opinion that the rebellion
had still q fair prospect OF success
Wise said he would never give up,
and that the South was suhlimely un-
conquered. He particularly desired
to be buried in gray overcost when
his time should come.
Roscoe Conkling was elected Uni
ted States Senator by the New York
Legislature, on the 18th.
1t is said that the President has
nominated Senatcr Cowan Minister
| to Austria.
The Maine Senate has csncurred
with the House in ratifyiHg the con-
stitati0nal amendment.
The Kansas Senate has passed q
resolution, by a vote of twenty-three
to one, providing for the disfran-
chissment Of rebels.
The West Virginia Legislature has
ratified the constitutional amend
Aent. The vote in the House, on its
passage, stood forty three to eleven.
Both houses of the Michigan Leg
islature have ratified the constitution
al amendment.
A scientific writer in the New York
Journal of Commerce states that the
difference of time between London
and New York is four hours and
fifty five minutes, eighteen and nine
ty-five hundredths seconds.
One of the passes by which the
Pacific Railroad is to cross the Rocky
Mountains is about 81, 900 feet above
the sea level.
There is an ordinance under con-
sideration by the Baltimore City
Council to appropriate $40, 600 in aid
of the colered schools.
An Ohio paper having bsasted that
the widow of one John Baxter had q
child six months old, while the moth.
er's age was but thirteen years, the
Alameda Cal Gazette rejoins that
a lady in California became a grand
mother on her twenty fourth birth
day.
MIscALcULATloN-It is injudicious
to dogmatize too confidently on the
financial future of the country. Thus
the Secretary of the Treasury miscal-
culated the receipts of the financial
year as SS9, ,905, 900 less, and the ex-
penses as S200,6O9,000 more, than
they actually were. Here was q
mistake OF foresight equal to nearly
| $500, 100000, or fsur times the ex-
penses of the Government before the
war.
The Chinese at Pekin have been
eleven menths without rain or snow.
This is, in China, great public ca
lamity, which is sought to be ayerted
by fasting, prayer and expiatory GER
emonies. In the summer OF 1864
the drouth was 80 great that the EN-
peror himself made vow to ''recti-
fy his conduct aud be more anxious
for the welfare of his people"
About fourteen months ago q grand
fire destroyed the principal busines:
part of the city of Augusta, the cap
ital of Maine. 1t was prophesied
by some that the city would not re
cover from the calamity in forty
wears; but, 10! in little more than 6
year from that time, the city rises in
new beauty, the entire burnt district
has been rebuilt, and with a class OF
buildings far handsomer, OF better
materials, and more elegantly fur
nished.
1t is a singular coincidence that
Major General Grant, Scotch officer
in the British army, in 177S, defeat
ed General Lee, in command Of the
American forces in New Jersey, and
was afterward promoted to the rank
of Lieutenant General, and subse-
quently to that Of General, in the
British army. He died Every old" "
at his seat at Ballendallock, near
Elgin, Scotland, in 1906.
A Windham Connecticut couple,
last week, applied for divorce after
only fortnight of married life
The Judge refused their request, say
ing that they hadn't yet given matri-
mony fair trial.
N. p. Willis died at Idlewild, New
York, on Sunday evening, Of paraly-
sis.
Washington dispatch states that
General Lorenzo Thomas, Adjutant
General United States Army, has
been retired, and General Z. d.
Townsend has been appointed to
succeed him.
Nine Cincinnati csal barges were
lodged on the head of the falls at
New Albany, Saturday night, and
went to pieces.
English papers, by steamer City OF
New York, give accounts from all
parts of the country of great storms
and floods. shipwrecks and death
from starvation.
Tout le monde le dit ct le croft!