Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-08-08
News Summary and Personal.
Gen. Sheridan has ordered that
one half the Commissioners of Elec.
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Gen. Sheridan has ordered that
one half the Commissioners of Elec
ton in Louisiana shall be negroes.
Judge Kelley, the distinguished
Radical, of Philadelphia, will be in
Cincinnati next week, and is expect
ed to speak at two or three places in
the State.
The Maryland Constitutional Con-
vention. passed bill of rights
Wednesday,, one section of which de
mands of the National Government
compensation for slaves liberated
during the war.
The Fifth National Exhibition of
horses viii take place at Springfield,
Mass, on the 9th. 2Sth, Goth and
30th of August. $4,000 will be dis
tributed in premiums.
1t is reported that Gen. Sheridan
offered to appoint Jack Hamilton
Governor of Texas, but the offer was
declined, Hamilton preferring the
chance of an election to Congress.
The registration in Louisiana is
complete. but the revision will take
several weeks. All who registered
on the strength of Attorney General
Stanbery's opinion will be stricken
off the rolls.
Ex Governor Brown, of Georgia,
is publishing a series of letters in the
Augusta Chronicle and Sentinel, in
reply to ex-senator Hill. and advo-
eating reconstruction under the Mill
tary Bill.
The steamer j. B. Allen sunk in
the Missouri River, near Claysville,
July Both. She was valued at $780,
600. Insured for $4,000 in st. !
Louis, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh and
New York companies. She can
probably be raised.
The Washington Intelligencer
says the powers conferred on Gen.
Grant by the Reconstruction Act,
are of no account; that the President
will enforce the act without intnrfer-
ence, and if necessary will use the
army and navy to secure the obedi !
ence to his commands.
Gen. Sheridan has issued an order
reconstructing the City Councils of
New Orleans. A number of men,
bers of each Board are removed and |
men appointed in their places who
will manage city affairs more in ac-
cordance with the ideas of the com
manding General.
The Washington Star says it is
understood that Gen. Grant not only
refuses to be party to the removal
of Gen. Sheridan, but will see that
whoever succeeds him shall follow
out the same line of policy. Under
the law, it is the General of the army,
not the President, who is to super
wise the conduct of the district CON-
manders.
Adjutant General Cowen publishes
card advising Ohio soldiers hav
ing claims against the Government
not to submit to the extortion which
exAgent Wetmore is endeavoring
to practice upon them. All claims
now on f4e will be collected by the
State officers, without expense to the
claimants.
From official documents in the
State Department it appears that
Maximillian, Immediately after his
capture, stated to Escobedo, that he
had formally abdicated, and request
ed on that ground to be allowed to
depart from the country. But if a
victim was necessary, he offered
himself, and asked mercy for his
suit 1t is also known that some
time previous, Maximilian made
proposal to Secretary Seward, to
withdraw from the country on board
man -of-war, while the people of
Mexico should take a vote on the
continuance of the Empire, but our
Minister of State refused to entertain
the proposal.
Admiral Farragut, in a letter to
the Secretary of the Navy, da ted 1
Cherboug, July Is, says he assumed
command of the European SO uadron
the day before. The passage from
New York to Cherboug, in the
Franklin, was made in sixteen days
under very favorable circumstances.
He found there Rear Admiral Colds {
borough, with the flagship Colorado, 7
the Canandigua, Ticonderoga and .
Frolic Admiral Fairagut reports :
the arrival, on the 10Th, of the prac-
tice ships Macedonia, Savannah and {
Dale: The Shamrock and Swatara
were at Lisbon, waiting the Admi- 6
rails orders. Rear Admiral Colds
borough, having been relieved by
Farragut, is on his way
home.
~ The most severe rain storm
which has visited the vicinity of
Boston for years occurred Friday
afternoon. Accounts from the sur I
country state that there
has been great damage done to crops
md there has been, undoubtedly,
many disasters along the coast
Four inches of rain fell in Boston in j
three hours and a half, and three q Z
inches in Concord, N. H., in three is
hours. p
v Gov. Low, of California, il C
ustrates the position of the Demo
,rats of that State by an anecdote of =
. man who entered the Pacific Club, I
he rooms Of which were formerly |
occupied as gambling house, and ,
stepped up to party of gentlemen sl eL
Who were playing cards, offering to :"
,et dollar. "But this is not a U
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