Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1867-07-04
News Summary and Personal

Gen. Sherman is in st. Louis. i
is said he will call for two or three
thousand cavalry volunteers for ser
vice on the Plains.
Gen. Swayne has repealed the
Alabama law which prohibits th,
circulation of Harpers' Weekly il
that State.
Mrs Elizabeth Lockman died las
week in Bethel, Lebanon County
Pa, at the age of one hundred anG
five years. Her husband died thirty
years ago. She had outlived all hel
kindred, and there was none who
could claim the most remote relation.
ship to her, present at her death and
burial.
Advices from San Luis Potosi, tc
the 1lth inst, state that Maximil
lian's trial was to begin on that day
On the I'd inst, Gen. Diaz, who is
beselging the capital, reviewed his
army, which, with reinforcements
received from Queretaro, now num-
bers thirty thousand men. He re,
ports that he can take the city at any
time, by assault.
VIM. Simpson, of Richmond, fell
from third story bedroom window,
in Chillicothe, Ohio, sometime early
on Wednesday morning. He was
discovered on the pavement, insensi.
BILE, by watchman, and died in a
few hours afterwards. Some of his
friends occupied the room with him,
but none of them knew at what hour
the accident occurred, as they were
asleep at the time.
Justice Wayne, of the Supreme
Court, Is reported to be very i'll at
Washington, and his recovery is
doubtful.
A special from st. Louis reports
the wheat crop in Southern Illinois
as immense, while in Missouri il
promises to be the best ever gather
ed in the State, though the rust has
appeared in some places.
Mark Downey, of Richmond, has
been sent by the U. S. Commission
er to the U. s. Court for trial fer
perjury in obtaining registration con-
trary to the provisions of the Alex
andria Constitution.
Gen. Sherman has issued CON-
prehensive general order regarding
the conduct of the Indian campaign.
Volunteer troops raised by States or
Territories must act in conjunction
with the regular troops. Treaty
obligations with Indians, the Gener-
al says, are the supreme law of the
land, and must be respected.
Captain Luther Redfeld died at
Monroe, O., few days ago, aged
eighty-seven. He was soldier in
the war of 1912. On the morning
of his death, he arose and dressed
as usual. Sitting in his chair he at
once complained of pain and faint
ness, and, without struggle, died.
The Acting Secretary of the Inte-
rior has decided that the term "legit-
innate child" used in the pension
laws, is to be construed to include
children born before the marriage OF
the parents, but afterward recogniz-
ed by them, in States where the
statutes legitimatise children as ac-
knowledged.
The Russian, English, Austrian
and French Ministers at Washington
have been instructed by their gov
ernments to ask the interposition of
the United States in behalf of Maxi
MILAN. Mr.. Seward assured them
every thing in his power should be
done to save the life of the unfortu-
nate Prince.
R Col Stanley Mathews, of Gin
cinnati, testified before the Judiciary
Committee that President Johnson,
while on his way to Washington to
be inaugurated, told him in Cincin
natl that if the country was ever
saved, it would have to be saved
through a reorganization of the Dem
ocratic party.
EE Col. Taylor, Commissioner Of
Indian Affairs, is preparing pam
phlet, in which he will take the
ground that the present Indian troub-
les are the fault of the Government,
and may be remedied shortly by a
commission of honest men willing to
faithfully the work of
peace.
Gw- A letter from the South, pub
lished in Washington, states that the
crops of wheat and corn have been
good, but that the amount of land
planted in these crops were not large.
The writer estimates the cotton crop
Of the South this year at half mil
ion bales in excess of that Of last
year.
In Johnsonville, Tenn, Saturday,
while Gen. Cooper was addressing a
meeting, drunken ex Con-
'ederate soldier rushed into the store
Of Mr.. Rice and demanded to know
# there were any Yankees there
Mr.. Rice attempted to expostulate
with him, when he was shot and in
'tantly killed.
@ Hon. Samuel Galloway has
written and forwarded to the State
Executive Committee, letter declin-
ng the nomination of Lieut.. Cover
lor. The Committee will meet on
he 10th to supply the vacancy on
he ticket.
The food crisis has nearly passed
n the South. The cry Of distress
hat recently came up from nearly
Ill the Southern States is now allevl-
tied by the gathering of the early
,rops. The absolute necessaries of
ife are within the reach of all,
although the poorer classes of the
population have experienced terri
lie hardships in the last few months,