Idaho semi-weekly world. (Idaho City, Boise County, Idaho Territory) 1867-1868, 1867-06-01
NEWS ITEMS.

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Mrs SCHELL, who brought suit against the
rich Gen. Fl. M. Naglee Of San Francisco, has
refused to compromise for $1,000, but has
withdrawn the suit and purposes publishing all
LOf Naglees letters to her during the time ne
was engaged in the war, in most of which let
tiers he severely criticised the conduct and abll-
i ty of leading military and civil officers OF the
Government The correspondence is said to
be very racy.
SENATOR GARRET DAVIS refused to sup
port the regular Democratic ticket in Ken
lucky In the late campaign, and went to the
support of the Bramlette faction. The Demo-
crazy carried the whole State by nearly $4,000
over the Radicals and the Bramlette faction
both. h
FLANDERS, Radical candidate for Delegate
to Congress i'll Washington Territory, is charged
with having Joined the Good Templers, for pO-
litical effect, but on Puget Sound, finding
" temperance to be unpopular, he declared
that he had never joined the Templers, and, to
prove it, drankscOpiously.
A BosToN paper says: !" Although some of
our hotels do refuse to accommodate cOlored
people, and the community generally is disin-
clined to recognize them as men and brethren,
the unfortunate race receives recognition from
the military authorities"
THE Radical Legislature of Tennessee has
passed law allowing negroes to vote, but pro-
hibiting them from holding office. When the
bill passed there were in the galleries of the
House 153 negroes and only II whites. The
negroes Kissed.
WHEN the vote on the Eight Hour Labor
bill was taken in the Massachusetts House,
only 1O7 of the 240 members were present.
Think of 133 independent legislators d0dg-
ing vote on bill for the benefit of working
men, -
J. Nicely JOHNSON, Ex-Governor Of Neva-
da, has been appointed by Gov. Blasdell as As
sociate Justice of the Supreme Court of that
State, to fill the vacancy Occasioned by the
death of Justice Br0snan.
IT is authoritatively denied that large sums
of money and valuable presents had been sent
to Jefferson Davis during his incarceration IN
Fortress Monroe, as has been reported in Rad
ical papers. esf
IT is a noteworthy fact for all working men
that in California there is not Democratic
paper which opposes the workingman's move
ment, while every prominent Radical paper
takes side against that movement.
w. A. Cornwall, Assistant Internal Rev
enue Collector in San Francisco, has been found
guilty of attempting to extort money from the
rich Mr.. Hayward of Amador county, by black
mail, on his property assessment.
Ex-GoV. ANDREW of Massachusetts, is in
trouble. He was paid $4,000 for advocating
license law in that State, and the teetotalers
say he took it as bride, after he pledged him.
self to sustain their doctrines and measures.
MICHAEL, REESE, of San Francisco, has
filed an appeal bond in the case Of Mrs. Clark
against himself for breach of promise, in which
the District Court awarded her $4,000 dam
ages. He means to fight the case through.
Col. john O'NEAL, of Alturas county, has
twenty-five teams heavily laden on the road,
with machinery for his quartz mine, soon to
arrive. -
THE Ny. Evening Post says negro woman
was the first to suggest erecting monument
to Abraham Lincoln.
THE Richmond Times says of the Russian
America purchase !" it is paying seven mil
lions Of dollars for sucked orange
j. T. BLOOMFIELD, of Eugene City, has
been elected Grand Master of the Odd Eel
lows fraternity in Oregon.
The Nevada State prison, in Carson, was
burned to the ground, May LIST. None of the
prisoners escaped It was no doubt set on fire.