Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-04-23
NEWS ITEMS.


NEWS ITEMS.
The Virginia Convention has adjourned,
having adopted the Constitution by vote Of
81 26. It hss now to be. voted on by the
voters Of the State.
Gen. Schofeld made speech in the Vir-
ginia Convention before its adjournment, in
which he said the retention in the ConstItu-
tion of the iron clad oath would secure its
defeat. Efferts to get rid of it were, however,
unsuccessful.
Mrs. Bachelor, widcw of John Bacheioer'
vears ago hunter and trapper of note died
lately in Wesley Township, washington
County, Ohio, at the age of lO3 years.
The baltimore City Council, on the ami
versarv of the Lincoln murder, ordered the
name of Lincoln street to be changed to an
other designation.
In Michigan the majority against the con-
stitution exceeds $4,000. The majority
against prohibition is 10 900, and against BIZ
ennial Legislative sessions $4,000.
Dispatches from Lexington, Ky, give
full account of the reinterment of the re-
mains of the rebel raider. John Morgan, in
the cemetery at that place. The body was
removed from Richmond, Virginia, early
this week, and transported via Washington
and Cincinnati, in charge Of committee OF
Kentuekians, to Lexington.
They are having the "infantile disease"
in an exceedingly aggravated form In Farm
ineten, Massachusetts,. Measles prevail ev-
ery-where; the churches and schools are
closed in consequence, and business is al
most entirely suspended.
The Committee on Foreign Affairs wall,
when the House fully resumes business, re-
port bill making the appropriation required
by the treaty for the purchase of the Russian
American possessions.
The London Star announces the serious i'll
ness of the Pope, and Victor Emanuel. His
Holiness is suffering from an intestinal COM
plant, and His Majesty from sppoplectie
fits.
The Denver Tribune Publishes an account
Of the capture Of notorious leader of
gang of horse thieves, named Fox, near
Puebla. The excited populace took him out
of Jail and hung him.
The steamer Isabella, with valuable car
90 for Omaha and Sioux City, sunk at Daseirs,
in the Missouri River, on the 9th.
The Ohio Senate, on the 18th, agreed to
the House amendments to the visible admix-
ture bill, and it is now law. 1t prohibits
persons with any mixture of negro blood
from voting.
The Lincoln monument in Washington
yvas dedicated on the 18th. 1t stands IN
front of the City Hall, consists OF pillar
thirty-fve feet high, surmounted by cslos-
sal statue of Lincoln, all of white marble,
and was procured by voluntary contributions
of the citizens of Washington, costing S7.UOO.
A large crowd was present, including the
Masonic brotherhood and other civic organi-
cations.
The Legislature has unanimously adopted
the fourteenth amendment to the Constitu-
ton of the United States, and elected B. r.
Rice and R. Mcdonald United States sena-
tors for Arkansas. The whole Congressional
and Senatorial delegation will leave at once
for Washington.
It is confidently expected in Washington
that the trial of Jeff. Davis will commence
immedlateIy upon the close of the imPeach-
ment case. a special vsnire of sixty jurors
has been ordered in Richmond for the case.
The steamer Lexington was blown to
pieees In terrible wind storm, at Vicksburg'
ON the l4th. No lives lost.
terrible railroad disaster occurred on tie
Erie railway on the 18th. A number OF cars
were thrown from the track by broken rail-
and down an embankment of one hundred feet
One of the cars took fire, and numDer oi
passengers were burned to death.
General Sherman's residence, in st. LOUIS
was robbed Of quantity of silver ware on
the l4th, by burglars.
Bishop Hawks of the Episcopal church
died in St. Louis on Sunday last.
Dispatehes show that the Republicans have
carried Louisiana.
There was mass convention of soldiers at
Ironton, ohio, on Saturday. 1t was largely
attended and very enthusiastic. Col Geo. N
GRAY presided. An executive committee
with auxiliary committees in every township
was appointed. The resolutions indorsed
Gen. Grant for President, approved the i'm
peachment of johnson, and favored schemes
for the benefit of the soldiers. Delegates
were appointed to the National Soldiers
Convention, which is to be held in Chicago
on the 18th of May. Strong speeches were
made by Governor Powell, General Enchos
T. N. Davy and others. The Convention
lasted the entire day, and adjourned with
three rOusing cheers for Gen. Grant.
Dispatches received from South Caroline
indicate the ratification of the Constitution by
alarge majority.
Reports are favorable for full crops of wirea'
and oats in Tennessee this year.
@ Hon. K V. WHALEY, late mem
ber of Congress from West Va, has
been confirmed as Collector of Gus
toms at Brazos Santiago, Texas.