The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-07-23
Geographic Summary.


nave Deeu eleCted from the executive Wlhn-
sion by the military authorities.
Hon. A. Upton, formerly a leading East
Tennessee Wing, died suddenly on Friday,
while at work on his farm in Carter county.
The resignation of Brigadier General
Robertk. Scott, Brevet Major General u. >.
y%oiantters, has been accepted by the PreSF
Hon. VIM. Piukloy White has been appoint
ed by Gov. Swan, U. s. Senator TO NIL the un-
expired term of Reverdy Johnson, oil Mary
land. l.5
Major General r. W. johnson, U. s. A. re
tired, has been attached as Professor OF Will
tary Science Of the Missouri State University
at Columbia, Mo. 10
The SENATE. after some discussion, confirm
ed, on Wednesday the Nomination of Hon.
VIM. NJ. Evarts, Attorney General Of the Uni
ted States.
Three buildings in Weehawken, N. j., oc-
cupied by some twenty or thirty families,
were burned Wednesday morning. Loss
20,O00.
The death Of Hon. Edward Coles, one OF
the early governors of Illnois-from 1922 to
1s2G-is announced. He died at Philadelphia
on the TN inst, in theS2 scar Of his age.
II is nndetstooAt liAt Hon. W. p. Rowland
will shortly be sworn In as Lieut.. Gov, OF On
tario; also, that Sir Francis Hincks viii sue
coed Lord Monck az Governor Of Canada
FELTON,, associated with cashier Martin, OF
the Boston Hide and Leather Bank, in the de-
irauding in that institution, has boon held for
trial in default of thirty thousand dollars bail.
The reports Of outrages in tho Pennsylys,
mia mining regions are alse, ltaaems almost
positive thattho roTDrte wefe All circulated
by Interested parties, to raise The price OF
coal. t.isH sTAr .
"a Eight head Of 6ne fatQstleS WORTH from
s15Oto k1s0teach, dropped dead NJ tho Coy
ington, Ky, stock yards. Three valuable
4, horseB IN C%oviugtun and fve in ciuchinaui
died from the effaoss Of the hot weather.
Washington bpecials cay that soNsrd has
purchased Sonora and Sinaloa from Mexicoj
also that Minister Burlingame has negotiated
with Seward a treaty of Between
the United States and China. #
Con. Candy has issued an order to the mil
itary officers in South Carolina T. cease to oX-
eroise any authority in civil attaiTse when the
President announces the adoption OF the con-
stitutional amendment.
A negro named Ben String, while crossing
Bayou bridge, on Jackson street, Memphis,
was shot and killed. Being 1nfstaken Tor q
notorious horse thief, he was ordered to halt,
and failing to do 30, was shot down.
The hot weather Of the past fow days seems
to have extended all over the country. The
mercury has rangedtrom 80 to LOG dogreest IN
the shade, at midday. Cases Of sun-stroEe
hayo been numerous everywhere.
Tho Senate has confirmed ]. s. Watts as
Chief Justice Of New Mexico; L. W. Willott,
as Receiver of Public Moneys, Sacramento
Cali n. r. MuyheWs US boNeIlheut hNtOi'
ney OF Montana. '.
Michael j. Oanta and Chas. Burke, two U.
s. soldiers, have been sentenced to be exocu'
ted on the 2sth Of August, at White Plains,
N. T., for tho murder OF Miss Ellen Hicks n
1866.
Deaths in New York for tho week ending
the 18th. wore GA, or 2Ol moro than last
week. The increase was caused by cholert
iufantum and sun stroke during the very hot
days we have had, and other casualties.
The story that Judge Fielding Hurst had
been seized by a party Of maraudors at Iur
dy, McNairy county, Tennessee. and thai
his tongue had been cut out, proves to be
hoax. SO
General Stoneman has appointed James S
Upon Judge OF the Fifteenth Circuit Cour1
Of Virginia, vice Fulton, resigned. Anothci
registration before tho August election take
place is being prepared for at military head
Aboat containing n party. Of five who wer,
attending a picnic at Abingdon, Mass, OF
Wednesday, given by tho Boston. Universe
list Society, was cap4iZed, and Susan 5
wheeler, a little girlffiirteon years Of age
From all quarters, both Of the Unite,
States and Canada, come accounts OF theeN
ceHsiyo heat and deaths by sun stroke. III
mercury marked above q hundred degrees II
many places on wednesday, ana tho woHthe
Is considered the hottest in many years. o.
The President has nominated to the Sen
ate Anthony +. Campbell, postmaster a
Brooklyn, Sherman Day, Surveyor Genera
of California, Thos. j. Brown, Chief Justie
Of the Supreme Court of Idaho, and VIM. Nj
Stafford aud Hiram Knowles as Associate JUS
tees Of the Supreme Court OF Montana.
The jewish Orphan Asylum, in Cleveland
was dedicated on the l4th. Gov. Hayes AM
staf, end a large number Of citizens an
strangers, were present, The procession va
large and tho ceremonies interesting. Ad
dresses were delivered by Rev. DR.. Kluberg
Of Louisville, b.. +. Peixotte, Of New Yorl
Rev, DR.. Wise, Of Cincinnati, and others.
The force OF the Freedmen's Bureau in a
states where 1t 10 in operation will be muc
reduced in n short time. Orders have alread
been issued for reducing expenses in Ken
lucky on the 10th inst, and by that time IN
Bureau will be operated In that state wit
less than half the expense oflast year. 1t
also intended 20 place the other states
the south on the same footing al soon a
Foreign.
The cholera is disappearing Rom the islam
o fCuba. Nrn
II ia reported that the Spanish governmer
has declared martial lay in the province
Caledonia.
a- A son of the late King Theodorus OF Ably
sinia has arrived in England, aud gone to d
borne on a visit to the Queen. u
900 The yellow fever has broken ont, and sevel
shocks Of an earthquake have Peen fet
Ecuador. .vfr.i
Ismael Pasha, the viceroy Of Egypt, hi
married a daughter OF Abdul Megid, II
Turkish Minister. .
The generals recently arrested in spain I,
political causes, have been banished TO u
Canary Islands.
A collision occurred in Monaghan, Irelan,
on the 18th, between Orangemen and Papist
in which -four Of the latter were wounded
Adyices from China say that the rebels ha'
finally retired from the vicinity Of Tein TsinI
having abandoned all hopes OF gaining 4
place. .rrf
At the trial Of reGping machines Of Il
world, which took place in Berlin on the III.
the English reapers were decided 10 be sup
rior 10 those OF America, and TOOK the inte
national prize.
Dispatches from Madrid say that at a T
view OF tho troops in and around that city
the 14th, tho commanding general made
speech 70 the soldiers, warning them again
making any demonstration Of sympathy Wi
the late movement against the Queenisi go
ornmehtg The country isreported tranqu
By virtue of the provisions Of the natura
cation treaty recently, concluded betwe!
North Germany and the United states, Il
former government has stayed all prosee
lions against the adopted citizens QfIAIperi
of German birth. Those who haye been sc
fenced or imprisoned VIII be released fort
with. ,.--.. ... N fs..tr.
The reports OF the political situation
Spain are obscure and contradictory. NQI
liable accounts Of the conspiracy which led
the arrest Of Duke de Montpenzer and othe
have been received from any source.
stringent censorship IL maintained by I
spanish Government which prevents I
transmission ofpolitical news by telegraph.
AGooD SroRY is told Of an America
merchant who, a few Sundays since, we
into a fashionable London church, a fC