Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1868-04-16
For PREsrDESr OF THE UNITED STATES
Gen. ULYSSES S. GRANT,
OF ILLINOIS.
NEWS ITEMS.

Golden Circle. Its ooJects eeen9 W os uie
uurder of inofsnding Union men.
The steamer Sea Bird, running on Lake
N;cb;pan, was burnt on the 9th, and all
on board, near one hundred, perished ex-
cept three.
Edward s. Durdy has been confirmed as
U. s.Judge for the District of Nebraska.
The Ohio House of Representatives has
passed bill to prevent soldiers in the ma
tional Asylum at Dayton from voting. ne
democrats will never forgive the soldier iof
fighting the rebels.
Texas has voted in favor of convention
under the reconstruction laws.
The Nevada Republican State Convention
met at Carson on the 9Th, and elected dele
oates TO the Chicago Convention. General
Grant was the unanimous choice for President.
The resolutions adopted approve of the recon-
struction measures of Congress, and impeach-
ment
Threatening letters received by Congress
men. supposed to be from the "Kuklux Klan,"
have excited SO much uneasiness that con-
ference was held at the War Department on
the 9th, to devise means for discovering the
leaders and suppressing the organization.
A shooting affray occurred on the 5th at
Hampstead. Texas, growing out of the muir
der of Mr. Saunders the Friday previous
Three whites were killed and two severely
wounded. Two blacks were wounded, one
while in the act of going for physician.
The latest reports from Arkansas give the
new constitution $40 majority.
The Legislature of Connecticut will be
composed of l2 Republicans and 8 democrats
in the Senate, and the House Of 13O Republi-
cans to l0s democrats. Do you call that
democratic victory?
jackson higgins, of Galesburg, Illinois,
was killed by the Sheriff the other day, from
whom he was attempting to escape. He had
been arrested for an attempted rape on his
ep-daughter and for stealing.
Mrs. Myra Clark Gaines has been finally.
after litigation of thirty-six years, sustained
by the Supreme Court of the United States
in her claim to the property of her father,
Daniel CLARK, formerly of New Orleans.
The bombastic and threatening placards of
the Ku-Klux Klan were posted on the fences
and walls of Louisville on Wednesday night.
John B. Howard, an Confederate soldier,
was assassinated at Selma, Alabama, on the
9th, by some one unknown. This is the fourth
white man assassinated since the war, and
no arrest made.
The fruit in the neighborhood of st. Louis
is all killed.
The Michigan constitution has been de-
feated by about $4,000 majority.
They are to have an underground railroad
in New York city.
Wisconsin, on the 9th, voted for a Supreme
Judge. The Republicans carry the-state by
an increased majority on last years vote
They also show large gains in city and town
elections.
Gable DISPATCHES bring the gratifying as
surance that letters from DR. Livingstone have
been received in England. His explorations
in Africa are about concluded, and he is to
return home soon.
Washington special says the bill relative
20 Jurors, before the Senate, will allow the
courts in the case of Surratt and JEFF. Davis
to summon jurors from any State in the
Union.
The full vote of the election in Connecticut
is 99,323, being larger by 5000 than was ever
before cast in the State. Gov. English's ma
jority is LBS.
Governor Hayes and lady received the
Legislature. State officers and other friends
last night, in honor of Governor Fairchild, OF
Wisconsin, who is on visit.
Two inches of snow fell in Chicago on Sun
day. At Pittsburg they had five inches.
The indications are, from the action of the
Senate on Saturday, that the impeachment
trial will close this week. The indications
also are that the President will be found
guilty, as charged
Two wards of New Haven, Connecticut
where the foreigners do most abound. give
English over 1900 majority, or about 500
more than he has in the entire State.
The bishops of the Methodist Episcopal
Church have named Friday, April "a, as a
day of fasting and prayer in the church. and
have recommended its observance by the
membership. 1t is the day on which the
General Conference Of the church will open
in Chicago.
The National Division of the Sons of Tenn
perance convenes in Nashville on the 9Th of
May. Delegates will be on hand from all the
States in the Union, and Canada.
The Oldest doctor in the world, Prof. F.
Verdugo, Salamanca, Spain, died lately, aged
los years, He had praeticed medicine SO
years.
man describing church in Minnesota,
writes to friend: "No velvet cushions in
ctr pews. We don't go in for style. The
fattest person has the softest seat.''
Five hundred and seventy immigrants
passed through Columbus last week, of whom
sixty-one intend settling in Ohio.
Much damage has been done to the fruit
about st. Louis, but it is believed there will
still be fair crop.
Jacob Boo, of Hamilton, committed suicide
on the Ilth, leaving wife and four children.
Whisky.
By the falling in of the walls of burn
ing building, in Winona, Mimi, on Saturday,
John, August and Hans Hansone were killed.
and several persons severely injured.
The total number of persons on board the
steamer Sea Bird; it is now calculated, was
about seventy, of whom three only were
saved.
Gen. Buchanan, commanding the Fifth Mil
itary District, has issued an order for the re-
pairing of the Mississippi levees.
The Wyoming Methodist Conference, in
session last week at Binghampton, N. Y,
chose Rev. Drs Peck, Paddock and Clark, as