Arizona miner., 1868-01-25
LATEST EASTERN NEWS
Dates to December als.


 A Montgomery, (Ala) despatch of h.. Der 23d, states that some officers or ,bop' mems Bureau, who were trying to swi,%' the negroes, were tarred and banisbod ''''''' The State Treasurer of Georgia bo. r,e.. to pay the expenses incurred in runpinn n woolly Convention at Atlanta Tho ''e niggers and their white @ allies dem,1S 1S's S4o,OOO "'Daed Hon. C. A. Humphrey, represents,ir. Congress from the Eighth Ohio Dis,,;o. ;" brutally murdered recently, by his ov.n 'a in fit of insanity. 'O"' A Memphis despatch of Dec %, says. s., eral riots occurred here yesterday. Ono liceman and several negroes were killed f' There is some talk of Judge S,o,l Field as Democratic candidate for ,bo n. '' idency.
 The election of Eugene C,tsscriv as r. e Senator from California, gives great .,t.s. ton in the East, to Democrats and co,.,- ative Republicans.
 A Washington dispatch of Dec. 2s .,r.. Gen. Grant has issued orders to-day Lr 4 rccton of the President, removing Gen o.i who is directed to turn over his comr,rd .. Gen. Gallear, and proceed to San Franci.,, ,' take command of the District of Cal;f,,,.. Gen, Mcdowell is ordered to assume C., Ord's command as soon as relieved.
 Gen. Pope is relieved and ordered ,o n. port at Headquarters of the Army. c., Meade is appointed Pope's successor.
 Gen. Swayne of the Freedman's Bnrc.r i, ordered to rejoin his regiment.
 A despatch dated New York, Dec. sI .,v, Judge Clark, in the Supreme Court, decided yesterday that gold and silver are not il. lawful money of the county but merchant. able commodities; notes make payable 0 gold must be paid in gold, or in currency at same valuation.
 The American Print Works, at Fall Riyr Massachusetts, were burned on the morrj,, of December l5.
 Some English religionists have presented Napoleon with Bible. The Paraguayans and Brazillians are s1 ! fighting In a recent fight, the former vs,e victorious. The latter lost about 4,ma killed, wounded and prisoners.
 In the House of Representative, Dec. M q resolution was offered declaring that Con. gress would persist in and carry cut its rtta. strn -iion .-.liry at all hazards and make s.,. sons of every color equal before the hv. | passed by strict party vote-ysss, llli nays, 32.
 A Herad dispatch says great distres eIss among the people of the South. The ncrOa were saucy and oyerbearing. and frsn wc entertained of general outbreak
 By order of Gen. Canby, Grand Moga, of South Carolina, the Convention yl have met at Charleston on the l4th inst
 A State Convention of dis Union Ieasp,r met at New Orleans, Dec. 2oeh, and hoalas ted Chief Justice Chase for the PrsdGq
 The TriJase, in an editorial on the HHTa of Gen. Ord, says Gen. Grant, in the FUrz of reconstruction, is n mere clerk, and lES power, no responsibility, and is nothirs Sos than checked pawn on the politica che''- board, while the President controls ihsgue IL says if Grant has any power neE ae time for him to show 1t.
 The Horld approves of the remMd. rd thinks that the Presidents strange nals endorsing Gen. Hancock wac an indirect pss of explaining the reason for the Presiss't action, by announcing the prineiPies sd'ii" by Gen. Harcock which must govern oiis Military Districts.