The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-04-09
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Miscellaneous News Ilems.
The Hudson river is open.

NAFNfANNNWN" NNW' 1870
The Hudson river is open.
Deaths in New York last week, 48S.
The United States steamer Galens is OIL
dqred TO Cuba,
The Hudson river is very high, and the
ice is running out. --.rr.Fft,LT
-Theice moved out Of the Mississippi at
winona on the 3Oth, and the river ~ clear to
Lake Pepin.
There ia a great flood in the Genesee
river, and fears are entertained Of a great
destruction OF property.
An the breaks on the Delaware and lind
son Railroad and Canal have been repaired,
and the whole line is again open.
The Havana Journals publish dispatches d
/ from at parte OF the Island. The news re-
lcoived lie favorable to the Government.
The President, on the 3Oth, nominated
Gen. Charles y. Hamilton to be Marshall Of
Wisconsin. Gen. II. was a classmate Of Gen.
Grant.
The surplus funds OF the Inauguration
bail are to DO devoted 10 the purchase OF
CLARK Mills statue of the late President
lIincoln.
1t is now thought by members Of Con-
gresa OF both parties that an adjournment
sine die will not take place before the middle
OF April.
The officers and priyates-of the French
army ON leave 81 absence have been ordered
to return to Heir regiments by the first of
April.
'-Eighty-six thousand $50, OOO) of Apple
tons Journal, No. I, were disposed OF ON
Saturday, the day ot publication. A new
edition will be printed at once.
Gen. Stoneman, of Virginia, has iaaued
an order removing Gov. Wells and assuaiing
the dutids Of Tho Chro himself. Mayor Bur-
gcss, Of Petersburg, was also removed from
Office. rf..urr -
Tho steamers Peunsyivania, from Liver
pool, aud Deutschland, from Bremen, have
arrived NJ Now York The latter brings
Southampton date 80 tho 10th, and $4,000
specie. 81 IINla'taa aa.. la'.
The Washington treaty Of 1868 between
China and the United States has been re-
ccivod at Shanghai, and only waits a fitting
Pokin. GH
The COMMISSIONS Of various partioa who
were confirmCd for office IN tbs last few days
81 the former administration are vet with
held, and the subject ~ IN the hands Of tho
Attorney General,
ZThe,Herald's london special says that adj
vices from Spain render u certain that Mont
pensior was proclaimed king. Ho will arrive
N Spain within a fortnight, onthe iron-clad
Victoria, now at Lisbon.
The trial Of John II. FclIer for the muir
der Of his wife, in Toma county Iowa, in
1866, has Just terminated in a verdict Of muir
der In thesecond degree, and a sentence to
Imprisonment Tor life.
Al ice gorge tOtmeu IN the MOHAWK nv
or, on Tuesday, two miles west of Bchenecta-
dy, and tile water reached tho highest point
over known, Overlooking tho fats, subInofg-
,, ing farm houses and flooding the roads.
In the Supreme Court at Greenfield,
I, Mass, Saturday Francis II. Morrill, and An
thony Baker were convicted Of a murderous
f, assault on Thomas Wall, aud sentenced TO ten
years eaohin tho State Prison.
, Judge Rosecrans, Of the supreme Court,
: has issued an order removing to tho United
States Circuit Court the case Of Jas. f.. Fisk
-. Va. tho Union Pacific Railroad, In the Circuit
, Court, before Judge Blatehford.
Delegations from the division and anti
! division parliee Of Texas were before the Re-
i construction Committee Saturday by appoint
! ment. The Georgia bill having been taken
up by the committee, tho case was postponed
until Tuesday.
[ j. j. Noah, supervisor of internal rev.
a emu for the district of Tennoasoe, hare
3 ported to the bureau information Of an addi-
% tional seizure OF eight Illicit distilleriea In
q the fourth district Of that state, whore
troops are helping him.
J. The report published a fow days ago that
a heavy battle was fought between the gov
ernmont troops and the insurgents OF Cuba,
in the Eastern Department. on tho road FROM
Remedios to Madonis, IL untrue. The en-
G gagoment was only a slight skirmish.
LUis said ia Republican circles that the
v Committee ON Reconstruction will, seven
n I hHMAAAfN hNANA ~ AAAN NAaa AAINAA RANn NAAA
4 bill ~. assembling The original Georgia Leg
I" ~illaturo, imposing the tost oatli qualification,
" ard declaring the expulsion OF cOlored NOM
bers void.
9 In the draft Of the new Spanish Consti-
u tuition, the reign of tho King 10 not limited
10 eighteen years, az reported. Oh the con-
trary, the possession Of-the crown remains
with the King for life. and deseends to his
= heirs.
h Thore was an accident on the Chicago.
d Peoria and Wsrssw Rallroad, near Eu-
K reka, on tho 3Oth, by which tho engine
was thrown from tho track, and the En-
gineer, w. w, Morgan, killed, aud the fire.
n man, Cory, severely injured
The House Committee on Foreign Affairs
y will next make an investigation into Para
Ie guayan affairs, including the official conduct
sr OF x-MinisteT Washburn aud Rear-Admirsl
l. Bayios, and the Imprisonment OF Measrs.
ID Bliss and Masterman. Witnesses have been
summoned. NN A..--
le Intelligence from sagua statcs that a par
a ty OF young CubanA have organized them-
~ selves into a military company with the in-
10 %tentiOn Of joining the insurgents. They Eero
betrayed, however, by one Of their number.
re and all, including MeehuIio, the reputod
leader, imprisoned, Rr
n Tt ia stated that the Erie Railroad has
30 entered into n contract with tho Michigan
m Southern Railroad to build a road from Ak
Il ron, Ohio, TO Toledo, tue Erie road receiving
K therefor the right to use the trRck OF the
"a road until the 10Th OF next OCTOBER, theflght
90 renewable on expiration. u
VIM. Richardson, assistant secretary Of
n the treasury. was sworn IN Saturday. II 10
10 Understood there viii no considerable reduc-
10 tion In all the bureaus OF the Treasury De-
IN pariment ON the LIST Of April. Dismissala
p- will be made nom the least efficient and most
70 obnoxious employees, II is understood.
Currency shipped from Washington Ia
re New Orleans during the week, Sl0S,000; Ia
national banks, Sl50,OOO. Held for security
az for circulation, S3i2, 740, 600; for deposits,
SO, 24l, 1856. Total currency issued 10 date,
1913, 46S, 500. Currency redeemed during the
Nv week, 1858, $50. Total circulation, S299, s96,
IL 1928.
en- The funeral Of James Harper, OF New
an York, took place at st. Paups (Methodiht,
Church on Tuesday afternoon, and was al
tended by an immense eoncourse, including
ed the mayor, members OF the city government
and the leading merchants, bapkers and au'
thors OF the city, and book publishers from
all parts OF the country.
re- IA dispatch from Verdi, California, states
* that two engines ON the Central Pacific Rail.
Ter road ran on the track near Elko. Fourteen
.ce cars were smashed, and the conductor, two
engineers, two firemen and three brakemef
- were killed. The buildinga Of the Same com.
no pany at Truckee were destroyed by fro OF
he the 18th. Loss $4,000. .,.
U.s. Mr.. Blackstone, ono OF the firm OF Fun.
ne stem * Blackstone, picture-tfame makers, II
of Philadelphia, on the 29th, chopped his wifi
and two children 10 pieces with an AK, anG
no than drowned himself IA the Delaware River
On his bed was a paper stating that he hRC
been robbed, and was a ruined man, and CAV
~ ing this as a reason fur his murderOus acts
us He was probably insane.
~ Al Henry, H., Monday evening, q ski
~ containing Fred, >, Potter, Ills son, o lad /
ga, years old, and James Raymond, was capslze,