Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1869-04-22
NEWS ITEne-

IaborerS IN excaSatinS VIZ . n
the uorthern part OF St. Louis, hsvean esl'n. .s
srov Of Indian graves sixty feet IN isas
and 'tv.ntv.fye feet below the suriae
large ousutities of boxes. beads, coins, ana
-. ,aI;cs have been thrown up, ann the
,,1..s bas been visited by great numbers Oh
curiosity hunters
The New York Herald says: "The Senate
has. by rejecting the Alabama treaty. com
meneed the work of dissipating the fiction
that the Alabama claims constituted merely
sort of international account, easily adjusted"
The Tribune says: "The vote in executive
session rejecting this treaty was emphatic
enough, we trust, to enable our friends in
Great Britain to comprehend at least the
truth" The world says the rejection of the
Alabama treaty is no surprise, and thinks the
prospect of a satisfactory settlement under
Grants admi uistration is slender.
Mark Kirby hanged himself in station
house cell in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Thurs
day night.
RIG. January, of the firm of r. G. Janu-
ary Co., leading merchants of Maysyille,
Kentucky, fatally shot himself through the
head, on the 18th, in sudden fit Of mental
alteration.
1t is stated General SickIes has declined all
appointments offered him, and has retired to
private life on the full pay of an army Col
onel.
Elizabeth Smith, of New York, while drunk,
attempted to burn her daughter, aged SIX
wears, to death on hot stove. The woman
was arrested, and the child taken to the hos
pital; it will probably die.
The New York Sun says that Hamilton
Fish will soon retire from the Cabinet and
John G. Bancroft Davis will probably take
Fish's place.
Mrs. Huston Adams was burned to death
in Utica, Thursday night. by upsetting kero-
sene lamp.
Travel over the Union Pacific Railroad is
very heavy; large number of persons are
going TO White Pine and other mining locali-
ties.
In Savannah Ga, the weather has been very
cold 1t is reported that heavy frosts in the
interior hAYe materially injured the cotton
crop and necessitated replanting.
The New York Herald's Washington dis
patch say that at recent Cabinet meeting at
which the Cuban question was discussed,
Secretary Fish opposed any hastY steps to-
ward the recognition of Cuban independence,
holding that Spain will tire in resisting the
natural course of events on the Island, but In
case of interference it would not only ex-
haust its resources in resisting, but would
call III France and England, with whom we
would become involved in combat. Grant
has great confidence in Fish. Secretaries
Borie and Cresswell ardently favor Cuban
recognition.
French papers report active preparations for
war; recent orders have been received at
Cherbourg to arm all the iron-clads before the
lst of May. Unusual activity reigns, and
work is carried on during both night and
day.
A Havana letter says that the Cubans are
largely in favor of annexation to the United
States.
Mrs. Nichols. the reported appointed Post
mistress of Lesvenworth, Kansas, is the wife
Of Gen. Nichols, deceased, late Adjutant
General of the St. Louis Military Division,
and has been appointed Postmistress at Fort
Leavenworth, nt which post her son is ira
der, The appointment gives great satisfac-
tion to militarymen and Others.
The Illinois State Legislature, Thursday,
in commemoration of the day, visited the
tomb of Lincoln. Brief religious services
were held, and before retiring the several
members entered their names in the visitors
register, and quite a number subscribed lib
orally to the monument fund.
The soldiers of the Army of the Potomac
have resolved to hold grand reunion picnic
on July at East River Park. The former
officers of that army have been rendered re-
ception by General Shaler on behalf of the
city division of National Guards, July5.
Thurlow weed has returned from South
Carolina still in feeble health.
The New York Herald says Senator Ross,
of Kansas, called on President Grant to con-
suit about nominations for his State. On
finding that the President did not intend to
make the appointments he wanted, Ross be-
came so wrathy and insulting that the Presi-
dent had TO order him from the roem.
1t is said that President Grant will soon is
sue proclamation, submitting to the people
of Virginia the constitution of that State,
with separate clauses frat, as to disfranchise-
ment; second, the test oaths; and third, the
county organizations. It is understood that
the vote will be ordered for the fourth Tues
day in May. A new registration OF voters
will be made.
a singular suicide took place the other day
in Glade township, Warren County, Penn
sylvania. William A. Brakesly, aged fifty
eight years. in good circumstances, financial
ly. but laboring under fit of insanity, went
to the woods, climbed tree and affixed one
end Of rope to a limb and the other to his
neck, then shot himself through the brain
and hung suspended by the rope He used
looking glass to assist him in taking proper
aim.
The time between the termini of the Union |
q Central Pacific Railroads is reduced TO
twenty four hours. Wells, Fargo d Co.'s
stages now make the route via the north end
Of the Great Salt Lake.
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@ Grant has no desire to please
the rebels it seems. He appointed one
Kicks for Pension agent at Knoxville,
instead of Brownlow's son-in-law, and