The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-11-11
THE NEWS.

THE NEWS.
The Governors Of most of the States
have already appointed Thursday the
18th day of November next, as a day of
Thanksgiving and Prayer, 10 accord
ance 9Th the Proclamation Of the Pres
idoDt.
'Ghs proof hes been obtained W thin a
few days past that the plate from which
the spurious issue was printed i'sn elee
lrotype from tho original plate, Of the
7-3o BoRlg.
President Grant recommends that the
NebsAska Legislature be convened this
winter for the purpose of voting on the
Fifteenth Amendment. There is no
regAsr session until January, 1871
The dwelling Of Nathan DOwuy in
H,rwick, Mass, was destroyed by FIRE
on the LIST inst. and his only chidrrn,
two littleSt', aged and years per-
rished.
The Virginia gard North Carolina
scOunterfeiting combinations ore being
fradunlly ferretted out BY the Treasury
detectives T0oaeco manufacturers. ex.
revenue officers. printers, engravers and
others sre in ring which jevOres its
time and attention TO the making aud
susing Of counterfeit tobacco stamps,
The following is the opinion of the
Richmond Wing on the recent elections
-rAsd fspusrl-saip: The efec.
or these eTeGuUUs cannon ran ~ &c ITS
,cObtlging 10 tbs Democracy, and may
possibly lead 10 temporary dissolution
n the party as national organization"
The Pttsburg Dispatch hhks the
rumor that the Secretary of the Treasury
hss in contemplation an early resump-
tion Of specie payments is put Grword
by The gold gamblers, who it thinks are
running down the premiums with view
to ,anoIher grant, campaign for rise.
Agrcul,uriss in California are turning
their attention to the raising of opium.
The poppy plant, it is found, will grow
there almost without cultivation, and the
gathering Of the juice Of heads of which
opiom consists, is os simple 40 opera
,rion as the rmakias of maple sugar
Raw opium is worth about $50 pound,
and it will be seen that the pecuniary in
,ducements TO ,ambark in The business are
very great,
The people of Forrest. Ohio, were
awakened on the morning Of the 26th
ullimo, between two aud three o'clock,
by several large explosions in the south
.ornspartSt the heavens. They were Of
such force as ic shake honses ond shat
ter window glass AT Kenton, Hard
ing lounty. Ohio, oscillation Of beds,
rafting of doors aud windows, and cha
king Of buildings alonmed sao whcls
population. The alarm at both these
places. seems 10 have been caused by
meteor, probably tia same one which
,was noticed at Dayton.
The celebrated cotton case of thelUni,
tied States against Verne0 X. Stevenson
.waslatrly decIdedby Judge Nelson, Of
the United States Circuit Court, in fay
.or of Stevens0-, holding that the cotton
IN question never belonged to The Con.
.IedsrAleStales, and instead Of being
shipped TO New York, in violation of the
s~tS,of Congress, itRas shipped from a
Confederate port to a foreign country, in
violation Of The blockade, to the port Of
WilpingIen, BIT this fSct could not
change the title Oftne property, or EQEk
a forfeiture Of the same to the United
States unless seized as prize Of war.
The Nashville UaioH makes public
rmenliOn of Andrew Johnson late PreSi'
dent of the United States, Getting 10 all
the grand and lofty dignity ofhi' nat.
,ure 10 tho Tennessee House Of Repre-.
.senlsliycs. on the 81 Instant, asa priv
ate. cilzon. and tells US that "be looked
calmly aud soreneIV upon tho proceed
ing, Of bis feIlow.cilasns in couoor 4"
lust asir he-hadn't Just been refussjs6y
them tho privilege Of bringing his con.
.au'ior End ,te flag tito the Senate
Chamber Of the Urilei sa,et,