The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-02-26
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"A new trial has been ordered of the
Wilkinson libel suit against the Chicago Tft-
bune.
L. Alvin Hunt, late night editor Of the
New York World, died at Unadilla, new
York, Sunday, OF consumption, aged rs.
Rev. Hart L. Stewart, of Chicago, whose
divorce from his wife created intense excite
ment q year ago, died in Evanston, near Chi
cago, on the 10th.
The Richmond Grand Jury has found. an
Indictment of murder against James orant
for killing II. Rives Pollard. The trial COM
menoes next Monday. rrEnE
Secretary Seward has granted leave q
absence to several Of our ministers abfoau,
including Reverdy Johnson, who desires 70
return home for q short time.
VIM. McCutcheon has been sentenced to
imprisonment for life on the plea OF murder
in The second degree Tor the h0ml9lue ol
James Standby, in New forl9 last OctoDer'
Tho Boston, Hartford and Erie Road
will be completed TO Brewster station, on
tho Harlem road, some time next fau.
About 8, 600 men are employed along the nue.
The most severe slcet storm that has
visited Central Maine for years occurred on
the 10Th. Hundreds of trees are completely
ruined, and the roads art almost impassablo.
"A little daughter Of Moses CORTLAND,
living in Eminence, Kentucky, came TO her
death, a few days since, by having had q pot
OF boiling bean soup poured down herthroat
by a negro woman.
"A Washington special says that the de-
bate in the Senate Committee on foreign
Relations, to-day, on the Alabama treaiyi
showed that not a single member was IN H.
vor Of its ratification.
1t is understood that the members OF
A. I.aAA MunImNlU
Gen. Sohoield and Mr.. Eyarts, VIII tender
their designations on or before the 4th ei
March, 10 take effect that day
Samuel soofeld, an English miner, COM
mitted suicide by blowing his brains out
with a pistol, in Henderson, Kentucky, on tue
18th. The desperate act was caused by DC
precision of spirits, resulting from sickness
The President OF the Senate has APP
pointed as committee 10 make arrangements
Tor the inauguration OF General Grant az
pres,dout. Senators Yates, Of Illinois, Car.
| gin. Of Now Hampshire, and McCreery, Of
Kentucky. ts
Tho committee appointed by the Union
League Club OF New York to memorialize
Congress- for a change in tho naturalization
laws, have gone to Washington. Their me-
mortal In 600 feet in length, and contains over
q, 900 signatures.
Andrew Isaacson, a Swode, aged thirty
eight or forty years, died at Dos hloinos on
Sunday morning. He IL u stranger, and II
thought TO have two danghterslh a,lnhesola
His own home was probably At ChlcGgo.-
For information address j. T.. Parrish, Dee
Moines.
Two attempts were made to burn Det
Moincs, Iowa, on the nighto OF the i4th. The
first WAS discovered in time to prevent any
serious consequences; tho second DESTROYED
two carpenter chops and contents belonging
to Nelson and Ewing, and worth $1,000 also
half of Syphor's lumber yard, worth $4,000.
The Senate has confirmed the nomina.
tons of Calvin J.. Cowles, Assayer OF the
Branch Mint at Charlotte, N. CT James II,
Hucl leberry, Attorney Tor the Western Dis
tuct OF Arkansas; Henry p. Hall, Of Maine,
and Daniel B.. Hagson, OF New York, for the
revenue service.
"A man was executed In Brigham Young's
dnminlons the other day. He was brought
ironed into the courtyard, where there was
a crowd of some four hundred, and seatedi in
a chair. lie then read aloud u chapter from
the New Testament, the irons were taken of
his hands, and, at q signal from tho Sheriff
he was shot dead.
The Senate has ratified the several Indi
an treaties negotiated at Fort Laramie by
Gems. Sherman, Harvey, Terry and Augcl
with the representatives, OF bands OF sioul
and Bannocks; who had been at war with the
| unlItu OlNlNHs 1hiFf Nv " AAAthAl "
to be located on n reservation north OF Ne
braska and west Of the Missouri River, in &C,
cordance with the policy OF tho Peace Comr
mission.
Summary OF Proceeding In Congress
SENATE, Feb 1lth.-Joint resolutions
were adopted giving the assent Of tho government
to the construction OF a bridge between Cincinnati
and Newport, and between Brooklyn and New Yorl
Dayis offered q resolution announcing the conduc
| - nA.. nYtNNFW aud gNhEF HnUHnunnNuNlWQa In Nhl
Ioint convention yesterday as diareputablc and al
insult 10 the people OF the United states.-A btl
was passed to provide for the execution OF judg
menis In capital c~ascB.-Pomeroy offered o Join
resolution giving lands to 10 the state Of Wisconsin
10 aid In the construction OF railroads In that stat
Referred. Tho Senate resumed the con
siderauon Of the currency bill. Speeches wer'
made by Conklng, Morrill, and Corbitt-A bill wa
passed striking out tho word white" from thu
laws OF the District OF Columbia end tho charter
Of Washington and Georgetown. II had been passet
twice before, but in each case within less thai
thirty days Of tue end Of the session, and failed 4
become a law because retained by the Presidents
| Several other bills OF secondary importance pass
od-Tho river aud harbor hin was taken up. Tn
nrst amendment was, TO strike out an apprOpris
ton of $4,000 for the improvement OF the Wiscon
sin river. Considerable discussion followed, Sena
tor Howe opposing the amendment. The amend
ment however prevailed and the appropriation wa
stricken out--yoas VI, nays 10, The several amend
mentl striking out or reducing tho appropriation
OF the western rivers or harbors were agreed to
among them one reducing the appropriation 70
the Chicago harbor from $4,000 TO $4,000. Thl
amendment reducing the appropriation for tn
Michigan City harbor from i3j. OO0 TO $4,000, wa
vigorously opposed by Mlesars. Morton and Hen
bricks, aud without action the Senate adjourned.
HousE.--The resolution offered by But
Ter In relation TO counting the electoral vote o
Georgia In tho Joint Convention, came up. II IA Ii
those wordsi ReSotred, That that the Houso pro
tests that the counting OF tho votes by order Of til
Vice President pro tenn, was a gross act OF oppres
sion and an invasion Of the rights and privilege
Of the House. This gave rise 20 q long and yer
shArp debate, Ia which the Speaker took part. A
length Butler modified the resolution and IL
House adjourned pending the discussion,
SENATE Feb. l2th-S Several bills wer,
introduced and reports OF committees presented
The Senate then took up the bill In relation 20 IL
public debt and currency, and after discussing
for some time, Wllliams' amendment, providing
that not more than 100000 Of currency shall b
converted In any one month, was rejected, onl
eight voting In tho afhrmaive.-In the evening SCI
sion the consideration Of the river and harbor bi
was resumed. The appropriation for removing oh
structions IN East River At Hell 0ate and othe
places was reduced TO S2l6.OOO,- Pending the dil
nussion the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE, bill was passed to pay Com
modore John A. Winslow and the officers and crSI
OF the United States steamer Kearsargs $780, OC
to be distributed as prize money. being the est
mated value OF tho rebel piraticA vessel Alabama
destroyed by the Kearsarge on the 18th OF June
1sBA-Boutwell, from the on Recon
s~tructiOn, reported q bill for the organization OF
provisional government for the State OF MisslssiI
pL Ordered printed aud re-committed II pro
Vides Tor the immediate re-assombling OF the con
stitutionRl convention which met under the recon
structlOn law. Ihe convention IL authorized I
: provide a provisional government for the state, b.
/, remodeling the present Onei 10 submit the cOnst
tuition heretofore adopted by II, TO the people, wit
or without amendments, and do such other act
as tho necessities OF the state may require, proyid
cd such convention shall not remain In eesslo
more than thirty days. The ordinances which ma