The West Virginia journal. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1864-1877, 1869-04-21

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transportation Of their mails, should be PFC.
served, protected and maintained.
Nationality Of our Army.
DuHng the late war It was n favor
lite practice of English writer's and
other persons sympathizing with tho
rebels, to assert That the federal army
was almost wholly composed OF for
eigncrs. with onlyn trifling proportion
Of native Americans. From the nd
vance sheets OF Pro fcssor Is. 4. Gould's
new work on Statistics..wc condcnsc
the followin. official statement Of tho
nationality OF white soldiers IN the
Union army from the loyal States nnd
territories. excluding the Pacific coast:
Native Americans ..,.saadp SF csn ''s
E sr'sliS american" . go. .:.. s % 81 81
t ta.rn - i!isS sa
P Porsisn SfS'T a%.lyi,y unknown *;
Total =. ......................2,O ls,a0 1000
Nationality ~ distinguished from
nativity Professor Could has not con-
sidcrcd. but the fact that our army was
not m alien one is proved conclusivcly
by these iiSurcS.-Eccnihy Post.
PEOPLE IN st. Louis from New
Mexico, and army officers from tho
PIaius, say they anticipate the worst
Indian war this summon ever known.
The Indians are concentrated. They
will sell their skins, get their ammuni-
ton, arms powder and lead, and when
the grass is strong, about July, they
will make general warfare on the
whites.
MShty.Six female clerks employed
in the Registrars office Of the Treasury
Department, were dismissed Wcdncs.
day. One hundred mud fifty more arc
to be discharged. Their places will
not be- filled, us the reduction Is intcn-
died. 10 be permanent. Some male.
clerks will also DO dismissed Mt tho
same time, and still n larger number
will be removed on the lst Of May.
THE FRUIT PRospIcr.-Farmers re.
port that under the influence Of tho
recent snow storms aud the succeeding
cold atmosphere, nothing 10 growing
in this locality, not even grnss. Tho
prospect for fruit IN tllis part OF the
State Is considered very good.
FRENCH papers report active pre-.
parations for war; recent orders have
been received at ChcrbourS to arm NIL
the iron-clads before the lst or May.
SOME or TILE REcoxsrRrcr.- We
heard OF West Virginia rebel tho
other day. says the CIarkSburg, Tele.
graph, who boosted that hc was tho
best reconstructed. rebel in all tho
State. Why" continued he, al am
not only in favor Of the Fifteenth
Amendment, but the Sixteenth ono
Also .... ,.t .-..S, ~.
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Tho Ravcnswood Ne,es reports the
wheat crop IN Jackson County looking
finely aud promises a good yield. Tho
same paper says tho roads In that sec.
ton arc almost impossible. ,t...s,7Zss.'
Silver IN WEST VERONA Just
discovered, avcin of silver and lead of
about four feet IN thickness, aud under
lying large extent OF the mountains
adjacent to tho Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad. The orc has been examined
by several competent mincralogists,
and pronounced very rich In silver
Richmond Dispatch. "
A wretch, who put powder In the
stove Of q public school.house, near
baltimore, had the = satisfaction Of
knowing that eight boys wcro injured
and two girls fatally burned By the cx-
plosiol: So ~. :. 4,
scrape down your fruit trees and
clear out oil the places where insects
can find q home. Look to; the roots Of
your peach trees and see that the " orm
Is disposed Of: \ a,.i; rs
josh Billings Says aDiles arc tho
sorest things sov their size on rekord,
and M kross tow the'touch az setting
hen, or az dog with a fresh bone"
;. "Pride goeth before q fall" ;Itofter
goes before waterfall. !,