The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1855-03-17

NeW Hampshire eleCtOn. fartlCuldrS next
week. At Meredith, the floor of the town
hall gave away, and 300 men fell; several
were killed, and l60 had broken bones, &c.
Os- Late foreign arrivals announce the
death Of Nicholas, emperor of Russia. The
event had created the greatest excitement
and strengthened the hopes of peace. No
details are received, but it is said he died of
apoplexy.
FROM THE SEAT OF WAR--It is officially
announced by the allies that Oh the seventh
Gen. Liprandi, with forty thousand Rus.
slams and seventy guns, attacked the Turks
at Eupatoria. Omar Pacha commanded the
Turks. The battle lasted four hours, when
the Russians retired with 500 loss.
Affairs at Sevastopol remain unchanged.
Lord Raglan is reported to have resigned,
and Lucan is recalled.
Gladstone, Herbert and Graham have re-
signed, and the ministry has been recon
structed. They resigned because Roebuck's
motion was carried for a committee of in
quiry into the mismanagement of the war.
GrWe have received very fine litho-
graphic picture of the new state house at
Columbus. from Burnell & Co., who are get
ting up great gift distribution. Every sub
scriber sending them 81, gets copy of this
picture and ticket in the distribution which
is to take place when 100000 tickets are
sold. If the state house building should ev-
er be made to look half as. we'll as this pic
ture represents, it will greatly exceed our
present faith in the squat looking structure,
with its jail-like windows.
BOARD OF CLAIMs.-Congress has done one
good deed In passing an act establishing a
board of three commissioners to investigate
and report to congress upon every claim
which may be preferred against the govern
ment, showing why it should be acknowl-
edged or rejected. This was attempted six
years ago, but very generally opposed then
by the party now In power. Reason-whigs
would then have been appointed judges now
they will not be.
The presidents nominees for Judges are
MeSSrs. Blackford of Indiana, Lumpkin Of
Georgia, and Gilchrist of New Hampshire.
They are not great men, but we trust they
will prove honest, which is far more 10 the
purpose. They have chance to win an
enviable reputation or make great deal of
money, whichever they shall prefer. Not
having lately, if at all, been in congress, we
trust they will choose the former. Tribune.
Montgomery Blair, son of Francis p. Blair,
is U. S. attorney in this court
ILLINoIs.-The Chicago Tribune says that
Gov. Matteson will not give Judge Trumbull
certificate of his election to the U. S. sem
ate. He bases his refusal on the ground that
the judge is not eligible under the clause of
the constitution which prohibits any judge
of the supreme court from accepting any
other office during the term for which he
was elected judge, or for one year after the
expiration of such term. Judge Trumbull
had resigned the office Of judge, but the term
for which he was elected has not yet expired.
No HoAx.--The Mansfield Herald says
Johnes, the travelling agent of Pierce, who is
engaged in organizing "Sag Nicht" secret
political societies, is actually a clerk at
Washington; that he was actually arrested
at that place at or about the time referred to,
for being drunk, and that he ran away with.
out coming to trial. He was so drunk that
he probably did not know the exact state Of
the case. His bail bond was made out but
not signed "and while it with other pa
pers were being prepared, he took advantage
Of the liberty which it is supposed may be
allowed to gentlemen in such cases, and has
been allowed to almost every man, drinker
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