Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1857-08-10
TIE PnosrEcr IN OHro.-The Democratic

TIE PRospEcr IN OHro.-The Democratic |
leaders in Ohio entertain strong hopes of carry.
ing the State at the approaching election. Their
ticket, Gust nominated) for Governor, II. B.
Payne, Of Cleveland, and wm., H.. Lyttle, of
Cincinnati, for Lieutenant Governor, is Ger.
tainly : strong one. In view Of The fact Of
the disgust generated in the Republican party
ranks by the 90 frequent occurrence Of defalca-
lions on the part of their Republican State and
county officers, and of the absence of particu-
lar cause for the existence in their State of in.
tense excitement concerning the slavery ques-
ton, and, further, Of the recent nomination of
o comparatively strong American party ticket
we shall by no means be surprised If the con
test terminates as they anticipate. The chances
are certainly with them just now
LIGHr.HoUsE KEEPERS ApPoINrED.-The
Secretary of the Treasury has appointed the
following lighthouse keepers Viz: At Ump-
qua, Oregon, VIM. Z. Lewis, $500 per annum.)
Bear Island, Me-, VIM. Moore, $3.50 per an
num) vice Caleb L. Gold, removed. D..
Petit Menan, Me-, Henry Tracy $500 per
annum) vice John P. Small removed; and at
the same lighthouse, as assistants lat $3.50 per
annum) Edward Leighton and David C. Gothic
rell, vice Darius Pickett and Alfred Moore re-
moved. .''
At Genesee, New York, Lorenzo D. Wood,
assistant $3.50 per annum) vice Samuel Phil
lips removed. -
MINNESOTA INDIAN AYPA1Rs.-A letter has
been received from Major Sherman, dated Fort
T..l,, ia L.
with his battery of Light Artillery from the
Yellow Medicine, and states that his unexpect-
ed appearance there struck terror to the Indi-
ans, and probably saved the Sioux agency.
This, in the absence of other official dispatches,
confirms the telcgraphic advices of the 18th nj
timo, stating that all is quiet there now.
NAVAL OFFICERS RESIGNED AND TRANS
FERRED.-Third Assistant Engineer Granville
Toucey Pierce has resigned.
Lieut. Il. B. Lowry has been detached from
the United States receiving ship North Caro-
lima, at New York. and ordered to the United
States steamer Michigan, on the Northern
Lakes, and Lieut.. John E. Hart has been or
dered to relieve him on board the receiving
ship. -
A<AND w uC utuduu LULU
Warrants is less active, and the market may be
quoted as follows, viz:
Buy'g, per acre. Sell'g per acre.
40 acre warrants. 81 .lO...........Sl.12
~ " 9o........... 70
100 4" ......... 4............ W
Ky .:......:. W.. .,.,....
In New York, the market Is quoted dull, at SO
for l20's, and 81 for 1905 and SOS.
APPoINrED.-S. G. Jameson, temporary
clerk in the Pension Bureau, has been trans
ferred to permanent first class clerkship (SI,-
200 per annum) in the same office, from n
temporary clerkship therein, in place of H. II.
Goodloe, promoted to a second class clerkship-
81 400 per annum.
President BUCHANAN is expected to leave
Bedford Springs to-day for Washington, as an.
ticipated a few days ago in the Star. He will
rest by the way tonight, either at Cumberland
or the Relay house, reaching here tomorrow.
An EsCUrcHBoS.-W beg leave to recon-.
mend to that remarkable woman, Mrs Cum
ningham, the following for her coat-of-arms:
r. Fiat Jmstitia, ruat (rue iD Cunningham
On q field dor, of course.