The Jeffersonian Democrat. [volume] (Chardon, Ohio) 1854-1865, 1859-01-28
EDITORIAL SUMMARY.

Rcaoau has offered Conchu 5000 900 to declare
Cuba independent.
A FARMER in Lawrence County, in this State,
is said to have cleared s7l so per acre on a crop
Of sweet potatoes
TIM returns show that 1903 persons were killed
and 229 injured by railroad accidents in the United
States during the past year.
The total number Of cmigrants arrived at New
York up to December Is, 1855 is 75, $50, against
le2,s92 to same time in 1857.
WEDNESDAY next, February 2nd, is the day fixed
by the Wayne County Republicans for holding
their grand Jubilee, at Wooster.
TnE tonnage Of the commercial marine of the
United States is said to be 5, 1918 tons, being
an increase during the past year Of los 9G5 tons.
The New York papers announce the probable
resignation of the Secretary Of the Navy Hon
l. TouceyJ, in conseluenc Of some difficulties said
to exist in the Cabinet
A NLw Atlantic Telegraph is spoken Of between
France and America, Boston To be its termination
point on this side ur Napoleon is said to be very
enthusiastic in the matter.
IT appears from the Message of the Governor
OF New Jersey that the State debt is sl32, ,72I, and
that 'he annual receipts are 92l24OO. The Co.
vcrIor urges the payment Of the debt
HIRAM POWERS, the sculptor, has been severely
assaulted in Florence. ltay,by young Ameri
can painter who is said 10 be deranged He at.
tempted TO kill Powers and is said to have well.
nigh accomplished his object
IT is currently reported that the Rev Mr. Spur.
geon, the great English preacher, has expressed
his intention oi visiting this country in the coming
spring and the probability is ihnt he will be in
attendance at the religious anniversaries in New
York in May next
Tue Pe"pie, n new Independent American Jour.
nal, published at Boston. and edited by the Rev.
Charles W. Denison, makes the following very
sensible proposal for lSGo for President, Gov.
Chase, OF Ohio, and tor Vice.Presidcnt, Kenneth
Rayner, Of North Carolina.
QriHTrs I. ATKINS, is dead. lie died at the
residence o. his son.in. law, Mr.. f. Judson, in
Brooklyn, Oh Sunday, the 23rd inst, at the nd.
vanced age Of II years, Mr.. 4. came to Ohio in
the year Of the great Eclipse, 1906, was an officer
under General Harrison, and has led a most ex-
cmpInry life
IN the Senate, on the 25th inst, Mr.. Silcll prc
sented report from the Committee on Foreign
A Hairs which goes to show that Cuba must be
eventually annexed to The United States. not only
from lis geographical position, but because the
agrnndlzlng appetite of the present administration
cannot be satisfied without it,
TIE news hon l.cavcnworth to the Goth inst
is to the effect that Montgomery has voluntarily
surrendered to the authorities and that he now
awaits his trial on charge Of completely in the
late troubles on the southern border. While
1t is reported that Brown has left the territory
No excitement now exists, nor is there any trou.
ble expected
Tue Golden Age arrived at New Orleans on the
22nd inst, from Panamn she brourht 80 pas.
sengers. 81 200 ,OVO in specie Tor New York, and
sioSopo tor Europe. Business at San Francisco
stagnant and money scarce The Legislature or
gHni1ad on the ith inst and elected w. C. STRAIT.
ton Speaker. The accompanies have large
majority in both branches
O'DoNNrLL, in the Spanish Chambers, is said to
have expressed great surprise and Indignation at
the proposition contained in President Buchanan's
Message in reference to the purchase of Cuba
tic declared most empha aricaly that Spain would
neUer ccde any of her territory and that the Co
vernmcnt was disposed TO demand sa ;isfaction for
the insult We have not the least doubt but
that she would do so were it not for the cackling
and Growing of the Columbus Cocks Cox
Tvs Editorial Convention me, at the Phi,lips
House, on Wednesday of last week about thirty.
'our mclnhers were present aud the Convention
was organized 10y the selection of John Saxton, o
the CaXlon Rfpo'iiors, as President John S. Her
rick and David Clark as Vice Presidents; and w
B. FairchiIds and c. Parmentcr as Secretaries. -
The reports show the society to be working bar
moniously. The members Of the Convention
IN tie evening discussed, with editorial guslo, q
splendid supper prepared for them by host Phillips
TnE citizens OF Geauga County will learn with
regret of the death Of Mr.. jacob Perkins, OF War.
rem, TrumbuIl Co.. which took place a, Havana
on "Wednesday morning, the I7th of January
Mr. Perkins graduated at Yale College, was a
man OF marked ana thorough strength of talent,
moral hrmness and urhanity OF manner The
deceased was unnssuming and sought not political
pre:ormont he was sent from Trumhuli County
to the Convention for forming State Convention,
and Notwithstanding that he was on the side OF
the minority, not n man had more personal inGu.
ence than he in that Convention. Mr. T. was
/ about 80 ycals of age his died OF consumption OF
which disease his wife also died some eighteen
months since.
No LESS than three fires occurred in Cleveland
on the night OF the 18th instant, one in Smith &
ltoopers sonp and candle factory; loss So 600 in.
sured Tor 81 800 in Eastern companies A second
hire occurred in two barns in East Cleveland, IN
which four yoke of premium cattle were destroy.
ed this fire is supposed To have been the work of
ncendiuries. The third fire occurred in Scoyile,s
Block, the upper STORY Of which was burned; loss
$4,000 amount OF insurance unknown But's
hat and cap store was damaged by water, but is
covered by $4,000 insurance in Eastern com.
panies. Fiske's drug store and SheIty's tailoring
stock were also badly damaged; the former in
sured in Eastern companies tor 81 900, the latter
uninsured. The heaviest loss is in the law IIbrar.
/ les and office furniture.
| FRANCE and Austria still continue s1uarinr off
at each other, the former is said to have sent n
rery impoiite note to the latter threatening 10
pitch in" If she tAustrial persists in sending
her troops across the Servian Frontier While,
on the other hand, the reports from Italy are so
alarming, that Austria is in n state of perpetual
| fear lest she may lose her despotc sway in thu,
portion of the EARTH and is, therefore, putting the
! garrisons OF Lombardy upon a war footing. AT
MiaR an outbreak is almost hourly expected in.
deed there are sumors in circulation tina that citv
is already in state of siege Cromona and Mo.
dena is in perfect .firOre, and set-to" is said
have come off at the former place between the
Austrian and Hungarian soldiers, but which Of