Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-05-02
GENEIsAL NEWS.

A MEMBER of the present Congress Is the
father of nineteen children.
For a simple railway station in London
.--one Of many internal metropolitan ter
mini-it Is necessary to remove no less than
GIG houses.
IT Is not true that Secretary Chase has
applied to "Simmons, the great escamo-
teur," to reduce the price of gold. Sim
mons could do 1t If he pleased but he Is an
emancipationist and will not depress the
"yellow boys" -,.- .....,,..,
SOME time ago q correspondent In the
Herald said that with proclamation OF
emancipation he could march from Wash
ington to Richmond. We wonder where
that correspondent could now be foundY
There, is grand chance for him to enter
upon that march.-Ne e,ob,uNpOrt Herald.
A New YORK paper of Friday says the
first returned sealer of the Newfoundland
fisheries arrived in Bay Roberts on Monday
night with $500 seal. She brings word Of
the loss of sixteen vessels. The average
catch must be nearly total failure, as over
one hundred vessels are jammed in the ice
In Green Bay, without any seals. Seven
hundred shipwrecked men are at Green
Pond.
A FEAT requiring some agility in the per-
former, was performed by Captain Burnaby,
Of the Royal Horse Guards, lately, near
Boveney Lock, in the neighborhood of
Windsor, England This officer undertook,
for wager, to run quarter of mile, hop
q quarter of mile, ride on horseback q
quarter of mile, and row a like distance
on the river In quarter of an hour. all Of
which the Captain duly executed, winning
with four minutes and forty seconds to
spare.
The "TaX Book" Of the city of Boston is
just out. There were thirty-five persons
who paid tax of over $4,000 last year; 5l9
who paid $1,000, and 1882 who paid $500.
Mr.. Augustus Hemmenway Is the richest
man in Boston. He is taxed on $275,OOO of
real estate and S2OO00OO of personal, or
total property Of $2275,000. The next
largest taxpayers are Alpheus Hardy and
others as trustees of the Sears estate; James
NJ. Beebe & Company; Boston Gas Light
Company; Fifty Associates; and David
Sears, (who is taxed upon 1891, 900 real es-
tate and 100000 personal, or total of ST.
19l,000.)
The Quebec (Canada) Gazette of the Goth
instant says there was an earthquake shock
In that city OH the previous day. 1t lasted
several seconds, and the houses were so vio-
lently shaken, that all who were in them
possible; the alarm in every part Of the city
was great. No damage was done, except
the falling of few bricks from chimneys.
The atmosphere at the time was clear,
with strong breeze from the northeast.
This shock exceeded in power that of Octo-
Der, 1860.
DIsAPPEARANCE OF FEDERAL HILL-Fed-
eral Hill in Baltimore is gradually disap-
pearing. The Sun of that city says: "Ev-
cry heavy rain which prevails in this sec
ton of the country contributes to the grad
ual disappearance of Federal Hill, one of
the noblest and most elevated points of OBJ
within the limits Of the city. For
several weeks past the heavy cliffs of earth
Of varied hues and strata which overhung
the northern brow, have been tumbling
down from an altitude of at least sixty feet
to the street below, and it is now almost
barricaded. Should the hill
continue crumbling away, the fort which
it will have to be abandoned.