Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-21
GENERAL. NEWS.


AT the Irish dog show in Dublin some
prize dogs were valued at fifty thousand
dollars.
dyingout. Mrs. .Lincoln'strunks are packed
for her Spring tour. ssJe "a 5
BUTTER LEAGUES are forming in Phila-
delphia on very extensive scale. The
farmers complain of small sales In conse-
quence. g5
r GENERAL STEELE is reported to be adj
vancing In the direction of Camden and
Washington, Arkansas. Exchange.
General Steal has had possession of Wash
ington, ID. G, for the last three years.-Bet-
fast Repub. 49 ta
CoLoRADo CoNyENTIoN.-Govern Ev-
ans, of Colorado Territory, has called q
Convention to meet the 1st Monday of May,
with view to the formation of State
Government for that Territory. 6
GENERAL BUTLER has lately enforced the
rights of colored travellers to sit at the first
table on steamers plying between Baltimore
and Fortress Monroe.-Boston Herald.
Can that fail to make him President?
DURING the recent performance of Romeo
and Juliet. at Marblehead, the fair Juliet's
question IN the soliloquy before taking the
sleeping draught--" What if this mixture
do not work at all?" was answered by an
urchin in the pit-"Then take dose OF
salts" The effect upon the audience can
be imagined.
THE new two cent piece looks like gold;
n wreath of wheat surrounding ~ CENTS"
and around which are the words "United
States of America" form one side. The
shield of Liberty, and the words God our
Trust" make up the converse side.
A FOOLISH young woman in Palmyra,
n. Y, last week married young military
officer whose acquaintance she made by
corresponding with him while in the army.
A day or two after the wedding, he de-
camped with carriage and pair of horses.
but the officers of the law seized him at
Canandaigua, ironed him, and took him to
prison.
MEASURES, says Washington dispatch
to an Administration paper, are in progress,
which will soon cause nearly all our posi-
tions in South Carolina, Georgia and Florida
to be held by negro troops. thus relieving
white troops for other service. Three ne
gro regiments were to start South on the
10th inst.
A WASHINGTON dispatch says it is be-
lieved at army headquarters, that Lee now
has force about equal to that with which
he invaded Pennsylvania last sumner
Longstreet is supposed to be back, and it is
reported that Beauregard has also come up
from Charleston, with portion of his
: troops, and that Joe. Johnston is being to
some extent drawn upon. sa'En' e
] GAR1BALpI arrived in England on Sun
| day morning, April Sd, and met with a
most enthusiastic reception. At South
ampton he was the guest of the Mayor. and
at London will be the guest Of the Duke OF
Sutherland.
1 THE NATIONAL BANK BILL.-The two
principal points of this bill, as it passed
Z the House on Monday, the 18th inst- allow
I. the State taxation of individual sharehold-
ers in banks, and permit established State
Z banks to do business by conforming to the
( law, except that they may retain the old
name.
SLuGs are said to have invaded Australia
( In h0rdes. An eye witness saw them in
millions, in compact body, stripping the
( country, marching mile and q half day,
and clearing breadth of half mile In the
line of march. -n
EXCITEMENT IN WALL STREET-Wall
street, New York, was in fever Of excite
ment ON Monday, the 18th inst, consequent
upon stock panic Of huge dimensions
several of the heaviest operators failed tt
meet their engagements, and virtually wen
under; over one hundred thousand shares
of railroad stock, representing about fif
teen millions of dollars, were thrown upor
the market, making the heaviest sale o
this class Of securities ever known, proba
bly,. ssf sTit ie