Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-04-01
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS,

THr Ravenna Democrat Of the 30th ult.,
saws that small pox TO a limited degree Is
prevalent in that county. 1t also speaks OF
the sickness among childrenas not abating,
but that new cases are reported every day.
DIR. o. G. FIELD, a well-known citizen Of
London, Madison county, who heretofore
served a year or two as Surgeon in the Army
of the Potomac, has lately received Sur
gency in the 4th Ohio Cavalry.
JACK ADAMS, arrested for inducing SOL
dier to desert, and then selling him back to
his own regiment had his preliminary ex-
animation before Commissioner White at
cleveland, "Wednesday afternoon, and In
default of $1,000 bail was committed to
prison, to await his trial before the U, s.
District Court. Ayv@ tlASs Sl'ita4t :
SAMUEL CLEGG, of Dayton, died after q
very brief illness on, Wednesday morning.
Mr.. Clegg was man highly respected, and
widely known.
II THE 72Ds Quo. This regiment Il: expect
| ed to arrive at Camp Cleveland on the 9th
| of April, on its way to the front. 1t was
raised in Sandgsky county and vicinity, and
has been home on thirty days flrlough.
THIRTY-sIx negro walters arrived on
| Wednesday at Cincinnati, from the East to
take the positions Of white walters at the
Burnet House, which latter have been dis
missek1EO ~ t8s3sE tssACsp
SOME thirty-nine indictments were found
l,by the recent grand jufy.in Clermontcouh-
ty-mostly against persons for liquor-sel-
ling. !, t.,,,t,. *. 4. 6s,5. 4, s.fiN
The Somerset, Perry county, Union says
the wheat crop In many localities OF that
county, looks very poor. 1t is said that
wherever the snow drifted during the ex-
treme cold weather in January, leaving the
ground bare, the wheat is entirely killed.
THEgrand jury Of Clarke county recent
| ly found thirty three indictments against
persons in South Charleston inthat county,
most of them liquor cases.
JUDGE CARTER, of Cincinnati, has been
awarded new trial in his libel suit against
The Commercial. GA
SEVEN young ladies graduated on the 22d
tult. at the Pennsylvania Female College.
Professor Ann Preston delivered the vale
dictory address. '''
1T is now said by the English papers that
the Prince of Wales infant son was born
with deformity, having only three fingers
on one of his hands.
In the First Michigan regiment of sharp
shooters there are two companies of full
blooded Chippewa Indians. IBf Jls4
NINETEEN hundred negro children attend
school in New Orleans. gtttlG
ANDY JoHNsoN's friends in Tennessee are
confident that he will be put on the Presi-
Dental ticket with Mr.. Lincoln. s,..as
GOVERNMENT shoe factory is in opera
ton at Richmond, which daily turns out
600 pairs of shoes and brogans. Hsb
RECENT reconnoisances have proved the
possession by the rebels in Fort Sumter of
three columbiad guns, mounted so as to
command the channel. 1t Is also known
that the rebel garrison is two hundred and
fifty men. rffE Is 4 fFETYrb
PRINCE Maximilian-or Emperor rather
will be the guest of August Belmont Esq,
in New York, when he arrives at that port,
en- route to his Mexican dominions. ~
Two Congressional committees are soon
to make a Western tour-the committee
on the Conduct Of the War, and the House
Naval committee. The former will await
the adjournment of Congress before COM
mencing their travels. The latter will start
in few days on visit to the rival sites for
a Western navy yard. n
A SHOCKING story is told, says the SPRING
field, Mass, Republican. of a lady in GER
tain town on the line of the Naugatuck
railroad, who was taken sick, went into a
trance, and after remaining in it three days,
was buried, though an intelligent physi-
clan protested against the burial. declaring
it as his belief that she was not dead. On
the day Of the funeral the body was warm
and perspiration was discovered upon 1t, and
the windows of the room were raised to
make it cool as in death.
THE U. S. House of Representatives has
done the sensible thing, this session. in re-
fusing to grant the use of that hall to George
Thompson, the English Abolition lecturer
and disunionist. .r.. .t'-t Q'ah
in Washington this week. It will be edited
by George M. Weston, formerly of the
Washington Republican.
DEATH OF A WELL KNOWN AcToR.--We
learn from an exchange that Benjamin Hol-
man, of the Holman Opera Troupe, died
last week in Troy, New, York, in the twen-
tieth year, OF. hisage. ,s--
The Louisville Democrat states that Gen.
Grant has revoked the order requiring all
persons in Memphis to drill certain hours
during the day. i. Z Nliaqa
PHILADELpHIA is making an effort to get
back the State Capital which it lost some
sixty years ago. The Common Council has
pleged million dollars, if necessary, for
the erection of State House, should the
Legislature decide to move it to that city.
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