Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1864-03-26
STATE AND GENERAL NEWS.

THE 72d o. v. /. will leave Fremont for
the front on the 9Th of April.
MAD Doas.-The Elyria Democrat says
that the mad dog fever is high in that town.
Some eight or ten dogs have been found
raving with hydrophobia, and have been
killed by their owners. VgF q ~
Our FOR MCCLELLAN.-The Urbana linton
places at the head of its editorial column
the name of GEORGE B. MCCLELLAN for
President, and that of VIM. r. CAMPBELL,
of Tennessee, for Vice President. The
Union does not claim, we believe, to be a
Democratic paper, but maintains its integ-
rity as a conservative old line Wing organ.
Its platform is the Constitution and the
Union, and 1t cannot of course fraternize
with those who are making war upon both,
whether they hail from the North or the
South.
A LETTER from Kanagawa, Japan, states
that the great fire at Oasaca destroyed thir-
ty thousand houses and two hundred and
fifty warehouses. From five hundred to
one thousand lives were lost. a
SECRETARY CHASE has stopped the expor-
tation Of specie into Canada.
has decided that banks are liable to taxa
States stocks or not.
tie fOlks-General Green, Of Illinois, and
Miss Amer, of Philadelphia--are engaged
to be married shortly. They are said to be
smaller than Tom Thumb and wife, and are
of marriageble age.
THE GOLD BILL.-The answer to the Gold
bill, the passage of which was to drive gold
down to par, may be found In the daily tel
egraphic reports of the New York money
market. The premium on specie Is advance
ing as before, and stocks Of all kinds are
running up like 30 many balloons.
The 47th o. l., which has reached the
State on furlough, reports 300 re-enlisted
veterans.
The 57th o. v. l., passed through Cincin-
natl Friday morning on Its return to the
front, having recruited l75 men during the
past 80 days. sfr..,.0.n
The 74th o. v. l., whose firloughs have
expired, are on their way to the field Of
active service.
SIGNS indicate an attack upon Ben. But
Ter, at Norfolk and vicinity, by land and
ironclads from Richmond.
A DISPATCH from Bowling Green, dated
March "a, says that the morning freight
train from Louisville ran off the track about
ten miles from Bowling Green, loaded with
Government beef cattle for Chattanooga.
Fourteen cars were dashed into frightful
ma of ruins, in which were $50 cattle
killed and mangled horribly. No person
injured. l.i.
THE remnant of the Haytien experiment
at colonization is to be taken to Boston. 1t
is expected that the males will 90 into the
next colored regiment for the war, on the
principle that II they cannot fish they must
cut bait, or 60 ashore.
OWEN LovDoY is still reported in sink
ing condition, and his physicians at Brook
lyn, N. Y, have expressed the opinion that
he cannot long survive.
JOHN HAY, Lincoln's private secretary,
whom he sent to Florida to superintendhis
election campaign there, has returned to
Washington. A dispatch says he is to be laid
on the dissecting table by the committee on
the Conduct of the War, in the hopeful en-
deavor to gain point of knowledge in re-
lation to the defeat at Olustee.
RAILRoAD ACCIDENT. - The Wheeling
Register OF yesterday (Friday) says:
The train on the Central Ohio railroad due
mere AZ eleven y CLOCK A. M yesterday, ulu
not arrive until late In the evening. The
detention was caused by a car running off
the track near Spencer's Station. The
car fell into a creek, killing a Government
teamster and wounding two other passen-
gers.
SENTENcED.-The negro Daniel Lee, in
dicted for the murder of the negro Benja-
min Groves, was tried before Judge Nell
vaine at Steubenville the other day. The
jury brought in q verdict Of manslaughter,
and the prisoner was sentenced to ten years
hard labor In the Penitentiary. a-.r-
THE Cincinnati dailies have raised their /
prices to 80 per year, and twenty cents
per week.
The increased cost of material and labor
has rendered this course imperative. 4
The Newark North American says:
A young woman named Amanda Hall
shot herself with a revolver on Thursday
inficting mortal wound. A
life, intoxication and despair have
led to this fearful end.