Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-31


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GENKRA1. ID. JOAQUIN DEL MGNzANo has
superseded General Lersundi as Captain
General of Cuba.
The betrothal of Prince Albert of Prus.
sia, nephew of the King with Princess
Mary of the Netherlands, his cousin, Is b
take place shortly. y.
"A GLADSTONE epidemic has broken, out
in the ''cottage homes of England" Hall
the children baptised in Newcastle are
named after the great commoner.
wfrH utter contempt for the rulinghigh
prices of calico and cradles, two editors OF
the Tuscara,oas (ohio) AdDocGte committed
matrimony on the same day, last week.
Mss FANNY SEWARD, only daughter Of
the Secretary of State, died on Monday
morning, Oct. 10Th, in Washington, oi
typhoid fever.
THERE have been eight thousand new
buildings erected in Chicago within the
d st twelve months, at cost of nearly
$1OOO,OO0.
.siWAsHMGroN dispatches inform us that
General Sherman will probably take charge
of the War Department on the 1st of De-
'cember.
JOHN EsrEN Cooke Is about to publish, in
New York, book entitled The Wearing
of the Gray" and made up chiefly of
sketches of Southern leaders in the late
war.
THE Postmaster General is in consulta-
tion with the officers of railroads between
Washington and the West, in relation to
more rapid and prompt Transmission of the
mails.
The authorities in Washington expect
the ultimate release of the condemned
Fenians in Canada. The citizens of the
United States. who were tried as Fenians
and sentenced, in Ireland, some months
ago, have all been liberated.
A MAN who lodged in the fifth story of
hotel in New York clambered out of his
widdow, and with no other support than
the narrow stone coping of the wall, man
aged to enter six sleeping rooms and rob
the occupants. --e@I teh- -
TaE Paris ladies have found out a wayofl
dyiag dresses without ripping them to
pieces. And for a few francs the dear
creatures appear in any tint desired, look
ing as fresh as if just from the hands of the
mOdiste. ffBt-a aar
- ENGLAND has now $4,000 volunteer in
fantry, 1900 volunteer artillery, 1000 vol
unteer engineers, and a small contingent of
volunteer cavalry, all well organized, well
equipped, well armed, and singularly skill
ed in the use of their weapons.
A NEW stove has been invented for the |
comfort of travellers. 1t is to be put under
the feet, with mustard plaster on the
head, which draws the heat through the
whole system. 1t is called the "Robinson
iExhilarator.n no ai t'ff7 0s's eysdaW /
A CORRESPONDENT of an English paper,
writing from Upper Asam, quotes the price
of anewly-canght elephants at 600rs. to
2OOOrs., according TO size and sex. Males
are dearest. A young rninoceros is offered
for sale at 350rs.
AN expedition, numbering 500 to 600 per-
sons, is to leave Santa Fe on the 1st of jan
uary, for the placers on the ella river, in
Arizona. Many adventurers from st.
Louis and LeavenWorth have already
reached Santa Fe to join it. ID. ...,,....
GOVERNOR HUMPHREYS, Of Mississippi, In
view of the condition of JEFF. Davis health,
recommends the Legislature to appoint
commission to proceed TO Washington and
confer with the President, with view to
the release of Davis on parole or bail.
THE investigation Of the Evening Star
calamity, made under orders of the Treas
ury Department, has satisfied the officer
performing the. duty that the vessel was
not fully .seaworthy, and was not properly
manned. Efle /
WILLIAM FITZGIBBoNs, guest OF hotel
at Jackson, Mississippi, on Saturday even
ing, while intoxicated, assaulted a man
named Shelton, watchman of the house..
The latter drew arevolver and shot his as
sallant, killing him instantly.
VIC. SUMMERvnLE, of Charleston, West
Virginia, was found dead. on Saturday
morning, on board the steamer Prima Dom
ma, at Louisville. Cholera was supposed to
have been the cause Of his death, A check
for $4,000, drawn at Marietta, Ohio, was
found on his person.
8 PLATT BENEDICT, who came to Ohio from
Connecticut, fiity-one years ago, and after
ward, in 1917, was the founder Of the now
,fourishing town OF Norwall, Huron coun-
ty, died on Thursday morning, at that
place. He was in the ninety-second year. i
OF his age. Na8 gerafae
GEN. AvERILL, Consul General of the
United States in Canada, has lett Washing
ton TO enter upon the performance of his
official duties. Matters in Canada are be- I
coming ofgrave importance, and it is the
wish,ofthe President that the Representa-
tive of the Government should be there at
the earliest practicable period.