Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-10-01
FROM NEW YORK.
Spicy Letter from GEN. Grant 10 Gen.
HilIYor.

Spicy Letter from GEN. Grant TO Gen.
Hillyer.
The following letter from Gen. Grant to
Brevet Brigadier General Hillyer is pub
lished: M
HEADQUARTERS ARMIES OF THE U. ST.
WAsHINGToN, DC, Sept. 10, 1866.
see from the papers that you have been
making a speech In which you pledge me
to a political party. l am further in re-
ceipt of letter from General Gresham,
of Indiana, in which he says that his oppo-
nent for Congress has published an exc
tract from letter received from you, in
which you pledged me to the support Of
President johnson, and as opposed to the
election of auy candidate who does not sup
port his policy. You nor no man living is
authorized to speak for me in political mat
tiers, and ask you to desist in the future.
want every man to vote according to his
own Judgment without influence from me.
"lSignedl U. s. GRANT.
Gen Santa Anna and the Fenians-
r. Madame KistOri'S Charity.
New York, Sept. 29.-Gen. Santa Anna
has located his headquarters on Staten
Island, and has opened regular business
| bureau for the transaction OF matters look
| ing to the delivery of Mexico from French
authority. He is occupied, so report goes,
constantly with various people on that
| subject, and has enlisted the sympathies of
| the Fenian brotherhood. Col. Roberts, Gen.
| Sweeney and other Fenian chiefs are zeal
Gus in their attachment to his cause, and
are educating the Irish to that belief.
| Three large sea-gOing steamers have been
purchased tor their use, it is believed, in
transportation to Mexico. 1t is further
stated that the old General is soon to re-
turn.
On Thursday last Madame Ristori, ac-
companed by her husband, visited the
| family of Funari the sculptor, who was
murdered on the 23d inst. Immediately
after the occurrence she sent one hundred
| dollars to the widow to defray the funeral
expenses. and on the Thursday after the
Marquis De Grillo had presented to each of
the children sum of money. Madame
Ristori signified her intention to place to
| the credit of the family, with Messrs. Dun
can, Sherman & Co., the sum of $1,000 as
the basis of fund for their benefit, and to
which other charitable persons are invited
to contribute.
Gen. Dix and the Naval office.
The Post is assured upon undoubted
authority that Gen. Dix has accepted the
naval office, but that he will not remain
long in it.
| New YORK, Sept. 29.-The National Ex-
press and Transportation company has
closed all its offices West and South this
day, by order of the assignees.
| Financial.
New YORK, Sept 29-The Commercials
money article says Thespeculation move
ment in railroad stocks is maturing into an
excitement. Shares were readily taken up
at a further advance. Governments were
rather more in demand, and advanced from
| ID to x per cent.
MoLey was still abundant and without
change in rates. Call loans 4 per cent.
Prime names range at from to per cent.
| Gold shows an upward tendency. Loans
were made to-day at 1882 per cent. per
diem.
After the board railroad shares were
quoted New York Central, ll3M Erie,
SO56; Hudson, l24&; Michigan Central,
ia; Illinois Central, 1232i.