Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-09-08


The union OF the red, white and blue was
Il flag Of the first philadelphia ccnven-
S,n. The second (or Jacobin) Philadel-,
ala Convention rallied under the flag Of
g white and black, those being their col
Ms. 3N
A LEARNED young lady the other even
4lg astonished company by asking the
an of a diminutive argenteous, truncated
me, convex on its summit, and semi-per-
Grated with symmetrical indentations, she
anted a thimble.
MACK, of the Cincinnati Commercial says
e a preacherin the Radical Convention In
ssion at Philadelphia, that, on being In
( tied to invoke the Divine blessing, did 1t
ON pile of manuscript which he took
ON his hat. After telling the Lord from
. iRht pages of manuscript what was best to
. done in the existing state OF affairs, the
everened gentleman took his seat. -
Tar correspondent of the London Times
| T the 21st ult, states that the Emperor,
With view OF dIssipatiDg the exaggerated
md alarming rumors respecting his health,
Ilrove In an open carriage from st. Cloud
| O Paris-alIghting from bis carriage at the
I.3ois de Boulogne, and walking about for
ONE time. The ostensible cause of his
klriye, however, was to visit the Empress.
JL. MOVES, for six years past one of
khe teachers at the American Asylum for
khe Deaf and Dumb at Hartford, has gone
10 Minnesota to take charge Of the Min
nesota Institution for the Deaf and Dumb
at Faribault. He is accompanied by his
wife and two young ladies from New
Hartford, Conn.,, all of whom will be con-
nected with the institution. f.r'
TIE town of Hamilton, Canada West,
was last week thrown into no little excite
rment by the discovery Shat man from
Buffalo has been for long time driving
thriving trade in decoying small boys
away from their homes for the purpose of
using them as drivers on the Erie canal
The police have the matter in hand, and,
it is believed, are on the track of the of
fender.
/ THE statement telegraphed from Louis
vile, recently, and published in many pa
pers, that Capt. Silas F. Miller, Of the Bur-
net House, is to be the lessee of the new
Gait House, of Louisville, is pronounced
not true. Capt. Miller is heavy stock
holder in the new Gait House, but will
have nothing to do with its management,
as he intends to continue at the Burnet
House. ....... ...
THE entire bar of the Fairfield Judicial
Subdivision, without party distinction,
signed Recommendation to Governor Cox
to have Silas H. Wright, the Democratic
nominee for Judge, appointed in place of
Judge Van Trump, resigned. But the
Governor disregarded the unanimous re-
commendation of the bar, and appointed
James r. Groghan, Of Logan, to the posi-
tiou, when he knows that Wright will be
elected by 1000 majority, in October. ~
THE case of Rev. W. NJ. Ferguson, of
Washington, Guernsey county, Ohio, was
brought up in the GAINESVILLE Presbytery,
whose Representative he was in the late Old
School Presbyterian General Assembly, at
a called meeting, held at GAINESVILLE, on
Tuesday, Sept. 4th. Noone daring to pros
ecute him fcR his letters to The STATESMAN
from St. Louis, the whole matter was
ouashed. The meeting was called at the
instance of six persons, all Of whom are
political and some of whom are PERSONAL
enemies of his.
A RADICAL journal of Philadelphia "did
q compliment" to Jack Hamilton by pub
fishing the following:
The presence in the procession yesterday
of Frederick Douglass has created an i'm
mense sensation, and strong effort has
been made to have him excluded from the
Northern Convention. One person who
was fully committed to this course went TO
Governor Hamilton, of Texas, to secure his
cooperation, The response that he receiv-
ed was this: at Is my opinion that Fred.
Douglass has more brains than either you or l."
There is not the slightest doubt Of 1t!