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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-04
SUNDAY NIGHTS REPORT.
H enia ms EVacuate Fort Erie and
Attempt 10 Cross the River-SOO
&ObbIed Up by u. y. ESOaLs-COl.
O'JeiII and Stan Prisoners.


BUFFALO, June 3, 8 A. M.-The Fenian
force evacuated Fort Erie last night, and
most of them attempted to reach this shore,
but only small number succeeded, and
about seven hundred were gObbled by the
United States boats guarding the river. and
are now prisoner under the steamer Mich
igans guns at Black Rock. ..r .
The EngIiSu tOrce, under Col. Peacock,
are now in possession of Fort Erie without
a skirmish. -a-...
The ultimate disposition of the prisoners
is matter of uncertainty, but the British
Minister has been telegraphed to. Colonel
O'Neill and staff are captured. The only
Fenians captured by the English appears
to have been 32 pickets, who were left by
their friends in their hurry.
By order of General Barry, all commu-
nication is forbidden with the Canadian
shore. "
1t is reported that a small Fenian force
LETT this neighborhood last night, destina-
tion unknown. -.FE
Those that tried to reinforce their friends
at Fort Erie were prevented by the U. S.
picket boats. F
We have conversed with some of the es-
capped Fenians, and they say that having no
artlllery-and they positively assert that
they had none-and finding the English
troops closing around them, and no pros
pect of reinforcements and no supplies,
they concluded not to BE- gobbed, and per-
haps hung, as it is anticipated those caught
will be, so they got off the best way they
could. The men were completely worn
out having fought two battles, though the
Fort Erie affair they only call skirmsh.
They have had little or nothing to eat and
no sleep.
1t is pretty generally believed that the
English at Ridgeway were defeated and
driven away. ... m ..r,r
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-04
Excitement I'm Cincinnati.

CINCINNATI, June 2.-There is considera-
BILE excite uent here over the Fenian news
Nearly three hundred men have left here
for Canada. About seven hundred passed
through indianapolis yesterday for the
hOrlpr
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-04
The Volunteers Hard Pressed
The U. 9. Government will Pre-
vent Raids.

NcMS AAhhuSs
BUFFALO, N. r., June 2, 2:4O P. M-The
afternoon papers publish the latest news
from Ridgeway, stating the Canadian vol
unteers are being hard pushed by the Fe-
mans. A number have been killed on both
sides. From parties who have the best
means of information it is about concluded
that the Fenian movement from this quar-
ter Is feint, and that Pottsdam is to be the
base Of supplies, and the real point of at
tack Is Prescott. Ha..
Gen. Barry, who has taken command of
the frontier, says the Government will do
its utmost to preserve order and prevent
incursions into Canada. 1t is stated for
fact that the Fenan leaders encourage their
men by saying the American Government
is favorable to them. They will find out
their mistake 10 this quarter. One compa-
ny Of U. S. regulars arrived here this noon.
Latest from the BattleGieId-Sixty
,,a EeRianS Taken Prisoners. Is
BUFFALO, N, Y, June 2, A p, MA gen.
tlenlan just from the other aide gives the
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-06-04

Boats Fired into and StOPped-The
Intended PrOcIamatiO Fee
mans will be Disappointed.
BUFFALO, June 2, 11:l5.-It is understood
the patrol tugs fired on and stopped sever
al boats last night trying to reach the Cam
adian shore.
We learn that the intended proclamation
from the Fenan leaders to the people of
Canada is now in the hands OF gentleman
of this city, and was expected to have been
issued yesterday il affairs had warranted
Canadian accounts represent that the
Fenians will find themselves very much
disappointed in expected aid from their
brethren and friends in Canada.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
LETTER FROM GEN. SHERMAN.

The Alexandria (La.) Democrat pub
fishes the following extract from d pri.
vate letter addressed by Gen. Sherman
to a friend in Rapides parish:
l have seen several numbers Of the
Louisiana Democrat, In one of which is
made q common mistake which | have
observed before, a%ttributing to Bragg and
Beauregard my appointment as Super
intendent of the State Seminary In 1850
l was at Leavenworth City q member O.
a law firm, when General Buell., then 6
Major in the Adjutant Generals office,
on duty near the Secretary of War,
Governor Floyd, sent me the Invitations
for applicants for the different professor
ships, which he had received from Gen.
G.. Mason Graham. l applied and was
appointed just as you were at the same
time. 1ag s4 1fsH st4}rs4e
Beauregard had no agency in the mat
ter at all, and Bragg, who was my friend,
had no knowledge that / was all APP
plicant; for he told me that, ignorant
of the fact, he had recommended Jen-
kins for the same office. I am under no
personal obligations to either Bragg or
Beauregard in the matter, though both
were most friendly to me all the time /
was in Louisiana, but not in a way to
lay me under obligations to anybody
that could qualify my allegiance. I was
hired by a contract, earned my pay, and
received it. ss it.
Again, the idea is given out that /
left Louisiana pledged not to take SER
vice againgt the South. That you know
is absurd. At that day no one at the
South expected war; but l always told
you and others that wal was the ineyita-
Bile result of secession. In my lastin-
terview with Bragg at the hotel in New
Orleans, / may have said that / did not |
go North to seek military service, which |
was true for ! came here Ito ST. Louis), |
and corresponded with you from there.
Even our Northern papers mistake my
position. l refused to enter the volun- |
teer force, first called out by Lincoln
the 5000 call-because I considered that
the rebellion was bound to involve the
whole South, and could be handled only
by vast armies, and these of regulars. IL
urged an army so large as to make your
ridiculous.
But events have drifted otherwise.
and thank god, it is over. / think such
a thing will be dreamed of again. |
l wish you all well L wish the South
well and ifI have been q scourger, think |
how much better that ii was I than Ben
Butler, or some other of that school.
Present me kindly to your associates
and write to mi fully and frankly az of
old. Your friend,
w. n. SHERMAN,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
TJle. Morfolk 2ost.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 25, 1866.

Mr.. Charles B. Goodrich is now, we
presume, the foremost man at the bar OF
Massachusetts. Most of the late Mr..
ChOate's clients-upon the death of that
great lawyer-went to him. A CORES
pondent in Washington writes as fol-
Jews, concerning MI. Goodrich's ap-
pearance before the Court of Claimes i'm
that city a few days ago. "The claim
of Thomas W.. PIERCE, of Boston, vs..
The United States, IA argued in this
city a few days since, before the United
States Court Of Claims, by Charles B.
Goodrich, Esq'r, of Boston. For close
legal analysis, sound logic, clear and
forcible reasoning, and comprehensive
intellectual grasp of all the legal points
and bearings of the case; as well as for
the manifest fairness in presenting the
facts, it is admitted by the best legal
minds here to be the most mastery eff
fort ever made before this Court. Mr..
Goodrich seemed to completely ex-
haust by his legal knowledge and ex-
t~raordinary research, every authority
from the flood down to the present time.
1t is admitted by the leading members
of the Bar in this city, to be n of the
strongest legal arguments ever heard in
any of our Courts"
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Give careful attention to tho collection and securing OF
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Their correspondents and associates are men of the
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AUTHORIZED REFERENCE;

AUTHORIZED REFERENCES.
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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
DURNING OF THE MUSEUM.

BURNING OF THE MUSEUM.
LETTER FROM Mr.. BARNUM.
New YoRK, July IA, 1866.
Msssrs. Herring 4 Co.:
GENTLEMEN :-Though the destruction of the American
Museum has proved a serious loss to myself and the pub
lie, 1 am happy to verify the odd adage, that g It's an III
wind that blows nobody good" and consequently con-
grstulate you that your wellknown safes have again de-
monstrated their superior ~freproof qualities in an ordeal
of unusual severity. ~.
The safe you made for me some time ago was in the
Office of the Museum, on the second floor, back part of
the building, and in the hottest of the fire.
After twenty-four hours of trial, it was found among
the debris, and on opening it this day, has yielded up its
contents in very good order-books. papers, policies of in-
surance, bank bills, all in condition for immediate use,
and a noble commentary on the trustworthiness Of Her
rings Fire-proof Safes. rt
Truly yours,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

The woman named Grinder, who was
hanged on Friday at Pittsburg, was the
most vulgar of assassins SO ignorant
that she could not write her own name;
a murderer not to revenge a wrong, not
to gain wealth, but from a mere fendish
lust for destroying life. Yet even this
disgusting creature, about whose his.
tOryeand crimes there is no more ro-
nance than there is about a hyepa
gorged with the putrid carcasses of q
battle field, has not escaped an "ovation'l
at the hands of the Jenkinses of the
press. yla
These persons attended her 'last mo-
ments" with as much interest, and des-
cribe them as pathetically, as though
| she had been the victim instead of the
pheasant smiIe''-the pleasant smile of
|, a poisoner; about the Remarkably
graceful inclination of the head, coupled
with [%anotherl sweet smile;" her mild
vnd cheerful tone :" the pheasant
glance of her expressive blue eyes''-all
this on the gallows-just as though this
abOminable and accursed wretch, who
had but a day before confessed to the
most hateful and u~nprovoked murders,
had been an Innocent martyr condemned
by unjust laws. -
Now does Jenkins surrender his sub
ject to the undertaken without a final
struggle. The drop did not put a stop
to his delightful labor when the body
was cut down Jenkins appears to have
rushed up to the gallows TO finger ito
paw it rather-with disgusting pleasure;
and, thus wrought to a fresh frenzy, lie
bursts out with redoubled fervor:
1.-THE cap was removed, and, to the as
n;ah,,an 4 nf nuarxy vNaroptn xDI ...z ~
the face wore the same placid, cheerful,
smiling expression which characterized
it or the scaffold, during the trial, and on
all other occasions. The face looked az
though she might be in a sweet sleep.
There was no d~isccloration or disfigure-
ment, save a mark around the left side
of the neck the eyes were closed, but
when the lids were pulled back, they
still looked bright and anil MATED. Thus
ended the career of q woma q who was
fully the peer, not the inferior n crime,
OF the world-renowned Lucretia ,S0rgia.
Had n been q titled lady, like her pre-
decessor, or even walked in SUPERIOR
society, her name would yet figure iu
plays and romances."
And then Jenkins maunders on
through yet other paragraphs about the
'meekness, gentleness and childIike
cneerfuiness' OF this monsfrous creature
,vho had he would probably cali
arse mic to her friends.n If she had oniS
poiso ued Jenkins -New York Erenia1
Post. '
Three cheers and a tiger for our nobIe
namesake. Jenkinsi is the meanest form
the American 3akes. Will the Philadel.
phia Press please copy.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25
r OF. ADVERTISING.

JENNY LIND. The Orchestra says /:
We are glad to be able to correct any
statement contained in a late number OF
this journal concerning the health of
Madame Goldschmidt-a statement de-
rived from foreign sources of Informs
ton. 1t appears that her general health
is excellent, but that she hadbeen suffer-
ing for the last two years from a dryness
of the throat, which to a great extent
prevented her singing. The waters Of
Ems. which have before proved restora.
tive, have been used by her with advan-
tage during the past summer; and to rers
Ter permanentthe benefitsthus obtained,
she has been advised to pass the winter
in the south of France. We learn that
the Improvement in her threat has a.
ready been such that Madame Gold
scmidt has promised to take part In the
Rhenish Festival, to be held next
spring at Dusseldorf, which M. Gold.
'scmidt has undertaken to conduct.-N.
Y. Weekly Review.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

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Express going North closes ct 2.so P'H-goips SOUTH
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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

EdwIn Booth plays Ray Bias instead
of Hamlet ut the Wednesday afternoon
entertainment in New York this weeL
Hamlet still holds the boards for Tho
evening performances. In the last at
of the tragedy q night last weel Mt
Booth, while fencing with Laertes wa.
struck in the right eye by the foil of his
opponent. The blunted point prevent
ed very serious effects, but the eve has
been partially closed and very painful.
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25


INTELLIGENT Press Dispatches.
The Charleston Courier furnishes the
following specimen of a press despatch
received by it from the Agent of the
Associated Press. We copy it verbatim
ct Merdtina
CONCORD, Sd. In Republican State
convention to-day resolution adopted
declaring hat tone and emper Presi-
dents Message meets with warm appro-
val argues well for success %administra-
ton. Resolutions also declare that
scheme to plant by foreign damages
claimed n hundred thousand cotton
steady hfty-two three naval stores dull
gold forty-three three-eighths.
The New York Hiraid's Montreal
despatch says the ice bridge on the st.
Lawrence is being formed at all points,
and this fact has led Sir j. Michel to
look after the state of the forts. The fort
at Prescott has had new gums mounted.
and heavy Armstrong guns are being
placed in battery at Quebec, A great
quantity oflumber is changing handsat
Ottawa, that it may go free into the
United States, while the recinrocitv
treaty is in force. A Boston Arm e
making arrangements for the carriare
Of 1900 car loads before the I7th 81
March. aHv i.r Tl1T0 --or,~ - y
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truly yours,
p. I. BARNUM.

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The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

THE PRICES OF NEWSPAPERS. Those
who grumble at paying four cents for
daily and ten cents for weekly papers
here, would do well to notice what En-
ropean costs. The London Times COST
forty-five dollars a year. The Morning
Chronicle, Daily NeWs, Globe, Herald
and Post charge the same rate. The
London Evening Mail is published three
times q week at twenty-five dollars a
year. The London semi weekliestwelye
dollars. The French daily papers, large
ones, are about the same price as the
London prints. Those are about the
size of u pennies, cost twenty and
twenty-five dollars a year. The German
papers cost from twenty-five to thirty
six dollars a year.-N. Y. Citizen,
The Norfolk post. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1865-1866, 1866-01-25

GEN. GRANT. The Washington cor.
respondent of the New Bedford Mercury
thus describes Gen. Grant as he appears
on the streets of the capital:
Gen. Grant rides about town in a one-
horse buggy Just like any other man. 7
saw him on + street Saturday. The top
sat In the carriage alone Smoking a
cigar, OF course, with as little concer
as II assassins were never known. He
Is quite a horsejOcky and doesn't allow
any team to pass him on the road-if he
can help 1t. Think of Wellington. or
Napoleon or our own Gen. Scott even.
appearing on the street in q buggy and
driving his own horse ! And vet Gen,
Grant has commanded larger armies,
fought more battles, won more Victories
and captured more cannon than either
of them.u
The New York herald., 1866-08-28

REVISION OF THr INTERNAL REVENUE LAW
We publish to-day carefully prepared and
valuable compilation Of the changes made in
our internal revenue taxation by the act Of
Congress Of July Is, 1866. u is compare
tive statement, showing the differences between
the new Law and the old. These differences are
numerous and many Of them are important
The iron, coal and petroleum interests Of Penn
sylvanis are peculiarly well taken care Of
under the revision. For instance, railroad iron,
which paid under the late law 50 GU per ton,
and pig iron, which paid 81 40 per ton, are
placed on the f.ee list, M are also steel, coal
and petroleum. On the other hand, and per-
haps 10 balance the serious reduction Of reve-
nue. thus caused, the tax on raw cotton Is raised
pound) and the finishing blow is given to State
banks by tax Of ten per cent on their circu-
lation. The manufacturers Of domestic cigars
are benefited by a very considerable reduc-
ton of the tax on their products. and
liberal exemption is made in behalf of
tailors, shoemakers, hattcrs milliners, dress
makers and all that class Of small manufactu-
rers. The tax on sugar Is reduced one-half
The tax on general manufactures il lowered
generally from six to five per cent, In some in
stances TO two per cent Printing paper is
nut on the free list, and the tax OF six per cent
on chemicals IL generally abolished. A great
stimulus is given to the production OF native
wines, by their being placed upon the free list,
while all limitations thereof are taxed fifty
cents gallon, and the duty on foreign wines
il extravagantly high.
II has been stated that the effect OF the new
law will be to reduce the revenue derived
from internal taxation. We do not agree In
that view. II the amount OF taxable products
were 10 be the same under the new law o.
under the old then there might be such dimi-
mutton, although the increased tax on cotton
would even then counterbalsnce the reduction
on other articles. But our taxable products
are increasing from year 70 year to such an
extent that the reduced rate Of taxation would
not diminish the aggregate revenue collected,
and when we take into consideration how
much the annual consumption will be increased
BY the opening OF the Southern markets, BY
The growth OF Southern industry and enter
prise, and by the very fact Of chespcnins the
products, our own opinion is very strong that
The informal revenue for the current fiscal year
Van exceed hat for the last escAl year.
The New York herald., 1866-08-28

GENERAL GRASaER's RxPoRr ON THE SorrusRs
snuxnos.--We have had many reports, from
official and semi-oficial sources regarding tho
situation In the South. The latest is the report
Of General Gordon Granger to the President
General Granger il an experienced military
officer; he has done moro than ordinary SER
vice in the Union cause, and his Representations
are therefore entitled 10 the candid considers
ton Of oil parties His statement that the
present irritation on the part Of . portion
Of the people In the South is occa-
stoned by the want OF prompt recognition
by Congress Ia confirmed by ample
testimony from other sources But General
Granger might have gone further, and repre-
sentcd the state Of feeling in some parts Of the
South not at all akin TO irritation. He might
have referred 70 the dogged indifference Of
many prominent people In the Southern coun.
rY. who sy:--"we submit We ere over.
The New York herald., 1866-08-28

whelmed. We are like men confined in the
hold Of vessel upon dangerous shoals in
tempest You ask US to lend Q helping hand
to save the craft from shipwreck We can't do
1t; but give Us Q chance-representatio in
Congress-and you will see what we will do to
right the ship" General Granger's report is
very copious, and covers many points not
hitherto brought before the public. 1t there
fore should be universally read and carefully
pondersd.
The New York herald., 1866-08-28
Tho New Map Of Earope-Nrore Momentss
Settlements Approaching.

Tho New Map Of Earope-1Tore Moments~s
Settlements Approaching.
The reconstruction Of Central Europe Is nov
q fixed fact and we are enabled this morning,
i've days after the signing Of the treaty ol
peace at Prague, to lay before our reader. .
diagram showing the changes which have been
80 magically wrought in Germany and Italy BY
the war between Austria and Prussia and Italy.
1t will DO seen by glance at this map how
extensive In area are i'm new dependencies
which Prussia has added to herself, while tho
comparative statement, which we also publish
will show the great importance in population
Of tie conquered provinces. The States ws,s.ascH
have been seized a. the spcris OF tho
war comprise an area Of oySr $4,000 squas
miles, and possess population Of oves
100000 Of people. Tho new kingdom w1
now possess an area Of Isl, l,35l square mElm
and q population Of 26,476,523 souls. Equaaly
important are the additions to Italy, the aecss
sion Of Venetia making her the sixth PowersR
Europe IS regards population.
The reconstruction of Central Europe accom-
plished, now comes the work Of rearranging
the whole continent In the past changes oak
the voice OF Prussia has been heard in dicta-
ton; now enters upon the scene the great
powers OF Russia and France and Austria.
England's voice is weak in continental afrsis&
Saddlsd with the debt of the wars Of the Holy
Alliance, she is no longer great Power and
wields little influence in the congresses Of tho
continent The settlements now to come be-
tween the great Powers are Of more momea-
tous character and 1t will require even greater
craftsmanship, perhaps greater generalship, to
decide them than 1t did for those already setr
tied.
The New York herald., 1866-08-28

two branches Of the detective forces win paz-
sue their present course Of exposing the weak
ness Of each. The more information we get
upon that subject the better. The Police Com
missioners, meantime, may find documents h
our Office which may enable them to read mai
ters in clearer light than is yet vouchsafsd
to them, and they are perfectly welcome to SEQ
them, if they can accomplish any good by IL