Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-05-10

TUESDAY night a policeman aC NniVaSV
had watch stolen from him, right before
his eyes. '.of r.- Do
THERE were six fires at Chicago on the
night of the Sth inst, by which property TO
thelamount of 100000 was destroyed.
RECENTLY, the wife of Thomas Chad
wick, of East Waterloo township, Iowa,
committed suicide. -..
GOVERNOR Brown, of Alabama, has des-
iynated the 18th OF this month to be OBJ
served as day of fasting and prayer
TT is asserted that the wheat crop in
Green county will not be to exceed one
fourth of yield. aa
1T is stated that a valuable vein Of pure
white marble has been discovered in Ken
lucky, opposite Portsmouth, o. .
THE Democracy of Scioto will elect their
delegates to the Democratic State Conven-
tion on the 10Th inst.
1.-THE quality of mercy is not straind,
Ii droppeth, as the gentle rain from Heaven,
Tpen the place beneath; II is twice blessed; =,
Il blesseth him that gives aud him that taxes.
The Harrison county Jail, which was
empty for two months, has now four occu-
pants.
WEare surprised at the Toledo Blade. 1t
saws the Southern people fought bravely
for a principle. .-.........
Two young ladies were expelled from
Knox College, Tennessee, the other day, for
getting stupidity drunk on soma whisky
they got from drug store for frolic.
FROM the Portsmouth Times we learn that
Hon. II. S. Bundy is disinclined to run the
race for Congress again. He is becoming
frightened at his record. ,..
SOME one says that silver chain round a
dogs neck will not prevent him from bark
ing or biting. 1t may add to his pride,
though. ......- .......
Now, that Andrew Johnson is President,
the Republican press do not extol "mudsils"
as much as they did when he was candi-
date for Vice President. . .f
THE corner stone Of the Evangelical
(German) Lutheran Church was laid at
Zanesville last Sunday. 1t was witnessed
by a large concourse of people. Y-.fI..
WILLIAM p. BRANNAN, connected with
the editorial department of the Cincinnati
Ddtty National U Union, is the author of 'The
Harp of Thousand Strings" '-.. %
FOUR thousand, four hundred and seven
ty-fye dollars were contributed for congre-
gational purposes at the First Presbyterian
Church, Toledo, few nights since.
AT Cincinnati, the cutters are being daily
washed with fresh water. 1t would not
hurt the cutters of our city to be so washed
every day. .......,.. .......
Ir Is reported, on asserted good authori-
ty, that the President will veto both the
Colorado bill and the bill amendatory Of
the habeas corpus. Most excellent news.
LAST Saturday, tornado swept over the
neighborhood of Carrolton, Miss, cutting
swath of about mile in width, and not
leaving tree standing. Aside from this it
did not do much damage. ~,,.
A COFFIN fair is held once year in Rus
sIa yhereat every peasant who has an aged
parent buys coffin, and the aged parent is
gratifed at knowing he is thus assured a
Christian burial.
,THE Louisville Journal says that the Rev.
Theodore Clapp, most eloquent divine,
who Is in the 18th year Of his age, Is grad
ually sinking through a gradual giving
way Of the entire system. .
,JEHU BLAIR, Of Jackson county, Wiscon-
sin, a participant in the Revolutionary
War and in the late war with Great Brit
ain, will be l0S years old the 10Th of this
month. He enjoys good health.
'ABosroN letter says all the seabOard ho-
tells, boarding houses, and everything else,
are filed full for the summer, engagements
having been made at an unusually early
TO its credit be It spoken, the Cincinnati
Ddtty National Union (Repub.) condemns
the recent speech Of Ingersoll. Itsays that
''the other blackguards of Congress were
cast entirely in the shade" thereby.
AFFLIcrIoN has fallen upon the !Sandusly
Redistef, in the shape Of an idea that "the
patronage of a Republican President is to
be dispensed through such conduits as
SAM. Cox and w. D. HILL" Better make
terms with those gentlemen. Hin lN0a
b RUFUs CHoATE expressed the opinion that
ga genuine and passionate love of reading"
is "the true balm OF hurt minds, Of surer
and more healthfnl charm than poppy or
mandragora, or all the drowsy syrups of
the world.p ru1 "a Trrsr M p
TIE Mayor of Selma, Ala, has been no
titled by G. CoDLE, Brevet Colonel and A.
A, G., that he must Immediately discontinue
putting negroes on the chain-gang in pun
fshment He claims it to be o violation of
the Civil Rights bill to so punish them
There is nobody here in ColumbustO object
to the punishment of white men In the
chain-gang on the ground that it is viola
tlon Of the Civil Rights bill. Isn'tit dngu-
lar, that a negro South is better than q
white man in Columbus?