Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1866-12-19

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READING matter on fourth page.
GoLD closed yesterday evening, at 1879.
THERE Is no Radicallsm in General Grants
report.
MkxIco Is denominated:the "Ameri, an
sphinx" y
KossUTH advises the members OF the
Hungarian Legion to go to Greece.
THE LouIsyIlle street cars are to be pro-
vlded with stoves during the winter.
HENRY WARD BEEcHER gets $4,000 for
the novel he is to write for the Ledger.
ENaLAND's laureate complains that he Is
watched and dOgged wherever he goes.
MILLIONS Of dollars have been found in
the Mexican kettle of fish.
Tx the Middle Ages" children who had
passed their teens were thrashed without
compunctlon, o- .,4 ~, o.,os !.b ..-oll,.
THE owner Of the richest oil well In
Pennsylvania Is Ducthman, who has his
greenbacks corded up in his cellar. d,
PEOPLE are prosecuted In London for al
lowing an unnecessary escapeOf smoke
from their ehimneys. thfa'''i aal ~
THE London comic papers do not seem to
consider Mrs. John Woods legs SO hand
some as she does herself. .....-.
A MAD wag says Hiram Powers has just
executed, at Florence, figure Of "Eve
After.the Water FALL" -......--.. .rd
THERE has been an interesting case Of
e'opement and reconciliation in Milwau-
kee. forgiveness" 'open arms" &c.
A MORTGAGE, containing l6 92O letters,
wis recorded by New Albany clerk in
two hours and forty-eigbt minutes.
'ToM," a genuine GuIna negro living at
Hamilton, Ohio, is the only person now
alive who witnessed the surrender of Corn
wallis.
THAD. STEvESs' vulgar speech at the
"weleOme" caronsal in Washington, would
disgrace the lowest sot that ever lost his
sense Of decency In debauch.--B Boston Post.
A CORRESPONDENT writing from Paris
says that there is no doubt but that the Em-
peror Napoleon is strong believer in mod
ern spiritualism. .........
A FRENcHMAH has invented an air gun
which he calculates iscapable Of killingoff
the inhabitants Of the earth in about four
teen years. ............s .lt
THR Government owes gentleman liv-
ingi Staunton, Va, 500 for hard work,
but he can't get it unless he takes the ''iron
clad OATH"
JOHN BRIGHT tells Cyrus Field that the
cable Is the most marvellous thing In hui |
man history, and he might add the most
expensive. W = wo
JACK HAMILTON, the Texas loyal hum
bug, has settled in Harrisburg, Pa, for the
purpose, it is said, of practicing his pro-
fession-bad for the inhabitants of Harris
burg.
BERNARD SPRUNK, the Treasurer of the
Pennsylvania Building Association of Phil
adelphia, has sloped for parts unknown.
He has taken with him fourteen thousand
dollars belonging to the Association. 81
SENATOR SUMMER says Vas the muskets
of colored persons were once needed, so
their votes are needed now" But under
no circumstances must they be made COM
mo1 councilmen of. ,Hev
IT is said there Is not less than one hun
dred females now In the hands Of the saw
ages lately captured from the frontier
counties Of Texas, and constantly subject
to the grossest outrages. s.
RICHARD s. Brown (colored) ran against
Z. 4. Merritt, Radical, Cor member Of Com
mon Council in the Third Ward, Boston.
On the first trial there was q tie vote. They
tried It over on the 12'h inst, when Mer-
ritt's plurality was Al votes.
THE Russian telegraph line is growing
in length, passing through pathless wastes
and deserts, through vast regions where
the human voice was never heard before, to
bring the civilized ends Of the earth to-
gether.
LOUIS NAPOLEON has invented breech-
loading four-pounder, the lightest most
rapid, and most effective field piece ever
made. The entire cavalry, armed with this
piece, will act as flying artillery, and
needle-guns win be held out of range for
any effective use.
IT Is rumored, and apparently on good,
authority, that Hon. Ben. Wood, State
senator, in q trial Of skill with Congress-
man elect Hon. John Morrissey, at the sci
entifc game Of faro, on Wednesday night
last, realized the handsome winnings of
$4,000. The contest took place at the
headquarters Of Congressman Morrissey, on
Twehty-fourth street.--Ne,0 York Herald
14tk. ssffi
DR. MARY WALKER said in London that
the bloOmer movement all but died out
some years ago, because the ladies who ia
vored it then were for the most part inca
pable of appreciating and explaining the
physiological, hygienic, and moral bear
ings of the question. Ifthe petticoat were
cut In one way the lady was accused Of al
desire to show her ankles; If In another, of
"lOOking like squaw." 80
An interesting experiment was lately
tried on cholera patient by French doc
tor. The patient had grown blue and cold,
aud was falling rapidly into collapse,
when the doctor injected into the veins Of