Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-20
= COLUMBUS. o., TUESDAY MORNING,
Paragraphs from 1he Boston Posi-

A ''strong" point in politicS--the negro.
The grooming of Phil. Sheridan for the
Presidency is temporarily suspended.
Ten thousand persons were struck, by
lightning in France in thirty years.
Prof King thinks he can raise the wind
for his monster balloon.
A Danville, Illinois, paper speaks of the
moral turpentine" of that city. fsafd zsb
A raccoon nearly killed alittle girl in
Groesbeckville, New York. "a >,..,,.-,
A mistake: The N. Y. Tribune thought
Stanton could not be kicked out of office;
he has been. 20
John Bulls income last year exceeded
his expenditures by ten millions of dol
lars.,s @ SO -lil.- ...sa1 l5a-t. r ...
The discussion of lay representation in
Methodist councils is agitated with zeal.
| The latest "personal" item saws
Brownlow is walking photograph of
the devil. .t -.t..I- 1-9" 100 s5--
The registration in Alabama foots up
thus White voters, 39,352; colored,
5S, $50 ;i total, 9S, 1S2. -; ,.r... ~. r..
| Three quarts of whisky saved an Illinois
man from death by the bite of a rattle
snake. is-'.- 'a 9'.f ID. ~ 'i''
Kentucky is pronounced clean State
the Democracy has swept it. iia'f''72 q
The Springfield Republican sees a sus-
picious continuity OF circumstance in the
Ashley -Conover letters giving plausibility
TO Dunham's story. -
There may be negroes in the next Con-
the presenJ.-Prenttce. a7'i a. "ti.-.t. f
| An eight-horse thrashing machine
thrashed the life out of its driver, near st.
Louis, by tearing his leg off near the thigh.
| John Paul, of the Springfield Republican,
i says he is great comforter-a whole fe-
male seminary could find shelter upon his
manly bosom. ai IT ''a- Fe.5 .,
More than one hundred thousand persons
are said to be beyond gospel influence in
Chicago. They prefer lager beer. , ~
The engagement of Major Rodman and
Miss Dahlgren, daughter of Admiral Dahl
gren, is styled "a happy combination of
artillery" 'a .sFTea,r s.r.
A malicious correspondent tells of a
i young lady at one of the watering places
who has been nineteen for five seasons.
In London there are 14,0OO persons con-
nected with the press. In Boston, there are
$4,000 hardly pressed. 1872 f.iaJ at+
Napoleon is reported to have said that
'Elying is apower."-[ Phil. Press. .,-a
What a power Forney must be to the
Republican party; then.
The wife of Mendez is insane; the wife
of Mejia is mad; the wife of Miramon is
stricken beyond hope of recovery, and the
Princess Salm-Salm is. in Jail. Bad place
for unprotected females, Mexico.
There has been strong case of miscege-
nation in Evansville, Ind,-a pretty young
white girl has married a coal-black negro
and her father is very much put out about
it.; the negro is also much put out-of the
house. ..
A man named John Wade jumped from
the mast of vessel in a dock at South
Brooklyn, on Monday, a distance of seventy
feet, into the water, to decide bet. The
water was only twelve feet deep, and he
stuck in the mud at the bottom and was
drowned. ia no
At trial in a divorce case, witness
f recently, in England, made the following
reply: Mr. Sergeant Tindal-"He treated
her very kindly, did he not?" Atkinson
, "Oh, yes, very; he kissed her severa
, times" Mr.. Sergeant Tindal-asAnd how
did she treat him ?" Atkinson-"Well
= she retaliated." .-. ..
/ A negro lately gave his idea of faith il
, Gods promises, in the following words
Oar is brick wall, and de Lord he stant
f dere, and say to me- e,1"Now, want you tt
go troo dat" amt gwine to say, Lord
1 can't.'' 1 got muffin to do bout it. All
have to do about it is to butt agin it, ant
its de Lords business to put me Jroo.
Have we one.Executive or seventy thou
= sand? Under the Constitution, in tn
whole theory of free government on whicl
we stand, we have or should have one-th
President. But Congress and the Tenur,
,, of Office bill say that we have about seven
ty thousand; that every placeholder is ar
independent executive in his sphere, ant
not subject to the control of the genera
:. executive head of the nation. One theor.
secures organization; the other disorgani
zation., Which will the people choose
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