Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-09-12
FROM NEW YORK.
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two Deaths at New Orleans or
Tuesday.
NEW YORK, Sept. 1.-THE ship Invinci-
BILE, of the California trade, took fire at an
| early hour this morning. 1t was thought
she would be destroyed. She was valued
at from $4,000 to 100000. The Herald:
special says: The fever is reported a.
very bad at Key West, Florida. Two more
of the Cult Cable hands died in the hos.
pitfalls and the third assistant engineer o.
the Lenapee had also died. His body was
refused burial on shore, and was, necessa-
rily buried at sea. There were forty. tw O
deaths in New Orleans yesterday.
Changes in Officials i'm Canada.
The Herald's Montreal special saws: Earl
Mayo succeeds Lord Monck as Governor
| General of the dominion next June.
Gen. Charles Wyndham, known as Redan
| Wyndham, replaces Michel as Commander
| int Chief of the army.
Cabinet Candidates.
The following is list of persons named
or now being pressed by their friends for
| Cabinet positions Secretary of State,
Reverdy Johnson, Charles Francis Adams,
and Jerry Black; Secretary of War, Gen.
Steedman, Gen. Mcclellan, Judge Hughes,
| of Indiana, ex-senator Cowan, and Tom
| Florence; Postmaster General, old Blair.
young Blair, Ward Lamar, johnson and
Coyle; Secretary of the Navy, man named
HanscOm, from Boston; Secretary of the
Treasury, John j. Cisco, Robert j. Walker,
Amer Price, of Boston, Currency Printing
Clerk, w. H. Groesbeck, of Cincinnati
Attorney General, Buckley, if Stanbery
continues indisposed.
Claims Rejected.
Claims involving 81, 100000 have recently
been rejected by the State Department,
presented by Baltimore Company
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this city, who were to have 25 per cent. OF
the proceeds if successful. The claim is
said to have been for an island in the South
Pacific, which said Company claimed by
right OF discovery. but of which our naval
vessels subsequently took possession. Per-
sons Eere are enquiring whether the rejec-
tion of this claim has anything to do with
the desire of certain parties for a change in
the State Department.
Charles Francis Adams.
The statement is freely circulated to-
night, among Cabinet matters, that Chas.
F. Adams has been telegraphed to know
if he will accept the position of Secretary
of State. This is as probable as any of the
other pestiferous rumors which are flying
about here.
An Encounter Between Politicians.
Two politicians named Jacob Fitting,
Democrat, and John Blanvelt, Republican.
udO q uCSpcldIC vi uAOiludy
night, at Newton, L. l., about the Califor-
mia election, in the course of which Fitting
was dangerously injured.
The G Congressional committee appointed
to investigate into the pay department,
met yesterday afternoon at the Astor House
and organized, preparatory to proceeding
| with the examination.
Treatment of Union Prisoners.
The Herald's special says the COM
kIok
prisoners in rebel prisons are daily receiv-
ing large numbers of letters from intelligent
men who have partaken of the hospital
tiles of rebel prisoners, all of which are
being arranged carefully. 1t is thought
the. committee will meet here or some
where about the 1st of October.
The General Insolvency Question.
Merchants and other business men of
Richmond are very indignant at the false
charge of general insolvency brought
against them by the correspondent OF a
New York Radical paper, and will proba-
bly, hold meeting to denounce the author
of the report.
The East River Bridge
Mr.. Roebling, engineer of the projected
bridge over East river, has made a report
He states that the bridge will terminate at
Chatham square, n. Y. and near Fulton
ferry, Brooklyn. The total length will be
1852 feet, and the centre span will be 160
feet above high water mark. The total
cost of the structure is estimated at S6,675,-
537 and it will permit the transportation
of 100000 persons daily.
Revenue Fra uds.
Another revenue fraud has been discov.
cred in Brooklyn, by which the Govern
ment lost about $4,000. Some 500 barrels
supposed to he filled with liquor in bonded
warehouses No. "a and 26, in Sedgwick
street. have been emptied of their contents.
J. G. Thompson, keeper of one of the ware
houses, was arrested and held to bail in
sum of $4,000.
-, Masonic Picnic
At the great Masonic picnic at Jones
| woods to-day, representatives were present
| from all the principal cities of the country
Dancing lasted several hours. Brother
Edward Carsall, of Canada, delivered a lec-
ture on charity, and Mayor Hoffman pre-
sented the bible and jewels to Eastern Star
degree.
Pharmaceutical Association.
The American Pharmaceutical Associa.
tion, in session here, elected John Milman
of New York, President. In his address
| he said internal revenue was of principa
concern, and he hoped the Association
could arrive at such conclusion as would
| influence Congress to reduce the tax upor
foreign drugs for which no American hert
can be substituted.
The prize fight near Hackensack river
New Jersey, this morning, broke up in
| general melee, and one of the principals
named Mccormick, who seemed likely tt