Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-01-04


20. Steamboat explosion at Middletown,
Pa; seven men killed. Great tornado at
Knoxville, Tenn. Three young ladies
frozen to death In a snow storm in Min
nesota. congressman Parmenter died
at Cambridge, Mass Great fire In Philadel-
phia loss $1.000000; several firemen kill
ed. Steamers Peytona, Dictator, Luna and
I.eviathan burned at St. Louis; loss $780,
900. Great destruction of property at Oil
Creek, Pa, by the breaking of the ice
gorge.
a. Terrible boiler explosion at Harris
burg, Pa; five persons killed. Gen. Grant
presented 100000 by the merchants of
New York. I.. |'#-.-.
al MARcH. Dr. al.
/. Gold 1851. Mrs.Swlsshelm dismissed
from Treasury clerkship, by order OF the
President, for opposing ''My policy"
8. Internal revenue receipts this day,
$2,139,2i1. Hon. T. II. Weasner sue
ceeds in getting Government to refund the
money spent in defending this city against
the Kirby Smith and Morgan raids. John
son, Lane & Co.'s warehouse, New York,
burnt with 1000 bales of cotton. Loss
| $2000000. Steamer Lockwood blown up
at Presidents Island, Mississippi river; 10
lives lost. Rev. Alex. Campbell, the cele-
brated christian divine, dies at Bethany,
| Va. aged rs. Col. Bowers, of Gen. Grants
staff, accidentally killed while getting on
cars at GarriSon's, n. y.
7. Sam Coovert convicted at Lebanon,
| Ohio, OF the RoOsa massacre.
8. Great damage on Mississippi river by
| breaking up of ice. Governor of Canada
calls out 10000 men to repel Fenians.
8. Virginia passes an act to allow negroes
to vote, where their rights were involved
Death of Judge Matthews, at Dayton,
Ohio.
Is. New Hampshire goes Republican; T.
Smyth elected Governor by $4,000 majority.
Rejection of bill for admission of Colorado.
IA. Justice Jared Sparks, the historian,
! dies at Cambridge, Mass, aged n.
II. New York Central Railroad Depot at
Buffalo burned; loss $1,000000. a'
Is. $123,433, ,8S5 on hand in the United
States Treasury.
10. Seward protests against the sending
of any more Austrian troops to Mexico.
20. The Wisconsin Legislature rejects
the bill to restore the death penalty. Prof.
| Charles Beck, the celebrated linguist, dies
at Cambridge, Mass, aged 20. Gen. Burn
side nominated for Governor of Rhode
Island by the Union party. New York NJ.
| II. Conference pass strong anti-savery
resolutions, and favor the punishment of
| leading rebels. Thousands, from curiosi-
tv, cross on the ice bridge at the foot of
Niagara Falls.
%. Great fire at Petroleum Center, Penn;
loss, S2500O0. Cholera makes it's appear
ance at Mobile, Ala. st. JOhnsburg, VT,
Railroad Depot burned; loss $l25,000.
90. Pixies Opera House, Enquirer Office
and other buildings burnt, being the great
! est fire ever known in this city. The lib
/ ara1c 1afaat xyitb tarrihla lnae MaNiDnilia -
force at Mazatlan.
%. Gold l25, the lowest point since the
introduction OF greenbacks.
27. The President vetoes the Civil Rights
! bill.
30. Ex- congressman George Chambers
dies at Chambersburg, Penn, aged 81.
80. Great excitement in Pennsylvania oil
regions on account of bank suspensions.
81. Great oil fire at Petroleum Center ;
loss Sl50,00O. Valparaiso bombarded and
destroyed by the Spanish fleet.
l. APRIL.
/. Gold l2S. The Senate Of California
indorsed Congress by vote of 36 to 2l.-
CIV. Low, of California, has been sustain
ed in his veto of granting State aid to the
Western Pacific railroad. Arrest of one
of the Lord bond robbers. Gobrecht &
Rogers mill in this city burned; loss S20,-
900. q -. ....
2. James r. Hawley elected Governor Of
Connecticut. Entire Union ticket elected
in this city. Presidents proclamation de-
claring the war at an end. Nitro-Glycerine
explosion on the steamer European at As
pinwall; loss, 20 lives aud $l,OO0000 prop
erty.
! Il 8. NJ. d. Potter, chief manager of the
| Cincinnati Commercial, died.
1 Ill 81 aNa1 nj
Rhode Island.
8. Great fire in Charleston, South Caro-
lima. Loss 100000. Beatty, Bros. & Co.
tea dealers, New York city, suspended
Liabilities 100000.
G. Hurd Bros, bankers, Rochester, sus-
pend. Great loss by fire of railroad depot
aud cars at Edinburg, Ind. Clapp 81 Co.,
bankers. of Boston, fail. Order of evacua-
| tion of Mexico by the French troops com
municated by NJ. Drouyn de L'Huys.
Great, celebration of the old pioneers at
Marietta, Ohio. New trial granted Coov.
ert, the murderer of the ROosa family
Seward threatens that the United States
will not remain neutral if Austria en-
cages further in the war with Mexico.
z. American hotel New York, burned /;
loss $350000. Large fire corner Fulton
and Broadway, New York; loss $250,0O0
Civil Rights bill passes over the President'i
veto by vote of 80 to 10. f.
| 8. Antoine Probst murders the Deering
| family, at Philadelphia, Pa. Steamboats,
Nevada, Eaie Dean, Fanny Ogden, Frank
Mace and Alex. Majors destroyed by fire
at st. Louis. Loss $5GO,00O.
/ 0. Rich's Exchange Bank of Buffalo
! suspended. The House passed the Civil
Rights bill, by vote of 122 to Al. sL. lri
/ u. Gen. Grant fined $500 for fast driv-
| ing. Ex-senator Daniel s. Dickinson dies
at New York. Execution of Green, the
Maiden Bank murderer. H.Ut .IN .I
| IA. Commemorative of the assassination
of President Lincoln. Steamer FinancieI
lburnt and sunk. '9
l. i6. Great explosion of nitro-glycerine, al
San Francisco. 20lives lost and $200,00(
worth of property, ryiy,yog- .Ycu.T ba'.
| H. Attempt to assassinate the Emperor
of Russia. Steamer New York burned an6
sunk in Long Island Sound; thirteen live;
| lost. .tsa
/ Is. Fire at Titusville, Penn. Steamer
| Virginia arrived In New York from Liv-
erp0ol, having lost many passengers by
cholera during the voyage, Clement Y
Clay released from Fortress Monroe on pa
role.
20. Rev. P. Embury, the founder ofAIeth.
otlism III this country, buried at Cambridge
New York. Legislature OF Massachusett;
rejects the, Eight Hour Labor bill. Steamer
Raymond blown up on the Mississippi riv-
er, New York Board of Health issues 9
proclamation of peril to the public con-
cerning eholeraSns no ggit.at. oed sdt O.
II 26. Railroad depot destroyed by fire al
lDetroit. Loss $l50,000. Mrs, Mary San
/ chez died at Baton Rouge, aged 1l2, hav-
/ ing seen the Spanish, French, English
American and Confederate flags floating
over that town. Great panic of mercantile