Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1867-08-20
FROM NEW YORK
Corner stone Laid.


f New York. August 1s.-The corner stone Of the
German Roman Catholic Church on Pitt street was
lsid yesterday by Archbishop McClosky. with ar
imposing ceremony. i ai
1t seems that the body of ex- Governor Wright ha.
not to Indiana. but the funeral services will b,
held here on Thursday.
Cholera
There were three cases of cholera to day. one
fatal.
Arrested:
Dan Noble, well known sporting man, was ar
rested at Elmira. charged with having recaiye'
about s12OO 600 worth of bonds stolen fIom the Rtya
Insurance Company last December. The accusedi
living in one of the most splendid homes.eads il
the State. -r ..f- s,-- .... 5.u
Several companies of eolored troops are organizn
in this city, with the purpose of ultima ely fornne
a regiment to be attached to the National Guard.
ads fa ~ ACCESSION. r--aa
Judge Blatchford to day, in the case before thu
Dist let Court, decide that debt from defalca
tion. of debtor. ~hle acting in fduciery capac-
ity, could not discharged by any proceedings il
Deauh of MS Benjamin wood.
Mrs. Benjamin Wood died on Saturday of dis
ease of the heart HFi" 'Ht I.-.'i A $40
Lost Their Lives. "
Three Germans named Fritz Yound. VIM. Et
field and VIM Weimer lost their lives in wash
tub in a distillery to-day.
Explosion.
The boiler of the steamer Palisade, ladened with
excursionists. exploded on Sunday morning while
at the wharf, No lives lost. En-,
Duel.
AT a duel between two men at Wehawken, N. :, IA
who had quarreled about a woman said to be the
daughter of a millonair. three shots were fired at
twenty PAGES but resulted in nothing serious.
ae- vi.r Crop Report. .s.l ,. ~
The Cooperstown. New York. Republican speak
dscouragingly of the hep crop thereabous. 1t says
in Chenango and Broome counties many fields are
entirely ruined by lice, while others promise no,
more than half crops. H5 2,
s-En Arrival from Havana.
The steamer Raleigh, from Havana, the 14th, has
arrived. 1t is asserted that many seditious expires
sions were heard at the late riot. Matanzas.a sol
dier. was executed by Garratte at Havana, on the
18th. % ~
The necessary funds will shortly be placed at the
disposal Of the Spanish minister at Washington tc
pay the interest of the Spauishscr held by citizens
| of the United States.
Sugars are dull and unchanged.
| Advices from ,Shiketts confirm the nearly tota
destruction of the town of Basseterre. The pub
| lie buildings not being in the center of the tow
miraculously escaped. but not a single store. re,
mains, and only fifteen respectable buildings ar
left standing. The value of the property destroy
ed was f3OOOOO, with 100000 insured.
/ The Austrian bark Weman arrived at Barbadoe
with 45O Coolies board. They shortly be :am
mutinous. and Capt. Beckweth armed his crow ant
caused volley to be fred into them. Three wer
killed and several wounded. -H IT ..
| The rest were driven below, when they set fire t.
the vessel expecting the to follow to extinSuis
the flames, when they would have murdered them
but the Captain had all the matches closed and wa
ter poured down one of the ventiators raising suc
steam and smoke that the Coolies soon volunteer
! ed to put out the fire themselves. r'