Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-03-26
rELEcRAPHIc SUMMARY,
GENERAL Nnw,sI,


The South Carolina convention has
passed liberal Homestead law.
The Ohio agricultural fair is 10 be
49,, held at Toledo thia yoar. n
Two cargoes OF corn are on the way
from New Orleans to New York and Boston.
.'1t Five hundred workmen have been
discharged from the Oharlestown navy yard.
The ice has gone out of the Illinois,
and navigation has been resumed,
The latest election returns from New
Hampshire make the republican mBjority
1850. a.. tve
Col. L. B. Griggs6y, Of Kentucky,
has been appointed Inspector OF Customs for
the United States at Panama.
The Georgia election for the new
constitutions to take placeOn the 2Oth OF
f,4 April. Hi4 -
The Hudson River Railroad was
flooded On the 18th, and trains are sent via
The Harlem road.
Secretary Seward, who has been on
visit 10 his home at Auburn, has returned
70 Warrington -,.yr q tseQ
Governor Evans has been elected
President Of the Denver Pacific Railway
Company. .5s sH at
The President has sent TO the Senate
the nomination Of Franklin Haven for Assist
ant Treasurer. a-Tr b
The health Of Mr.. Stevens this week
is better than prior to the commencement OF
the present session Of Congress.
Hon. James Brooks, OF New York,
has been confined to his room for nearly
week, by sickness.
Officer John Gear, Of Memphis, who
was shot come days ago by burglar died
on the 18th.
There was q great rise in the Hudson
river on the 10th, but no damage is reported
The ioe will soon pass out "a
Hon. j. B. Benson has been ap-
pointed Senator in the Canadian Parliament.
In place OF Hon. Ferguson Blair, deceased.
The damage to the Great Western
railroad OF Canada, by the foods, has been
repaired and trains are running regularly,
Steamboats, are now running upon
the Detroit and st. Clair rivers and an early
opening OF navigation on the lakes ia anticfs
pated.
St. Patrick's day was celebrated in
most Of the large cities of the country with
the ueual parades Of the Irish societies, ad-
dresses and banqueta.
Advices from ST. Thomas show that
the yellow fever has again broken ont on
board the Qnited States qnsdron. Ensign
Ford died Jan. 2lth. 34gt
The Allegheny and Monongahela
rivers are very high, there being seventeen
to eighteen feet Of water in the channels-at
PlttBbnrg. tf ..,s \
The water in the Mohawk river was
Eising rapidly on the 18th. and was over its
banks IN many places. A portion OF the city
otBchenectady was overh0wed.
John W. Wells, Indian agent for
Montana, died In Washington from the effects
OF wound In the head, inflicted by himself
onthe 4th, with pistol.
The Monroe paper mill Watervile,
a. on Aha 2,.,,aI I,...
loss of about $4,000, which is covered BY
insurance.
Gov. Fenton, Of New York, has ap.
pointed Hon, Charles O Dwight Judge OF
the Supreme Court for the 7th judicial cir.
cult, in place OF Judge Mills, deceased.
Captain Andrew Brosson has been
tae relieved from command Of the United ststes
steamer Michigan. and is placed on waiting
orders. Commander j. e. Jonett is ordered
to command the Michigan.
The President has nominated John
i Hancock OF Phiadephia, brother OF Mai
Gen, Hancock. collector Of internal revenue
at New Orleans, in place Of Gen. steadman,
resigned. b. r.
70 The Sacs and Foxes, of Kansas; the
Pottawatomies. Cherokses, Choctaws, Chick
asaws and Creeks still have delegations in
Washington, engaged In business with the
Indian Bureau.
The ice jam in the river at MORA
gave way Monday night. The iron bridge
was completely wrecked and MANY houses
and sheds were swept away. portion Of the
town is inundated.
The President has ordered a reser-
walton OF twelve square miles ct Camp Ellis,
on the esst fork OF Gallatin River tributa
ry OF the Missouri, in Montana, for military
PURPOSES.
Gen. George W. Tew, State Treasu-
rer OF Rhode leland, is defaulter in the
sum o. $4,000. he has resigned, and Sam.
uel A. Parker has been placed In charge tenn
4 porAFily. IL
The democracy of st. Louis have
just dedicated a new ksll, which they have
christened Tammany, and which will be the
headquarters OF the party of the city and
state.
Monday night sword on exhibition
in the Patent Once, worth ten or fifteen
thousand dollars, was stolen. It was pre-.
gentsd BY the Viceroy OF Egypt TO cdmman-
der Biddle, Of the navy, many years ago and |
is studded with diamonds.
The amount of fractional currency
issued for the week ending the 14th, was
s4S3,600; shipments Of fractional currency |
and notes, S740 79S; national bank notes
issued $l3l $50; fractional currency re-
doomed aud destroyed, sS92, ,2OO.9
A delegation OF Indian chiefs have
been 10 Washington to consider their affairs |
but the political troubles overshadowed the |
dusky sons OF the plains, and they are on
their way homo, without having accomplish.
cd their purpose.
A San Francisco dispatch says that
several horrible 0utrages on children have |
been committed IN the vicinity OF Acapulco. |
Two boys were hung, and three little girls |
were outraged, and their bodies thrown into /
awell. The perpetrator Of tho last deed !
has leen arrested.
Documents were sent to Congress on
the 18th, TO show that the Government had |
paid e226 2sO for telegrAms TO and from the /
Pacific coast since the completion OF the |
line, and thst the expense Of the tIip of the /
Miantonomah to Europe was $l71,367, being
simply her ordinary expenses as cruiser.
Heavy rams fell throughout Central
Mis- souri, and Kansas on the 18th, and vio-
lent thunder and lightning aud rain and
wind storm swept over st. Lous, prostrating /
all tn telegraph lines, blowing down ohm
neys and fences, and doing considerable |
damage to the steamers at the levees. |
An unsuccessful attempt was made
to blow mp dwelling on Rensselaer, street,
Albany, Saturday night, by means Of a can.
teen OF powder, which had been placed In
the foundation wall. The shock Was 90 vio-
lent a. 10 throw down some Of the inmates.
No arrests have been made.
A FIRE broke out Saturday night in
Centre Block, bounded by Msgazine, Fran
cher, FaeEffre and DelAnde streets New Or
leans, region densely filed up with wooden
tenaments. The fire was not checked until
great portion was destroyed. Another fire
In the same region destroyed whisky ware-