Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-31

Respecting the question of the exchange
of prisoners, reopened by Robert Ould,
Charles A. Dana says, in the Sun, that Onld
does not tell the truth. .s,as1 b.syeef
That papers in the War Office will show
that the Government was at all times wills /,
ling and anxious to exchange prisoners. ~
ALI that it asked was that terms OF ex-
change should be Just and honestly observ- .
ed. The Confederate Government on, the
"ther hand was dishonest, tricky and cruel
in the business from beginning to end. m
@i4 90 YalI'H2 Fire. Iitaioh
John X. Leslie's paint establishmentswas
burned this morning In Brooklyn. Loss
40,0O0; partially insured. vaa isui,
Drowned. in. 4! lsl -
Theodore Wagner and his son, nine years
old, were drowned in the boy, by the upset.
ting of sail boat from the waves of q
steamship. d
Union Pacific ". n.
2 A telegram from Omaha announces the
completion OF another section of the Union !
Pacific railroad. Trains are now running
$50 miles west of Omaha. gii'i 5ll yad y
saoh bhi The Fenians. vlissI
taisSa siiA1arq New YoRK, Aug. 30. Il
Ini In the Fenian Convention yesterday,
John Savage resigned the position of Chief
Executive. but the Convention refused to
a
a proposition had been made that General
lO'Neill and the Fenian Senate cooperate
with the Convention in effecting union of
the two branches of the Brotherhood, and
that General O'Neirs absence from the city
prevented any definite action. A resolue
ton was adopted that the committee
communicate directly with General
on Monday the committee look for his pres
ence or final answer as to his Willingness
TO confer on the subject of union. q The
Military Convention held q session, but its
deliberations were not made public. -ii +
,,s,,;is,, Violated. AZ f.h,.,,I !.
A young girl named Mary Ann Russell,
who was killed Thursday night by being
run over on the Hudson River railroad, at
Peeksville, proves to have been violated by
two men and LETT on the track insensible.-
The villains are still at large. IN.
-t.f, ~. Base ID III.
The Atlantic Base Ball Club of Brooklyn
play with the Athletics at Philadelphia to-
morrow, and with the Unions Of Morris
siana here on the 10th OF September. ri
lTd ven adi 20 Suicide.tB 8di fsdil @
Ii A German named Lewis, Doltzadner,
committed suicide by cutting his throat
with a razor and then jumping from the
top of five story building to the street. {,
Dog Pound. - ="
The Dog Pound closed yesterday, 93S
CANNES have been drowned, against 6,763
in 1857 Iel u0ffExilF1fa99 Saf 1F atie
.9sf6 fci3ui For Governor. al, a. &
, Mayor Hoffman seems to have the best
chance for the Democratic nomination for
Governor, though Henry c. Murphy is
strongly supported. ~ sa1 Fc1t
Escaped.
Rev. Henry Wedet, who was serving
fifteen years sentence in the Pennsylvania
Penitentiary for having outraged number
of little girls under his charge, has escaped
from prison, and, it is Thought, gone to
Europe.
p a7i The Steamer Wasp.
/ Secretary Seward sent instructions on
Thursday. by the cable, to Minister Webb,
at Rio Janeiro, directing him to insist upon
the passage of the United States steamer
Wasp through the allied ine to Asuncion,
and in case of refusal to demand his pass
ports. iQsF s3f taa 11li4I rrig
Foreign Items.
A Panama l. tier says the natives openly
declare that annexation to the United
States is tn only salvation for the Isthmus.
Mr.. Stewards renewed offer of mediation
with Spain is likely to be accepted.
The winter in Chilli was unusually Sc
we're, and several snow slides had occurred.
An avalance buried "a persons in mine,
killing all. csf.ai II