The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-02-20
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Admiral Eagle, U. s. ~, died IN
on the 18th, in bis six
ty- ninth year.
The President has nominated Lieu
tenant General Sherman 10 be Brevet
General.
Louisville wants very much TO have
tho National Democratic Convention
hold its session there.
A terrible earthquake in the Is.
land Of Formosa, destroyed 10000
lives.
Tho Haytien revolutionists have
proclaimed Gen. Solomon President,
In place Of Salnave.
DR.. VIM. II. Thrall, Of Columbus,
has been appointed Private Secretary
to Gov. Hayes.
Gen. J. b. Steodman has resigned
tho Collcctorship of Internal Revenue
in New Orleans.
The Ohio Board Of Public Works
has organized for the current year by
re electing the old officers.
A dispatch from Galveston says
that Texas has, undoubtingly, voted
in favor Of q Convention.
Gen, Lorenzo Thomas has been ro-
appointed Adjutant General, by the |
President, in place ofGen. Townsend.
The illness of count Bismarck is
serious. Ho is not able to leave Ber-
lin.
A matrimonial engagement between
! Mr.. Robert Lincoln, son Of the late
President, and the daughter Of ex-
Senator Harris is announced.
Paul Pillsbury, tho inventor of
shoe-pegs aud tho machinery for
making then, died at Georgetown,
Mass, some days ago.
Tho Portuguese Government has
granted permission for laying an At
lantio Cable from England to Amer
lea via Oporto aud the Azores.
Gen Gillom has ordered the election
> for the ratification Of the Constitu-
, tion of Arkansas to begin March 10
and continue f,e days.
General Meade has advised the fac
tions of tho Florida Convention, to
come together, elect new President,
, blot out their work to date, and begin
, anew.
q reported that the United States
q Minister in Peru has threatened that
q his country will not recognize the
d now Government
r The public honors of Admiral Far
Y rngut, In Florence closed with din
o nor given by our Minister, Geo. p
h Marsh, The Admiral has gone on q
!. brief visit to Venice.
n Admiral Bell, Of tho United State,
k Navy, was drowned at the mouth o
n the Osaka river, Japan, on the It'll
N of January.
&c There seems no doubt that the ap
IT pointment of Minister to Englau'
u has been rendered to General Nc
Clcllau. Nothing definite has bee
q heard from him as to his acceptance
! The Legislature of California ha
a instructed the Congressmen Of tha
y State to urge on our Government tn
~ importance of securing tho annexa
Nv ton of British Columbia to tn
III United States,
he The Commissioner Of Agticultur
ht is now busy distributing seed. Whc
of he gets rid Of all the late Newton az
O. cumulated he will sweep out the o
cd fee aud quit that limo Of business.
ry The Arkansas Reconstruction Coz
Ire vcntion has adjourned subject to Il
'or call of It's President. Tho Conserve
cs, tive members protest against the nc
ew Constitution as matter Of course.
n The House Committee on Freet
om mems Affairs will soon report in Il
ne vor of continuance Of the Bureau
nd Maryland, Kentucky aud Tennessee
Wlo' W Thad. Stevens is reported to ha
's. "o made speech to the Reconstruct,
~. 70 Committee after the defeat of the r,
W W construction project, which, delei
'oS 'oS he said, involved the defeat of Il
'ov party.
we Secretary McCulloch has sent
,as parcel Of documents and letters
mo tho Senate relating to the reven
i service. lIo attempts to screen hir
self aud the President for not reno
cd ing dishonest officials behind 4
,cy Tenure of Office law.
ri Thirty thousand British troo
ain have been landed in Abyssinia, al
nle, the advance of tho army was at Ii
ion adyices near Autalo, which is h
way from tho shore to Magda
whore King Theodore is posted wi
the English captives,
40. The President has created n
,ho Military Division, comprising I
e's Department Of the lakes, of tho Fl
asa 's and of Washington, under the co,
40 mand Of Gen Sherman, hoadquart,
W at Washington. Gen. Sheridan is
n; inn command Of the Military Division
al the Missouri,
igh On the evening Of the 18th in
,eir Admiral Farragut attended a Sta
ops dinner at the Royal Palace, in Flo
,rly ence, to which he was invited
lies King Victor Emanuel, The Adr
the raj was received with marked courte
was by the King and treated with or,
With honor and consideration by the dist
of guished company assembled,
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