The Tiffin weekly tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1859-1868, 1868-01-23
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Col. A. y. NoRToN, formerly Of
Ohio, died at Santa Fe, New Mexico,
on the 10th inst.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned
over from Thursday morning until
3 p. NJ, on Tuesday.
During the past week two hundred
and Gfty.6ve immigrants passed
through Columbus, Of whom forty.
three will settle 10 Ohio.
The Military Committee Of the
House, after consultation with Gen.
Grant, have agreed to report against
any present reduction Of the army.
Mr.. Seward says he has received
dispatch from San Francisco to the
effect that some orc from Alaska
yields gold at the rate Of $4,000 a
tun.
John Jacob Astor, jr., died in New
York, Thursday, at tho age of &c.
lie was n son Of John Jacob Astor,
and brother Of William b. Astor
lie had been demented for many
years.
Gen. MEADE has succeeded in find
ing $4,000 Of the concealed money
of the State Of Georgia, which will be
devoted in part, at least to the pay
mcnt Of the mombers of the Conven- e
tion.
Cen. d. w. II. DAY, Of Columbus,
and Major II. j. CovELL, Of Ashta.
bula county, have been appointed, the
FIRST, Quartermastcr General, aud the
second, Aid dc Camp on Gov. HAYES
staff.
A dispatch from San Francisco dc.
nies the story that the troops at Sitka
are suffering, aud even dying, for
want Of food aud shelter. On the
contrary, they are comfortably housed
and have plenty to eat.
The apprchended stoppago of work
in the Lake Superior copper mines,
on account Of the dullness of the
market, has greatly alarmed the work
men and merchants Of that region
The former can badly afford the loss
Of their accustomed wages.
II has been agreed that tho Suratt
trial shall begin on the 24th of Feb.
ruary. 1t is understood that Judge
Pierpoint and A. G.. Riddle are re-
tained by the Government, and that
Jerry Black aud Dick Merrick will
appear for Surratt.
Advices from Alabama indicate the
certain success of the Constitution
The Democrats at Montgomery advise
their friends to have nothing to do
with the election. This is accepted
as equivalent to admission Of dcfeat.
Gov jenkins, of Georgia, is on his
way to Washington, to sec the Presi-
dent and try and get tho Supreme
Court to act on his troubles. He has
sent the finances of Georgia to New
York, aud, thus far, all the efforts to
discover just what has been done
with tho money have failed 1t is
probable that the State officials will
| be arrested.
Gen. Sewall reports from Vicks-
burg, that there is scarcity of pro-
visions in Mississippi, and that lim
tied amount of rations may have ia
be provided by the Government for
the river counties Of that State, Ar.
kansas and Louisiana, both for the
back counties. There L. no genera
distress IIo thinks, however, that
in the disorgauized condition Of affairs
the Freedmon's Bureau was never
more needed than now.
The correspondence betw zen Gen.
Meade and Gov. jenkins, of Georgia,
which resulted in the removal of the
latter from Office, is published. The
General held that the Constitutional
Convention had a right to make ap
propriations and draw money from
the State Treasury to pay its own ex
ponses, while the Governor insisted
that the Legislature was tho only
body possessing that power. He,
moreover, expressed the opinion that
the Convention was unconstitutional,
The General then replied that he did
not doubt the purity of tho Governor
motives, aud that he respected him
personally, but, under the circumstan-
ces, he must vacate his Office.