Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-11
DOMESTIC NEWS.
Convention of Farmers.

e .-as--if RICHMOND, VA, July TO-.
A Convention in session at Burkesville,
composed of farmers, representing twelve
Virginia and several North Carolina coun-
ties, adjourned after passing resolutions
expressing willingness to- sell lands to
purchasers from any section of the United
States, and also commencing the formation
of companies in each county to sell lands
to foreigners.
Thunder and Hail Storm at VVoon.
socket. ~.
Providence, July 10.
A very heavy thunder storm occurred
at Woonsocket, a few miles north of
this city, yesterday afternoon, attended
by remarkably severe fall of hail, the
storm doing much harm on the market
gardener. 1t is estimated that his loss Is
$1,000. AT the Hamlet Mills all but thirty
of three hundred lights of glass in the
root were broken. The torrents of rain
carried away one dam. The damage from
hail was confined to limited tract, per-
haps three square miles.
Wife Murder.
) FALL RIVER, MASS, July 10.
Patrick Mansfield yesterday killed his
wife by eItting her head open with a
hatchet. Mansfield has been arrested.
Reception of the Nominations In
Missouri.
ST. LOUIS, July 10.
Dispatches from nearly every section of
Missouri say the nomination of Seymour
and Blair was received with great satisfac-
tion, particularly that of Blair. Ratitca-
tion meetings were held last night, salutes
fired, and all the various joyful manifesta-
tions indulged in.
Strike at POtfsvilIe, Pa.
PoTTsvnLE, Pa, July 10.
There is strike here to-day among the
miners, in consequence of an attempt to
reduce wages to correspond to the eight
hour law. The miners demand the same as
for ten hours work, which has been refus-
ed, and mob of two hundred men are
compelling workmen at various collieries
and railroad and other workshops to quit
work. No series damage has been done
yet. Governor Geary is here and says he
will use force at once, if necessary.
PoTTsvILLE, Pa, July 10.-The st Ike
among the miners is assuming threaten
ing attitude Several mills about Tamaqua
have been compelled to suspend BY visits
from miners, who force the workmen to
stop. Laboring men on the railroads have
also been driven off. The st. Clair Iron
Works have been visited, but the proprie-
tors refused to accede to the demands of the
strikers, and as company has been en-
rolled to preserve order, it is feared there
will be bloodshed.
Terrible Explosion.
p RENO. Pa, July 10.
About 10 this morning the building used
by the Read Torpedo Company, for the fill
ing of torpedoes and storage of powder,
was blown up. F. Il. Munson, who was at
work in the building, was blown through
the air some 500 feet, and came down a
shapeless body. The windows in the houses
for a quarter of mile were broken. Loss
about $4,000. z E.. .lE rr1-= --sss-
Comments of the Cincinnati Pa
pers ON SeymOnr's Nomination.
: CINCINNATI, o., July 10.
The Enquirer of this morning SAYS of the
nomination of Mr.. Seymour: For twenty
years no man has exerted wider influence
upon public affairs in the Democratic
party, no man is better known or highly
admired as an orator. He not only has no
equal of any party in New York, but he
has no rival. Gifted with fine presence,
with, a remarkable and copious flow of
language, with an elegant diction, he is un-
surpassed as an orator. He is the pride and
ornament of the Empire State. He COM
menced life as Democrat, and has never
wavered IN his advocacy of that political
faith. In his private life there is no blem-
ish. His morals are pure, his reputation
untarnished. He was not candidate for
the nomination for the Presidency, but re-
peatedly declined and it was only upon the
solicitation of the West and the unanimous
voice of the Convention that he accepted
the nomination. Why, then, should he not
be supported by the Democracy of the en-
tire country? What objection can rea-
sonably be urged against him? His char
acter and qualifications are eminent. He
is eminent as an orator. He is distin-
guished as statesman. There is no COM i
parison between him and Grant, either
politically or personally. He will be sup
ported by the Democracy and will be tri-
umphantly elected. He was not originally
the choice of the West, as is well known