Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-15

All
made the result of the November election
a foregone conclusion. Victory hovers
still above the contending hosts, uncertain
upon which banner to alight. y alAf fSi'hs
= The Times considers the elections q dis
astrous overthrow of Democracy. .-.,;t.
The Tribune styles the elections in the
five States yesterday as the battle of five
forks OF 1868, and thinks the Democrats
may abandon all hopes OF success insNor
vember. - .4. 2-, ..,,o
DR.. Michael Flynn, of 565 Second avenue,
Inspecting his wife of criminal Intimacy
with Daniel Tracy. a lodger, and finding
hem under peculiar circumstances in
Tracy's room at twelve O'Clock last night,
shot. Tracy, inflictiDg a severe wound,
Tracv was taken to Bellevue, hospital, and
DR.. Flynn was arrested Dido fe eT5 T
go Seized. lld .a1siiic
- sForty-Seven barreIS of whisky were
seized yesterday afternoon by revenue Off :
GERS, on the Stonington steamer Narragan-
sett. a5E51lI sd l. -1aL Hrft-s- tItsi}
The congressional lretrenchmentc commit-
tee examined one witness yesterday in re-
lation to the internal revenue frauds. n
'iAy'9 -.3 Registrations. r..
Thirty-thre thousand voters were reg
istered in Brooklyn yesterday.
Smuggling.
Since the close of the quarantine season
custom officers have seized over one hum
'ired thousand cigars while being smuggled
into this port. ..; ~. 49,, -
Protestant Episcop II Convention
In the Protestant Episcopal Convention
to-day, DR.. Samuel Cook, D. d., of New
York, presented the following memorial,
accompanied by verbatim report of Rev.
Stephen Tying, Jr., &C.: s7.,z, sbnoirl rsd1o
The undersigned, being members of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, and warders
and vestrymen of the church of the Holy
Trinity. in New York city, respectfully in
vite the attention of the GeneralC lConvention
to the annexed report of thetrial of the Rev.
Stephen III. Tying, Jr., rector ofsaif church
as exhibiting a neutrality-suspicious. OF GER
tain canons, tbe previous understanding
thereof and the long continued, widely
extended and undisputed usage In con-
tormity with that understanding, and re-
spectively submit for their consideration
the proprietv of pronouncings some defini-
tiOn or working some amendment which
may clear the law of dispute and promote
the extension of the church and advance
ment of religion,
/ Very respectfully, ITHAa9 EAE
(Signedl
Robert Dumont, Henry Hurd, War
dens. 4 = r ~ - Z p So - :
E r Tremain, J Nelson Tappan, Charles
K Randall, William L Andrews, Jonathan
Edgar, William B Northrup, r NJ Brundige,
M New York, October, 1868. 96ld '9gaTHs
The memorial was referred to the COM
mittee on Canons without debate.
Rev. DR.. Pitkin, OF Michigan, from the
committee on New Diocese, of Western
New Yorf,reported each division of West
ern New York, each division to take place
the first ofrNovember. Adopted. ls si1-E9
At the afternoon session message was
received from the House OF Bishops, an.
nouncing that they had concurred in the
resolution relative to the erection of new
diocese in Southern New York. a EErz
A message was also read from the same
body stating that they had concurred with
the resolution adopted this morning divid-
ing the diocese of Western New York. =.
The balance of the session was consumed
in discussing the proposal for change Of
name from Convention to Council. 90
s&sBss@ @BinckIey.s a4Eas ss Nas
The Congressional. committee. on Re-
trenchment having waited two days for
Binckley's appearance before them to tes-'
tity,son inquiry at the Astor House found
he had lett. 1t is said Binckley refused to
answer the questions propounded by the
committee, on the ground that he would
compromise the President.
5sss 80 NaIuraIized. -ztETs--1s@7sE
( The popular actor John Brougham, has
been naturalized. He declared bis inten-
ttons eighteen years ago, but has just taken
out his papers.
Registration.
The registration in Brooklyn yesterday
was $4,000, an increase of 10000 over the
first days operations last year.