Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1868-08-20
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treai have been roDDeu OF gas nAlures' pup
ing, &c. ba.nlI AZ, N. ,,.,,.
across the continent, arriving at sacramento
Ihe legislature Of Georgia elected state
officers on the 9th, and the entire republican
ticket was chosen. .--.e e..-. q
The ex-rebel Admiral Franklin Buchanan
has been elected President OF the Maryland
Agricultural College.
The old Mississippi steamer War Eagle sank
10miles above Lyons,on the 9Th. The water Is
over the main deck. No lives were lost.
The tenants of New York city have formed
cooperative combination 10 resist the ex-
tortionate demands Of the landlords.
Mai. Gen. Howard has issued a circular
nromnleating the act OF Congress concerning
he Freedmen's Bureau which was passed
over the Presidents veto.
q Two democratic members of the Louisiana
House of Representatives were unseated on.
the 9th and their opponents installed In their
places, by vote OF 43 70 l-'i
A eolored native of Virginia was arrested
in Hudson city for violating the person OF
child eleven years old, daughter OF John
Kirkpatrick. ntI17r
The Postmaster General is having an Off
cial statement prepared to show that the ac-.
tual dehciencyin the department for the year
is less than s4,OO0,OOO. fi -.+1i.e.i
A proposition 10 confer upon Horace Gree
lev the office Of City Register Of New York,
ma de vacant by the death Of Gen. Halpine,
me cts with general favor .f......i - fa
The Boise City and Idaho stage was stogp-
ed on Blue Mountain by highwaymen. The
mails were robbed, but all restored. Wells u
Fargo's express lost ten thousand dollars.
t oneer Victoria arrived In Paris on the 9th,
and was met al the station by the Empress
Eugene and escorted to the IuilerIes. ~ She
goes to Switzerland from Paris.
Nova Scotia is dissatisfied with her cOnnec-
tion with the Dominion OF Canada, and is seek
ing to dissolve the partnership. The subject
has created considerable excitement.
The Office Of the Star Fire Insurance Com
pany, No. 80 Broadway, New York, was rob.
bed about two O'Clock Thursday afternoon Of
SAC, 900 in United States 5-2O bonds, new '65s
The tug Nettle blew up. near Memphis, on
the 9Th, severely acalding an engineer named
Williams. The regular engineer and fireman
had Just stepped out Of the engine room, and
thus narrowly escaped death.
A large building on the United States Arse
nal grounds at Augusta, Me-, used as wood
house and hospital, was destroyed on the
9th, by an incendiary. The Government los
es about $4,000
The President has appointed Judge 3, !.
James, of Illinois, who has so long tilled the
once as ENhlnlntI-lH-OhlCl III
Office, vice Elisha Foote, appointed Commits
sioner. sfesF.,H s,sfg r,-,tt
A Government Inspector in New York seiz-
4. ed ten barrels of fish oil at No. 1876 Maiden
Lane Each barrel contained ten gallon
air-tight case filled with brandy, supposed to
have been smuggled from Canada.
The President has objected to be issued to
the Central Pacific Railroad the bonds and
" patents for the section of2O miles ending at
II ~ Na.Rwn aalt
rnissioners reporting said section completed
and equipped as first class railroad.
rnto,,,ai rovanue racainta dnrino Julv wore
AZ Hea nnn ond have istfeplv hee4 increasing
Nv iSe withdrawal Of whisky from bond under
the new law. On Saturday the receipts ex-
ceeded 81 500, ,0OO The customs collected at
New York. in July, were sS,500D0O
,,o,,ar frnn wood and atraw, has been ex.
bIoIpdad ,,e1an yoors Inv the 1ommissioner of
Patents This is ihe patent that has caused
40 much litigation among the paper makers
'tbronghont fhe country. i
c. cron4 bos rocomnended tba remis
;or ~ the rema;nder If fbo sentenced and
~ roisose frar, ;ror,.is sonn,aTt oF iii ne,sons
,,ny, i, cnninemant under sentences If mill |
t ~ ,,,,'is1;o,1s roani9ed rnder tbe recon
stryyo,in,, ssry acta nf Gon"ress in the states
,yhere said acts have ceased TO be opera.
tive.
The statements recently published respect !
ing the financial affairs OF the Postoffice De-
partment are unreliable The official exhibit
will not be completed till September or Octo-
Der, aud the greater part OF whatever, def-
cheney may bo found will be owing to the es-
tablishment Of expensive mail routes in the
T,,o oaaI ,a;ro, ol,, l;sco,,ored ,,eo, sitlo
ON the main land are considered nnenualed
vi' wy la. M -; IL o,,a, IYvenIv feat Il,
width, and is tfaceable some distance, The
United States steamer Saginaw tried the coal,
andh officers pionouncedit it excellent 1t
has the appearance OF pure anthracite' and
Is superior 10 any Lehish coal ro4 !
John Burnside, coored, Indicted for lar
eeny was on me StH PlaGeIa on Tann uT,al n unn te
John Hugh smith presiding, a AZ ~ ms & re4nesr @