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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-31
100 Energetic Business Men

WANTED AS IAGENIS
IN OHIU for the AMERT; AN TONTINE LIFE
AND SAVING INSURANCE COMPANY of
NEW YORK. Apply to
I3JIugiI JOHS SHORT. General Agent, .al,i
No. 264 North High street, Columbus, Ohio.
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Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-03-31
FARMS FOR SALE.

90 FARMS IN FRANKLIN AND
ZU Madison counties for sale, varying from 20
to 300 acres. mostly well improved, ana At a bar
2Ol North High street, Columbus, o.,
mch5. d3ta 2tawtapi&w2t Real Estate Agent.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17
LOCAL ITEMS.

DEAD CHlLD-Last night an Officer of the
Twenty.seventh precinct found o woman, named
Mary r. German at the foot Of Liberty street with
dead child In her arms. She stated that her husband
resides at Plainfed, N. j., TO which point she was
en- route to join him.
DRowNEp.--A hand employed on the steamer
Arrowsmith last night walked or q gang plank at
Peck slip and was drowned. The body was re-
covered, and the coroner notified.
CoUNTERFErTs.-lt has been reported to Police
Headquarters that bills Of the denomination OF ten
dollars on the First National Bank of Red Hook,
n. j., are IN circulation.
FIRE IN MERCER STREET.--A fire occurred at NO.
90 Mercer street. on the third door. The premises
were occupied by ellie Hesbcrgh. The Ore was
caused by the explosion OF kerosene lamp. the
damage was only $50
FIRE IN WATER STREEr.-At late hour last night
fire occurred in the cigar store Of Solomon Rosen-
berg, No. GA Water street. caused by the explosion
Of Kerosene lamp. 1t was put out by the nelghbors
after damages to the amount Of $500 had been sus-
tanned. The place was fully insured In the North
American Insurance Company.
AN OFFICER srABBsD.-Oncer Irving, Of the Nine
teentb precinct was stabbed at late hour as night
the corner OF Fifty nth street and Third avenue.
The assassin u unknown
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POLITICAL NOTES.
Lodi! Wen take that bridge. who'

Lodi! Wen take that bridge. who'
But how about Cayugaf
williams and Robinson say Massachusetts, will 60
for Grant, Who doubts iii
skinner and Blaze p' is the democratic railying
cry out West.
The radical papers say Governor Swami OF Mary
land, appointed Mr.. whyte United states Senator In
order to get him out Of the way as rival candidate
for Congress from the district in which both reside.
The radicals will, no doubt, md very soft thing
when they discover Swami down.
The Greenville Is. C.) Mountafneer says few days
since an accession Of about one hundred names
(many Of them previously connected with the Union
League) was made to the lists Of the North Saluda
Democratic Club.
We have noticed already no less than forty-seven
and a half puns on Seymours name since he be-
came the democratic candidate.
There are said to be three Governors In South
Carolina and it is difcult to tell which Is the real
one-Canby Orr Scott.
The Jews OF Memphis have pronounced against
Grant. It is not the first time the Jews denounced
Saviour
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The Perils Of the Port.

The recent and almost miraculous escape
from destruction of the ferryboat Sylvan
Grove, which, while crowded with passen-
gers, was nearly cut in twain on Tuesday
evening by the large steamer Providence, of
he Bristol line, is fraught with startling i'm
port to the entire community as warning
whose significance should be at once practi
cably needed The Sound steamers are all
vessels superior in dimensions and motive
power to any of the steamboats, plying regu-
lary in the harbor of New York. and when
under Roadway are, as compared to the latter
class of boats, steam rams. The piers of the
Stonington, the Fall River, the Bristol and
Providence, the Neptune and the Norwich lines
of steamers are located on the North river,
between Barclay and Canal streets. All these
boats ply between this port and the New Eng
land seaports, passing through Hell Gate, and
as a consequence have to navigate the waters
of the North and East rivers. From these
piers to Hell Gate is q distance of about six
miles, and in traversing this route all
those large steamers cross directly the
routes of the Pavonia, Hoboken, Jersey City,
Communipaw, Coney Island, Staten Island,
Hamilton avenue, Atlantic avenue, Wall
street, Fulton, Harlem, James slip, Roosevelt
street. Catharine street, Jackson street, Grand
street. Hunters Point and Astoria ferryboats,
and usually not more than one or two hundred
yards distant from the ferry slips. The Sound
boats leave their wharves between five and
seven o'clock in the evening and arrive at about
six o'clock in the morning-hours at which all
the ferryboats are freighted with thousands
| of passengers. The fearful risk thus incurred
| from the probabilities of collision is beyond
comprehension, and certainly, in view of the
recent collision, demands q prompt and posi-
tive remedy. We have repeatedly called at
tention to this hourly impending danger and
suggested the removal-compulsorilyi if neces-
| sary-of the Sound steamers to piers on the
East river at some point above Catharine
street. By this means thirteen of the nineteen
ferries named may be relieved Of the. danger
of running this terrible gauntlet, while the
| Sound steamers will be two or three miles
nearer He'll Gate (their point Of exit from the
harbor) and not in any manner nconveniently
located relatively to the business portion Of the
| CITY.
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A Reign Of Violence in the south.

We are beginning to receive accounts Of
deeds of violence in some parts of the South,
which, we fear, are but the precursors Of q
more general and serious reign of turbulence
In the midst of the turmoil and confusion, the
fury and ferceness of an unparalleled Presi-
Dental campaign, there Is no knowing to what
extent the spirit Of disorder may be carried
II is to no particular party that these threaten
ing disturbances may be ascribed. Each party
is equally jealous and obstinate, cruel and i'm
placable. Secret political societies are estab-
lished on both sides upon principles calculated
to inHame the passions Of partisans and to pre-
cipitate some portions of the unorganized
Southern country into o condition Of anarchy.
In such times the innocent are likely to suffer
with the guilty, and IL behooves the govern
ment to be prepared to protect the
defenceless In any contingency that may
arise. Congress will soon adjourn, and
the duty Of preserving order in the
South will be left in the hands of General
Grant, under the authority of the laws of Con-
gress. We hope, therefore, that the General
will soon return from the Rocky Mountains, or
abandon his trip 10 that region altogether. In
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17
The Fourteenth Amendment.

In answer to an inquiry from the Senate Mr..
Seward informs that body that the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution has been
officially ratified by twenty-three States repre-
scented in Congress and by three of the recently
reconstructed ones. They are Maine, New
Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Con-
nectcut and Rhode Island, all the New Eng
land States New York. New Jersey and Penn
sylvania, the Middle States; and in the West,
Northwest and Southwest, the States of Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa,
Oregon, Minnesota, Missouri, Kansas, Ne
braska, Nevada, West Virginia and Tennessee
The three recently reconstructed States whose
notifications are on record at the State Depart
ment are Arkansas, North Carolina and
Florida. In addition to these, however,
Louisiana and South Carolina are coming in
on the amendment, and thus there will pre-
sently be a total of twenty eight States. II is
desirable that there should be twenty-nine,
for although, as the number Of States is thirty
six, only twenty seven are necessary, there is
o question in regard to the present validity OF
two Of the votes. Ohio and New Jersey
have withdrawn their votes, and though
competent jurists hold that as this is q
matter Of constitutional law one Legislature
of State cannot withdraw the assent given by
aformer Legislature, as 1t might repeal an ordi-
nary statute, yet the country would be better
satisfied to see this important point settled by
a count that would leave out those States II
necessary. There will be votes enough.
Doubtless the call Of the Senate for this record
is preliminary to bill declaring the amend
ment adopted and part Of the law Hitherto
all such declarations have been made through
the State Department; but as the State Depart
ment is committed to the view that the
Southern Legislatures, as at present made up,
are not competent to commit those States, II
will not declare the amendment adopted
while 1t depends on their votes The declara-
ton must, therefore, be made by law of Con-
gress, for, as the usual mode Is in accordance
with law Of Congress, this body can do itseli
acts that II can empower others to do. Con-
gress will, therefore, no doubt soon pass this
law, and as IL settles the whole political
status Of the South on the vital negro suffrage
issue, we shall then be in fair way to see the
substantial fruits of reconstruction.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17
Hot Weather at Our summer Resorts.

Hot Weather at Our Summer Resorts.
fit will be any satisfaction for those con-
fined to our sweltering city, we can assure
them that the early visitors to almost all our
summer resorts complain of even more ardent
heat than that which has been affecting US.
The cheated term" has extended over the
whole country, and from Montreal to New
Orleans the dog star has been in the ascendant.
Even the evening east winds of Boston have
proved an Intellectual relief for the scorching
rays Of the daily sun. In the mountains, on
the lakes, at the seashore, and even in the
shadiest rural districts the thermometer has
marked higher degree Of heat than it has
marked in New York, where so many unfortu :
nate persons have been fatally sunstruck At
one place ''up in the country" the mercury
rose on Wednesday to one hundred and two,
while at Hudnut's pharmacy, on Broadway, on
the same day it went no higher than ninety
two, and ninety-seven is the highest figure
which it has reached during the whole heated
term. 1t is not surprising, therefore, that
while all the citizens of New York who can
OohN OuiOhViy BoV away ohO AoooChiuS w 0ho
country, their country cousins, on the contrary,
fix upon the summer season for their. annual
visit to New York. From the prairies of the
West, from the plantations of the South and
from the hills of New England, as well as from
Cuba, Porto Rico and other West India islands,
the number of summer visitors to New York is
yearly increasing. If the days are hot, the
evenings and nights, with rare exceptions, are
comparatively cool, thanks to the breezes
which are sent through the city from the bay
below and the rivers on each side. The New
York hotels are therefore thronged with
strangers who are contented to remain here all
summer, varying their enjoyments by drives in
our unrivalled Park and occasional excursions
up the Hudson and down the bay. For these
strangers and for those of us whom business
compels to remain in town New York city is
acknowledged to be one of the most desirable
summer resorts. 1t is not improbable that the
fercest heats of the torrid term are nearly al
an end, and if the city authorities attend faith
fully to their duty of adopting requisite SAM
tary measures we may hope not only to escape
the danger of epidemics, but also to enjoy as
much of the pleasures peculiar to the season
as any of the visitors to our other fashionable
summer resorts.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17

The King of the Fejee Islands, finding him
self unable to pay the indemnity claimed by
the United States government for the murder
and the cannibalistic ''eating" of the crews of
two American whalers, proposes, through his
Prime Minister, Mr.. @. S. Hare, to sell to our
government the three islands which were mort
gagged for the payment of the indemnity, de-
Quoting the forty-fve thousand dollars due.
On the 10th of last April King Thakombau con-
trived to raise and pay to the American
Consul, Mr.. Pritchard, twelve hundred and
fifty dollars towards the first instalment Of
fifteen thousand dollars. He AYERS his inability
to pay any more at present, in consequence
both of the poverty of his people and the
necessary expenses Of the war which, as o
converted Christian, he has undertaken against
the man-eating pagans of the interior,
in order to avenge the massacre of
Missionary Baker and his twelve assistants.
The Prime Minister, Hare, who is an English
man, testi1es in the strongest style to the pre-
sent inability of King Thakombau to discharge
his debt to the United States, and sprays
God that the American government may yet
be induced to grant the Yuma Valu (King
ThakombaD remission of these claims, or at
least greatly extended time for payment"
The King, by his failure to pay the forty-ive
thousand dollars which he owes, forfeits his
three most fertile islands-the best of which,
Javinna, is his oil-producing island, and the
two others are his yam grounds. Mr.. Hare
says that if the United States government
takes these islands King Thakombau twill
be reduced to beggary, and he will no
longer be able to feed his people,
or to take his warriors into the
field to repel Gas he is now doing) the foulest
heathenism that the world has ever known"
Mr. Hare is therefore authorized to offer the
whole group to the American government for
a reasonable price, deducting the amount due
to it, The value of these islands is attested by
the fact that a company has already been
formed in Melbourne to supply the King with
the means of paying off his American debt
Perhaps, under the circumstances, Mr.. Seward
could make no better investment as pur-
chaser of real estate on behalf of the United
Fejee Islands have increased since 1865
from twenty-four thousand one hundred
and seventy-fve pounds to thirty-nin thou
sand nine hundred and sixty pounds. The
white population already amounts to about
six hundred, of whom thirty eight are Ameri-
cans, four hundred and eleven are British,
and forty-three represent other nationalities.
There are also about three hundred half castles.
The native population is estimated at one
hundred thousand, but they are said to be
rapidly decreasing in numbers. A larger in
fusion of the American element would surely
tend to develop the great resources of the
Fejee islands. And the possession of the
group offered to our government by King
Thakombau would be but an additional step
towards the inevitable extension OF American
influence and power in the Eastern world
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17

FROM THE RHINE TO THE DANUBE.-The
Paris Moniteur reiterates the assurances OF
the pacific policy of the French government.
The writer avows that Napoleon will carefully
abstain from Intervention in German ques-
tions," but will extend the sympathy Of the
empire to ''the internal reforms inaugurated In
Austria and Turkey" A very sensible reso-
luton, and one which, if carried into exact
practice, will effect the object intended by its
publication-to ''quiet the public mind"
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The British Ipbroslio Mt MazatIan.

In the special Cuba cable despatch published
in this mornings HERALD will be found sum-
mary of the instructions given by President
Juarez's government to General Corona, In
command of the military district having for
headquarters the port Of Mazatlan. The en-
ergy and determination of Captain Bridge, Of
her British Majesty's naval service, in exact
ing reparation for an alleged insult to his
flag and TO one Of his officers, cannot
be too highly commended nor too urgently
pressed upon our own lukswarm authorities In
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17

St0tess
Minister Romero, who has for some time
past represented the Mexican government in
the United States, has been recalled. The
reason of his recall is not particularly our affair."
In presenting his letters Of recall to the Presi
dent Minister Romero made a speech which
requires a little passing notice. We have no
objection that Ministers come and 60 from
Mexico every week We have as little objec
ton that Ministers from Mexico, as often as they
come and go, should make speeches. We are
not willing, however, that any Mexican Minis
ter should, in the presence Of the President of
the United States, and therefore in the pre-
sence Of the world, misread, misstate and mis-
represent our history. Minister Romero claims
that the Mexican government was modelled on
that of the United States, and that 1t is still
true and always has been true to the original
model. We cannot accept Minister Romero's
theory. IL is simply not correct. We cannot
| see In the Mexican constitution or In the doings
OF the Mexican people anything which warrants
| the inference that the constitutions of the
| United States and of Mexico sustain to each
other the relation OF parent ana cnnu. IL ID hot
impossible that the Mexican republic may have
been supposed to be modelled upon our repub-
lie; but IL this much must be admitted
this also must be said, that the found
ers Of the Mexican republic followed
false lights-the lights of Jefferson, Calhoun,
and the rest of them-and that these lights are
no longer of any value. The State rights
question brought on our civil war. In crush
ing out the elements of rebellion we killed
State rights Mexico, by adopting q false
reading Of our constitution, has fallen into the
trouble from which we now have happily
escaped. In settling our difiiculty we showed
that we understood our position, knew how to
justify it, and could afford to be humane. Our
chief rebel the author Of our civil war, is still
at large, and bis life, every hair of his head, is
safe. How different is IL with Mexico. She
has murdered Macmillan; she has stained
her hands with blood; she has not been,
because IL was not in her, to be humane.
What is the comparative result We are
unit, as no republic on the face of the earth
! ever was . unit before. Mexico 10 prey 10
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just such cases. What will be the result Of
the Investigation ordered by President Juarez
to take place before the civil courts remains
for time to tell, and it is to be hoped that time
will not have it all his own way. Meanwhile
we commend this novel episode to the atten-
ton of our own government, and hope that it
will have the same energy in pressing home on
John Bull the argument of his daring, energetic
and faithful captain of the Chandelier.
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anarchy, is torn by civil dissension, and is in
every respect as hopeless to-day as she has
ever been during these forty years. Com
PARSONS are not always odious, but they often
are. We humbly give it as our opinion that
Mr.. Romeros comparison is odious beyond
endurance. We can hold no fraternal rela-
tons with murderers and banditti.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17

Too MANY STATESMEN. has ex-
perienced another Cabinet crisis-the third or
fourth within short period-and they have
almost new ministry in Lisbon. The Portu-
guese are afflicted with too many statesmen,
just as the Spaniards are with too many SOL
diers
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-07-17
ANOTHER BOND ROBBERY.
Twenty.one Thousand Dollars Stolen from q
Bankers Once.

Bankers OHce.
The expert. venturesome thieves OF this city pecu
liarly affect the possession OF United States bonds and
scarcely week passes that some case OF their mys-
terous removal from banking houses or brokers'
offices is not reported to the police singular fa-
tally exists in connection with their felonious alb
straction the thieves in but few instances being cap
tured or punished as the nature OF their crime de-
serves The latest OF these robberics by unseen
hands and one thoroughly enveloped in mystery, IA
that from the banking office OF Mr.. Thomas r. Norm,
No. Wall street. Yesterday afternoon some
cautious rogue or rogues slipped In during the busy
hours and quietly picked up package containing
twenty.one 81 900 fve-twenty bonds They were not
missed for some time thereafter, when the closest
search aud inquiry failed to elicit the least shadow
OF satisfaction regarding their whereabouts. The
numbers OF the bonds are as f0ows65,005, 40 241,
IIO2l2 1928 ll02s4, 110,245, 11.7T2 go 0t3 267s
s3s0T 90 SOL 1913 1l0502 65,00,, i10,504, 65O06,
al. O3o &c. Oas, % 6pJ. so, 095.
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order that he may be on hand to suppress
promptly any serious outbreak that may occur
in the disorganized districts and to defend the
unprotected, let them be assaulted from what
ever quarter they may be-
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-04-02
VALUABLE MILL SEAT FOR SALE.

Pursuant to a decree of tho Circuit Court OF
Fairfax county, rendered in the suit Of E. O..
Powell, &c, VS. Hunter, &C., at the Juno torn,
1867, of said Court, the undersigned, as Com
missioner, will, on MONDAY, the goth day of
April, 1865 that being Court Monday, offer, at
public auction, to the highest bidder, IN front
of the Court House of said county, that valua-
bio property known as ,,
This property lies mmediately on the A., L.
&H. r. r., at which point there is q turnout,
and contains 1881 acres of highly productive
land The mills both grist and saw. were de-
stroyed during the war, but as mill seat II IS
regarded as the most valuable in Fairfax CO.,
the stream on which it is located afording water
at all seasons Of the year. This property being
situated on the railroad, the productiveness OF
the land, and the valuable water privileges,
render it altogether the most desirable property
in market in Fairfax county. The entire tract
will be sold subject to the right of dover OF
Mrs Mary A. Hunter, to that portion winch
has been allotted her, and includes the dwell
ling House. Fer right can be bought on reas-
enable terms. .t $50
TERMS One.tcnth Of the purchase money
in hand, as deposit, liable to be forfeited upon
the purchaser failing to complete his purchase
upon confirmation by the Court; the residue in
three equal payments, at six, twelve and eight
cen months, with interest from the day of sale,
to be secured by the notes of the purchaser, an q
retention Of the title until the last payment IS
made Stamps and expenses OF conveyance at
the cost of the purchaser. ...... /.
Wv WV - Wv THOS. MOORE,
Commissioner Of Sale.
Fairfax county, mar 23-eots a..:
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