Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-14
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perfect arrangements with the Cherokee
Choctaw, Creek, Usage and Tuckapaw In
dians for lands in their country, and put
into effect measures for the speedy con-
struction of the Atlantic and Pacific rail-
way through 10 San Francisco via the
thirty-fifth parallel.
,Ai ., T7'..1 Descent.. is9a 9dT
Eight prominent gambling houses were.
simultaneously raided on by the police to-
night, aud several thousand dollars worth
OF property captured.
e-rsss ~ Arrested rgs7
George Cole, alias Bucker higgins, a col
ored man who murdered colored girl at
a ball in Memphis, about year ago, was
arrested here to-day.
River News.
PITTSBURGH, Sept. 1s.
River seven feet and seven inches by pier
mark and rising. Weather clear. Mercury
76 dagrees. r--F --lr.r-.rl.s sarssz =-rr-e &
Ess Fraudulent Checks. Ie
PHILADELPHIA, Sept. II.
Fraudulent checks, purporting to be
drawn by Philadelphia firm on the Sec
ond National BanF, Philadelphia, have
lately been received from the West and
from the interior of New York. They are
according to imprint, by
Mayor & Co., Fulton street.-New York, in
used by the bank or its customers.
RObberies.
WORCESTER, MASS, Sept. r.
The residence of Stephen Taft, of the
firm of L. F. Taft G. Son, grocers, was en-
tered last night and the store and safe
keys stolen without disturbing the family.
The burglars then proceeded to the store
on Front street, and ransacked the safe
and obtained about $1,000 mostly govern
ment bonds, deposited by different parties
with the firm for safe keeping. There is
no clue to the robbers.
The Union store and Bolslon's grocery
store, in Millbury, Massachusetts, was
broken into last night, but the burglars
obtained only u trifiing sum of money.
The Turf.
SPRINGFIELD, MASS, Sept. u. .
Six heats of double team race were
trotted yesterday without a result. The
seventh heat was troJted to-day, and won
by Twang and mate-time 2:37, amid great
excitement. Much money was won and
lost. This closes the weeks races.
Troy Items. @ -.'' '-5 ,
Troy, N. Y, September u.
The Ferguson bleaching establishment
and millinery works were burned to-day.
The loss is $4,000.
A sudden and heavy shower caused con-
siderable damage in the lower portions of
West Troy yesterday, occasioning freshet
which carried off lumber and other prop
erty to che value of $4,000. 51l-
Alarm IN New Orleaus.
-.5.. New YORK, Sept. II.
A special dispatch from New Orleans
stated that there is intense excitement
owing to the proposed Republican pro-
cession tonight. The Governor will ap-
I,@1x t~n D,rn nhan fO,
tion of troops as may be necessary to pre-
serve order. sE
General Hatel has issued the following {:
FREEDMEN's BUREAU, New Orleans, Sept.
11.-There will be large torchlight pro-
cession here tomorrow night, in which
many colored men will participate. In
tense excitement exists, which forces Inc
to request that the General Commanding
be instructed to dispose troops to prevent
an assault, which may result in wide
spread and general destruction of life and
property. There will be an immense turn
out or colored men, who are arriving in
crowds from the interior. They are en-
thusiastic and determined, and in case of
outrage it is feared they will inflict terrible
retribution.
| Rescued. r1 b. 1.t-i
CHICAGO, Sept. II.
The sinking of the propeller Hypocam-
pus, thirty five miles from here, early on
Tuesday morning, proves to be not quite
| so disastrsus to human life as was supposed.
The Captain, IA passengers and crew have
been saved. They arrived in St. Joseph in
| the tug Minter,from Sau gatuck. They were
| picked up on Wednesday morning by the
| schooner Erie, Captain Johnson,and landed
| at SaugaJuck. =
Those saved were in the warter thirty
| two hours, from three o'clock A. NJ. Tues
day, September 0, until Wednesday morn
| ing, at IL o'clock.
The propeller went down stern foremost,
| with only about two minutes warning, at
o'clock, on Tuesday, September 8.
4 Two colored deck-hands saved were sent
4 from Saugatuck to Chico on the propeller
Ira Chaffa. Total number on board was
Al; lost, 26.
| OF the crew there were saved: Capt. Fl.
NJ. Brown; Clerk, John P. Bloom; wheel
imam, Charles Morrison, and Charles Rus
sell, steward; Cyrus Rittenhouse and six
deck hands, eleven in all. Those lost are
Mate, Robert Richardson; engineer, r. P
Estes; engineer, VIM. Brown; fireman.
David Taylor; and another colored man,
name unknown, and the following deck
hands: Murray Sphinx, Richard Burk
Frank Mother, Arthur Worden, Watson
Brant, eleven in all: OF the passengers
there were saved: Ed. N. Hatch, of st
Joseph, Joseph Riford, " Daley, JOSEPH
Cooley, James Kimball ard George Fuller
six in all. Passengers supposed to be los
are: Joseph B. MARBLE, Alvin Burridge
J. w. Burridge, Alvin Palmer, U. Higbee
William Waterous, VIM. Waugh, NJ. NJ
Hathaway, A. P. Whitney, John Scram anG
three others whose names can not now b'
got.
No women or children were on board
Mr.. Bloom, the clerk. says that the propel
Ter was struck by squall while there wa
! a heavy sea rolling, and while the propel
ler was in g trough OF the sea. He says tina
the vessel did not appear to be laborins
more than usual in such storms. She haC
a heavy load, but he says she had carried a
large loads.
He further says that it may be possibl,
that the cargo was not as well slowed as i
should have been, and that there was no
more than forty packages on the hurrican,
deck, weighing not to exceed ten hundred
pounds. He further states that the captain
was just about throwing overheard part o
their work when the terrible calamity came
upon the boat, passengers and crew.
/ e--.. Personal. .t.-..-...s.
Schuyler Colfax passed through Chicago
last evening, on his return from the Rocky
Mountains, and reached his home at Soutf
Bend safely. He is in fine health.
ST. Louis Items.
ST. LOUIS, Sept. II.
A new company has been organized il
Arkansas with the purpose to build a rail
| road from st. Louis to New Orleans on thu
west side of the Mississippi river. 1t il
probably scheme to obtain subsidy from
Congress.
While addressing a mass meeting las
night Hon. John Hogan fell from the plat
form and was seriously injured.
Savings deposits in the city banks of thi
city during ..the past six months amour
to SIG, 100000. This does not.inelude tn
National Banks.
i NEW YORK MEI.ANGE.