The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-08-13
urlrorapbit Summary.
Miscellaneous.

InlV III.
the legislature of Georgia elected state
officers on the 9th, and the entire republican
ticket was chosen.
The ex-rebel Admiral Franklin Buchanan
has been elected President OF the Maryland
Agricultural College.
THE old Mississippi steamer War Eagle SANK
10 miles above LyOns,on the bth. Inc water Is
nyeT tbe main deck. No lives were lost.
The tenants of New York city have formed
a-orerative combination to resist the eX-
tortionnte demands Of the landlords.
Mai. Gen. Howard has issued a circular
promnlgating the actof Congress concerning
the Freedmeu's Bureau which was passed
over the Presidents veto.
Two democratic members Of the Louisiana
House of Representatives we're unseated on
the 9Th aud their opponents installed IN then
places, by a vote OF 40 to25
A colored native of Virginia was arrested
i'm Hudson city for violating the person ,oi .
child eleven years old, daughter OF Johh
Kirkpatrick.
IN postmaster General is having an OIL
cial statement prepared to show That the ac-
tual dedciencyin the department. ior the year
il less than S4,0OO,OOO.
A proposition 10 confer upon Horace Gree
ley the office of City Register of New York,
ma do vacant by the death Of Gen. Halpine,
meets with general favor.
The Boise City aud Idaho stage was stopp-
cd ON Blue Mountain by highwaymen. The
mails were robbed, but all restored. Wells "
Fargo's express lost ten thousand dollars.
Queen Victoria arrived in Paris ON the 9th,
and was met at the station by the Empress
Eugene aud escorted to the ruileries. She
goes TO Switzerland nom Paris.
Noya Scotia L. dissatisfied with her cOnncc-
ton with the Dominion OF Canada and II seek
ing 10 dissolve the partnership. The subject
has created considerable excitement.
The Office of the star Fire Insurance Com
.a -. No. NYVI tua N.I.
bed about two o'clock Thursday afternoon ~
S40,O 600 in United States 6-2O bonds, new bos.
The tug Nettie blew up near Momphis, on
the 9Th, severely scalding pn engineer named
Williams. The regular engineer ana fireman
had Just stepped out OF the engine room, and
thus narrowly escaped death.
large building ON the United States Arse
nal grounds, at Augusta, Mc.iused asa wood
house and hospital, was destroyed on tile
9th. by an i~ncendiary. The G"Ovornlnont los
os about $4,000. -
The President has appointed Judge j. i.
James, of Illinois, who has so long hlled the
Office as Examiner-in Chief IN the Patont-
Office, vice Elisha Footo, appointed Commits
siuner.
Government Inspector in New York sez-
ed ten barrels of fish oil at No. 1925 Matdeh
Lane. Each barrel contained a ten gallon
air-tight case hllcd with brandy, supposed to
have been smuggled from Canada
The President has directed tob e issued 10
the Central Pacific Railroad tho bonds aud
patents for the section Ot 20 miles ain az
the 17Sth mile cast of SACRAMENTO, the com
missioncrs reporting said sectlon completed
and equipped as a trst-clals railroad.
Internal revenue receipts during July were
$1,000. OOO, and have lattorly been increasing
by the withdrawal Of whisky from bond, under
the new law. On Saturday the receipts eX-
cccded u, 500 200. Tn customs collected at
New York, in July, w0ro Ss,5OO,OOO.
The patent Of A. c.. Mclhch, for making
paper hom wood and straw, has been eN-
tended seven years by tho Commissioners Of
Patents. This IL the patent that has caused
30 much litigation among the paper makers
throughout the country.
Gen. Grant has recommended the remis-
sion of the remainder Of tho sentences, aud
the release from imprisonment OF all persons
now In confinement under sentences of mill
tary commissions organized under the recon
struction acts of Congress, in the states
where said acts have ceased to be opera
tive.
The statements recently published respect
lug the financial affairs vi tho postofico De-
pnftment are unreliable. Tn official exhibit
will not be completed till September or Octo-
Der, and the greater part OF whatever den
cheney may be- found will 6e owing to the ch-
tablishinont of expensive mail routes in the
new Western tCniturieB.
The coal mines lately discovered near Sitka,
on the main land, are considered unCqualcd
IN quality. Tn VEIN is over twenty feet in
width, and IL truccablc some distance. The
United statcs steamer Saginaw tried the coal,
aud her officers pronounced It excellent. II
has the appearance Of q pure anthracite, and
Is superior 10 any Lchigh coal.
John Burnside, colorcd, indicted for lar
ceny, wac on the 9Th, placed on trial IN the
Criminal Court Of Nashville, Tenn, Hon.
John Hugh Smith presiding. At his request,
a colored Jury was impanolcd, the first jury
of the kind in the state. The trial attracted
much attention.
The cattle disease continues to rage IN the
counties bordering on the Illinois Central X.
r., aud is exciting much attention nom agri-
culturistB aud scientific gentlemen all over
the state. The theory is that the disease,
whatever be its name and nature, Is brought
hither from TeNas, and, while the hardy cat
tie from that region are not affected by H.,
ii attacks aud kills the most sturdy natives.
The panic concerning the disease among
cattle ia the stock yards, in Pittsburg, has
measureably subsidized. Tho diseased cattle
have been thoroughly excluded from the
healthy ones, and every precaution IS being
taken TO prevent further infection, Tn ship
ment of the diseased cattle mas been stopped
over the PENNSYLVANIA road. II is believed
that the entire shipment of 800 will die, a.
nearly all are Affected.
Honolulu adyices are to July II. The Fourth
was celebrated with enthusiasm ty American
Hawaiian residents. At Honolulu the cere-
hAA INN AAAAh' WIZ - IANhNARA1N - AAfh
night. over O hundred persons bearing
torches, transpaTencies, &c, visited the
American legation and the consuIs house.
The steamer Mohongo fired o salute, a regat,
Ia took place, and a ball was given on board
the MohOngo.
In consequence of the summary manner in
which vigilance committees have recently
dealt with the express robbers IN the Western
States, there have been numerous arrivals IN
Canada of well known desperate characters
.aN Ala. .~W..aaa a,uaVauntaa haNa iuEaR thl
precaution to place armed guards ON all eX'
press trains. An unsuccessful attempt war
made 10 rob the express Office at Iherbrool
Tuesday night. Morse a Co, brokers, of To
ronto, were robbed Of 700 in open daylight
The Director OF the Bureau of Statistics
ports from all foreign countries to the close
of the fiscal year which ended June Both
1868. OF specie and bullion included the to-
tai is 1871, 81 AL. The total for the previous
year was t4l7,3l l0i, showing a decrease o.
forty millions. ON heaviest importationi
occurred in March last, and the whole move
ment is constant aud steady at the rate o
about one million and atenth per diem. Thu
tables include the returns from the Pacific
coast, embracing California, Oregon an'
Alaska,
A border state colored convention met il
Baltimore on the Attn, and organized by tn,
election Of VIM. Nesbit as president.
An election occurred in Kentucky. on tn
sd, for governor and two or three other OIL
Gers. The result was a democratic victory.
The prospect for the cotton crop in Tia
south is said TO be poor. The rains and tn
worm are said to be doing 1t much damage
The report that the yellow fever prevails d
New Orleans is contradicted. Only twosaeath
from that disease had occurred up to tn
lat inst.
Col. W. W. SmallwoOd has been designate
by the Postmaster General to take charge
tie PnsIofice AT Now Orloans, in place of th