Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-12-05

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NEW YORK, Dec. 4.
! r. d. Bryant, a paymaster'sg clerk in the
| Navy Yard, has absconded with $4,000 in
Government funds. He has lost the money
| in gambling.
Stolen Goods.
The Herald says it was offered the re-
coming Presidents message for a consider
alton recently, but declined being re-
ceiver of stolen goods.A siii l. 1sits41-rsI 81
.y'iHg The Speakership.aA Tow 81
The Boston Journal thinks the Speaker
ship of the next House of Representatives
! should be an Eastern man. Its principal
reason is.thatr,.the West has goe about
every thing else" ~ -
General Howard.
| The Times says General Howard's re-
| fusal to be party to a movement for eX-
tending the operations of the Freedmen's
| Bureau is 7ceuched, in terms whiehz-will-
commend themselves to the Judgment of
the country. The qualifying condition
with which he justifes the Withdrawal OF
| the Bureau from the States not yet re-
stored win surely be fulfilled under the
coming administration of Grant.
.aoh Alleged Gold Fields. LiT e"
| The Times warns the people against in
vesting money in alleged newly discovered
gold fields in Duchess county, this State.
| The Presidents Nlessage.qvae.
| 1t is stated that President johnson re-
fused to give advance copies of his mes
sage to the press, but will arrange sO that
they can be procured from Internal reve-
livery.
| ,sn Gen. ReynoIds' Report
| NEW, YORK, Dec. 4.
| Gen. Reynolds report shows Texas to be
almost as unsettled State as, during the
the war. He says the murders of negroes
are so frequent as to excite little attention.
He thinks years will be required TO secure
| tranquility, and speaks of the need OF
troops in almost every county. % - E4it'
Horace Maynard.
| The Tribune says the recommendation
by the electoral college of Tennessee, of
| Hon. Horace Maynard, as a fit member of
Grants cabinet,lw unwise and indecor-
I Gus. I Z IL It5 to 1ftH BaS
| National Finances.
! A special says the Secretary of the Treas
| ury opposes forced resumption of specie
payments. Up to December 1st. $S27, ,629,-
$50 off 30 notes have been funded into 6
| per cent. s. 20 bonds. Ofthis amount there
have been funded, of. the first series. $685..
565, 700; second series, $3.50. 1873 200; .tlIi rd
series, $l97, 1915, $50. This leaves outstand-
| ing of this class of securities, but 81, $685.
$50. The Secretary estimates expenditures
for fiscal year ending June 3d. 1870, to be
$3.50 100000, though the War Department,
in the event of an Indian war, will call for
several additional millions. The report
shows that between Nov. l, 1867, and Nov.
| /, 1868, then zpublic debt, less cash in the
Treasury, has been reduced $35 ,625, l02 50.
I he estimates of revenue for next fiscal
yeaf are $4,000 600 less than this year, ,ow-
ing to reduction in taxes. The interest
on the public debtfor nextsyear will be
$140G00;0O0 or $40, 100000 mless than last
year. -hnouss7Eoo , zfT7F Js6 81 - i'i5sas
IL sIoS Gold Sale" y'soi
! There was gold Sale Of 100000 to-day
at 135 45-1O0. ..---
| no sadgiFire.a
| The Theatre Comique. 514 Broadway,
was damaged by fire this morning to the
extent of about $4,000. 1t was occupied
by White & Spencer George Sharp, fire.
man, was badly injured. Insurance slight.
i WomanisSpfrage Arsociation.
j The ffstN ANNUAL IGonvenfion of the New
, Jersey State Woman's Suffrage Associ l.
tion was held at ,Vileland, on, Thursday.
Mrs. Lucy Stone, Rev. Antoinette. Brown
Blackwell, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Jackson
Davis, and other lesser lights, took an ac-
tive part in the proceedings.
The Railroad Complies ffon.' o.
!, 1t is stated that Fisk issabout Eto7sue the
papers that published the garbled accounts
4 OF his Erie railw ay nocturnal "trip Tor dam
7 ages, and his cpunsels tsis reported, has
, already secured an attachment against one
journal. ..ssH ri EoH sAona drs'H y shEiA iis h1
\ The Erie matter before Judge Suther-
} land was to-day allowed to stand over,
Judge Cardozo not having yet decided the
case before him.
The suit on which Judge Barnard to-day
issued an Injunction against the New I erk
Central Railroad, charges the company
y with an over issue of stock to the amount
Il of S34 501, 400, of which 81, 537,0 900 were is
Il sued on the surrender of convertible bonds
and the balance without any authority. The
complaint is made bysone Isaac N. j enks,
who says the amount of capital, as pre-
4 scribpd in the consolidation agreement was
y $23, ,OS5,600. The Company Is restrained
from paving any dividends upon stock in
excess of the latter sum, or permitting any
4 votes to be cast on said stock at the ensuing &
election.