The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1868-10-29
9elt0r0pbit Summary.


General News.
The Legislature of Louisiana adjourned
sine die on the 10th.
The dedication Of the monument to Gen.
Sedgwick TOOK place at West Point ON the
21Ht.
The executive committee of the National
Board Of Underwriters, met IN Chicago ON the
2tst.
Commodore @. II. Poor has been pro-
NOTED Rear Admiral Of the IT,. 8. navy, vice
Hotf, retired.
Rev. Mr.. Morris has been chosen Bishop
Of Oregon, by the Episcopal convention now
in session IN New York city.
Casper souder, one Of the proprietors Of
the Philadelphia Bulletin, died on the 2lst,
after a long Illness, aged 90 years.
About seventy-Gve female employees Of
the Treasury Department will be dismissed
on the first Of November, for want of work.
The citizens of st. Johns, New Bruna-
vic, have resolved to present the winnUrs Of
the boat race in Springfield, Macs with So
900 in gold.
1t is stated that the Government has re-
ceiveda dispatch from ReyeIdy johnson that
the Alabama claims have been retcrIcd to
the arbitration Of the King of Prussia.
The synodo of the old School Presbyterian
Church Of New Jersey has OdOptcd reHOlu-
tons favorable To union with the New School
branch 18th church.
Dispatches from Montreal, Kingston, OF
tawa, and points west of Toronto, report the
weather very cold, and from W TO four inches
of snow on the ground. There Was a heavy
snow storm in Buffalo on the 22d
james CLARK, an old. wealthy and highly
respected citizen Of Chilicothe, Ohio, com
united suicide uu Monday morning, by cut
ting HE throat With q razor. Cause-il
health.
The great tidal wave which started in
Peru on the 18th Of August, was felt through
out the Australian colonies very severely the
next day, but no very serious damage Is re-
ported.
Information has been received OF the as
rassiuation Of Robert GRAY, Justice Of the
Peace of Saddo parish, Louisiana. on the
lith mot, aud OF Bernard Soulcti Sherii OF
Iberville, while in bed with hisl wife ON the
night Of the 10th inst.
Two forged checks, amounting to about
$4,000, passed through exchange OF one OF
the New York City banks on wednesday. The
persons implicated are said to be residents
OF New Orleans, aud the loss falls on the
banks Of that city.
In the boat race in Springfield, Mas on
the 2ist, the 81 Johns crew beat the Wards
four-Cared crew in q Elk mile race forty
lengths. Time. 80 minutes and 40 seconds.
n NllAAAN ANNN VI ANN NV NNN N'A ~ ~
Keel in i6 minutes and 5 seconds.
There was q collision between two trains
on the Morris and Essex Railroad, at Stan
hope, n. j., On the Dist, IN which two passen-
gers were killed aud many wounded. The
officers of the railway refused to give the par
ticulars OF the disaster to the press report
Gre.
E b. Olmstcad, the dcfuulting purtuiicc
clerk, u still in the custody Of the police an
thorities, IN Washington, aud has not recuV-
cred from his brUkon down condition OF
health. Some of his friends believe that he
will have time afforded In which to settle HE
accounts IA disburHing officer, satisfactorily
to the government.
A. h. Scott, living about two milcs from
Harlem, Clay county, Mo, was called to the
door Of his reridCncc at u lutc hour Ncdnos-
day night. aud shot dead by some pcrsou un-
known. He had recently been appointed
Judge Of election Tor Harlem, aud during the
pcsHiOn OF the board OF review had furnished
considerable inform alton to registers. His
death Is attributed to political diiiculirs.
Tho Central Provisional Juuta of Spain
held tie last session on the 2i-t. Resolutions
were adopted urging the abolition Of capital
punishment, the removal OF convict persons
from Spain TO Africa aud the Philippine
Islands, and the formation Of volunteer rliic
associations throughout tue country. Atter
recommending all the local PROV 'iGual
imtas to follow it's example, the Central
Junta dissolved.
Al extensive fruad II being pcrpctratcd
throughout the country, and especially IN
the west, by negotiating forged drafts, pur-
porting TO be drawn by the banking house OF
Howard n Baker, OF WatcrtOwn, n. y, aud
signed hy @. L, Hclner, cashier. The drafts
are neatly engraved and executed. These
draftr.tO the amount OF several thousand dol
lars, have been sent here for collection
There has never been any such banking
house in Watertown.
In the case OF Green againat Shumway
and others, n decision Ut great moment has
Just been given in the Court Of Appeals OF
New York state. II explicitly afirm- these
two provisions: lst. That a test oath can
not, under the Constitution OF the United
States, BIO required by legislation as q condi-
ton OF the right of suffrage. ID. That the
Legislature Of the state of New York has no
power to establish by law any qualification
whatever for electors IN that state,
In the case of George A. Fitch, arrcste,
at the suit OF District Attorney Courtney, Oi
New York, upon q charge OF having tled
malicious, falso and hbelOus statements with
the President Of the United states, and at
tempted to effect the plaintiffs removal from
Office by these means, he was imprisoned NJ
default OF gl0,O00 bait A motion was made
by tho prisoners counsel for a reduction OF
the bail. The affidavit OF the prisoner was
read that the statements made ny him, which
were untrue, were instigated by Buckley and
Miss Ann S. Stevens, the authorizes. Ballwat
reduced to $4,000, and a writ OF inquiry issued
70 ascertain the amount OF damage sustained
10y the plaintn.