Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-02
DOMESTIC NEWS.
9 y Georgia SsI.egi.Iatare. 2


! Introduction of the measure to unseat the
negro had cast fire brand into the House.
and If the question was passed it would
precipitaUe war.
Mr. Porter, aSnegro, followed, and has
| the floor tomorrow.
Cotton nNStatement.
NEW ORLEANS, August 81
The yearly cottonsrstatement shows the
Total fscsipts, s5s,6ss bales; net receipts,
1884 bales. ;s""-lD' 81
1Exports-Foreign, l5s5. 1876 bales; coast
wise, l0l,3O2 bales; stock Tonight, 1,s7l
bales. " t'1''A -l,ss =. sroS .r-Iu'ss
| 3 In addition to this amount, the steamer
Governor Allen arrived late this evening,
J bringing 91S bales, whereof SS7 are new
crop cotton. The season is fifteen to twen-
ty days earlier than last season. 4 4, !, = 3
| -.-7,.r,.-s 2 =-ggsoFre.P = .ceH .a0Eg
| GoDERIcH, August 81.
| The North American Hotel and large
wooden, block adjoining, containing six
stores, were destroyed by fire yesterday.
| 9iIo2q Senator Fessenden.
-i9i IS '2Sh ,"l 10 PORTLAND, Aug. 81. .
/ Senator Fessenden was warmly received
here tonight. AT a mass meeting he made
"a lengthy address, in the course of which
he said he was forced into the Treasury
II
he not done SO, 1t, would have been con-
sidered a confession of want of confidence
inrthe ability of the Government to go on.
He was in the tightest place he was ever
in, except when obliged to vote to acquit
the President. He appealed to the people
and issued Jseven-thirties redeemable in
paper, with the privilege of taking the
the people that the principal should be
paid in gold. The credit OF a great nation
must be preserved at all costs. He closed
by eulogising Grant. - ~
| San Francisco News 4o7
SAN Francisco, August 81. d,
The commissioner Of the Russian Amer
lean Fur Company has purchased the ship
Winged Arrow, which sails tomorrow for
ISitka. to take aboard the late employees
and troops, about three hundred. The
company transfer them to st. Petersburg,
which closes the business of the Russian
Company in Alaska. ~ z55a.ej
Senator Cole arrived from Washing gton
on Saturday. 'i'. F." - " 80
.Cleared-Liami, Queenstown, with $4,000
sacks of wheat. .+rL ...a'5a-i
Sailed-Eliza, for Liverpool, with 39, ,O0C
ditto; Propero, for Cape Town.
.sIeHso News via St. Louis. .iH'
! clio Elg.iGaS ST. LOUIS, August 81.
The Democrat has the following special
from Little Rock, Arkansas, dated to-day
Il Gov. Clayton has returned from Lewis.
burg. The insurrection was quieted, the
court reiustated, and the trial resumed
The difficulty commenced by, the rebels
breaking up the court with armed force
and disarming Union men. The latter
soon collected hundred strong and took a
position in cotton field and whipped 30C
rebels. Several of the latter were shot
and missing. Clayton arriving addressed
the insurgents, ordering them to disperse
Meanwhile the Sheriff arrived with posse
306 strong and quiet was restored. sgbCA
A Denver dispatch says a courier from
Latham reports that on Saturday the Indi
| ans were in strong force at Fremont's
| Orchard SAM. Ashcroft, with party Of
volunteers, was chased fifteen miles uI
Platte river, where, being Joined by God
frey's detachment, they fought the Indians
and killed four OF them. .r LOT 3
Ope hundred and thirty volunteers are
now in the field and reinforcements are
gathering from all directions. Provisions
and ample supplies of arms and ammuni
tion have been sent to the forces. o.I a,
Captain Downing's company, raised here
returned last night. having secuted the en-
tire country from Bijou Basin to Cedar
Point without finding Indians, but trai
of a large force was seen directed north
ward. 1t is probable that Latham's volun-
GGeTS are Gl0St
The Government here closed contract
for building soldiers bar racks at Omaha
at cost of $4,000. t5i9-rt 81, "a
The gold shipments from Central City
last week were forty thousand dollars.
The Indians had run off seventy head o
Government horses and mules from nea
Cooper's creek, west of Fort Sanders.
- ''p Tie Turf. lrJ .st-.
| .z.--,-.-.-,,s-Lo LOUISVILLE, August 81.
The first race, second day, was two mil,
heats, all ages, for purse of $500 cHar
per's Low Down, l, 2, distanced; Fordi
Woodford Belle. 2, 4, 2; Bissick's Maggie
Hunter, g. l, 1; Grimstead's Lucy Gray,
8, 3d. Time, 3:44, 3:45, i4:06.A Eis0z- .izol
The second race was won by Hawkins
bay colt in two straight heats. The Others
were distanced. Time, 1:55 each heat. ma
The attendance was quite small, owins
to the inciemency of the weather, Th
track was heavy. .r,,-r,,.R u s.,g,s- la
| River aud Weather.
i / d-l4 Ta9rs Iliw Is PITTSBURGH, Sept. L.
River 20 inches and at stand. Weathe
cloudy and warm. There were heavy
rains last night. Mercury 76 degrees.
r,---.; .s.7 Decision.Aw 70 NOS II.
! -.. -.t-,,. CONCORD, N. H., Sept. 1.
The Supreme Judicial Court decided tn
act in relation to the naturalization o
.. aliens, passed at the last session of the Leg
islature, to be Constitutional, and the Gov
ernor has issued a proclamation to tina
effect. This cuts off naturalization in po
lice courts of the State and regulates mate
rally the testimony In such cases. ~ -E
-rusrEus Fire. EarflF $50
SARATOGA, Set. l.
The Exchange hotel, with three barns
| tyvC of
was burned last night. Loss $4,000.
| Philadelphia Items. iH
| o. '1e.. - PHILADELPHIA, Sept. l.
| There is some excitement in the oil trad
of this city to-day, owing to the suspen
sion of two houses in the petroleum bust
ness.us,s u guTo9J ..g1 d. % 1R9ye ~ u
Two ruffans endeavored to rob broker'
boy on Third street this morning, but wer,
foited and escaped by driving off in ,
wagon. ''oa al
VIM. Horner died to-day from the effects
of agas explosion in the mint. lca- III
! Indian News. r8H.a aas
i Esl .t.-- .-slf1r - ST. LOUIS, Sept. l.
7 An Omaha dispatch says the Indian
drove off the wood choppers. on the sout
D side of the Platte river, and on Saturda,
q set fire to 500 cords of wood.
Superintendent Deman says the hostil
lnQlanS are enGlrely cOnlueu W tne Sney
ennes. The Sioux say they will not par
ticipate. -"ae .e ..'
A Denver dispatch says family name
Neff, numbering nine persons, residing i
Kiowa, on the Jennings camp road, wer
found murdered last Saturday. .l-rr
The steamer Success, from Fort b ntor
arrived at Omaha yesterday. with 200 pas
sengers, 100000 in treasure and larg
amount of silver ore. ~ I'll 8
| Fires.
The number of fires in this city in Au
gust was twelve. Total loss $l7l At; in
surance, S279. $50; probable loss to insur
ance companies, $l29.57l. sg7 .
The Republican, Accopnt of th