Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-09-07

quences followed the shower. A number
of small houses on the outskirts were sub
merged and the occupants had barely time
to escape with few articles OF clothing.
Portions of the city railroad track, and or
the newly graded roads in Gowanus were
washed away.
Conspiracy Investigation. .
The investigation into the internal rev.
enue case in which ex-Collector Thomas
=. Smythe is accused of conspiring with
Commissioner Rollins and others, to de-
fraud the Government, was resumed before
Commissioner Gutmau, in the United
States District Court, yesterday. Obiec-
tion was made to Mr.. Buckley, the Solic-
itor OF the Treasury, prosecuting case
against his superior officer, but the court
overruled it. Mr.. Courtney read letter
showing that Secretary McColloch was
cognlzant of the proceedings having been
Instituted, and did not diseountenance
them. The investigation, after the exam
lnation of the witnesses, was postponed un-
til Monday. '
Longevity. 'l
George French, a negro LOG years old,
died at l'oughkeepsie, yesterday. %
The steamship Ocean Queen, from As
pinWall, arrived this morning.
Died.
William ID. Pennington, son of the late
Governor Pennington, and Secretary of
Legation at Paris under President Lincoln,
died, yesterday, at his residence in New
ark.
.- American Bible Society.
AT the stated meeting of the Board of
Managers of the American Bible Society,
held on Thursday last, grants of books
were made o-the Freedmen's Aid Society
OF the Protestant Episcopal Church, to the
m ITpfn fOr r, fr,I r.
Baptist Missionaries in Minnesota, to the
Maune agent of the New York Society,an
to the Brooklyn Bible Society for distribu-
tion on board vessels sailing to foreign
parts. Spanish Bibles and testaments tor
distribution in Western Mexico. and vari-
GUS other appropriations of money were
made for printing and binding the Scrip
lures in Florence and Natal. The entire
number of volumes granted was 2O,34S.
Of money they appropriated $4,000.
Egg Ceased.
The heavy storm ceased here this morn
ing, and the weather is now clear and
warm. ~ ' 700
Joe COburn Stabbed.
Councilman Scanned and Joe Coburn got
into fight in notorious bar room in
kanston street last night. Scanned drew a
knife and seriously stabbed Coburn about
the head and neck. Of course there were
no arrests.
.7"a Discharged.
George Boyce and Henry Wilmot, charg-
ed with stealing 81 100 worth of bonds
from Mr.. Morris, broker, of Wall street,
were this morning discharged.
Interview.
General Rosecrans aud Horatio Seymour
had an interview at the Astor House to-
day.
.a Robbery.
Six robbers entered the house of 2.
Butler at Grassy Point, on the Hudson
river, this morning, and took away a safe
and carried it to boat and across the river,
where it was broken open and robbed of
$4,000. They were traced to this city but
have not been captured. rr.r s.l..
Report. "s
The deaths for the week were 500.
Denied.
The Albion of this city denies the truth
of the report that Seward is in correspon-
dence with the British Government-on the
su ject of a revival of the Canadian Reci-
procity treaty.
ReformatOry.
A Boston merchant to-day caused his
daughter to be sent to a reform institute
here until she becomes of age, she having
run away from home last May to lead a lite
of shame here.
New cases of cattle disease are reported.
The usual precautions are being still exer-
cised without unnecessary delay to cattle
in transit.