Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-07-20
DOMESTIC NEWS.

Il6DoMEsTIc NEWS.
Nomination of Electors i'm Yer
mont.
MONTPELIER, VI, July II.
The Democratic State Convention nom-
naIed II. w. Haton and Giles Harrington
electors at large AfssF - E
a Regatta Carnival.
- x WoRcEsTER, Mass, July IL.
Great preparations are being made here
for the regatta carnival next week.
Arrived at San Francisco.
SAN Francisco, July IL. :
Arrived-Seminole, New York, Oliver,
Madelein and Bordeaux.
River and Weather.
PITTSBURGH, July Is.
River 20 inches and falling.
Weather clear and pleasant. Mercury 81
in the shade. ~
Grant, Sherman and Sheridan.
ST.. LOUIS, July IS.
Generals Grant, Sherman, Sheridan and
Dent lett Leavenworth this morning for
Denver, via the Kansas and Pacific rail-
way. -.-
Brigham Young Receiving Emil
#f grants. rr. -s-r =, .
An Omaha dispatch says: "Brigham
Young's agent is here making prepara-
tions for the reception and transportation
of several thousand emigrants to the end of
the Union Pacific railroad, where all the
able-bodied men will be at once employed
grading and track laying. Their families
will be forwarded to the Utah settlement
About 1000 are expected to reach here
next week.
Oftowa Items.
~ OTTowA, July Is.
Adeposit of two hundred thousand dol.
been made under the new Insurance law.
The Financial Minister expects to realize
two millions from this source.
At the Dominion rifle match in Montreal
handsome prize will be open to all COM
petitors, foreign or otherwise.
The effect of the drouth is most disas-
trous to the crops of the surrounding coun-
try. '+ts -
Died.
BINGHAMToN, NEW YORK, July IS.
Allen I. Thompson, temperance advo-
cate, died last night. He was native of
Ohio.
Railroad Accident.
aeae -..-- BosToN, July Is.
A passenger train on the Boston, Clinton
and Fitchburg railroad was thrown from
the track in consequence of running over
a cow. The smoking car. in which were
some twenty-five passengers, was broken
into fragments and several passengers se-
riously injured.
Arrested for Murder.
/ ss&zs- BosToN, July Is.
Obed Jones, residing in Canton, Mass,
fonp6 doad in -hodrnou1 on tho eth
of July. with a pistol near him. 1t was
supposed he committed suicide, but subse-
quently Mrs. Madden, his mother-in-law,
and his wife, were arrested for numbering
him. and the evidence is said be very strong
against them.
Mortality In Boston.
BosToN, July Is.
In this city for the week ending to-day,
| one hundred and two deaths have occurred,
including seven from sun-stroke.
Gas Strike at an End in PhiIa-
| deiPhfa.
PHILADELPHIA, July Is.
The gas strikers have succeeded in ac-
complishing their objct. The trustees of the
gas works having complied with their de-
| mands for increased wages, work has been
resumed, and there will be enough gas by
evening to light the city, if proper econo-
my is observed. and by Tomorrow night
the supply will be fully equal to the de.
mand. The citizens are rejoicing at hav-
ing escaped repetition OF such darkness
as was experienced last night.
| 2- Burglar Recaptured.
George Black, noted burglar, who es.
capped from our penitentiary here some
months ago, was recaptured yesterday, in
a harvest field, near this city.
Jumps from n, Window and Is
Killed.
An insane woman jumped from a win
| dow in the aims house yesterday afternoon
and woa killed by the fall.
Fight Between Whites and Ne.
groes in Texas..Fiffy or Sixty
Persons KiIIed-rhe Mob Dis
persed by Soldiers. 1J
GALVESTON, July H.
| On the evening of the 18th a serious rio
commenced at Millican, on the Central rail
road. 1t appears that mob of about q
negroes, led by white school teachers anG
a negro preacher named Brooks attempted
| to hang man named William Holiday
but white citizens interfered to prevent the
execution, and, headed by the sheriff anC
agent of the Freedmen's Bureau. attempted
to suppress the mob. The result was tn,
death of ten or twelve negroes. On thu
10Th instant, the numbers increased ol
both sides, and skirlnishing occurred
during the day, the estimated number o
casualties being %.
A small body of troops arrived late las
night and dispersed the rioters, after kill
ing three negroes. The latter, numberin!
between 300 and 500 persons, had fortifiet
themselves three miles from Millican. ant
refused to lay down their arms until tn
troops dispersed them. The entire loss i
between fifty and sixty persons. The diff
4 ficulty is said to have arisen from a suS
picion that negro member of the Loya
League had been hung, but who has since
been found.
ST. Louis News.
ST. LOUIS, July Is.
The rivers still continue to decline
Weather hot.
The Government steamer G. j. Caffray
which started from st. Paul on Monda
with Longs scraper, has done quick worl
Telegrams were last evening sen
TO the large side-wheel steamers to com
directly through, there being three and
half feet water on the bars.
Two well-known horse thieves, name
Duncan and Broughton, who escaped froI
the Jail in Andrew county, year ag'
were met and recognized in Nodawa
county, on Wednesday, by citizens, who a
tempted to arrest them. They attempte
to escape, but were fired upon. Dunea
p was instantly killed. Broughton was cap
tured and lodged in Jail.
Democratic Ratification Meetln
d at New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, July Is.
A mass Democratic ratification, probs
bly the largest one ever held in Louisian
took place last night. Lafayette Squal
and the streets in the vicinity were dens
lily packed. There were 800 Vice Pres
dents from the most substantial and r
spectable citizens. Resolutions endorsir
the nominations and platform of the Ne
York Convention, and pledging the CO
dial support of the Louisiana Demo
racy, declaring slavery dead beyor
the power of any man to resuscitate, col
demning the present Constitution OF Il