Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-08-04
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GENERAL NEWS 1' 2; ~
GOLD closed in New York yesterday at
145s4.q 10 DEW sssl.F,.7sa d. e,,ai.,
A FRRNcHMAN has patented very in
geniousi plan for teaching the young how
to spell and read. He prints all the vowels
blue, the consonants red, and the letters not
heard in pronunciation black. On the op-
posite page the same lesson is printed in the
usual type, tosaccustom the pupil ito the
ordinary lesson book as well.
SEVERAL meetings held Ia the North of
Germany have been dispersed by the police
because of speeches and resolutions hostile
to the Conservative party. Some of these
gatherings have resolved to employ every
means in their power to return Radical
representatives to the next North German
Parliament. allsE q "a 81. ,=of'I f. Sis.
A STREET ,beggar in Portland, Maine, re-
Gently asked aims for the purpose of get
ting something to eat, saying he had tasted
over "a hours, and was in a starving con-
dition.s A benevolent individual took him
The "starving" man astonished his bene-
factor by calling for plate of sardines and
glass of wine. .,.G,l.e, ,,7r,,,
SINCE the 1st Of April last, the deposits
in about, seventy of the post-ofice saw
ings banks offices in Ontario and Quebec,
amount to $2025s6. Arrangements have
been made to open about seventy more
=, IN rtc uof
provided with such facilities, so that the
advantages of the system will be more
widely dissemin ated.
As if to show state of incipient prepar-
alton for war, the Pontifical Military Al
manae has been Distributed to- the diplo-,
matte body at Rome. 1t sets forth that in
the Papal army there are s generals, "a
chaplsins and 704 officers, thus divided as
to nationality: 464 Italians, 129 French, SO
Swiss, 10 Germans, 20 Belgians, 9 Dutch
men and 4 English.
THE total receipts of wheat in st. Louis
lastiweeK We're III .0S9 bushels. The re-
ceipts oflAonr were 5,232s barrels, against
1s,9O2 tor the, same week in 1867; of corn
63,520 bushels, against 119,29t bushels; of
oats 47,176 bushels. against 3s,9S4 bushels;
and Of hogs 2e1 head, against 2, 3o6 head for
the corresponding week Of 1867. zTo1-
In reply to letter from the Marylebone
Electoral Association, Mr.. Hepworth
Dixon has declared himself ins-favor of
mani ood suffrage, vote by ballot and COM
pulsory education. oAs to a proposal that
he should stand tortle borough, Mr.. Dixon
ha !, ID lsa-
ment, for his mind revofts from the thought
of seeking a market for ambition."s = Hz-,
A CANADA paper, OF the travel this
summer, says: The tide Of American trav-
ell is fading its way, each year, in large
volume down our st. Lawrence, and up
the Saguenay, and this, too, must steadi-
ly increase The accommodation afforded
the traveller is now of a very@eXcellent
character, as well on this lake and Upper
St. Lawrence as below Quebec and Montre-
al. h"S s5s-'-''s - 'r7ts,si's sffsSsf'
A WEALTHY merchant of New York en-
ployed a detective to discover the where
abouts of valuable solitaire diamond pin,
of which he had been robbed and. greatly
to his surprise, in working up" the case,
the detective fixed the robbery on the
merchants own son, who had got into fast
ways of living and took the liberty. to pawn
the'old gentleman's pin for 5000 and spend
the money in gambling.
THE Prussian journals are still occupied
in preaching German unity to the recalcit-
rant Southern States. Notwithstanding
the touching character, of some of these
admonitions, the South. Germans seem
hard of conversion. The Volkspartei reit-
crates its opposition to Prussian schemes,
and insists upon a Southern Confederation.
The contingency of German unity disturb
ing the balance, after having equalized it,
is by no means remote eH'5Jd
STATE NEWS.
Mrs. Mary BowsHER, charged with poi
soning her children, and who has been
confined in the Wyandot county Jail for
some time, has been admitted to bail in the
um o. $4,000. Her sureties are number
of prominent citizens.
AT Washington, Fayette county, few
nights since, when the jailor, M. Blackmore,
went to lock up the prisoners, two men
awaiting trial on a charge of burglary,
knocked him down and made their escape,
since which time they have not been heard
from. They left their mark upon the head
and face of the 4ilor, having cut him con-