Democratic enquirer. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1867-1873, 1869-01-20
Nelus Summary.
General News.

-COlOnol Efebbllian, once Chlei OF General
Logans stan, died In New York ON the 9Th, Of
consumption.
The area of Louisville is twelve and one
third square miles, and tho valuation OF prop
erty $G3, ,3A3,O74.
--1he Ohio Legislature met on the 3Oth,
pursuant to adjournment on the 25th OF last
November.
The Kentucky Legislature met on tho
9th, but did not organize, rs there was no
quorum in the Senate.
Vigilance committees are being organic
ed in most OF the wards of New York City,
for the purpose of bringing rogues to JUS
! tice.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company has
| recovered bonds on nine hundred miles OF it's
road, amounting in the aggregate to So, ,797
900.
The municipal election in Little Rock
Ark, on the 4tl, resulted in the election Of
DR.. l. X. Hartman (Radical) as mayor by 796
| In Il ,4l6 votes
The official statement sent to the Senate
shows that the total cost OF printing frac-
tiOnal currency to date is 81 1885, 949, or about
1.3G-1O0 per cent. Of its value.
The Massachusetts, Legislature convened
on the 9th. The Senate elected Robert e..
Pitman, of New Bedford, President The
The Legislature of Delaware met at Do
yer on the 5th. JAS. Williams, of Kent, was
elected Speaker of the Senate, and John
Hickman, of Sussex, Speaker of the House.
| Unofficial returns from Florida show the
election of Col, Hamilton. the regular repub-
lican candidate for Congress, by ma jority OF
1000. The vote was light.
Tho consular diplomatic appropriation
| bill, reported to the House OF Representa-
tives on the 9Th, apprOpriates 81, ,16O, 234. -
Provision il made for consulate at Rome,
but no Minister.
by direction Of the Secretary of War,
Gen. Reynolds IL relieved from duty as As
sistant Commissioner OF the Freedmens' Bu-
reau for Texas, and Gen. Candy assigned to
that duty.
The grand jury Of Washington has dis
missed tho case against Surratt, on the
ground that the Presidents amnesty procla-
nation pardons him OF all past treason and
all offenses against the Government.
On til, 18th, woman named Williams, re
ng IN Hampton Village, Ca, in fit OF insanity
drowned her two children in barrel of water,
and was discovered in the act Of ending her
own life by getting in the barrel head first,
The Minnesota Legislature met on the
5th. o. d. Davidson, of Minneapolis, was
elected Speaker Of the House, and Il, e.
Snow Secretary of the Senate. N. X. Kinyon
was elected Clerk OF the House.
r.. NJ. Brmner was robbed of 81 900 al
noon on Tuesday, while standing mt the duuI
of the First National Bank in ChcmAati. The
robber, named Lewis, was arrested and the
money recovered.
The Legislature of Nevada met at Car.
son on the 4th, and organized by electing
T. D. Edwards, of OTmsby county, President
of the Senate, and ID. o. Atkinson, of Storey
county, Speaker OF the House.
Morris Readon, a shoemaker residing at
La Grange, Ky, was shot and killed Tuesday
morning. Benjamin Mackey, w. Looney and
Daniel Smith were arrested as the parties who
committed the assassination The cause OF
the tragedy, as far as ascerlained, was that OF
jealousy
A floor in the fchool-hollse of the st.
Peters and st. Paurs Catholic Church, i'll
ROch; stcr, N. Y, gave way on the evening OF
the 9Th, while a crowd of people were wit.
Messing the holiday exercises, and eight per
SONS were killed, and thirty seriOuely wound
ed.
The communication from the Secretary
of War to the Senate shows that %, 61O regu-
lars and l ,2l3 volunteer troops are employed
in suppressing Indian hoshlities and in pro-
tecting the Missouri River traffic and Union
Pacific Railroad, and otherwise policing that
region.
Gen. Stoneman has issued an order dis
banding the Public Guard of Richmond, a
company of about 100 state soldiers which
had been doing guard duty ut tho State Pris-
on and public buildings. The commanding
general is silently clearing the courts OF Off
GERS disqualified under the amendment. The
removals are not furnished the press.
A letter from Durango, Mexico, says that
Gems. 0rtega and Paton, who were recently
assasslnated had in their possessions Jour
nals showing that the states Of Chihuahua
and Smaoa have been sold to the United
States, and would be occupied by the Ameri-
can forces inside OF two years. The report is
fully credited at Durango.
The New York Express says that scrip
certificates thus far paid on the New York
Central Railroad represent about $32, 2,O9O,O 600
of capital stock, which comes inside the in
junction order Of the Supreme Court, The
new order of the court was simply for MIR.
Vanderbilt to show that the total amount had
been paid, and whether the injunction had
been violated.
The Michigan Legislature convened at
Lansing on the 9Th Henry s, Sleeper, of
Kalamazoo, was elected Secretary of the SEN
ate; Jonathan j. WOOdman, OF Van Burcp,
was elected Speaker of the House. At eau
Gus of the republican members OF the Legis-
laturc, Hon. Y. Chandler was nominated for
reelection to the U. \. Senate on the first
ballot.
The Secretary of the Treasury has pro-
posed to Congress a section, to be made a
part Of the general appropriation bill, as fol-
lows; "rhat the Secretary OF tho Treasury
he and he Is hereby auth rlzed to allow and
direct the payment Of any expenses necessa-
rilv incurred in collecting debts due the Uni
ted States, and in making sales of lands ac-
| in nf
ceeds thereof in all cases where such pay
ment is not now provided for by law.
The programme for the grand musical
fcstvalin Boston, to take place in June next,
to commemorate the restoration Of peace and
union, Is published. H. promises an Orches-
ira OF one thousand performers, and great
multitude of yocalsts, including children Of
public schools. The festival will last three
days. The President Of the United States
and Cabinet, heads Of departments, the Gov
ernorH of all the states, and members of
| Congress- are to be invited.
| Judge Drummond, of the United States
District Court of Chicago, gave an important
| decision, on tho 9th, respecting the Congress
sona whisky act Of July 20, 1867. For thrt o
| DAYS, an attorney who had devoted all his
time for live months to the preparation Of his
argument. contcnded that nearly every pro-
vision of the act IL unconstitutional. Alter
| an able review Of tho argument, the Court
decided that every siqglc provision of the law
accOrdI with the Constitution, and dissolved
the Injunction to restrain the reyeIue officers
from acting under it's instructions.
| The New York Legislature met on the
9Th, and was organized by the election Of
Truman g. YoungIove, republican, M Speak
err fthe Assembly, H. T. Underhill, repub-
lican, was elected Clerk. Gov. Hoffman, in
his message to tho Legislature, said that the
revenues from the Erie and other canals
during the past year have paid the balance of
the canal debt OF lS46, satisfied all other re-
quirements and pad into the State Treasury
over hundred thousand dollars. The debt
nf The state at the end Of 4 he fiscal year was
$3S, ,SGl, AIS.
summary Of Proceedings In Congress.
SENATE. Jan, 5th.--The sen io met at ~ O'Clock.
H., thirty seven Senators being present. Several
communication were presented and referred, also
several resolutions, ncne being Of special impor-
tance excepting one offered by Ferry requesting the