The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-03-26
MIaoNllAnoonk Naua Iinms.

~Roiefi M. Douglas, BON Of the late
stAphen al Douglas, has betn a%ppointed As
%sistafit Prfvate Secretary ~ President Grant.
Stephen T. CLARK, financial editor Of the
New York Tribune, formerly conneGted with
the Express, died, onthe 18th, at Genoa,
italy.
During the last Congress, 3,4sO bills
were introduced. Thus fa, about iour hun
dred have Seen introduced IN the present
Congress.
-Jamca Fisk, Jr., it is said, recently offer
ed oue1nilhon Of dollars for Tie New YORK
Times Newspaper anil ostablishment. The
offer was declined.
The applications to tae Treasury and
poatofice Depntmmte are overwheimlng-
The probability u mat not even one m nNo
hundredofthe applieapts,c can be satisfied.
-Fares 10 Farope By the Cunard line have
coma down ncsrlv dno.fourth within the last
TOW days. uompetition With the lnman line
has don II.
Tho resignation OF Third Auditor Wilson
haa boon accepted. and until hts successor s
appointed Chief Clerk Gaugcmer will perform
tho duties Of tho office.
Secretary Borie, oftho Navy Department,
has isaued an order that there are no vacan-
ciea in his department, and there IL no use,
atthis time, in applicants putting in claims.
The President will hereafter receive
Members Of Congress only from 10 to IL
O'Clock a. m, daily, and general visitors from
! 8 10 4u'clock, except ON TuesdHysRn Fridays,
Cabinet days.
Gen. Skinner, First Assistant Postmaster
General has received nouoo that hie place is
snou To- be filled. His successor will be Mr..
Earle. of. Maryland. the former partner OF
Postmaster Creswell.
At a meeting of the stockholders Of the
Dubuque andsioux City Bailroad Company,
held III Dnbunuc on tho 10Th the lease OF
said road 10 the Illinois Oenttal Railroad 20.
WAS unanimously adopted.
George Hamilton, aeolored fireman IN
lIiphthodv'a ink factory, New York, was eeri-
onsly acaided on the 10th by the oxploeion
Of a boiler. The building was slightly dam
aged.
Mr.. Fish qualified rs Secretary OF State
Tuesday morning. by taking tho oath Ot Of
fce before Chief Justice Cartier, and alter
wards attended the Cabinet meeting, at which
all members were present.
The bark Harvest Queen, from Humboldt
Bay, for San Francisco, February 9TH, II
supposed 10 have foundofed at sea- AID all
aboard Lost. Nothing has been heard OF her
since sailing.
An English bark, supposed to be the
John Bright, laden with lumber from Port
| Townsond for a South. American port, was
wrecked az Natka Sound, on tho 9th Of Feb.
ruary. Tho vcssolis a total loss. All aboard
are supposed to be lost.
Ash +. Cochran has recovered DAMAGES
to the amount of 81, 900 FROM the Adams EX-
press Company, for the loss OF u package
containing $1,000 by the burning of the
steamer Bio Bio, at or near New Orleans, In
1863.
Rep rte Of the military operations IL
Arizona for 1868 are published, and show 81
Indians killed, 81 wounded and 20 captured
The rrports indicate that the war wac carried
on vigorously, but the number OF troops wai
so small that the results are unsatieiactory
Admiral Porter has ordered yesscla oi
war 10 hold Themselves in readiness To pro-
tect American ciii2ens in Cubs from the per
secution OF the Spanish authorities. A part
| Of the Pacific Squadron has been ordered Il
Join that OF the West Indies.
The position Of additional Assistant Sec.
rotary ofthe Treasury, lately held by Mr.
Cooper, has been rendered TO W. A. Rich
ardsun, OF Boston. IL is understood that No
change will be made in the Assistant Sec
Rotary, the position now held by Mr.. Hart
ley.
Tho body ofan unknown man, supposed
To be n jew, Was found On the 10Th, at SpTint
Valley, New York, terribly mutilated. II,
was clothed in a womRn's chomise and gait
ers, and hat that didn't At him. Tho gar
mcnts were undoubtedly put on him for dis
guise.
There was a demonstration ofthc Fcnian
Brotherhood at Buffalo, Saturday night. 81.
James Hall was dcnsoly crowded, aud the
1th l,rgtmcnt Il. II. A., which was out m ful
force, made fine appearance. Gen. ONoill
addressed the meeting ia an eloquent
speech, aud was enthusiastically received.
-1hore is authority tor thqytatcmont that
tho representations against the UHitcd
Statcs Mmistcr AZ Madrid, which recently
appeared ia a Now York journal, To the effect
That tho minister does not SympnthiEo with
he republican movement in spain, IL not
confirmed hy official and other correspond
cnco ut Mr.. Hale.
VIM. Protnn, q respectable farmer re,
siding noai Brighton, Madison county, Iii.
nniz, SHOT himself through tho head with q
revolver, Saturday, killing himsolf instantly,
No cause Ton the act is known.
"A lire occurred Monday evening, at A
Murray street, Now York, occupied "a a
crockury-waro store by Moybcrg \ Bros
Loss sic, 600; insured. The building was
damaged to tho extent OF SS,0OD,
The Post says that tho Now York Cen
tralllailrOad having neglected TO pay the gov
oTnmcnt tax OF five per cent. on ita net earn
lngs, tho question will come M before the
Internal Iieyonuc Department. The amount
iuvDlyed IL 81, 100000. tits presumed that
the road viii have to pay it II the cause goes
to the courts. h.. .. "
a Chicago dispatch says that the cashier
Of the First National Bank, of Rockford, Ill,
IS reported 10 have abscondcd with tho funds
of dopoaitnrs. Tho bank will probably fail.
The people OF Rockford and vicinity are
much excited by this unexpected develop.
ment. Tho cashier has hitherto beon ro-
g~TdedRs IN honorable man.. iHlittf lii
Tho President has sont the following
nominations tn the Senate: VIM. A. COrwin
~ Now Jorsoy, sIrgeon In tho navy; Dudley
HainoS, OF New York, pension agent at
Brooklyn, vice VIM. Porter; James LINDSEY,
- aIt..aY,gf Y,anaf,Y, o.roni al ~ T.nuiu pia.
l.. Il. Brown; Wm. a. Forbes, of Pennsylya-
MIA, ponsinn agent at Philadelphia, vice Ed
ward @. Greene; John Titus, Judge OF Arr
IONA Territory.
The Senate confirmed tho following;
Carman A. NowcOmb, member of the Fortietli
Congress from Missouri, to be marshal OF
the eastern district OF that state; Alex. X.
orado, vice Cooling, resigned, Sidney A
%Stockdale, tn DO Collector of Internal Rove
nue. for tho first district OF Louisiana, vice
Gen, Steadman; james W.. King, to be Chic
of the Bureau OF Engineering of the Nay!
Department, vice lsherwood, removed.
The exaggoration of military bulletin,
was never moro remarkable than in the &C
count Of Gen. Lesca's attack upon 400
Cuban insurgents, whom he found intrench
ed in tho Sierra dc Oubitas. He fret went a
their hnes with artillery, and then sent Z
column or 900 men 10 charge them with thl
oalohet' Oi poth hlueht he Says INC feho
luton was intense, aud the losses were ter
rible. Losca's own casualtios no reports q
81 killed and 80 wounded, while on tho sid
of the rebels he estimates there were 100
who we're lone for. Yhis is absurd. Tn
best soldiers in the world cRnno assault IN
trenchmentr II their defenders have gun
and powder. In an assault tho advantage /
on the side OF the party behind the in
~trenchments, III they behave with any stead
ness at all, as according to Lesca's repOT
the insurRents did in the present instance.
LAMARTINE AND NAPOLEON. Shortly al
Anr III mobilization of thn Rrai NnInrnn- Z