Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1869-01-27

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wKDnEsDAx MoRrlrG. - JAN. 81.
ssss News and Osherwfse.
: ZANrsvILLe had sensation in a chicken |
1Rhso Saturday night.
s. FouR Tof the Arkansas colored militia
have been shot tor rape.
THE tariff' bill is said to be dead for this
session, at least. We hope so.
TIE population OF Norfolk, Va, which
In 1850 was 10000, is now $1,000. 8a -
q SoxErHrNG has been done In New York |
city in the way of organizing vigilance
committee. sH iss fs
e Our of the 2ls,6s6 emigrants who ar
rived at New York last year, 81. ia re-
mained In that State. gasa -
WITH the exception Of New York, Nor
folk occupies the most commanding posi-
tion on the Atlantic coast.
FoRNxY, the other day, found an ex-Con-
federate officer who was 'kind and cont
i municative." Think of that.
! JOHN b. STOCKTON IDemocrat) was yes
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By the New Jersey Legislature. ss
0GUY w. NoRTn, Of Plymouth, Ohio. On
the morning of the l6th, with the assistance
Of . pistol, took b final adieu of life.
y Tn Ohio delegation are unanimous in
the belief that Senator Wade will be ten
dered position in Gen. Grants Cabinet.
Do You hear that? The citizens OF
washington, irrespective of party, have
.determined to have an Inauguration ball.
Is this intended as rebuke to Grant?
- MONEY Is down now to 6 per cent. In
New York city. Is this owing to the pas
sage of the ten per cent. bill through the
Ohio Senate?
9 Tar Missouri House of Representatives
ON Monday tabled a concurrent resolution
d rgine the repeal OF the tenure of office
act. That body does not appear to have
u unlimited faith in Grant.
Hon. GEoReE REX we are, glad to see
again in his seat, and would temper HI
sorrow with our regret that he was called
upon few days ago to follow cherished
Q hild to the grave.
READ the speech of Hon. A. T. Walling
ON the subject of rebuilding the Central
Lunatic Asylum. It plainly shows the ne
eessity. in an economical point of view, of
rebuilding the Asylum on its present site.
SHrENAN's Air Line Railroad bill is con-
sidered to have received its quietus for
3 his session, and 1t will not fare any better
next session, II General GRANT starts out
fairly in favor Of retrenchment and reform
The Washington specials of the Cincin-
natl Commercial and Enquirer concurred
yesterday, that the Supreme Court of the
United States will affirm the constitution
ality Of the Legal Tender act, by five to
three. q .s-,515...E
s.wHEELrNa, w. Va, on Monday elected
the entire Citizens, Reform ticket, Demo-
Gratis and Republicans voting for the best
men, irres pective OF patty considerations.
The Register gave its influence to this
movement. I'll =. az
TIE women's Rights people are down on
Speaker Colfax, because he has refused to
give Mrs. DIR. Mary e. Walker either a
seat in or pass into the reporters gallery,
as the representative of an interior New
York paper. M l9
.THE English press reioiced greatly over
Grant's election. Probably. they will not
rejoice 80 greatly over his administration.
The givings ont Indicate that he will be
very exacting in the settlement of the AL
abama Claims.
HoN. p. Van TRUMP has kindly sentus
q copy Of his speech on the @bill for a grant
of land, granting the right of way over
the public lands to the Denver Pacific Rail-
way and Telegraph Company" 1t is an
effort worthy Mr.. Van Trump's ability and
his honesty as Representative.
AHrER all the time, ability and elcquence
that J. Q. Howard bestowed upon his edi-
torial demanding the instantaneous repeal
of the Tenure of Office act by the United
States Senate, 1T is exceedingly questionable
whether that body will more than slightly
modify it. What q pity tits that the pro-
duct OF such vast genius should prove of
no avail. His prospects for foreign mis-
sion, or an extraordinary consulship, are
not as bright as clear, sunny day.
MRS. HANNAH WAIDMAN, of Darby, stu.
ated on the Galena division of the Chicago
d Northwestern railroad, on the 10Th inst,
deliberately threw herself upon the rail-
road track, between two cars, while the
train was in motion. She was lifted from
the track q corpse. The motive that
prompted the act is said to have been the
opposition OF her parents to her marriage
20 the young man to whom she was engag.
ed.
CIHcINNAr1, judging from the tone of the
Times, is deeply afflicted. Highway rob.
berries are of almost daily occurrence
burglary has grown common. 'And,
asks the Times, -yet who has been ar
rested ?" Inquiry is made: ssWhere is the
Mayor? Who is the Mayor of Cincinnati?'
Az much as the citizens dislike the thieves
they prefer them to the .detectives thai
ere seat out" Nice state of affairs under
Republican rule.
ALLUDINa to the fact that Hon. Hugh j
Jewett has been spoken of in connection
with the Democratic nomination for Gov.
ernor, the GAINESVILLE Signal says: "Nc
man in the State stands better with the grea,
mass of the people than Mr.. Jewett, and lis
nomination for Governor this year would be
one of the most popular that could be made
In intellect, statesmanship and executive
power, he is one Of the first men in the
whole country. His speeches and views
on finance in the summer of 1867, were tn.
earliest, and were among the ablest expo
sitions of the Democratic policy on thai
now most momentous subject. As the
Democratic candidate for Governor In 1861
he gallantly led the forlorn hope Of thu
party, and now, when the prospect OF Dem