The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-12-16

The municipal election took place at
Augusta, Ga, Wednesday, and passed
off quietly. The Democrats elect their
Mayor by about 800majority, and their
council Troops were sent from Allan
Ia and stationed near the polls, but did
not interfere with the election The
Democrats held a grand rejoicing and
illumination.
TIE health officers discovered SIX
new cases of small pox In the eastern
district of New York Wednesday, and
one IN the western Et
Mr. JNo. A Cox, Superintendent
the Pennsylvania and New York Central
Railroad, and who resided at Towanda,
Pennsylvania, died Wednesday p. m.
at Wayerly from an apoplectic fit.
TIE Kentucky Board of Examiners
counted the vote of the state In the re-
cent congressional elections at Frank
the best contested fights were IN the 7th,
The first gives Grassland, Democrat,
3,546 majority; the Second District,
McHenry, Democrat, 2,524 majority;
Sd District, Lewis, Democrat, 1857
majority; 4th District, Read, Demo
crat, 5,4S3 majority 9Th District,
Winchester, Democrat, 5,173 majority;
9th District, Arthur, Democrat, 5,173
majority; 7th District, Beck, Democrat,
8, ,396 majority; 8th District, Adams,
Democrat, Is majority; 9th District,
Rice, Democrat, 1880 majority. Ad-
sms's majority in 1868 was 462 In the
1st District Grassland takes the place
of Trimble; in the I'd, McHenry that of
Sweeney; Sd, Lewis that of Galloway;
4th, Reed that of Knott; 9Th, Arthur
that of Jones' In the 5th, 7th, Sth and
9th, Winchester, Beck, Adams and
Rice are reelected.
The second session of the State As
sembly of Virginia met Wednesday
forenoon.
A FREIGHT train on the Grand Trunk
Railroad broke through bridge at
Brompton Falls, Canada, on Tuesday,
and was preGpitated into the river.
The fireman and one other person were
killed. -. 81
TIE contest for the United States
Senatorship in South Carolina was de-
cided on Wednesday by the reelection
of Senator Robertson The vote stood,
Robertson SO, Butler, Democrat, 81,
Moses %, and Cardozo, colored, IL.
Born houses of the New Mexico Leg
islature are In session, but merely adj
journ from day to day without transact
ing any business until it can be de-
termined whether the session is legal
or not. Someof the lawyers and nearly
all the members of the Legislature con-
tend that the first of the biennial ses-
sions provided for by the lays Of Con-
gress can be heldnow. Others contend
that the first of these sessions should
not be held until Dec. 1st, 1871.
Ara meeting of the Board Of Canal
Commissioners, held at Albany, We'd
nesday, it was resolved that the time
for closing the Erie Canal, Middle and
Eastern Divisions, be extended to the
10th, and on the Champlain Canal to
the 18th inst, unless the same should
be sooner closed by ice.
| YESTERDAY, in the House of the Ala
bama Legislature, Forester was seated,
and Davis, the sitting member, unseat-
ed-Forester having the certificate Of
election. The latter is Republican
and Davis Democrat. Davis viii
probably regain the seat by contest, as
he received majority Of the votes cast
In Joint convention, Wednesday, for
the election of United States Senator,
Goldwaite, Democrat, received 65 votes,
Warner, Republican, 80, and Haratoon,
Republican, IA. Goldwaite, having
received majority of all the votes cast,
was declared elected for the term of six
years from March next. Goldwaite
has been Judge of the Circuit and Su-
preme Courts, and is an able lawyer.
He has been citizen of Montgomery
for over forty years, and the people are
greatly rejoiced at his election
THE Navijoes have commenced war
against the Apaches.
UNITED STATES detectives Kelly and
Hammond seized four more cigar stores
at Poughkeepae, and closed them, for
alleged revenue frauds This makes
six seized within week.
GEs. MoMAHoN, President of the Gu
ban League, has received q letter from
President Cespedes expressing gratlfica-
ton at the establishment of the League
He denies that the Cubans have invited
the strocities of the Spanisrds, and ex-
press confidence that the latter viii be
driven from the island, which viii then
take q place among the nations which
have established claims by courage
long suferings and capacity for self
government so steadily developed dur
ing prolonged honorable struggles.
From Thursday the cable companies
double the price of press rates. The
New York Associated Press alone has
paid the cable company tolls, in gold,
besides their tolls on all European tel
egraph lines, within the last six months,
to the amount of sos, 600.
The Ontario parliament was opened
at Toronto on the 7th, by the Lieut..
Governor. He reported large increase
of the population by immigration, and
said that the condition Of the province
was hopeful, showing an advance IN
trade, agriculture and manufactures.
The King of Bavaria has sent q note
to King William inviting him to assume
the title of Emperor Of Germany.
TIE Russian government has in its
employ q number of American Eorkmen
in Russia, engaged IN manufacturing
] MitraiIleuses. There is ample evidence
of other kinds that Russia is preparing
for war on grand scale.
The Lady Of Lyons.
The credit of the authorship Of this
nlav has RECENTLY been denied to- Bui-