Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-01-20

the recent message Of Governor Fairchild,
is $2,252057 The resources of the State
for 1871 are t,O6o,s93.24j estimated ex-
penditures, $1,O41, ,74e64.
PERSONAL.
Captain Ayre, of the steamer Bombay
whose conduct at the time he ran into and
sunk the United States steamer Oneida
caused his suspension for the term of six
MONTHS. has, at the expiration of the time,
been notified by the Peninsular and
Oriental Steamship Company, his employ
ers, that his services are no longer re-
quired.
The Directors of the Home Insurance
Company of New Haven, Conn, made
an assignment, on the 9th, of the assets
of the Company to Samuel e. Mervin, Jr.
Among the nominations sent to the
Senate by the President on the 9th were
Stephen Coffin, to be Indian Agent at
Warm Springs, Oregon; ]. e. Kellogg,
Pension Agent at La Crosse, Wis; j. Fl.
Knight, Register at Bayfield,, Wis. Post
masters-Martha F. Gordon, Coalsville,
Pa; Edward shussy, Beverly, Ind.
Winnie Ream's statue of Lincoln was
temporarily unveiled, on the 7th, in the
rotunda of the Capitol at Washington for
inspection by the Secretary of the In
terror, prior to the formal acceptance of
the work by Congress. All present ex
pressed the highest satisfaction at the
artistic manner in which the work had
been performed.
Ex-Postmaster General Randall has
recently returned from japan, whittier
he accompanied Hon. w H. Seward. He
says both of Governor Stewards arms
were completely paralyzed, so that he was
entirely deprived Of their use. With this
exception, his health seemed to be unim-
paired. He proposed to extend his trip to
India, and, on his way home, will visit st.
Petersburg, upon invitation Of the Car
of Russia
James Kelly, postmaster of New York
| city under Mr.. Lincoln, died on the evening
Of the 10Th.
John L. Murphy has been appointed to
the Senate by the President as Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court of Montana
4 Territory.
1t is now stated from Washington that
| Hon Hamilton Fish will retire from the
Cabinet as Secretary of State, on the ad-
journment of the present session of Con-
gress, and that Hon. Oliver P. Morton, of
Indiana, will be appointed in his place.
Hon. B. Gratz Brown was on the 9th
inaugurated as Governor of Missouri.
The Ohio House has adopted a resolu-
tion, by vote of So to 16, granting per-
mission to place memorial of Lincoln in
the rotunda of the State House.
A Washington dispatch of the 18th says
there was authority for asserting that all
rumors, since the resignation of Secretary
Cox, of Cabinet changes, are without a
particle of foundation.
The following nominations were sent to
the Senate on the 18th: Willis S. Drum
mond, Commissioner of General Land
Office; John Walker, Postmaster at Au-
rora, Ind.
Hon. John Covode, NJ c., died at Har.
risburg, Pa, on the nth, aged 63.
In a billiard match at Buffalo on the 11th,
between Parker and Rudolphe, for the
championship of America and $1,000, the
former was the winner by a score of 1901
to 1,235.
The first White House reception of the
season was given on the evening of the
10th. 1t was given by Mrs. President
Grant, and was very largely attended.
Nominations were made on the 18th
s. A. Strickland, Nebraska, Governor OF
Utah Territory Joshua Armitage, Indiar
Agent for the Blackfeet and neighborinG
tribes; VIM. Goodloe, Pension Agent a
Lexington, Ky.
A Washington special of the 18th say
Hon B. F. Wade is to be president of thu
San Domingo Commission, and the other
: members are President Andrew d. White
of Cornell University, and Dr. Samuel G
Howe, of Boston. General Franz Sige
declined the appointment of Secretary t.
, the Commission, on the ground that he di(
not think himself sufficiently acquainted
with the Spanish language to undertake
the responsible duties OF the position
Hon. Allan G. Burton, of Kentucky, ha
been appointed in his place.
, The Senate, in executive session on tn
E 18th, confirmed the nomination of Vice-Ad
4 miral Porter to be Admiral, by vote o
30 to 10,