Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-08-25

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warrants for the arrest of the President,
Directors and Superintendent of the
Staten Island Ferry Company, and also
for the arrest of Robinson, the engineer.
On the 14th, Secretary Boutwell, issued
q circular to agents for the negotiation OF
the new loan, stating that he had decided |
to withdraw the loan, for the present, from |
the market, with the exception OF the b |
per cent. bonds as offered to the National |
Banks by circular letter of the Secretary |
of the Treasury, dated August 10. This.
communication relates to the a per cent
bonds in combination with the per cent.
On March 16 last the late Commissioner
Pleasonton decided that any writing,
whether called a receipt or otherwise,
which contains a contract to continue in
force any policy of insurance which has
not expired, is exempt from stamp duty.
Commissioner Douglass on August 16, in
letter to Collector Ames at Providence,
r. l., reversed this decision, and holds
that any written contract made in the
form of receipt or otherwise, which re-
news or continues policy, requires the
same stamp as the original policy, wheth-
er the renewal receipt is given before or
after the expiration of the policy.
On the 10Th the centennial anniversary
of the birth of Walter Scott was cele
brated in many of the leading cities of
the United States as we'll as in the Old
World.
An Ottawa, Canada, dispatch of the 18th
says the American schooner Franklin had
been seized for violation of the fishing
laws, and had been ordered TO Quebec for
adjudication.
At Ogdensburg, N. Y, on the evening
of the 18TH Baron De Camin, who claims
to be an ex- Catholic priest and member of
the Inquisition in France, attempted to
speak in denunciation of Popery. His
remarks being offensive to the Roman
Catholics present, he was violently as
saulted and the meeting broken up. He
was carried away in a carriage, guarded
by the police. The next evening De Ca
min made a second attempt to lecture, but
the hall was closed against him. The dem
onstration of the mob was such that the
lecturer had to be taken to Police Head
quarters for protection. The Mayor of
the city issued proclamation warning all
persons to preserve the peace, and calling
ON all well-disposed citizens to assist in
maintaining order and liberty of speech.
A number of the leaders Of the mob had
been arrested.
Henry d. Cooke, on the nth, deposited
in the United States Treasury at Wash
ington, on behalf of the American Syndi-
cate, $4,000 000, the first installment of its
subscription to the new loan.
Gen. George Stoneman has been placed
on the retired list, on account of disability,
caused by long and faithful service.
, George A King has been appointed Col
lector of the Revenue in Nevada
A Wilmington, N. c., dispatch of the
10th says official returns from eighty.thre
counties of North Carolina show majority
of 10,23l against the Convention. There
were seven counties to be heard from
, which would reduce the majority TO about
940O
t The officers of the Staten Island Ferry
Company were taken before the Coroner
> on the morning of the 18th, and committed
to the Tombs prison, the Coroner declin
ing to accept bail, although bail in any
l amount was offered. The prisoners were
= subsequently taken before the Supreme
e Court on writ of h0bedS corpus. The
= Coroner's refusal of bail was based on the
advice Of the District Attorney, who said
i it was against the rule to accept bail in
e cases of this kind.
The statement lately made that Mrs
f Mary Barney is the last surviving child Of
4 any of the signers of the Declaration o.
Independence is denied by the State De
Q partment. -Four daughters of Elbridgt
5 Gerry, the eldest 81 years old, were living
t on the 4th of July last, and celebrated the
day.
: The next State election will be held il
t California September 8.
. A Jury was obtained on the nth in tht
Vsnderpool murder trial, at Hastings
8 Mich.
The head chief of the Santa Clara In
a dams, in Southern Utah, died some weeks
: ago. Since then the tribe has commenced
: depredations in the settlements. 1t is re
s ported that a general combination o
f Indians on the borders of Utah and Ore
gon has been formed for agressions il
1: Utah.
f The physicians appointed to analyze thu
t stomach of Henry Wharton, supposed t.
3 have been poisoned by his mother, tn
e Mrs. Wharton of Baltimore, report tia
thew And no traces of poisou or other sub
[. stance which would furnish evidence t
criminate any one.
II The Virginia Republicans, throug
l. their Central Committee, have determine
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