Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-08-11

stools, horses, benches, and life-preservers
dropped into the hold, fronting the huge
boiler, which poured out a deadly volume
of steam. The most reliable returns up
TO the morning Of the 31st give the total
of killed at 80, and the wounded at 100.
The Secretary of the Treasury has noti-
fed the Assistant Treasurer at New York
to purchase $1,000 900 worth of bonds on
each Wednesday in August, or 5000 600
in all, and sell 81 900 900 gold on the first
third, and fifth THURSDAYS, ard $4,000, 900
on the second and fourth Thursdays Of
August, or $7,0Oo,000 in all.
The President has signed the treaty for
the interchange Of money orders between
the United States and the United King
dom of Great Britain.
A Washington dispatch of the Both says
nearly 100 witnesses had been examined
by the Congressional Ku-Klux Committee
in that city. The testimony is printed as
the examination progresses, and will make
several large volumes.
1t is now reported that President Grant
has abandoned his proposed California
trip.
Mrs. Robert s Todd, niece of Mrs. Lin
coin, died at Paris, KY, on the oath ult
She was married only few months since
Benjamin f. Cooper, retired produce
merchant in New York city, while suffer
ing from delirium trenens ON the morning
of the goth ult, attacked his wife with a
carving knife, and then, believing he had
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killed her, cut his throat with a razor.
Both were in critical condition.
As far AS ascertained on the evening of
the 31st ult., the total number of deaths
from the ferry boat explosion in New
York was fifty-seven.
The Ku Klux Committee adjourned on
the 3lst ult., until September 90, leaving
at Washington as a subcommittee Sena
tors Pool and Blair, and Representative
Buckley, tn examine few witnesses there
and several others on their way to that
city.
President Grant has appointed Marsh
Giddiugs, of Michigan, for Governor of
New Mexico; William L. Warning, AS
SCISSOR of Internal Revenue for the col
lection district of New Mexico.
The Cincinnati police courts have re-
Gently decided that no license is required
to give free concerts in that city on any
day of the week. AS consequence of
this decision the proprietors of the beer
gardens, who had been arrested for break
ing the Sabbath, were all discharged.
A letter received at Washington from
Agent Darlington, dated Cheyenne and
Arrapahoe Agency, July 10, says: "The
Indians are all quiet / know of no depre-
datioas committed this season yet The
Kiowas have been earnestly endeavoring
- draw tho Cheyennes INTO general war
l have some hope that the most tempting
crisis has passed, but the present is no
time, in my opinion, TO slack our dill
gence."
Captain David II. Fl. Todd, formerly of
Lexington, Ky, a brother of Mrs. EX-
President Lincoln. died at Huntsville,
Ala, on the night of the 30th ult.
II. L. McGee, prominent citizen of
Trenton, Tenn, and who, prior to the war,
was President of the Branch State Bank
at that place, was arrested on the evening
of the 30th ult, charged with passing
counterfeit money. On searching his bag
gage 81 200 in counterfeit United States
Treasury notes were found. He was com
mitted to Jail the next day in default of
$4,000 bail, aud in the evening he man
aged TO scale the wall and escape.
The public debt statement August 1st is
as follows:
Debt bearing coin interest. i,ss 75l $50
Interest. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 2e,3y7,7O
Prin ipai. ......,.............. 4I,g7s,OOo
Interest. .....-...........-.- 232,S52
MGtured debt ... 80. 1910, t4a
| Interest. ............... 312, %
Debt bearing no interest ......... 4l4,64S,siS
Unclaimed Interest. II ,262
Total debt principal .......... e, ,S45, ,ssS, ,6G5
Interest, acknowledgements. a995l,2 ,2S)
Total ................ 81, 239. .ss5
Coin in Treasury. Observation-Disclosures. S3,742, 100
Currency in Treasury y.......,,...... S1GS,S16
Total. al......................... s9l ,9i1 .O2b
Debit less cash in Treasury 2,9s ,S28,s so
Decrease In debt during past month s7u1 so
Decrease since March 1, 1868 ....... 2l2194, ,401
Pacific Railroad bonds outstanding amount to
81, ,Gls S32, on which the accrued interest not yet
paid is S323, %. The interest paid by the United
States amounts to 2 % 49, of which S3069, ,s65
has beenre paid by the transportation of mails
The total amount of bonds purchased, cancelled,
and destroyed is s2l7, ,192,35l, which cost in cur
| rency S2i3,99s,S7. Matured bonds to the amount
of sG913,Oo0 have also been Cancelled and de-
stroyed.
The President has appointed as Post
masters G. NJ Hamilton, of Jacksonville.
Fla; Samuel Wakefield, of New Iberia,
La. Albert Towle, of Peabrice, Neb 1; Jos
d. Treat, of Elko, New. Jas. S. Clarkson,
of DesMoines, Iowa.
The amount of the National Bank cir.
culation issued during July last under the
act of July -, 1870, was $1,7Sl 300, A
like amount of three per cent certificates
will be withdrawn from the market and
retired.
A New York telegram of the 1st says
"The deaths from the Westfield explosion
up to this hour are reported at eighty-nine,
eight or nine more bodies having been dis
covered in the past twenty-four hours. A
number of persons are still missing, and
it is believed that fully 100 victims will be
found before the search is over"
The examination of Daniels, one of the
Meara lynchers, was had before Judge Pu-
terbaugh, in Peoria, ON the 1st Daniels
was admitted to bail in the sum of $4,000.
The Supreme Court of Wyoming has
decided that women have the right to sit
rs jurors, under the provisions of the ex,
isting laws of the territory, Judge Fisher
dissenting, Chief Justice Howe rendered
the opinion that, under the Fourteenth
Amendment, women throughout the
United States have the same rights as men,
in respect to suffrage and office holding.
According TO the statement in the New
York Times of the Sd, Forester, the al.
legged murderer of Nathan, is within the
limits Of Great Britain, and detective