Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-01-18

two general engagements between General
Hdche's forces and tile Insurgents, under
Diaz, in which the latter were routed, with
the loss of artillery and cavalry:
The President, On tile 9tli Sent to tile SEN
die the nomination of Charles Hale of Mas
sachusetts, TO be Assistant Secretary OF .
State.
The Coronor's Jury rendered verdict ON
the 9th that James Fisk, Jr., came to his |
death in consequence OF a wound or wounds, |
inflicted by ball or balls, from pistol in |
the hands of Edward :. stokes, discharged |
by him In deliberate manner at the person !
of said Fisk, at the Grand Central Hotel. !
Stokes was committed to the Tombs to await
the action Of the Grand jury. Miss Mans
fields house was closely guarded by officers
under orders of the Coroner, to prevent her
leaving it without his special permission.
Mayor Hall pulicly announced on the 9th
that his private affairs would prevent him at
tending to the duties of the office as Mayor
during at least one week. The President of
the Board of Alderman, he said, would act
rs Mayor until his notification be revoked.
This step was regarded as preliminary to
Halls actual resignation. By this action
General John Cobranc became acting Mayor.
Stokes is reported as being cool and col
lected, and confident of his acquittal when
tried for the murder of Fisk.
The Ohio Legislature voted on the 9th for
United States Senator. In the Senate the
vote stood: George W. Morgan, Is; J Ohm
Sherman, II; Robert c. Schenck, l. In the
House the vote stood: Sherman, 81; Nor
gan, AZ; Jacob d. Cox, l.
The report of the death in prison at San
Francisco of Mrs. Laura ID. Fair, which was
said to have occurred on the 3Oth ult., was
mistake. A San Francisco dispatch of the
5th says: Mrs. Laura ID. Fair is in excellent
health, and confident that she will never be
hanged. Elisha Cook, her principal counsel,
died the last hour of the year"
General Halleck died at his residence in
Louisville, KY. on the evening of the 9th, of
congestion of the brain.
A New Orleans dispatch on the evening of
the Sth states that regiment of Federal
troops, with cannon, were stationed near the
State House, to repel threatened attack
from Lafayette Square mob. The State
House was filed with armed police, the mill
tia were in the armories, and two hundred
citizens had been mustered as militia guard
at the Governors office.
A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at
Quebec on the night of the 9th, lasting about
| five seconds.
An official statement shows that the land
| concessions made by Congress to States,
| corporations, and railroad purposes, esti-
mated in quarters embraced in the limits of
grants, foot up 2O7, ,460,031 acres. The esti-
mated quantity which companies will receive
from grants is 1I2, ,739, 43O acres. Number of
acres certified and patented up to June 80,
| 1871, 1S,995,901.
The National Woman's Suffrage Conven-
ton held its semi-annual meeting at Wash
ington on the 10th. Mrs. Cady Stanton was
| chosen President.
The father of James Fisk has gone crazy
because of the assassination of his son.
The Wisconsin Legislature organized on
the 10th. In the Senate, J. Waggoner, of
the Richmond County Republican, was elect
ed Chief Clerk; w. d. Hoard, of the JetcrSo,
Union, was elected Sergeant-at-Arms. Dan
iel Hall, Republican, of Watertown, was
i chosen Speaker of the House; f. NJ Young,
of Sauk, Chief Clerk, and S. S. Fifeld, of
Polk County, Sergeant-at-Arms.
A large number of passengers from San
Francisco reached Chicago few days ago,
after having been twenty days on the route,
being detained by snow.
In the Carter House of Representatives at
New Orleans, on the 9th, as the Sergeants
alarms were attempting to arrest a mem
Der, a scufile cnsucd in which Walter r.
Wheyland, who claimed to represent the
parish of Sabine, but had been expelled, was
shot. He died in about an hour after being
shot Governor Warmoth issued procla
nation on the 10th ordering the Carter fac
ton to desist from further proceedings, anC
commanding the members to return to thei
seats in the General Assembly.
A City of Mexico dispatch of December 3
states that the revolutionists under Diaz, il
Oaxaca, had been completely routed, will
the loss of his ARTILLERY and many killed anC
wounded.
The President has authorized the adoption
of an additional rule by the Advisory Civi
Service Board, allowing temporary appoint
mcnts to be made without examination
where the necessities demand it, pending tn
perfccting form of Civil Service examina
ton.
The National Republican Committee, i
session at Washington on the 1lth, decide
to hold the next Republican National Con
/ vcntion at Philadelphia, on the 5th of june
The vote stood: Philadelphia, Is; Cincinnati
); st. Louis, .; Boston, 3; Louisville, 3; Wasl
ington, |. The Executive Committee decide
that each State shall have delegates, to tn
Convention, double the number of Senator
and Representatives; two for each organize
Territory, including the Territory of tn
District of Columbia, who shall have til
right to vote.
, The President on the 11th, nominated
| L 4 ..fT g.,
Governor of Washington Territory, an
Horace II. Harrison, for United States Alto
! ney of the Middle District of Tennessee.
: The Pennsylvania Legislature has clecte
. Robert w. Mackey State Treasurer.
e recent Albany letter states that Twce
/, had notified his friends that he was nC
f going to claim his seat i'll the Senate.
e The Missouri Democratic State Conventio
= has issued an address recapitulating the n
C suits of the last campaign in Missouri, an
o concluding with the recommendation thi
the Missouri policy be adopted by the NJ
o tional Democracy in the Presidential canya:
q of 1872.
f Captain J. A. T. Hull, Republican, wa
:. chosen Secretary of the Iowa Senate on It'll
Q recent organization of the State Legislature
4 and james Wilson, Republican, of Tama, W;
q elected Speaker of the House. The balanC
l. of the officers chosen are also Republican.
d Governor Baldwin, of Michigan, has i
e sued a proclamation, addressed to the pc
V pie of the United States, in which he says
: now takes pleasure in announcing that fu
d ther contributions of money for the relief {
II the sufferers by the late disastrous fires
e Michigan are unnecessary. The GovernC
l. tenders the hearty thanks of the whole pc
N pie of Michigan to those whose earne:
=, sympathy and liberal aid have so greatly al
d waited the suffering of so many citizens
v the State.
~ The caucus of the Republican members
IS the Iowa Legislature on the 10th nominate
r Hon. W. B. Allison for United States Sen
o tor. The second and final ballot stood
e for Allison and 10 for Harlan.
d The Illinois House Of Representatives, {
,e the 18th, passed the Senate Temperance bi
d making the liquor-seller liable for damag