Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-02-15
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The President has sent the following NOM
nations to the Senate: Bradley F. Granger,
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Third
District of Michigan; James P. Taggart, AS
SCISSOR of internal Revenue for Utah.
Mrs. Fair has been granted a new trial by
the Supreme Court, on the ground that the
court erred in not allowing the counsel for
the defense the closing argument, and per-
mitting evidence of former bad character.
Five powder-houses belonging to the Miami
Powder Company, located between Xenia
and Yellow Springs, on the Little Miami
Railroad, exploded on the morning of the
5th. Five men were killed, and one was
missing.
The United States steamer .Guerriere ar
rived at Fortress Monroe from Norfolk on
the evening of the 5th, with the remains of
the late Gen. Robert Anderson.
The Captain-General of Cuba says he has
recently made a journey through the disaf-
fected districts of the island, and declares
that from personal observation he is certain
that the insurrcction will be ended by March
or April. He makes a requisition for 2, 900
fresh troops from Spain, with which he
promises to bring the war to triumphant
conclusion.
The President sent the following nomina-
tions to the Senate on the 9th: II. r. HUI
burd, Comptroller of the Currency; Edwin
S. McCook, Secretary of Dakota Territory !;
Thomas B. Catoon, United States Attorney
for New Mexico.
A Washington telegram of the 9th says:
"The Cabinet to-day discussed, in an in
fermal manner, the recent reports from Eng
| land, with reference to the Treaty of
| Washington. There was a unanmity of
| sentiment to adhere to the sentiments of the
| Government, relative to the so-called Ala
bama claims. There was throughout the
day many inquiries in all circles as to the
| tone of the speech toward the United States,
and general satisfaction was expressed when
it was ascertained to be friendly. There is
no disposition, however, in any quarter to
consent to a modification of the position our
Government has taken"
| A Toronto dispatch of the 18th says papers
throughout the Dominion contained articles
on the Alabama Treaty. Their general tone
was moderate, although the American terms
were considered inadmissible. No serious
difficulty was apprehended.
| A recent Washington dispatch denies that
there had been an estrangement between
/
contrary, the best of feelings existed between
these gentlemen.
The American case, as submitted to the
Geneva Arbitrators, recites the following
headings of claims which should be awarded
to the United States First. Claims for direct
losses growing out of the destruction of YES
sells and their cargoes by insurgent cruisers.
Second. National expenditures in pursuit of
those cruisers. Third. Loss in the transfer
of American commercial marine to the Brit
ish flag. Fourth. Enhanced payments of in
surance. Fifth. Prolongation of the war,
and the addition of a large sum to the cost
of the war and the suppression of the rebel
lion.
At special election in Buffalo on the 9Th
for city officials, the Republicans carried the
city by 500 majority.
| s. P. Lows, a clerk in the Boston Post