Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-10-24

believe the present panic will work TO individuals
half the injury that II will work general good to the
country at large Our monetary system is a crea-
t0n OF necessity. II has no elasticity, but in
other respects II is the best that has ever been de-
vised. No one now dstrusts the value Of his paper
dollar. on the contrary II Is seized and boarded
with the came avidity now that gold dollars have
been in FORMER like adversiues. The panic will
call attention 10 the defects In our monetary sys
TEN, and will no doubt lead to legislation to re-
move the want OF elasticity The panic has
brought greenbacks about to par with silver.
wonder that silver Il not already coming into the
market, 70 supply currency in the circulating me-
dium. When II does come, and I predict that 1t
soon will. we will have made one rapid stride to-
below silver after that"
A dispatch from San Francisco of the 14th
says the troops under command Of Lieutenant
Schuyler had come up with the Apaches, un-
der Delche, killed fourteen warriors and dis
persed the band.
A dispatch from Columbus, Ohio Of the
18th, says the Legislature of that State had
been conceded TO the Democrats by well-in-
formed Republicans. The prospects of Allen,
Democrat for Governor, were more favorable
than on the preceding day, although it was
geneFally believed that Noyes had been elected
by a reduced majority.
The latest returns from Pennsylvania, on
the 18th, indicated that Gordon's majority for
Judge Of the Supreme Court would reach
about $4,000. Mackey had received about
$1,000 majority.
A San Francisco dispatch of the 18th says
that Mckinney, Independent candidate for Su-
preme Judge, had probably been elected.
The Sixth Congressional District Democratic
Convention of New York met in New York
City on the 18th, and nominated 8. s. Cox
for Congress, in place Of James Brooks, de-
ceased.
A dispatch from Springfield, Dakota, of the
18th, says war party of 200 Sioux had at
tackled the Poncas on the morning Of that day.
The fight began on the bluffs back of the
Agency, and the Sioux were repulsed with q
loss Of four killed. Subsequently they re-
newed the attack, and fighting was going on at
the date Of the dispatch. The Poncas had
four killed at that time.
An Albany, New York, special Of the 18th
says that Charles II. Phelps, Cashier of the
State Treasury Department, had been arrested
upon the charge of robbing the Treasury of
$500, GOD.
An Athens, Pa, dispatch of the 18th says a
bold robbery had been perpetrated on the
First National Bank, of that place, on the
preceding night. While Charles Hull, the
cashier, was working at the desk, about
1880 in the evening, five men came in, and
gagged and handeuffed him. The vault
doors and the inner safe being open, the
robbers secured everything therein and es-
capped. The cashier was found on the floor
of the back office, the next morning. in a state
Of nervous exhaustion. The loss to the bank
was probably small, as it held but a small
amount of currency. The special deposits
taken would amount to about $40, 600, mostly
negotiable
Dispatches from Memphis, OF the 18th, re-
port that the absence of frost and the prevail
ence of warm and sultry weather had caused
an increase of yellow-fever. The deaths on
that day from the disease numbered forty.
one. The Odd Fellows had lost twenty-six
members, four widows and wives and eight
children, and have now forty-four sick.
A Toledo, Ohio, dispatch of the 18th says
the seventh reunion of the Army of the Ten
n0ssCe had been held in that city ON that day.
General Sherman presided, and General Logan
delivered an grafton. The President and about
four hundred officers were present and partic-
ipated in the ceremonies.
Returns received at Des Moines, Iowa, up tc
IL p. m. on the 10Th, from nearly two-thirds
of the State indicated the election of Gov.
ernor Carpenter by about 21,OO0 majority
The State Register of that city claimed the
Legislature also by good working majority
in both branches.
Dispatches from Columbus, Ohio, Of the
10th, say that the result Of the election fol
Governor was still in doubt and could only be
determined by the official count. The Re
publicans at u p. m. claimed the election OF
Noyes by 1,5O0 majority, and the Democrats
the election of Allen by 1000.
The Grand Lodge Of Odd Fellows Of Illinois
recently in session in Springfield, adjourned OF
the evening Of the 10Th, to meet next year il
Chicago.
The Railway and Warehouse Commissioners
Of the State of Illinois, according TO 6
Springfield dispatch of the 10th, had been il
session in that city on that day. Severa
questions which had been pTopounded by
shippers had been considered and answered a,
follows: shipper on the Illinois Centra
Railway complains that the company charg,
tariff upon estimated and not actual weight
in transporting lumber, and insist on theil
right to do so. The Commissioners decid,
that actual weight must be the standard.
Rock Island coal company inquiries; First
hasa railway company the right to discrim
mate in favor of small shippers from the same
point! The Board reply that the company
has not the right, and refer to their published
| circular. Second, are the railway companies
Obliged to put in switches for parties owning
coal mines near their tracks? The
Board answer by referring to section 3, articl,
IL, Of the Constitution, which says; "Al
railway companies shall permit connections tC
be made with their track, SO that any sucl
consignee, and any public warehouse, Goa
bank, or coal yard may be reached by the cars
on said railway" Third, are the railway
companies obliged to furnish cars to mining
companies to transport coal on the line of theil
roadg The answer is: Yes, if reasonably
practicable.
A Washington dispatch Of the 10th says
that the representatives of the Samana Bay
Company had arrived in that city and had dc
cided to demand the protection Of the Govern
ment against the Insurgents OF San Domingo
who, at present, appeared to be rapidly gaining
advantage over Baez.
A Philadelphia dispatch of the 10Th says tha
who are owners of canal-boas S on the Pennsyl
vania canals, had filed printed charges witt
the President against Secretary Richardson
based upon the fact that the Treasury Depart
ment has continued to enforce its constructor
Of the navigation law, and to require cana
boats TO register as marine vessels and take "a
license, in spite of the decision of the UniteC
States District Court that such tax was no
legal These printed charges close with for
NAL articles of impeachment, which these gen
tlemen offer to establish if they can be hearC
before court of impeachment.
The wife of Senator Pool, of North Carolina
died at Washington on the 10th, after Ion,
illness. ..-
The newly-appointed Turkish Minister, Ar
istarche Bey, presented his credentials to tn
President ON the 10th. 7 f
A private dispatch from Calvert, Texas, o
the 10th, says the yellow fever in that plac
had been worse than at Shreveport. Owe