Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-03-14

Welearn by washington Telegram OF the
Sd that the House Judiciary Committee had
determined to postpone action in the case
Of Judge Sherman, of Ohio, until next winter,
owing to insufficient time for It's mature
consideration.
It ia stated in dispatches from Washing
ton that Senator Pomeroy intends TO contest
the right of ingalls, to take q seat In the
Senate as his successor, on the ground that
he (Pomeroy) was defeated and ingalls,
elected by a fraud suddenly sprung upon
the Kansas Legislature by State Senator
York. ..
On the 1st, the McEnery Legislature Of
Louisiana elected General W. L. Mcmillan
United States Senator for the long term,
commencing March 4. The vote stood
Mcmillan, As; warmoth, 33; scattering,7.
The Dominion Parliament assembled at
Ottawa on the 5th and unanimously elected
James Cockburn Speaker.
The Senate Committee appointed to inves-
tlgate the charges of bribery preferred
against Senator Pomeroy made their report
on the Sd, to the effect that majority of
the Committee are OF the opinion that none
of the charges preferred by Simpson, con-
sisting Of q number Of alleged specific acts
of bribery, or attempts to bribe, had been
sustained. With regard to the charge pre-
ferred by Mr.. York that Mr.. Pomeroy gave
him 81 900 as n brbe to vote for
him, the Committee give Mr.. Pome-
roy's statement that he did hand Mr..
York the money as stated, not as
bribe, but to carry to Mr.. Page as a loan from
Mr. Pomeroy to aid Mr.. Page in the pur-
chase of Unit ed States bonds, and the Com
mittee say the question for them TO deter
mine is not which of either of those two
statements, painfully irreconcilable, is in all
its details true, bat whether, taking all the
testimony together and weighing 1t, York
has sustained his charge. The Committee
state that York's testimony was con-
Trajectory, and he had failed to
make good his charge. In considering the
statement OF Pomeroy that he gave York the
81, 900 to take to Page to enable him to pur-
chase United States bonds to aid in estab-
fishing National Bank, the Committee say
Pomeroy is entitled, to the extent that other
men are, to the presumption of innocence,
, a presumption which, they say, is some
: what strengthened by the fact that his ac-
cusers have failed to sustain their other
charges against him in the same election.
This report Is signed by Senators Freling-
a huysen, Buckingham and Alcorn. Mr..
Thurman filed minority report, finding the
: charges in both cases sustained. Senator
Vickers, the other member OF the commit
tee, also made a minority report, which
summed up is, that upon the testimony he
4 does not conclude beyond reasonable
doubt that the charges made were sus-
, tanned.
President Grant has promoted Levi P.
, Loctey, of Illinois, to he his Private Secre-
1 tary, G. C. Sniffen, Assistant Private Secre-
tary, and o. L. Pruden, Executive Clerk.
8 These promotions are said to be in accord
0 ance with the principle Of the civil service
l. reform.
A Washington telegram Of the 5th says
4 the only immediate change in the Cabinet
e win be in the Secretaryship of the Treasury,
{ should the present incumbent be elected to
e the Senate of the United States.
e respite until March 81 has been granted
|. by Governor Dix to Foster, the New York
car hook murderer. Mrs. Putnam, the widow
IS of the murdered man, joined in the petition
J, to have his sentence commuted to imprison-
= ment for life.
It The New York State Senate has refused,
e by a vote OF to is, to declare Boss Tweed's
l. seat in that body vacant.
t The Republicans OF the First Congression-
al District of Connecticut have renominated
a for Congress Gen. ]. R. Hawley; the Demo-
= Gratis Of the same district have nominated 8.
P. Kendall.
l. A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch Of the 4th
II says that J. c. Page had brought suit in the
e District Court against Governor Osborn,
n Lieutenant Governor Slower, State Treasurer
Hayes, and Col York for the recovery Of the
e $1,000 procured by York from Senator
Pomeroy. The Sheriff found the money in
G the State Treasurer's safe, and took charge
IS of it. Defendants subsequently gave bonds
f for the money, under the statute, and the
IS historic packages were restored to theii
d possession.
e The Chicago Tribune of the 4th is inform
ed by "a thoroughly reliable writer, interest
Y ed to know and present facts, that the
e peaeh-erop is ruined in Michigan, as well al
n in Illinois and Indiana, and that there vii
70 be no peaches, in the West at least, thi:
o year"
John ]. Jacobs was inaugurated Governor
RI OF West Virginia, on the 9TH. The Other
% State and executive officers also took tn,
'i prescribed oath Of office.
On the night of the 4th the McEnery
70 militia quietly took possession of the Sew
10 enth Precinct New Orleans) Police Station
90 they meeting with 70 opposition. The fol
: lowing night they attacked the Third Pre-
~ cinct Station, firing into the building. Tn
90 fire was returned by the police. Soon after
~ General Badger Chief of the metropolitan
90 Police, moved down Chartres street from
08 Canal, with about 200 men and one piece o
SS artillery. Quite a large body had by thi
So time collected about Jackson Square, an
oo on the streets leading thereto. When nea
the crowd, General Badger ordered them &
81 disperse. The militia refused to Civ
w. way, when the police fred a blan
cartridge, and soon after, another sho
w was fired. This time the gun was loade
ia with grape. By this one man was killed an
= several wounded. Another charge Of crap
SS SS was fred out of st. Ann street. Some ten G
= twelve were wounded, but only one man wa
reported killed. Only one policeman wa
,7a wounded during the entire fight. Tn
'95 United States troops subsequently reache
~ the scene of conflict, and the remainin
1853 militia retired, leaving them in possession
= A dispatch on the night of the 5th says
,a7 compromise was regarded as impossible.
he New Orleans adtices ON the evening Of th
ed 9th, state that the Kellogg Metropolis
l., Police, armed as infantry, had taken posse
ST. sisn of Odd Fellows Hall, where ii
he McEnery Legislature had formerly me
70, The Speaker Of the House and several
ct the members who were In the hall at II
its time, we're taken to the Police Station, bV
IN, were subsequently released. 1t war elaine
to that Governor McEnery did not authorii
,er the m movement made by the militia the pr
ey vlous night. The total number of caSualti
he reported as resulting from the affray WI
M one man killed and eight wounded on II
II. side of the militia, and one wounded of Il
ed police. About nfty citizens, or militia, WI
id participated In the afrsy, had been arres
ie- ed, taken before a United States Coz
de- missioner, and released on $1,000 bi
% each The Fusion Legislature met