Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1873-03-13
UPPER sANDUsKY OHIO, THURSDAY MARCH 49, 1873
We learn by Washington telegram Of the

We learn 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.
1t is stated In dispatches from Washing
ton that Senator Pomeroy intends to contest
the right of Ingalls, to take a 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-
tigate the charges Of bribery preferred
against Senator Pomeroy made their report
on the Sd, to the effect that a majority of
the Committee are of the opinion that none
of the charges preferred by Simpson, con-
sisting of a 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 $1,000 as bribe to vote for
him, the Committee give Mr.. Pome-
| roy's statement that he did hand Mr..
| York the money as stated, not as 8
bribe, but to carry to Mr.. Page as a loan from
Mr.. Pomeroy to aid Mr.. Page in the pur-
chase of United 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, but whether, taking all the
testimony together and weighing it, 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, 600 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-
huysen, Buckingham and Alcorn. Mr..
Thurman filed a 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
does not conclude beyond reasonable
doubt that the charges made were sus-
tanned.
President Grant has promoted Levi P.
Lockey, of Illinois, to he his Private Secre-
tary, c. G. Suiffen, Assistant Private Secre-
tary, and o. L. Pruden, Executive Clerk.
These promotions are said to be in accord
ance with the principle of the civil service
reform.
A Washington telegram of the 5th says
the only immediate change in the Cabinet
will be in the Secretaryship of the Treasury,
should the present incumbent be elected to
the Senate of the United States.
, A respite until March 81 has been granted
by Governor Dix to Foster, the New York
car-hook murderer. Mrs. Putnam, the widow
of the murdered man, Joined in the petition
to have his sentence commuted to imprison.
ment for life.
! The New York State Senate has refused,
by vote of to 16, to declare Boss Tweed's
seat in that body vacant.
The Republicans of the First Congression.
al District of Connecticut have renominated
! for Congress Gen. J. r. Hawley; the Demo,
Gratis of the same district have nominated s.
P. Kendall.
A Topeka, Kansas, dispatch Of the 4th
r says that J. c. Page had brought suit in the
} District Court against Governor Osborn,
/ Lieutenant Governor Slower, State Treasurer
Hayes, and Col. York for the recovery of the
$1,000 procured by York from Senator
Pomeroy. The Sheriff found the money in
the State Treasurer's safe, and took charge
of it. Defendants subsequently gave bond:
for the money, under the statute, and the
; historic packages were restored to theil
possession.
The Chicago Tribune of the 4th is inform
ed by "a thoroughly reliable writer, interest
ed to know and present facts, that tn,
peach-crop is ruined in Michigan, as well a
in Illinois and Indiana, and that there vii
be no peaches, in the West at least, thi
year"
John J. Jacobs was inaugurated Governo
Of West Virginia, on the 5th. The othei
State and executive officers also took tn,
preaeibed oath of Office.
On the night of the 4th the McEner,
militia quietly took possession of the Sew
enth Precinct (New Orlesns) Police Station
0 they meeting with 10 opposition. The fol
4 lowing night they attacked the Third Pre-
y cinct Station, firing into the building. Th
Q fire was returned by the police. Soon after
. General Badger, Chief of the metropolitan
o Police, moved down Chartres street from
6 Canal, with about 200 men and one piece o
4 artillery. Quite a large body had by thi
5 time collected about Jackson Square, ant
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the crowd, General Badger ordered them Il
I disperse. The militia refused to Civ
way, when the police fred q blanl
cartridge, and soon after, another sho
was fired. This time the gun was loade,
4 with grape. By this one man was killed ant
several wounded. Another charge of crap
n was fired out of st. Ann street. Some ten o
: twelve were wounded, but only one man wa
reported killed. Only one policeman wa
? wounded during the entire fight. Tn
5 United States troops subsequently reache,
" the scene of conflict, and the remaining
8 militia retired, leaving them in possession
= A dispatch on the night of the 5th says
y compromise was regarded as impossible.
c New Orleans advices on the evening of tn
d 9th, state that the Kellogg Metropolita
;, Police, armed as infantry, had taken posse:
: sisn of Odd Fellows Hall, where tn
e McEnery Legislature had formerly met
}. The Speaker of the House and several c
t the members who were in the hall at tn
Is time, were taken to the Police Station, bu
!, were subsequently released. 1t was elaine
o that Governor McEnery did not authoriz
IT the movement made by the militia the pr
v vious night. The total number of casualtie
e reported as resulting from the affray wa
l. one man killed and eight wounded on tn
I. side of the militia, and one wounded Of tn
d police. About fifty citizens, or militia, VIII
d participated in the affrsy, had been arres
g. ed, taken before United States Con
E. missioner, and released on $1,000 ba
each. The Fusion Legislature met
,e the afternoon at the st. James Hotel, an
a passed joint resolution, protesting, sin tn
4 | mama of the nanrle of the State aclinst IL