Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-05-09
THE NEW WORLD.

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A New York special says that Il is now as
serted in Wall street that the recent tightness II
money was, in great part, the result Of tn
operations of two railroad Presidents, in con
nection with the deposed President of anothe
rcId. Tom Scott was one of this triumvirate
j. f. Tracy, President of the Northwestern an,
Rock Island Roads, was another, and ia,
Gould, ex-Presdent of the Erie, was tn
third
special from New Orleans, 25th, says ''Gov
ernor Kellogg has sent State militia into Tan
giahohoa parish, installed the officers, scatter
ed mob who had collected, and restored or
der. He has secured steamboat, on whicl
is mounted 12-pound howitzer, for service il
the rivers and bayous, and has organized
battalion of cavalry. He has also directed tht
Attomey-General to prosecute Governor Nc
Emery under the Usurpation act, and also fol
treason, and has offered large reward for evi
dence which will lead to the conviction Of thos,
who were engaged in the recent massacre ii
Grant Parish"
| The epizootic has at last reached the Pacific
coast, and at San Francisco business was great
ly impeded for want of horses. Chinamer
were employed to carry and haul burdens
| 1t is stated in Washington dispatch Of tho
25th that the Commissioners to the Vienna Ex
| position have been suspended, and Legrand B
Cannon, Theodore Roosevelt and Charles F.
Spang, now in Vienna, and jackson s. Schultz
VIM. II. Aspinwall, Samuel G. Ward, William
T. Blodgett and James Renwick will act until
the suspensions are removed or permanent
Commissioners are appointed. The scientific
and honorary Commissioners do not come un.
der the operation Of the suspension order.
The suspension Of the Commissioners to the
Vienna Exposition, 1t is stated, was due to al.
legged irregularities and exactions on the part
of some OF them In the disposal of privileges,
etc. A Vienna Journal intimates that large
sums were paid to the suspended Commission
ers before leaving America by number of
large firms for various concessions. The money
was accepted on pretext of a subscription for
the erection of a model school-house and the
journal ironically remarks that they thus ex-
hibit the fruits Of that institution. 1t mentions
that two restaurant keepers, Germans, paid
each $1,000 for the schooLhouse. Gen. Van
Buren, had addressed to President Grant q
strong remonstrance against his suspension.
On the night of the 2Gth, the residence Of
Mr. Klees, about two miles from Otis Ind,
small station at the crossing of the Lake
Shore and L. ". A. ~ G.. railroads, caught fire
and burned so rapidly that an old gentleman
by the name of Kreist, with his daughter Mrs.
hiees, and five children Wvre. turned tU death.
Mrs. Klees could have escaped alone, but went
into another room endeavoring TO save her
children and was lost Mr.. Kreist was living
with broken leg perfectly helpless, and could
do nothing but await his fate. Mr.. Klees and
his brother-in-law, Mr.. Kreist, escaped but
were severely burned. So great was the heat
of the fire that the bodies were burned to
ashes. sr.
President Grant and party were at Denver on
the Goth
a Washington dispatch to the Associated
Press, 26th, says: 1t is understood that further
action on the part Of the Government concern
ing the Louisiana difficulty will await the
arrival at New Orleans Of Secretary Bcknap,
who has been instructed TO make a quiet but
thorough investigation into Louisiana affairs,
consulting with General Emory, Governor KeI-
logg, the members of the Custom House party,
and the Republicans of the opposition govern
ment who may be willing to give their views.
1t will be the wish of the executive officials of
the Government that action in Louisiana mat
ters be delayed until Belknap's return. Then,
with the judgment Of Belknap TO guide them,
future disturbance or revolt may be met with
prompt and decided action, from which no ap-
peal will be considered.
A Baton Rouge Qa) dispatch of the 9th
says: "A detachment Of l25 of the Metropoli
tan police, with Winchester rifles and one
piece of artillery, arrived here last evening
from New Orleans and left this morning for
Port Vincent, Livingstone parish, for the
purpose of installing the appointees of Kel-
logg. They were met at Harrold's ferry at
noon to-day Ivy committee of three persons
representing the Port Vincent party, and 1t is
presumed that matters will be adjusted with
out bloodshed.
Washington dispatch of the 26th says that
up to that date about twenty Members and
three Senators, out of S27 Senators, Members,
and Delegates, have turned into the treasury
or donated in various ways their extra salary.
Representatives Peters, of Maine, and S. s.
Cox, Of New York, are the latest ones who
have refused the amount, accompanied by
request that no public mention should be made
Of it.
f. L. Taintor, cashier OF the Atlantic Ma
tional Bank, of New York City, is a defaulter
to the amount of some 100000, which he con-
fesses to having lost in Wall street in stock
speculatiOns. Taintor made no attempts to
escape, but was arrested and lodged in Ludlow
Street jail.
John j. Murphy was hanged at Stockton,
CAL, on the 25th, for the murder of Patrick
Murray five years ago.
Twenty-seyen delegates from the various
trades unions in the United States met In Sc
rret session in New York City on the 25th, and |
after discussion, resolved to postpone any at
Tempt to enforce the eight-hour rule till 1874 |
The Memphis Life and General Insurance |
Bank, d. B. Mallory, President, has suspend
I'd, with liabilities of $25,0 900 which, it is said,
arc fully secured by the assets.
The town Of Mariana, Ark, was recently |
nearly destroyed by fire.
A Washington dispatch of the 2Sth says that |
he Commissioners of Internal Revenue will |
soon issue circular requiring Collectors of |
Internal Revenue to make two returns during I
he month of May, from the LIST to the 10Th |
md from the 10th 10 the Slst in order that the
liabilities for the new bonds may be de-
ermined.
A Charleston dispatch says that advices from
coast sections report disastrous
esults to crops from the killing frost of the
9th. Much Of the cotton will have to be re-
PLANTED, and the injury to early vegetables is
rreparable' Frost so late in the season had
lot occurred in that section for fifty years
General Gillem has forwarded to General
sherman full official report of the circum-
tances attending the murder of General Cam
~ He says that the night before the confer
nee the interpreter came TO Gillem's slckbed
nd called him to witness, in the presence of
eyeral others, that he had warned them all of
he danger OF holding another parley with Cap
ain Jack away from protection Of troops.
iillem became satisfied from indications
omlng under his observation that reac.