The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-01-17
GENERAL NEWS.

the United States Senate by the Ohio Leg
| islature.
The monitor Dictator went into COM
mission at New York yesterday, and will
proceed to Key West.
The foreign shipments of grain from
| the port of Baltimore have been unprece-
dentedly heavy this season.
Thirteen men and three women, call
notorious thieves" were arrested in q
house in Sixth avenue, New York.
| John BEETLE, aged fifty years, was run
over and killed while walking on the rail
road, near Baltimore, on Friday night
There has been considerable fighting
between the insurgents and Government
troops in the suburbs of Barcelona.
| 1t is believed that the coal miners
strike, begun in Schuylkill county, will cx-
tend throughout the entire anthracite re-
gion.
President johnson has declared him.
self in full accord with the Grange move
ment." We don't think the farmers can
resuscitate Andy.
The Independent newspaper has
been bought by the proprietor of :" Chris
tian at Work " for $250000 OF which So
900 was paid in cash.
North Carolina has discovered a quar-
ry of elastic stone. 1t may be compressed,
Or extended, and it RECEIVERS its shape as
readily as India rubber.
The Congressional Committee, invest-
eating the charges against Judge Durrell,
have finished their labors and left New
Orleans for Washington.
Two freight trains on the Erie Rail
|
| n. j., on Friday night. Ten cars were
burned and engineer and fireman were in
iurcd.
The Hudson river is open to Albany,
with mot particle of ice visible" 1t is
stated that - not a pound of ice has been
cut this winter" on the Hudson ''for stor-
ing in ice houses"
"A deficiency of s., 900 is reported
in the Brooklyn tax Office, and Deputy
Collector Gill has been suspended pending
an investigation, and held in $40, 600 bail.
| He says he is innocent.
| -Cartageua has capitulatel; $500 of
the insurgents retreated on board the IRON
clad Numancia, in which they sailed for
the Algerian coast and there surrendered
to the French authorities.
"A strike of the coal miners in the
Schuylkill region has begun against the
| proposition of the operators to reduce the
basis to 1925. The miners demand $3.50.
Over thirty collieres are already idle.
A petition, signed by Ex-Governor
Clatlin and nineteen others, asking the re-
real of the resolution censuring Senator
Sumner for his battle flag proposition, has
been presented to the Senate of Massachu-
sets.
The Secretary of the Treasury stated
on Saturday to several members of the
Finance Committee that the revenues are
improving, and that in a few weeks they
will probably meet the current expenses of
the Government.
Mr.. Randalls bill to reorsanize the
| internal revenue Department, introduced
into the House. fixes the Commissioner S
salary at $4,000, and abolishes the offices of
Deputy Commissioners and Supervisors of
Internal Revenue.
II. G. Withers was nominated for
United States Senator by the Conservatives
of the Virginia Legislature. on the 18th
| ballot. and was subsequently elected in
the House. His vote in both Houses was
1913 to 30 for three opposing candidates.
The Bricklayer's National Union met
at Baltimore on Monday. Delegates were
present from a number of States. After
receiving the reports of the President,
Secretary and Treasurer. and appointing
| committees, tho Convention adjourned I'M
til Tuesday.
In the Ohio Constitutional Convention,
on Saturday, an article giving women the
right of suffrage was reported, for separ-
ate submission to the people. The Con-
vehtion refused to adjourn over to attend
Governor Aliens Inauguration at Column
bus on Wednesday.
There have been 10000 trade dollars
coined thus far, and there is a continued
demand for them. They have been made
a legal tender in Hong Kong and Shang-
hal, and are driving the Mexican dollar
from China. The latter coin. unlike our
own, is not of uniform weight and quality.
Governor Allen, of Ohio. was inau-
gurated at Columbus, on Monday. He
made brief address, calling attention to
the necessity Of reducing the taxes and
appropriations. which for some years past
have increased much beyond the actual
and reasonable necessities of the public
service.
The Democrat members of the Texas
Legislature, in caucus, determined to pro-
coed with the organization of the Legisla-
ture on Tuesday. Governor Davis will
not recognize the new, or 4th " Legisla-
ture, and it is said that the Republican
members of the :" 18th - Legislature will
organize separate body.
The fire in Helena, Montana, destroy
ed the Chinese quarter, and large por-
ton of Main. Clover Wood, Jackson and
Bridge streets. The International and
Cosmopolitan Hotels, First National and
Peoples Banks, Gazette printing office
and many stores, were burned The total
loss is estimated at $3.50 GOO.
Another stage of the everlasting Itch
borne case has been reached. The claim
ant is now on trial for perjury. and has
changed from plaintiff to defendant. And,
if all indications are not at fault. the jury
will soon bring in verdict that will con
sign the fat butcher to penal cell instead
of the halls of the house Of TichboIne.
Charles NJ. Thompson, former clerk in
the New York Canal Department at
Albany, has been arrested in Michigan, on
the charge of having altered contracts in
volving large amounts of money. He is
held pending the question Of authority to
| remove him ~ New York. He is reported
to have said, when arrested: Il would go
back, as far as | an concerned, but | do
not control this thing
Orders were received at the Ports
mouth Navy Yard, on Saturday, for gen
erai discharge of the working forces there,
on account of the reduction in the naval
appropriations. About 1900 men are en-
ployed in the yard, and delegation of
| politicians and working men started for
! Washington on Saturday night. to urge
the Navy DEPARTMENT to provide for con-
tinuance of work. Five sloops of-war are
in course of construction at Portsmouth
! President Grant. in a reply te a requi-
sition by Governor Davis for troops to be
used in TeSas, says the call is not consti-
tutonally made and cannot be granted.
He reminds the Governor thai the act pro-
viding for the recent election was approved
I by him. and that both political parties
| made examinations and conducted cam
paign under les provisions, and asks wheth-
er it would not be prudent as well as right
to yield to the verdict of the people.
The Committee of the New York Pro-
dnce Exchange. who were recently ap-
! pointed to consider the public finances,
have made report which we should take,
from the brief abstract thar is autographed,
! to be about the SOundest document Of the