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Cambridge News (Newspaper) - February 15, 1877, Cambridge, Ohio The Cambridge news. Published every thursday at Cambridge Guernsey county Ohio. L. G. Haines proprietor. Terms of subscription. For one year if paid within the year.$2 of if not paid until after the year expires. 2 50 no paper discontinued until All the arrearage a re paid except at the option of the publisher. A very Large circulation. Business cards. Cambridge news. vol. . 36. Cambridge Ohio thursday february 15, 1877. $2.00 per annul. A. Coo pm. K. Zirr Zitsos. Ors. Cooper amp Jefferson dentists Cambridge Ohio. 9"office on West Market Street Oyer Shaffner a Beymer a St Are. Teeth extracted without Palm by the use of nitrous oxide or laughing Gas. Mar4-�?T75-tf i. B. Wilhoit. I. A. Burson. Wilson amp Burson dentists office in the times Block Over the Guernsey National Bank Cambridge Ohio. A. 27 1876-tf j. Ferbrache livery and Sale stable in the rear of times building. By patronage solicited. Accommodations Good oct Cambridge Ohio. Morton House formerly Starr hotel Joseph Morton proprietor West Side Public Square Cambridge Ohio. New pleasant and convenient. Act 29-73 Laubert Thomas. E. Harper Thomas a co., produce Anil Wool commission mercy a to 139 North water Street and 146 Delaware wharf Philadelphia a june 15-7 a is new factory. William a. Carr Fine soot and shoe maker Cambridge. Ohio. F3f" shop in Rainey s building on Mill St making Aud repairing sewed work a specially iy22-tf j. Woodford livery feed and Sale stable on Pine Street North of main. Persons arriving on the cars or any others taken to All Points of Guernsey county on the shortest notice. Ap8-�?T?5-tf j. D. Taylor. Anderson Taylor amp Anderson attorneys at Law feh20 76 office adjoining the Taylor Block. We. I. Biens attorney at Law and notary Public. Will practice in Guernsey and adjoining count Ian. Collections promptly attended to. Post office address Cambridge Ohio. June 15-74__ t. O. Mann Carpenter and Joiner Cumberland Ohio. Yew Quot Persona wishing work in this line will be promptly accommodated by calling on or addressing the above named. June 15-74 d. K. Kyles Marble and Granite works Cambridge Ohio. Keeps on hand a Fine lot of the celebrated red and Gray scotch Granite monuments at the lowest prices. Italian and american Marble monuments of the Best style and Quality. Marble and slate mantles._may3-75-tf at Mackey Sart Callery Cambridge. A specially is made of Fine photographs. Also copying and enlarging old pictures and finishing them in India Ink water and Oil colors. Oct 29-74_ we. Ogler Boot so shoe maker. In the Davis Block opposite the Public Square Cambridge Ohio. A he is prepared to do All kinds of work on Short notice and on reasonable terms. Give him nov. 30, 1876-tf a Call. Mrs. Sarah Jane Moas is prepared to clean and co lob cl9thing for ladies and gentlemen braid hair and make switcher to order. Combines straightened. Janl�?T76 Cambridge o. Or. Sweet dentist Cumberland Ohio. St Teeth extracted without pain by the use of a harmless dec. 28, 1876-tf a thing of Beauty is a Joy forever.1 Art Callery. Day amp Scott photograph lists Quaker City Ohio. Photographs in every size and style and in the perfection of Art. June 15-74 Kirk House formerly Grant House Corner of Market and fourth streets. W. A. 8. M. Kirk proprietors. June 15-74_zanesville, Ohio. Jorn i. Dollison proprietor of the Beecher House Cor. Broadway and 8outh streets Quaker City Ohio. this is one of the Best arranged houses in Eastern Ohio. Guests will receive every attention necessary to their Comfort. May4tf Fairview House Fairview Ohio. J. F. Dubois proprietor. A St this House is newly fitted up and Kent in modern style. Good stabling. May 18-tf Mccollum a Mckinney Are prepared to attend to All the wants of their customers in their line of making and repairing wagons of All slze8and patterns. They also invite attention to the facilities for Sobh big and the other thousand and one things made at the blacksmiths shop. Mccollum a Mckinney aaar23-�?T75 of South end Mill Street news of the week. Congressional. In the Senate on the 3d, the credentials of senator Davis of West Virginia and senator Saunders of Nebraska were presented and flied. An amendment to the Post office appropriation Bill was submitted and referred appropriating $250,000 from the revenues of pos offices to obtain proper facilities from the grand trunk lines for the railway Post office during the fiscal year ending Jan. 30, 1878 in the House the legislative judicial and executive appropriation Bill was further considered in committee of the whale and reported to the House. The amendment fixing the salary of senators and representatives at $5,000 was agreed to. The amendment fixing the presidents salary at $50,000, instead of $25,000, As reported in the Bill was defeated�?47 to 126. The Bill was then passed. A message from the president on the financial question was Laid before the House and referred. In the Senate on the 5th, senator West made a personal explanation in relation to the letter of gov. Wells read before the House committee on the 3d. He first knew of the letter through the Public press and voluntarily went before the committee and read it. He had not held and did not intend to hold Clandestine correspondence with anyone in regard to the counting of the electoral votes. Explaining the letter he said that he was ambitious to be his own successor and the letter referred to that. Gov. Wells in speaking of the $1,000,000, meant there was a barrel of Money there to be used against the republicans and Aid was needed that is if Money was spent on one 6ide it must be spent on the other. He West would not rest for a moment under the suspicion that he was trafficking in electoral votes. The subcommittee of the committee on privileges reported that j. F. Littlefield had not appeared before them in answer to a summons and the president of the Senate was instructed to Issue his warrant to bring him to the bar of the Senate to answer to the charge of contempt. The specie resumption message of the president was referred in the House the Senate amendments to the fortification and military Academy appropriation Bills were non concurred in. In the Senate on the 6th, the Indian appropriation Bill was reported with amendments. The Bill for the Relief of settlers upon Public lands under the Preemption Laws was passed. The legislative judicial and executive appropriation Bill was received from the House and referred to the appropriation committee. A new conference committee on the Bill establishing certain Post routes was ordered. This Bill involves the question of restoring the fast mail trains and franking privilege. The Bill abolishing the police commissioners of the District of columbian vetoed by the president was taken up and failed to pass Over the veto�?32 to 22�?not two thirds in the the House the deficiency appropriation Bill was considered in committee of the whole. The Bill appropriates $1,417,000. In the Senate a on the 7th, the Bill to enable indians to become citizens was placed on the Calendar. A committee of conference on the military Academy appropriation Bill was appointed the Senate insisting on its amendments. The Senate non concurred in the House amendment to the deficiency Bill providing that the Printer shall not More than is paid for similar work in the cities of new York Philadelphia and Baltimore and a conference committee was ordered. The evidence taken by the committee in the Case of Humphrey Republican elector of Florida was ordered printed in the House the committee on privileges Etc., reported the testimony taken before them up to feb. 5 and it was ordered printed. The Bill appropriating $350,000 for the deficiency in the appropriation for government printing and binding for the present fiscal year was amended�?118 to 105�?by providing that no greater Price shall be paid for labor than is paid in new York Philadelphia and Baltimore and passed. The deficiency and naval appropriation Bills were considered in committee of the whole but were not disposed of. In the Senate on the 8th, the credentials of senator elect Garland of Arkansas were presented. The Post office appropriation Bill with amendments was reported and ordered printed. The Indian appropriation Bill was considered amended and passed in the House Hale me read a letter addressed to himself by sex gov. Wells and t. Anderson stating that they were confined in a Damp dark Dungeon in the cellar of the Capitol the air of which was poisonous and that on account of the bad air gov. Wells was on a sick bed. Or. Hale said he visited the prisoners and found them As they had stated. He said it was inhuman to keep them in such a room and he offered a Resolution that they be removed to a Well lighted and ventilated room. Cox n. A said it was in the same cell that a Republican Congress incarcerated Stewart and Irwin. Ile said they could be released by purging themselves of contempt of the House and answering the questions they had refused to answer. The witnesses had been treated As other witnesses had been. Mccrary Iowa said they were confined for not producing papers that were not in their Possession. Wilson Iowa said it was abhorrent to the feelings of the people that the House should treat with such cruelty a Man Over seventy years old because he had stood up for what he knew was right. Wood n. A said they refused to produce papers which might have settled the presidential question and prevent the present condition of affairs. Or. Cox said the rooms in which the prisoners were confined were Well lighted ventilated and heated. The Resolution was referred to the special Louisiana committee�?145 to89. The deficiency appropriation Bill was considered during the remainder of the session. In the Senate on the 9th, a Bill to authorize and equip an expedition to the Arctic seas was referred. A conference committee on the fortification appropriation Bill was ordered. A Bill to encourage and promote telegraphic communication Between America and Europe was passed. The Bill to Amend the Pacific Railroad acts was discussed at length in the House the deficiency appropriation Bill was passed. The chairman of the special committee on Louisiana affairs submitted the committees report. It concludes with a Resolution declaring the democratic electors received a majority of the votes in Louisiana that the pretended canvass and compilation of the vote for electors by the returning Board was without authority of Law fraudulent and void Aud that the vote of that state cannot be counted for Hayes and Wheeler without confirming and approving the illegal and fraudulent action of said Board. A minority report was submitted recommending the adoption of a Resolution declaring that the Republican electors have been elected in Louisiana and that the election was examined and declared and promulgated by the proper authorities of said state under All the forms of Law and in compliance with the Constitution of the United states. Both reports were ordered printed and recommitted. Washing ton. The House committee on the 3d further examined Maddox. Ile gave to the committee the two letters spoken of in his previous examination. One addressed to himself dated a a new Orleans nov. 20,�?� signed j. Madison Wells suggested that Maddox go to Washington and place before the pres Dent the condition and pending dangers of the situation and recommended him to senator West. The other was addressed to senator West who upon request opened and read it. It is As follows new Orleans la., nov. 21.1876. My dear senator i regret much in not seeing you when Here i wanted to say much to you which would be at least imprudent to put upon paper i Trust however to meet you in Washington As soon As the canvass is Over which is upon us. Our duties As returning officers have augmented the magnitude of the destiny of two great parties May i not say of the nation i fully comprehend the situation As Well As my duty to the greatest living general u. Grant and not with my consent shall this oppressed people be governed by his paroled prisoners aided by the White slivered cowards of the North let me my esteemed sir warn you of the danger. Millions have been sent Here Aud will be used in the interest of Tilden and unless there is some counter movement it will be impossible for me or any other individual to arrest its productive results. The gentleman presenting this letter is fully aware of the moves and if Yon allow will communicate freely to our friends. Act promptly or the results will be disastrous. A hint to the Wise. Strictly private Aud confidential. Yours very truly j. Madison Wells. Hon. J. R. West Washington d. The Senate committee on the 3d continued the examination into the Mississippi election. Leicester president of the Hines county miss Board of regulators testified that he furnished about fifteen duplicate keys to ballot boxes to different men All of whom were White Meu and he thought democrats. Outlaw of Aberdeen miss., testified that a Republican meeting at that place was broken up seventeen coloured men were shot some of whom were killed outright and others have since died. Witness was wounded in the shoulder. Armed democrats broke up All the attempted meetings of coloured republicans men were taken from their Beds at night and whipped and a perfect reign of terror prevailed. A meeting of the National teachers association has been called at Washington March 1,2 and 3. Sex gov. Wells testified before the House committee on the 5th. He was asked to explain the note to Maddox of nov. 20 and he said before answering he would ask that a letter written by Maddox commend tory of his own conduct addressed to the president and signed by witness be produced As the note stood in connection with the letter. Maddox being in the committee room was asked to produce the letter but denied having it or Ever writing such a one. Wells then said Maddox came to him in new Orleans and said he was a government agent sent to look into the political situation and asked for witness views said he had a Good Deal of conversation with persons of both parties and was conversant with the situation subsequently Maddox said he was going to Washington and asked witness to sign the letter mentioned above which he did and gave him the note of credentials the next Day gave him the letter to senator West which he had intended to Send by mail. Witness then in reply to questions denied the whole statement of Maddox in detail. Witness said he did not meet mad Dox nov. 19, As he testified As he was out of the City. Being questioned regarding the destruction of Vernon Parish polls witness excitedly answered that the Man who testified that he was present or gave any directions to that effect wag an unmitigated liar. Witness was a Friend of senator West and desired his re election. The Louisiana sub committee of the Senate committee on privileges Etc., on the 5th adopted an order requiring the Secretary of state of Louisiana to produce to the committee the original returns of the several parishes of the state and the returning officers statements in regard to tile rejection of polls. The House committee on the 6th further examined cd gov. Wells. He reiterated his denial of statements of Maddox and when asked to explain the manner of proceeding to canvass the vote in Louisiana said lie declined to answer until the House relieved him from the charge of contempt. Other questions regarding the canvass the witness declined to answer. Us. Abell the Secretary of the Louisiana returning boat was examined by the Senate committee on the 6th. He said Littlefield told him that he had destroyed the Vernon papers said no one ordered him to destroy them the Transfer of polls 2 and 9 of Vernon would have no effect upon the election of any candidate witness certified to 178 Republican votes from Vernon Parish knew nothing at the time of votes being transposed. The House committee on the 7th recalled l. M. Kenner of the Louisiana returning Board who testified that he had no knowledge of any alterations being made in returns or of any paper being burned or otherwise destroyed or of any proposition for receiving Money for any act in connection with the electoral votes was not acquainted with Maddox and never heard of any conversation Between Wells and Littlefield. Cross examined witness said he voted to throw out More than 10,000 of the Tilden vote in one or two parishes there were irregularities some voters were kept away from the polls by intimidation others were killed Aud others made to vote against their wishes thought there were 1,000 votes cast by persons against their will owing to intimidation. Eaton a clerk of the Board testified that he did Dot Sec Littlefield or anyone else make erasures on the original returns. Mccormack another clerk testified that he was in the room the night of dec. 3 until after Littlefield left and did not see him make any erasures. The Senate committee examined y. A. Woodward one of the clerks of the returning Board on the 7th. He testified that he was at the office after the return of the Board from supper on dec. 3 the time Littlefield testified he changed the Vernon Parish vote and worked until two in the morning was with Littlefield but did not see him making any erasures. The Senate committee on privileges Etc., on the 7th examined f c. Humphrey a Republican elector of Florida. He testified that he acted As Republican elector had held the office of u. Shipping commissioner at Pensacola resigned in september and his resignation w As accepted. Witness presented a letter from judge Woods dated oct. 2, accepting the resignation and a letter from collector of customs Potter dated oct. 5, requesting that he turn Over to him Potter the books papers Etc., pertaining to the office. Witness said he did not turn Over to him the property referred to As they were All his private property. Potter assumed the duties of the office and has discharged them Ever since. Rear Admiral Wilkes u. 8. Navy died at Washington on the 8th. The Washington papers on the 8th published a statement that mrs. Mary 8. Oliver had entered suit against Hon. Simon Cameron for breach of Promise of marriage. She is a widow from Pennsylvania about thirty five years of age and employed in the Treasury department on the 8th the Case of the United states against Gen. Belknap was dismissed on the motion of the District attorney general for the reason that the evidence would not sustain the prosecution. This action was taken by direction of the president. Tulve House committee on the 9th examined gov. Stearns who testified that he never received or sent a Telegram saying that we republicans must have Louisiana South Carolina and Florida by fair Means or foul never received a dispatch requesting him to Send couriers for returns which must be made to show a majority for Hayes did not have information that two out of four precincts in Baker county were fraudulently omitted by the Board of canvassers nothing was said about Money in any Telegram that passed Between himself and persons in the North had no knowledge of any Money being received from the North either before or after the election. A. B. Levisee an alleged ineligible Hayes elector in Louisiana testified before the Senate sub committee on the 9th that a proposition was made to him by s. M. Ashur to a him $108,000 to cast his electoral vote for Tilden. Senator Cameron says the breath of Promise suit instituted against him is a blackmailing operation. Ile procured a situation in the Treasury department some time ago for the plaintiff but she was discharged and he declined to have her restored. The Gast. Hope is Well nigh abandoned of the safety of the steamship Colombo forty six Days overdue at new York from Hull England of the George Cromwell and George Washington from Halifax for St. Johns n. S., each being overdue forty seven persons were on Board the Colombo thirty on the Cromwell and thirty one on the Washington. D. E. Barrett an attendant in the Northampton mass Lunatic Asylum was murdered on the 4th by a Lunatic. Near Allenton pa., on the 5th, three men Hunsberger Engle and Lewis were killed and David Frederick fatally wounded by the caving in of Lancry a Iron Ore mine. John of Mahoney the Well known fenian Leader died on tile 6th at new York. D. L. Moody published a eard in the Boston papers on the 7th saying the contributions had been so Liberal to the family of p. P. Bliss that they Are Well provided for and contributions should cease. The governor of new Jersey on the 7th reprieved Ryan and Oschwald sentenced to be hanged on the 9th, until the 15th. The benefits in the new York Heaters for the Brooklyn theater sufferers realized about $14,000. Eight bodies of the Crew of the Oyster Schooner Laura capsized near Annapolis md., in a Gale on dec. were recovered on the 8th. At Swanton vt., on the 8th, business property valued at $100, was destroyed by tire. Insurance about $60,000. Charles in Simpson and Martin Henry both coloured were hanged on the 9th at port tobacco md., for the murder of John w. Everett in july 1876. Simpsons neck was broken. Henry died by strangulation. About 4,000 persons mostly coloured witnessed the execration. West and South. A mail bag containing letters and about $25,000 Worth of checks and drafts in route from Newport to Cincinnati was recently opened and the contents abstracted. The matter was kept quiet in Hopes of securing the thief but up to the 7th no Clew had been obtained. F. Wilson a fireman was killed a. Brockman an Engineer was fatally and several brakeman were badly injured by a Railroad Accident on the St. Louis a Southeastern Railroad near 8t. Louis on the 5th. Under Date of a a Headquarters on the Yellowstone Jan. 20,�?� Gen. Miles reports that be fought the Sioux and cheyennes under crazy horse on the l6t, 3d, 7th and 8th of january and drove them in the direction of big Horn Mountain. The indians outnumbered Miles Force three to one and were whipped at every Point and driven from the Field with a heavy loss. Gen. Miles loss was three killed and eight wounded. Tucson Arizona advices of the 5th state that the apaches Are killing and plundering settlers in Southeastern Arizona. Ten were killed in Senorita Valley on the 4th inst., and their work was still going on. The governor in a message to the legislature expresses fear that under the present condition of affairs Southeastern Arizona must be abandoned by the settlers and the Success of the Hostiles is liable to induce an outbreak among the reservation indians resulting in a general War. Rear Admiral James Alden u. 8. Navy died at san Francisco on the 6th of congestion of the brain. The cashier of the first National Bank of Franklin ind., has absconded having stolen the Bank a funds to the amount of fully $100,-000. A Greensboro n. A dispatch of the 7th reports the killing of two men and the wounding of others by illicit distillers raided on by u. Deputy marshal Robertson. A Springfield 111. Dispatch of the 7th says it has been discovered that Chaffee a Hayes elector was u. Commissioner for the Southern District of Illinois when elected and acted As elector without resigning that office. General superintendent Payne of the Lake Shore a Michigan Southern Railroad states that the lost in the Ashtabula disaster numbered eighty seventy two adults and eight children and sixty nine were saved. The knights of mourns inaugurated the carnival at new Orleans on the 8th by a procession. The defaulting cashier of the Franklin id National Bank r. Taylor was found on the 9th lying in the Back part of a doctors office in that place in an apparently unconscious condition. Physicians pronounced him insane and in a critical condition. He had no Money and said that his travelling bag which contained the stolen Money Wras left in a caboose ear. It is supposed that he arrived during the previous night on a freight train. The Bank a loss is believed to he $175,003. During the trial of a distiller before a u. Commissioner in Henderson county n. C., on the 3d, a Force of armed mounted men attacked the court fatally wounding Deputy marshal Harkins. The other officials escaped. The distiller was fatally wounded. Four men named Taylor Buckley Jones and Woods coloured were arrested in Cincinnati on the 9th, charged with dealing in counterfeit Money. It is asserted that they have been shoving ten Dollar counterfeit notes of the Muncie ind National Bank. On the night of the 8th the indians made a dash on the ranches a Short distance from Crook City d. T., killing Thomas Waldron of Montana and wounding another Man severely and succeeded in driving off about fifty horses. The Man who was wounded Kil cd one Indian. Foreign Intilli Grange. Details of horrible scenes at Cali in Couck Valley new Granada Are received in Panama advices of the 19tli ult. Gen. Pena commanding the liberals gave his soldiers the Freedom of the City and they gave themselves up to every excess. Neither age nor sex a spared. Many conservatives were dragged out and killed before the eyes of their wives and daughters. Houses and churches were plundered and the murders number several Hundred. The houses of an american named Mccune and the italian Consul were plundered. Foreigners Are Fly in or from the country. The negotiations Between the Servian and turkish ambassadors have been broken off. Gen. Kansler nominal minister of War and commander of the papal army has resigned. The Prince of Montenegro has accepted the proposal to open peace negotiations and will treat directly with the Porte. The recently appointed grand vizier of Turkey Midhat Pasha has been deposed and banished from turkish territory. The Porte has issued a letter to the Powers denying their right to interfere in its internal affairs. For the week ending on the 3d there were 103 deaths from Small pox in London. A Halifax dispatch of the 5th reports the wrecking of the Steamer George Washington at Cape Rose. All hands drowned. She is supposed to have been driven ashore in a Snow storm Jan. 21. The British Steamer Ethel from Bilboa for Newport Wales went ashore on Lundy Island on the 7th, add became a perfect wreck. Nineteen persons were drowned. Count Adlerbert has succeeded Prince Portsch Kotfas russian minister of foreign affairs. The Queen opened the British parliament in person on the 8th. The lord High Chancellor read the Royal speech. The Queen in her speech said while acting As mediator Between Servia and Turkey she thought it right to denounce to the Porte the excesses committed in Bulgaria and express her reprobation. Speaking of the armistice and conference she said her object had been to maintain the peace of Europe and bring about a better government in the disturbed provinces. She regretted that the proposals had not been accepted by the Porte but the result has been to show a general agreement among the Powers of Europe. Her relations with other Powers continue Friendly. Alluding to the famine in India her majesty said every resource will be employed to arrest it. Earl Granville a speech in the British House of lords Marquis of Hartington in the commons on the 8th, show that the Liberal party intended to uphold the Law that England should co operate with the other Powers for the coercion of Turkey and even co operate with Russia alone if the other Powers declined to act. The president recommends Early re sumption. Washington feb. 3. The following is the presidents Mes Sage to Congress on the subject of the resumption of specie payments to the Senate and House of representatives by act of Congress approved Jan. 14, 1875, to provide for the resumption of specie payments the 1st of january 1879, is fixed As the Date when such resumption is to be sin. It May not he desirable to fix an earlier ate when it shall actually become obligatory upon the government to redeem outstanding Legal tender notes on presentation but it is certainly most desirable and will prove most beneficial to every pecuniary interest of the country to hasten the Day when the paper circulation of the country and Gold shall have equal values. At a later Day if currency and Coin should retain equal values it might become advisable to authorize or direct resumption. I believe the time has come when by a simple act of the legislative Branch of tile government this most desirable result can be attained. I am strengthened in this View by the course Trade has taken in the last two years and by the strength of the credit of the United states at Home and abroad. For the fiscal year ending june 30,1876, the exports of the United states exceeded the imports by $120,213,102, but our exports include $40,569,621 of specie and Bullion in excess of imports of commodities. For six months of the present fiscal year from july i 1876, to Jan. I 1877, the excess of exports Over imports amounted to $107,544,869, and imports of specie and Bullion exceeded the exports of precious Metal by $6,192,147. In the same time the actual excess of exports Over imports for six months exclusive of specie and Bullion amounted to $113,737,040, showing for the time being the accumulation of specie and Bullion in the country amounting to More than $6,000,000 in addition to the product of these metals for the same period a total increase of Gold and Silver for six month not far Short of $60,000,000. It is very evident that unless this great increase of precious metals can be utilized at Home in such a Way As to make it in some manner remunerative to holders it must seek a foreign Market As surely As would any other product of the soil or of manufacture. Any legislation which will keep Coin and Bullion at Home will in my judgment Saon bring about practical resumption and will add the Coin of the country to the circulating medium thus securing healthy inflation of sound currency to the great advantage of every legitimate business interest. The act to provide for tile resumption of specie payments authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue Bonds of either of the descriptions named in the act of Congress approved july 4, 1870, entitled a an act to authorize the refunding of the National debt a for not less than in Gold. With the present value of 4% per cent. Bonds in the markets of the world they could be exchanged at for Gold thus strengthening the Treasury to meet final resumption and to keep the excess of Coin Over the demand pending its permanent use circulating Al odium at Home. All that would further be required would be to reduce the volume of Legal tender now in circulation. accomplish this i would suggest an act authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue 4 per cent Bonds with forty years to run before maturity to be exchanged for Legal tenders whenever presented in sums of $50, or any multiple thereof the whole amount of such Bonds however not to exceed $150,000,000. increase tile Home demand for such Bonds i would recommend that they he available for Deposit in the United states Treasury for Hanking Pur poses under the provisions of the Law relating to National Banks. I would suggest further that the National Banks be required to retain a certain per cent of the Coin interest received by them from blinds deposited with the Treasury to secure their circulation. I would also recommend the repeal of the third Section of the joint Resolution for the Issue of Silver Coin approved july 22, 1876, limiting subsidiary Coin and fractional currency to c50,000,000. I am satisfied that if Congress will enact some such Law As will accomplish the end suggested they will give Relief to the country instant in its effect and for which they will receive the gratitude of the whole people. U. Grant. Executive mansion feb. 3, 1877. A young1 couple in Sandusky. A Young Man and Young woman Are now passing through a terrible ordeal of agonizing suspense. They Are engaged to be married and their Fate rests upon the decision of the presidential election. The Young Man is a staunch supporter of Hayes and the Young woman is a firm Friend of Tilden. They made a bet staking no less than their future happiness on the result of the election. Such a Wager May seem exceedingly foolish to Cool headed older people but in the heat of an exciting Campaign when both sides claim the election the Young Man and Young woman whose minds Are wandering far off in utopian realms cannot be expected to exercise the same judgment that characterizes the Clear headed politician. But the bet is made and the parties propose to stand by it to the bitter end. They love each other with All the Fervour and passionate ardor of their Young natures and their very souls seem to catch the inspiration of each others presence. Those who have been there know How it is themselves the lovers eagerly scan the daily papers and devour with avidity everything touching on the vexed political question. The bet which they made is As follows if Tilden should be inaugurated president the Young Man is to marry the Young lady but if Hayes should be inaugurated president the Young lady is to marry the Young Man. The counting of the electoral votes and the announcement of the result is anxiously awaited As that and that Only can decide which one of the parties is to marry the Ohio Register. Ohio news items. Tiie Ohio Central Railroad formerly the Atlantic amp Lake Erie is incorporated to run from Pomeroy Ohio on the Ohio River northeasterly to Toledo 234 Miles. It is contracted from Chauncy Athens county to Bucyrus Crawford 125 Miles and being pushed rapidly Forward. The track is completed Between Bremen on the Cincinnati amp Muski Ngum Valley Junction North Twenty eight Miles to the Pittsburgh Cincinnati amp St. Louis four Miles West of Newark and track laying will be continued to Granville and beyond. John Savage of the soldiers Home at Dayton while Riding on a passenger coach on the Home Avenue Railroad a few months ago was put Oft the car in a violent manner and in the scuffle his Only leg was broken. He sued the company for damages and has recovered a verdict for $1,500. Eakly on the morning of the 4th, at Kelly a Mills near hanging Rock a Beer Saloon owned by Max Stoker of the latter place was burned cause unknown. It is supposed that Stoker while intoxicated set fire to the House and then shot himself. Part of the body was found with no legs arms or head. Sandusky is in a state of excitement Over the indictment by the grand jury on the 3d of j. Greggs a Well known insurance agent for embezzlement of the funds of the Bangor Hanover and Germania insurance companies. Representatives of the Cleveland Cincinnati Toledo and German agencies elsewhere have been some time working up the Case. Greggs says he is not responsible for the frauds and pleads insanity. The amount of the embezzlement is As yet unknown. A Columbus correspondent says the governors mansion proposition is assuming definite form. A company of gentlemen propose to take the ten acres of state land and erect the mansion without expense to the state. They have All the plans and specifications completed. The proposition is to erect a three Story Brick mansion containing Twenty three rooms exclusive of basement. Six rooms on the ground floor Are so arranged with sliding doors that All can be thrown together in the event of receptions. The second floor is similarly situated while the third floor will contain a smoking room billiard room servants rooms Etc. It is estimated that the expense of erecting the Structure will reach $40,-000. The i add belonging to the state is estimated at $36,000, and the gentlemen who erect the building expect to get their Money Back by the Rise in real estate in the Vicinity which they possess. A Large number of the members have visited the proposed site and apparently seem to favor the project. All matters pertaining to the Enterprise have been referred to the committee on finance with instructions to report at an Early Date. The Ravenna Diamond Glass works make 1,500,000 feet of Glass per year. M. Stevens a former resident of Cleveland was shot and instantly killed in Toledo on the night of the 8th by John Steirman. Stevens arrived in the City in the afternoon from Columbus where he had served two years in the Penitentiary for a burglary and went to St Eimmann a Saloon in search of his former wife who had been divorced and married Steirman about six weeks ago. The parties drank frequently together. A dispute regarding the woman followed which ended by Stei Minano a drawing a revolver and shooting Stevens Over the left Eye. The murderer immediately gave himself up and was taken to jail. Charles Kruck aged sixteen while standing on Swan Creek Bridge Toledo on the 8ih, with three companions suddenly sprang Over the railing striking upon his head on the ice below crushing in his Skull and causing instant death. The whole party were somewhat intoxicated. A there Are More women in the United states gifted with the Talent of writing entertaining stories for children than in any other country in the world. Tefft native. In the Senate on the 3d, several Bills were read and referred to committees. A Bill was introduced to provide for a registration of voters. It prescribes that no person not registered shall be permitted to vote unless he shall have resided in the county 360 Days and in the township or Ward 330 the House the Only business transacted was the Reading of the journal. In the Senate on the 5th, a Resolution instructing the committee on insurance to examine and report whether and what additional legislation is necessary to protect policy holders in life and fire insurance companies from loss was adopted. In the House Bills were introduced a to create township Road supervisors to repeal the act prohibiting county re corders from taking acknowledgement of deeds and mortgages requiring City and Village auditors to report delinquent taxes to the county auditors on or before july i. A Resolution requiring the committees of the two houses to file itemized Bills of expenses was adopted after a Lively discussion. A Resolution was introduced calling on the superintendent of insurance to report whether additional legislation is necessary to protect policy holders and other information for the Protection of policy holders. Adjourned. In the Senate on the 6th, the answer of Harmon in the contested election Case of Cox is. Harmon was filed. The House Bill authorizing action against insurance companies organized under the Laws of this state to be brought in the county where the cause of action arose was passed. The Bill to increase the salary of the supreme judges to $4,000, and require them to hold court on the circuit failed to pass yeas 15, nays 15�?four votes less than necessary for its passage. A Bill was introduced to authorize county commissioners to erect and maintain asylums for inebriated. In the House a number of local Bills were passed also Bills providing for the incorporation of farm labourer so associations and for the Protection of pol icy holders. The greater portion of the afternoon session was spent in committee of the whole on the Bill in relation to the codification of Laws. In the Senate on the 7th, Bills were passed to make the separate property of women liable for debts contracted by them increasing the maximum sum to be paid a Road supervisor in one year to fifty dollars in the House a communication from the commissioner of railroads was received in response to a Resolution of inquiry stating that All the roads in this state use Bridges claimed to be in compliance with the Law to connect cars. The ten per cent. Interest Bill was Laid on the table. Bills were introduced to re enact the old Law prescribing fees of county treasurers to prohibit the keeping of any place where pools or bets Are sold to require life insurance companies to Deposit with the treasurer of state securities for the Protection of policy holders making it unlawful for any person to take from the files of any court any papers belonging to such files. The Bill to protect Wool growers by the assessment of a tax on dogs was read the third time and referred to its author or. Barrett As a special committee. The codification Bill was further considered in committee of the whole. Adjourned. In the Senate on the 8th, a number of Bills were passed but none of general interest. Bills were introduced to prohibit under the penalty of Fine and imprisonment the seeking or soliciting of positions As a favor or soliciting As an attorney the appointment of any person so seeking or appointing anyone known to have sought such appointment providing for the organization and regulating of savings the House the Bill appropriating $9,000 to build a Bridge Over the Sandusky River on the Western Reserve and Maumee Road was passed. The general appropriation Bill for 1877 was introduced. The Bill for the suppression of tramps was indefinitely postponed. Adjourned. The Senate met on the 9th and adjourned to the 13th. No business was transacted. In the House a Bill to regulate insurance and give greater Security to policy holders was introduced. The vote of the previous Day indefinitely postponing the Bill for the suppression of tramps was reconsidered and the Bill Laid on the table. After a Brief session the House adjourned to the 13th. Was Farragut lashed to the rigging ? a writer a Scribner for february who was an Eye witness of the Battle in Mobile Bay takes the negative of the above question. We quote a part of the account a a when the Fleet had crossed the bar and was inside of Sand Island and had approached to within about one mile and a Quarter of fort Morgan Admiral Farragut coolly and deliberately ascended the starboard main rigging and halted just beneath the top. Passing his Arm up through the a Lubbers Hole a he seized the foot of the Pilot Martin Freeman by name who was standing in the Mai top giving orders to the helmsman. The signal quartermaster in obedience to the orders of capt. Drayton took up a Hammock lashing to secure the Admiral to the shrouds so that in Case he should be killed his body would not fall overboard or on the deck but by Freeman a advice the Admiral would not allow it to be passed around him. The quartermaster returned with his lashing to the deck and Farragut the Brave passed the Long line of torpedoes and the Confederate forts and Fleet unscathed while still clinging to the foot of his trusty old Pilot Martin Freeman. A a this is the truth which the historian should receive and record if he chooses to make note of what was but an incident in that terrible action. Many survivors of that Day will vouch for the above account. As for Martin Freeman he still lives in the immediate Vicinity of the Bay where the Battle was fought being the principal keeper of Horn Island Lighthouse in Mississippi sound. Should anyone Chance to question this writers assertion in regard to the above matter he is respectfully referred to or. Freeman who was probably better acquainted at the time with the movements of Admiral Farragut than any other individual in the fleets capt. Percival Drayton perhaps excepted and he is known As the heroic and Loyal son of South Carolina and Fleet Captain of the West Gulf Squadron. A the philosophy of Admiral Farragut chosen position is easily explained. During the noise of the Battle he naturally desired to be so stationed that when no human voice could be heard aloft should it be necessary for him to communicate with the Pilot by tightly grasping the foot of that person the signal would be noticed and As a fact or. Freeman did respond and by bending Down Lent his ear to the 4 Lubbers Hole for such orders As the Admiral wished to give in reference to the above the following appears in the Philadelphia press 44 Admiral Farragut placed himself in the port main rigging of the flagship Hartford As soon As the line of Battle was formed and maintained that position until the firing of the guns had become so rapid and the smoke so dense that it became necessary to take a higher position to see Over the smoke. He then took the position in the buttock rigging where with his feet on the rat lines and his hand clinching the buttock shroud he was Able to watch Over and direct the movements of the Fleet. He had a piece of rat line or sign a1-h Alii Ard stuff thrown Over his right shoulder one end of which was hanging free. As it would be very unlikely that a Man would have a lashing and not use it it would be far better to give him the Benefit of the doubt and infer that he did lash himself which i earnestly believe. No one during that engagement had a better Opportunity for observation than myself As i was holding a conversation with the Admiral from the time he entered the rigging until he took the position in the buttock rigging which placed him out of earshot. The Admiral would have had an Arm As Long As the main to Gallant studding sail booming order to have held the Friendly grip upon the foot of his reliable Pilot or. Martin Freeman who is spoken of in the article from Scribner a and retain his position in the rigging at the same time. Should any of your readers question this assertion i would respectfully refer them to commander j. Crittenden Watson who at that time was the admirals Flag lieutenant and was stationed in close proximity during that celebrated engagement to convey messages to Fleet capt. Drayton. 44 Meta comets a signal Nevada does not want Yon. The Virginia Nev Enterprise says 44 folks from abroad Are coming to Virginia every Day. Many of them have barely enough Money to reach Here and arrive in the midst of the Winter with their families and All perfectly destitute. There is no place Here for them nothing for them to do but to suffer and perhaps die. We have already More poor people than we know what to do with. There Are at least 1,500 men herein Gold Hill and this Vicinity out of work. There is More suffering already than we can relieve. It would take More Money than our business can spare to Send these poor creatures away and we cannot provide for them Here it would be much better for everybody if these newcomers would keep on into California where they can be rendered comfortable during the Winter for one fourth of the sum necessary to keep them from dying Here. In the name of humanity do not come Here. Go somewhere anywhere else first. You cannot do worse than to attempt to live Here the Cambridge news. Advertising rates. Or sea. 8 in. 6 in. I year Jne Quarter column. $12 fit 17 fio $18 75 25 of $30 00 40 of 50 of too of one third column. Jne half column. 20 Ooi 31 bo1 40 Ooi 60 of Jne column. A Gen. Miles Custer a successor As an Indian fighter began Active life As a clerk in a Boston crockery store and won his generalship at chancellors Ville. Fifteen cents per line for local in Reading Mattes ten cents per line for local notices first insertion Anil five Cento per line each subsequent insertion ten cents per line Lur special notices first insertion. And 3v�c. Per line each subsequent insertion. Marriage and death notices free. Obituaries fire ten to per line. Crimes and casualties. A while chopping Wood near Martin. Mich., the other Day Doc Everhart was instantly killed by a falling tree. A a Coal Miner named Benjamin Whitehead was crushed to death the other Day at Hampton 111., by a falling Wall. A mrs. Mary a. Bumpus partly fell on a Slippery new Bedford mass sidewalk the other Day and has died from the Shock. A Enos Kelsey an old resident of Rock Island 111., died a few Days ago from the effects of wounds received in falling on the ice. A George Steinkamp was shot and killed by some unknown party at new Orleans the other morning while he was returning Home from a fire. A Alfred Mangal convicted at new York of counterfeiting ten cent Silver pieces has been sentenced to eighteen months imprisonment in the Penitentiary. A James Wilson eighty two years of age living at Wanatee wis., by mistake drank a Quantity of camphor the other night and died almost instantly from the effects. A Richard Davis a Montville Conn Farmer struck with an a and probably mortally injured his son in Law William Worden a few Days ago on account of some dispute about work. A Frank j. Aston was recently taken from his Home in Stanley ark., by a party of met i and Hung to the limb of a tree. The reason for the crime is unknown. A a shooting affray occurred at Haywood City wy.t., the other Day Between capt. W. Timblin of Lowell neb., and Jack Baronett of Montana resulting in the fatal wounding of the former. A the lightning express train on the handle Road ran into a Carriage containing or. And mrs. Hume and mrs. Griffin at Irvington ind., a few Days ago and mrs. Hume was fatally injured. The others escaped by jumping from the Carriage just As the locomotive struck it. A a fatal shooting affray occurred at Gayville by. T., a few nights since. A Blacksmith by the name of Hargrave and Harry Varnes had been engaged in a game of cards and were disputing and quarrelling when Hargrave Drew a revolver and fired at Yarnes with fatal result. A Joseph f. Denier sex cashier of the Pennsylvania National Bank of Pottsville pa., has been sentenced to two years and two months in the Penitentiary. The amount embezzled was about $8,000, of which $5,000 has been returned by Denglere a friends. A Johanna Mccarty aged sixty five was killed at Louisville ky., recently by her son Timothy a Young Man of Nineteen. There was no witness to the deed nor had any trouble existed prior to its occurrence. When discovered the woman a head was horribly Cut with a Hatchet and the son who was arrested gave evidence of insanity. A the steamers Charles Morgan and aggie collided on the Mississippi River near Osceola mo., recently and Charles Mccarthy a deck passenger was so badly injured that he has since died another passenger jumped overboard and was drowned. A a ten year old son of Peter Whittaker of Hancock n. H., died the other Day of hydrophobia. He was bitten sixty three Days before the symptoms appeared and died Twenty four hours after the first attack of spasms. A every time a Farmer Shivers this Winter let him ask himself if his Stock Are having the same experience. It is so easy to shelter the Stock warm and dry that no humane Man surely has neglected it till this time. A Bernard hassling aged nine years and a younger sister while out walking in St. Louis the other afternoon were run Over and killed by a Street car. The Back part of the girls head was smashed and the brains scattered Over the Roadway several feet. The boys neck was broken the Chest crushed in and one leg was broken. The conductor and the Driver were arrested. A a Man named Charles b. Webster of Jacksonville 111., was assault Evl and fatally beaten in the streets of Quincy 111., the other evening. His Skull was fractured and his nose and Jawbone broken by the blows. Robbery is supposed to have been the cause of the attack As no Money was found upon his person. No Clew to his assailant has been discovered. A at the state prison at Auburn n. Y., the other afternoon while keeper easier was engaged with a squad of convicts cleaning the walks in front of the prison he was attacked by William Barr a convict from new York known As 44 whistling Sam a and horribly mangled about the head causing instant death. Barr was recently transferred from the insane Asylum and is generally supposed to be insane. A John Pierson a prisoner in the county jail at Bloomington 111., incarcerated for obtaining Money under the pretence that he wafted to buy a coffin for his child has made a confession to the state attorney that he murdered Gen. Murray Mcconnell of Jacksonville 111., in february 1869. He gave full details of the murder but his Story is not generally believed. Pierson is about fifty years old and has served a number of terms in the Illinois Penitentiary. A three men named Schwartzman Appel and Ely who reside at Warsaw 111., while on their Way Home from Keokuk in a Wagon on the Mississippi River the other evening broke through and went under the ice. Schwartzman and the horses were drowned and the other two men Only reached the Shore after a desperate struggle in which they were severely Cut and bruised by the broken ice. A James flood murdered his wife Mary at new York Early on a recent morning. The parties quarrelled and separated some time since. On the morning of the murder flood went to the House where his wife was staying and while he was at one door she escaped from another and ran for her own Home. He overtook her at the door of the House and plunged a tinsmith a Reamer a Sharp pointed instrument fourteen inches Long into her breast. She died in a few minutes. Flood escaped. A a sad Accident occurred at Salem mass., a few Days ago by which Minnie f. Aud Annie m. Striley Sisters and Nellie Yoor House a playmate lost their lives. They had been playing on the ice and being missed a search was made resulting in hading their Odies under the ice 400 feet from Shore. The Striley children were lying almost in each others arms and the other a Short distance from them. It is supposed the children walked off the Edge of the ice at half tide when the water was Only a few feet deep

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