Daily Ohio State journal (Columbus, Ohio : 1870), 1874-02-24

              at 5F VOL. XXXV. COLUMBUS, TUESDAY; FEBRUARY '24,M 874. ''' i Jtai4:T 1 -( -t k - b 1 j NO. 46. tetefmtraL oilier! High, Pearl and Cluipcl Htn. J. II. COLT. t. . SMITH. A. W. rSANUISCO. CO SLY, SMITH & FRANCISCO, lTBI,Itt11ER8 AND PROPRIETOR. JAMES M. COHLV, Editor. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY A RARE CHANCE. &ti Studer'8 Columbus and the Weekly Ohio State Journal, One Year for Two Dol lars and Fifty Cents! Scarcity subscribers to the Daily Ohio State Journal, who would like to have the History of Columbus, and do not feel the need of the Weekly, should avail themselves of this oppor tunity, to send it away to relatives or friends who would tie glsd to get "new from home." Address t'OIMI.Y, NM1T1I A FKAKt'lM'O, Columbus, Ohio. LEGISLATIVE SUMMARY. I'onstltiillonnl Convcmlou. Fed. 21. Saturday's session was taken up with discussion of the report on county and township organizations, developing a very jealous conservatism with reference to the power of constructing railways by local taxation. (Jeueral Assembly. l-'wt. IX Senate Petitions: For uniloruii-ty in rates allowed for teams employed in working on roads; for reduction of compensation of county officers Bills introduced: For incorporation of companies for sale of wares and merchandise j bringing all cities of the first class under provisions of the municipal code; to organize a board of two commissioners, appointed by the Governor, for construction of the Central Lunatic Asylum ......A resolution was adopted inquiring why the Board of Public Works has nut constructed chutes over State dams on the Scio to river, for which an appropriation has been made The select committee appointed for the purpose reported rules for government of the Senate on trial of the Wclsh-Weimer contested election case. The rules were agreed to and 240 copies ordered printed. limit Petitions : For a law to regulate mines and mining; against passage of the Kemp game bill; against modification of the liquor laws; for exemption of farming lands within the limits of incorporated villages from taxation for municipal purposes J I i lis introduced: To authorize abandonment of part of the Miami and Eric canal; to regulate the making of contracts in certain cities; to compel titles to city property to be quieted and boundaries to be settled before improvements are commenced. The correspondent of a Cleveland paper confesses that "even in so small a place as ColumbuB" he occasionally misses a bit of news. Yet the correspondent is used to holding up cities of the largest size, like Cleveland, with one hand. We have about a dozen communications addressed to the paragraph of our correspondent who gave the proportion of National taxes paid by whisky and tobacco. The best point Is made by a Straitsville correspondent evidently a workingman. lie wants to know who pays the whisky tax? He says the consumer the poor laboring man who drinks the whisky. And he makes some very pithy reflections on that point. The Editor of the Educational Monthly expresses the opinion that the McCoy hill "authorizing the appointment of commissioners to prepare a series of school books for use in the common schools of Ohio, is one of the most Utopian measures ever introduced in the General Assembly." He says "Ohio lias never bad a General Assembly foolish enough to pass ' such a bill." The Honorable gentleman don't know how much capacity for foolishness there may be in a Democratic Legislature; M. D. C. writes a letter to the Commercial from Lancashire, in which the Radical candidate was defeated by Roebuck, who in his old age has turned from Radicalism of the Mill type to the bitterest reactionary sentiments, "and flies at every thing Radical as a bull at a red flag." Conway Bays he is a wretched old cynic who sputters rather than speaks, and who vents his spleen on everybody with whom lie once co-operated. He treats America with special ferocity. The placards put out by the Boebuck party were unique for example: "Workingmen, vote for Roebuck, who is in favor of a National Church and a National Beverage." Another was : "Vote for Roebuck, Beer and the Bible!" The Established church, sectarian schools and unlimited beer, we are informed from other quarters, was the rallying cry of the reactionists. A correspondent writes us correcting the misapprehension of a stupid editorial writer as to the decision by the Supreme Court of Ohio with reference to "religious teachings or exercises in the public schools." Our correspondent says :. "We supposed that the Court had. decided the question In this way, to-wit : That the entire question as to the course of study and the exercises had been left to Ik cat of the board of education is each district, and that with each board was lodged tha control of the schools in it district. If we are wrong, we ask to be set tight Again, if the Supreme Court has decided that our laws prohibit religious exercises and teachings, what need is there for Romanists or infidels to withdraw their children? Why don't they have these laws enforced in Columbus, and the Bible thrown out of the schools? Haven't they the remedy in their own hands ? Why not use it ? Why complain in the mat ter? Or an the Romanists wiser than the editor, in that they know the laws do not prohibit, and that the Supreme Court hi not so decided ?" .. We have been requested by readers of the Daily State Journal in Lancaster to publish a speech made by Col. Connell, at a meeting held to inaugurate the W. W. W. at that place. We are so overrun that it is not possible to find room for this speech in full we can only place Col. Connell on the record. A number of gentlemen, clergymen and others, had made speeches, some for the movement, and some which are not so clear on that point. Col. Connell was called upon for a legal opinion, no responded,' that if the ladies desired legal services they could have his gratis, but that if it was to be a women's crusade, you may count me out, tor 1 will be on the side of the liquor dealer." He Baid the law is ample to protect us all. He begged the ladies to accomplish their work "by the winning and gentle influ ence of Heaven," and not by attempting to subvert the supremacy of the law. There was no one to prevent him from smoking his cigar ; or to prevent his dear good lady friends from drinking their tea and coffee ; and there was no power out side of the law to put a stop to the sale of liquor. There was but one way to stop it, and that was by a license law. Any other way would prove only ephemeral and spasmodic. The ladies by joining in the W. W. W. movement would imperil the respect he had for them. He pronounced it a sacrilege to drag God's name into these dens; and pronounced it "silly, ridiculous and disgusting the idea of our mothers, wives and sisters entering these low, vile dens, and on their knees praying as if en gaged in a just and righteous cause ! If you want to pray for the. wickedness of others, pray at home. God will hear you there just, as readily as Ho will from behind the counter of a saloon. I cannot endure to think that this egregious farce, that a quack doctor, Dio Lewis, has put in motion, has proven so alluring as to cause the degradation of those we love above all on earth. O my dear ladies, be not die graced ; keep out of such a useless piece of nonsense. Colonel Connell was interrupted with cries of "Put him out!" He said he would stop if the crowd desired it, but was requested by the chairman to proceed1 We quote only his legal opinion on the point The law is this, that if these women do enter upon tins wild and lanatical incursion against the liquor dealers, they are emphatically committing a breach of the peace, and the Mayor may order a policeman to arrest them. Now, my friends, there is but a modicum of this silly feeling pervading thisintelligcnt community, and if there was an end of it it would never amount to aught. I once offered to close every saloon in this city within ten days, but no one would back me, and the greatest temperance movement ever started in this State then met its death stroke. The same can be done now by the law, and I'll do it for you, if any of you will make the affidavits. I'll close every bar in Lancaster before Saturday night, but for God's sake, don't let our wives and sisters do this; let us do it ourselves. It was agreed at an adjourned meeting to raise a fund for the prosecution of liquor dealers, and the meeting was noti fied that two had already stopped the bus! ness. Amono the mass of "unfinished business" on our table wo find an article on the Pennsylvania Agricultural and Mechanical College, with a request to copy. The1 name of this college has recently been changed to Pennsylvania State Collegea precedent we should be glad to see' followed here, except that the word "State" seems to be surplusage. We suggest Ohio College. The article of "The College Courant" referred to, notes the change, and gives other particulars which are as applicable' here as in Pennsylvania. The tendency is to forget the breadth of purpose contemplated by the law of Congress under which it received its endow ment. The law distinctly Btated that the institutions organized under it, "shall have as their leading object, without excluding other scientific and classical studies, and including military tactics, to teach such branches of learning as are related to agriculture and the mechanic arts." t The Courant, in commenting on this, Bays : From this it will be Been that no strict ly agricultural college could do the work required. The effort of the authorities of the State College to give instructions in the various branches required by Congress was denounced by many peisons as a departure from the purpose of the institution as indicated by its name, and the fact that some of its graduates engaged in other pursuits than agriculture was proclaimed as proof of failure or fraud on the part of the faculty. In many instances, students were prevented from entering under the impression that the college was designed for only those who intended to be farmers. Under the change of name, no change will be made in the course of studies, or the practical working of the institution. Agriculture, Natural Science, the Classics. Civil Engineering, and Military Tactics will be taught as Heretofore. Through the co-operation of the trustees of the Mechanics' High School of Pennsylvania, a professorship of Mechanical Engineering will be established this year, and by the liberality of citizens of Philadelphia and Harrisburg, a well equipped printing office, and apparatus for teaching telegraphy will be added to the present facilities for instruction. As part of the sixteenth celebration of Washington's birthday by the students of Kenyon College, two orations were delivered, the first of which attempted to prove that the only hope for a future successful national life was in the demand for honesty, free trade and hard money, and that these must be the principles of any old party or any new one that would live. The other oration traced the distrust in our republican institutions to an unwar rantable belief by the people in the bombast of demagogues, but claimed that the people were throwing off this distrust. Strong efforts are making to have the Secretary of the Treasury reconsider his recent decision that pilots and engineers of steamboats employed upon the great lakes must be citizens of the Cuited States, the plea being that there is not a sufficiency of these officers in the United States to answer th requirements of busi ness interests in that section. A change in tne decision is not probable. COMMENTS OF THE RELIGIOUS PRESS. IMIHcultlca of lite Movement. The Christian Inion. If we are asked tp say what we think of the movement, we frankly confess our fears that, in spile of what seem to be the immediate results, the permanent effects will not be such as to justify measures so extraordinary and so at war with the principles, instincts, and habits that characterize our American civilization. And yet, when we think of the indescribable woes that follow the traffic in intoxicating liquors, there is something sublime in this moral uprising against it, so far as it has root in genuine religious feeling and is under the guidance of religious principle. We shall certainly be slow to condemn a movement which, in spite of individual extravagances, may perhaps carry with it the blessing of God, and become the means of widespread and unspeakable good. A Cloud Kellfclous Sign. The IndeponUent.J Is it wise? On the whole. Tea. We believe utterly in prayer; but we are sure that a considerable element besides praver enters into tne success ot this movement, as it is right that it should. The onlv danger for it that we fear is that it .will give the opportunity to ridicule religion; but we would a thousand fold rather see religion ridiculed for uncouth wavs of do ing good than ignored because it does no good at all. Relioiously it is a favorable sign when Christians take hold earnestly of the problem of doing good or crushing evil; and if it takes tlictu into a spot where the associations are discordant, where oaths and ribald abuse meet them. and where their skirts are spattered with the loathsome tilth of a barroom Door, all that is a mere matter of taste, and in the presence ot a principle is not worth considering.An Example of the 1'iiner ( Up. ligiou. Chicago Northwestern Christiun Advocate. This modern crusade has broken out almost simultaneously at various points, indicating that the people are about ready for some new mode of warfare against an enemy which has for ages successfully evaded or repelled the old methods of attack. The new movement is a religious one, and in its eminent success once more shows its power over all mere efforts of human wisdom. What man, armed with legislative enactments, could not accomplish, weak woman, strong in faith and prayer, is accomplishing. In Southern Ohio, in several towns where the blighting power of the rum-shops had existed uninterrupted for many years, every shop has been closed, and the whisky has either been exported to other places or poured out into the gutters. The t'nse of It. H. lUcliu co. Reynoldsduuo, Feb. 23, 187-1. To the E'Wor of the OhioStato Journal: I learn that R. S. McEwen has de manded of you the name of the author of an article published in the State Jour nal, I think of the 7th iust., in regard to the womens temperance movement this place. I also learn that ho denies the statements in ado therein. I have no hesitancy in saying that I am the author, I have no malice or ill feeling whatever toward McEwen. I wrote the article to give the ladies' movement on the saloons here as an item of news for The State Journal. No honorable correspondent will write an item, for publication with out good foundation for its truth. It has been generally understood and believed by this community, that several young men nere (some ot tliem school boys and under age) wero buying whisky at McEwen's, and that some of them had been drunk. For this and other reasons our ladies became highly incensed. Hence they so readily fell in with the women s crusade upon whisky sa bons. Upon investigation we find that four or live of our young men, all under age, had been in the habit of buving whisky from McEwen. We do not know where thev drank it, but there is evidence that some of them were drunk. One very intelligent and promising youth of fifteen years, was quite intoxicated. His parents, I believe, kept him from school in consequence of it. I might have been mistaken in calling his establishment a "saloon," probably "a whisky hole" would be more appropriate. J?or any further evidence that McLwen sells liquor unlawfully, I will refer you to the records ot the grand jury. Also to the fact that Robert B. McEwen was on Saturday last found guilty of selling intoxicating liquors unlawfully, and was fined twentyfive dollars with costs, and sentenced to be imprisoned in the county jail for ten days which sentence he is now serving out. Our women are still proying for McEwen. M. I). Brock. We freely concur in the above state ment. V. Hctson, R. McCrory, War. Howard, H. M. Oldham, John G. May, G. J. Graham. If Mr. McEwen desires any further in formation on the subject of our Reynolds- burg correspondence, we refer him to Dr. Brock, who seems capable of furnishing it by chunks. Ed. State Journal, There was a meeting of the Merchants' Exehange yesterday, an account of which is given in another pai t of this paper, to consider the proposed inflation of the currency. The sentiment of the meeting was decidedly adverse to an increase, and the resolutions set forth four very plain propositions, to-wit : (1) That the Illinois Sena tors labor under a misapprehension of the wants of the commercial classes of Chi cago and the West; (2) that only a great emergency can justify the issue oi irredeemable paper as mon ey, and that no such emergency exists at the present time; (3) that there is no distinction between the pledges of the Government and those of an individual, and that the redemption of the for mer lias already been delayed too long; and (4) that an increase of currency at the present time would only depreciate that already issued, and derange values generally. These positions are simply incontrovertible. Whether or not they are within the comprehension of tbe Illinois Senators to whom they are com mended, remains to be seen. Chicago Tribune, Saturday. The Appropriations committee of Con gress, will propose an amendment to the poBtal law, so as to provide mat alter June 30, 1874, conveyance in the mails of samples of merchandise, packages of clothing, seeds, cuttings, roots, scions, samples of metals, ores, and minerologi-cal specimens, and bound books shall cease. A portion of the committee also favor abolition of the postal car system. It is estimated that these economies would nearly cover the annual postal deficit.Ibt striking cotton and woolen employes in Philadelphia met yesterday and resolved to remain idle until the owners consent to give fifteen per cent advance on present rates. It was stated that weavers nnder the prices now ruling only earn irom lour 10 six uonars a week. BY TELEGRAPH TO THE OHIO STATE JOURNAL Five More Surrender In 5ft. Vernon Special to the Ohio State Journal. Mt. Vernon, Feb. 23. The various ministers of this place made the Temperance question the subject of their discourses yesterday morning. In the after noon a large audience assembled in Wolf's Hall, the meeting being conducted under the auspices of the Y. M. C. A. In the evening-a Union prayer meeting was held in the Congregational church, which was productive of much good, though the crowd was bo large that the people were compelled to meet in both the audience and lecture room, and consequently two services were conducted in the same building. The usual prayer meeting was held in the above named church this morning and was full of interest, several old sa- loonatics relating their experience and coming out in favor of the temperance movement. We report five more surren ders and "the end is not yet." The vic tories thus far have nerved the praying women, and they seem more determined than ever. another account. Special to the Ohio State Journal. Mt. Vernon, Feb. 23. The women have secured several more scalps, which success was followed by the same demon strations ot joy. cells were rung, songs sung, and so great was the din and clat ter that the Court of Common Pleas, which was engaged in the trial of a cause, was compelled to adjourn, Judge Adams submitting to the inevitable with becom ing grace and dignity. The Commercial House tied a large white sheet to a pole ano raised it aoove tue verandah as a token of unconditional surrender, when again ine leader ot the crino line brigade congratulated her forces over their success. Subsequently an up town ranche, known as Bartlett's, threw up the sponge, which was the signal for another jollification, and no one sought to restrain the joyful band in their manifes tations of delight. Bartlctt was quickly followed by Updegraff & Johnson, and also J. D. Haymes, who hari-karied to the immense delight of the praying band. It is said that Miller has closed, and is tnk ing Horace Grecly's advice and going West. J. P. Snook is negotiating for terms, ano Jerome itowley declares that hereafter no premises of lus shall be used for tippling purposes. As 1 am writing this dispatch, one hun dred and sixtysix women are marching upon irvine and itogers, and even now their prayers and songs may be heard blocks away. Thus far seven saloon keepers have surrendered, and the fight keeps up. It is rumored that the city council will this evening pass an ordinance declaring all tippling places a nuisance, which, if true, Othello's occupation is gone, and we shall stand by the grave of poor old John uarieycorn. if tit won t the old fellow rise again ? Three Tlmusniul New York Women Ready for Action. Associated Press. New York, Feb. 23. At the Union Temperance meeting last night Dr. Deems said the Western women had worked nobly ; God bless them for every rum shop they shut up. The rumsellcrs' places belonged to the rumsellers, but the legislative halls belonged to the people. The. capitol at Albany should be surrounded, and legislators sung to and prayed for until they passed laws that would put the liquor traffic in the category of criminal offenses. The ladies of the Union Temperance meeting were to do nothing indiscreet, but they intended to create an intense feeling against the liquor traffic. The liquor sellers are to be visited in private and asked to sign a pledge. If they consent and give up their traffic, the heads of city departments are to be asked to give them employment. Three thousand women are ready to work and they hope to shake New York to its very core. A Crusade iu Washington t'ily Or-KHiiialiiK.Washington, Feb. 23. It was stated at the Congressional temperance meeting yesterday that on Saturday next a crusade similar to that now in progress in other cities would be commenced here against liquor selling establishments. Immense Temperance Meeting;. Cincinnati, Feb. 23. Dispatches from all parts of Ohio where the temperance movement has been, report immense temperance mass meetings and general activity.In Hillsboro saloon keepers threaten to resume selling in strict accordance with the law. The women's movement was organized in Findlay to-day, OMAHA. l'ronnccls for an Indian War Severe Wenlhcr on Ibe Plains. Omaha, Ner., Feb. 23. Generals Sheridan and Ord, with an escort, left Cheyenne yesterdry morning for Fort Laramie. Troops left Cheyenne to-day. The weather at Cheyenne is cold, with three inches of snow. Information received from Laramie says it is reported that the Cheyennes are debating whether to stay on the reservation or go south and keep out of trouble. It is thought they will not coalesce with the hostile tribes. Many Indians continue to go north for the purpose of joining war parties. Crazy Horse's band has declared for war. Employes at the agencies at Red Cloud and Whetstone are apprehensive of trouble. It is considered doubtful wheth er the Ogallala young men will stand k. - : n.;. l....:t ward those who have declared for peace is not considered favorable. However, no trouble is "at all probable with the Indians south of Fort Laramie. If they commit any depredations they will be in Dakota and in Northern Wyoming and Montana. A severe storm of wind and snow began here Saturday night and lasted until this morning. The thermometer is below tero. There is very little snow west and no detention of trains and travel. Trains from the east were six hours late to-day. Cheyenne, Feb. 23. General Baker, a noted Indian fighter, arrived here yesterday and left for the front to-day. Generals Sheridan and Ord reached Fort Laramie in safety this morning. Nine companies of infantry and seven of cav alry left here to-day for the vicinity of isea uouu agency. Considerable snow has fallen and the weather is cold. Rhode Island Frohibillon Nomina. lions. Providence, Feb. 23. Tha State Pro- mmtory Convention in session to-day made the following nominations: For Uovcrnor, Henry Howard, the present in cumbent; Lieutenant Governor, W. F. Sayless; Secretary of State, J. M. Adde-man, present incumbent; Attorney General, Edwin Metcalf ; General Treasurer. 1 ltll I J VJUU, 1 t FRANCE. ' . iiofv A PRINCE PATRONIZES. THE.PRE88,: loNDON. Feb. 23. A i Paris letter sau th sot disant Prince Ojtanick, was ,oorjJ ucisjicu iu me extreme Denaiiv.auoweu jjv la-five years imprisonment and'four thousand francs fine, on 'a chargeo swiftffing. i k '.: it. UJhe relations of Ostanick wflli'tlie press are oi a remarkable character"" Jjy paying a round sum he 'gritn article Iri ultra ournai aes ioais on agriculture in the East. Imme'dratejy he was . waited upop hy some literary" agents, who wanted tjo have his admirable wort widely circulated, and after ccttinb the article into a fejv journals, they hande'd in' a bill of wvt irancs lor personaf notices. The bills werfsent to Ostanick at 20 francs per line. M. f'aggenfohl, editor of Correspondence Universelle. wanted to borrow ten thou sand francs, but received only one thousand. At the moment of the arrest the Prince was stopping further payments. Virgnault, editor of Thiers's organ, the .men ruonc, stated in court that be had need of money, and wanted ten thousand francs from Ostanick. The sum of thirty thousand irancs was given, and he would hav had the rest if he had succeeded in getting Ostanick made Chevalier of the .Legion de lionneur. He had tried to do so but Thiers bad not acreed. Louis Al bach, editor-in-chief of the Cloche, bor rowed ten thousand francs, and M. Barral, who got Ostanick into the Agricultural Society as the successor of Baron Liebig, was also drawn on for considerable sum). Ostanick was arrested on complaint of a jeweier oi Brunswick who. had sold him diamonds and said to the jeweler in court : "I took them because you pressed me eo hard to do so, and you sold me diamonds for 10,000 francs which experts estimate at only 2000. You charged me 50,000 francs for jewels upon which Ii could not realize 1000." THE VENDOME COLUMN. A short time ago Marshal McMalion visited the Vendomo Column and urged the contractor to hurry it up as rapidly as possible. The eighth spiral is now being placed. The contractor promised the Marshal that the monument should be entirely completed by the first of June. COLORED COMMUNIST IN THE ASSEMBLY. New York, Feb. 23. A Paris letter ys the Governor of Paris has asked per mission of the Assembly to prosecute M. Melvii Blancourt, Deputy for Guada-loupe, for participation in a case of the Commune. Melvii Blancourt is the only negro in the Chamber, and sits upon the extreme felt, among the extreme Radicals. He was Deputy Minister of War under Cluseret. The Assembly had taken no action, but it was probable that Melvii Blancourt would fly to England. ENGLAND. NEW PARLIAMENT TO BE PROROGUED. London. Feb. 23. It is said that on the assemblage of Parliament it will be immediately prorogued until the 12th of March, so that members who have accept ed office from Disraeli may have opportunity to go before their constituents for re-election. It is also said that the Queen's speech will not be read until Par liament reassembles. It is probable that William Robert Sey mour Fitzgerald will be appointed Under Secretary for India. Hart Duke has received the appointment of Patronage Secretary of the Treasury. TREATY WITH THE ASHANTEES. A correspondent on the gold coast writCB that a treaty of peace has been signed by General Malsbey and the King of ABhnntee. TERRII1LE FAMINE IN INDIA. A special from Calcutta says 80,000 persons are famishing from want of food in the districts of Tirpoot, the Boglipoor Presidency of Bengnl.and but for aid furnished by the Government 500,000 persons would perish. SHIRLEY I1ROOKS DEAD. Charles Shirley Brooks, the celebrated English novelist and dramatic author, is dead. AFLOAT ON THE ICE. Three Hundred Fishermen Adrift on n Field or lee on Luke Huron Two Hundred Kxenne anil Two arc Drowned. Detroit, Mich., Feb. 23. A heavy wind to-day has driven ice from tho mouth of Saginaw river into the bay. It is reported that about 300 fishermen are on the floating ice, and at last accounts were about five miles from land. Great fears are entertained that the ice will break up before the men can be rescued. and that a fearful disaster will result. Bay City, Mich., Feb. 23. Intelli- gence reached here this noon that at nine o'clock this morning a large cake of ice, several miles in extent, broke oil from the shore of Saginaw Bay at a point east of the light House at the mouth of the river. and extending down the cast shore. Upon this floating field of ice were not less than three hundred fishermen, and several teams and sleighs. The men are well supplied with shanties, food, fuel and provisions. When last seen they had drifted several miles northeast, and a strong southwest wind was shifting to westward, drifting the ice toward the east shore of the Bay. , later A report from Sebewaine this evening says fifty men haveauade a landing there. Other reports from diflerent points Bay about two hundred men have escaped. Two men, named H. J. Smith and John Pouriner, of Banks, are known to have been drowned, the ice is solid, and ranges from twelve to twenty inches in thickness, and is not easily broken up. CINCINNATI. Member or the Conalltutionnt Com vent Inn DradUrrnt Freshet In the Mnskins;um. Cincinnati, Feb. 23. The Constitutional Convention adjourned out of respect to the memory of Dr. John O'Connor, of Seneca, who died 6aturday night, and a committee of six was appointed to escort his remains to his home in Tiffin, Ohio. The weather is windy and growing colder. The clear weather since two this morning has removed danger of a destructive flood in the Ohio. Boatmen coming down the river report all its tributaries running in heavily. A dispatch from McConnellsville reports the Muskingum at the highest it has been for forty years. Stemnboat CollisionDamages by Frefthets. Cincinnati, Feb. 23. The Kanawha Belle collided with the Frank Williard below Catlettsbnrg at eleven o'clock last night. The Williard was able by a vigor-our use of pumps to reach I ronton, where she will go on the docks. The Belle was not hurt. The opinion of river men is that the flood in the Ohio will be most serious below Evansville, and that the tipper river will escape. A special from Iron ton reports $15,000 damage to the Eastern Kentucky railroad by the washing of fills from bridges and from the road. Another from Loeans- port, Ind, reports a fire at Goodland this morning, ixws J1Z,IKK); no insurance. XIIH CoAgtesgiFiret : Session? , r t to ... to"-.". - ni ; I a r.jyrA?K.8T0r,f;eb,l23.,;: .ineiA,haplain, ,in .opening his prayer, lnv6MdlTlflh'e, Providence' toVa'nt that MeJurJtryfMight'everthirik with rever-McfMf.the good men-thrbneh whose sin.' 'fltrumentality(the -Nation has. attained, its presentexalted, position, and ,'esncciallv Lof him who was first to' defend us" from all' wrongs, and,ever first in the affections and hearts of his countrymen. Mr Anthony 'Baid the. country was to- uay ceieurauDg me oiriuoay ot Washington, and it was not customary for the Sen ate to sit upon such day unless there was an extraordinary pressure of business. lie tnerelore moved that the Senate ad journ. The motion was unanimously mimeu ami me oenate adjourned. WASHINGTON. INDIAN CLAIMS. Washington, Feb. 23. A sub-com mittee of the House committee on Indian Affairs, to whom the subject was referred, nas recently agreed to recommend that all claims for Indian depredations be turned over for adjudication and settlement by the United States courts for the respective districts wherein such depredations have uvvn uoiunmieu. LEGAL TENDERS. Outstanding legal tenders $381,330,327, GAINES V. CUSHINO. Tn-daV. in Pnililv flniipt .Tiidrm IVulift decided the case of Mrs. Gaines against P.I0kA,.l.:.. .1 !-.;... yaitw wuoumg, uuii milling me injunction in force and directing the title papers to remain in the Land Office for the present. An Outlaw Murdered. Wilmington. N. J.. Feb. 23. Steve Sower, tho last survivor of the band of Kobeson county outlaws, waB killed in the upper part of Kobeson county by three citizens. He was tuning a banjo preparatory to playing, when three shots were fired at him, taking effect in his head and killing him instantly. BY MAIL AND TELEGRAPH. A $50,000 fire occurred in Laight street, New York, yesterday. The Geneva award distribution bill will not be ready for a week yet. At Milwaukee the national holiday was generally observed yesterday. The New Y'ork Custom House will not be closed May 1st, as has been stated. A ship chandlery was burned at Evans ville, Ind., yesterday. Loss about $30,000. J udge Lawrence, of New York, declines to discharge the alleged Belgium murderer, Carl Voght. The anniversary of Washington's birthday was very generally and impressively observed "in New Y'ork yesterday. Dimmick is the only member of the Pennsylvania Legislature implicated in the alleged blackmailing bank swindle. Washington's birthday was more generally, celebrated at the National Capital yesterday than it has been for many years past. The detective who shot Michael Mc-Namara, in New York, has given bail to the amount of $2500 to appear for examination.In Chicago Washington's birthday was observed by closing the Board of Trade, partial suspension of business, and a moderate display of bunting. It is claimed that tho detectives who shot McNamara, in New York, while searching for a thief, were drunk. Even while carrying the wounded man to a hospital they halted and had severnl drinks in saloons, The New York trades unions are obtaining affidavits of victims of alleged police brutality on the occasion of the Tompkins Square meeting of working-men in January, the object being to secure legislative investigation. "Michael McNamara, linen weaver, was fatally shot Sunday morning in New York while resisting forcible entry into his premises of Borne police officers, not in uniform, who were looking for a notorious thief. McNamara being awakened by kicking at the door of his apartments rushed to it to keep out the intruders, and while thus engaged was shot. A dispatch of the 21st announces a terrible fire at Denver, Colorado. The wind was blowing a perfect hurricane in the most unfavorable direction, and the total destruction of an immense amount of valuable property seemed inevitable. The entire fire department was out in force, as well as the citizens, and desperate efforts were being made to check the ravages of the flames. Ohio Patents. The following patents were issued to Ohio inventors during the week ending February 3, 1874, and bearing that date; furnished this paper by Cox & Cox, Solicitors of Patents, Washington, D. C: Carpet Fastener G. Gerardin, Galion. Double-Acting Force-Pump D. F. Casey, Harrisville. Bobbin-Holder for Sewing Machine C. P. Gillespie, Millport. Head-Block for Vehicles P. M. Catches, Galena. Lifting-Jack J. T. Guthrie, Leesburg. Nut Lock W. M. Spacht, Dunkirk. Manufacture of Steel T. Brooks, Canton.Air-Brake for Kailroad Cars M. Champton. ADDITIONAL CITY NEWS. Writ or Habeas Corpus. Kohert B. McEwen of Reynoldaburg was arrested last week on the affidavit of William Howard and Samuel Oldham, charged with keeping a tippling house within the corporation. He was taken before the mayor and fined $20 and sentenced to the county jail for ten days. A writ of habeas corpus was issued yester day for his delivery. The case will have a hearing before Judge Green to-day at two o'clock. Robert S. McEwen, father of the committed, is the prosecuting witness in the habeas corpus case. Personal Heirs Wanted. The heirs of David H. Thompson, formerly of the firm of Jarvia & Thompson, merchants in Baltimore in the year 1S38 may gain information of interest to them by addressing tbe undersigned. David H. Thompson is supposed to have died in Ohio in 18o2. Any one who can give information as to the said parties will confer a favor by doing so. Address John B. Robertson, Attorney at Law, Lynchburg, Va. Proremar lnjraa. Phrenology still holds its own at the Opera House. A large audience was present last night to hear the lecture on "Love and Marriage." Professor Logan closes his coarse in this city to-night with a lecture on the philosophy of love, or man's social and moral nature applied to marriage. , j'ueanuinicolumbiiaAaaisel. 'MissiMaryjBloomer.is.twenty years old, lour years ahead of the regulation peiod ofBWeetness; but nevertheless described to be as beautiful as poetic fancy, and grace- nil and accomplished far beyond the opportunities presented her in her capacity of directoress of a boarding house on Goodale street, west of Dennison avenue. She has ravishing black hair, a clear complexion, blue eyes, nnd a bewitching ex pression; she is of medium height, well formed, and has a graceful, winning way that would move the adamantine heart of a confirmed bachelor, or send the saloon business Bhooting like a rocket higher than Gilroy's kite, if she could be induced to take the lead in the women's war againBt whisky. This is a fair deduction from the rapturous description, of one who knows her. Miss Bloomer's father, who has been a widower for six years past, is a workman at the blast furnace of the Columbus Iron company. To fully meet the demands on the domestic treasury he kept board ers, a branch of business which the enterprise of his daughter enabled him to con duct without serious interference with his duties at the furnace. Miss Mary was, in fact, the practical head of the provision foundry, and was encouraged in the faith ful discharge of her household duties by the confiding love of an affectionate father, and the admiration of all his guests. i Michael Carlin was also a workman at the blast furnace. Ho came to this city from Scotland about three years ago, and was brought into public notice two years ago last Christmas by shootitig himself in the hand while celebrating, with fire arms. He boarded at Bloomer s. He saw, admired and loved the gentle Mary, and seemingly made headway in her affections. A cruel advertisement in the State Journal interrupted the course of love. The advertiser was a keeper of a poor-house in Scotland, and he wanted to know the whereabouts of a man named Michael Carlin, whose wife and three children were in indigent circumstances and under his care. Some friend of the Bloomers wrote to Scotland and got a verification, from the wife herselfi of the information that Carlin was a mar ried man. Carlin himself afterward acknowledged, in conversation with a gen tleman to whom he owed money, that he was married, excusing himself for not paying promptly on the ground that he had to Bend money to his wife in Scotland.These discoveries were communicated to Miss Bloomer in the way of warning her against the attentions of Carlin. But the fear that love had exerted its power before the dreadful information came, is cultivated by the disappearance of Carlin and Miss Bloomer on the IGlh inst, They left Bloomer's house together in a carriage, Miss Bloomer telling a neighbor that she wbb bound for Cleveland. The absentees have not been heard from since, and the father is in sore distress. Carlin is an Irishman, under thirty years old. For some years previous to his emigration to this country, he lived in Scotland. CITY COUNCIL. Friend Street ImproveuiciitSlreet Railroad Ordinances Ordered to be rrlntod. . The City Council met last night. Present Messrs. Beekev, Hreytbgle, English, Flowers, llinman, llull, Kemmerlc, Leibfarlh, Mithofl', Pletsch, Potts, Hickenbacher, Schab, Suydam, Walsh, Williams and President Mitchell 17. Messrs. Elliott, Fuller, Kelly, Kent and Smith were absent. DEKIM. The City Solicitor filed four deeds for land to extend South Seventh street, and recommended that they be recorded. BIDS. The Clerk opened and read bids as follow s : Sewer in Lexington avenue, from Broad to Long John Stothart, at 43 cents for excavation nnd $13 per thousand for brick work; M. Knright, at 33 cents for digging and back filling, and $13 for brick work; , at 43 cents for excavation and $13.25 for brick work; M. Neeting, at 3rt cents for excavation and back filling, and $13.50 for brick work. Improving Goodale street, from Fourth street to Lazelle avenue M. Enrigbt, at 35 cents for grading, 29 cents for curbing, and 44 cents for boulder paving; Thomas Mc-Lane, at 33 cents for grading, 23 cents for curb, and 41 cents for paving gutters. Improving Goodale street, from Hamlet street to Lazclle avenue Thomas McDon ald, at 37 cents for grading, 3L cents for curb, and 40 cents tor boulder paving. COMMCKICATIOSS. Mr. Richcnbacber presented the remon strance of I'hilup Kmesand29othcrs,against a sewer in Donaldson street, lteferred to committee on Ordinances and Revision. Mr. English presented the petiiion of James Beard and ten others, for repair of a culvert across Lnrkhaiipt's ditch south of Friend street. Referred to committee on Streets and Alleys. FRUND RTRK1T. . Mr. English presented tbe petition of over one hundred property owners, asking for the passage of an ordinance providing for the improvement of Friend street in accordance with the recommendation of a committee appointed at a meeting held on the 29th of January. Mr. English presented a resolution instructing the Citv Civil Emrincer to ronort a plat and estimate for the improvement of menu sireci, oy removing uiri, loosening surface, broken stone to the dopth of four inches, a dressing of VA inchrs of clean sand, rolling both layers, and putting down flag stone crossings. Referred to committee on Streets and Alleys. SECOND RIA.MK6. Ordinances were read the second time as follows: To assess a special tax on real estate bounding Swayne alley from Seventh street to Washington avenue. To provide for the improvement of the east side of High street, from Deshler street to the north liueof the Nursery. To prohibit the erection of frame buildings in tbe square bounded by High, Mound, Third and Fulton streets. To provide for the improvement of Marion street from Washington avenue to Pike street. NXW OlDDSAXCKS. Ordinances were introduced by the eentle-men named at follows: Mr. Rickenbacher To provide for building a main tewer in Fulton street from Fourth street to Ridgwav alley, and tbe issue of $5000 of bonds. Read first time. To assess a special tax on the real estate bounding Sycamore street, from Fourth atmakln'Tnf! r n- . . - 'iwou uihl time. Mr.- kemmerle To assess a special tax upon the real estate bounding Scioto street, from Friend to Mound-$1.0G.l. Read first time. ORDINANCES PAKSEn, h Mr. English, from the committee onOrdi-'-nances and Revision, renorted bank Iia fal lowing ordinances: Vacating an alley in Phclan's Mt. Pleasant addition. Passed. lo establish the en.An on First from Neil avenue to Olentangy street! Passed. , NORTH HIGH STREET. Mr. Hinmsn. from tha mmmiHcA nr. Streets and Alleys, reported back the petition asking for the improvement of crossings on the east side of North Hirrh n-pi nmm. mendine its referenda tn tho pnrnmittnA mi Street Commissioner and Chain Gang. So referred. . CITV HALL. . Mr. Hull, from the committen nn Citv Hull. reported back the resolution fixing rates of rent, nf lliAfStv Hull ,1 .: ... and $25 for lecture or concert. The resolution was adopted. RESOLUTIONS TO CONTRACT. Resolutions to contract were offered as follows: Mr. Breyfogle With M. Enright, for a sewer in Lexington avenue, from Broad to . LongBtreet. Adopted. ' ' Mr. FletBch With William Ratzel, for im-' proving Ninth street from Livingston avenue to Beck street. Adopted. . . , i Mr. Pletsch With William Ratzel, for improving Bismarck alley, from Third street to Fourth. Adopted. Mr. Pletsch With Henzft Weider, for improving New street, from Schiller to West Germania. Adopted. UESOLUTIOKS. ' Resolutions were offered by tbe gentlemen named as follows: - - Mr. Walsh Directing the Clerk to collate and have printed iu pamphlet form, the ordinances in regard to the street railroads. Adopted. Mr. Bcekey Ordering the repair of the . drops on the East Friend street sewer Adopted. Mr. Mithoff Orderinir nn estimate for a sewer from Luckhaupt's drain to Rose ave- , uue. iiuopteu. Mr. M itchell Requesting the committee on hewers and Drainage to examine the sewer at the corner of Firth street and Linn alley, and repair the drop if necessary. . Referred to committee on Sewers and Drainage. Mr. Mitchell Requesting tho committee on Sewers and Drainage to connect the old Lunatic Asylum sewer with the Pike street sewer. Adopted. Mr. Mitchell Ordering the Clerk to notify property owners to comply with the ordinance for the improvement of the east side of Gay street, within ten days. Adopted. Mr. Kemmerle Orderinir an estimate for the improvement of McDowell street. Referred to committe on Streets and Alleys. Mr. Walsh Ordering the improvement of ; lie sidewalks on Gill street, from Hicrh to Third. Adopted. Mr. Potts-r-lnstructinir the Solicitor to re- - Oort whether nrnnertv nnrnpra nlnntr iho rifffi- had the right to throw filth out inio the river. Adopted. Mr. Suydam Ordering an estimate for the improvemeutofState street from Front street to tho bridge. Referred to committee on Streets and Alleys. Mr. Kemmerle Ordering an estimate for widening at,d raking tbe levee from Broad street to the State dm. BILL. Mr. Rickenbacker presented the bill of M. Lang ($58) for eight small bridges in the Fifth Ward. Council adjourned. ' Mew Corporations. Certificates of incorporation of the following companies have been filed with the Secretary of State: Cambridge Glass company, of Cambridge, Guernsey county, with a capital stock of $50,000, in shares of $50 each. Object, the manufacture of elass and glassware in nil its forms. The corpora tors are t,. W. Matthews. W. A. Hainev. J. W. White, A. J. Hutcheson, E. K. Nyce, A. r. Shaffner, I. A. Oldham, W. K. Gooderl, J. D. Taylor, W. M. Scott, J. O. Mcllyar and Hiram Skinner. The Mutual Building and Savings Association of Zanesville, with a capital stock of $200,000, in shares of $100 each. The corporators are Henry Jones, W. M. Shinnick, James Buckingham, James C. Gillespie, Thomas Lindsay, John B. Williams and Thomas B. Townsend. The Jamestown Union Fair Association, of Greene county, with a capital stock of $10,000, in shares of $50 each. The corporators are W. G. Baker, James C. Shely, Andrew Jackson, J. G. Clemens, Wiiliam Allison, Andrew J. Bowyer and 8amuel Alexander. ; . . ." New Advertisements. MAMmc. - STATED COMMUNICATION OF Columbus Lodec No. 30, F. & A. M.. this (Tuesday) evening, at 7 X o'clock. B. F. REES, W. M. J. M Winplk, Rec'y. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY CERTI FICATE OK COMPLIANOK.J. State tr Oiim, Inuvrawck Deparmknt, ) Cohimous, Jan. J7, 1874. ) : WBEREA9, THE" JEFFERSON FIRE 1N-bUKANUE Coimmny, locnted at Steliben-villc, in tho Stale of Ohio, has filed in ttiit office ' a sworn statement, by the proper officer) there-of, showing it condition and oupine.s, and has complied in all respects with the laws of Huh State rein ting to Fire lnsurmieo CoiripflQitw, Now, TnEKEr'nitit. In pursu-nre of !nw, I, WILLIAM K. CHURCH, Superintendent of Insurance of tho State of Ohio, do hereby certify that said Company is authorized to transact it's . appropriate business of Kire Insurance in this State, in aceordance with law, during the our-, reutyoar, The condition aud business of said Company, at the date of such statement (December 31, 1873), is shown as follows: Amount of actual paid upCanitnl... .8100.000 00 Aggretate amount of available Assets 1&,U2 7fi Aggregate amount of Liabilities (except enpitnl), includ ng 8'21,t'00 fov reinsurance, being 60 per cent, ot premium on risks not terminated.. 'il,T,& I' Amount of income for the preceding year in cash ::,83! 74 Amount of income for premiums on risks written during the year, not paid in cash 1,&7 00 Amount of expenditures for the preceding vear in cash 28,877 Vt In Witkes Whereof, I have hereunto suh- sbal) scribed mvnaine ami caused the seal my office to b atllxed the day and year shore written. F. CHURCH, Superintendent. Office No. .'117 Market Street, Stenbenville, O. WM. DOUGHERTY, Presideut.-Jonit McCeackkk, Secretary., -. , r J, CREASE Y, Oeneral Agent. 8. E. Atlixsox, Assistant Secretary., t . J. GREENLEAF, Agent. TH . Xi US O II, MAKUrACTr&EB OF A US DUUI 1 , BOOTS k SHOES, No. 153 East Friend Street, ... KcwXcttlerBIofk, COLUMBUS, O. ' fatin Work nuts UOrser. lrl tn th i T J. W. JAMES. DAUBER & IIAIK VRKSSEK, Under th. AMERICAN HOTEL The latest improvement in Shampooing and Hair Cnlling. Pirst-clsss Ksrben in every particnlnr. A firw Bath Honse is attached to the rtn(r Snloon mv ' .4thr E. CLAY BRIOGS, iuraj l Law Notary Public, In Odoon B.ild ng, first stairs south of P. O fiia'P ' wine zi.cenis, 1.2 mills,