Democratic standard. [volume] (Georgetown, Brown County, Ohio) 1837-1850, 1843-10-03


ly exhibiting In New Castle, Maryland he
entered the den Of wild beasts, SS wss
hiswoni, and while playing with his sav'
age customers, bad his arm dread fully
torn BY the tiger. He was lying on bis
back atths time. and with great presence
Of mind, be raised his foot, and with
sudden exeTtion Of II, thew the tiger
from him and gained his feeti then avs
ing the brute back BY his manner retired
from the cage, aud tainted from the et-
feet Of the wound. Ilis feared his arm
will have 10 be amputttsd.
SANTA FE RoBBERs Nine Of the per.
sons implicated in the murder Of CharVis,
the Santa Fe trader, are now on their tri.
al at Jefferson, Mo. Some Of them have
turned States Rvidence, aud four or FIVE
Mexican half fbFeeds are in attendance as
Witnesses Several residents of the coun.
y round Liberty will be indicted az acr
cessariOs before the fact. II is supposed
an indictment will be found against Col.
Warield and associates for fitting out in
the United States, an expedition against
Mexico, with whom We ATE [OsIensiblylat
peace.
MURDHEED.-The Sheriff of Sh aDnon
county, Mo-, few days since, by wretch
whose properly he was intending TO sell
on exec ulion. The murderer arrest
ed.
The Secretary Of State has recently
conveyed to the village authorities Of
OswegO, NJ. York, the thanks of the
British government 10 the people Of Os-
wegO, for the attention and considerate
respect shown by them towards the re-
mains Ofthe late Sir Charles Bagot, and
towards his family upon theil being Ian.
ded al that port from H. M. s. Travel.
ler., Lord Aberdeen, British Secretary
Of State for foreign affairs, directed Mr..
Fox, her Majesty's Minister at Washing
tonic make known these sentiments TO
the citizens of OswegO; and the minister
accordingly communicated them to Mr..
UPshur, Secretary Of State, through
whom they were transmitted 10 Oswego.
Boston Post.
0arThey talk little overmuch about
American reputation in Europe. Read
the following in regard to French finance
from an English paper:
The national debt Of France, which
in 1879, under Charles TX. was only H.
O0O, ,O00f, was, in 1882, Silt, 7,495,Ol7f
Al the present time il is almost 7,0O0,0 600
OO0f. France has already been bank.
rupt six times, viz:-under Sully, who
deducted the interest formerly paid on
the capital, at the end Of Louis XIV's
reign, under Desmart, who paid neither
capital nor interest; at the fall Of the
'systeme law" under LspelIetier; under
the Able Tsrrai, who did not pay the as
signments, during the revolution, after
the creation Of45, ,0OO, 900 Of mortgages;
lastly 10 1893 by the redutiOn Of two
thirds Of the debt.
TERRIBLE ACCIDENT While the 'De-
tenders Of Baltimore" and large con-
course Of citizens were on their way TO
York last Tuesday, 10 celebrate the battle
one Of the cars broke downa few miles
from the latter place, and the conse'
quanee was that two others, which were
in the train, full Of visiters, military and
civil, came ia contact with such velo city
as TO crush them to pieces, and do very
serious damage to the passengers
Twelve persons are mentioned as having
their legs or arms, or feet broken and
mashed, and some sustained injury on
their heads and bodies. No deaths have
yet occurred, although several are very
dangerously wounded.
THR FLORIDA DIsCLosUREs.--lt was
stated some time ego, that an impression
prevailed in Florida that some white per-
sons, previously Of high respecAbility
we're supposed TO be cen0ected with the
Indians in their atrocities IN that terri
torv. The Savannah Republican says
that proof Of positive nature almost, has
been Obtained Ofthe truth Of this suppo-
sition. 1t is intimatod on good authority
that General Worth is in possession ol
the strongest circumstantial proof: and
thOse who have, from time TO time, es'
caped these murderous assaults have ex'
UreSssd the solemn conviction that some
ofthe assailants were white men, Ttoo Of
ten badly emo ugh disguised as Indians.
OMUOUs. Liberty Banner, o.
Missouri, ofthe 9Th says:--"Tbe pole
erected ut PlattsbuVg with the name o
Henry Clay upon it's flag, has been visit
ed with q destructive bolt Of lightning
from the heavens, shattering il from its
tOpmost pinnacle TO lie base"
LAND SALES.
Gonniderable sales Of the land granted