Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1869-09-25

Eupan creek, on MS way home, was fred -,
by party of men concealed in the undo :"
growth. Eleven buckshot took effect SOW
en- in one side, and four in the head IT.,
was carried into house where, at last ny
counts he was dying. AS Green w,S .
Democrat, it is supposed that members -
the Loyal League attempted the assassin,
ton.
Negro Brutality.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 20.-Near Des,ro
Kansas, on Friday last, negro entered ,ho
house ola young lady named Coaly. knocL
ing her insensiblc with an iron h,,
dragged her to the woods and OUTRAGED
her. She is not expected to recover Tbo
negro has been arrested and confined n
Jail.
Recruits for Cuba.
New YORK, Sept. pa schooner lc,,
yesterday with a party of men, ostcnsiblv
bound on a fishing excursion, but they ~.
supposed to be going to Cuba. Anotbe,
party left Boston for Halifax. They ,rc
supposed to belong to similar cxped;.
ton.
Fight with the Indians.
OMAHA, Sept. 1S.-Gcn. Aucur has
received information from Colonel Bristol
commanding the Inka reservation. of a
fight between company of troops and
about one hundred Sioux Indians. lust bc.
low his camp, on Thursday. Two Indians
were killed aud many wounded; two sol.
diers wounded.
Highwayman Hung by Mob.
PORTAGE CITY, Wis, Sept. ls.-pat.
rick Field, confined for highway robbery
was taken out last night by masked mob
and hung. This is the second case of
lynching in this vicinity within a week.
Miscellaneous.
UTICA, Sept. 20.-Horatio Seymour is
selected as delegate to the Democratic
Convention.
The Cronisfa, a Spanish journal, pub.
lished in New York city, saws: I've
can't have have Cuba" 1t threatens the
United States with war, and demonstrates
thata war with Spain means speedy ruin
to the United States. Spain would block.
AIDE New York, Philadelphia aad Boston
with cuirassed and wooden frigates. while
flying divisions would destroy our arsenals
at other points. The article concludes:
" Are We provoked to war, then let us have
it. Hcnceforth, we offer what we have
and even what may be realized from the
sale of Ell CrOnista establishment. andour
own person besides. God will watch our
family and these heroes to Spain forever"
The Captain of the ship Sowhampton
has arrived in New York from Tehaunte.
pee and the west coast of Mexico. He re.
ports that between latitude $50 and 500
south, longitude AGO, he saw hundred
very large icebcrys. one of which was from
seven to eight miles in length and from
three to four hundred feet high.
A dispatch from Norfolk states that
three negroes were swallowed up by q
dreadful conAagration now ragn. in the
Dismal Swamp. They were employed
getting out lumber, and were surrounded
while sleeping in hut, aud burned to d
crisp.
The Tammany politici n, had several
ward meetings on the night of the 18th,
in the interest of the movement for the
overthrow of Belmont, and placing 7.
Weed of the National Democratic Commit
tee in the chair The Irish residents arc
preparing an address, asking Prince Ar
thur to visit New York, assuring him Of
cordial reception.
LOUISVILLE, Sept. lS.-Ex-Presidcnt
Fillmore has been appointed delegate to
the Southern Commercial Convention, and
has been selected to organize the Conyen-
ton.
A terrible accident occurred on the
night train from Charleston, on the South
Carolina railroad. Before daylight on the
morning of the 18th, large tree which
had fallen across the trestle at Congara
Swamps, threw the engine and part of the
train into the swamp. The engine blew
up, setting fire to the ears and trcstle,
burning 600 feet of the latter. The en-
gineer and fireman were killed, and anoth-
er fireman seriously hurt, but none ofthe
passengers were injured.
The Tammany delegates to- the State
Convention include w. NJ. Tweed, s. J.
Tilden, S. S. Cox, George Low and Oakley
Hall.
Canadian Annexation.
QUEBEcK, Sept. l4.-An annexation
meeting on Sunday adopted resolutions de-
ploring the depression in value of real es-
tate, the diminution of ship building, waste
of magnificent water-pOwcr. and steady emil
grafton of young men to the United States
and contrasting these with the prosperity,
due to the working of the institutions OF
new countries, and setting forth as the de-
iberate opinion of the meeting that steps
should Immediately be taken toward ad-
dressing petition to the Imperial author
tiles, praying to be informed whether tho
nearly unanimous desire on the part ftho
people Of the Dominion for an incorpora-
ton with the territory of the United States
would not receive from the British people
the same gracious reception according to a
like request from the people Of the ionlan
Islands for union with Greece. A COM
mittec was appointed to carry out these
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