Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1871-12-28

This virtually kills a prior resolution that
the General Government should reimburse
the people for their loss".".R Resolutions were
passed in the South Carolina house on Mon
day impeaching Gov. Scott and Treasurer
Parker for manufacturing So, OOO, 900 in
fraudulent State bonds.
SEWARD is nominated for Vice-President
by a Tallahassee, Florida, Paper.....Hon
T. C. McCreery, late United States Senator
from Kentucky, has been nominated to sue
caed Hon. Garrett Enoch Riley and
Johil Cotton, old residents of P~ineville,
Monroe county, Ala, had a quarrel recently,
and settled it with shot guns, according to
the code. Both were killed at the first fire.
Warrington.
Mr.. ]. H. RILEY has been recognized by
the President as Consul General for the free
states of South Africa.....The Treasury De-
partment has received a check from a bank
ing house in Washington for between $4,000
and 81, 900, that sum being an u~nexpended
balance in their hands of money received
from Seth johnson, the treasury defaulter,
for speculation in bonds.
The wool crop of the United States for the
year ending June 1, 1870, according to the
census returns, amounted to 1O1, 2s4,67s
pounds, including 47,929,647 from the North
western States.....A private letter from San
domingo says the Two ycdTS l0dSo Ol Ii
Bay of SANTANA having expired, the United
States flag has been hauled down.
AT his own request, and by direction of
the President, Brig. Gen. Benjamin W.
Brice, Paymaster General, is retired from
active service, and his name will be entered
on the list of retired officers of the grade to
which he now belongs....Daniel W. Mann,
of Illinois, has been appointed Supervisor OF
Internal Revenue in thai State, vice R. j.
Sweet, appointed First Deputy Commits
sioner, and has taken the oath Of Office.
Foreign.
The French bark Costa RIGA was run into
on Sunday night by an unknown vessel, off
the Isle of Wight, and sunk, carrying down
seventeen of the crew. The unknown YES
sci hurried off and made no attempt to rem
der assistance.-....A public rejoicing took
place at Windsor, on Monday, over the con-
valesence of the Prince of Wales. A num-
Der ofoxen and sheep were roasted, by order
of the town authorities, and a general feast
was held, to which the poor and many other
persons were invited 1.-THE Commissioner
for the arbitration of the Alabama claims
held a formal meeting at Geneva, Switzer-
land, on Monday.....A Havana letter to the
New York Herald states that a visit to the
grave of Castanon, which is alleged to have
been desecrated by the students who were
brutally shot by volunteers, reveals the fact
that no dissertation whatever has been made.
The glass covering of the niche is not
broken, as was stated by the Spaniards, and
everything about the grave is in perfect or
der, never having been disturbed. ..... Mail
advices from India state that the river
Gurnti rapidly rose, on the night of Sept. Is,
and overfowed its banks, the flood lasting
three days and nights, and swept away
about 5000 houses in the city and vicinity
of Jounpur,~ rendering 10000 people home
less.
TIE London Times of Tuesday publishes a
conservative leader on the subject of the
meeting of the Geneva Commission of Arbi-
traitors, in which it thanks President Grant
for having materially contributed to en-
courage a feeling of brotherhood among the
nations......A meeting of the Erie Railroad
stockholders Protection Society was held in
London on Tuesday. Raphael presided, and
in the course of some remarks said the pres
emit organization annot long survive the fall
of its twin sister, the Tammany Ring. An
avowed object of the Republican Legislature
of New York, he said, is to break up the
present management of the Erie railroad.
Raphael warned the stockholders against
making any compromise whatever with Fisk
or Gould.....The French Government re-
fuses to sell the crown jewels to private par
ties.+....Th0 Russian Academy of Sciences
has elected Gen. Won Moltke an honorary
member.-....A Madrid letter states that Gen.
Sickles received secret orders to return to
Washington for consultation on important
state matters.....At Berlin, on the 18th, Min
lister Bancroft delivered to the Emperor of
Germany, who is the arbitrator in the mat
ter, the memorandum of the American Gov
ment with regard to the northwestern boun-
dairy question.....The press of Lisbon show
much anxiety over the largely-increased
emigration of workmen to the United States,
and recommend remedial easures......T
Sublime Porte and the Khedive of Egypt
have refused the purchase of the Sues canal,
which is offered for sale.