Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1871-08-11

of Indian Affairs; Barclay White, of New
Jersey, Superintendent Of Indian Affairs
for the Northern Superintendency George
McCullom, Register of the Land Office at
Lewis, Idaho. .....-..
A Washington dispatch of the I'd says !;
"The commission Of w. Douglas as Com
missioner of Internal Revenue, TO succeed
Pleasanton, was made out last evening,
and signed by the President before his de-
parture for Long Branch"
President Grant was in Washington ON
the 1st and received the new Ministers
from Italy, Germany and the Netherlands
A Cabinet meeting was held, at which all
the members were present except the
Postmaster General The President re-
turned to Long Branch on the I'd. II is
said he proposes to make trip to Chicago
some time in September, on which occa-
sion he will be accompanied by several
members of the Cabinet.
Santanta and Big Tree have been sem
fenced, in Texas, to be hanged in Septem-
ber, though the judge who tried them
promised to recommend Communication.
The pestilential fly, said to be a certain
precursor of cholera and other pestilence,
has made its appearance in New York.
Those familiar with this fly say that it is
exactly like the insect that preceded the
cholera in Russia and that advanced as
the fly advanced. Its body is divided and
shaped like wasp's from the waist down
to the tail, all the lower part of the body
being covered with wings of alternate black
and yellow. Its back, between the waist
and bead, is of greenish blue, while the
head is dark brown and perfectly round
aud flat.
A Washington dispatch of the I'd says
"The Ku Klux Sub committee has been
engaged in the examination of witnesses.
Nothing of interest has been elected. One
class of witnesses testify to peace and or
der, and to the absence of Ku- X lux in GER
tain Southern localities, while the other
class testify in the opposite direction. 1t
is stated that the sub committee will be
sent, in October, to investigate the facts
connected with the alleged Ku- u-Klux, 800
of whom were indicted at the recent term
of the United States Court at Oxford,
Miss.
The Illinois Democratic State Central
Committee, at a recent meeting, decided
to call State Convention, to be held in
Springfield on the 4th of October.
A Wilmington, N c., dispatch of the Sd
says: Election returns received up to IL
o'clock tonight indicate that convention
is called by small majority. AT Ra.
leigh the Conservatives gain over 800
votes on the last election. The STIR esti.
mates that convention is called by $500
majority"
A Charlestown, S. c., dispatch of the
81 says the election of Gen. Wagner as
Mayor, and the whole of the citiAens'
ticket, was conceded by majority of about
} 800.
Phoebe Cary, the poetess, died at New
port, r. l., on the 3lst ult., aged 46 years.
Her death resulted from sickness brought
on by her constant care and anxiety during
the illness of her sister Alice, who died
about six months ego.
During the twenty hours ending on
the morning of the Sd no less than eight
murderous affraYs occurred in New York
city, several of which might prove fatal.
The New York Erening Mail of the 4th
says Charles Francis Adams had declined
the position of United States Arbitrator to
Geneva.
The Secretary of the Treasury has an
nouneed, in the case of the exsction of the
tonnage tax on canal boats, that if said tax
the Collector must transmit with his re-
port certified statement, with a view to
refunding the money so collected.
A meeting of the managers of the steam
boat and railroad lines Of the Northwest,
at Milwaukee, ON the Sd, decided upon a
tariff of twenty five cents per hundred
pounds for grain, and fifty cents per bar
rel for flour from all points on the Mis-
sissippi River to Chicago, Milwaukee, and
Duluth.
The Democratic State Central Commit
tee of Minnesota has called the State
Democratic Convention to meet at St
Paul. September 13.
After long discussion in the Cincin-
natl Board of Councilmen, on the 4th, a
vote was reached on the repeal of the
Sunday ordinance, resulting, 26 votes in
favor of repeal to 16 against.
The Montana Herald, of July 81, con-
tsins an account of formidable Indian
raid in the Gallatin Valley. Two men
named James Nixon and George Shepperd,
were killed, and between 200 and 300 head
ofstock and horses run off. Two companies
of cavalry, under Captain Ball and Cap
tain Norton, from Fort Ellis, and some
fifty citizens started in pursuit. Great ex-
element prevailed. The citizens in all
parts of the valley were arming and con-
centrating at Hamilton, where barricades
were being thrown up. The Indians are
supposed to belong to the Bank Sioux,
under Sitting Bull, the main body ofwhich
is encamped between the Yellowstone and
Powder rivers They are not treaty In
dians, being on no reservations, and war
Unfortunately upon other tribes and
whites They are supposed to nuInber
1000 lodges, and further trouble was ex-
peCted from them.