Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1871-06-10
LATER FROM THE ATLANTIC SrArEy


IL Il LEdRA PHIC.
WASHINGTON, June 5.-There il high
official authority for denying the truth Of
various disquieting reports which recently
gained currency, to the effect that the
War Department apprehended general
Indian war this summer, and that serious
differences of opinion and conflicts of au.
thority have arisen between the Interior
and War Departments in relation to tho
treatment Of the Indians, and that the
subject of Indian affairs has lately occupied
the attention Of the Cabinet. There is
also sufficient authority for stating that
! the reports of impending changes in dis.
trct and department commanders, with q
view to the better enforcement Of the Ku-
klux legislation by Congress, are equally
unfounded; 1t being expressly denied
that Gen. Sheridan is to be ordered East
to the command of the divisions Of the
Atlantic.
WASHINGTON, June 6.-Private letters
from England state that Disraeli will pos
itively support the treaty of Washington,
and his influence added to that Of Sir
Stafford Northcotc, in tho House Of Com
mons, is expected to carry majority Of
the Conservative party.
The salaries Of postmasters throughout
the country are to be readjusted on tho
basis of their receipts during July and
August of this year. The new schedule
of salaries will 90 into effect July LIST,
1872.
The Secretary of State himself is au.
thority for the statement that Mr.. Fish is
not to be one of the arbitrators in tho
case of the Alabama claims.
The receipts from the Internal Revenue
sources for the first six days in juno, Of
the present year. as compared with the
same time of 1870, show falling of Of
nearly five millions. This is attributable
to the operation Of the new law.
New ORLEANS, June 6.-The water in
the lake and canals is recediDS slowly.
The canal crevassc have been closed
The water in the city has receded an inch
The people in the eTcrilowcd district have
suffered much, and collections are being
taken for their relief. $500 houses have
their ground floors under water, and more
than that number Of families are homeless
and iesolate. The canal runs from the
heart of the city to Lake Pontchatrain-
1t is always navigablc channel, ten or
twelve feet wide. and rivcr steamers and
schooners psrpetualIy pass and rcpass
through it. The damage done by the
food is estimated at $500, 900.
WASHINGTON, june G.-There is no
truth in the recently published Washing
ton special, that General SiskeS has no.
tilted tho Spanish Government that the
question of restoring scqucstered estates
Of American citizens in Cuba, etc. must
be settled, as an alternative, by the en-
ploymcnt of force.
NEW ORLEANS, june THE water re-
mains stationary, being an inch below the
highest point reached. People continue
moving from the ovcrnowcd districts.
The city authorities and charitable COM
mittees continue to distribute food to the
i needy in the ovcraowcd quarters.
New York. june 7.--lscceDt advces
from Mon;cvidco represent the condition
Of affairs as 10. only not having improved,
but as having grown alarmingly worse.
About the first Of May the yellow fever
seemed to be abating, and many refugees
returned, but the diseases again broke out
and the returned citizens lci in panic.
SAN FRANcIsco, June ;.-Cook con-
cluded his argument at 4:30 r. N. Judge
Dwinelc then told Campbell that he did
not consider it necessary for him to reply,
and proceeded to sentence Mrs. Fair to bo
hanged on the 2Sth of July. Mrs. Far
maintained almost her usual composure,
but Mrs. Lane. her mother, wept hysteri-
cally, while Mrs. Pitt Stevens and other
strong minded females present manifested
their sympathy in marked manner.
Arrived. ship Germania, Bellingham
Bay ; bark Mary Giorer, Port Discovery;
schooner LoreH PracocA, Utsalady.
Sailed. bark Shooting Star, Nauaimo;
bark Oregon, Scabeck schooner Waiter
Raleigh, Port Townsend bark Victor,
Port Gamble.
SAN Francisco. June Sailed, ".
H. Mercer, for Newcastle Island; ship
Matilda, for Port Townsend.
Arrived, bark JVrLtoot, from Portland.
VERSAILLES, June 3.-Archbishop
Darboy will be buried on Wednesday. On
that day the Assembly will suspend its
session. The Communist who commanded
the shooting of Darboy has been discovered
through his own boasting.
Another notable iusurgent boasts that
the burning of Paris will be considered
insignificant when the London Docks,
with all their wealth, are consumed as q
grand lesson to the middle classes. Lon.
don, Liverpool and Bristol will, it il said,
be the next scenes of operation. Papers
have been discovered which show That the
arsons of the Communists we're directed
from London. ...
BERLIN, June Sit is ascertained that
the chiefs of International Clubs and sew