Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-09-05

prived of his license for refusing to sell liq-
uor to a negro.
SECRETARY FISH, who is now preparing re-
cent Geneva correspondence for presentation
at the next Cabinet meeting, says the
awards made in favor of the United States
are not so large as he had reason to expect
still, he is gratifed with the results of the
action of the Geneva Board...... Warrants for
the pardon Of David Collins, William Zeal,
Amos Owen, and William Scrugv, Ku-klux
convicts in the Albany Penitentiary, have
been signed by the President.
Foreign.
FREDERICK BREWSTER, an American, and
Count de Salla, an Italian nobleman,
fought a duel, a short time ago, at Leghorn,
Italy. The weapons were pistols, and the
Italian was killed at the first fire. Brew
ster was unframed, and subsequently fed
from Leghorn.
IT is announced from Tendon that Glad
stone & Co., large East India and China
merchants, have failed. The liabilities are
stated to be SIC, ZOO, 900. 80 The Emperor of Rus
STA assures President Theirs that the Berlin
convocation of crowned heads is not aimed
at France.."..TAe Prince of Wales, on his
recent visit to Trouville, the great French
watering place, was cordially received by
Theirs, and the two promenaded the beach
together..-..The sessions of the Information
al Statistical Congress were opened in st.
Petersburg, with solemn and impressive
ceremonies, by the Grand Duke Constantine,
on the 22d of August..-.A1l the Mexican
revolutionary leaders except Cadena have
accepted the amnesty offered them. That
chief, however, has been captured, and the
revolution may be said to be practically
ended. TIL new President has negotiated
a loan of $500 900, which shows a marked
improvement in the credit of that unfortu-
nate country, being the first loan she has
been able to obtain for many wears.
OVER a quarter of a million of dollars
worth of property was destroyed by the Bel
fast Qreland) rioters.......The last news from
the South African diamond fields is of a very
favorable character. The precious stones
continue to "pan OUT without any apparent
diminution in the yfeld.-...Alexi at last &C
| counts, had arrived at Capetown, South At
RIGA, en- route for the East UNDERSTANDING
Lancet, the ~well-known British medical
journal, speaks in high praise of the ny
] gienic arrangements of the American fleet
recently anchored at Southampton".:-A
Santiago de Cuba correspondent writes that
the Spanish regulars and volunteers are in
open hostility, that they curse and abuse
each other roundly, that everything fore
bodies complete bankruptcy, and predicts
that great events will happen before the
10th of October. The cause of the revolu-
1 OAOhADso HSNoA ASO0SN ~ AA6As oAN
dent that the grasp of Spain on the Queen OF
the Antilles is gradually and surely slacken-
ing.-...An American named Hopkins has
been convicted, in the South African dia-
mond felds,o stealing precious stones, and
sentenced to two years imprisonment.
THE cable continues to send rumors of plots
and counterplots in Spain ,butno eutbreak has
yet taken place. 1t is said the Carlists in the
northern provinces are organizing for a
| forraSIahIn orraon Tha En11iol
railways are about to abolish all class car
riages-...M MITCHELL, Ontario, has had a
100000 fre.--.Havana, Cuba, is overrun
with ~scoundrels, and murders and robberies
are continually committed, the police being
powerless. ....The Cuban insurgents are said
to be massing all their forces for a grand
movement against the Spanish troops at
Cinco Villas.
ALL is quiet once morefn Belfast, and the
large reinforcements of troops that were
sent there have returned home.....Late adj
vices from Bombay state that the cholera has
broken out in the Valley of the Cashmere,
and is raging with great violence....The
unhappy Carlotta, widow of the late En-
peror Macmillan, is reported to be in a dy-
ing condition.....The Spanish Government
has been very successful in the recent cleo
tions for members of the Cortes, more than
two-thirds of those elected being its support
ers..-.The English crop reports continue
unfayorable. France, however, promises an
abundant harvest of cereals.
The French authorities are arresting and
returning all those Carlists in the southern
part of France suspected of completely in
the plots against Spain......The American
| Consul at Port au Prince has been arrested
by the Haytien authortie s and thrown into
prison on a charge of counterfeiting the
paper currency of that republic..... Two
large cargees of African slaves were recent
ly landed on the Island of Cuba......Cap
Halls Arctic expedition has been heard
from. The North Pole is as yet among the
undiscovered, but the members of the expe-
| dition were confident of ultimate success.
All were in good health and spirits.
IT it said the French will in a few days
commence the payment of another INSTALL
ment of the German ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Angelo Quaglea has just died at Rome, aged
7O.....Advices from Mexico state that Diaz
has disbanded his forces and gone to Chi
huahua. The Governor of Sinaloa, while
riding in the suburbs of Mazatlan, was seized
by k~idnappers, carried to the mounta ms,
and a large ransom demanded for his re-
lease.-".The Portuguese ship Perseverance
has been wrecked near Oporto, and 35 lives
~lost..... 1t is said a Cuban agent has arrived
in London, with instructions from the Pro-
visional Government to negotiate a loan of
G200, 900, the amount to be rendered to Spain
for the independence of Cuba. That, al
though the Provisional Government have
but little hope that Spain will consent, they
believe the offer will strengthen the insur-
gent cause among foreign powers.
The Geneva Arbitration.