Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-12-19
A TERRIFIC gale swept over England on

A TERRIFIC gale swept over England on
the 9th inst, which proved very disastrous
on land and water. In London it was par
ticularly severe. Houses were unroofed,
street-lamps and signs blown down, awnings
to the ground. Three pinnacles OF the tower
of St. Thomas church were blown down
while the congregation were at worship, and,
falling on the roof, crushed through into the
and many people were injured in the rush
which followed. Many marine disasters are
reported. Eight ships were blown ashore at
Plymouth alone. Ireland and Wales were
visited by the same gale, many towns being
flooded. In Cork the damage was very great,
several vessels being blown ashore-..The
Duke of Noailles, French Minister at Wash
iugton, has received kilograms from Paris
assuring him that President Theirs will be
sustained, but that he will have to make
some CONCESSIONS. ... Advices from the Cape
of Good Hope report a fierce battle in the in
terror between two factions of native Afrl-
cans, many of whom, it is stated, were armed
with Enfield rifles, and other improved
weapons. About 1 900 natives were slaugh-
tered......The Committees Reform bill has
passed the upper house of the Prussian Diet
by a vote of 116 to s1-....A Paris telegram
announces the appointment Of Goulard as
Minister of the Interior Leon Say, Minister
of Finance; Fourier, Minister of Public
Works; and Colmont, Project of the Depart
ment of the Seine. It is added thai these
appointments indicate the termination of
the crisis, and secure to the Government the
support of the Right Center and Left Center.
In London, six houses were blown down
and forty persons injured by the lare gale.
......Jules Favre and fourteen other moderate
Republicans, with ninety-two members of
the Left Center, have given to the National
Assembly their views of reforms needed to
aaRura neaCA to Franco. Thew suggest the
prolongation of THEIRS term four years, the
election of Yice-President, the partial renew
al of the Assembly yearly, the establishment
of the principle of Ministerial responsibility,
the creation of a second Chamber, and the
settlement of the relation between the Exc
cutive and Legislative Departments.
Political.
SOUTHERN Republicans are urging Senator
Pool, of North Carolina, for a Cabinet posi-
tion......The revision of the Senate commit
tees, as agreed upon by the Republican eau
Gus the other day, reduces the ~anti-Adminis-
tration representation on several of the i'm
p~ortant committees from two to one. The
Liberal Republicans are almost wholly
ignored in the new composition, Mr.. Schurz
being retained on the Foreign Relations
Committee only through the courtesy of Sem
ator Casserly, who declined in order that
the Democrats might nominate him as
their representative. Fentou is removed
from tno lnanCe, anu DaydTO, Dou1OCIdI1
remains. Mr.. Trumbul1 is removed entirely
from the head of the Judiciary, where he
has served for twelve years, and put at
the tail of the Retrenchment Committee.
ciary, Edmunds; Finance, Sherman; Elec-
tons, Morton; ForeignIRelations, Cameron /;
Military, Wilson; District of Columbia,
Patterson; Public Buildings and Grounds,
Morrill,, of Vermont; Patents, Ferry; Com
merce, Chandler; Claims, Howe; Indian
Affairs, Harlan Pensions, Pratt; Contingent
Expenses, Carpenter; Public Lands, Pom
eroy Pacific Railroads., Stewart; Disabili-
ties, Boreman; Mines and Mining, Hamlin
Revision of Laws, Conkling; Territories,
Nye; Enrolled Bills, Window Levees of the
Mississippi, Kellogg; Naval Affairs, Cragin'
Senator Logan is placed second on the Mill
tary Committee, with a view to his being
made Chairman when Mr.. Wilson resigns.
IT is said the President is greatly disguised
at the disgraceful political squabble in
Louisiana, and that he is opposed to any
interference, save SO far as may be necessary
to prevent open revolution Inc bloodshed.
The name of Henry Clews, the New York
banker, is being urged in connection with the
Secretaryship of the Treasury-.Itis announc.
ed hat Senator Sumner is preparing a speech
in support of his resolution proposing t.
erase the names of the battles of the civil
war from the Army Register and regimenta
flags. 1t is added that an Administratio
Senator has prepared an amendment to his
resolution, proposing to abolish Bunker Hill
Concord and Lexington.
The official vote of Michigan for President
has just been published, and foots up: Grant
1851; Greeley, 1850 others, Ais; ma
jority for Grant, 6O,16I. The whole vote Of
the State is 4.04O less than in 1S69.....Joh
j. Patterson has been elected to succeed Saw.
yer as Senator from South Carolina. The
Hon. John j. P. was arrested ON a charge o.
bribery a few hours after his election.
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