Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1872-07-26

General Sheridan, in a recent communica-
tion TO the War Department at Washington,
saws 1--WE can never stop wild Indians from
numbering and stealing until we punish
them. II white man in this country COM
mits murder we hang HIM; IL he steals
horses, we put him in the penitentiary. Ii
an Indian commits these crimes, we give
him better fare and more blankets. / think
may, with reason, say that under this policy
the civilization of the wild red man will pro-
gress slowly"
The official trial OF the road steamer on the
Erie Canal was made on the 18th, In the
presence Of the Canal Commissioners, and
is said to have proved a complete success.
The engine drew three loaded boats at double
the speed of boats drawn by horses.
Commodore Vanderbilt's brother-in-law,
Robert L. Crawford has been indicted for
assault with intent to kill Detective Hender-
son, few weeks ago.
The Boston Commonwealth says Of the Ju-
bilee Counting the guarantee fund at its
full value, 500, 900, and estimating the Coils
cum at from So, 900 to $4,000, there are as
sets as the result OF the late festival Of some
$50, 600. The receipts from admissions
amounted to about $3.50, 900, and the expen-
ses to from $3.50, 600 to 5000, 600"
Hon. s. L. Bryan is the Democratic can
didate for Congress in the Sixteenth Illinois
District, and Hon. Robert NJ. Knapp in the
Eleventh District.
Governor Palmer has been chosen General
Chairman of the Illinois Democratic and
Liberal Republican Executive Committees.
Recent dispatches from Huntsville, Ala,
state that the rains in that section had done
much damage to crops The cotton lands
were flooded.
The Imperial German Band have been
giving concerts in Baltimore. They met with
an enthusiastic reception, and their enter
tainments we're largely attended.
The War Department at Washington has
details of the massacre of the Lee family, on
Clear Fork, sixteen miles below Fort Griffin,
Texas. "The father, mother, and little
girl eight years of age, were killed by arrows.
These were scalped, and the bodies left with
the arrows sticking in them. Mrs. Lees
ears we're cut off. Cordella, aged fifteen,
Susannah, aged seventeen, and John Lee,
aged sixteen, are prisoners. The commander
Of the post at Fort Griffin sent scouting par
ties after the Indians, but there was
great delay in their starting, owing to o
food in the river, and there was but small
hopes OF overtaking the murderers. Gen
eral Augur fears that more extensive opera
| tions will have to be taken against these
| Indians before they will remain peaceable
With Mexico on one side and the reserva
tions on the other, as places of refuge and
security for themselves and their plunder
the present defensive system will not effect
much"
At the conclusion of the argument in thu
Tweed Connolly cases on the 18th, the cour
adjourned until September next, when thu
decision will be rendered.
| A call has been issued for the New Yorl
State Republican Convention, to meet il
Utica, August 2, to nominate State officers
Representatives at Large in Congress an(
Presidential Electors.
The stage between Dallas and Canon City
Oregon, was robbed by three highwaymen
on the nth. Twelve to fifteen thousand dol
lars were taken from the mails.
Major w. Z. Nelson, Of Macon County, i
the Democratic candidate for Congress from
the Eleventh Illinois District.
Hon. VIM. Lawrence has been nominate'
as the Republican candidate for Congress
from the Eighth Ohio District.
Hon. D. w. Voorhees, has been re-nom
mated for Congress by the Democracy of tn
Sixth Indiana District.
The stocks of provisions on hand in Chica
go on the 18th were estimated at 100000 bar
rels of pork, 5000 tierces of lard, $4,000
pounds of shoulders, 100000 pounds o
short-rib middles, $4,000 pounds of shor
clear middles, and 1000 tierces of sweet
picked hams.
Late heavy rains at Wheeling, W. Va
caused an immense amount of damage, wash
ing away streets, undermining railroa
tracks, and flooding the Easements.