Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1872-07-25

City, Oregon, was robbed by h~ighwaymen,
July II, who secured some SIS 900.
The South.
ADy1cEs from Pope county, Ark, the scene
of the recent disturbances, state that Gov.
Hadley had gone there to investigate the
outrages. The militia were in arms, pressing
horses and ammunition from the people.
on the evening of July Is, some boys
whe were bathing in the river at Memphis
were fred upon by a Waterman named
Sturgeon, the weapon being a musket
charged with slugs. Three of the missiles
entered the head of a little boy named
Johnny Murphy, producing instant death.
The murderous watchman, frightened at
his bloody work, Immediately jumped into
a skif and made his escape down the river.
THE caterpillers and boll-worms are play
ing havoc with the Alabama cotton fields.
A freshet in the Alabama river and tribu-
taries recently destroyed over $1,000 900
worth of cotton and corn crops.....Judge
Linton Stephens (brother of Alexander II.
S~tephens), for many years prominent In the
politics of Georgia, is dead.
TEE first bale of cotton of the season was
received at Galveston, Texas, July 16, and
sold for 90 cents q pound, geld.
TIE W-r Department at Washington has
details of the massacre of the Lee family at
Clearford, sixteen miles below Fort Griffin,
Texas. The father, mother, and q little girl
eight years of age, were killed by arrows,
then scalped, and the bodies left with the
arrows sticking in them. Cordelia, aged 10,
S~usannah, aged II, and John Lee, aged 16,
were taken prisoners. Gen. A1ugur fears that
more extensive operations will have to be
taken against these Indians before they
win remain p~eaceable. Gen. Sheridan, in 6
communication to the War Department,
says: "W can never stop the wild Indians
from numbering and stealing until we pun
ish them. If q white man in this country
commits murder, we hang him; if he steals
horses, we put him in the pe~nitentiary. If
an Indian commits these crimes, we give
him better fare and more blankets. I think
I may with reason say that under this policy
the civilization of the wild red man will
progress slowly"
Washington.
The Secretary of State has referred all the
papers relative to the seizure of the Cuban
privateer Pioneer, at Newport, to the At
torney General. Meanwhile the Pioneer
remains under cover of the guns of the
steamer Moccasin......A rumor is current at
the capital that the President will shortly
pardon a large number of the loss obnoxious
members of the Ku-Klux organization con-
fined in the Albany Penitentiary..".The
German Government has notified this Gov
eminent that it has adopted a metrical sys-
tenn of which the unit of value is one mark
value in United States gold % cents.
In the last three years the receipts of the
Postofice Department have amounted to
SIT, s76, s46.sO. The loss by defalcations
during the same time foots up $95, 900, or
one~-twentieth of one per cent....Secretary
Fish is represented as being very much an
noyed by the publication of Catacazy's
49,.
The claims fled at the British American
Claims Commission exceed, it is stated,
$51, 200, 900. Of this amount it is estimated
that between one-fourth and one-fifth will
be allowed, or dollar for dollar the amount
that the Alabama claimants are likely to
realize.
The Secretary of the Treasury has ad-
vanced to the Collector of Customs at Chi
cago the sum of 81 100000 to pay for the site
selected for the new custom-house in hat
city.
Foreign.
LETTER from Nassau confirms the intel
ligence of the arrival of the crew of the
steamer Fannie, and says when the men
and cargo landed in Cuba, Ryan sent out
scouts and captured the only Spanish picket
post within nine miles,, The nine mon were
executed on reaching Ryan's camp.....A
man named O'Byrne has recovered ELS in a
suit against the Chief Secretary of Ireland,
for damages caused by an attack of the po-
, lice during the Phoenix riot in Dublin..-.
Another crisis is threatened in France on
the delicate and embarrassing question of
providing by taxation to meet the German
/, indemnity. The National Assembly was the
scene of an intensely bitter and exciting de-
!, bate, on July IL, on the proposition to in
, crease the tax on doors, windows and house
| hold furniture. Theirs accepted the pro-
: posal, remarking that the coup was bitter.
l lint II nrat ha drainad- with0rt hinchinO
to the dregs." The "Right' strenuously
opposed the measure, and demanded a more
conservative policy. The members of the
&c Left were equally demonstratiVe, and the
and excitement--...T The Arrangements paradef
l in Canada, on the 18th of July, were unusu-
ally large and very orderly.
CoNsIDERABrE excitement was created al
D Alexandria, Egypt, on the 18th of July, by
f q shooting affray, conducted in genuine
r American style, between Consul General
Butler and his Secretary. Wadleigh, on the
: one part, and three ex-Confederate officer
I (Loring, Reynolds and Campbell), now il
/ the K6edive's service, on the other. Sew.
, eral shots were exchanged, and Campbell
was Wounded There are conflicting ac-
counts as to the origin of the disgraceful af
> fair....Heavy thunder and rain storms pre-
? July, proving very destructive to the young
crops. Many persons were killed by light
, ning...The Cuban Gen. Ryan arrived 1 al
Key West on the 14th of July. He denie.
. that the Fanni troops were captured, AND
? says no cannon were landed.-..News of
4 very warlike nature comes from South
America. Brazil has refused to receive the
n Minister of the Argentine Republic, which
!. may be regarded as the last step before the
Inauguration of hostilities. Both Govern
ments are actively preparing for the threat
, ened conflict. IL
, The President of the French Republic en-
I tertained Gen. Sherman at dinner on the
D 18th of July...The members of the Genevs
. Board of Arbitration r~econvened on July
. 16. The session of the Beard will probably
!, last two months. It is said that a strong con.
l test will be made by the English agents