Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-04-24

that, Notwithstanding the Modoc massacre,
the peace policy towards the Indians will be
continued. d. Gen. Jefferson G. Davis has been
directed to assume the command made vacant
by the death eff Gen. Canby.---.The following
is the dispatch sent by Gen. Sherman to Gen.
Gillem, Commanding the troops operating
against the Modocs: "Your dispatch announc-
ing the terrible loss to the country of Gen.
Indians has been shown to the President, who
authorizes me to instruct you to make the at
tack SO strong and persistent that their fate
may be commensurate with their crime. You
will be fully justified in their utter extermi-
nation" -. The President has issued an order
disseminating the land offices at Council Bluffs
and Fort Dodge, Iowa, and the land districts
of the same name, and transferring their
archives and business to the Des Moines dis
trict.
FROM fifteen to twenty-five tons of free mat
ter leaves the Washington Postofice for the
States daily. George H. Stuart, of the Board
of Peace Commissioners, says that the muir
derers of Gen. Candy and his party will be
properly punished, but that the act of Capt.
Jack will not alter the policy of the Board.
Foreign.
DEVELOPMENTS made in the Bank of England
forgery case conclusively establish the fact
that the forgeries were committed by Austin
Bidwell, George Mcdonnell, George BidweI,
and Noyes, the alleged clerk of the parties.
The two latter are now in Newgate, awaiting
trial. =. Great distress for want of food is re-
ported in the islands on the Irish coast off
Galway. IA desperate fight is reported in
Olonne, France, in the department of Stendee,
between two companies of s%trolling actors.
Nine were killed and several injured. -. Paris
letters say that of the 20, 600, 900 francs sub
scribed in France for the construction of the
imaginary Memphis and Ell Paso railroad, "
Is, 500. 900 francs were pocketed by those who
we're engineering the scheme. TIL Captain
General of Cuba has, ordered O'Kelley, the
Herald correspondent, to be sent to Santiago
for trial.
THE Carlists have been repulsed from PUG
cerda, leaving 300 dead and wounded on the field
The Republican loss was SMALL. -. France has
Just paid to Germany an additional fifty mil
ions francs on account of the war indemnity.
IA building in Rome was recently destroyed
by lightning, and 40 persons buried in the
ruins, 5 of whom were killed and II wounded.
. Turkey is about to negotiate a loan of
$3.50, 600, 900, the larger portion of which Will
be devoted to the Construction of new rail-
ways. Three international leaders have been
tried at Copenhagen and sentenced to terms of
six, five and four years imprisonment respect
ively Those provisions of the Treaty of
Washington which concerned Newfoundland
have been accepted by the Legislature of that
province.....A revolution has overturned the
Government of Panama, in Central America,
imprisoned its President, and gained control of
all the departments, without the loss of a life.
Pope Pho Mono is really very i'll. His
health has been Huctuating some time, and he
was recently thought to be recovering, but his
trouble has now taken a bad turn. He is very
old, and. like President Theirs, his position is
such that his death would create a commotion
altogether disproportionate to anything he has
done during life.
BIDwELL, one of the Bank of England
forgers, under arrest at Havana, has escaped.
"a dispatch from Rome dated the 18th says:
ssThe Pope, after suffering many hours of
great pain, is now in a lethargic state. His
physicians have forbidden the issue of bull
1etins, and the clerical papers have been
ordered to abstain from making reports. 1t is
feared the recovery of the Pope is impossible.
It is believed that his death will be kept secret
until the ~conclave has elected a successor, to
avoid the interference of Germany and Italy.
All the Cardinals save two are now at the
Vatican. There are 400 Papal troops inside,
and orders have been given to allow no one to
enter"
O'KELLY, the Herdld's Cuban correspondent,
has been released from prison.
News having an important bearing on the
future of the Khivan expedition has been re-
ceived at st. Petersbu1 gh. Internal dissen-
sions have broken out in Khiva- The reigning
Khan has executed his chief counselor, and
imprisoned his uncle and other influential Xiii
vans who we're enemies of Russia. He has
also released the Russians long held as prison
ers in Khiva, and sent them to meet the de-
tachment of the expedition which is advancing
from O~renburg.