Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-02
Washington.

LIE b0pdTImeuL VI ASTlCulbuIo ICpOibo bhO
increase in the area of cotton planted over
that of last year at a little more than ten per
cent. The status of the crop is indicated by
the following averages in September: Vr-
ginia 90, North Carolina 95, South Carolina sc,
Georgia 80, Florida IS, Alabama IS, Missis-
sippi 80, Louisiana 80, Texas %, Arkansas 90,
Tennessee 90, Missouri Sc. In September,
1872, the average was: Virginia 81, North
Carolina 101. South Carolina 95, Georgia 96,
Florida go, Alabama SO, Mississippi 80, Louis
lana sc, Texas 81, Arkansas 70, Tennessee 81.
THE Secretary of the Treasury gives the
very gratifying assurance that the Govern
ment "does not lose a cent by the failure of
Jay Cooke & Co., with whom it has had ex-
tensive dealings during the past four years in
the sale of bonds, etc. Internal revenue re-
ceipts since the beginning of the present year
exceed those for the same period last year by
about 81, ZOO, 900.
Foreign.
Mr.. SToRNEs, the English traveller, who
lately arrived in Paris from Central Africa,
reports that he met DR.. Livingstone last
June, and parted with him on the LIST of July,
at which time the Doctor was in perfect health.
THE cholera is increasing in Paris. 1t is
also spreading through the provinces. MIR.
Gaines, iron merchant of Liverpool, in a letter
to the English press, admits that iron may be
profitably purchased in New York for shipment
to England, and says he is convinced that the
American trade is lost to England. The Earl
of Hardwicke is dead....A Washington CORE
SDOuQoH dSSeTD5 JHdU d I6Cclf6u
from a trustworthy source predicts the early
downfall of the Spanish Republic and the re-
establishment of monarchy.
Miss RYE has sailed from London for Mon
treal, having in charge another detachment of
w~orkingwomen, f~ifty-ive in number, for whom
she has secured employment in America.
Tn cholera is raging with great violence in
Hungary Roger Iichborne has been for
hidden by Chief-Justice Cockburn to make any
more public statements about his claims. He
has appealed to the courts, and must be con-
tent to await their decision. This curious
order has called forth a protest from the
claimant, who complains that to obey it will
lose him ,all the contributions which have
sustained him in his litigation.
CHOLERA prevails to an alarming extent in
Vienna. IA London dispatch says: At the
session of the Old Catholic Congress yester-
day, DR.. Walck, of Augsburg, made a bitter
attack on the French, accusing them of pro-
voking the late war and holding them respons-
ible for all its horrors. The speech caused a
painful sensation. Pere Hyaclnthe and other
French delegates were deeply offended and
withdrew from the Congress.
THE Elector of Hesse-Cassel has consented
to the annexation of his territory to Prussia.
Ia dispatch from Calcutta announces the
loss at sea of the ship Indus, coolie-laden, and
lis coolies persisted. 1t is said there are so,
900 members of the International Society in
Spain. . The Emperor of Morocco is lead.
The Count de Chambord has expressed a will
ingness to abdicate the French throne. DIR
August Nelaton, the eminent French surgeon,
is dead. The Government of Spain has de-
cided, Immediately after the propagation OF
the Cortes, to declare Spain to be in a state OF
siege.
THE situation of the Carlists in the north OF
Spain is pronounced critical. - aribaldi, pro,
fessional patriot, tenders his sword to the
Republic of Spain. CASTELAR, thanks him fol-
his offer. but declares that Spain needs no as
sistance. -. Chief-Justice Cockburn has fined
the editor of the Cheltenham Chronicle e75C
for publishing criticisms on his conduct CT
the trial of the Tichborne claimant. Gen,
Won Manteuffel, who was Commander-in-Chiet
of the German Army of Occupation in France,
wife of Prince Bismarck is dead....It is
stated that the Bank of England holds
$500. 900 of Jay Cooke & Co.'S acceptances.
and that the Rothschilds have $1OO,OO of the
same paper.
The revolution in San Domingo against
President Baez has every prospect of a sue
cessful issue. The war cry of the revolution
lists is Down with the SANTANA Bay Conven-
ton and Baez."... Spain has borrowed 100,
600, 600 francs from France....Th Shah has
arrived safely home.
Political.
THE farmers of Tennessee, in State conven-
ton at Nashville, have voted to eschew poll
tics. 80. The Prohibitionists of New York have
nominated a full ticket for State offices.
General.
THE transportation Committee of the United
States Senate visited Montreal last week, to
have a talk with the leading Canadians con
corning the Improvement OF water routes.
They were well received and Hospitality enter
tanned.
A LoNpos telegram of the 18th says: The
whaling steamer Arctic, for Dundee, passed
Peterhead last night, with the crew of the Po-
iaris, who had been transferred from the
whAIer Rayenscraig, which rescued them from
/ L@-Ha ,r~ ~ glff1 ~ 1nIu tUantU mI1na SnT1fh
sof Cape York. The Society of the Army of
THE Cumberland closed its session at Pitts
6mTgh. on the 18th inst. They adjourned to
meet at Columbus, o, Oh the 18th and 18th OF
| September next. The contract for the Thomas
monument was not awarded, as all the models
were found glaringiy defective. The society
IS in a h~ourishiEG condition, having over Sl,OOu
IN it's treasury.
GEN. SHERIDAN has been elected President
of the Society of the Army of the Cumber-
land.
The safe arrival of Capt. Burlington and
party at Dundee, Scotland, hes been fully
confirmed. After separation from Tyson and
his companions the Polar1s was abandoned in
a sinking condition by Capt. Buddington and
the remainder of the expedition. They passed
an uneventful winter in Lone Boat Cove, in
timber houses covered with sails. In the
spring two boats were built of thin pine
boards, taken from the cabin of the Polaris.
In these the whole party embarked as soon as
the ice opened, and sailed southwark. On the
Sd of June they sighted Cape York, and on
tn. 22d of the same month were picked up by
the British bark Ravenscraig. The rescued
party say that Capt. Hall enjoyed the conf
dence of every one, and his death, which was
unexpected, was deplored by all on board the
Polsris. The Grand Lodge of I. o. of OF.
of the United States held their annual session
at Baltimore, recently. The next communica-
ton will be held at Atlanta. Ga....A National
| Live Stock Dealers Association was recently
organized at Kansas City, Mo-, and was large
ly attended by prominent Western cathedral
ers. John r. Alexander, of Illinois, was
| elected President.
Jay Cooke and the Freedmen's Banks.
The Bankers Almanac for 1873 gives
in it's list of banks and bankers of the
United States at the close of 1872 the
name of the New York correspondent of
each banking institution. Conspicuous
among those institutions, of which Jay
Cooke & Co.. were the New York CORE
spondents, are the F~reedmen's Saving
and Trust Companies, organized all
through the late slaveholding States.
This class of institutions seem to have
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