Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-10-30


THE steamer Mary E. Poe, from St Louis
to New Orleans, was burned on the Mississippi
river, near Osceola, Ark, on the 18th of Octo-
Der. Six or eight lives were lost The Old
School Presbyterian Synod of Missouri has
decided, by q vote of 48 to 33, to reunite with
the Southern General Assembly
The South Carolina Legislature mot in extra
session last week. Gov. Moses sent in q
debt at S15, 027. sos, and the floating debt al
$5, 306, 1877. The Governor urges the Legisla-
ture to increase the rate of taxation. q. It il
stated as a singular fact that not a single
printer died in Memphis during the prevalence
of the yellow fever epidemic.
washington.
MARTIN F. CONWAY, who attempted to assas-
sinate Pomeroy, has been bailed. Conway,
it is said, has been for some time a slave to
opium, and it is generally conceded that he was
temporarily insane when he assaulted Pome-
roy.s.-A very singular phenomenon was pre-
scented by the result of the election in Wash
ington, last week. One of the questions in
volved in the contest was that of mixed
schools. In q city where the majority of the
voters were colored, one would expect that the
decision of this issue would be in the afirma-
tive ; but the contrary was the fact. It is even
true that where q colored man who was in
favor of mixed schools ran against q white
man, the latter was elected in almost every in
stance
The Secretary of War has issued, by direc-
ton of the President, q general order, holding
apart a tract of land within the military reser-
Walton at Fort Mcpherson, Neb., to be used as
a NATIONAL ,cemetary....The last.issue OF the
postal cards show q marked improvement In
the paper, finish, and printing. The daily
orders are very large, amounting to from $780,
1 nnn - NJ mn mn . 1@- H. E-n1 nAaaa1 II.
his examination by the Secretary of the Navy
detailed infinitely the symptoms Of Capt. Halls
illness, and said he had no doubt whatever
| that he died q natural death. Sir Edward
| Thornton the British Minister at Washington,
viii oficiate as umpire for the Mixed Commits
sion to settle the claims between the United
States and Mexico.
THE Department of Agriculture reports that
the condition of the cotton crop has fallen of
from SO to 7S4 since the first week in Septem-
Der. The season must be of average length,
and comparatively favorable for picking, to in
sure q crop equal to that of last year.
"A WASHINGTON correspondent says Senator
| Carpenters friends are confident that he will
make q successful defense Of the Long Branch
| scandal in which his name has been so promi-
| nent....I 1t is stated that the Treasury Depart
ment viii take no action with regard to the
redistribution clause of the act of 1870, but
viii wait for Congress to consider the ques-
IC1OH, W0lCn involves In0 W1LnQraWal OF 800
000, 900 national bank currency from the East
ern banks and it's transfer to Western and
Southern banks, in order to equalize the
capital of the country. The testimony taken
establishes the fact that Capt. Hall died of
paralysis. The whole party, according to the
evidence, partook of the same coffee of which
Capt. Hall drank, and without feeling any i'll
effects from it.
A W-AsHINaroN dispatch states that the
m..zz- - -. -o,I;,~ roE onI We
possible effort to prevent 8 further encroach-
ment upon the legal-tender reserve of S44,-
DOC, 900, but has gone farther, and actually re-
stored the smount which it has taken from
that source i. /. It is announced bya Washing
ton correspondent that q bill has been pre-
pared by Minnesota gentlemen for presenta-
ton early the coming session. providing for
the United States gearanteeing the interest on
the bonds of the Northern Pacific railway.
THE examination of the Polaris survivors
by the Secretary of the Navy has been con-
cluded. It has resulted in a complete exonera
ton of all officers upon whom suspicion rested
as to Capt. Halls death, all the evidence tend
ing to show that his death was from natural
causes.
Foreign.
THE Bazaine trial increases in interest as it
progresses. a stronger case is being made
out against the Marshal than was believed
possible, and IL Is SAID ne ana MS IIlcnus are
growing less confident in tone and manner
....A Paris dispatch states that since the late
elections many wayering Deputies have de-
clared in favor of the Republic. -. Adyices
from Pekin state that thirty-seyen Chinese
villages were recently swept away by the over
flow of the river Yang-Tino, causing an I'M
mense destruction of human and animal life.
-INrELL1eENoE has reached New York that
the Cuban insurgents have captured and
sacked the town of Santa Cruz del Sur. The
most important result of this victory is the
capture of 900 rifles and go, 900 cartridges....
been fined 200 francs each for lighting q duel.
THE sale of the Steele has been forbidden
in the streets. of Paris. :
A TELEGRAM from Paris announces that the
Monarchical parties have come to an absolute
agreement; that Chambord has made con-
cessions which. are satisfactory to the Liberal
Monarchists, and the following will be sub
mitted at the opening of the Assembly: The
proclamation Of q hereditary constitutional
manarchy, the King promising liberty of con-
science and equality before the law as the
right of all.
A DISPATCH, reporting the agreement be-
tween the Count de Chambord and the mon
archical party, in the French Assembly, gives
the following additional points Of the pro-
gramme TO be proclaimed at the opening of
the session The eligibility of all persons to
civil employment un1feISat Suffrage the
reasonable liberty of the press, and the tri-
color to be maintained as the flag of France,
John Bright has been reelected to the
British Parliament without opposition. :.
Private advices from the French settlement of
st. Pierre give information of the ASSESSING
ton of Mons. de We're, the first Bishop of that
diocese The. Bishop was murdered in the
sacristy of the chapel of st. Jean de Dieu,
having been stabbed in the heart and lungs
while at prayer. A cousin of the murdered
prelate is accused OF the awful crime.
Ten persons were recently killed. in
Valparaiso, South America, by q falling
wall, during the progress of a fire..
King William and Prince Bismarck have been
visiting Franz Joseph of Austria. "a Paris
dispatch states Il at the Republicans are
working with great activity and energy to
counteract the deeignsf of the M~onarchists.
Theirs speaks confidently of the result Two
of thei nsurgent vessels at Cartagena recently
came into collision, and one of them was sunk
and the whole crew lost The wife of Pere
Hyacinthe has given birth to a son.
THE Dutch have sent out another expedition
to make a second attempt to overcome the
Atchinese- The army consists of 5000 men,
and is well provided with war steamers and
rtillery....T The Intransigente feet has escaped
from the harbor of Cartenga, and, at last ac-
counts, in the harboI of Valencia, one of the
wealthiest and largest commercial cities of
Spain. The commander of the fleet de-