Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-06-05
The South.

threatened in Mississippi county, Ark.
King Cholera is in New Orleans.
The Kickapoo Indians of Texas, who have
been stealing cattle and committing other
depredations, have been attacked by Col.
Mackenzie and badly whipped. Nineteen In
dams were killed, two wounded, a chief and
forty-one women and children captured, we
villages destroyed, and several hundred horses
recovered. Our loss was three wounded.
The Brownsville CTexas) Sentinel states that
within one month over 900 cattle have been
stolen and driven across the Rio Grande by
Mexican thieves, within a radius of sixty
miles of that place. . Frank Dennis, of Mem
phis, killed his laughter, aged 16, because she
persisted in a life of shame. 1t is said the
Congressional excursionists returned from the
mouth of the Mississippi fayorably impressed
with the feasibility of the Fort st. Philip
canal scheme, and that nearly all of them
stand pledged to support it. The cost will be
between Sc, 900, 900 and 81, 200, 900. Father
De Smet, the famous Jesuit missionary among
the Indians, died recently III st. LOUIS, aged
To-. Columbus O'Donnel, one of Baltimore's
wealthiest citizens, is dead
COL DE BLANC and others engaged in re-
sisting the Kellogg Government in st. Mar
tinsyille parish, La, have been tried at New
Orleans on the charge of conspiracy, or Ku-
Kluxism, and acquitted.
TRACK-LAYING on the Memphis aud Paducah
railroad is being pushed forward at the rate of
a mile per day. IA large number of convicts
from the Texas Penitentiary are at work on
the Texas and Pacific railroad.
Washington.
DoRMAN 3. EATON has been elected President
of the Civil Service Commission In accord
ance with an act of the T~hirty-ninth Congress-,
Associate Justice Clifford, of the Supreme
Court, will act as. Chief Justice till the Presi-
dent fills the vacancy.
nxrp Of DookoI oarIo 1,aaripv oh1eana
matter having been sent to the Postoffice De-
partment from different points, theP Postmaster
General desires it to be generally known that
under the laws of the United States the writers
of such matter on postal cards are subject to
a fine of not less than 800 nor more than
So, 900 for each and every offense. IA Wash
ington correspondent says the President gives
signs of being very weary, and the intensely
hot weather, following closely upon the heels
of an unusually cold spring, has completely
demoralized him physically. To add to the
discomforts of the Presidents life in WASH
ington, the White House is tumbling down
over his head, and Gen. Babcock hardly has
money enough to keep it in repair. Their
is $75, O00, 900 in coin in the vaults of the
easury. ...At the consultation between the
Cabinet and Civil Service Board a large num-
Der of amendments and notifications of the
civil service rules were suggested, and will be
acted upon by the Board
The President denies the story that Col
Mckenzie received orders to cross the Rio
Grande in pursuit of cattle thieves, though he
does not apprehend any trouble on account of
McKenZie's action.
THE Mexican annexation story which was
recently started on its rounds has no founda-
ton whatever. . Fred. Grant will accompany
Gen. Stanley on his W expedition.
No civilians or correspondents will be allowed
with the expedition.
Foreign.
THE Carlists under Don Alfonso recently
captured the town of Sanahiya, after a stub
born resistance, and put sixteen of the garri-
son to death after ~surrendering. -. Cholera
has appeared at East Posen, Germany.
II Spain, a proclamation has been issued by
Gen. Velarde calling upon all males over IA
years of age to join the Republican army.
1t is claimed that a conspiracy to kill President
Theirs has been discovered in Paris. t
London Lancet publishes q detailed statement
of the malady of the Pope, which it says is
worse than has been officially stated. .Th
palace of the Mikado of Japan, at Yeddo, has
been destroyed by fire =. The Shah of Persia
has reached Petersburg, where he was grandly
received. . The Khedive of Egypt is in Con-
stantinople. Fffty-nine lives were lost by
the Nova Scotia coal mime explosion.
DURING the debate on the Interpolation in
the French Assembly, the other day, a scene
of excitement and confusion rarely equaled in
that bol6terous body enSued when liners
mount the tribunal to speak. The veneer
able President endeayored in vain to make
himself heard, but his voice was drowned in
the uproar, and he was finally compelled to
desist The Sultan of Turkey has sent to
the Dutch Government his protest against
the war in Atcheen.
THE Carlists deny the report that they had
massacred Republican soldiers after surrender.
-. The following is a resume of the proceed
ings in the French Assembly eliminating in
the resignation of President Theirs Theirs
addressed the Assembly, urging the definite
establishment of the Republic. After an en-
ergetic speech by Casimir Periere, Minister of
the Interior, the Assembly rejected, by a vote
of 362 against 34S, the simple order of the day
proceeding from the;Left and supported by the
Government: An order Of the day proposed
of government was not under discussion, and
regretting that the reconstruction of the
Ministry did not afford conservative guarantees,
was then adopted by a vote of $50 against 344.
The result of the vote caused intense ex-
element, and the streets we're crowded with
people. The Assembly took a recess until 8
in the evening. Upon r~eassembling, a mes
sage was presented from President Thiers. an
~nouncing that he delivers back to the Assembly
the high functions which had been conferred
upon him. The reading of the message pro-
duced a profound sensation In the hambe
A motion n to proceed to the election of a sue
cessor caused a terrific uproar. A motion that
the resignation be not accepted was rejected
OOO " OOJ. 1n0 -Io6lSuhb1OA VI u a
then formally accepted. A vote was then
taken, which resulted in the elected of Marshal
MacMahon, who received 800 votes. The Dep-
uties of the left abstained from voting. A
committee then waitedupon the new ruler, and
notified him of his election. He sent COM
munication to the Assembly accepting the
Office in the following terms: 81 will obey the
will of the Assembly, the depository of the
national sovereignty. 1t is a heavy RESPONSE
bility, but with Gods aid and the devotion of
the army / will continue the work of liber-
ating the territory and restoring order, and
will maintain tranquility and the principles on
which society rests. To this L pledge my word
az an honest man and a soldier. ~. 1t is said
the Russian Government has assented to the
proposition of De Lesseps for the construc-
ton of a railroad across Central Asia from st.
Petersburg, connecting with the English rail-
ways of India. business in Montevideo,
South America, is suspended on account of
the yellow fever.
E-x-PREsIDENT THEIRS has resumed his seat
in the Assembly. 1t is said the party of the
Left has decided upon a policy of %constitu-
tional opposition to. the new Government.
President MacMahon, i'll a message to the AS
sembly, says "The National Assembly had
two great tasks the liberation of the territory
and the restoration of order. The first was
ably conducted by my predecessor, with heroic
patience The country and I rely ON you to
accomplish the other. 1 shall follow the
fOreion DOIicv of nv nretiecaaSOr wish for