Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-12-20

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labarger, of Ohio, and Taylor, Of Tennes-
see.
The latest intelligence received from the
Russian American telegraph expedition
shows that only three hun lred miles of the
route remain to be explored.
Adviccs.from Raleigh, North Carolina,
state that the Regulators, band of recon
structed rebel cut-throats, are prosecuting
nortbeners and negroes, and that numbers
are shot and hung daily.
4 LOndonplper says that the basis of the
agreement between France and the United
States relative TO Mexico is, that certain
tracts of land shall be left open to French
colonization. and that arrangements for
payment by France to Mexican bondhold-
shall remain intact.
A Washington dispatch says that ii is re-
offered a pardon, If he will make full con-
fessiOn of all he knows of the assassination
plot. Those who are acquainted with him
are of the opinion that he has not the STAN
ina to resist such an offer.
The individual who gave the information
that led TO Surratt's apprehension in Rome,
il a French Canadian named st. Marie,
who was moved to the step by jealousy.
He says that Surratt made revelations to
him going TO show that the assassination
was planned by, and executed by the dircc-
tons and orders of, the rebel Cabinet.
A bill was reported yesterday by the
House Committee on the Judiciary, repeal
ing the act of I799, which limits prosecu-
Al.
the date of the commission of the crime.
The proposition is said to have created
quite q sensation, and it is said that it will
be strongly opposed by members ofail par
ties as an or post facto law.
The Second Auditor his issued uircu-
lar stating that from twenty To thirty thOaS-
and claims for additional bounty are re-
ceived every month; that many contain in
accuracies. and that many applications re-
quire answers; bat that in no case will re-
plies be given until the claims have passed
through the hands of the examiners, when
the necessary replies will be at once for
warded
The report ofthe Second Auditor shows
that during the last fiscal yOar 81 300 ac-
counts have been settled, to the amount o
Sl77. $50, l34. There was audited for the
pay department $llO ,207,7ls; Indiana af.
fairs. S2S.SI2 -; Ordnance Bureau. SSS.-
025 53; Medical Hospital warrants, Sl7,-
337.+S9; arrears OF pay, bounty. &c. Si6,-
1921; collecting, drilling and or 5anizing
volunteers. 81, 800 -; pay of boanticS oil
soldiers, ?l04,292 IL. TIE settlement.
have been larger than for any previous
year.
1t is reported that George III. Pcndleton
has declared for The universal suffrage plat
form of the Chicago Times.
Herschcl V. Johnson was elected United
States Senator BY the Georgia legislature
on the l2th on the first ballot.
The shipments of gold from Denver fol
the week ending December 18th, were clever
hundred and seventy -nire ounces, an in.
crease of seven;y-twO ounces over the pre-
yiOus week
The overwhelming vote in the Senate
Thursday in favor of taking up the bill fol-
The admission into the onion of Ne
braska territory is conceived as settling tho
question of the admission of that territory
into the Union.
Destitution at Chattanooga is So wide
spread that it is proposed To open sour
house, at which sach poor as are unable t.
work. AMI such as are unable to obtain en-
ployment, can receive a wholesome mea
per day.
Wendell Philips is in favor of Fred
Douglas for United States Senator in place
of Ira Harris. Philips objects TO Greedy
on account of his notorious weakness and
cOwarlice, his periodical attacks of com
promise.
1t has trLnSpired that the Government
has pending in England and France suits
amounting 30 about S2u,0O0 for the rccov-
cry OF Confederate property claimed by
other parties, and the House THURSDAY
granted the State Department a considcra-
BILE sun of money with which to prosecute
these suits 10 a conclusion.
\ petition, fifty-two feet long. contain
ing the names of nearly all the prominen
citizens of New Mexico. has been forward
/ ed to Washington, PRAYING for an increase
ofthe military force in the territory as alb
solutely necessary To protect the lives anC
property of the people against the Indians
who are plundering and numbering will
impunity.
Mr. Stephens bill for the establishment
of civil government in North Carolina, vii
probably be adopted
The Treasury on Saturday held So, 900,
| 600 00in gold, of which S2?.G0o, 900 90 i:
in gold certificates.
The receipts from internal revenue OF
Saturday were SiS7,SJ7 90: for the fisca
year TO the 10th inst, S25S, 7OO,936 90.
Ii is considered certain that the IIous,
Committee on Ways and Means will recon-
mend some kind of legislation requirin.
the Secretary of the Treasury to sell tn,
gold reserve OF the Government in opel
market.
The estimated value of flour and whoa
exported from San Francisco the presen
year is S;,5O0,0cO in gold.
The nirth section of the Union Pacifi,
| railway has been finished which brings TIT
work up to point three hundred and fiv,
miles west of the Omaha.
The Disbursement last week on accoun
of the War. Navy and Interior Depart
ments were as follows: War, 30o.2 43 30
Navy, S293,cO00O; Interior, $l?7, 500 20