Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1866-12-06
NEWS ITEMS.


Mexico was alive with preparation for at
tacks upon Durango and San Louis Potosi.
The Imperialists are everywhere acting on
the defensive, as 1t is believed they have
barely force enough to hold open their
line of communication between the City OF
Mexico and Vera Cruz until their final de-
parture.
The number of British regular troops in
Canada is placed at fourteen thousand.
The Montana Territorial Legislature
convened on the fifth instant.
Admiral Dahlgrcn will soon leave Wash
ingtOn, to assume command OF the South
Pacific Squadron.
The total amount of the specific appro
priations of the late session of Congress
was ! l55, ,sSI, PSI Is.
Secretary McCulloch has completed his
financial report, and it is now going
through the press.
The postal service i'm the eleven seeded
States, which never paid expenses before
the war has netted over two hundred thOus.
and dollars profit during the past year.
\ Washington dispatch SAYS that the
friends of General George II. Esley have
united to press him for the position of the
United States Marshal for the Northern
District OF Ohio.
It's said there are less than fifteen thous-
and troops in The Dep trtment of Washing
ton, which includes the District of Colum-
bia. Maryland. Delaware and West Nir-
ginia.
The vote in Maryland for Comptroller.
from official and unofficial returns foot up
up a follows: Seward. Democrat. -. 7j1;
Brace. Republican. - .S6l; Stewards ma
io .ity. I2.S9G. Townsend, an independent
candidate received about 600.
The HARMONY Fire and Marine Insur
ance Company of New York. is about To
20 into liquidation. with assets amounting
10 $500. .O0O, which il is thought sufficient
to meet all its liabilities.
Tie Presidents organ gives notice ID
Off e hunters that H. is too busily eng god
in the preparation of Ii message TO listcl to
the opportunities and solicitations ofoiice-
seekers. who are accordin gly referred to
the heads of the different department..
The amount of gold and certificates in
ihc National Treasury is about $ioo,0oo.
OuO.
Hon Cave Johnson. Postmaster Gener-
al of the United States under James n.
Polk, did AT ClarkSville. Tennessee, on the
2'i,h. aged seventy-tw0 years.
The Commissioner OF Pensions has re-
ccivcd two hundred and ninety thousand
applications far an mere ,se of pensions
Gnd r the act passed las: ssiOn.
\ Joint stock company has been formed
in Cleaveland, with q capital OF S2O0,000,
to cree, new Opera house in that city.
with seating capacity for an audience of
i,s00 or 2,0oo persons.
/ The Suspension bridge over the Ohio
river at Cincinnati will be opened to pedes-
/ irians on next Saturday: II Is said to be
/ the longest single span bridge in the world.
being Los. feet in lengh, and has been
erected III cost or : ,,0o),000.
George Washington, a nephew of the
great Washington, died suddenly Il few
days ago al Wilmington. Ohio. while at
tending To a case IN court. The remains
have been taken 10 Prince William coun-
I ", Virginia, for intcrmcnt.
The telegraph line between Salt Lake
ted and plt in operation on the Sd of No
vcmbcr. The first message sent over the
| line was a con rratulatory one from Cover
nor Smith 10 the President.
/ The applicants for the Cleveland Posi
/ Office, and the campaign for the Internal
/ Revenue Bureau, continue to he the chief
! torments OF the President. lie says the
( Clcv, lanl concern has given him more
trouble than any other office in the West.
The receipts Of flour a, the por; of New
/ York during past two weeks were lj0.;-,7
barrels against 7j,7OO during the CORES
ponding period in iSG5. Yet in tie face
of doubling OF the supply, prices are far
higher than they were then.
Large numbers or Immigrants are pour
ing into the interior Of Texas, the majority
OF whom are from Arkansas and Missouri.
The influx has caused buildings to become
very scarce. AMI in some counties il is said
to be impossible TO get out lumber fast
enough TO provide shelter for the new
cOmers.
! The 'eX-Rebel General Edward s. John
son, who has recently been pardoned nv
the President. yesterday presented his
check at the Treasury in Wssshincton for
about $500, the balance due him for seryi-
ccs a. Major in the army of the United
States, previous To- turning traitor The
1 Treasurer declined 30 honor the check of
the unconSciOnable traitor
The Washington Star warns people at a
distance not TO come To that city for en-
plOyment. 1t says that it has never known
- many persons out of employment in
Washington. \ large portion of tie float
Ing population brought there by the war
sill lingcr af.er the demand for their labor
has ceased. and iOstle each other for p livcli-
hood in all the trades, in a fierce contest for
the smallest Government office. There are
some thirty thousand colorcd people. con
trabands, &c, seeking employment, OF
whom IL is safe to say that twenty .hOus-
and viii not average days work in a
week during the coming winter The
poOr-house is already overflowing and un-
able to afford shelter for the swarms of
vagraiits and houseless ones upon the
streets.
! By THElC lCABikLThe British Govern
meDt has voluntarily reopened the case OF
the claims ofthe United States FOR indem
nifcation ON account of the losses by the
privateer Alabama The Feniin froub-
les IN Ireland have assumed forInj 1alIe pro-
portions, and ii was believed IN London
ON the 9th ultinio, that a serious outbreak
had occurred. British troops are being
hurried to the scene. James Stephens Is
believed to be in Ireland. The London
Globe hats that serious trouble with the
United States is at the bottom fthe diff
Guilty 49,. The British Government has per-
emptorily refused the use of the public
parks for reform demonstrations. is
the settled conviction i'm Court circles in
Paris that the Mexican Empire is at an end.
and that Macmillan will shortly arrive
there In. til. london, market YESTERDAY
Five-Twenties were, al the close, quoted
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