Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-11-28
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summons issued last summer. He was &C
companied by counsel. The Committed
stated in the House, in July last, that they
had tried for long time to find him, and
that when found he had declined to obey
their order. Baker says he understood he
was not wanted unless o certain woman
could also be found; and as he, after three
weeks search, failed to find her, he sup
posed himself released from the summons
and therefore did not appear. He made .
short explanation to the committee thil
morning, but his case was not finished
He hopes to he let off OIL. payment of costs
General Grant, in his report, estimate!
the expenses of the War Department, FOL
the next fiscal year, at seventy millions O
dollars; and shows that there has been i'm
portah; retrenchments. He states tina
General Sherman is of the opinion tina
peace with the Indians is firmly establish
ed. General Grant is silent regarding tn,
continuance of the Fieedmen's Bureau af
ter it expires by law next summer, but en-
dorses all the military commanders who
are enforcing the Reconstruction act.
Miss Anna Z. Dickinson is out in care
denying that she is either about to be mar
ried or is going on the stage. She has nc
intention of taking either step, as there i.
no necessity for it. she says.
Thad. Stevens has promised his aid tc
Mr.. Seward in getting an appropriation
though the House to buy the Island of St
Thomas, if what remains of ii is not blown
away before the bargain can be consum.
mated.
Speaker Colfax gives assurances that he
will reorganize the House committees with
sole reference TO ne fitness of members fol
the required duty, instead of consulting
sectional preferences or the claims of pre-.
ferences or the claims of precedence of oil
members.
General Grant gives strong denial to
Hillyer's assertion that Grant recently de-
clared this "a white mans Government"
Apparently it is what some Copperheads
wish him to say, bat 1t will not stick.
A State Temperance Convention ha,
been called by the Indiana State Central
Committee, to meet in Indianapolis on the
18th day of Dec, for the purpose of form
ing Estate Temperance Alliance" and 10
adopt such other measures as the state Of
the cause may demand.
The Grand jury Of ST. Paul have indicat-
ed four Democratic Aldermen for fraudu-
lently adding names to the register list al
the recent election.
Dispatches received give Marshall, Re-
publican candidate for Governor of Mime
sofa, $780, majority. The majority agains,
negro suffrage is l,2is.
1t is thought Cincinnati will be selected
as the place of meeting for the National
Republican Convention, which will proba-
bly, be called to meet in Nay.
General Grant will soon submit to Con-
gross plan for introducing military in
struction into colleges in the various States.
Dispatches have been received in Lon
don containing the gratifying intelligence
of the safety of DR.. Livingston, the cele-
brated African explorer. lie is known to
have been safe and we'll April last, and was
then exploring wastes of Africa, hundreds
OF miles from the sea coast.
General Mower has removed Lieutenant
Governor Voorhees, and the remainder Of
the Louisiana State officers, sud appointed
loyal men in their places. He reports
them to be impediments in the way of re.
construction.
Hon. Thomas n. Silllwell, of Indiana
minister to Venezuela, sails to-day for St
Thomas, on business connected with the
proposed purchase of fhe Danish West In
dies, after which he will proceed to Cara
cas-.
Our advices from various parts of the
West Indies, says the New York Tribune
giving details of the ravages of the late
hurricane in the Caribbean Sea, show that
the brief account of the terrible storm first
received by telegraph from Havana by nc
means exaggerated the extent of the Ca
lamity. Coming from the Atlantic Ocean
the Tornado burst, in the first instance
upon the small Islands of ST. Thomas and
Tortola, both OF which it swept with terri
bic fury, working immense destruction Of
property and life. II then advanced &c
Porto Rico, devastating the northern par
of that Island; and ii ended its desolating
course on the Island of Hayti, after laying
a portion of the City of Santo Domingo ir
ruins. At all these places ii made dread
full havoc with the shipping, scores Olives
sells, including several steamers, having
been sunk or broken in pieces. At St
Thomas, it is estimated fully five hundred
lives were lost; in Porto Rico over two
hundred persons are supposed to have per
ished; in ST. Domingo about as many ar
reported killed as in Porto Rico; and, al
though the news of the submersion ofTor
tola during the storm is hardly credible
yet there can be no doubt that the storm
has wrought fearful damage in that ISLAM
likewise. Altogether, this tornado ha
been one OF the most destructive of thos
terrible visitations to which tie region
traversed is subject.
A contemporary says: "When Westo
gets through with his little walk fror
Portland to Chicago, in which all mankin
seem more deeply interested than they wer
in the late Presidential election, we pre-
pose that the next job shall be trial be
tween two or more men to decide whic
can saw the most wood for poor familit
the timber to be contributed by those Ell
tIusiastic admirers of muscle who are no.
venturing their spare stamps upon the ell
durance Of the renowned pedestrian. 1t
| a pity that so much physical energy Shout