Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-04-05

General News.


General News.
There are now about sixty postoficcs
without any proper custodians
II is estimated that at least $4,000 Swedes
will come to the United States during the
present year.
The bill making eight hoursa legal days
work in government shops came within
two votes of passing the Senate after pass
ing the House.
Lieut.. Gen. Sherman will visit Europe
and the Holy Land the coming summer
lie has engaged passage in one of the
steamers that will sail next month
AT recent meeting of Confederate bond
holders in London, it was resolved to fur
nisL n committee with funds to institute
legal proceedings against the United States.
Congress at the session just closed, passed
resolutions, all of which, except the Sup
Elemental Reconstruction bill, were signed
by the President.
The Genital system has been abandoned
and we now go back 10 the bushel system
The next step will be to go back to pounds,
shllings and pence.
Secretary McCulloch seems to appreciate
the arguments of those who oppose the too
rapid retirement of the currency, having
decided not to retire the four millions for
the month of March.
The Department of Agriculture, at
Washington, expect supply of beet seed,
adapted to make sugar, early in May, from
both France and Germany, and will dis
tribute it in limited quantities, for expert
ment.
Congress has adjourned at last, it having
been agreed by both Houses, on the Goth
to adjourn Oh the Both till the first We'd
nesday in July, when if a quorum is not
present in both branches, an adjou rnment
shall take place till December
The Senate Judiciary Committee has not,
nor is il likely to report in favor of bailing
jeff Davis, and Chief Justice Chase has
not yet decided when, if at all, he will try
him in Virginia. Horace Greeley has gone
to Washington to press the President to re-
lease him.
In all mail lettings since June 1, 1865
the Government has refused to pay prices
higher than the old rates for the transport
alton of the mails. This has caused great
dissatisfaction among all railroads in the
country, and the Post Office Department
has now determined TO have the mails on
all important routes weighed during the
month of April, and allow pay in proper
ton 10 the amount carried.
In accordance with late act of Con
gress, Postmaster General Randall has
issued an order. to date from March 1, 1867,
Tor increase of pay as follows: Route
agents twenty per cent. increase, provided
the total salary shall not he over $1,000 !;
clerks in postoffices Of the first and second
classes, where the Department pays clerk
hire, twenty per cent. increase salaries
OF 1000 or less, and ten per cent increase
on salaries over 81 900; letter carriers who
have been in service six months prior to
March LIST, twenty per cent. increase
The receipts from internal revenue are
more than S214,0O0,000 since the first of
July, 1S66-that is for threc-fourths of the
fiscal year. 1t is said in official sources
that there is no good reason for supposing
that the revenue from this source will fall
below the estimates. In fact, it is conf
IDENTIFY believed il will exceed them The
f.,x 70 % g. L.. z4,I
cording to the provisions of the amenda-
tory act Of the I'd ult., is to be collected by
the Both of April. The condition of this
branch Of the National revenue is encour-
aging, notwithstanding the depression tn It
at first sight would seem to threaten seri-
Gus difficulty The National debt was re-
duced $4,000, 900 during March.
Judge Holt has testified before the Judi
ciary Committee that Booths diary was
given to him together with other articles
found on him, Immediately on the arriv-
al of the captors of the assassin in Wash
ington; that the book had been in his
possession and control ever since that it
has not been altered in any particular;
that when it was handed to him eighteen
leaves were cut out (; that the diary COM
mences with April 18th, the date of the
assassination, and the first entry states that,
on that day he (Booth) had prepared a
communication, and sent it to the National
Intelligencer, giving an account of the pur
poses of himself and associates; that the
remainder Of the diary consists Of glori-
fication of himself (Booth), whom he lik
ened to Brutds, and denunoiation of his
victim, whom he call "tyrant," &c.
Judge Holt further testified that. in his
judgment, the diary shed no light upon the
case and he did not deem it proper to offer
it as evidence. The publisher of the In
telligencer testified that he had not received
the communication that Booth had pre-
tended to have sent to that paper, and fin
ally, that there is no evidence that Booth
ever wrote line in the book other than
that which is found there