Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1867-05-17
SUMMARY OF THE WEEK
General News.


Assistant Treasurer at New Orleans is
about $1,0O0000 All the parties impli-
Gated have turned over their private prop
erty to the Government. 1t is thought
that the Government will not be a loser to
any considerable extent. The Govern
ment deposits in the National banks in
New Orleans are less than the securities
| held therefor.
The friends of JEFF. Davis, in Washing
ton, rendered Horace Greeley an ovation
as he passed through that city on his way
home, but he excused himself from accept
ing it.
The Suez canal is rapidly approaching
completion, and it is expected to be ready
tor large ships in few months.
Secretary Seward has received dispatch
from st. Petersburg stating that the Rus
sian-American treaty has been ratified.
The British steamship Florida, from
Liverpool, bound to Alexandra, Egypt, is
supposed to be lost, with all on board, num-
bering 81.
Intelligence has been received at London
that the bark Rover was wrecked in the
Chinese Sea. February 18th, and that all
the crew who escaped from the wreck, with
the exception of one, were murdered by
the natives.
F Senator DOolittle has been sent on q
special mission to Russia, and has also
authority to treat with Denmark for the
purchase Of the island of st. Thomas. in
the West Indies.
A miniature ocean ship, twenty -four feet
long, of two tons measurement, and whose
whole crew will consist of two men, was
placed on exhibition in Baltimore on the
9Th, previous to setting sail for France to
be entered at the Exposition
The death sentence passed on Col Burke,
the Fenian, has been committed to imrris-
onment for life at hard labor.
A small expedition is to be dispatchedto
Africa to learn the fate of DR.. Livingstone.
A small iron-clad has been taken for the
navigation of Lake Nyassa. )
The recent cable dispatches state that
Gov. Wright, United States Minister at
Berlin, died on morning of the 18th, Of
dropsy.
A telegram from st. Petersburg, May
18th, says: "The telegraph line connect
ing this city with the mouth of the Amoor
river, in Siberia, has been successfully
completed"
Earl Derby officially says the Govern
ment won't make public the real history of
the recent Fenian uprising on account of
apprehended troubles with certain foreign
Governments, which are involved in the
plot.
The peace of Europe has at last been
preserved, and the treaty guaranteeing the
settlement of the Luxemburg question was
signed by all the Great Powers, on the 18th
inst. The Fortress of Luxembourg is to be
and the Duchy is to be neutral
territory. No troops will be retained
within it except a force necessary to main
tain order ha
While Judge Kelley was addressing a
large colored meeting in Mobile, on the
evening of the 14th, riot occurred, dur
ing which shots were freely fired, and sew
eral persons killed
A serious riot occurred at Brownsville, |
Tenn, on the 18th, at the Radical Conven-
ton. Three negroes and two whites were
shot, but not fatally, Reports as to its
origin are conflicting. e
The Millerites of Memphis expected the
millen mum on the 18th, and several of
the merchants accordingly closed up their
business affairs, but they have probably
them before this time.
/ A dreadful eonflagration occurred in
ON the 9Th inst. destroying $780,
BOO worth of property at the navy yard,
the barracks. Two lives were ]