The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-12


ton, and the necessity Of still further
curtailing of the force, applications con.
tinue to be made for clerkships from all
quarters of the country.
The Internal Revenue Supervisor
for the District of Georgia and Florida
reports the total destruction OF property
in his raids on illicit distilleries in that
District, up to April l, 1871, as follows
SO still worms complete and In pos
session; 22,240 gallons beer mash
1880 gallons low wines; 800 gallons
corn whisky; 700 gallons peach and APP,
pie brandy sos bushels corn meal; $40
bushels malt also SO illicit distilleries
suppressed, large number of mules,
horses, and wagons seized, and GO dis
tillers arrested and turned over to the
United States Marshal.
Republican candidates were chosen
at the provincial elections in all parts of
France.
Gen. Cluseret has been superseded
by Rossel, a young man Of twenty
eight years, Lieutenant of the French
engineers.
Emperor Napoleon declared re-
Gently that he would not return to
France, nor listen to any proposition for
his return.
A deficit of half million francs
has been discovered in the Swiss Treas
ury, and a prominent official has con-
fessed to abe ENLIGHTENMENT.
The ReveH says the daily revenue
of the Commune averages 100000
francs, and is sufficient to provide for
the men under arms and the conduct of
the war.
Fort Issy is in ruins, and the village
has been evacuated. The fort has been
mined with the intention of being
blown up whenever the Versailles
troops enter it. The Communists still
hold the approaches to it.
The installment of 500,0O00OO
francs, due Prussia, has not been paid.
The money has been offered, payable by
the Government in 1886 with interest
at 6 per cent, but the offer has not been
accepted. Theirs says when Paris falls
he can get better terms.
The hru7 Zeitog, on the 9th, an
nounced that Prince Bismarck has in
structed Gen. Fabrice to represent to
the Paris Commune, that in the event
of any mishap to the Archbishop OF
Paris, the Prussians might probably in
teriere in the affairs of the city in favor
of the Versailles Government.
The Observer says the Napoleonists
consider that the Assembly now sitting
at Versailles does not represent the will
of the nation and are of the opinion
that, when the internal strife is ended,
it will be necessary to consult the people
anew on the question Of their Govern
ment. They express their intention OF
abiding by the result.
A London Times special from Yer
sailles, dated the I'd inst, says The
insurgents at Neuilly are themselves
throwing petroleum shells into Paris to
keep up the Indignation Of the popu-
lace against the Versailles Government.
The people are led to believe that they
come from the lines of the army of the
Assembly"
Gen. Dombrowski reports that Wig
orous attacks have been made upon his
advanced posts, and that the Tenth
Battalion was forced to abandon the
barricade in the Avenue Pegrounet at
Neuilly but that the Ninety-fourth Bat
talon drove back the enemy and recap
tured the barbados. The General
adds: 1--WE hold all our positions. The
enemy has retired along the whole line,
and firing has ceased"
A correspondent at Versailles, on
the 25th, says an Algerian member Of
the Assembly said the Algerian insur-
rection was most alarming Dispatches
were hourly received demanding aid.
The instruction was in imitation Of
that in Paris, with the object of pillage.
Picard replied that measures had been
taken to suppress the outbreak, and
that the accounts of the instruction
had been exaggerated.
A deputaton of Catholics recently
had audience of the Emperor, which
prayed his Majesty to intervene to pre-
vent the occupation Of Rome by the
| Italian Government. 1t has since been
extensively circulated that the Emperor,
on that occasion, promised to take some
action, but the Prussian Cross Gazette
has been authorized to contradict this
report, and adds that the reply given to
the deputation did not commit the Gov
eminent to any positive action, and no
promise of any kind was made.
The North German Gazette says the
German plenipotentiaries at Bru ssels
have proposed the payment of 5000,
100000 francs by France in quarterly
instalments, beginning June 2, 1871,
and ending March =, 1874, the pay
ments to be made in gold or its equiva-
lent The French ENJOYS have offered
to pay the first l,0O0,000,0 in cash and
the remainder in rentes convertible
later. Fortunately the German armies
hold possession of sufficient territory in
France to secure the payment of the in
sdemnity in accordance with the prelim-
mary terms Of peace, should no other
agreement be arrived at.
Correspondents telegraph the fol-
lowing from Berlin on Sunday An
imperial council was held to-day to con-
slider the situation Of Paris. Bismarck
was present. 1t was agreed to notify
the Versailles Government that a fur