The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-07-07


Hesitate Paris advices report that the
state of the French army causes great un-
easiness. The privates and non-comms
stoned officers are Republicans; the officers
below the field rank are Constitutional Mon
archsts, and the higher officers are Bona
partists.-The French loan is popular in
Berlin, and arrang ments have been made
for taking a larg portion of il by German
capitalists.-The Prussian Cross Gazette
says the German Government complained to
the Pope of the attitude of the Catholic party
in the German Parliament. and Cardinal
Antonelli, in reply, unequivocal y disavowed
all responsibility for, or sympathy with the
course, pursued by that party in Parliament.
The census of England, Wales, and Ire
land is completed. The population of Eng
land and Wales is officially stated at about
Zoo 900, and that of Ireland at 5 400 ,000.-
The steamship Collngwood, from Liverpool
for Bombay, is believ to have foundered
at sea, with all on board-thirty in number.
LATER dispatches from Bombay state that
it is the nutmeg and mace crops of Banda
Island, in Malay Archipelago, which have
been destroyed by hurricane, instead of
the cotton crop of the District of Banda,
India. The loss is $500 600 sterling, and the
planters will not recover from the blow for
is an understanding between the Govern
ernmcnts of Germany, Austria and Russia
for the preservation of the peace of Europe.
"A terrible accident occurred, on TIE 22d,
on the Leipsic Line railway to train con-
veying the Pomeranian troops from France
Four cars were thrown from the track and
two officers and twenty-one privates killed
and one officer and forty privates injured.
The mortality is increasing in Paris in
consequence of the arrival of large num-
Der of emigrants from the ceded provinces.
Neither cholera nor typhus fever is preva-
lent-Gambetta refuses to acknowledge the
mandate of the Assembly, accompanying his
refusal with declaration that the Assembly
ceased TO exist when it voted TO ratify the
treaty.
FIFTEEN THOUSAND troops have been sent to
Fontainebleau, where two of the courts mar
tial are to convene. The corps of Gen. Douay
will soon be sent to Lyons. The Terite saws
the courts will commence their sittings on
Wednesday .-Prince Napoleon has declined
the nomination to the Assembly from the
Department of Chaseret, in favor of Rouher.
Arrests continue to be made in Paris.
Among the prisoners sent to Versailles within
the present week are n considerable number
of well-dressed and respectful y-appearing
men and women.-It is rumOred that Prince
Arthur is to be made Duke of Ulster, and
that the Government intends, before the pro-
rogation Of Parliament, To introduce a bill
for the purchase of a royal seat in Ireland
Baron d'Anethan Informed the Chamber on
Friday that as far as known, of the Com
munlsts under arrest in Paris, l65 are sub
iects of Belgium, He said the Belgian Gov
eminent had not asked for their release, nor
did they intend to, but it expected and would
see that they had an impartial trial.
An imperative demand has been made for
the immediate payment of the first INSTALL
ment of indemnity, which it was agreed
should be paid in thirty days after the re-es-
Enlistment of the Versaillist AUTHORITY
There is great distress in Paris, and large
numbers of people are constantly applying
to the Paris authorities for relief. 1t is cal
culated that there are 100000 creatures of
charity in the city. Labor is scarce, and
there is uneasnoes relative to the payment
of the overdue rents.-Hostilities have bro
ken out among rival clans in the Feejee
islands, and cannbalism is being INDUCED
in to an unlimited extent by the Livani fac
ton, who recently protested Christianity.
King Thakamba is gathering his forces to
attack the revolted ibals.-Forty- seven
ships Of the French navy have been dis
armed, and 1000 sailors dismissed from the
service.
RocuEfoRr is said to be in a galoping
consumption. 1t is also said that, in joining
the Communists, he expected to be Presi-
dent of the new Repubic.-Ex Emperor
Napoleon and family are living very quietly
at Chiselhurst. He receives daily reports OF
the state of Paris from Pietre He is fatter
and healthier than when he reached Eng
IL q hos FILL bn, :,
restoration of his dynasty.-A thousand
workmen have been turned out of employ
ment by the burning of a Manchester, Eng
land, cotton mill.
PARIS advices declare that the leaders OF
the Versaillists all favor a constitutional
monarchy; that Republicansm has been
destroyed by the Commune.-Thersh has is
sued a decree providing for the establish
ment of legion of modified gensdarmes tc
maintain order in Versailles. The legion
will be composed of a squadron of cavalry
and eight companies of infantry.-The Pope
in reply TO an address of sympathy from the
French Catholics, praised the zeal they ex.
hibit in the cause of the Church and him
self, and denounces liberal Catholicism as
an evil as formidable as the revolution OF
/ the ommune.-London specials report
! great uneasiness throughout England as tC
| future relations with Germany, and that
many of her ablest men think war mus
come between the two ma ions.-The Feniar
convict Burke has been released from i'm
prisonment on condition that he report.
! yearly to the magistrate. Emperor William
! has decreed the dissolution of the present
army combinations in France and the for
nation of all the German troops in tina
country into one combination, called the
Army of Occupation of France, of which Gen
Manteutfel is appointed commander.
BEssEMER STEEL.-Experiments with
Bessemer steel show it to be one Of the
most plastic and manageable of metal.
more so even than copper. An ex
obonoo SovS - con no bort No,ooJ ~,