The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1871-12-06

III Governor Brown submitted to The Legis-
lature a message transmitting petition
from the board of trade of New Orleans
and Memphis, n lative to the tax on cotton
collected by the general government. dcclar-
ing it unjust, and asking that legislative ac-
ton be taken to bring the subject before
Congress, with view to getting the tax re-
funded Governor Brown recommends
that the senators and representatives in
Congress from Tennessee be requested to
urge upon that body the rtfunding of the
said tax.
Winter has set in at an unusually early
date in England, the ponds in the vicinity
of London are frozen ovor and skaters are
out in force.
The pic,ures contributed by artists in New
York for the relief of their suffering breth-
ron at Chicago have been sold by auction at
| Liverpool, realizing $4,000.
! A large Radical meeting. which was at
tended by four thousand people, was held in
the city of Bristol lately. Sir Charles w.
Dixie addressed the assembly. There was
much uproar and fighting during the pro-
gress of the meeting, and the band was pre-
vented playing the national anthem, "God
save the Queen
| The Prince of Wales is suffering from a
severe attack Of typhid fever, and appre-
tensions Of an unfavorab!e turn are cX-
pressed, especially as it is remembered that
Prince Albert, his father, died of similar
complaint, after sudden attack and brief
Illness. The rumors on change are that
the case is worse than represented.
John Griiliths, secretary of the to.al alb
stineRce society, OF Brixham, publicly
accused the queen OF inioxica.ion. The
charge causes grea. uproar and the local
authorities have already commenced legal
prosecutions against the man who made
il.
1t is said the Dublin jury who acquitted
Kelley upon the charge Of numbering Head
Constable Talbot, intend to pvosccl.c the
London Times for all alleged libel.
1t is expected that before the end of
January. 1872, France will have ten armcy
corps completely o,ganized AMI fully sup
piled with improved arms posted at the
great military centers of the country.
The decision of the commission OF par
GOns In cases of condemned Communist
prisoners is still kept secret. There is great
of General RpsSel. The father of this pr:s-
oner has just had an interview with
Thiers, in which he begged that the life OF
his son nigh. be spared. The President
was greatly affected. General Eossel has
written letter 10 Thers, saying he is ready
to die, but implores tha, he may be spared
military degradation. The general dis
plays great iirmness and works in prison
indefatigably. He has just finished the
second volume OF his work On the reorgam-
zatioa of the army.
A large number OF sympathizers with
the ex-Empcror Napoleon, made demon
stration in his honor. They travcrFcl the
Faubourg s.. Garmain with shouts of
..Vive Napoleon" No attempt was made
by the police to Interfere with the demon
stra'ion.
The name of Gontrand Biron Is mcl-
toned in connection with the position of
permanent diplomatic repr, sentative of
France, at Berlin,
The minister Cf Finance, Pouyer Qncrtier,
in his budget to be submitted at the coming
session of the Assembly, will call for a
fresh loan Of 400 600 900 of francs.
President Thiers received a Chinese en-
bassy. The chief ambassador expressed
the hope that the treaty relations between
France and China would be maintained, to
which Theirs replied: Your government
must give proofs that our missionaries and
consuls are respected. This is absolutely
necessary for the preservation OF peace be-
tween France and China" The Presidents
tone was emphatic. The ambassadors with
drew deeply impressed with his words.
The Belgian Chamber of Representatives,
after an animated discussion, by a decisive
majority voted to support the government
in its appointment of DE Decker as govern
or of Limburg.
An enormous excited crowd again gath
cred around the chamber and uproariously
manifested their opposition TO the appoint
mcnt, but the presence of a large police
! force prevented breach of the peace dur
| ing the day.
! NJ. De Decker resigned the govcrnOrsip
of Limburg. in order to quiet the disturb
ances, which were becoming of the most
alarming character.
| A special dispatch from Berlin says that
the public mind there is disturbed in
view Of The diplomatic attitude assumed by
Germany toward France. Bismarck pri
vate1y advocates continuance of the sys-
TEN of military preparation for war.
The recent action of the Reichstag in pre-
longing the military budget on a war esti-
mate, ,'contemplates speedy re-Occupation
Of the French Departments by the Germans.
Bismarck advocates this movement for the
reason that he sees that the tenure of the
authority of Theirs government is very pre-
carious.
| A special dispatch from Alexandria in
Egypt, dated November 23I, says that
terrible catastrophe has occurred in the har.
Dor off that port in consequence of a colls-
ion between two steamships carrying pas
sengers and mails. The vessels met with
great force and violent shock, - their
sinking resulting in the death of seventy
five Algerian pilgrims by drowning. The
men were overburdened with the weight of
gold about them, and this rendered their eff
| forts to swim uravajl abla nj inIap1 i,npoc