The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-08-25
SECRETARY boutwell, issued the following
circular on Monday, Aug. 18th:

SECRETARY boutwell, issued the following
circular on Monday, Aug. 18th:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.-GENTL have
deemed IL advisable, upon further consideration
TO Withdraw the loan for the present from mar
| ket, with the exception ~ the five per cent
bonds, as offered TO national banks by the circu.
lar letter of the Secretary of the Treasury dated
| on the 10th inst. This communication relates To
four per cent. bonds in combination with five PEI
| cent, bonds. BOUTWELL,, secretary.
To, Agents Designated by the Secretary of the
Treasury to Negotiate the New Loan.
Foreign.
DISPATCHES from London, dated August
10th, say that Russia is arming extensively
and has formed an alliance with France
against Germany and Austria dispatch
to the French Minister of War from Gen.
Lallemand, commanding in Algeria, reports
| a brilliant victory over the insurgents al
West Sahel......Sir Rounded Palmer has
been appointed counsel, and Earl Russell
arbitrator, on the part of England, in the
case of the Alabama claims. .....A st. Peters
burg letter mentions the discovery of the
! existence of an organization, with appar-
emily well concerted schemes. aimed at the
! Government of the Russian empire, and
whose plans indicated association with
other international organizations on the
continent.
DISPATCHES from England, dated August
! IA, say that the weather there is favorable
to growing crops......A terrific explosion of
gun cotton occurred in the Slow Market,
London, on the It'll inst. Several persons
were killed ..... Charles Buxton, NJ. p, is
dead .... 1t is reported that an arr angement
has been entered into by which the German
troops will withdraw entirely from French
territory before the end of the present year.
$3.50. Special private information from a cor
respondent at Salisbury says that the Mill
tary organization in Russia is being pushed
vigorously on the Prussian system of COM
pulsory service, and vigorously carried out
without exception The German ana Aus
trian Emperors met at eastern on the 18th
inst. 1t is said that an alliance between the
two powers was the chief question discussed.
This is apprehended by France and Russia.
...... The Pope has written a letter to the
committee who have offered him the title of
Plus the Great, and throne of gold. He
refused to accept the proposed title of honor
during his lifetime, and suggests that the
money which has been subscribed for the
throne be e ployed in procuring the ex-
emption Of students of Catholic seminaries
everywhere from military service.
IT IS stated that there is a rapidly increas-
ing opposition arising against prolonging
the power Of Theirs in the French executive
oflice.....A dispatch from Berlin on the 14th
says: The Imperial government, as we'll as
the local authorities, have adopted the most
stringent measures for the prevention of the
cholera. Twenty-three persons were at
tackled with the disease at Kongsburg Sat
urday, thirteen of whom are already dead
...... Lord Chief Justice Cockburn has been
made a member of the Arbitration Board
under the treaty of Washington ..... The
Swiss government will not appoint an ar
bitrator upon the Alabama claims until
those of England and italy have been
appointed ....An encyclical letter has been
issued by the Pope, urging the faithful to
offer prayers for the holy see and the tri-
umph and tranquility of the Church ,.....T The
Official Gazette publishes a decree appropri-
atng for public use two converts and three
plats of ground in Rome belonging to re-
ligious bodies..."An improbable rumor is
ahoat that Victor Emmanuel has offered to
restore the Qurnal to the Pope, and enter
into a league with France and Spain to Sc
cure the perfect independence of the Holy
Father.
COLLISIONS between the Orangemen and
the Catholics, and between the Orangemen
and police are reported daily, in various
parts of Ireland $780,. Queen Victoria is re-
Bile anxiety is felt regarding her, in the
royal household ...... Liberal journals in
Rome express the readiness of Italy to ac-
cept an alliance with France, if the latter
will abandon all negotiations relative TO the
Pope....A dreadful calamity has visited the
small Island of Tagalonda, in the Malay
archipelago, about fifty miles northeast of
tn Island of Celebes. An outburst of the
volcano Ruwang was accompanied by
t1cin &C. fnrtxr
yards in height swept all human beings,
cattle, and horses from the island. The
number of persons who persisted is stated at
4I6.
The Emperor Napoleon has declined to
receive the address of welcome which it had
been proposed to tender him, except at the
expressed wish of the British nation......A
dispatch from Strasbourg states that dis
turbances have occurred there between
Prussian troops and the inhabitants. Much
animosity is shown by the inhabitants
toward the troops, and many attacks are
made on them without an opportunity for
reprisals. A number of Prussan troops be-
came involved in quarrel with several in
habitants, and fight ensued, during which
number belonging to both parties were
killed and wounded.....It is stated on au-
thorlty that serious disagreements have
arisen between the French and German
governments with reference to the Frank
fort peace negotiation. The present difficult
ties are likely to lead to further complica-
tons which may result in the suspension of
the treaty of peace negotiated between the
two governments at Frankfort.....A case of
Asiatic cholera has appeared in London, and
creates extraordinary sensation among the
people.....A dispatch from Berlin says the
cholera is increasing in Konigsberg, but no
cases have yet occurred in Dantzig.
THE WASHINGTON Police CoURT.-An