The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-12-22


that appointments shall be made without
regard TO the politics of the appointees, and
one that no political assessments shall be
levied, directly or Indirectly, upon any Off
cial in the civil services. The sensational
dispatch to an Eastern journal, asserting
that an attempt to impeach the President
would be made, is the laughing stock of all
parties. Montgomery Blair repudiates the
part he is represented as taking, and others
named ridiculed il without limit...... Clagett,
the newly elected Representative from Mon
tana, is endeavorng to secure a legal title to
Indian lands in Bitter Root Valley, Montana
Territory, for the white settlers now on that
reservation.
WALLS Opera House, at Washington, was
burned on Wednesday morning. The loss
is $4,000 insured.....A defective fue in
the consular room OF the State. Department
building, at Washington, on Tuesday even
ing, caused fire to obtain some Roadway in
the flooring, but was extinguished without
serious damage.
JOHNSON, the defaultng Treasury clerk,
was arrested Friday night, and committed
to Jail in default of $4,000 BALL The Wo-
man Suffrage Convention admission rs
cents met on the 4th. Mr.. and Mrs. Lucy
Stone, Julia Ward Howe, and other associates
have charge. The convention has decided
to confne its present action to requesting
Congress to grant suffrage in the District OF
Columbia and Territories.....The expenses
of the Joint High Commission were $4,000.
......A postal convention has been concluded
with Ecuador, going into effect Immediately,
letter postage to be twenty cents per half
ounce Also, one between the United States
and Denmark, the rate for prepaid letters
being fixed at seven cents per half ounce;
unpaid, four cents additional on delivery.
The latter treaty takes effect January LIST.
THERE were $50 bills introduced in Con-
gress on the 11th...... The Secretary of the
Treasury, in compliance with request, has
sent to the Senate all reports in his depart
ment on the survey of the Isthmus of Te-
hauntepec, but makes no recommends
tion...... Mss Bertha Geroldt, daughter of the
Baron, and most of whose life has been spent
in this country, has entered a convent at
Washington.
Foreign.
A LONDON dispatch says: " President
Grants message is favorably received The
papers generally express satisfaction with
the spirit in which he deals with the rela-
tons between the two nations, and the
opinion is almost unanimous that the condi-
ton of the country was never more flatter-
ingly exhibited" go. The solicitor of Kelly,
who was acquitted of the murder of High
Constable Talbot at Dublin, but still awaits
trial on a lesser charge, intends to COM
mence criminal proceedings against six
London journals for the publication of libel
Gus articles against his client....I In the re-
cent suit in London, of the United States
against the Blakely Arms Company, decree
has been rendered ordering all the proceeds
of the sale Of war material belonging to the
rebel States to be paid to the American Con-
sui, for the United States Government.
GEN. CLUsERET is said to have accepted a
commission in the Mexican army. The
appeals of the Communists convicted of the
murder of Gems. Lecompte and Thomas, and
sentenced to suffer DEATH have been rejected
by the Commission of Pardons. There is no
hope that Theirs will interpose to remove
this final decision.
THE appointment of Jules Ferry as Minister
to the United States from France has been
officially promulgated......T The scarlet and
black fever is working great havoc in Que
bee. The disease has been prevalent for
some time past, but has only now assumed a
very aggravated form, and attacks young
and old ..... The message of President Thiers
was received and read in the French Assem-
bly, on Thursday It announces that the
British Government has been notified of the
intention Of France TO abrogate the treaty of
commerce at a stipulated time, but France
will not discontinue negotiations tor re-
arrangement of her commercial relations
WI Rrit ha
warned never to forget to what depths OF
wretchedness the Empire had led the coun-
try. Theirs deplores the Indebtedness of the
country, but says it is due to the machina-
tions of the Emperor Napoleon. The Presi-
dent advocates the establishment of gene
raj compulsory military service in war time,
and proposes the limitation Of the annual
contingent to 900 men in time of peace.
The message concludes with an expression
of confidence in the patriotism of the Assem-
bly,.
A PARIS dispatch of the 9th says: A
change in the French Government is immi-
nent. NJ. Theirs will relinquish the Presi-
dency in favor of the Duke d'Aumale He
has agreed to this movement with the Duke,
and all the influential members of the Right
approve of it. The Orleans Princes are not
to take their seats until this plan is carried
out; then the change is to be effected di-
rectly.". ....Three of the crew of the British
ship Nonparcil, before reported wrecked,
were rescued from a piece of the wreck,
whore they mad been seven days, and taken
to Martinique .Twenty-eight ladies grad
uated from the University of Edinburgh at
the last term.....The knights Of the order
Of st. George, founded by tho Empress
Catherine on the 18th of December, 1869,
celebrated their anniversary at 81. Peters
burg on Thursday. In the evening a grand
banquet was given, at which the Car and
the first dignitaries were present. The Gar,
in toasting the Emperor Of Germany, said
he hoped the intimate friendship which ex-
listed between that monarch and himself
would last as long as they lived, and be car
ried down to future generations, and that the
fraternity Of the armies of Germany and
Russia would be perpetual. Thus would be
constituted the best guarantees for the main
tenance of peace and legal order in Europe.
\ SPECIAL dispatch from London says that
a tremendous excitement prevailed in Mad
rid on the receipt Of President Grants mes
sage relating to the Cuban difficulty. The
Spanish Government has resolved to main
tain firm attitude, and reinforcements of
1000 men, two additional Generals. and four