The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1871-05-19

favor of his wife and children. The
evening prior to his death he wrote
several letters, one to the District At
torney, one to the jury, and one to the
woman who was the cause of his down
fall. His letters were clear and bust
ness-like, showing that his brain was
undisturbed by his determination to
commit suicide. He desired that no
orthodox clergyman should preach his
funeral sermon, and his letters show
that he was inclined to Spiritualism.
-Gov. Palmer, of Illinois, on the 9th
inst, executed an act of the Legislature
of that State of 1853, for the relief of
Mrs. Leanna Knox, which has stood for
nearly twenty years in allegiance. The
case has curious history. Leanna
Knox was free colored woman of Ken
lucky, and Jose Knox was slave.
There, Leanna married him, and having
money, bought his freedom. They re-
moved to Springfield, H., where she
bought real estate, which she had decided
to him. He died without any heirs,
and half the property escheated to the
State. in 1853 the Legislature passed
an act restoring to the woman the prop
erty which her own means had bought.
The Governor accordingly executed the
deed which pertects her title to it.
The South.
-Advices from North and South Car
Dina state that it is extremely hazard
Gus for revenue officers to travel through
the country without protection.
frha o,,;o nn,,a will ooea
volving over 81 100000, has been tried
in Oglethorpe county, Ca, and the will
set aside. Alexander III. Stephens was
attorney for the will.
On the lst of June the Internal
Revenue Bureau will commence fur
Their reduction of internal revenue Off
GERS, and consolidation of revenue dis
trcts, This is rendered necessary by
the abolition of the special and license
taxes, except on distilled spirits and
tobacco, on the first of the present
month.
"A dispatch from Harper's Ferry, on
| Sth inst, says 1.-The freshet is very
high here. All the temporary bridges
on the Winchester and Potomac branch
of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad are
weighed down with cars loaded with
coal to keep them from washing away,
and all trains are stopped. A large
body of water is passing down through
Halls Island, and fears are entertained
that it will do serious damage. The
temporary supports under the railroad
bridge across the Potomac have been
knocked away by the driftwood. The
fish wharf is entirely submerged"
Foreign.
A London special once more de-
clares that Louis Napoleon quilted
England a week ago, and is believed to
be in the north of France.
1t is again rumored that Napoleon
has gone to France secretly, relying
upon disatiection in the army for sup
port in his attempt to regain the throne.
--Advices from Paris say that the
prisoners taken are returned if they re-
fuse to fight for the Commune, the in
surgents being unable to feed useless
mouths.
A dispatch from Versailles on the
9th says "The instruction in Algeria
is spreading to all parts of the pro
vince"
A Berlin dispatch of the Sth says
&" 1t is officially reported that Bismarck
is going to Compeigne, the headquar
tiers of the Prince OF Saxony, to confer
with Theirs.
1t is reported that the village OF
Clamart has become so unhealthy, from
the presence Of unburied bodies, that
Versailles troops have been obliged tc
evacuate the place.
1t is positively stated that Thiers
refuses to enter into a commercial treaty
; with Germany, and that Bismarck ha,
protested against the unjust discrimina
ton made by France against German
commerce.
The solemn removal and demolition
Of the five stones which used to serve
as base for the guillotine in front Of tn,
Prison of La Roquette, in Paris, took
place on April 9, in presence of large
crowd of spectators.
Despite the formal denial of Mar
shall MacMahon, it has now been posi-
lively ascertained that the French sol
diers, in the early stages of the recen
war, made use of explosive bullets
Among other prominent officers wh'
were killed by such bullets was Prime
E Felix Salm.Salm.
A Versailles dispatch of the ST.
} says: "A Communal decree fixes tn,
price of bread at fifty cents per kilo
, gramme. Col. Witzel was killed at tn
capture of Issy. Gen. Dombrows<i ex
, pected to assume the chief command o
the troops of the Commune. The in
; vestment of Paris from Gennevllers t.
Issy is complete, and general assault
q is imminent"
: "A dispatch from Paris, dated tn
: eth, says: "a sortie was made Satul
day in the direction of Issy. The in
surgents were repulsed with enormou
loss, and fled to Paris. They fired o
their friends, who refused to open tn
gates idto the Vagirare quarter. Their
was panic at Vanvres, when the NJ
2 tionals deserted their posts. Gen. Ro
: sci has ordered the right sleeves of the
: uniform cut off, as a punishment"