The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-08-16
Foreign.


22d ult
The war in Central America is still progress
ing. The San Salvador troops have captured
and pillaged the city of Honduras, and the
British and Spanish Consuls have asked for
war vessels to protect the interests of the
subjects of those nations.
Spain is going to ask for loan of
s60, 900, 900 to carry on the war in Cuba.
The cholera has broken out in Berlin.
William Bradford, an American artist, has
received commission from Queen Victoria
and the Marquis of Lorne to paint for them
several pictures representing scenes in the
Arctic ocean.
The American residents of Paris entertained
Stanle the New York Herald correspondent,
at a banquet, on the first inst, at which Min
lister Washbune presided. Mr.. Stanley, in
proposing the toast of the evening, traced the
expedition of Stanley into Africa from it's ORR
gin to the discovery of DR.. Livingstone, and
said this achievement added new honor to the
American name, already renowned for such
enterprises. The toast and speech received
immense cheers. Stanley, in responding said
such honor as attached to the. expedition be-
longed to Mr.. Bennett. He entertained the
company for some time with accounts of his
travels and adventures in Turkistan, Russia,
the Crimea and Jerusalem.
The Mexican Government has proclaimed a
general amnesty embracing all engaged in the
recent revolution, and restoring them to their
civil and political rights. Congress has
ola al
shortly.
The London journals comment to some ex-
tent upon Summers letter, an abstract of
which was telegraphed and the prospects of
the Presidential canvass in the United States.
The Times expresses an opinion that President
Grant had been much injured by the refusal
of the Geneva Tribunal to entertain the iAdi-
rect claims. The Daily sun says That the letter
Of Sumner cannot but increase the chances of
Greeley.
Seventeen thousand emigrants sailed from
Liverpool for America during July.
The Paris Temps doubts the genuineness of
the Livingstone letters sent by Stanley to the
Herald. 1t quotes the opinion of the German
geographer Kiepert, who discovers various
geographical blunders in the letters. He
thinks part of the narrative was invented by
Stanley and hence the whole is valueless, and
hints that it is possible Stanley never saw Dr.
Livingstone.
One of the leading members of the Interna-
tonal Society in Europe predicts its dissolu-
ton at the next general congress, to be held
at the Hague in September.
Thanksgiving services for the great success
of the new French loan were held in the
churches throughout France on Sunday. the
4th of August.
The French National Assembly has adj
journed until November.
DR.. Houard has put in a claim against
Spain for damages occasioned by his imprson-
ment The claim will come before the Span
Commission, now sitting at
Washington City.
Late advices from South America report
that the Indians, in large numbers are invad-
ing and ravaging the Argentine provinces
west of the Platte. Settlements have been
plundered, houses burned and in some cases
women and children persisted in the flames
At one place party of English residents de-
Tended themselves six hours against horde
of savages, until the house they held was
burned under them. This INVASION, it is said,
will postpone, if not prevent altogether, the
threatened war between the Argentine Con-
federation and Brazil
A dispatch from Suez reports that 1000
10 conquest, and that the Abyssinians were
to meet the invaders.
The southern provinces of France have been
visited by heavy freshets causing great de-
struction Of property.
A London correspondent telegraphs as fol-
owe on the 9Th inst According to an inter-
view between Stanley and the correspondent
yarded quite a number of letters to England
Considerable controversy is likely to arise az
% the manner in which DIR. Kirk, British Con-
sui at Zanzibar, has acted. This apparent
ack of enterprise and sympathy on the part
If DR.. Kirk was the subject of conversation
between Livingstone and Stanley. The latter
iscribed it to apathy, but DIR. Livingstone
,aid: mo, it is jealousy" How can that
pc 2" asked Stanley. Livingstone answered
. You do not know the circumstances of this
expedition of which l have charge. At my
equest it was offered by DR. Murchison to DR..
Kirk He refused it," Here an extraordinary
act alleged by Mr.. Stanley may be mentioned
N the course of nine months, eleven pack
Iges Of letters sent by DIR Hosmer through !
'Ir Webb, the American Consul at Zanzibar.
cached Stanley at Ujij. Stanley gave DIR.
Livingstone the solemn promise that he would |
Ieiver with his own hand, or place in the |
london Postoffice, his diary of five years of |
lis last expedition, which he has sent to his |
laughter, and the letters to Lord Granville,
o the Geographical Society, and his private
rends.
Next to the expulsion of the Jesuits, the
ubject most discussed in Germany just now
5 the necessity Of reducing the flow of emf