The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-22

distemper broke out. Milwaukee is suffering
seriously from the prevalence OF the plague, a
| majority of the equines being sick. Cincin-
natl is terribly afflicted with II, street traffic
being almost wholly suspended. In many of
| the interior cities and towns of Illinois the
epidemic has made its appearance, and is even
spreading in the rural districts.
The Mayor OF Chicago, in view of the posi-
bility of another conhagration in that city, and
the insecure condition OF insurance, has
urged the Common Council to purchase four
teen large Babcock engines, and four port
able engines for each police station, to
order the construction OF tower with an
alarm bell, to add IS or 100 policemen to the
present force and to sink a well at the end
of each street running to the river.
The Legislature of Indiana, which convened
in Indianapolis last week, attracted quite
crowd to the State capital. 1t is said there is
no opposition amoug Republican members to
the reelection of Senator Morton, and the
prospect is that he will be nominated by &C
clamstion at an carly day, although the cleo
ton does not occur till January.
Gov. Baker, of Indiana. refuses to issue
certificate to either Neff or Shanks for the
seat in Congress from the Ninth District, but
has decided to leave the contest TO the arbi-
tration of Congress.
The South.
The Maryland Penitentisry, at Baltimore,
has been damaged by fire to the extent of
go 600.
The second trial of Mrs. Wharton for pois-
oning young Van Ness, at Baltimore, will COM
mence at Annapolis, Md, in January.
The steamer Katie, ono of the finest pas
senger boats on the Mississippi, sunk recently
at Helena, Ark. She will be raised.
Washington.
In the Forty-thrd Con ,ress, the Republi-
cans will have 4G Senators, a majority of IS
over the opposition, who have %. In the
House of Representatives there Will be 1872
Republican Representatives, and 1o3 Demo-
Gratis seven Congressman are still to be
elected from New Hampshire and Connecticut.
The Congress which has just been chosen
does not meet till December of mex year.
The Forty-second Congress, which begins its
last session the coming December, stands :
! Republicans, 1876; Democrats, 10S, in the
| House.
The Washington correspondent of the Chi
cago Tribune (Liberal Republican) writes :
a member of the Cabinet was asked the
other day what the course of the President
would be toward Greeley. Fenton, Trumbull
Schurz, Sumner, and the other Republicans
who had opposed his election. The officer
answered that the President would treat them
with a severe letting alone that the proper
course of the President and his Cabinet would
| be morbid indifference and disregard for
them that they had left the party, and the
fault was their own, and that the President
would keep along in his old paths, and not be
influenced by anything that had taken place in
she canvass"
\ Washington telegram says the President
has recently received several anonymous let
tiers, informing him that, in case he was re-
elected. the writer's intend TO assassinate him.
The letters, it is stated, give the President no
uneasiness whatever, the writers being sup
posed to be insane.
1t is announced that there will be at least
one change in the Cabinet at the COM
mencement Of the next Presidential term.
Fish, by his own desire, will retire
from the Cabinet. There is no proba-
bilty OF change in the Attorney General.
Judge Williams recently remarked to friend
that. although he could have been elected
Senator from Oregon, he declined being
candidate. in order that lie might remain in
his present position.
The Signal Service weather reports are now
received at Washington three times each day,
from 20 different stations. embracing the most
prominent meteorological and commercial
points in the United States, and the informa-
ton thus obtained furnishes the basis on
which Prof. Cleveland Able makes up his
daily diagnosis of the weather.
Washington rumor,-whatever it may be
worth.-is, that the members OF the Cabinet
have informally agreed to tender their resig-
nations, at the close Of the present term, TO
the President, who can take advantage of
them in any cases in which he desires
change. Ex-senator Morgan, OF New York, is
mentioned as the coming Secretary OF the
Treasury-provided M Boutwell, succeeds to
Mr.. wilson's seat in the Senate from Massa-
chusetts. The Washington star says move
has ALREADY been commenced to have John NJ.
Langston, the prominent colored lawyer. ap-
pointed Attorney General. He is backed, it
is understood. by Fred. Douglass and other
prominent colored men through the country,
and by considerable number of white Re-
publcans, particularly those from the South.
Langston does not deny that lac is an aspirant
for the position. He simply says that such
an appointment by the President would be
no more than his people have a right to ex-
pect
During the month of October SIC claims
were filed before the Southern Claims Com
mission, making total of 1860. The
amount of money involved in these claims al
ready reaches si3. $50. 600.
Gen. o. o. Howard is mentioned as likely
to receive the vacant position of Major Gen
era created by the death Of Gen. Meade.
The annual report of the Secretary of War,
this year, is quite brief. He compliments
Congress for such completeness in the last
years work that little room is left for legisla-
ton.