Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1872-03-07

bonds will pass by large majority ... Mrs.
j. NJ. Thornburg, an estimable lady of
Knoxville, Tenn, was poisoned to death on
the 21st inst, by laundering druggists
clerk name ed Sykes, who substituted a fatal
dose of morphine, in physician's prescrip-
ton, for quinine.
Foreign.
IT is reported that Viscount Monck, who
was Governor General of Canada from 1851
to 1868, will be appointed Viceroy of India
to fill the vacancy caused by the assassina-
ton of Earl Mayo......The English court
circular announces that the Prince of Wales
intends to go to Yarmouth to recuperate
The injuries to Mime. Ristori, the well known
tragedienne, by the recent railway accident
near Perugia, are more serious than at first
supposed. In addition TO flesh bruises, Ris-
tori sustained fracture of the knee pan,
which will render her unable to attend to
professional duties for long time.....I 1t is
reported that on Sunday last the Pope signed
b decree convoking the Ecumenfcal Council,
the place of meeting to be either in the
Island OF Malta or in 1yrol, as shall be
hereafter determined, and that when the
council meets the Pope viii leave Rome. !.
Baron Gerolt, late German Ambassador at
Washington, is given by the Emperor a
Council, with the title of His Excellency.
......Gen. Won Moltke and Won Room have
been created life peers by royal decree, and
will take their seats in the upper chamber
of the Prusssu Diet. There is much ex-
element in Paris and Versailles over the
alleged Bonapartist conspiracy. The police
force has been doubled, and troops have re-
ceived orders to remain at their barracks
ready for action ...... The Austrian Reichs-
rath, by a two thirds majority, has passed
the compulsory electoral bill, which makes
important changes in the political system Of
the provinces, and is intended to bind them
closer to the Crown.
THE English Press Directory gives the
number of journals in Great Britain at 1856
...... The yacht Enchantress will be sent to
Suez to receive the remains of Earl Mayo,
and convey them to England. Three
assassins of Generals Lecomte and Thomas
were executed on Tuesday morning at
Satorv, France......The Paris Gaulois SAYS /:
King Amadeus, of Spain, is disguised with
the ungovernableness OF the Spanish people,
ard has urged his father, King Victor EN-
manuel, of Italy, to sanction his ahdication"
The Gaulois further says that Emmanuel
counsels PATIENCE. The police authorities
of Berlin have information that man is
concealed in that city who has sworn to take
going on for the would be assassin - The
Pope las asked permission of England and
Austria for the meeting of the Ecumenical
Council in their dominions.
The publication of the newspapers lie
Gaulois and L'Aimee has been suspended
by order Of the French Government....Se Sew
eral Bishops of the Roman Catholic Church
are urging the Pope to hold the Ecumencal
Council at Trent, in the Tyrol The Aus
trian Government, however, does not seem
disposed to grant permission asked by His
Holiness, for the assembling of the Council
within its minion. Should the Pope be
successful in his application, he will not at
tend the sessions of the Council in person,
but will remain in Rome, and be represent
ed at the meeting by a Cardinal. 1t is Of
fcially announced that an apothecary from
Posen, Pole, has been arrested at Berlin
on suspicion Of contemplating the assassina-
ton OF Bismarck. The man is fanatical
Catholic, formerly in the Papal Zouaves. He
threatened to take the life of the Prince
upon his arrival. A pistol was found upon
the prisoner......Th The United States steamer
Kansas has sailed from Havana for Kew
West, 10 take on board the expedition for
the survey of the Nicaraguan route.....
Troubles are multiplying in Hayti, and the
stability of the present Government is more
on the night of the 5th inst to burn the CITY
of Port au Prince. Flames burst out stimuli
taneously in different quarters of the city
CONSERVATION prevailed. A revolutionary
outbreak was feared. Troops were ordered
rut, and the President and Ministers were
in the streets all night. The fires were ex-
tinguished before great damage was DONE
Seven supposed incendiaries were arrested
and await trial.
hR. MoNcKToN, Conservative, has been
elected to the English Parliament from North
Nottinghamshire to fill the vacancy caused
by the resignation of Speaker Dennison
letter from Florence, Italy, Jan. "a, says a
fire there the day previous rendered two
hundred families houseless and dependent on
charity for sustenance......M Mail advices from
Brazil state that a band of Gauchos assass-
ms, under the lead of Gillian, killed in one
day some fly foreigners, near the River
Platte. The foreigners, aided by the author
tiles, turned Upon the murderous band, killed
ten, and took eighteen prisoners. The lead
er of the villains was taken from the Jail
and lynched. 1t was expected that the
rest of the prisoners would be shot by the
tewnspeople.
DISPATCHES from Dundee, Scotland, give
accounts of widespread and devastating
flood in the valley of the Tay. The waters
of the Firth and the river Tsy overfowed
their banks and poured into the plains on
both sides, sweeping everything before them
from Dundee, at the mouth of the Firth, to
point above Perth, on the south side of the
river Tay, and head of navigation. The
level country around the latter city is COW
cred with water, and portions of Dundee are
rendered uninhabitable. The damage to
property is immense......A vessel named
Marie Francois capsized in the harbor at
Brest, on Friday, and twenty two passengers
were drowned.
SUBSCRIPTIONS to the national voluntary
fund to pay the German war indemnity
continue. The fund now amounts to twenty
three millions...... The Temps says the French
Bishops secretly encourage the Legitimists
IN their efforts to bring about restoration
OF the monarchy in FranceT The impress
sion prevails in well-informed quarters that
the present King of Spain cannot cope with
the difficulties by which he is beset, and
that serious crisis in Spanish affairs is i'm
minent.
GRAND DUKE ALEXIS and suite arrived at
Havana on Tuesday. The officers and
crew of the American sbip Andy were poi
soned recently while lying in the harbor of
Hong Kong, and the principal officer died
from the effects of the poison. No clue
could be found to the murderer