The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-12-20
Washington.

Gen. sherman delivered a lecture Mt WASH
ington. the other day, on his travels among
the Greek islands, before an audience COM
posed Of large number of Washington ga
vans. professors and invited guests.
The President has appointed ex-Gov. James
l.. Orr, of South Carolina, to be Minister to
Russia. Mr.. Or will be remembered as for
mer Speaker of the House of Representatives,
which position he subsequently held in the
lower house Of the Confederate Congress.
Gen. julius White, of Chicago, has been
named by the President as Minister to tie
Argentine Confederation.
Secretary Boutwell, has still on his hands
large amount Of the bonds OF the funding
npn. and he has informed the Committee of
WAYS and Means that unless Congress takes
some steps in the matter, he will form another
Syndicate in order to get rid of the balance at
4 and Al ! per cent.
Barney Woods was hung at Washington,
last week, for the murder of Samuel n. Cheese
man, III August last
IL is said all attempt will be made during
the present session of Congress to secure the
admission of Colorado and New Mexico AS
States.
Judge Macarthur, of the Criminal Court of
Washington, rules that a landlord is tho
proper Judge of who shall be received into
his house.
The President has appointed Gen. Croxton.
of Kentucky, Minister to Ecuador.
Foreign.
The storm which ravaged the coast of
Northern Europe last month is said to have
been the most severe in the last two hundred
years.
London was frightened but short time
ago by a formidable strike among its police
men. Now comes the news that it has been
plunged into darkness by the striking of sew
eral thousand stokers employed by the gas
companies. The dispatch states that all the
theaters were closed, and candles were re-
garded as Injuries, that the inhabitants were
filled with CONSERVATION and dread, and that
the irritation against the stokers was very
great.
Paris is again couvulsed by a vote Of tho
Assembly and Frenchmen are evidently get
ting ready to go down into the streets and
throw up barbados. The army is under
Mcmahon, and he considers himself under the
Assembly, not under Theirs. Meanwhile the
German army watches, and Napoleon, at
Chisehurst. waits.
Another destructive inundation of the River
Pc, in Italy, is reported.
The Italian Government recently ordered
the closing Of the four English schools in
Rome. on the pretext that they had failed to
comply with the prescribed sanitary regula-
tons.
The new President Of Mexico Lerdo de Te-
jada, was formally indicted into his Office on
the 9TH OF December.
A terrific gale swept over England on the
9th inst, which proved very disastrous on
land and water. In London it was particular
ly severe. Houses wore unroofed street.
lamps and signs blown down, awnings demol-
ished, and pedestrians dashed violently to the
ground. Three pinn aces of the tower Of St.
Thomas church were blown down while the
congregation were at worship, and, falling Oh
the roof, crushed through into the body OF
the church, creating a wild panic and many
people were injured in the rush which fol-
lowed. Many marine disasters are reported
Eight ships were blown ashore at Plymouth
alone ireland and Wales were visited by the
same gale, many towns being flooded. In
Cork the damage was very great, several ves-
sells being blown ashore.
The Duke of Noailles, French Minister at
Washington, has received kilograms from Paris
assuring him that President Theirs will be
sustained, but that lie Will have to make some
concessions.
Advices from the Cape of Good Hope report
a fierce battle in the interior between two fac
tons of native Africans, many of whom, it is
stated, were armed with Enfield rifles, and
other improved weapons. About ], 200 natives
were slaughtered.
The Counties Reform bill has passed the
upper house of the Prussian Diet by vote of
116 to 81.
A Paris telegram announces the appoint
ment of Goulard as Minister Of the Interior /:
Leon Say, Minister of Finance Fourier, Min
lister of Public Works and Colmont, Project
of the Department of the Seine. 1t IL added
that these appointments indicate the termina
ton Of the crisis, and secure to the Govern
ment the support of the Right Center and
Left Center.