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

| the department OF tue Atlantic, uade vacant
by the latters death. That department, how
ever, is 10 be abolished, so that Gen. Hancock
viii remain in his present command.
The Washington Patriot, the central organ
OF the Democracy, has suspended publication,
having sunk $1,000 in two years.
Secretary Boutwell, has no apprehension
that the Boston calamity will produce a
financial panic. He says that he will assist
the Boston banks 10 the full extent OF his
power, and no has caused instructions TO be
issued to the Sub-Treasuries OF New York and
Boston to offer that city and the business men
thereof Mi the aid possible.
The annual report of the Fifth Auditor Of
the Treasury, just completed, shows that the
total collections OF internal revenue for tho
year ending June 80 were S117, 3l4 1928, tho
total assessments having been 1928, 1862 SIT.
The total expense OF collection was S1,9O3,-
002, and of assessment, including the COM
pensations of storekeepers, 80, 1929, 527. The
collections and assessments in some of the
principal States arc as follows; Ohio, collec-
tons, 515, 12S,9 02 assessments, 5,67S, 800 F.;
Illinois, collections, S15, G47, l57 assessments,
| ST. 1924, 562 Missouri. collections, S4.6S7,-
| 49, assessments, So, l0l 800; New York, col
lectons, 1928, 651, 3O6; assessments, S23, 9lS,-
| 72S.
The President has appointed j. j. Roberts,
of North Carolina, Solicitor General, in place
of Gen. Brstow, resigned.
Foreign.
A Paris telegram says: Henri Rochefort
has been permitted 10 come to Versailles TO
marry the dying mother of his children in
order to legitimatize his offspring. When
the ceremony is concluded he will return to
! prison.
Enough new Peers are to be appointed by
| the Prussian Government 10 overcome the
majority in the upper house, which defeated
the Country Reform bill pressed by tho Gov
eminent at the last session.
1t II announced from Paris that the evacua-
ton of the Department of the Upper Marne
| by the German troops has been completed !;
that of the Department of the Marne is
slowly proceeding.
Wind and tide are doing sad work IN Italy.
Close upon the ravages Of the Pc comes the
tidlngs OF n hurricane which destroyed half
the town Of Palazzolo, killed thirty-two per-
sons, and unhoused one thousand families.
An attempt to celebrate Guy Fawkes' day,
IN Exeter, England, resulted in fierce riot,
in which cudgels and brickbats we're freely
used, and number of persons seriously in
| iured.
Berlin dispatch says: pamphlet en-
titled 'Down with the House of Peers" has
| Eor Tts
publication and sale have in no way been in
terfered with by the authorities.
1t is announced that the German troops
have evacuated the city of Rheims and the
town of Vitry lie Franchise. These were the
lasts posts retained by them in the Depart
ment Of Marne
A horrible mining accident has occurred at
chinery gave way as gang Of miners were
! descending to work. Twenty-one men and
| boys were precipitated seven hundred feet to
the bottom of the shaft, and all killed.
Havana advices state that the Government
troops have defeated body of insurgents
near Trinidad. Forty-three Of the latter were
killed and the rest dispersed. Late kilograms
announce that the progress of the campaign
s satisfactory to the Spaniards.
! I Rheims Is added TO the French towns which
have been freed, by the prompt payment Of
the successive installments OF the indemnity,
| from the presence of foreign garrison. Prus-
STA is diminishing her force in French terri
tory in proportion TO the diminution OF the
indemnity.
r. A. Les lie. manager of the Bank Of Brit
sh North America, and his accountant, Mr.
Mcdonald, were drowned, the other day, by
the upsetting of a boat, at Nepanee, On
tario
The election for President OF Mexico has
resulted in the almost unanimous choice of
Lerdo de Tejeda. The votes against HIM
were few and scattering. The programme Of
the course the President proposes for him
self has been made public, and may be con-
densed into the following phrase: Little poll
tics and much administration. Poriirio Diaz has
sent in his own submission to the Govern
ment, and the surrender Of the forces under
his command. This makes the complete pa
cifcation Of the country. 1t is reported that
President Lerdo intends to restore Diaz and
Trevino to their former rank in the army.
The British Government has prohibited
the importation of horses from the United
States.
The London papers comment at length on
our recent election. One Of the chief subjects
in the complimentary notices is the orderly
manner in which the elections were conduct
ed. Much surprise is expressed at the COM
pleteness of the Republican triumph.
The outside world will receive with becom-
| ing resignation the news that there is another
instruction on foot in Spain. This time it
is melted by the "Internationals," and en-
braces most of the employees Of a dock-yard
| near Cadiz.
While England, France and Germany are
seriously discussing the alarming prospect OF
the failure Of supply of fuel 10y the exhaus-
ton OF the European coal beds, similar fear
has arisen in Russia, which depends almost
entirely on wood. 1t is said the forests are
disappearing so rapidly that a scarcity Of wood
must inevitably ensue very soon.
France furnishes the latest coal mining horror
At the village Of MoucreAux, while the miners
were at work an explosion took place. causing