The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1872-07-05

the town. Loss, 81, 000.....John L.. Thomas,
who came from Ireland fifteen years sgo,
and began as . day lsborer, is now the
Potter Palmer of st. Louis, having in
course Of construction twenty-nine build
ings, with future plans even more extern
sive.
Washington.
ADvIcEs from the capital state hat the
man Bratton, charged with murder in North
Carolina, who was recently abducted from
Canada, is to be sent back there...-.Acting
Secretary Of Tho Treasury Richardson is pre-
pairing a book giving q full history Of the
Treasury Department, and of all laws relat-
ing to finances and the public debt....The
Postof6ce department is examining designs
for the postal cards under the recently en-
acted law.
IT is announced that the law providing for
the introduction of the one-cent postal cards
cannot 20 into effect for some time, as ar
rangements for printing the same have not
yet been completed ......T The Treaty of Wash
ington has been go often reported lost, and
SO often claimed as saved, that reports either
way have lately received but little credence.
The latest official advices from Geneva in
dictate that the treaty will not only be saved,
but that arbiti alton will proceed.
TIE reported invasion of the northern
frontier of Texas by large bodies of Indians
is discredited by the Indian Bureau.....The
Trade Mark Convention between the United
States and the Austre- Hungarian Empire
has been proclaimed by the President, and
will take effect from July %, and continue
:. e.o~ a. -o.ro Weahiuokou ueWa in
the effect that all controversy on the sub
ject of tie Alabama claims has ceased, and
that farther proceedings before the arbitra-
tors will go on smoothly to the END.
GEN. HowARD's delegation of Arizona scalp
snatchers called on the Commissioner Of In
dian Affairs the other day, on a pretended
mission of peace.....The State Department
has been notified that the American schooner
James Bliss has been captured by q Cana
dian cutter for alleged violation of the Do
minion laws, and taken into port with the
Dominion flag hoisted over the Stars and
Stripes, the American flag being union down.
......Commissioners Brunot and Cree left
Washington, june "a, for an extended tour
among the Indian tribes of the West, with a
view OF averting, if possible, the threatened
Indian war.
Foreign.
ALEXIS has arrived in Rio Janeiro......Ad-
vices from Mexico state that the rcvolu-
tionary Generals Trevino and Quiroga have
offered to surrender their armies and treat
for peace......A band of Mexican ~brigands,
on June Is, made q raid into the suburbs of
Matamoras, murdered two persons, and
| robbed many more...-.A m named
Phebe Campbell was hanged June 20, in
| Montreal, Canada, for the murder Of her
husba Id. She met her death calmly, evin-
cling no emotion ......Advices from the West
Indies state that the German fleet bombarded
Port-au-Prince for several hours, and board
| ed and captured the Haytien fleet-all on ac-
count Of the refusal of the Haytiens TO pay
an alleged indemnify of $4,000. The Hayti
Government squared up, and the German
| fleet withdrew The cable steamer Dacia
has not been heard of since May IS, and it
is feared she is lost-...The negotiations for
the payment of the German indemnity by
| the French and the withdrawal Of the Ger
man troops are completed. The first pay
ment of one milliard francs is TO be made
Feb. Is, 1873; the second, a smaller amount,
before the close of '73; and the third, another
milliard, during IA. Tho Departments of
| Marine and Haute Marine are to DO evacuated
as soon as SOC, 600 200 francs have been paid,
and the present force of the army Of occu-
patton will be reduced by one-third after the
payment Of each millisrd to Germany. The
French Government Is already negotiating
for bills of exchange TO the amount Of
SOC, 000, 900 frsncs-.-The French Govern
ment has just paid to Switzerland an addi-
tional sum OF 2,000,0 900 francs towards the
payment for expenses incurred In maintain
ing Gen. Bourbaki's army while interned in
Q-;x1arlorl Tho rnpainIar of thu daht
due-2,2 200 900 francs-will be paid shortly.
......B Bancroft & Sharpe's livery stables were
| burned at Montreal, June 20. Thirty-ive
horses were con,mued. Loss, 500, 600.
FRANCE is on the eve of q serious political
crisis. There has been an open rupture be-
tween Theirs and the party of tbs Right, in
the Assembly, and several members Of the
Ministry, Of the same way of thinking, have
rendered their designations, but, at the
earnest solicitation Of the President, have
consented to remain in the Cabinet tempo
porarily. The Deputies of the Right have
been in secret conference with the Duke
D'Aumale. The Left are quiescent, appar-
emily waiting to seize upon any advantage
that may present itself......It is reported
that the filibuster steamer Fannie has sue
cessfully landed her cargo Of men and mu-
nitions on the Island Of Cuba......It 10 said
that the Spanish Ministry have declared in
favor Of the separation Of Church and State
in Spain.-...Elic Frederic Fory, Marshal Of
France, died jun 20, aged IS Mar
guerite Dixblanc, who was sentenced TO
death, in London, for the murder of her
mistress, has been r%eprieved.
TIE Mexican insurgents seem determined
to make good their successes in the vicinity
of Monterey. The latest advices are that
they are strengthening the Notifications and
concentrating all their forces there. This
c~ontradicts the report sent through Gov.
eminent channels, a few days ago, that Ire
vino had proffered 10 treat for pesce......T The
Golden Club, o. London, have issued invita-
tions to the various powers throughout the
world TO send representatives to an Interna-
tional Free Trade Congress, to be held in
the English metropolis next year-....Gen.
Sherman was "doing" Switzerland at last
accountability first accounts of the Ger
man bombardment of Port-au- Prince were
greatly exaggerated. Only two shots, it
seems, were fred......Th Duke of Montpcn-
sier is out in q manifesto asserting the right
Of Don A~lphonso, son Of ex-Queen Isabella,
to the Spanish throne-....Mail accounts
from England give the particulars of an at
tempt made on the night Of June 10 10 blow
up the statue of the Prince Consort, in Mer-
rion Square, Dublin. The explosion is de-
scribed as tremendous, shaking the whole
square. The monument was, however, but
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