The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-11-15


wsy Company. interest
payable i'm lawful money.
principal outstanding .....,. 6i.62s,5l2
paid. ................ l.292,i7O
Interest raid by the United
Interest repaid by the trans.
portation of mails etc 49,. 3.952,6o3
the United States.. r. l2.6l7 500
The Secretary Of the Treasury has author
lied the redemption Of 1,250,0 900 three per
cents. as follows Five thousands each num-
Der. 4, 792 to 5, III, inclusive, and in ten thou
sands from number 4,7G6 to 1880, inclusive,
dated Oct. 1G, 1868, and Nov, 7, 1865. Inter
est will cease Dec. 81, 1872.
Information has been received at Washing
ton that the German Government denies the
statements published in this country that
Germany had adopted stringent measures to
stop the flow Of emigration to the United
States, and that it does not propose to inter-
fere with or discourage in any manner the
emigration of its citizens to tins country.
Commander Sefridge, of the United States
Navy, who, in his survey three years ago Of
the Isthmus of Darien, found route for
ship canal that would cost only SSi.000,000,
has undertaken a new expedition, i'll the belief
that still cheaper path can be chosen.
Foreign.
The notorious Consul Butler was in London
at last accounts.
Thomas Hughes CTom Brown, of Rugby
declines a reelection to the English Parlia-
ment.
The three experts to whom the Emperor
William referred the San Juan case recon-
mend as compromise the adoption of the
middle channel as the boundary line between
British and American territory.
King Cholera is on his westward marsh, hav
ing appeared in Hungary, Prussia and Ire
land.
Advices from Turin, Italy report no abste-
meut of the floods in the River Pc. In Fer
rera alone, 40, 600 persons had been rendered
homeless, and the damage to property and
crops was incalcula BILE. Thousands Of men
were engaged in erecting barriers TO arrest
the further progress OF the waters.
The upper house Of the Prussian Diet has
finally rejected the Country Reform bill, not
withstanding the threat of the Minister OF
the Interior that if the measure was not
adopted the Government would dissolve the
Diet and convene a new one. The Govern
ment has made good its threat to appeal the
matter to the country, decree having been
issued dissolving the body and ordering the
election of a new Diet.
i telegram from Turin says: The River Pc
continues to rise and the inundation is spread
ing. Farallee aie flying and those who can
not escape are starving on the house-tops or
III trees where they have taken refuge. The
streams are filled with carcasses Of cattle and
wrecks of houses and barns. The town Of
Raggio, fourteen miles from Modena, has al
most entirely disappeared beneath the flood.
A successful landing has been made on the
Cuban coast of quantity of arms and ammu-
milton for the patriots.
An immense mass meeting was recently
held in Hyde Park London, in favor Of am
nesty for Fenian convcts. The assemblage
was an orderly one, and no attempt was made
by the authorities to interfere with the pro-
ceedings.
The London Telegraph announces that
the late David Baxter has bequeathed the
enormous sum Of two and half millions of
dollars to the Free Church of Scotland. and
quarter Of a million to the University Of Edin-
burgh.
Kaiser William charges Uncle Sam nothing
for his services in the San Juan arbitration.
The latest adyices from the City Of Mexico
| report everything quiet in the land of revolu-
tons. On the news Of the death of Seward,
the flag Of the American Legation and Con-
sulate was hoisted at half mast, and kept so
| four days. The Mexican press contained
lengthy and flattering biographies of Mr..
| Seward.
The late municipal elections in England re-
suited in large Conservative gains. There
was much dissatisfaction at the working of
the new Ballot act. The voting was so slow
that in many places all the votes could not be
polled.
The Emperor of China was married on the
10th Of October. The Emperor is IL years
old, and the bride 10
John Francis Mcguire. the well-known Irish
member of Parliament for Cork city, and pro-
prietor and principal editor of the Cork Err
dniHcr, is dead.
1t is stated that Marshal Bazaine is not ex
pected to live through his trial.
France has just paid Germany 100000, 600
more francs. and will continue to make SINH
lar iustallments until the end of the year. so
that Oh the 1st of January only two milliards
of the war indemnity will remain unpaid.
The irrepressible Carlists are again becom-
ing troublesome in Spain.
The excitement in Germany over the Coun-
try Reform bill has subsidized Another effort