The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1872-09-27

evidence continues TO accumulate or the sac
condition of affairs along the Rio Grande
The Mexican devils continue their depreda'
tons under the very noses of the Commits
sioners, and utter bitter threats against the
witnesses. Early and prompt action by Con-
gress is looked to as the only means of rene
dying the unfortunate condition OF things.
The "Old Defenders" OF Baltimore and
Washington celebrated the anniversary Of the
battle of North Point on the 18th of Septem-
Der. AS the little band marched through the
streets with feeble steps and white locks, they
were received and greeted with the profound
est respect by the multitudes that thronged
| the sidewalks.
| The State Auditor of Louisiana was recently
sent to prison for contempt Of court.
The ice supply of New Orleans is nearly ex-
hausted, and the city is threatened with an ice
| famine
Hon. Richard II. Rousseau, a prominent
member Of the Louisville bar, and brother
of the late Gen. Lowell III. Ro usseau, is
| dead.
terrible state OF excitement exists in
Washington county, KY, caused by the attacks
of body of disguised men upon the laborers
! of the Cumberland and Ohio railroad. The
contractors and laborers have been notified to
leave the county. The citizens claim that the
road is not being constructed in accordance
with the agreement when they voted n sub
scription. Hence their opposition to the
prosecution of the work.
party Of masked men recently went to the
residence Of Henry Miller (coored), at Chris
tisna, Rutherford county, Tenn, before day
light, and on his attempting to escape, shot
him dead.
The last rail has been laid on the South and
North Alabama railroad. This road, forming
an extension of the Louisville and Nashville
railroad to Montgomery, Ala, is link In the
most direct line from Louisville to the Gulf of
Mexico at Pensacola and Mobile.
Washington.
The President has issued a proclamation
aboshing all duties on imports from Japan in
Japanese vessels, the rule to hold good so
long as Japan imposes no duties on imports
from the United States.
Tobacco and cigar peddlers who pursue their
considered as dealers by the revenue author-
ties, and be obliged to sell from properly
stamped packages, under special tax receipt.
The receipt must show the route number of
car, ETC. The same rule will apply to all YES
sells navigating inland waters.
There are $500 employees in the Treasury
Department, 1, 100 of whom are females.
oi1 xis it ~ he
capital last week. After remaining few
hours, he set OF again for his cottage by
the sea"
Secretary Delano has returned to Washing
ton. His health Is still very delicate.
Washington telegram of Sept. ~ says:
The Administration organ, it is understood,
reflects the Presidents views when it declares
this morning that the - time for action on the
part OF the Government has about arrived,
and those Indians who have been invited to
accept the olive branch Of peace and refused,
will be taught that the strong arm Of the Gov
eminent will reach the very last scoundrel of
them who may have been implicated in the
late outrages. The patience OF the President
is well nigh exhausted, and the late outraSes
have been so severely commented on by the
press throughout the country that our citizens
are prepared for the most stringent enforce
ment of law and order, even at the lannon's |
mouth little East India justice would be |
useful at this time; and whether the murder
Gus wretches are blown from the mouth Of |
cannon or slaughtered in the field, it is of |
little consequence to the world at large. Ger
tainly the interests Of civilization would not |
suffer if the entire savage tribes were exter-
The Bureau Of Education has been collect |
appears that the average cost of keeping pau
pers is S112 per annum, and that on an average |
they are kept ten and a half years. In some
of the States it costs 1900 per annum to keep
Paupers.
Although (says a Washington telegram it is |
thought at the Indian Bureau that there is no
danger of an Indian war, official advices, in
which the President shares, show that serious
hostihties are probable at very early day
along the whole Indian line.
Another delegation of savages, representing
the Kiowas, Comanches, Arapahoes, Chey-
ennes and Wichitas, and numbering some forty
warriors, will soon start from the Indian Ter
ritory for Washington, under escort of Indian
Agent Tatem.
Foreign.
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