Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-03-06

ton.
The America and East India Telegraph Com
pany, Incorporated the other day by Congress,
is now said to be q worthless concern. The
parties in interest are believed to be irrespon-
sible, and to have sought the franchise only to
make money out of it's sale. A motion has
been made in the Senate to reconsider the vote
in their favor.
Another bribery investigation has been set
on foot in Congress by the passage of reso-
luton ordering the Committee OF Ways and
Means to find out what ground there was for
Legrand Lockwood's statement that large
amount of money had been spent on Congress
to procure the subsidy for the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company.
The Senate Committee on Privileges and
Elections have made their report on the Louis
lana case. The substance of it is, that the
State has no real Government, and that a new
election should be ordered to give Louisiana
republican form of government. Senator
Trumbull dissents, the ground that the
McEnery Government is legal, and Senator
Morton dissents, as he believes the legality of
the Kellogg Government.
| The bill for the reduction of letter and news
time ago, and which excited SO much remark,
lies practically dead in the Senate Postofice
Committee, from which it will probably never
be reported.
The press of public business has compelled
the President to postpone This contemplated
Southern trip beyond March.
Hon. Richard Yates has been commissioned
as Government Director of the Union Pacific
railroad
1t is said the President has finally come to
the conclusion to risk the experiment of re-
moving the troops from the Southern States.
| Joseph B. Stewart. the contumacious Credit
Mobilier witness, still remains in durance vile.
The report of the Centennial Commission
was presented in tie Senate the other day. 1t
states that the subscriptions in Pennsylvania
alone will amount to about 100000. This
start would insure the success of the EXPOSE
tion and would justify an appeal to other por-
tons of the country.
The Judiciary Committee have determined
to present articles of impeachment against
United States Judge Delahay, of Kansas,
whose case they began to examine year ago.
The vote of the Senate, which, by majority
of 10, refused to take up the of Caldwell
is generally accepted practically settling his
case fayorably.
W. L. Scruggs of Georgia, editor of the At
lanta Wing, has been appointed Minister
Resident to the United States of Colombia.
This place was vacated by Gen. Hurlbut, of
Illinois.
1t is said that Vice-President-elect Wilson is
about to renounce his single miseries, and take
wife. Miss Edes, wealthy and cultivated
lady of Washington, who is very popular in
society, is said to be the party of the second
part.
1t is reported that $4,000 of bonds and
coupons were stolen from the residence of
Vice-President Colfax few nights ago.
Foreign.
1t is rumored that some of the great Euro
Government that they viii oppose the forma-
ton of Federal Republic.
An explosion occurred recently in coal
mine near Staffordshire, England, by which
thirty or forty miners were killed.
/ The Irish priests charged with using spirit
ual influence to intimidate voters in the Gal
way Parliamentary election have been &C
quilted.
The estimated expenditures for the British
army for the financial year 1874 form a
total of $66, 900, 600, which is reduction Of
81, 000, 900 from those of the current year.
An incipient revolution has been suppressed
in Guatemala.
In the case of Prince Napoleon against ex
! Minister Lefranc, for Illegal expulsion from
France, the Court declared it's incompetency tt
try the case, and ordered the plaintiff to pa.
the costs.
Minister Sickles has assured Senior Castela
: that Uncle Sam will not trouble Spain abou
Cuba for the present, as it is his CO. $50 wisl
Y not to embarrass the infant Republic
r News comes from Smyrna of dreadful anc
singular calamity. coffee-house on tn
shore of the Gulf, much resorted to by tn
n Greeks has been gradually undermined by tn
8 action of the tides, and was suddenly swal
n lowed up in the waters the other day. TIL
n loss of life was between 100 and 200 persons.
a The Spanish Government is getting fairly t.
i, work on a republican basis. The Governor
J. ships of forty-eight provinces will be divide
equally among Radicals and Republicans an
the Secretaries of the Radical Governors ar
= Republicans, and those of the Republica
s. Governors Radicals. At Saragossa the Reput
3 licans recently had a grand celebration, tn
city being practically delivered into the hand
re of the people, The Monarchical members q
3 the city government resigned, and thei
d places were filed by Republicans, who wer
<. Immediately installed. All political prison
r ers were released. The statue of Wasl
IN ington has been displaced from the facade {
a. the Town Hall of Barcelona. There is a RI
NOR of project for putting HoheDzoller
la on the throne.
A report comes from London that the Ell
&c ropean Governments are negotiating with
r. view of jointly recognizing the Spanish r.
a. public.
er Presidents Theirs and Figueras are on tn
ut sick list
le Late advices from the capital of the Spanis
Republic inform us that the Carlist movemeI
in is increasing; that Ministerial is imminent
that 80 Colonies and 40 Lieutenant Colonies
in Artillery in the regular army have resigned