Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-01-02
Russian mission and will sail for Europe in

elect to Congress from the Eighth Georgia |
District, is dead
The New Orleans Times, the leading jour
nal of that city, if not of the South, has been
forced into bankruptcy, and the Office closed
One-half of the business portion Of OAR
danelle, Ark, has been DESTROYED by fire.
Washington.
There was stormy time at the meeting OF
the Credit Mobilier Committee, the other day,
when Cakes Ames submitted his statement,
rejecting severely upon McComb. The latter
became greatly excited, and demanded the
right to examine Ames, which the committee
refused. Judge Jerry S. Black is counsel for
McComb, while Ames has employed Caleb
Cushing to represent him before the con-
mittee.
The House Committee on Territories has
unanimously agreed to report bill enabling
Colorado to form State Constitution pre-
paratory to her admission into the Union as a
State.
The British and American Mixed Commits
sion have disallowed the claim Of Barron,
Forbes & Co., the English commercial firm
ton for s23, 1000, 1000 for quicksilver mines
taken possession of by the United States in
1876.
The House Committee on Postofices and
Post Roads have agreed to recommend the
establishment of letter carrier system in all
cities of 20, 900 inhabitants.
The developments of the Credit Mobilie-
ipu ho~ 4ba ~
Washington. Cakes Ames the other day pre-
sented statement which disagreed decidedly
with several of the denials printed during the
campaign, and also furnished list of men,
bers of Congress to whom he had sold stock.
His testimony, with that which has gone be-
fore, has fixed direct or indirect ownership or
interest in the Credit Mobilier upon nearly al
of those whose names appeared in the Nc
Comb list.
The President has signed bill for the con-
struct1on of bridges across the Ohio river.
new Civil Rights bill, with an Amnesty
bill tackled on, has been introduced into the
House of Representatives by Mr.. Morey, of
Louisiana.
The House Committee have rejected the
claim of Richard b. Garrett, of Virginia, for
compensation for the destruction of his barn
in the capture of J. Wilkes Booth.
Cakes Ames, in his testimony before the
Credit Mobilier Committee, on the 18th, men,
toned the names of Bingham, of Ohio, and
Hooper, of Massachusetts,, as persons to
whom he mad sold stock; also that some
was sold to the wife of Senator Wilson, and
offered to the Senator, but that he declined to
buy.
A delegation of citizens of Louisiana, repre-
senting the commercial and business interests
of the State, called upon the President the
other day. The delegation was headed by
Hon. John A. Campbell, formerly an Associate
Justice of the Supreme Court, who acted as
spokesman of the party. As a means Of set
Ting the disturbed condition of affairs in that
unfortunate State, the President was request
ed to send there an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court and Circuit Judge from an
other State, to hold term of the Circuit
Court, that the matters in difference may be
fairly and impartially adjudicated.
bill for the admission of Utah as the
State of Deseret has been introduced into
Congress.
The President has sent to the Senate the
following nominations: Charles B. Wilkinson,
Collector of Internal Revenue for the Sixth
District Of Missouri. Postmasters-B. NJ.
| Crawford, Wamego, Kansas; J. W. Whips,
| New Lexington, Ohio; L. 7. Chever, Della
| ware, H.; Mrs. Eliza Sellers, Pekin, H.. F.
| W. Trip, Farmer City, ILL.,; Samuel Matthews,
Sidney, Ohio; John Macarthur, Chicago, Ill.
| The House of Representatives has now on
its files over 5000 bills, and the Senate about
| 1900.
1t is intimated that the President will send
Judge Bradley to New Orleans for the pur-
pose of comforting with the judiciary there in
regard to the situation.
| Foreign.
| bismarck has resigned the Presidency O.
the Prussian Council, and istsucceeded tenn
porarily by Gen. Won Room.
| Hamilton, Ontario, has just had 8 5000, 00t
blaze.
1t is announced that ministerial crisis
is imminent in Spain.
A Paris telegram says: Gen. Chanzy'
corps is being rapidly increased to 100000
while Gen. Ducrot, a doubtful Republican
has only 48, 900 men under his command
President Theirs says that he intends to keel
the Monarchists in ave-"
The Spanish Cortes has approved, by vot
of 4S2 to 6, the declaration of Presiden
Gorilla of the purpose Of the Government t.
introduce law for the abolition Of slavery il
Porto Rico.
Six culprits are awaiting execution for muir
der in London.
The ship Matchless, of Boston, was wrecke
off the cost of Northumberland. All on boar
were lost.
NJ. Roen, distinguished member of tn
French Institute, has been struck from tn
jury list because he denied the existence o
God.
| Robert Bowles, the American banker VIII
recently failed, went into bankruptcy, and wa
arrested on charge of swindling and throw
into Newgate prison, has been released O.
500, 900 bail.
a gale of unprecedented violence lately swer
J over Naples, inflicting much damage to prop