Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1873-08-28

OF letters from country puDlsners, ASKING ii
there is no possible construction of the law
which would permit the exchanges to go free
The uniform reply is, that all free mail matter
il abolished The representations are that
| the operations of the law are runous to
country publishers. Many officials are OF
the opinion that some substitute for the
franking privilege will be adopted by the next
Congress.
Foreign.
DISPATCH from London says: 1t is stated
upon the highest authority that the Count de
Chambord has announced his resolution to
accept the Constitution for France prepared
by the members of the Right of the Assembly
and himself, and will rule both by the will OF
God and good will of the people. Proclama-
ton of monarchy will be made in about six
weeks. A Barcelona telegram of Aug. IL
says: The Carlists have begun their long
threatened attack on Berga. Six hours after
their batteries opened fire the city was burn
ing in several places.
SIX hundred French Imperialists met at
Chiselhurst ON the 18th of August, and cele-
brated the fete day of the late Emperor.
Young Prince Louis Napoleon made speech,
in the course of which he said: Planting
myself as an exile near the tomb of the En-
peror, represent his teachings, which may be
summarized in the motto Govern for the
people by the peoole.'" The Prince was
loudly cheered. and the meeting WAS most
enthusiastic. :. The North German Gazette
denounces as disgusting invention the report
/ in American papers of an interview with Prince
Bismarck, in which hes is made to say that he
would extirpate the idea of God, and substi-
tute that of the State. 1t declares Bismarck
never used such language, or advocated such
| sentiments and believes the falsehood origi-
,afa al t,,t he oohi IF ha
| A Vienna letter saws that the International
| Jury for the group H in the Exposition has
| awarded the diploma of honor to Boston. A
diploma has been awarded an American for
dentistry 1t is reported that Paraguay,
Brazil, and the Argentine Republic have
signed treaty of peace.
In the exhibition of machinery, America has
been very successful at Vienna. Diplomas OF
honor have been awarded New York and
Philadelphia manufacturers. Twenty-six
medals for progress, nineteen medals of
merit, and sixteen certificates of excellence
have been gained by Americans in the same
depa,tment 1t is officially stated that the
entire CaIlist forces in Spain do not exceed
260 infantry $50 cavalry and artillery. The
Insurgents of Cartagena have released and
armed 1,so0 convicts. The German troops
having been withdrawn from Belfort. ex-
President Theirs is paying that city a
promised visit, and his welcome by the in
'Aabitants seems to have been characterized
by great enthusiasm. There is no truth in
the report in the Paris papers that Metz
would be restored to France through the in
fuence of Russia.
THE Carlist infantry force in Spain is 26, 900,
instead of 1900, as heretofore stated. 1t is
stated that France will soon recognize the
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publican newspapers have been suppressed in
the French provinces since the LIST of August.
:. The British bark Abena was recently run
down and sunk by the steamship Alabama. on
the English coast. Eight of the crew were
drowned, only three escaping. A Lima,
Peru, letter states that ON the 4th of July a
party of American engineers employed on the
Arroyo railroad, hoisted the Stars and Stripes
knee deep in the snow at the summit of the
highest peak of the Cordilleras traversed by
the line. and the highest point ever hopored
by the United States flag. Among the party
present were W. p. Tobias and job NJ. Tobias,
of Illinois.
The Jury on the Commerce of the World, at
the Vienna Exposition, have awarded the
highest medal within their gift to the cartoon
representing hog-slsughtering and pork pack
ing and the statistical tables, all prepared un-
der the auspices of the Cincinnati Pork Pack
ers' Association. "A serious landslide re-
Gently occurred near the city of Lima. Peru.
body of earth, estimated at ten millions of
cubic square Yards, fell from the mountain
side into a valley, severely injuring number
of persons and damming up river the water
Of which had risen 100 feet above the usual
height. Engineers were of opinion that the
water would soon burst it's barriers when it
would rush toward Lima, sweeping everything
before it and submerging the lower portion of
that city. A disastrous fire has taken place
in Valparaiso, causing loss of $500, 900. -. A
Vienna dispatch says: The distribution of
the prizes was a very tame affair. There
were only about 8, 900 persons present. Arch
duke Charles Louis made congratulatory adj
dress on the successful termination of the Ex-
position, after which the list of successful
competitors was read.
INTELLIGENCE is received of an alarming
state of affairs among the iron mills of En-
gland. The rroprietors Of the mills at Man
chester have determined upon gradual lock-
ont, that is, to discharge one-tenth of their
employees every week until all are discharged.
1t is probable that all the workers will strike
when the first installment are discharged, and
there are rumors of other intended move
ments which give the situation very serious
aspect :. The war in Sumatra is developing
into an affair of consequence. The army of
the Holanders, is, 900 strong. will be unable,
it is feared, to cope with the Achineese.
The Sultan, who is thus brought into
publicity, is proving himself to be
something more than savage fool.
Geneva, the home of Calvin and the
refuge Of Voltaire, is in luck. The Duke of
Brunswick died recently, leaving all his inn
mense landed estate to that municipality.
Long famous, the city is now rich. . "A report
from the vessel ir which Henri Rochefort
was shipped for New Caledonia says that his
fellow-convicts. considering his course as
reasonable to the cause of the Commune,
made am attempt to lynch him. The officers
of the ship were obliged to assign him quar-
tiers apart from and protected against the
Communist exiles.
1865 Political.
In is reported that the Administration lead
ers in Cincinnati have combined to press
Judge Stanley Matthews, of Cincinnati. for
the Chief Justiceship. Hon. George f. Hoar,
member of Congress from the Worcester
(Mass.) District, against whom Gen. Butler
directed some of bis sharpest shafts in his
recent letter in excuse and defense of the
salary-grab, has written a letter in reply,
caustic and severe, handling the General with
out gloves, and attacking him with his own
weapons. Mr.. Hoar pronounces the grab
gross, uncalled for, extreme abuse of popular
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