The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-11-14

He declares his loyalty to the conservative
alliance that elected him, and affirms the
sovereign power of the Assembly. In speak
ing of the future form of government, hi
language is very guarded, but he manages to
make it convey a recommendation that hii
term should be prolonged and his authority
increased. After the reading Of the message
a member Of the Right moved that the
Presidents term be prolonged ten years
and that o committee OF thirty be ap
pointed to examine projects for the future
form of government This was met by q
motion from a Bonapartist for aplebiscte on
the 4th of January next, but the motion OF
the Right prevailed by large. majority. A
subsequent vote, however, on a motion intro
duced by M. Dufaure, shows that the Govern.
ment has 362 members, and all the opposing
factions 348
| Havana dispatch announces that the fill
buster steamer Virginius has been captured by
the Spanish gunboat Tornado. She had 10
passengers and crew. Proceedings will be inn
mediately commenced against the prisoners.
In the recent election in Prussia the Lib
erals gained 80 members of the Diet.
Prince Bismarck has laid before the German
Federal Council a proposition from the United
States Government, inviting Germany to par
ticipate in the Philadelphia Centennial, and
has recommended it's acceptance.
The apparently interminable Tichborne case
has secured a fresh lease of life, an extension
of time having been granted upon motion of
tho claimants counsel to November 1874.
vast amount of property has been de-
stroyed in st. Petersburg by the overlooking
Of the river Neva.
NJ Buffet has been elected President of the
French Assembly.
The rate of discount at the Bank Of England
has been raised to nine per cent. The rate has
reached higher price but twice BEFORE in 1857
and 1868.
There has been heavy decline of stocks in
London, and symptoms of panic are begin
ing to be manifested.
The French Ministry resigned in body the
other day, but President MacMahon refused
to accept their designations.
The Carlists are reputed to have achieved
great victory over the Government troops
near MIRANDA del Arga. The Spanish Lieut.
Gen. De Rivera was killed.
All the rivers in the Island Of Jamaica re-
Gently rose to an unprecedented height, caus-
ing great destruction of life and property.
London is threatened with a financial panic.
There, it seems, shares of new diamond, gold
and silver mines of the widest description,
securities of doubtful railroads, and bonds of
tottering and rotten governments. were taken
with avidity and in amounts that were aston
ishing. The Continent has suffered from the
collapse of these schemes, and now London
is feeling the pressure. 1t is estimated that
the shrinkage in that city of the securities
mentioned has been at least one billion dollars
within the past year.
Bismarck has been reinstated as President
of the Prussian Ministry.
Ex-President Theirs expresses the belief
that the hopes of the Monarchists in France
have been completely dissipated, and that a
Republic is assured.
The inherent savagery of the Spanish charac-
ter has received another illustration. A Ha-
vana dispatch states that all the insurgent
captured in the recent fight near
Puerto Principe-eighty in number-were shot
On the field of battle by order of the Spanish
The reported Carlist victory near Miranda
lei Arga, Spain, is denied.
Monday, the 10th of November, was day |
If public rejoicing in Mexico over the adoption
If the constitutional amendments. The most |
important of these are those which abolish
and the separation of Church and
State.