The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-03-07

ton.
The America and East India Telegraph Com
pany, incorporated the other day by Congress-
is now said to be a 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. 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 ana
Means to find out what ground there was Tor
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 OH the Louis
lana case. The substance of it IL, that the
State has no real Government, and that new
election should be ordered to give Louisiana
republican form of government Senator
Trumbull disssnts, on the ground that the
McEnery Government is legal, and Senator
Morton dissents as he believes the Legality Oh
the Kellogg Government.
The bill for the reduction Of letter and news
paper postage, which the House passed short
time ago, and which excited 80 much remark,
lies practically dead in the Senate Postoffice
Committee, from which it will probably never
be reported.
The press of public business has compelled
the President to postpone his contemplated
Southern trip beyond March.
Hon. Richard Yates has been commissioned
az 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 i'll durance vile.
The report of the Centennial Commission
was presented in the Senate the other day. 1t
states that the subscriptions i'll Pennsy lvania
alone will amount to about a, O0O,OOO This
start would insure the success of the EXPOSE
ton, 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 examines year ago.
The vote of the Senate which, by a ma ority
of 10, refused to take up the case of Caldwell,
is generally accepted AZ practically settling his
case favorably.
w. L. Scruggs, of Georgia, editor of the At
anta Ehig has been appointed Minister
Resident TO the United States of Colombia.
This place was vacated by Gen. Hurlbut, of
Illinois. "a
It is said Nice-President-elec Wilson is
about to renounce his single miseries and take
a wife Miss Edes, wealthy and cultivated
lady Of Washington, who is very popular i'll
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
yice-President Colfax a few, nights ago.
Foreign.
1t is rumored that some of the great Euro
pean powers have intimated to the Spanish
Government that they will oppose the forma-
ton of Federal Republic.
An explosion occurred recently in coal
mine near Staffordshire, England by which
thirty or forty miners we're killed.
The Irish priests charged with using spirit
ual influence 10 intimidate voters in the Gal
way Parliamentary election have been ac-
quilted.
The estimated expenditures for the British
army for the financial year 1874 form a
total of 500 100000 which is reduction of
$4,000, 600 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 its incompetency to
try the case, and ordered the plaintiff to pay
the costs.
Minister Sickles has assured Senior CASTELAR,
that Uncle Sam will not trouble Spain about
Cuba for the present, as it is his c.. S. - wish
not to embarass the infant Republic.
News comes from Smyrna of dreadful and
singular calamity. A coffee-house on the
shore of the Gulf, much resorted to by the
Greeks, has been gradually undermined by the
action of the tides, and was suddenly swal-
lowed up in the waters the other day. The
loss of life was between 100 and 200 persons.
The Spanish Government is getting fairly TO
work on a republican basis. The Governor
ships of forty-eight provinces will be divided
equally among Radicals and Republicans, and
the Secretaries Of the Radical Governors are
Republicans, and those of the Republican
Governors Radicals. At Saragossa the Repub-
licans recently had a grand celebration the
CITY being practically delivered into the hands
of the people. The Monarchical members of
the city government resigned, and their
places were filled by Republicans, who were
Immediately installed. All political prison.
ers were released. The statue of Wash
ngton has been displaced from thedacade of
the Town Hall of Barcelona. There il ru-
NOR of project for putting a HoheDzollern
on the throne.
A report comes from London that the Eu-
ropean Governments are negotiating with a
view of jointly recognizing the Spanish Re-
public.
Presidents Theirs and Figueras are on the
sick list
Late advices from the capital Of the Spanish
Republic inform us that the Carlist movement
is increasing that Ministerial is imminent ;
that 80 Colonies and 40 observation-disclosures of
Artillery in the regular army have resigned !;
that the idea Of a Federal Republic is gaining