The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-06-27


A dispatch to a Chicago paper says there
gammi and Spur Mine villages, in Michigan,
and that several more were drowned in the
lake, having fled thither from the flames.
The South.
There were thirty-fve deaths from cholera
in Nashville OH the 18th inst. The disease is
carrying its ravages into the neighboring towns
of Tennessee.
Three negro murderers of New Iberia, La,
we're taken from the officers by mob of LOCO
citizens and hanged to a tree, few days ago.
A contest for the Governorship of Arkansas
is going on in the courts of Little Rock
Joseph Brooks against Elisha Baxter.
1t is said Andy johnson will enter the field
for Governor of Tennessee at the next cleo
ton.
A regiment of volunteers is to be raised in
Texas for the purpose of resisting and punish
ing the cattle-stealers who infest the border.
A meeting of joint committee Of native
blacks and whites was held in New Orleans, a
few days ago, which adopted strong series
of resolutions, pledgng their efforts to the
preservation of the reciprocal rights of the two
races. and the maintenance of peace and good
will between them.
A formidable gang of desperadoes in Ken
lucky has been betrayed by the confession of
one of their number at Owensville, in that
State, and there is prospect of the whole
band being brought to justice.
.O11iG 1palars
have failed, namely: Harris & Thomas, liabili-
ties, 1926, 900; Guthrie & Co., liabilities, $780,
600: Cheatham, Dranghan Il Co., liabilities,
$685. The aggregate amount of meat on
hand and bought for future, for which these
firms are liable, is 5000, 900 pounds OF meat
and 20, 900 barrels of pork.
At New Orleans the other day, man named
Hawkins obtained a verdict i'll the courts of
SIS. 900 against the Picdyune for libel. I'M
mediately after the trial two of the jury went
to the Picdyune Office and confessed that they
had been bribed, one for $500 and the other
for 1925.
The Grand Jury of the United States Circuit
Court at Raleigh, \. c., unearthed multitude
of frauds by Government officials and others,
aggregating, in the last four years, over $50,
600. Forty-seven indictments have been re-
turned.
Washington.
With regard to Col. Mackenzie's raid into
Mexico while in pursuit of the Kckapoos,
Gen. Sheridan in forwarding that officers re-
port of the affair to the War Department, says
he does not believe that any boundary exists
when such merciless banditti are being pur-
sued. Both the United States and Mexico
should be glad to throw open their territory to
each others troops for the punishment OF
these savages.
Brisbane's so-called pneumatic tube has
proved failure. The appropriation of $4,000
voted by Congress has been expended, and
there is nothing to show for it.
1t is rumored that Secretary of the Treasury
Richardson will resign shortly.
Thus far, 46 Senators and Representatives
have declined to accept the back pay. The
total amount thus returned to the Treasury ii
S192017.
Tie Postmaster General has ordered the
establishment Of free delivery in Columbus
O., Evansville, Ind, and Covington, Ky.
There is no truth in the report that Score
tary Richardson is about to resign.
Arrangements are being made at the Nav!
Department to send out an expedition to sew
eral points on the coasts of the Eastern Henri
sphere to make observations on the transit Of
Venus next year. one of the most important
astronomical events of the century.
The report of the Secretary Of the Navy
IA r. 1. =, -. t,ft,f int.
the cruise of the Polaris, has been published
| 1t affords little or no information that has no
been collected by reporters and correspond
ents from the party on the ice-fioe and alread,
given to the public. Secretary Robson hal
no doubt that Capt. Halls death was du'
solely to natural causes, and that the separa
ton of the Polaris from the ice-floe was tn
result of unavoidable circumstances.
The Postmaster General has directed tina
all postal cards which cannot be delivered t.
the person addressed shall be Immediately re
turned to the writer without charge.
The Secretary of War telegraphed to Gen
Sheridan, the other day, that the Government
has decided not to return the Kickapoo In
dams captured by Gen. Mackenzie.
The revised rules projected by the ne'
Civil Service Commission have been examines
and approved by the Cabinet and are no'
made public. One of them declares that
while it is not the purpose of the rules an
regulations either to restrict the power OF re
moval or to extend the tenure of service, sue
power will not be exercised arbitrarily, an
therefore application must not be enter
tanned by any authority having the duty o
nomination or appointment, or the remova
of any person in the civil service, nor vii
any person be removed for the mere pur
pose of making place for any other per
son. The following are extracts from tn
rules