The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-28

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Church has found the Rev. De- Huston, OF
Baltimore, guilty Of the crime charged sgsinst
him, and decreed his expulsion. The matter
will be appealed to the General Conference.
I ROBERT E. LEE, JR., son of the late Gen.
Lee, is the prospective Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Virginia. +. The Falls City
Tobacco Bank robbery, at Louisville. fOots up
$350,00O. The bank offers a reward Of $4,000
for the return offhe bonds, or rs Per cent. OF
the amount returned, and nj questions asked
also, offers a reward of $500 each for the cap
ture of the burglars.
The Memphis and Little Rock railroad was
recently sold st auction for SIS, 900.
THROUGH trains are now run from Galveston
to st. Louis by the Texas Central road.
IS WASHINGTON.
TIE President has appointed George NJ.
Derby, son of Lieut.. Derby ("John PhGnix'O,
to a cadetship at West Point. q
TnE President has appointed Rev. Edward
sioner Of Indian Affairs. "A Washington cor
respondent says: 1.-THE country has been
generally misinformed in relation to Congress
sional legislation with regard to the postal
laws this session. The Farnsworth bill, re-
ducing letter postage to 2 cents, and providing
for the prepayment of postage on mail matter,
passed the House, but failed in tine Senate.
There was an amendment to the Postofice
Appropriation bill, which repeats all existing
acts with regard to free mail matter. This, of
course, includes exchanges between newspa-
pers and free postage on papers circu-
lated in the counties where they are pub
lished. The law takes effect on the LIST OF
July. The statement that the Attorney
General had decided that the eastern terminus
Of the Union Pacific railroad is at Council
Bluffs instead of at Omaha seems to be
premature, as he still has the matter under
consideration The President has desig.
mated for appointment as Cadet Midshipman.
at-Large Frank Crockey, Of Iowa, son of the
late Brig. Gen. NJ. G. Crockey, formerly OF
DesMoines. =. Among the recent appoint
ments of Postmastere are the following
Arthur d. Downs, Wyandotte, Kan; Simon
Molz, Hayes City. Kan; Frederick D.. Rich
ter, Council Grove, Kan; NJ. B. Baldwin,
Elgin. H.; Gustavus A. Pfrangle, Aurora,
H.; William C. Stewart, Marengo, ILL.,; John
J. Karnew, Fort Wayne, Ind; John 3. Tyer,
Wabash, Ind; H. NJ. R%edington, Eiyria, O.;
Thomas ". Golfer. Coshocton, o.; II. B. Clark,
Newark o.; Henry Stevenson, Greenville, o.
The report that David Blakely, Of the
Post, Pension Agent at Chicago, is to be re
moved, is anthoritatively denied
The President has sent the following nomi-
nations to the Senate: George W. French,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Of Dakota;
J.. P. Kidder, Associate Justice Of the Supreme
Court Of Dakota; Henry King, Postmaster at
Topeka, Kan: Collectors Of Internal Revenue
Lewis Weitzel, for the First Ohio District
John W. Ross, for the Fifth Indiana District
Col. E. Mutt, for the Fifth Iowa District.
The President will visit st. Louis in April.
The Preaident has pardoned two more Ku-
Klux ont OF, the Albany Penitentiary. 49,. Owe,
five tons of worn-out plates for stamping
bank-notes were recently destroyed by melt.
ing, at the navy yard at Washington, by order
of the Secretary Of the Treasury.
The President has appointed Gen. j. D..
Webster Assistant Treasurer at Chicago.
Jason Brown, the Indiana Democrat who
made the fight in his State against Greeley,
has been appointed by the President Secretary
of Wyoming Territory Tho rush for Office
since the 4tho Of March has far exceeded that
-four years since, when President Grant first
entered the White House. . Ex-senator Saw
yer, of South Carolina, has been appointed
Assistant Secretary Of the Treasury. The
following additional appointments have been
made by the President Collectors OF Internal
Northumberland H. Whiting, Fifth District
of Illinois; Vim. R. Sapp, Thirteenth District
of Ohio; Henry Harnden, Second District Of
Wisconsin ; s. II Bailey, Fourth District Of
Michigan; Alexis Cape, Sixteenth District Of
Ohio. PostmastefsLw. 8. Krake, 'Ravenna,
o.; Vim. Jackson, Rock Island, ILL.,; James
Newsby, Cambridge City, Ind; p. Cuner. Up
per Sandnsky, o.; r.. j. Tompkins, Mount
Carroll, ILL., NJ. Cassiday, winterset, Iowa
The books and records Of the Credit Mobilier
Company have been copfiscated and turned
over to the Attorney-General Of the United
States, to be used by him in the suits su-
thorized by the Credit Mobilier act against
sundry individuals in behalf of the Union
Pacific Railroad Company. Rev. Edward
Payson Smith has been confirmed AZ Commits
sioner Of Indian Affairs. Judge Richardson
succeeds Mr.. Boutwell, as Secretary of the
Treasury. .- Appointments by the President /:
Postmasters j. r. jackson, Union City, Ind;
d. W. yorles, New Albany, Ind; William A.
Howell, Washington, Ind; VIM. NJ Winkler,
Columbus, Ind; Daniel N. Gross, Naperyille,
ILL.,; f.. A. Monson, Sandwich, ILL.,; Edward s.
Smith, Batavia, H.; Mrs. L. 4. Cory, Ashta-
bula, o.; If. Curran, Delaware, O.; D. f..
Hegler, 'Attica, Ind; L. A. Burnett, Terre
Haute, Ind; A. N. Ellsworth, Lowell, Mich:
E. W. Merrill, Muskegon, Mich; A. b. Turner,
Grand Rapids, Mich; Asa Reynolds, Grand
Haven, Mich; James II. Morris, Abba, Iowa.
Surveyors of Cr,stoms-R. II. Stephenson,
Cincinnati, o.: Philip Hornbeck, Evansville,
Ind: Thomas Steele, Pittsburgh, Pa; George
Fisher, Cairo, Ill; A. I. Titler, Alton, ILL.,;
James B. Luse, Louisville, KY.
FOREIGN.
TIE scene in the British House OF Commons,
when the defeat of the Ministry on the Irish
University bill was announced, was ~indescriba-
BILE. The excitement was intense, while the
opponents Of the measure INDUCED in tumul-