The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-07-18

In a place containing about 1000 inhabitants
deaths have occurred to the extent Of twenty
seven in one day.
A DESPATCH from Houston, Texas, says the
weather is more favorable to the crops. and
worms no longer appear in Texas. Two
| thirds of the crop Of cotton and cereals are
very fine.
The statement telegraphed from the South
that the cholera was raging in Alabama was
wholly false. It has appeared in but one or
two W 4. Reports to the Agricultural
| Department at Washington from the COT
ton regions indicate that the crop OF that
staple this year will at least be equal to that
of last.
WASHINGTON.
Tur Hon. VIM. B. Allison and other dis
tinguished citizens of Iowa have petitioned
the Attorney-General to compel the Union
Pacific railroad to operate its road in connec-
ton with its branches as q continuous line IN
the manner required by acts of Congress. 1t
appears an unjust discrimination is made by
the Union Pacific against the Kansas Pacinc
and other branches in charging heavy local
freight and passenger rates on all business
from their branches, thus practically cutting
them of from the through traffic. The At
torney-Generals decision viii have an impor-
tant bearing upon the finances Of the Union
Pacific. There is S7s, 0O0, 600 in coin and
coin certificates in the treasury wash
ington dispatch Of the 4th says Tn Govern
ment counsel have not yet decided what toNdo
to offset the combined movement OF the Union
Pacific railroad for tho purpose Of defeating
the Credit Mobilier suit, and the matter re-
maius q very u~npromising condition.
IT il authoritatively stated that neither the
President nor Secretary of the Interior will
interfere in behalf Of the Modoc prisoners,
but that the finding of the c~ourt-martial will
be approved.
DEFICIT Of nearly one million dollars hay
ing been discovered in the accounts Of ex-
Secretary Of the Interior Jacob Thompson.
who resigned his position in President Blu
chanan's Cabinet, in 1861, to join the rebellion.
an examination has revealed the fact that the
defalcation was committed by one Of his
clerks. 1T is stated that the civil service
rules, as modified, are being strictly enforced
in all the departments. . . The committee ap-
pointed to investigate the financial manage
ment of the Howard University have sub
mitted their report, in which they completely
exonerate Gen. Howard from the charge Of
misrepresentation of the funds Of the institu-
ton They say: 1.-The recorded proceedings
of the Board of Trustees will show that no
single dollar of the university money was ever
voted as a gratuity to Gen. Howard, nor any
money at any time, under any pretext, to
which he was not justly entitled, in consider
ton for valuable and indispensable services,
faithfully rendered"
: FOREIGN.
THE German Government has invested 80,
600, 600 of its surplus funds, which the French
indemnity has made to overflow, in United
i, States 5 per cent. bonds. The Spanish Cortes
has passed, by an almost unanimous vote, q
bill comforting discretionary and extraordinary
powers on the Government. There is q bitter
state of feeling existing in England, especially
among the Low Church party, at the introduce
ton OF the confessional in the Established
Church. The receipts from internal revenue
in the United Kingdom for the fiscal year We're
ELS, S96, 900, a decrease of ESQ., 600 from the
/ DToCculue year uiLiHShah ofi "
hampton journals express alarm at the de-
crease Of orders for hardware from America,
and at the remarkable development Of the
trade in tho United States, whose manufac-
turers ere supplanting those Of England in
the colonies and South America. /. Eight thou.
sand Berlin weavers are on a strike for an ad-
vance of SO per cent. in wages.. The Federal
Roprhlicons NJ N,la 1ayo- iaer1a1 IN aIdross
calling upon the insurgents to return to theiI
allegiance. The crop prospects indicate less
than an average yield throughout Ontario.
THE Constitutional Committee has submit.
! ted to the Spanish Cortes its draft OF a Federal
, Constitution for the Republic. 1t provides
! that the President shall hold Office for foul
years, and for one term only also, that Spain
be divided into eleven States-Cuba, Porte
: Rico and the other colonies being denominated
Territories 49,. Holland has made no settle
u ment Of any kind with the Acheenese, and
Z could not listen, the Colonial Minister says, tt
. any such proposals as those she is recently re
|, ported to have made. A second expedition
4 against Acheen has bcen fitted out by thu
= Government. /. The Emperor Of Germany ii
. again on his legs. The Bank Of England
Q forgers have been examined at London, ant
: fully committed for trial Seven hundret
! and fifty Mormon emigrants have left Liver
= pool for America in the steamship Wisconsin
I ...Cespedes has resigned the Presidency Of
Q the Cuban Republic, and is succeeded by Sal
. vador Cisneras.
. IN consequence Of the passage Of the bill
abolishing constitutional guarantees, the Irree
oncilable Deputies have withdrawn from tht
! Cortes, which action has served to restor,
y quiet in Madrid. The new Constitution o.
: Spain provides that the President of the Re
q public must have been born in Spanish terri
: tory and be IS years of age. The country il
, divided into Cantons like tho Swiss Republic
The Assembly of each Canton is to elect foul
Senators, and Deputies are to be chosen b,
universal suffrage. Cuba and Porto Rico ar,
: to be assimilated with the Cantons of Spain
' 49,. The canada Pacific Railway Investigation
l Committee have adjourned their sittings til
Aug. 49,. The New York Herald has beer
5 convicted Of libel in a Paris court, and finet
. 1000 francs. d. The anniversary Of the indie
pendencc of the United States was duly cele
brated in London by a banquet at Willis
l rooms, at which all the prominent American,
, there were present. The day was similarly OBJ
served at Paris, Berlin, Vienna and other lead
! ing cities OF the Continent, the American Min
listers presiding at nearly all the celebrations
THE Shah Of Persia arrived in Paris on the
> 7th inst. and had a warm reception. He visit,
l Italy ncxt....A Havana telegram says that
several hundred Migrants recently sent tc
work on the trocha have deserted and Joined
the insurgents. 1t is officially announced
from ST. Petersburg that the Khan Of Khivs