The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1873-05-02
The South.

The south.
The town OF Marion, Crittenden county,
Ark, has been nearly destroyed by fire. Loss
$4,000.
All the gambling houses in St. LOUIS nave
been closed by the police.
The trial OF Mrs. Wharton, charged with
poisoning Eugene Van Ness, has been brought
to a close at Annapolis, Md, the case having
been dismissed on the motion of the prosecute
ing attorney.
The town of Stanton, Tenn, was recently
visited by disastrous confagration, nvolv-
ing loss of S150,0O0
Washington.
The Secretary of the Interior has decided
that the Winona and st. Peters Railroad
Company is entitled to the lands in Mime
sofa in controversy between that company
and the ST. Paul and Sioux City Railroad Com
pany.
The Secretary of the Treasury has directed
the Assistant Treasurer at New York to sell
81. 900, 600 in gold on the first third and fifth
THURSDAYS. and 81 zoo, 900 on the second and
fourth Thursdays, in all SC, 0OO 900, and to buy
$500. 900 in bonds on the first and $780, 600 on
the tnllu W euuthuuy VI may, III III i,uuOOOu'
A Washington dispatch has the following
item of interest to liquor and tobacco dealers
"The liquor and tobacco dealers and others
subject TO license on special under the inter
nal revenue laws, will, from the lst of May,
be required to pay the tax under the pro-
visions Of the act Of Dec. "a, 1872, in
stead of waiting for assessment. They will be
required to pay in advance, the same AS Strife
licenses, and the penalties are heavy for doing
business after the 3Oth of April without having
paid the tax. The tax receipt to be procured
at the Office of the Collector, is to be posted
conspicuously in the place Of business of the
taxpayer. The law imposes penaltias for fail
ing 80 to post the receipts or stamps"
The President, it is stated has decided not
to take any further notice of the Louisiana
troubles beyond the instructions already given
to Gen. Emory, and through the Attorney
General, therefore, declines to take any notice
of the appeals just made bya representative
of the Kellogg Government. Secretary Bel
KNAPP is now in NewiOrleans making an investi-
CATION into the situation, and the future action
of the Administration will be based, it is said,
on his report.
Senator Sumner continues to improve in
health.
The internal revenue receipts for the cur
rent fiscal year will probably reach 5ll5,00O,-
600, or So 600, 600 more than the estimates.
Secretary Fish promises to give the mana
gers of the Vienna Exposition full explana-
ton of the manner in which the corrupt Amer
lean Commissioners we're appointed, and do
what he can to ward of any evil effects of the
scandal from honest exhibitors.
The War Department has made extensive
arrangements for the protection of engineer
ing parties on the Northern Pacific railroad.
About forty companies Of all branches of the
service will compose the expedition, which is
to start June Is, Col. Stanley commanding.
Foreign.
The recent report of the murder OF Sir
Samuel Baker and party turns out to have
been canard
The celebrated Tichborne case il up again in
the London courts.
The Czarowitz Of Russia and wife will short
ly visit London.
The Japanese Ambassadors travelling in Eu-
rope recently had lengthy conference with an
eminent German Professor Of Jurisprudence
at Berlin, regarding the propriety of endeavor-
ing to establish Christianity az the State re-
ligion of Japan. The Professor earnestly dis
suaded them from the project. The Ambas-
sailors had already come to regard the change
as probable, and we're favorable to it. They
listened eagerly to the reasons of the Profess
sor, who adduced facts from the history of
Christendom to show that religion cannot be
enforced by Governments. He said it was only
vital when it grows amongst the people and
from the people. He counseled the granting
of full religious liberty as the most desirable
course to pursue. The Ambassadors expressed
satisfaction with the advice.
The English shareholders of the Atlantic
cable companies at ali unofficial meeting have
adopted aresolution favoring the consolidation
Of the companies, and the amalgamation of
interests.
Over 20, 600 coal miners in Lecestershire.
England, are on strike.
The Sultan of Turkey is seriously i'll.
Another coal mine explosion has occurred in
North Wales, by which several miners were
killed.
Earl De La War; lately committed suicide
by throwing himself into the river Cam in
England.
The Prince of Wales has gone to Vienna.
Bismark has made speech in the Prussian
Diet defending his policy of opposition to the
influence of hepricsthood in Germany. He
denied the report that he had promoted the
occupation of Rome by Victor Emanuel
The attempt of the Permanent Committee
of the Spanish Cortes TO change the status of
the Cabinet by substituting a Conserva-
tive Ministry produced great excitement
in Madrid, and serious disturbances were at
one time threatened At last accounts every
thing was quiet.
All men of 20 years of age and upward, in
Spain, are to be enrolled in the army.
Owing to the troubled condition of Spain, 9
great many families are leaving the country.
There is no truth in the reported death OF
Taglioni, the once celebrated danseuse.
The New York Worlds special from London
says: 1.-THE gravest apprehensons are felt il
the highest circles in Paris of an immediate
civil war. The monarchists are determined t.
Dust President Theirs at any cost"
The Emperor William of Russia is visiting
the Russian Car.
The manufacturing city of Joachenisthal, il
the mountains OF Bohemia, was destroyed b,