The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1873-03-21

THE defalcation in the New Orleans Post
Office figures up over $50, 900. The New Or
leans police made a raid, a few nights ago on
Odd-Fellows' Hall. the place of meeting of the
McEnery Legislature, and arrested the Speak
er and several members of that body. In an-
swer to a formal inquiry from Gov. McEnery,
Gen. Emory states that the seizure and ar
rests were made without his knowledge or au-
thority, and that he has no opinion to,express
about them; but that he is hfider INSTRUCTIONS
from Washington to defend the Kellogg Gov
ernmcnt from any violent interference. Inc
arrested members were subsequently released,
and the Legislature assembled i'll st. James
Hall. -... ....
TENNESSEE has adopted the common school
system ..Ex-Gov. W.. W. Holden has been
appointed Postmaster at Raleigh. n. c..
Gen. n. i. Forrest has been elected President
of the Memphis and Selma railroad. affairs,
in New Orleans have settled down into com
narrative quiet, and it is announced that there
l.; no apparent danger of another outbreak.
A COMMITTEE of the Baltimore conference,
after patiently investigating the case o. Rev.
l.. ID. Huston, have unanimously reported III
favor of preferring charges of immortality
against him At Salisbury, Nd, recently,
George Hall, aged is, shot dead Amelia Shirk-
ley, aged IA, because she had failed to answer
A letter he had written to her, in which he
"told his love- 5s. -
The Falls City Tobacco Bank, at Louisville,
Ky.. was entered by burglars a few nights ago,
and robbed of special deposits to the amount
of SO, 600 or :15, 900. .... George w. Hall, the
Young man who killed Miss Shockley, at Sails
bury, Nd, has ended his own career by throw
ing himself under the whccls of a railroad
train.
THE loss by the burglarizing Of
City Tobacco Bank, of Louis1 We, turns out
have been much larger thai : at first sup
posed. All the Jerersonvi stilroad bonds,
the Short Line railroad b9wo and the New
Albany city bonds are mfsshg amounting,
probably, to over 800, 600. The last rail on
the Texas Central railroad. connecting t.with
the Missouri, Kansas and Texas road, at Denl-
| son. Texas. has been laid, and there is now IN
broken railway connection between New York
and Galveston.
WASHINGTON.
Nor a single bill containing a subsidy or
land grant of any description passed during
the late session of Congrcss....A Washington
correspondent writes that there is much CAN
wasting there as to the Presidential policy to
be pursued with regard to Federal appoint
ments. On this point the authorities are con-
flicting. Some friends of the President claim
that he will make numerous changes through.
out the country. especially among postmasters
and collectors: while others are confident
that. with but few exceptions, the present III
cumbents will be reappointed to n second
term 1t is asserted that there will not be a
single Cabinet change. with the exception,
possibly, of Mr.. Boutwell,. 80. Levi L. Lucky,
of Illinois, is henceforth to perform the func-
tions of Private Secretary to the President.
JUDGE POLAND has sent the ten shares OF
disosned Credit Mobilier stock that were
banded about between Kelley and Ames to
United States Treasurer Spinner, who is to sell
them, with accumulated dividends, for the
benefit of the conscience fund of the Treas
sury. 1t is authoritatively stated that the
President will send but very few appointments
to the Senate this session. -. Il. Stewart, the
contumacious Credit Mobilicr witness, has
brought suit against Speaker Blaine and the
| Sergeant-at-Arns of the House for false I'M
prisonmcnt. He claims damages to the
amount of 500. GO. lit IL stated that it IL
not the intention of the Secretary Of the Treas
ury to initiate the currency 10y keeping out
permanently any part of the :4i, 0oO. 600 legal
tender reserve. though he still adheres firmly
to the conviction that he has the right TO make
use of this reserve. and will do 80, temporarily,
should the exiGencies Of the public interes! re-
guire it,. -. Senator sumner was in his seat in
the Senate the other day. His health has
vastly improved.
The Congressman who voted themselves
%. 900 extra salary have been imploring the
disbursiug officer of the House for theil
money. but it seems they have run against
: snag. The Comptroller has decided that tn,
law is 70 loosely worded that he does not fee
authorized TO draw a warrant for the amount
The amount which the law requires for in
creased pay for the Congress just ended il
exactly 81. 655. 600. Dom Piatt, the pub
fisher OF the Washington Capital, says til,
police of the city stopped the sale of the extr
ttlliiOn Vi liz paper tohtoi'hhS '"''SoIuNo a.
count Of the inaugural festivities. 1t i
rumorcd at the capital that France has de
mandcd the surrender OF Gen. Fremont. 80.
Senator Chandler the other day made his frs
and newly-arriycd grandson a present of so.
: 900. The President has sent the followin,
, nominations to the Senate q. p. Walmought
Collector of Customs at Cuyahoga, Ohio
l DEMONSTRATIONS ii. Cogswcll. Titusville
Q Pa; n. N. Taylor, Belleville, ILL.,; Michae
a Piggott. Quincy. H.: William c. Cowley, Man
Il chester, Iowa NJ. S. Smith, Ionia Mich; z
a III. Howe. Monroe, Mich; NJ. III. Ganong, For
. Atkinson, Wis; Chas. Esslinger, Manitowoc
r Wis. George Jerome, Collector of Customs
3 Detroit, Mich. United States Marslals-
d L.. Bennett. Eastern District OF Michigan; Il
: ii. Campbell, Northern District Of Illinois Z
e A.. Ncwcomb, Eastern District Of Missouri
y Michigan. c. A. Babcock, Surveyor Geners
o of Kansas.
1 WASHINGTON. swarms with. ofiice-scekert
The present rush seems to be for cOnsulates
/ THE Comptroller of the Treasury Ina
u finally come to the conclusion that the in
crease OF salaries can be paid as authorized b
Congress, and the warrant has been drawn 70
. 81, 500, 900. IA large quantity of food, LEI
over from the Inauguration tall, was dir
. tributed to the poor. james E. Stuart, G
; Iowa, has been appointed Special Agent of tn
D Postoffice Department. Col. John W. Foster
\ OF Indiana, will succeed Mr.. Nelson as Minis
; ter to Mexico. The following are anon
aome of the anpoiutments of Collectors of In
ternal Revenue made in anticipation of the &C
of Dec. "a, 1872, abolishing the Offices of Al
3 SCISSOR and Assistant Assessor Mark Flans
D gan, First District of Michigan; Harvey l
Il RavIson Third District of Michigan CrOwle