The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-17


Eastern and Central Kentucky during the last
two days. but too late to afford much relief.
In the mountain districts actual cases Of
starvation are reported.
Little Rock, Ark, telegram says The
official returns from all the counties have been
received and opened, and foot up as follows
For the Convention, so, $50, against S607. OF
the 81 delegates elected, over 20 are Demo-
Gratis and Conservatives. Gen. Grandson ID.
Royston, Of Hampstead county, a member of
the Convention of 1885, has been elected
President of the Convention"
Washington.
The amount Of postage stamps and stamped
envelopes issued during the fiscal year ending
June 80. was, Exclusive of those used for
official communications, $21, l57, 434.76 an
increase over the previous year of S63l, S94.99,
or over per cent. The issues of postal cards
amount to S91, 100, and of official stamps, to
S1,769, 301.S6
Tho Attorney General has decided that
under section 10 of the act amendatory Of the
bankrupt law, United States marshals and
registers in bankruptcy are not required to
make the returns therein provided for until
they are furnished with tabular forms and
directions in respect thereto by the judges
of the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Interior Department has made de-
cision which will be vastly interesting to the
Western people. 1t is, that when a person
has completed five-years residence upon a
homestead, he is entitled to a patent without
further stay; and that residence in double
I,,;It In 90 LN,,, tao1 20
residence upon the homestead proper.
Washington dispatch of the 9th inst. says
Z" 1t is stated that IKE Grand Jury found two
indictments to-day against Mr. Dana, of the
New York Sun, for libel, on the complaint of
ex-Gov. Shepherd The President is expect
ed to issue his requisition on the Governor
of New York for the production here of the
accused at an early day"
The new District Government is cutting
down expenses at lively rate.
The issue of postage-stamps this year is 14l
per cent. greater than last.
1t is denied that the grand jury of Wash
ington has yet found an indictment against
Dana on complaint of Boss Shepherd, and it
is confidently asserted that none will be
found.
POLITICAL.
The last issue of Hdrper's Weekly which
has for sometime INDUCED in indicate re-
Elections on the present Administration, con-
tains a full-page cartoon by Mast, which
represents Columbia reproving President
Grant for the nomination of Shepherd and
Richardson, wit h the following words
Don't let us have any more of this nonsense.
1t is good trait to stand by one friends but
-" The President is represented in a
crouching attitude, with an expression of half
fear and half hate on his face.
General.
Recent deaths: At Rome, Italy, Monsignor
de Merode, Archbishop of Mitylene and
private chaplain Of the Pope; at Washington,
d. c., Gen. William S. Hillyer; at Hillsboro.
n. c., Tod r. Caldwell, Governor OF North
Carolina.
Foreign.
1t is reported from Paris that Isabella in
tends to publicly revoke her abdication of the
Spanish throne.
A vote was taken in the French Assembly
on the 8th inst, on the motion of NJ. Brun in
terpelliDg the Government for its suppress
sion of l. Union newspaper. But a small
number of the members voted. and the mo-
ton WAS lost. The Government tEen moved
a vote of confidence, but that was defeated by
vote of 331 to 36S, majority against the
Government Of ST. This was followed by
vote on the simple motion to proceed with the
order of business which was carried-315 to
339. 1t will therefore be perceived that moth
ing was accomplished by the votes. The As
semby refused to censure and refused to in
dorse the Government.
A London telegram announces that England
has demanded $4,000, 900 of Spain as indem-
nifty for the murder Of eighteen British sub
jects who were captured on the Virginius.
President MacMahon, on the 9th inst, sent
to the French Assembly a message OH the
pending troubles. He called attention to the
law CT November last, by which the executive
power was conferred upon him for seven
years, and after announcing his determine
ton to use the powers then conferred on him
for the public good he adjured the Assembly
to complete the organization of those powers,
that he might be enabled to give to France
stable and good government. At the
conclusion OF the reaulnB OF the message, NJ,
Duval stated that in the existing state Of
affairs it was impossible to definitely estab-
lish any form of government, and he there
fore moved that the Assembly be dissolved
after voting on the finance, military reorgan-
ization, and general election bills, and insisted
that his motion be declared urgent A vote
on the question of urgency was taken but
lost, when the motion was referred to the
Committee of Thirty.
II is said that the dividends for the first
half of tho year 1874 of the English railway
stock will be unsatisfactory. The decline is
attributed to the diminished activity of
FADE.
The Paris Figaro has been suspended by
order of the MacMahon Government.
A dispatch from St. Petersburg denies that
the young Duke Nicholas, who stole his
mothers diamonds, has been sentenced to
Punishment, but says his case is still pending
before the Emperor.
Dockery, the American arrested IN Cuba
some time since, has been sentenced to death.
A young lunatIc named Kullman shot at
Prince Bismarck the other day with evident