Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-16

Company has defaulted in its July interest.
and the Erie company, which has just leased
the road, is out of pocket nearly seven million
dollars . Freight rates between New York
and the West have been reduced so per cent
Mr. BEEcHER. in his last Friday evening
talk with his parishioners, gave retrospect
of his life in general terms, but did not refer
to the Tilton affair.
THE cable steamer Faraday, reported
wrecked off the coast of Nova Scotia, was re-
Gently seen off Seal island prosecuting her
work. A band of 700 Mormons from Eu-
rope arrived in New York last week. Most of
them were Scandinayians. There is to be a
new issue of postal cards. They will be of
superior design, and more convenient.
THE report that the freight charges be-
tween the East and West bad been reduced
was entirely too good to be true. 1t turns
out that the rates have been raised instead of
lowered.
Political.
THE Republicans Of Iowa met in State
Convention at Des Moines on the LIST inst
Ninety counties were represented, and about
Grelich. of Des MONIES county, presided.
The following ticket was nominated For
Secretary of State, J. ID. Young, the present
incumbent State Treasurer, Z. G. Christy.
present incumbent Auditor, 3. r. Sherman.
Of Benton county; Register of the State Land
Office, David Secor. of Winnebago Attorney
General, Nj. E. Cults, of Mahaska; Clerk of
the Supreme Court, E. F. Holmes. OF jack
son; Supreme Court Reporter, J. S. Run
nells, of Polk. The platform favors free
banking declares the obligations of the Gov
eminent when placed upon the markets of
the world are payable in the worlds curren-
cy, specie affirms the power of Congress to
regulate commerce among the general States,
and the right of the States to regulate and
control ailway-transportation within their
limits declares in favor of the proposed Con-
stitutional amendment providing for the cleo
ton of President by direct vote of the
people; demands modification of the Patent
laws declares that only honest and capable
men should be elected to office: and favors
the submission to the people of the question
of amending the Constitution so as to extend
the suffrage to women. Arkansas voted, IN
the 30th ult.. upon the question of calling a
Constitutional Convention. and also for
delegates to the same. A Little Rock dis
patch of the I'd inst. says the majority for a
convention is about 60,U00 and that the Con-
servatives have elected abou. 20 of the 81
delegates.
ANDY JoHNsoN's chances for the Tennessee
Senatorship are said TO be good.
ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS declines renomi-
nation to Congress. >. The majority for the
Constitutional Convention in Arkansas is
about 10000. ID. r. Hawkins, prominent
Tennesseean and ex-member Of Congress, Is
openly advocating a reputation of the ma
tional and State debts.
THE last issue of Hdrper's Weekly, which
has for some time INDUCED iii 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, with tho following words:
Don't let us have any more of this nonsense.
1t is a good trait to stand by ones friends,
but -" The President is represented in a
crouching attitude, with an expression of half
fear and half hate on his face.
Foreign.
The subcommittee of the Committee of
Thirty in the French Assembly have drawn up
a new constitutional bill. The measure pro-
vides for the continuance Of the title of
s. President of the Republic - for the creation
of a second Chamber. and for the organization
of a purel. personal septennat, which is to
terminate With the expiration of President
se.en-years term. 1t is ru-
mored that Gen. Concha was killed by order
of Marshal Serrano because he was an AL
fonsist. The Emperor of Germany lately
presented his portrait, life-size. and painted
to order, to Mr.. Bancroft, the retiring Ameri
can Minister.
THE German squadron has been ordered to
Spanish waters. This is probably done to
enforce the demand for indemnity made some
time since for the seizure of German vesse
by the insurgent fleet at Cartagena DIR.
Butts Irish homa-rule resolution has been
dsfeated III the British House of Commons
ty the one-sided vote of 81 to AS.
THE Fourth was celebrated with spirit by
the American residents of London and Paris.
Spain has made another levy of $4,000
men to fight the Carlists. The latter, at last
accounts, were marching on Bilboa . The
Spanish General Concha. recently killed at
Estella, was so years old. :. The Count de
has issued another manifesto to
the people of France, in which he makes an
earnest plea for the monarchy and urges his
own claims to the throne. A Havana letter
of recent date says that the misery and want
CAicSiuS AZ thdt SlSN SiCdt. clu dc COii-
sequence crime has increased to fearful ex-
tent.
THE Carlists are exceedingly active in the
north of Spain. There is a great strike of
linen operatives in the Belfast Qreland) mills.
II is reported from Paris tina. Isabella in
tends to publicly revoke her abdication of the
Spanish throne. a vote was taken in the
French Assembly on the sth inst, on the mo-
ton of NJ. Brun INTERPRETING the Govern
ment for its suppression of l. Union newspa-
per. But a small number of the members
voted. and the motion was lost. The Govern
mant then moved vote of confidence, but
that was defeated By vote of 391 to 36s.
majority against the Government of 81. This
was followed by vote on the simple motion
to proceed With tho order of business, which
was carried-Sl5 to 339. 1t will therefore be
perceived that nothing was accomplished by
the votes. The Assembly refused to censure
and refused to indorse the Government A
London telegram announces that England has
demanded $4,000, 900 of Spain as indemnity
Tor the murder of eighteen British subjects
who were captured on the yirginius.