Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-03-05

The South.
Col. WYATT C. THOMAS, an old and promi-
nent Arkansas journalist, is dead.
THE temperance crusade has extended to
Mississippi, Tennessee, and other pats of the
South Steve Lowery, the last survivor of
the notorious Robinson county On. c. band
of outlaws, was recently killed by three
! farmers near Lumberton. The entire COM
munity turned out to view the body of the
dead bandit, and expressed the widest JOY at
such a deliverance. Thus ends the history of
the worst most cruel and bloodthirsty gang
that ever infested any country. A reward Of
sc, 200 will be paid the parties concerned.
DAMAGING freshets are reported in various
parts of the South. The running of railway
trains has been seriously interrupted by the
destruction of bridges and culverts- There
is great rejoicing in Robson and adjacent
counties in North Carolina at the death Of
Steve Lowery, the last of the Scuffietown out
laws, and large numbers OF people fiocked to
Lumberton to view the dead body OF the ter
rible bandit. When shot he carried a rifle,
three pistols and a knife.
Washington.
STRONG movement is being made for the
abolition of the tax on leaf tobacco. The
House Committee on Appropriations have re-
duced the amount of the Indian appropriation
bill to about five millions of dollars. The es-
Inmates were for about sever millions.
A WASHINGTON correspondent states that the
Senate Appropriation Committee will propose
the abolition of the postal-car system on rail-
roads, and the repeal of the clause providing
for the free delivery of letters-the latter, on
the ground that large sums are thus spent for
the benefit of residents in few cities, which
bo Ia M larp re-
The House Commerce Committee have pre-
pared bill to compel the Chicago and North
western railroad to allow the use of the bridge
across the mississippi River at Clinton, Ia, to
the Chicago and Dubuque Railroad Company.
1t will undoubtedly pass.
WE give below an analysis of the vote of
Western Congressman on the proposition to
revive the franking privilege IUinois-Bar
riere. Clements, Farwell. Fort. Hawley,
McNulta Morrison, Robinson, and Ward voted
no. Burchard, Cannon, Corwin, Hurlbut,
Knapp, Marshall, Martin, Bay and Rice voted
ave. Eden absent and not voting. Wiscon-
sin-Barber, Eldredge, Hazleton, McDill.
Rusk, Sawyer, and Williams, of Wisconsin,
voted aye, Mitchell voting no. MinnesOtd-
Averill and Dunnell, voted aye. Michigan
Begole, Conger, and Field voted aye, the rest
of the delegation voting no. Io,cd-Donnan
and Orr voted aye. while Cotton, Kassan,
McCrary, McDill, and Pratt, voted no. Lough-
ridge absent. Ohio-Danford, Gunckel, Neal,
Robinson, Southland, and Woodwork, voted
aye. Parsons absent. The rest in the mega
tive, OF the Indiana delegation, Coburn.
Niblack, and Hunter voted aye. the rest of
the delegation voting no. In the Missouri
delegation those voting aye were Buckner,
Clark, Glover, Hatcher, Ravens. and Parker.
The rest in the negative The entire Kansas,
delegation voted aye.
LEADING members express the opinion that
Congress will not adjourn before July.
Political.
THE Iowa Anti Monopolists held State
Convention at Des Moines ON the 25th of Feb
ruary. Sixty-two counties were represented.
Resolutions were adopted favoring a faith
full administration of the laws - of political
REFORM" repudiating the doctrine that to
the victors belong the spoils." and instead
thereof ''true system of civil service re-
FORM" denouncing a protective tariff as a
monopoly, and demanding free iron. steel. salt
and lumber that all corporations are subject
to legislative control: favoring modification
of the banking system: opposing all grants of
lands to railroads and other corporations
condemning the pretended repeal of the
salary-grab as a fraud when not applied to the
denying the alleged necessity of State
Printer and Binder as % party organ, sup
ported by public patronage" denouncing the
Credit Mobilier and other National Treasury
steals
The nomination of Simmons, to be Collector
of Boston. has been rejected by the United
States Senate.
The Grange.
DELEGATE convention of the State Grange
of Illinois is to be held at Bloomington on the
14th of April.
THE so-called Boston Grange, which was ex-
communicated by the National Grange, re-
fuses to disband. and has set up an organiza-
ton of its own.
Foreign.
THE new British Ministry is composed as
follows: First Lord of the Treasury, Disraeli
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford
Northcote First Lord of Admiralty, George
Ward Hunt: Secretary of State for the Home
Department. Richard Asheton Cross: Secre-
tary Of State for the Foreign Department, Earl
Derby; Secretary of State for the Colonial
Department, Earl Carnarvon: Secretary of
State for War, Claiborne Hardy; Secretary of
State for India. Marquis of Salisbury: Lord
f1iSu CudnceuOr, IOru CdlIns; LOru OF the
Privy Seal, Earl Malmesbury: Lord President
of the Council, the Duke of Richmond; Lord
John Manners is appointed Postmaster-Gen-
eral. Political disturbances are threatened
in Japan. The French Bonapartists are to
be spotted. Duke de Broglie has given orders
to Projects of departments to keep watch of
the parties who leave for Chiselhurst on the
occasion of the Prince Imperial becoming of
age.
THE King of Ashantee is prisoner in the
hands Of the British troops. London papers
announce that Gladstone has determined to
no longer take an active part in Parliamentary
proceedings. The Pope has caused an urg
ent request to be sent to all the Bishops to
visit Rome, as he desires to see them before
he dies. The instruction in Japan is be-
coming formidable. A Madrid dispatch an
nounces heavy lighting in Biscay, with severe
loss on both sides. The Carlists have evacu-
ated Pcrtugalite A Havana letter gives de-
tails of the recent disturbances in that city,
inklings OF which have reached US by tele-
graph. The rioters assembled in large num-
bers i'm front of the Captain Generals palace