The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-06-19

croft Davis Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary of the United States to the
German Empire.
The House Committee on Railroads and
Canals have made favorable report on Repre-
sentative Haweys bill connecting the waters
of Lake Michigan and the Illinois, Mississippi
| and Rock rivers. The bill authorizes and di-
reefs the Secretary of War to lay out and con
struct canal from point at or near ii enne
pin. by the most practicable and convenient
route, to the Mississippi river, with branch
canal or feeder from the Rock river at the
city of Dixon, connecting with the main line
of the canal at the town of Sheffield. The
total length of the canal is 1902 miles, at an
estimated cost of little over $4,000 600. The
bill appropriates 51,000,000 toward its COM
mencement.
The following is the vote of the Senate on
the Compromise Currency bill l'eds-Alli-
son, Bogy, Carpenter, Clayton, Conover,
Dorsey Ferry (NIich.), Gilbert Goldthwaite,
Harvey, Hitchcock, Howe, Ingalls, Johnston,
Logan, McCreery, Merrimon, Mitchell,
Morton, Norwood, Oglesby, Patterson,
Pease, Pratt, Ramsey, Robertson. Scott,
Sherman, Spencer, Upton, West, Wright-32.
Nays-Alcorn, Anthony, Bayard, Boutwell,
Buckingham, Conkling, Edmunds, Flanagan
Frelnghuysen, Hager, Hamilton (NId.), Ham
iton (TeXas). Hamlin, Jones, Morrill, (Me.),
Morrill, (Vt.), Sargent, Schurz, Stephenson,
Stewart, Stockton, Thurman, Washburn-23.
Cameron, Dennis, Lewis, and Window, who
would have voted for the report, were paired
with Cragin, Kelly, Wadleigh, and Salisbury,
who would have voted against it. Senator
Carpenter, from the Committee on Elections,
reported to the Senate that, while said Com
mittee considered it impolitic to adopt bal
lot-box, it recommends unanimously to the
States severally Marston's safety ballot-box
as an excellent preventive of ballot-stufhng
and other frauds.
The House Committee on Territories have
reported bill defining the qualifications of
Delegates from the Territories, namely: That
the Delegate shall be 25 years ofage, be citi-
zen of the Territory, and shall have resided
seven years in the Territory which he il chosen
to represent and further, no person guilty of
bigamy or polygamy shall be allowed to repre-
sent any territory III COubIesS.
Elder Cannon has escaped expulsion, but
the House has passed a bill declaring that
hereafter the practice of polygamy shall be
deemed sufficient cause for rejecting Delegates
otherwise entitled to seats.
Appointments by the President John L.
Cadwalder. of New York, Assistant Secretary
of State Mai. Absalom Baird, Assistant In
spector- General and Northumberland
Consuls- General-Thomas b. Van Buren,,
New Jersey, at Kanagawa; George Pornutz,
Iowa, at st. Petersburg; p. Sidney Post,
Illinois, at Vienna; Herman Kreismann, Hi
nos, at Berlin. Consuls-Paul Jones, Ohio,
at San Domingo; w. II. Young, Ohio, at
Mannheim.
POLITICAL.
The Illinois Independent Convention as
sembled at Springfield on the 10th of June.
David Gore, of Macoupin county, was nomi-
mated for State Treasurer, and S. II. Etter, of
Mclean county, for Superintendent of Public
instruction. What is known as the Decatur
Platform was adopted with few slight
changes.
The State Reform Convention of Indiana met
and nominated the following ticket Secretary
of State, Noyes S. White, of yigo county
(Democrat) Auditor of State, Ehenezer
Henderson, Of Morgan county (Democrat)
Treasurer of State, n. c. Bennett, OF Steuben
county Republican, Attorney General, Jas.
A. S. Mitchell, of Elkhart county Democra)
Judge of the Supreme Court, II. Z. Biddle.
of Cass county (Republican); Superintendent
Of Public Instruction, Clark Davis, of Henry
county Republican).
The -Monopolists of Minnesota will
hold their State Convention at ST. Paul on
the 23d of September.
The Independents of Kansas have called
nominating convention to be held at Topeka
on the 5th Of August.
General.
A large meeting was held in Toronto, Cam
ada, last week, for the purpose of discussing
the proposal for connecting Lake Ontario and
the tidal water with Lade Huron and the lakes
Herewith, by means of canal. A
was adopted to the effect that the
construction of the Huron and Ontario Ship
Canal was commercial necessity. 1t was
stated that the county of Simcoe had prom
sed bonus of 100000, and that other aid
would be forthcoming
Civil Service reform has come to an abrupt
end, Congress refusing to make any further
appropriations for carrying it on.
Foreign.
A Paris telegram states that while NJ. GAM
BETA was waiting for the Versailles train he
was hustled and insulted by band of we'll
known Bonapartists. A collision between the !
Republicans and Bonapartists is regarded as
imminent
The French Assembly has fixed the age OF |
voters at II years.
Reports from the famine districts in India
ire becoming decidedly encouraging. Not |
)nly are cases of actual starvation rare, but |
he number of persons to be relieved is de-
,reasing in consequence Of the recent rains
Cambridge (England) University has con
erred the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws
IN James Russell Lowell, of Boston.
Don Carlos has summary way of dealing |
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