The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-07-31


show that 100000 acres Of corn have been
planted this year in excess of last years acre
age. The increase is six per cent. of the
whole crop. 1t ls largest in the South in per-
centage and in the West in acres. The con-
dition of the crop il reported good in the
West, and elsewhere variable.
1t is asserted that there is no probability OF
the success of the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of Michigan, comforting on wom-
EN- the right of suffrage. A majority Of the
women of the State are, it is said averse to
having the privilege accorded them.
WASHINGTON dispatch says: Fred Doug
lass, in his paper, complains of outrages
against the negroes in the Southern States.
He suggests, AZ a complete remedy for those
oppressed in States having Democratic ma
jorities, emigration. He advises the col
ored people to leave those States in
which they are a minority, and go into
those States where they have majority. He
also takes up the case of Cadet Smith, and
says Cadet Smith, who was the pioneer
colored cadet at West Point, was in the city
last week. His dismissal from West Point is
a disgrace to the nation. Had he been
allowed to enter the fourth class, he would
have become cadet officer, and white cadets
would, of necessity, have become his sub
ordinates. Hence he was found deficient in
philosophy. We shall recur to this case
again."
bottle has been picked up on the Florida
coast containing the following message:
STEAMSHIP CITY OF BosToN.-To all whom this
message may come: That l, the undersigned, a
passenger this ship, write the following state
ment: On Sunday night heavy storm arose.
12:30-Incre ising.
1:20--All hopes lost.
. o'clock-Gowng do john CAswELL,
London, Eng.
The steamer sailed from New York Jan. rs,
1870 and has not been definitely heard from
since.
Hon. John Jay, has sailed from New York
for Liverpool, on his way back to Vienna.
Foreign.
In the French Assembly the Minister of
Foreign Affairs said that it was impossible for
France to hold aloof from the Brussels Con
gress, but the Government would undertake
nothing in connection with it without the
consent of the Assembly. The Government
will insist on the exclusion Of naval questions
in accordance with the example of England.
A recent article in the Madrid Impartial
favoring Iberian union has developed strong
opposition to the project in Portugal Lisbon
advces state that the articles of the Impair
cidl were received there with great disfavor.
Don Carlos has issued manifesto granting
religious liberation, engaging not to
disturb the sales of church property
at present confscated promising a repre-
sentative but not revolutionary govern
ment undertaking 20 restore the finances of
the country, and insuring liberty, 70 far az it
is consistent with order. The manifesto con-
cludes as follows: "If the rebellion con-
tinues, we shall stine it with cannon. Those
who reject our proffers of Cancellation to-day
will be compelled to submit to the law of the
conqueror tomorrow"
After desperate fight and a gallant de-
Tense, the Carlists captured the city Of Gu
enca, the garrison being obliged to suren-
der.
The death sentence pronounced against
Dockray has been committed to ten years i'm
prisonment by President Serrano, at the in
Gen Quesada and staff of the Cuban army,
have arrived at Kingston, Jamaica. Their
destination is unknown.
President MacMahon, in response to dep
utation of members of the French Assembly
who waited upon him recently, said he was
not summoned to power to restore either the
monarchy or the empire, nor could he under
talrn taslr Of afnit
public.
A Paris special says: THE Committee OF
Thirty have agreed to the Electoral bill fixing
the age of voters at rs, providing for elections
by ACCOMPLISHMENTS, instead of departments
and giving an additional member t. every
80, 900 inhabitants"
Brighten. Pinto, of the Spanish Republican
army, has defeated detachment of Don AL
fonso's army, at Salvanete, in the Province of
Cuenca, delivering 700 of the prisoners taken
by the Carlists at Cuenca and capturing eight
officers Of Alfonso's staff.
The Lord Mayor of London gave banquet
on the Odd to her majesty's ministers at the
Mansion house. Disraeli in responding to
a toast, expressed anxiety concerning the
anarchy prevailing in some of the nation Of
Europe, and said that the present condition of
things was not to be viewed with complacency.
Advices from India represent that fears are
entertained that the cholera has broken out
among $4,000 pilgrims who are assembled il
Poore for the Juggernaut festival; also that
the floods in the north have subsidized, and
the southern districts are still without rain.
In the French-Assembly on the 23d of July,
motion for the dissolution of the Chamber.
supported by tho signatures of 800 members,
was rejected by vote of $40 yeas to $40
nays.
The Project Of Cuenca, Spain, announces
that "a bodies of Republicans, murdered by
Carlists, have been found in q house in that
town, mutilated so horribly as to be unrecog-
nizable.
In the British House of Commons, July %,
DIsraeli moved for an annual grant to Prince
Leopold of $4,000. He eulogized the intel
lectual and scientific attaiuments of the
Prince whose health, he said prevented him
from adopting profession. Mr.. Gladstone
seconded Mr.. Disraeli's motion, and it was
almost unanimously adopted.
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