Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-09-03
Washington.


trays.
Washington.
A WASHINGTON dispatch states tia. the At
torney- General is in daily receipt of letters
complaining of the unsettled condition of af-
fairs in Arkansas, Texas, Florida. Mississippi.
Louisiana and South Carolina. The negroes.
on one side, complain of their treatment by
the whites. The whites, on the other hand,
are dissatisfied with the conduct of the ne.
groes. and say that they are completely organ
lied throughout the South, and are liable to
break out in armed opposition to the whites
at any hour. Both whites and blacks appeal
to the President in the most earnest terms
for protection from each other.
SECRETARY FISH declares that the story OF
the proposed cession of Porto Rico to Ger
many is without foundation, and that the al.
legged dispatches are forgeries. The Com
missi oner of the General Land Office has d.
rected that regulations respecting the final
proof of homestead settlement in the grass
hopper region of Iowa and Minnesota will be
modified so as to permit settlers to go before
their County Court to make their de- sitions,
instead Of before the local land Office. This
order is made on the representations Of re-
liable parties that many settlers can i'll afford
the expense OF long journey, especially in
their present impoverished condition. AS
the best means of settling the difficulty pre-
sented in the matter of the recent bids for
furnishing stamped envelopes and newspaper
wrappers, the Postmaster-General pro tenn.
has, after careful consideration, decided to
reject ali bids. and advertise for new propos-
ais.
IT is stated that when the Long Branch
season is over President Grant will return to
Washington, remain a couple of weeks, and
then go to st. Louis to attend the Missouri
State Fair.
IT has been ascertained from q reliable
source that Spain, instead of carrying into
effect the understanding of the Fish-Polo
protocol, namely, to investigate the conduct
of those of its authorities who have infringed
on Spanish laws or treaty obligations. and to
punish those who may have offended, has
made demand Of indemnity in the affair of
the Virginius, and for other alleged wrongs
suffered by Spain, owing to the flibustering
expeditions fitted out in this country, ard
landing, or attempting TO land. men and mt
nitions of war on the Spanish-America an coast.
80. The Redemption Bureau of tie Treasury
Is now in good working order, and all money
forwarded is assorted and turned over to the
Comptroller in the most expeditions manner.
There will hereafter be no delays in the trans
action of this particular class of business at
the Department.
General.
THE bark Mermaid, from New London.
Conn.,, for New Orleans. was sunk at sea by a
collision. and the captain and five of the crew
were lost
THE sailing time of Her Majesty's steam
ship Colima, from San Francisco to Yokohama,
Japan, was seventeen days and thirteen hours
the quickest passage ever made between
those two ports....A new international
bridge across the Niagara river, near Tona-
wanda N Y. is proposed, to be finished in
August, 1875
The Rev. Z. D. Boynton. pastor of the First
Congregational Church of Cincinnati and
ex-Chaplain Of Congress, has created great
sensation in Ohio by preaching a sermon in
favor of the liquor license, and taking The
ground that Christians must re-argne the
whole question.
THE failure Of the firm of Jonas Sonneborn
Il Co., Of New York, one of the largest
petroleum houses in America, is announced i:
liabilities, about $500, 600.
THE American baseball players in Europe
have finished their tonr and are now ON the
way home. The trip has been a pleasurable
one, but financially was not success.
Foreign.
PERE HyAcISTaE has resigned the curacy
of Geneva In his letter of resignation he
assigned the act to his attachment to the
Roman Catholic Church, whose reform, not
overthrow, he desires, and to q conviction
that the liberal Catholicism Of Geneva is
neither liberal in politics nor catholic in re-
hgion.". Marshal Bazaine declares that none
of the prisoners held in custody are respons-
IDLE for bis ercape from prison. He MAIN
tsins that he had no accomplces whatever
save his devoted wife and nephew. The
Marshal describes how he eluded the surveil-