Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-07-30

resenting the larger publishing houses of Ne,
York, Boston, Philadelphia, Cincinnati an
Chicago, and the larger jobbing houses o
these and other cities, as well as a large mum
Der of retail dealers, were present The obiec
OF these meetings is stated as follows: 1T
abolish the present system of discounts. an,
| to confiue discounts to the trade alone thu
only exception to be on the first introduction
| of school books. and that only through regu
lar agents and dealers and to abolish th,
wholesaling Of live books to the press TO
premiums"
II is asserted that there is no probability Of
the success of the proposed amendment to the
Constitution of Michigan, comforting on WON
en- the right of suffrage. majority of the
women OF the State are, it IS said, averse to
having the privilege accorded them.
Political.
LIEUT.. -Gov. DAVIS, of Mississippi, acting
as Governor, notified President Grant, JULY
81, that party feeling, in view of the election
to be held Aug. 4. Was running very high in
Vicksburg. He thought it impossible for him
to preserve the peace, and made application
to the President for two companies of troops.
Foreign.
A DISPATCH from Madrid conveys the start
ling intelligence that the Carlists have or
dered one Spaniard shot for every shell
thrown at the beleaguered city of Bilbao.
Marshal Serrano has brought some order out
of the confusion in SPAIN and he has received
private assurance that England, GERMANY
and Russia will soon join in recognizing the
Republic. 1t is announced from Cuba that
the Spaniards have determined to make no
further eff TT to suppress the rebellion in the
eastern portion of the island, but will abandon
1t entirely to the insurgents.
THE British Government has intimated its
readiness to accept .he cession Of the Fiji
islands if il was made unconditional, but that
the sixteen conditions proposed by Fiji are
not acceptable The Licensing bill has
PASSED the British House of Lords The
fire in Galata. Turkey, was brought under
control after raging six hours. About 200
houses were destroyed.
THE French Ministry has been partially re-
by the appointment of Baron de
Chaband la Tour to be Minister of the Interior
and M. Matthew Bodet Minister of Finance.
This arrangement leaves the Bonapartists
without representative in the Cabinet.
The Duke of Monticello is dead age. 49,
jules Favre has married an Alsacian refugee.
.Concha, Captain-General of Cuba. has is
sued decree, to take effect Aug l, providing
that duties shall be paid as follows fifty per
cent IN specie 20 per cent. in Spanishibank |
bills, with 100 per cent. added. and the re- |
70 per cent. in bank bills at their |
nominal value. On and after the LIST prox. |
and taxes are to be paid in bank bills with adj |
iition OF 100 per cent. The decree of June 4. |
authorizing the Spanish Bank to sell specie on |
account of the Treasury, to be used in pay
nent OF duties is annulled.
In the French Assembly the Minister of
Foreign Affairs said that it was impossible for
france to hold aloof from the Brussels Con-
,ress, but the Government would undertake
lothing In connection with it without the
onsent OF the Assembly. The Government
I'LL iLslst on the exclusion of naval questions.
q accordance with the example of England
. "A recent article in the Madrid Impartial
avoring Iberian union has developed strong
pposition to the project in Portugal. Lisbon
dyices state that the articles of the Ibapdr-
ldt we're received there with great disfayor.
. Don Carlos has issued manifesto. grant,
,g religious liberation, engaging not
? disturb the sales of church property
present confiscated; promising a repre-
entatlve but not revolutionary govern
lent; undertaking to restore the finances of
ne country, and insuring liberty. 80 far as il ],
consistent with order. The manifesto con- !
udes as follows: If the rebellion con-
nues, we shall stifie it with cannon. Those G
no reject our proffers of Cancellation to-
ny, will be compelled to submit to the law of :
lie conqueror Tomorrow. After a des-
crate tight and gallant defense, the Carl O
is captured the city of Cuenca. the garri-
IN being obliged to surrender The death a
ntence pronounced against Dockray has 1
zen committed to ten years imprisonment by
resident Serrano, at the instance of Captain
eneral Concha. Gen. Quesada and staff,
the cuban army, have arrived at Kingston.
maica- Their destination is unknown.
PRESIDENT MAcMAHoN, in response to a s
putation of members of the French Assem- v
y who waited upon him recently, said he was b
It summoned to power in order to restore v
her the monarchy or the Empire, nor could Il
undertake the task of constituting g
Unite republic. "A Paris special SAYS: d
The Committee Of Thirty have agreed to the =,
ectoral bill fixing the age of voters at Is.
DIVIDING for elections by arrondissements' q
stead OF departments, and giving an add Il
nal member to every 90, 900 inhabitants" a
+. brig. Lien. Pinto, of the Spani h Republic IL
n army, has defeated a detachment of Don .,
fonso's army, at Salvanete, in the province " -
Cuenca, delivering 700 of the prisoners u
Ken by the Csriists at Cuenca, and cap OF
ring eight officers If Alfonsos staff Il
10 Lord Mayor of London gave a banquet Q.
the I'D to her msjesty's ministers, at the =,
'nslon house. Disraeli, In responding to VI
VET, expressed anxiety concerning the pl
archy prevailing in some of the nations of OF
rope, and said that the present condition of eff
ngs was not to be viewed with complacency. n,
-Advices from India represent that fears -
entertained that the cholera has broken Pi
among $4,000 pilgrims who are assembled st
Poore for the Juggernaut festival also fe
t the floods in the north have subsidized. and to
southern districts are still without rain. h,
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