Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-04-30

France and the United States, which will es-
| tablish an international letter rate of nine
| cents or so confines for each half-ounce in
| this country. or 10 grammes in France !:
each country to retain the postage collected
! therein.
THE Civil Service Commission have made
q report to the President, in which an ap-
preparation of SIS. 900 is asked for to defray
the necessary expenses Of the continuance of
| the reform.
THE bill reported to the Senate from the
Committee on Military Affairs to equalize the
sounties of soldiers who served in the late
war provides that there shall be paid to every
honorably discharged non-commissioned Off
| GER. private soldier, musician, artificer. and
| WAGNER including those borne on the rolls as
slaves. who served the United States in the
war of the rebellion, the sum of $S.321 for all
his time of service between April II. 1861, and
| Nav g. 1865 or in case of volunteer up to
the time of the muster out of the volunteer
| organization to which he belonged In case
! of the death of any such person. payment is
| to be made to his widow and children ANY
| bounties heretofore received from the United
! States, any State, are to be deducted from
| the allowance hereby authorized. No bounties
! shall be paid to substitutes or 70 persons dis
| charged as minors. No attorney shall be al
| lowed, on pain Of fine and imprisonment. to
receive more than so for prosecuting any
claim under the foregoing provisions. Re
ports received by the Department of Agricul-
\ ture indicate that the quality of the winter
wheat crop is far above the average, and the
| yield more abundant than for many years
past
| THE report of the Window Transportation
Committee. recently submitted to the Senate,
has been printed. The committee submit that
the commerce of the country demands the
construction of three trans-continental trans
portation lines from the Mississippi river to
the Atlantic seaboard, which might prop
| erIv receive Government aid one ria
the lakes, one in the central, and the
third in the southern. section of the country,
aud they are of opinion that these should be
water routes. On the question of the
panies whose lines run across States that will
not themselves grant the charters, the ma
jority of the committee are of the opinion that
Congress has such right. They urge that
means should be adopted to improve the
navigation of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
Land Office Commissioner Drummond has
resigned :. Both houses of Congress have
passed tho bill authorizing the War Depart
ment to issue rations to sufferers by the
Southwestern floods. No relief viii be ex-
tended after the 1st of September next.
Political.
THE deadlock in the Massachusetts, Legis-
lature has been brought to an end by the
election of Gov. William b. Washburn 20 the
vacancy created py Mr.. Summers death, all of
Mr.. Hoar's supporters and s. majority Of Mr.
Dawes casting their votes for him. The
thirty-third and final ballot was as follows
Washburn. 149: Curtis. 81: Dawes, &c;
Adams. IL Loring, 4; Phillips, 1; Whittier
1; Clifford, 1.
THE announcement of the election of Gov.
washburn to succeed Sumner caused no little
excitement among Massachusetts people in
Washington. says correspondent. or the
eleven Republicans from the Bay State, only
four. viz: the Hear brothers. Gooch and John
NJ. S. Williams, are pleased at the result The
usual charges of fraud and corruption were
made. and some denounce Washburn in
severe terms for accepting the position.
Foreign.
THB war in Cuba will now be fought ON
both sides with the assistance of its colored
population. The Havana Official Gazette an
nounces a decree under which all the slaves
ler's administration are DO 10 v.o-..i-sa 80
soldiers under white officers, and after five
years service are to be declared free The
Gillian steamer Tecua is reported lost on the
South American 1dclLC COasl. &Iu nineteen
persons drowned.
A STRIKE of agricultural laborers is in prog
ress in the eastern counties of England, aris-
ing from demand of the union in Warwick
shire for an extra shilling week. The land
lords and farmers intend combining to turn
out all the union laborers. The funeral Of
Dr. Livingstone, which took place in West
minister Abbey, WAS attended by full repre-
sentation of the Royal Geographical Society.
80 The French Government has accused GER
tain British subjects of conspiring TO assist
in the escape of Rochefort from New Caiedo-
donna This the British Government denies
Various diplomatic notes have been exchanged
between the two governments. The Bishop
of Nancy has been heavily fined by German
tribunal
THE efforts of DIR. Keneally. the counsel for
the Tichborne claimant. to obtain for him q
new trial have failed, as the application has
been denied on all it's points . The British
House of Commons has voted grant of
ELS, 900 to Sir Garnet Wolseley the COM
mander of the Ashantee expedition. The
abandoned steamer Amerique was not sunk,
as reported. She was abandoned at sea on
the 14th of April by cowardly crew. On the
18th she was discovered by passing steamer
and towed into the port of Plymouth, En-
gland. The Amerique had sustained no ap
parent damage, and was making no water
except in the engine-room. The cabin was in
the greatest confusion, owing to the hurried
manner Of abandoning the steamer. The
greater portion of the baggage of the passer-
gers was aboard.
ADvIcEs from st. Thomas state that the au-
thorities of San Domingo have removed the
flag of the SANTANA Bay Company, and re
sumed possession of the bay and surrounding
| territory -. A Madrid dispatch reports that
the CaTlisis before Bilboa have been COM
PEELED by the heavy fire of the Republican
| batteries to abandon their positions at Portu-
| galite and San Tuerco.
| DR.. SAMUEL G.. HOWE, the Resident Com
missioner in San Domingo of the SANTANA Bay
Company, asserts that British influence was
at the bottom of the troubles that have re-
suited in the ejectment of the company from
| the island and the seizure of their property
| by the Dominican Government.
| The British House of Commons has voted
a reduction of the income tax one penny in
pound. and the abolition of the house license
duty, as recommended in the annual budget.
The Indian Budget estimates the extraor-
binary expenses Of the Government for the
fiscal year 1915. on account Of the famine,