The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1874-08-28

wrappers, the Postmaster General pro tenn
has, after careful consideration, decided Il
reject all bids, and advertise for new propos
ais.
1t is stated that when the Long Brancl
season is over President Grant will return Il
Washington, remain couple OF weeks AM
then go st. Louis to attend the Missouri Stat
Fair.
IL has been ascertained from a reliabl
source that Spain, instead of carrying int
effect the understanding of the Fish-Pol
protocol namely, to investigate the conduc
of those Of it's authorities who have infringe'
on Spanish laws or treaty obligations, and t.
punish those who may have offended, ha
made demand of indemnity in the affair o
the yirgnius, and for other alleged wrong
suffered by Spain, owing to the ilibusterinl
expeditions fitted out in this country, AM
landing, or attempting to land, men and mu
nitions OF war on the Spanish American coast
The Redemption Bureau of the Treasury il
now in good working order, and all money for
warded is assorted and turned over to thu
Comptroller in the most expeditions manner
There will hereafter be no delays in the trans
action of this particular class of business a
the Department.
Political.
The venerable Montgomery Blair is a candi
date for Congress in Maryland.
The new Constitution Of Ohio has been de
feated by a majority estimated all the wa!
from 20, 900 to so, 900.
The Republicans Of Pennsylvania met il
convention at Harrisburg on the 10th Of Au
gust and nominated L. NJ. Paxton for Judge
of the Supreme Court A. G.. Olmstead fol
Lieutenant Governor, Harrison Allen fol
Auditor General, and w. II. Beath for Secre
tary Of Internal Affairs. The convention ex
pressed itself in favor Of Gov. Hartranft fol
President A resolution indorsing Gen
Grant in the event of his candidacy for
third term was voted down with loud shouts
of dsapproval.
The Democrats of Tennessee have nomi
mated James ID. Porter for Governor.
General.
The bark Mermaid, from New London
Conn, for New Orleans, was sunk at sea by
collision, and the captain and five OF the crew
were lost.
A new international bridge across the Mag
ara river, near Tonawanda, n. Y, is proposed
to be finished i'll August, 1875.
The sailing time of Her Majesty's steamship
Colima, from San Francisco to Yokohama
Japan, was seventeen days and thirteen hours
the quickest passage ever made between
those two ports
Foreign.
We have accounts from Brazil of horribly
blasphemous and murderous fanaticisn
among a set of German colonists, led by mar
named Mauerer claiming to be a prophet
The home of a seceder from the sect was at
tackled by the partisans OF Mauerer ant
burned and the inmates, including womer
and children, shot. When the police APP
peared, they found Mauerer and his sectar
ans, some 800 strong, intrenched in mid
forest settlement, and, although force Of
regulars was brought up the soldiers were
repulsed with five killed and forty-fve
wounded At last dates the troops and
national guard were being collected and can
non were bombarding Mauerers position. II
is said that the revoters have murdered thir
teen families OF seceders and lukewarn
sectarians.
Bazaine's escape was not heroic. He scaled
no beetling precipices and breasted no raging
seas. Some pieces Of gold in the hands oil
his guards did what personal valor would have
attempted in vain. The prisoner walked GU
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away with as little trepidation as would have
beset him in eating good dinner.
There is a good prospect of war between
China and Japan. China has given japan
ninety days in which to withdraw her forces
from Formosa, and at the end of that time, il
the demand is not acceded to, will try to com
pei obedience. Japan, however, will not be
bluffed, and intends to retain her hold on the
island. We may, therefore, expect stirring
news from the far east.
1t is rumored that Spain has coded thC
island Of Porto Rico to Germany.
Pere Hyacinthe has resigned the curacy Of
Geneva. In his letter Of resignation hC
assigned the act to his attachment to the Ro-
man Catholic Church, whose reform, not over
throw, he desires, and to a conviction rhat
"the liberal Catholicism of Geneva is neither
liberal in politics nor catholic in religion"
Marshal Bazaine declares that mono Of the
prisoners held in custody are responsible fol
his escape from prison. He maintains thai
he had no accomplces whatever save his de-
voted wife and nephew. The Marshal de-
scrpes how he eluded the surveillance of the
jailer and in conclusion says Resentinp
the humiliating prison regulations, l felt
justified in an attempt to recover my liberty
AS was not tried by my peers, my imprison.
ment was illegal"
The report that Russia had rec ognized the
Spanish Republic is contradicted.
A destructive typhoon at Nagasaki, Japan,
recently, caused great damage to property OF
shore and shipping in the harbor, and loss OF
life among the natives.
The shore-end of the United States direct
cable has been laid on the Irish coast neal
Valentia.
The town Of Alvear, in the province of Cor
rientes, South America, was bombarded by
Brazilian iron-clad on account Of alleged il
treatment OF its officers. 1t was feared the
affair would lead TO war between Brazil ant
the Argentine Republic.
The latest estimates in regard to the extern