The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-12-17

Lawton seems to be the executive man, and
operated extensively in England.
The annual Convention OF the State Grange
of Minnesota was held at Minneapolis, last
week. The Secretary stated in his report that,
during the year over 1,200 had joined the
Grange by initiation and DENTS. The State is
now thoroughly organized, there having been
formed total OF SIC sub-granges, having a
membership of 1900. The Treasurer reported
balance on hand. Three hundred delegates
were in attendance.
Tho South.
More trouble between whites and blacks in
Mississippi. body of whites, under Rev.
Ball, Baptist clergyman, attacked and dispersed
force of 200 blacks, killing seven OF them
The affair happened in Issaquena county, 3
miles from vicksburg. The offense Of the
negroes, according to the dispatches, was the
Offering Of protec tion to some Of their fellows
who had been arrested and escaped from Jail.
Careful estimates place the cotton crop Of the
South at over 1900, 900 bales.
Advices from the Texas border report no i'm >
provement in the condition OF affairs on the
Rio Grande. There is general lawlessness and
discomfort all along the frontier. On the lower
Rio Grande the feeling between Americans and
Mexicans is intensely bitter.
Washington.
The appointments of Messrs. Chandler, New
of Indian Affairs have been confirmed by the
Senate without reference to committees.
The President made very singular error in
his annual message-one which is creating
much unfavorable comment among the legal
fraternity. He says, in his message, that Con-
grees should devise some better method Of veri-
flying claims against the Government than at
present exists through the Court of Claims, es-
pecially those claims growing out of the late
war, and that a very large percentage Of the
amounts passed and paid are either wholly fraud
ulent or are far in excess of the real losses
alleged to have been sustained on small farms.
The blunder made by the President s this, that
the subject matter of which he treats is out
side of the jurisdiction Of the Court of Claims,
and the points which he makes have no appli
cation to that Court, which has nothing what
ever to do with the class of cases alluded to.
There is good deal of Indignation amosg
Republican Senators and Representatives at ex-
Senator Hendersons attack OH the Administra-
ton, in his speech in the Avery trial at st.
Louis, and much satisfaction is felt at his dis
missal. Samuel Glover, of st. Louis, succeeds
Mr.. Henderson as Assistant District Attorney.
President Grant, it is announced, will shortly
send to Congress a supplemental message on
the subject of the Cuban question. The Presi-
dent is said to be opposed to the recognition
either of Cuban independence or belligerency,
and to take the ground that annexation is not
to be thought Of. He is believed 10 favor the
establishment of neutrality-suspicious. colonial
Government, similar to that Of Canada, for
Cuba and the remainder of SPANS West India
possessions.
Dr. Linderman, Director OF the Mint, has de-
cided that, if it is desired to establish another
Mint solely to coin silver, Indianapolis is the
best location. but if to coin both gold and silver
ST. Louis has the best facilities Of any Western
city, There will be lively squabble over the
location Of the new Mint, AZ Chicago wants it
bad, and will fight hard for it,
John ID. Young, an ex-M. c. from Kentucky,
has been appointed a messenger Of the House.
The report of Attorney-General Pierrepont
has just been laid before Congress. He urges
that Observation-Disclosures be paid salaries only, to
be graded according to place giving the APP
pointment OF Assistant District-Attorneys to
the Attorney General that uniform mode Of
selecting jurors for United States Courts be pro-
vided by law that law he passed forbidding
the payment Of Deputy Malshals by certificates
or due-bills, and the advance Of any money to
Marshals whose accounts are unadiusted at the
Treasury over six months. He refers to the
case of Brigham Young, and asks further legis-
lation. The labors of the Supreme Court
and Court of Claims are alluded TO,
and it is suggested that such
legislation be had as will enable the latter
Court, aided by the Acknowledgement, to in
crease the safeguards against improper testi-
mony by deyising different mode Of taking it.
and to force old cases to early trial or require
them TO be dismissed without power of restor-
alton.
Political.