The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-08-06

FracIional currency ...... 4l,l45393
Coin certificates. <%,'<''io
Total without interest. 5o2,sG5,4 AIS
Total debt 2,23I ,sl3,O4S
Total interest ...................... 27,ll0,460
Cash in Treasury:
Coin .........'............s6s Sos, 942, 700
Currency .......''...'.''' SOL o,Soy
Special deposits held for re-
dempton of certificates
OF deposit. O4,2iOOOO
Total in the Treasury ..........s 1877, 500, $40
Debt less cash in the Treasury ...s2 127. 1898, S3s
Decrease of debt during July. 49,. 1924, sS7
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in lawful
money: Principal outstanding. ......$ "a, G23,512
Interest accrued and not yet paid..... 323,1l7
Interest paid by the United States... 5000, s07
Interest repaid by transportation of
mails etc. .......................... 6,2l4,l59
Balance of interest paid by United
States. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 81 9ss, CAT
The rumor of a quarrel between Secretary
Bristow and Treasurer New turns out to be
false. These gentlemen are not only on the
best Of terms in their official capacity But are
on terms of intimacy in their social relations.
General.
The excitement occasioned by the failure Of
Duncan, Sherman Il Co., has been succeeded
by quiet feeling and there is no reason to
expect other important suspensions ON their
account
President Grant was out driving at Long
Branch when informed of the death Of An
drew Johnson. He was visibly affected.
The recent transforms in Ohio, Indiana,
Pennsylvania, Kentucky, and portions of Ill
inois and Missouri, were of unprecedented
violence, and the damage entailed will amount
to millions Of dollars. Whole sections of
country were inundated, and crops in the low
lands entirely destroyed.
Political.
The Republican State Convention Of Min
nesota was held at st. Paul on the 2Sth ult.
John s. Pilsbury was nominated for Governor,
and j. b. Wakefield for Lieutenant-Go
The financial plank of the platform reads:
THAT on the present questions of the day we
favor that policy of finance which shall steadily
keep in view return to specie payments"
Foreign.
Grants cotton-mils at Glasgow, Scotland,
were recently destroyed by fire. The loss is
q, 500 900.
Thirty-one cotton-mills have closed at Dun
dee, Scotland, and II, 600 persons are out of en-
ployment
Reports from Canada are to the effect that
the crop prospects are favorable. Fall wheat
is below the average, while spring wheat is bet
ter than usual. Oats, barley, and potatoes
promises an abudant yield.
Dispatches from London and Liverpool re-
port that there has been no apprecable effect
\ tlo al
! by the failure of Duncan, Sherman & Co.
Mr.. Plimsoll having read an apology in the
| English Parliament for his previous unjust re-
marks he was discharged without reprimand.
Large meetings of workingmen have been
held in England to protest against the proposed
grant of f142,000 to defray the expenses of
the Prince of Wales visit to India.
In Switzerland the Gothard tunnel workmen
numbering 2 200, united in strike and riotous
proceedings. The government troops dispersed
them, after killing two and wounding many
more.
A large body of Carlist troops has been COM
pletely invested at the Spanish town of SEQ de
Urgel, and must eventually surrender.
Late advices from Cuba report the capture Of
ing of its escort by body of patriots.
The Spanish Bank of Havana has refused to
loan the Government of Spain another 2,OO0,-
600 on account of the non payment of previous
loans.
Rochefort, the Communist leader, now So
journing in Geneva, recently challenged the
noted Paris fighting editor, Paul de Cassagnac.
The latter replied with an excessively abusive
letter. giving Rochefort the choice of weapons.
The latter chose pistols at five PAGES, which
means death TO both parties. For the first
time in his life Cassagnac who is the hero Of
twenty-five or thirty duels, refused to fight on
the terms proposed aud, according to the
French code, is henceforth to be regarded as a
coward.
The British Parliament has passed the bill
for tunneling the English channel
The Braidwood Weaving Factory, in Belfast
has been burned. Loss, S750000.
The harvest prospects in England and Oh the
Continent are improving.
An immense meeting in favor Of amnesty for
Fenian convicts was held in Hyde Park, Lon
don, last week. It is estimated that 100. 600
persons gathered around the various speakers
stands.
Colonel Valentine Baker, who committed an
assault upon young lady in a railway car has
been found guilty and sentenced to imprson-
ment for one year and to pay fine of -, 500.
Hon L. A. Dessaules, Clerk of the Crown
and Peace for Montreal, Canada, has abscond-
ed, leaving behind him debts TO the extent of
about 100000.
Advices from Madrid report that the Alfons-
lists have gained several important victories re-
Gently.
France has ratified the Berne Postal Conven-
| ton.
A Stream Of Death