The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-08

Total in Treasury. lSS,2o3,G69
Debt less cash in the Treasury g., l22 466, 227
Decrease of debt during September 3,342.562
Decrease since June 80, 1875. ......... 6222, 400
Bonds issued to the Pacific Railway
Companies, interest payable in lawful
money: Principal outstanding. S64, 3,5l2
Interest accrued and not yet paid ..... 800, 352
Interest paid by the United States. 2S,202, 807
Interest repaid by transportation Of
mails, etc. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 6,396,524
Balance of interest paid by United
states ............:......... 81, 500 2s3
1t is claimed that the United States will
have TO pay, under the Treaty Of Washing
ton, $1,000, 900 annually for the Canadian
fisheries.
The United States Assistant Treasurer at
New York has been directed by the Secretary
of the Treasury to sell s4,000000 in gold
during the present month-91 200, 600 each
Thursday
The Comptroller.of the Currency has called
upon the national banks for n report exhibit
ing their condition at the close of business on
Friday the LIST day of October, 1875.
The internal revenue returns for September
show an increase of receipts Of about 81 $50
900 over the corresponding period last year.
General
Nichols, the rascally teller OF the Montreal
Bank of Commerce, who stole about 800 900
and disappeared, has been arrested, with his
father at St. Augustine, Fla.
One of the most extensive and desperate
gangs of horse-thieves that ever existed in the
Southwest has recently been broken up in the
Indian Territory twenty-seyen of the outlaws
Ia Ion at 10, -,
was composed mostly of men who had escaped
from justice in the States, and had regular
trail and places Of rendezvous extending from
Kansas 10 Texas and Missouri.
A train on the Richmond, Drummond and
Athabasca railroad ran off the track near Sorel,
Canada, last week, killing ten passengers and
wounding some fifteen others.
The blooded stock on President Grants st.
Louis farm was sold at auction last week, and
brought ridiculously small returns for the
amount of money spent in the original pur
chase and the cost Of maintenance. Exclusive
of the animals bid in for their owner, the sale
realized about 5000, only one-tenth of the es-
tinated value of the stock.
Cable rates have been advanced and are now
81 in gold per word.
Lee Shepard the book publishing firm of
Boston and New York, who recently suspended,
have offered TO pay their creditors twenty cents
on the dollar and call it square.
Sheppard, Hall & Co., extensive lumber deal
ers of Boston, have suspended, with liabilities
of 81, $780, 900.
The turf has suffered a severe loss in the
death of the mare American Girl. She dropped
dead while trotting race at Elmira, n. Y, the
other day.
Helmbold, the ex-buchu man, ia undoubted-
ly insane, and has again boon sent to an
asylum.
Toronto, Canada, was the scene of another
bloody riot between Catholics and Orsngemen
on Sunday, the Sd inst The day was one Sc
lected by Catholics for pilgrimage from
church to church, in commemoration of cel tain
promulgations. The procession was attacked
by Orangemen, and three or four persons were
killed and a large number wounded.
In the United States Circuit Court at st.
Louis, last week, the case of Buell., the WASH
ington correspondent, indicted for hbeling
Senator Chandler, came up, and Judge Treat
discharged the prisoner for want of jurisdc-
ton.
The American Board of Commissioners for
Foreign Missions held their sixty-eixth annual
convention at Chicago, last week. The meet
ing was largely attended and the proceedings
Interesting. Some interesting statistics of mis-
sionary work were read.
A cargo Of peaches has been successfully ex-
ported from New York TO London. where they
arrived in good order.
Political.
The Republicans of Massachusetts met in
State Convention at Worcester on the 29th
ult., and nominated Alexander II. Rice for
Governor on the third ballot. vice-President
Wilson presided
The President has appointed George Dawson
Coleman, Of Pennsylvania, Secretary of the
Interior, in place of Delano. Mr.. Coleman is
one OF the iron kings OF the keystone State. il
man Of great wealth. and has never figured
in politics.
Foreign.
The damage done the crops by the recent
floods il reported to be enormous in Longford
Kerry, and Tpperary, Ireland.
European advices state that the insurgents
IN Herzegovina refuse TO treat directly with the
Porte in any case. They insist that the Euro
pean commission, delegated by the powers,
shall make and guarantee treaty that the
insurgents have been victorious in a series Of
minor engagements along the river Una, in
TurLigh Crotia