The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-04-07

charged at the places named for railroad
excursion tickets to Philadelphia and
return, over the Pennsylvania railroad /:
Chicago. ........ $500 Leavenworth. go. $4,000
Cincinnati $500 Louisville. -. 1890, 80 90
Cleveland. ......... 2040 Memphis ......... 1925
Columbus. ......... 1925 Milwaukee. ........ $3.50
Crestlne. .......... S7SOmaha. ....,....... $500
Detroit ............ 2340 Peoria .......... 39.5
Indianapolis ....... SC so St. Louis. ...... 49, so
Kansas City. 5000 Toledo. .......... 25.2
Similar tickets may be obtained at in
termediate points at q reduction of
about twenty-five per cent. from the old
rates.
The House Committee on Indian At
fairs is divided five to four on the ques-
ton of removing the control Of the In
dams from the Interior department to
the War department. The majority
urge the removal as tending to economy,
efficiency, the maintenance of peace, the
retention of tribes upon their reserva-
tons, and the ultimate civilization of
the savages. The minority distrust the
make no defense of the Interior depart
ment, but favor the creation of new
department for Indian affairs, with a
new Cabinet minister at its head.
THE programme announced for the
opening of the Centennial will include
"The Grand March," by Richard Wag-
ner invocation of the Divine Blessing,
by j. G. Whittier original cantata,
by Sidney Lanier, of Georgia, and Dud-
ley Buck, of Cincinnati presentation
by the President of the Commission to
the President of the United States an
address by President Grant, in which
he will declare the Exhibition open.
The flags will then be unfurled, the ar
tillery will fire salute, the chimes and
bells will ring, and 600 voices will rem
der Handels Hallelujah" chorus. At
q signal from the President the enor-
nous engine will be put i'll motion and
the Exhibition opened to the world.
The recent cavalry raid of ten compa-
MES of regulars under Gen. Reynolds
against the hostile Indians in Wyoming
Territory, completely cleaned out the
war camp of the Chief Crazy Horses, on
Powder river. The cavalry struck the
camped savages quite unexpectedly,
taking them by surprise. The camp
consisted of los lodges. Afight ensued,
lasting five hours. Four of the cavalry
men were killed and six wounded. The
Indians numbered 500, many of whom
were killed, the rest scattered, and their
camp completely burned, together with
large stores of supplies, ammunition,
etc. This ends Crazy Horses and his
hostile outlaws, who were made up of
Sioux, Cheyennes and Minneconjous.
The Chief Sitting Bull, who has hostile
band of about 500 in the Powder river
region, will next be attended to, and the
destruction of his camp will, it is be-
ieved, end the war in that section of the
Indian country.
The Emperor and Empress of Brazil
have left Rio Janeiro on their journey
to the United States. They will be the
first royal visitors to our Centennial, and
their coming shows the interest felt in
the occasion by foreign nations. Dom
Pedro is one of the most intelligent and
popular rulers in the world. His reign
has thus far been exceptionally prosper
GUS. He has gained the full confidence of
thepeople, and has thus been able TO make
important reforms which would other
wise have been impossible. He shows
his excellent sense in discarding every
sign and appendage of royalty on his
journey. He comes as private gentle
man, and while here will be called Mr..
Alcantara. He expects no public ova-
tons. The Empress Theresa will appear
as private lady with single attendant
and servant. In this Difference to the
spirit of republican institutions they set
an example that other royal visitors
would do well to follow.
CONGRESSMAN CANNON, of Illinois, has
devised q plan for the prevention of
straw bids, which, it seems probable,
would be more effectual than any plan
yet proposed. The principle of the law
is to make straw bidding improbable.
This fraudulent system is only practiced
on account of the extraordinary profits
attending straw bids. Mr.. Cannon pro-
poses to forbid the Postmaster general
making any contract for temporary SER
vice at higher price than the lowest
bid. If the lowest bidder proves not to
be bona fide, the Postmaster general is
to readvertise the route, but cannot ac-
cept any terms higher than the lowest
bid, and in the absence of bid the
transmission of the mails is to he inter-
mitted. This would no doubt induce the
people of the Territories to offer to carry
the mails for reasonable compensation.
The profits of straw bidders have con-
sisted in high rates for temporary SER
vice, made after the accepted lowest bid
der has proved to be irresponsible.
The following simple sentence, trans
mitted from Liverpool by the Atlantic
cable, chronicles the sad end of bril-
liant invention which was to have done
away forever with sea-sickness "The
Bessemer steamer was offered for sale by
auction, yesterday afternoon, at Lloyd's,
by order of the iquidators, but no bid
was obtained" The Bessemer steamer
crossed the channel several times, and
after these trips IL succeeded admirably
in protecting all persons who had in
tended to take passage on it from sea-
, sickness-for the reason that they all re-
NAMED on dry land. The Bessemer ca
bin VIVA auapended ON q nixnt aud xas