Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1877-02-15

10th. He testified that some aflidavits
were made by clerks of the board in the COM
pihng-room Don't know whether they were
used Most any name was signed to affidavits-
Dec. witness saw with Littlefield and Maj.
Eaton a slip of paper containing the total of
the electoral vote. The majority of these of
the Democrats was about 1000 Saw afterward
that change had been made in the figures.
Heard Gov. Wells in conversation with Little
field in Abells Office, Dec. 2. Could
them again i'll conversation III very low
tone III a clerks room. Saw Littleficld take
from desk paper and make some erasures
about quarter of an hour after converslng
with Gov. Wells The committee examined
Postmaster General Tyner relative to the resig-
nation of Watts, the alleged ineligible Oregon
elector, and elected the fact that the latter re-
signed his postmastership, by telegraph, on
Nov. 13, 1876. The written resignation
not received at the department until Dec. Q.
Watts successor Postmaster was appointed
Nov. %.
RECENT deaths: At San Francisco, Rear Adj
miral James Alden, of the United States navy
at Milwaukee, ID. III. Richards, the pioneer
editor and printer of Wisconsin at Gin
cinnati. Mrs. Susan Bowler, sister of Hon.
George III. Pendleton, and Mrs. Sarah Peter, the
mother of Hon. Rufus King at Washington,
Rear Admiral Wilkes, of the United States navy.
WASHINGTON.
THE case of ex-Secretary Belknap was finally
disposed of, in the Criminal Court of the Dis
trict of Columbia last week The District At
torney entered nolle prosequ, saying that he
did so by direction of the Attorney General.
The Attorney Generals report, which was filed
in the case, contained an Endorsement by the
President approving this course, giving as rea-
SONS the improbability of a conviction, the long
suffering of the ex-Secretary, and the great
expense to which he has been subjected"
Suit has been commenced in one of the Wash
ington courts against Senator Simon Cameron
by female department clerk, for breach of
promise. The lady-a Pennsylvania widow,
fair and forty-claims $4,000 damages. Sem
ator Cameron saws that the suit is stimulated by
blackmailers, who will be exposed The Sena-
tor. some time ago, procured situation for the
plaintiff i'm the Treasury department but she
was dismissed, and he declined to have her re-
stored
FOREIGN.
A CoSsrANTISoPE dispatch says the dismissal
of Midhat Pasha is attributed to his schemes
of constitutional reform, which are regarded by
the Sultan as encroaching ON his imperial pre-
rogative also to the discovery of a conspiracy
to dethrone the Sultan and replace him by ex-
Sultan Murad. The ravages of smallpox are
again increasing i'm London. :. There is much
suffering among the silk workers of Lyons
France, $4,000 operatives having been thrown
ont of employment by the stoppage of the fac
tories
The peace proposition submitted by the
Porte to Servia embodies liberal conditions
which the latter Government can easily ac-
cept, and the successful conclusion of the
negotiations is regarded as extremely proba-
Bile. Waving its former claim for substan-
tial guarantees the Porte requires Of Servia
the right of diplomatic representation at Bel
grade; the protection of Jews and Christians
equally with native Servians; the prohibition Of
armed organizations and of secret societies;
Turkish territory to be guarded from Servian
violation; forts ON the Servian frontier to be
kept in good repair, and the Turkish flag To
float above them along with the Seryian emf
blem-
The British Parliament met on the sth inst,
the Queen, for the first time i'm many years.
opening the session in person. In her speech
she severely denounced the Turks for their
bloody crimes in Bulgaria. . II is now definitely
announced that the veteran Russian diplomat,
Prince GortschakOf, has retired from the
Imperial Cabinet at st. Petersburg, and is
succeeded by Count Adlerberg. Ill health
and long service are the reasons given
by Gortschakoff for resigning his portfolio.
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Sultan favors the employment of foreigners
and especially Englislimen, in the administra-
ton of the reforms ordained in the new consti-
tuition, and that the removal Of the late Prime
Minister will secure the fulfllment of these de
signs, and vigorous policy and rapid progress
in the liberalization of the institutions Of the
empire Austria is concentrating a large
force ON the Bosnian frontier, and the occupa-
ton Of Northern Turkey is believed to be in
/ tended
RoUMANIA has disbanded her reserves and
sent them home, being apparently convinced
that the danger Of war is over.
EARL RUSSELL has given notice to the English
House of Lords that he will move that England
shall cease all diplomatic intercourse with Tur-
key, ON the ground that that nation is still bar
barous and unworthy of rank among the en-
llghtened people of Europe. 1t Unsupported that
the English mine-0wners have resolved 10 i'm
port cheap labor from China A dispatch from
Calcutta reports that gunpowder explosion
occurred at Adhemabad. by which so
persons were killed and 100 wounded.
AT grand parliamentary dinner in Berlin, the
other day, Bismarck expressed himself freely
upon the subject Of the Eastern complication.
His opinion is that war is strongly probable, and
that il will be begun in the form of a direct
attack by Russia upon Turkey.