The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1877-03-23


1884, both inclusive /; $500, No. 1914 TO 1876,
both inclusive, $1,000, No. 1874 10 1917,
both Inclusive 90, 600, No. 7, 1886 10 7,493, both
inclusive; total, 100000. Coupon bonds,
$500, No. 10,4Oi to $780, both inclusive /;
$1,000, No. 1Os, lOl TO 12l, 900, both inclusive !;
total, %, 500, 600.
The caucus for the speakership is quite lively
among the Democratic candidates, Randall,
Cox, Morrison and Sayler.
Secretary Schurz notifies the subordinates of
the Interior Department that his policy will
be, briefly No removals except for cause
and no promotions except for merit. To this
announcement the Secretary adds, for the
benefit of the thousand-and-one applicants for
positions, that there are at present no vacancies
in the department.. ~ m 2s "A
A Washington dispatch says ''there is good
reason to believe that very few, if any, diplo-
matte changes will be made at present. None
of very important character seem now to be
contemplated"
1t is positively determined that no nomina-
ton will be sent to the Senate during its pres
ent session to fill the vacancy on the Supreme
bench caused by the resignation of Judge
Davis.
Secretary Evarts has taken for residence
one of the three houses which formerly consti-
tuted the Old Capitol prison during the war.
A telegram from Washington says "The ia
vorable condition of American securities
abroad has more than once been the subject Of
congratulation. Calls for the redemption of
bonds are likely to be continued. Judging from
the official reports to the treasury from the
Syndicate in Europe"
Washington dispatches inform us that Sc
rious charges of frauds upon the treasury
have been brought against certain officials in
that department Their plan of proceeding
seems to have been this The Treasury De
partment would purchase a quantity of regis
tered bonds on the market and place them in
the Treasury Department. They then belonged
to the Government. Assistant Treasurer
Charles f. Conant Daniel Baker, and Mr.. Bige-
low, clerks, were cognizant of these transac-
tons, and formed ring to profit by them.
They took the number of the bonds and the
names in which they were registered, and fur
nished these to New York Spectator named
William Howe, who prepared bogus powers OF
attorney and collected the accrued interest
from the department. after sharing it with
Conant, Bigelow and Baker.
An old man named Springer, the sixth
insane person who has gone to Washington
to be inauguTated President, has just beer
committed to the llnatic asylum.
The bar of the Supreme Court of the United
States adopted resolutions highly compliment
airy to Judge David Davis, upon the occasion OF
his retirement from the bench.
1t seems to be pretty well settled that al
extra session of Congress will be called about
the middle Of May or 1st Of June.
The President has intimated that he will no.
name the successor of Judge Davis on the Su
preme Bench until the reassembling of tn,
Senate. Meantime the friends of Senator
Howe are vigorously pressing his claims for the
place.
Secretary of War McCrary has issued a cir
cular in regard to removals, promotions etc.
in his department, in which he says tina
thereafter removals will be made for caus,
only, and promotions will be ordered upon tn,
sole ground of merit No political test is re
quired beyond the earnest support of the con
stitution and its amendments"