The Newtown bee., 1879-02-11

an extremely bitter one MT. Conkilng maklng & long speech, on motion to refer the nomi- nations back for investigation, during which he produced the answer of General Arthur, the suspended collector, to the charges made against that official by Secretary sherman, and contai, d in the Presidents recent message. Mir. Conkling denounced the administration for suspending Messrs. Arthur and Cornell, the predecessors of Merritt and Burt, and created a profound sensation in the Senate by producing and having read batch Of letters written to General Arthur by members of the administration, asking for places for their friends in the New York custom house; son of Justice Bradley, of the United States SUI preme court, being one of those in whose favor application was made, according to the docu- ments. Twenty Democrats and thirteen Re- publicans voted for Merritts confirmation, to eighteen Republicans, five Democrats and one Independent against.
 The tax case, in which the United States seeks to recover several hundred thousand dollars from Hon. Samuel J. Tilden for alleged arrears of income tax, was on the calendar of the United States district court, in New York, the other day, but was put off for the term at the request of the governments counsel, who was not ready to proceed with the suit. A fire in the busine ss center of St. Paul, Minn, destroyed property valued at over $6O,000.
 Commissioner Of Agriculture Le Duo has de- cided not to distribute any more seeds through members of Congress, but suggests that the objects of members will be better accomplished by furnishing to the department the addresses of their constituents who come within the law which requires that :" the commissioner shall distribute seeds to agriculturists. Washington dispatch says F. H. Pope, | the Canadian minister of agriculture, has written to Commissioner Le Duo. stating that | the recent visit of Professor Mo cEachean, the agent of the Canadian government to this | country, has resulted in a report from him | that the cattle disease exists in the United States, and he advises General Le Due, with considerable reluctance, of the necessity there- | for that the Dominion government is about to take measures to prevent the introduction of | that disease into Canada Meanwhile the sec retary of the treasury has issued circular to collectors of customs, instructing them that i'll | no case will live animals be permitted to be | shipped from their respective ports until after an inspection with reference to their freedom | from disease and the issuance of 8 certificate showing that they are in proper condition of l health.
 Foreign ReWg.
 Six hundred persons belonging to caravan near Hedjax, were reported killed, by party of insurgent Arabs.
 France has 8 new president, Marshal Mac Mahon having resigned eleven months before the expiration of his term of office. The cause of his withdrawal, after serving six years, is | briefly as follows The majority in both
 branches of the French legislature had prom ised the cabinet of M. Dufaure, the prime
 minister, their support upon condition that
 changes in the heads Of several departments
 were made. After the recent senatorial elec- tions, in which the republicans secured sig
 nal victory, the leaders of that party, in ac- cordance with the compact, demanded the
 removal of several pubic officers. For time
 Marshal MacMahon opposed the changes re- | quested of him by the cabinet and legislature
 but at last consented to signing the decree re.
 moving several high officers. When 1t came te
 signing the military decree, making changes
 among the heads of the army, MacMahor
 fiatly refused, saying cannot sign decree
 approaching brave generals, my friends and
 comrades" and rendered his resignation in
 letter to the cabinet. The letter of resignation
 was read to the senate and chamber Of depu
 ties at Versailles, and two hours afterwart
 Jules Grevy, president of the latter body, wal
 elected MaeMahons successor by vote of 53t
 to 99 for General Chanzy. M. Greyy was a
 once proclaimed president of the French re
 public for the term of seven years. This i'm
 portant change in the life of the French re
 public was made without much excitement O
 any disturbance. After Grevy's election Mac
 Mahon's cabinet rendered their resignation
 but the new president expressed wish tha
 they remain in office another month. Preeiden
 Grevy comes of family of farmers, is nearl
 seventy years old, and among French lvini
 statesmen is one of the eldest. lawyer b
 profession, he hos always been & staunch TO
 publican, and when the empire of Napoleon
 III. came he refused to make any terms witt
 it, and continued one of it's most uncompro
 missing enemies.
 The letter of Captain Adams, of the Britisl
 ship Ralston, describing his meeting sup
 posed pirate alongside & burning vessel of tn
 English coast, proves to have been silly hoax
 M Gambetta has been elected president o
 the French chamber of deputies to succee
 III. Grevy, elected to the presidency Of the re
 public. He received 314 votes out of & total 0
 405.
 la N, hry5y,
 lence throughout the infected districts o l Russia that the czar ordered the adoption O
 summary measures for stopping the disease
 The minister of the interior was empowered t l burn Wetlianka and other villages where ne
 cessary, the inhabitants to be removed else
 where within the quarantine district. Gen
 geral Louis Melikoff was appointed governor
 general of the plague-stricken districts, witt
 full powers to adopt extraordinary measures
 He was accompanied by a medical cOnlmisSio
 to investigate the causes of the epidemic , From St. Petersburg came dispatch sIatin ] that efforts to stay the plague proved ul
 availing. The local sanitary commission Q Moscow decided on the most stringent precau ticns, such as the closing of unhealthy base ment dwellings, the erection of buildings to aC commodate 600 people and of furnaces fo } burning infected clothes, and the gratuitou distribution of cooked provisions. Russia als ' ion the epidemic. Meanwhile great alarm wa : islt in other European countries, and a san tar, council was convoked at Rome to take prt 5 cautioaary measures against the dreaded dii ', ease, hp Austrian imperial ordinance was is ' sued, 1denical with that Of the German gov 2 ernment, prohibiting the importation of alarg 2 number of arrales from Russia, and orderin 2 the disiufection C all arrivals therefrom. :, . The Theater Royg., Glasgow, Scotland, wit ' seating capacity of 1000, originally costin !, s150,000 and having tho largest stage of an ' theater In the kingdom, has been totally d, ! stroyed by fire.
 . Two directors of the broken Okv of Glasgo r bank have been convicted of fraun, theft an a embezzlement and sentenced each to eightee a months imprisonment The five other direc t org convicted of uttering false abstracts Y balance sheets-were sentenced each to eig, ,. months imprisonment.
 7 Of the one hundred and forty-two cotts s mills in the Bolton district, England, twent n three are closed and twenty-eight are workil @ on short time in consequence of the depressi' l. in trade.
 v Albert Grant an English capitalist connect Il with the Emma mine scheme, has failed e $3, 400 900.
 2 The British troops in Afghanistan are sufft v ing from the lack of food and clothing. Flo a elephants and 10S bulIocks belonging to t
 enemy died from cold and starvation, and t
 camels were dying daily in great numbers. 1 Austria Germany and Roumania have !, stituted strict quarantine against Russia, n account of the plague, and will not let any Q K enter their territory without pass 70 The following changes have been ma
 in the French cabinet since the accessi .d of President Grevy: M. Washington, pre- a- dent of the council and minister of forei .i- affairs Senator Le Roger, minister of justi' ct M. de Marcere, minister of the interior, a i. also minister of the public worship nd interi, nr M Jules Ferry, minister of public ins.ructi
 and fine arts M. Lepero minister of agric
 ture; Admiral Jaureguberry, minister marine.
 ' A military cordon one thousand miles 10 ee has been formed around the plague-infeci oo districts of Russia.
 11s The Union bank, of Heston, England, z failed with liabilities estimated at about $60 ' 900.