South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1835-06-06
Foreign News.

From the N. Y. Jour. of Comm, May &c.
LATER FROM EUROPE.
THE INDEMNITY BILL PASSED
BY MAJORITY OF 152 VOTES.
Our news.men boarded the Packet
Ship Napoleon, Capt. Smith, from Liv-
erpooI, yesterday afternoon at 8 o'clock,
off Fire Island, and arrived in the city
at 1 O'Clock, bringing US London and
Liverpool papers to April 25th, con.
tanning the long promised news, that
the Indemnity bill had passed, and by
a larger majority than had at any time
been anticipated. The vote was taken
on Saturday, April 18th. The follow.
ing, from the London Times of April
21st, gives US the particulars.
"The Paris papers which we re-
ceiyed at late hour this morning by
express, put US in possession of the
whole report of Saturdays proceedings
10 the Chamber of Deputies, by which
we find that the debate on the Ameri.
can claims has been brought TO close.
The bill, as amended by the commit.
Tee, proposing grant Of 25,ooo,Oook,
was voted by a majority of2S9 against
1877. According to an amendment
proposed by General Valaze, TO which
| Ministers assented, and which was a.
greed to by the Chamber, the indem-
nifty is not to be paid until after the
French Government shall have receiv.
ed satisfactory explanations with regard
to the Message Of the President of the
Union, dated December 2, 1884. Two
other Neutrality-suspicious., that no inter.
est should be paid, and the other that
the interest should only commence from
the date of the passing ofthe bill, were
both lost. From some observations in
the Journal des Debats upon the pass.
ing ofthis bill, it would appear that Mr..
Livingston is not expected to remain
at Paris in his diplomatic character,
nor return thither as Ambassador,
should he go to America. The Jour.
nal thus expresses itself-"It is proba-
BILE that Mr.. Livingston will think
proper to be the bearer himself to his
Goysrnmsnt S of the account !o f. llA tlbst
himself second time to the inconven.
fence Of having bis correspondence pub
Iished. 1t is probable, also, that the
American Government will think prop
err not to send him back 10 France, in
order to spare him the inevitable EN-.
barrassment under which he must la
Dor, after the written expressions that
have been attributed to him in the
course of the debate. We do not blame
the American Government for having
given SO complete and so prompt a
publicity to Mr.. Livingston's letters
perhaps it was demanded by the forms
and practice of her institutions; but
such publicity must often have the ef-
feet ofsacrificing individual neg otiators,
it being impossible to require that the
negotiator who has spoken publicly ill
of the country to which be is accredit-
ed should continue to be we'll received
by the people he has offended. These
are the reasons which induce US to look
upon the longer stay of Mr.. Livingston
in Paris as very difficult, and his re-
turn very uncertain"
The condition that the Presidents
Message at the opening Of Congress
shall receive satisfactory explanation
will of course make no trouble. The
speech of MIR. Berger which attracted
some notice at the date of previous ad-
vices was replied 10 and withdfaw n by
M. Theirs, Minister Of the Interior and
The Duke de Bfogle.
SPAIN.
By this arrival the intelligence from
the seat of war is brought down to The
| 10Th of April. Unfortunately the adj
vices received by the English papers
are so strongly coored by the feelings
or prejudices of their correspondents,
and the statements given 10 different
papers are as very contradictory, that
it is extremely difficult to ascertain the
real course of events and condition of
affairs. We are inclined to suspect,
however, that the Cause of The Queen is
far from being triumphant. 1t is evil
dent that Nina, from whom so much
was expected, has accomplished moth
ing, like his predecessor Rodil. Llau-
der is represented to be utterly power.
less in Catalonia, where disafection
has again broken forth, and where sew.
eral skirmishes have resulted in favor
of the Carlists; and we cannot find
that the Carlist Generals have in any
instance been driven from their posi-