Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1868-10-16
FOREIGN NEWS. :
BY ATLANTIC CABLE.
10 q -. 8JYflt
'RheNaturaIizaaf ton Treaty NegOti-
"a ~ atiOns. " :.

"a = "OS' 4 ~ - "
. LONDON, Oct. IA.
/ The naturalization treaty negotiations
which are being conducted between Minis
ter ReverdyE johnson, on the part of the
American Government, and Lord Stanley,
on thepart of Queen Victoria, are progress
ing in very favorable manner. The doc
trine held by the United States with respect
to the acquisition of citizen domicile and
transfer of allegiance by foreigners, pre-
viols to and since the war Of 1872, has been
fully maintained by Mr.. johnson in shap-
ing the new naturalization bill, work
which has been just concluded zE9z-sE
The Alabama Claims.
( Lord Stanley ana Minister Johnson are
now engaged in a consideration of the
Alabama Claims question, which, it is
pretty certain, will be arranged soon, sub
ject, of course, to the ratification of the
legislative bodies and approval OF the Gov
ernments of the two countries.
/ Chinese Embassy. e
Minister Burlingame, representing his
Celestial Majesty, the Emperor OF China,
wins friends personally and for his mission
daily, and the attacks made by portion of
the London press on the China-American
treaty. and the objects of the Embassy,
generally have ceased. News dispatches
received in the city from all parts of Eu-
rope, indeed, convey the pleasing intelli
gence that the Burlingame Embassy is
fully appreciated, and that its members
will receive a hearty, cordial welcome, not
only at the different courts but from the
nationalities.
( Vesuvius.
Dispatches to hand from Naples represent
that the volcanic movement of Mount We
suvius has become more intense and vio-
lent, an eruption, sending forth copious
of lauo havinn
5, Spirit of the London Press.
90 az s-ar.. ~ - -ai LONDON, Oct. 15.
London papers comment on the recent
American elections.
The Daily News says: If the Democratic
party had only remained passive, Repub-
lican blunders would have given them the
power but the Democrats have an equal,
it not greater aptitude for error.
The Morning Post says: The result of
these elections has decided the Presidential
contest, and the slight interest wherewith
the Democrats sought to surround it is
gone. ~. ....rs.,.. ...--.
The Standard comments on the small
majority claimed by the Republicans, and
thinks the Democrats may have carried
some of the States. The writer says if the
Democrats are beaten, their friends here
could wish they had been guided by safer
counselS. an. ...
The Telegraph, while approving the re-
suit. sees in it the ruin of the Republican
party, in which are so many wide differ
ences on financial questions.
Gladstone on Fenianism.
LONDON, Oct. Is.
Mr.. Gladstone made a speech yesterday
at Liverpool. He examined the question
of Fenianism and the discomfort in ireland,
and assigned the causes therefor. He spoke
earnestly of the need of reform, and quoted
and dwelt on the words of Darcy MCGEE,
a Conservative, on those causes as the voice
of tile dead from over the ocean.
Hon. John Bright.
.sa..sH.- EDINBURGH, Oct. Is.
Hon. John Bright has been rendered the
freedom of the city. As- - etttfl-
Spain. fre-.-
.-7e gs MADRID. Oct. Is.
Forty EIGHT cities, being all the admins
trative centers, adhere to the Junta and
Monarchal principles. Seven cities de-
nounced the clergy, and all denounce re-
been fixed for December 10th, so that rep-1
resentatives from Cuba and Porto Rico
may appear. 1asrsi --aa go
Telegraph Tariffs.
LONDON, Oct Is.
The joint committee of the Anglo Amer
lean and Atlantic Telegraph Companies
has decided to abolish, from and after Mo-
vember 1st, 1868, the system of counting
letters in estimating tariffs, and count only
by words. ..E.- y LEa-aZ -
! 1t is reported to-day that the French
Government has rfurloughed 10000 men
from the army and navy.
-ao'tl- Exempt. sa-ia."1
...--..-. ---....--- MADRID, Oct. Is. =
The army will be exempt from the new
tax about to be levied. .---.s.- -.r .--,-..-
Destructive Fire.
- .r.,5 ANTWERP, Oct. Is.
A great fire occurred to-day in the petro-
leum works of Vend, Bros. & Co., this city.
The building, two thousand bprrels of pc
troleum and many millions of gallons of
naptha were burned. Loss very heavy.
.YHWlI Removed.
MADRID, Oct. 10.
The Junta has removed the Bishop of
Huesca and the Bishop of Urgel, who are
accused OF having aided the recent Carlist
demonstrations. ~
I The Catalonians have petitioned against
the reduction of the custom tariff. 49, ~,
Earragut. -zaa.
ea7- PARIS, Oct. Is.
The Epoque thinks it likely that some of