The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-02-16

aJ tnree O'CLOCK THIS morning. Three
hundred arrests are reported. Gustave
Flourens is in custody.
This evening in the Corps Legislatif.
Keratry, liberal, demanded to know
why RochefOrt had not been arrested
before five thousand of his partisans
had gathered, and said that it was not
necessary that this meeting should be
disturbed, and the people participating
aroused to viOlcncef that the conduct
of the Government was provocative of
n disturbance.
The ministry replied that an arrest
at the chambers was forbidden, to avoid
the scandal which his arrest here would
have caused, that the friends of Roche
fort were prepared to make the demon
stration which they had made, and on
this fact the ministry would rest the re-
sponsibility of what had occurred.
LONDON, Feb. S.-The Queen open.
ed Parliament to-day with highly
conservative speech.
Rochefort's arrest. and its consequent
ces, make sensation. The rumors
afoat that the troops fred ON the peo-
pie are discreGited.
PARIS, Feb. 9.-The disorders were
resumed last night ut midnight in the
vicinity of the former disturbance, and
several additional barricades have been
erected in the narrow streets. The
troops still reserve their fire. The po-
lice made several charges, killing some
of the insurgent leaders. Gustave
Flourens is still at large.
PARIS, Feb. 9-3 Z. M.-The police
and the military have the riot under
control. The city at this hour is tran
quill.
All the editors Of La Marseillaise
have been arrested. The printer re-
fuses to put the paper to press.
The city is quiet tonight. A large
police force are patrolling the streets.
LONDON, Feb. 9.--An act of parlia-
ment is proposed to protect the foreign
inventions sent to the WOrkman's Ex-
llibtion here.
The merchants of Cork complain of
a loss of prestige to that city by the
transfer and shipment of all foreign
mails, save one to the Channel ports.
PARIS, Feb. 1.-THE city is perfect
ly tranquil. Gustave Flonrens is still
at large.
The police announce the discovery
ofan extensive conspiracy against the
Government. A great number of
arrests were made last night and to-
day. 1t is stated tho editors of the
Marseillaise are implicated.
A policeman in plain clothes was
shot and killed last night by me-
chanic.
The Marseillaise reappeared to-day,
and was eagerly bought.
The bodies of several citizens, who
were killed during the riots, are in the
hands of the police, who refuse to give
any information concerning them.
MADRID, Feb. lin the Cortcs, to-
day, during a discussion on the navy,
Admiral Topete said the navy could
not be used to force king on Spain.
1t is reported the Carllsts are prepar-
ing for another insurrection. The Gov.
errment is watchful.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-THE Cabi-
net, to-day, had under consideration
the recent assassination of American
citizens in Havana, and decided to
adopt additional measures for the pro-
lection of the lives and property of
Americans in Cuba
Official dispatches received at the
State Department show that the assas-
sination of the three American citizens
in Havana was wholly unprovoked.-
The American Consul telegraphs that
the Spanish authorities have failed to
discover the assassins.
Farnsworth, of Illinois, a Radical,
intends to present to the House, next
week, bill to remove political disa-
bilities from all persons whose State
Legislatures have ratified the fourteenth
amendment.