The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1870-07-16
FOREIGN Intelligence,

The London Morning Post Of tho 9th
has q telegram dated at Teintsin, June 25,
giving the particulars Of a terrible massa.
ere OF Christians by the natives of Pekin,
on the 2tst Of that month. The Count
De Rochelhouart, the French Secretary
oil Legation, and a number Of Priests and
Sisters of Mercy were ruthlessly slaugh-
tered. The cathedral was burned, and a
number of Russians killed.
The Fourth was appropriately celebrat-
ed at Berlin and other German cities.
A London dispatch of the 9th says.
prince Leopold, Of H~ohenzollern, has
formally accepted the Spanish throne.
The English government approves, but
France still objects"
Great excitement existed in Paris on
the 9th because of the reported accept
ance by Prince Leopold of the throne of
Spain. The Constitutional says. ave
learn that the government would consid-
er the Spanish enforcement of the
Prince of Hohenzollern as a check and
menace to France. Under these circum-
stances the government has decided to
e~nergetically oppose the project" 1t was
asserted that the Frorch Minister at Ber-
lin had been recalled. In the Corps Leg
islatif the Duke of Grammont said the
French Government would persist IN It's
policy of neutrality, but under no pretext
would 1t permit a German power to place
one of its Princes on the throne of Charles
the Fifth. He hoped, however, that pru.
dence in Germany and wisdom in Spain
would avert extremities.
AT a meeting Of the Spanish Cabinet
on the 7th Regent Serrano and his Minis
tiers unanimously confirmed General
Prim's selection of Prince Leopold fer
the future King Of Spain.
Dispatches from Paris on the 7th say
there was a strong feeling in France, even
outside OF official circles, against the be-
stowal of the Spanish crown upon any
Hohenzollern. 1t was asserted in we'll
informed circles hat an alliance between
France and Austria had been concluded.
There was much excitement in London
and on the continent, on the 7th, in view
OF the threatened European complications
on the subject of Prince Leopold's candi.
dature for the Spanish throne.
A telegram from st. Petersburg on the
9Th reports that the French Minister there
had declared that the coronation of the
Hohenzollern King of Spain would be re.
garded by France as a casus bill.
The London Lancet Of the Sth reports
the mental and bodily vigor QfMr. Bright
completely restored.
Paris was considerably excited on the
9th by runners that Prussia was arming
all the Baltic ports. A Berlin dispatch Ct
the 9th says Ia official circles there the
situation was thought free from danger.
=" Bismark has neither assisted nor advised
Spain in the Hohenzollern matter, and
Napoleon's attempt to hold him to any
responsibility is therefore regarded as a
mere pretext."
European affairs were still complicated
on the 18th. Prussia's definite answer
had not yet been received at Paris, but il
was rumored that the King Of Prussia
had approved of the candidature of Prince
Hohenzollern. A London special to the
New York Herald on the 18th states that
military preparations were going on at
Paris, and that if the candidature of
Prince Leopold was not withdrawn with
in twenty-four hours, the French Minis
would be recalled from Berlin and
and war would be declared.
No confirmation of the reported mas
sacre of Christians in China had been
received by the French or English Gov
eminent up to the 18th.
The feeling in Paris on the 18th was
1t was reported that the ques.
at issue between France and Prussia
been amicably settled. A London
dispatch of the 18th says there was no
ioubt that the Prussian troops were con-
centrating neal Baden and Mayence. A
rumor was current there that Prince
had withdrawn his accept.
ance of the nomination for the Spanish
The drought in France continued on
The 18th. No rain had fallen for ten
weeks prior to July 4, and since then
here had been only a few slight showers,
which we're not sufficient to revive the
crops. According to ap-
,~earances, half the grain crop would be
ost.
Tie British steamer Ecuador has been F.,
destroyed on the Pacific by the explosion
# her boiler. Several lives were lost.
Congressional.
In the Senate, on the 9th, bills were