Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1870-06-08
LATEST NEWS.

-Whittemore, the South Carolina seller Of
cadetships, has been reelected 10 Congress 10y
5000 majority
John O'Brieu, young man nineteen years
of age, was drowned at Waterbury on Sunday
while bathing.
The Senate have indefinitely postponed the
Memphis, vi paso and Pacific railroad bill, which
had previously passed the House.
The short tariff bill Of Gen. Schenck has
been adopted as an amendment to The internal
revenue bill in the House, and subsequently the
bill was passed by a strict party vote.
Commissioner Delano says that If the new
internal revenue tax bill becomes law, it will
make the work Of his department - much lighter
that the force Of assessors and collectors can be
largely reduced.
The good news has reached Madrid that the
Englishmen who were recently captured by the
Spanish brigands have been rescued, and have
arrived at Gibraltar There is much rejoicing in
London over the intelligence.
indictments have been returned By the French
Chamber Of Accusation of the High Court Of
Justice against seycnty-eight persons for con
spiracy against the life of the Emperor. The
trials will begin at Bois on the Both of June.
For the first four days in june the Internal
Revenue receipts amounted to 50, 1913 232 A. o
larger sum than was ever before received in the
same number of days. For the fiscal year. end
ing June 30, the receipts thus far have been
1854, lsl ,0i1.0O.
"A private dispatch from NJ Cremeux, the
President of the jewish Alliance, in Paris, says
Of the reported massacres in Roumania, that the
Jews are expelled, plundered, horribly NAL
treated with numbers wounded, and some prob
ably killed" This is the first authentic intelli-
gence received Of those outrages.
Later and more reliable odyices from Europe
show that the reported extensive and bloody mas
sacre of Jews by Christians in Roumana, is with
out the shadow Of foundation, As this manu-
featured news of the massacre threw both Houses
Of Congress into spasms last Friday, it would
now be well for the committees 70 which the
matter was referred TO ask leave to be discharged
from its further consideration.
One Of the most terrible conGagrations in
modern history appears to have swept over Con-
slntllOplc ana us ouuurus on OunuuNs y strong
wind was blowing at the time, and the efforts Of
the fremen and citizens to stop the progress Of
the flames were futile. The residences Of the
American and British Ministers, and the consul
ates of several nations, together with theatres
mosques, churches, stores, and thousands Of
houses were destroyed. The latest telegram re-
presents the fire still raging, though its limits
have been circumscrlbed. No estimate of the
losses is attempted About thirty people were
killed or injured by the falling Of walls, and other
lives are reported lost
The Cubans have met with serious reverse.
The expedition which left New York a few days
ago on the steamer Geo b. Upton has been cap
tured. The Upton landed the men, arms and
ammunition at Punta Bravo, few miles east of
Nueyitas, and steamed away to South America,
under the command Of Cisneros, to procure a re-
Enforcement Of Colombans The Americans who
had been left on the shore were attacked by a
much larger force Of Spaniards, and were nearly
nil killed or captured Those taken prisoners
were afterwards butchered. Among the killed
in the attack was Captain Harrison. A steam
launch, rubber RATS, six tons Of gunpowder,
1900 rifles, 100 0O0 cartridges, and all the medi-
cines, fell into the hands Of the Spaniards. This
is a severe blow to the the insurgents.