The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-05-09
FOREIGN NEWS.

PARIS, May THE Journal Official
announces that the issues Of the Ave
nier, National, Steele ana Rappel were
seized because of the publication therein
Of false proclamation, signel i.ouis
Bonapartc.
Arrests for completely in the plot
continue. Six members of the Interna-
tional Society of Workmen were appre.
hended at st. Etienne to-day. The
Rmndrs of an outbreak at Lyons yes
tcrday is not confirmed.
The Radical journals of this city
strongly urge the people to be calm and
quiet tomorrow.
VIENNA, May THE commercial
treaty with Guatemala has been ratified
and signed by the Austrian Government.
Herr Petrino has exchanged places
with Herr Wiedemann in the Cabinet.
The former takes the portfolio Of ma
tional defenses and the latter that of
agriculture.
LONDON, May Phillips, the al
legged defaultcr, who was arrested at
Queenstown on the arrival of the Idaho,
had preliminary examination and has
been remanded to await the testimony
of Capt Cutting ofthe Idaho.
LoNDoN, May The PrusSion Con
sui at Rome, Herr D D'Armhill, has de
livercd a speech 10 Cardinal Antonnelli
strongly backing the remonstrance Of
Napoleon
LONDON, May 1.-Dispatchc> just rr
ceivrd state that the defeat Of the In
periul army at Shausii, in the north Of
China. is fully confirmed.
ST. PETERsBuEG, May Prince D.
Arscnbers, an attache OF the Austrian
Legation, was murdered to-day The
mutilated body was found in his own
room this morning. The assassin is un-
known.
LONDON, May THE American Con
sui at Cork has procured further ad-
journment of Phillips case until the ar
rival Of important witnesses from
America.
The steamer Earl Elgin sunk to-day
off Staines, having collidcd with an I'M
known vessel. The Captain, Mate and
their families were lost Only seven of
those on board escaped death.
PARIS, May 3, Noon.-The Pretect
of the Police issued this morning the
following proclamation:
Rumors alarming for the public
peace circulate in several parts of the
capital and disorders are predicted as
sure To follow the counting of the vote
The Preiect Of fhe Police, therefore,
deems it his duty to warn the citizens
that the most etficacious measures have
been taken to repress with energy and
promptitude every attempt at sedition
The Preiect invites all good citizens to
keep away from places where criminal
attempts may he made, and thus aid
those specially charged with imsuring
respect for persons and property.
At six o'clock p. NJ the voting on
the Plebiscitum was completed and the
counting has commenced. Great mill
tary precautions were taken and the city
was quiet all day. Dispatches from the
Departments report all quiet. The
semi-official journals anticipate disturb
ances tonight or tomorrow, but moth
ing has occurred up to the present hour
to confirm their fears.
All the election committees are as
sembled at their places of meeting and
will remain there all night to receive
the returns from the Provinces. The
polls were opened in the barracks and
nearly all the soldiers in and around
the city cast their votes, but no civilian
was admitted to witness the voting.
The police continue unremittingIy
their search for parties implicated in the
alleged conspiracy. Many arrests were
made to-day.
NJ. Lissagasy has been condemned to
one wears Imprisonment and fine Of
1000 francs for making violent speeches
at political meetings. Other persons
received similar sentences for infam-
matory speeches in the provinces, where
many journals were seized and several
condemned to heavy penalties. a large
number of arrests were also made in
the departments
Gustave Flourens is still in London.