The Van Buren press., 1871-02-28
ENGLISH REPORTS.
LONDON. Feb. 90.

RECOGNIZED BY TURKEY.
A dispatch from Constantinople says
the Porte has recognized the new French
government
THE FRENCH REPRESENTATIVE.
1t is reported that M. Baude has been
appointed representative OF France at the
Black sea conference in London.
STILL EMBARKING.
The Daily News says that General
Faidherbe's troops continue to embark
at Dunkirk for Cherbourg.
OPPOSED TO THE GERMAN ENTRY.
A letter from General Trochu con-
demns the proposed entry of the Ger
mans into Paris. He says Paris has de
served the honors of war, and advises
her to shut her gates, and let.the enemy
open them with cannon.
The removal Of the Government to
Tours or Blois is much talked about, but
there is no real belief in the probability.
PEACE RuMoR.
A dispatch from Lille to-day says it is
rumored that peace has been signed on
the following basis: The naturalization
of Alsace and Lorraine.
Business in the north of France is i'm
proving.
In consequence Of the negotiations be-
tween Favre and Bismarck, during which
the latter has consulted with the emperor
several times, the armistice has been ex-
tended until Sunday evening.
MEMPHIS, Feb. 10.
A terrific tornado passed over Helena,
Arkansas, Friday afternoon, The wind
blowing gale from to P. NJ, pros
trating telegraph lines and fences for
miles; uprooting trees, carrying them
high into the air F.; dcmolishing and razing
to the ground dwellings, churches, barns,
warehouses and stores, and doing i'm
mense damage The tin root of a large
warehouse on the bank OF the river was
carried into the air, and landed on the
opposite side of the river, two hundred
yards from shore; distance fully mile
One church was blown down, and two
Others badly injured. In all thirty-three
buildings, mostly dwellings, were destroy
ed. In one instance one story frame
house was lifted from its foundation with
it's occupants, and carried into the air,
where it was turned completely over and
hurled to the ground, bottom up, fully
one hundred yards from where it stood,
killing one of its occupants, man, and
seriously woundlng a woman and child.
Later advices from Helena report loss
to property by the tornado on Friday at
not less than from $780, 900 to $500, 900.
GALVESTON, Texas, Feb. 10
j. b. Magruder died this forenoon at
Houston, Texas.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 81.
SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD.
The only thing Of interest in the Con
gress oday was the passage of the Sen
ate Southern Pacific Railroad bill by an
extraordinary majority in the House,
Some Democratic and Republican mem.
bers who arc opposed to the land grants
voted for it on the ground that it was
simple Justice to the South The amend
ments of the House strike off all the
branches and leaves the bill to provide
for road from FL Paso to San Diego.
The Senate will probably concur. The
land grant is the same as that given to
the other Pacific roads, and will cover
about twenty five millions of acres OF
pubic land,
The Senate bill, as passed by the House
TO day, with amendments, retains as cor.
rorators Of the South Pacific railway [:
John {. Fremont, James L. Alcorn, G..
NJ. Dodge, o. c. French, John ID. Cald-
we'll, j. j. Noah, A. c. Osborne, Timothy
Hurley, c. c. Pool, Cyrus N. Martin,