The Democratic advocate., 1871-12-16
Items of News.

being eagerly used up. News from Bunder
| Abbas, in the Persian Gulf, intimntes the re-
appearance Of cholera, and more starving
| Zoroastrians have left for bombay. Letters
| from Yezd are full Of distressing details
| Famine, want of employment. cholera. and
| lawlessness induced by desperation, continue
| At the beginning of last month the Inhabitants
| of Tspahan were dying Of starvation. and IL is
said that matters will, in all probability, grow
worse till next June. At Mescbid, the capital
Of the province Of Khorassan, and a town or
| 100, 900 inhabitants, $4,000 people are said, in
| letters received in India up to the date of
| August 7, to have died from starvation, %, 900
have fed the city, and those who remalned
have for the most part been seized and carried
away into slavery by Afghan bordes. Great
| complaints are made because the monopoly of
| the sale of corn is in the hands Of grandees.-
| The Shah of Persia is said 10 be becoming very
| unpopular. On the news Of his return to his
| capital from a recent hunting excursion, thou
sands Of people covered themselves with dust
| and ashes and raised sedicinus cries bclnre the
pnlacc. These proceedings So alarmed the
| Shah that for the time being lie would not
venture into his capital, but afterward he com
nittcd several atrocities"
A terrible affair occurred in Saline county,
Nebraska, on Sunday evening. party of
enigrants with their families were passing
through the county westward, when the
weather became so cold that they concluded to
ca mp and light fire. They were on piece
Of high prairie, several miles from any house,
but three miles from them was piece of tim
her land. After unhitching their teams the
men started for this timber 10 pr6cire fuel.
Not returning for several hours, the women
left their children and started to hunt for them.
That Is all that is known, save that the next
day the frozen bodies of IT persons, who per-
ished from the intense cold, were found. The
children who were left in the wagons were the
only survivors Of the party.
That part Of the Presidents message refer
ring to the Cuban troubles seems to have
thrown the people of Madrid into a state Of
''tremendous excitement" The Government
has determined to take firm stand, and to
despatch to Cuba Immediately two Generals,
irOn-clads and fonr thousand men. special
despatch to New York says that an attache has
been sent tn Washington with dispatches to the
Spanish Minister. These are said to contain,
as the result OF the deliberations Of a full Cab
met council instructions respecting the atti-
tude Of the United States towards Spain in
Cuba.
On the authority of the London Standard
very serious collision between two persons
high in official position is reported to have
taken place at ST. Petersburg. The Crown
Prince of Russia and the German Ambassador,
Prince de Rcuss, became involved in pas
sionate dispute. which resulted in personal
assault by the former upon the latter. Much
excitement, of course, has been caused, and
there are fears of unfortunate consequences,
It will amount to a national matter, as the
quarrel was entirely of private character.
negro named Jacob Brock, was executed
at Louisa Court House, Va, on Friday last
for the murder Of his wife, in June. He con-
fessed on the scaii'old that he beat her to death
with "switches' and barrel slaves one Of tho
.sswitches" was limb Of a peach tree. which
was used on her naked body whilst .he was
tied To a tree after amusing himself in this
way for an hour or 81, he then beat and kicked
her till -hc was ifelcss mass of flesh and
blood. lie then dragged the body into the
house, went tn bed, ana slept rs sOundly and
sweety as ever he die"
The proposition Of Medical Director Nimian
Pinkney, Of the navy, to dispose Of the naval
asylum at Philadelphia, and to establish na.
tiona naval hospital and medical school at
Annapolis m the ground opposite. the Naval
Academy has been approved by Admiral Por-
ter. who wants every candidate for the POSI-
ton Of assistant surgeon placed at this school,
after having passed his examination. at least
four months before he Is ordered 10 sea, and
again after one cruise before he is examined
for promotion
on November 20, Sir Charles Dixie addressed
a large and crowded meeting at Bristol, on
representation and the education controversy.
A strong Republican feeling was manifested BY
those present. The namc5 of the Queen and
the Prince Of Wales were RECEIVED with hisses
and groans. while hrnrly cheeN were given
his address, declared himscfa Republican. and
said that he made no cnuccalmcnt Of the fact
The proceedings at times were very noisy.
Three Comets are now visible with a tele-
scope in the heavens: Enokes, which performs
it's revolutions around tn. sun In three years
and few months Tuttle's, first seen in 1890
by Mcchain, and re.discovered iE 1858, which
takes between thirteen and fourteen wears to
describe its orbit; and Tempcl's comet, dis
covered at Marseilles ON the liti of June last.
John simmons, of Baltimore committed
suicide ON Tuesday afternoon, ut his residence
on Thames street, by blowing his brains out
with 4 muskrt He was in bed at the time
placed the muskct between his legs and the
inuzzle in his mouth. and discharged it by
using his toes the effect was the tearing away
of the entire upper portion of the head.
The Bible war at Hunters Point ended in a
compromise between the Catholics Committee
and the Commissioners. All the expelled
scholars are to be taken back, the Catholics
not to oppose the reading OF the Scriptures,
and the Catholic children to be allowed To re-
main In the class during religious exercises.
As the bell in the Congregational Church at
Pittsfcld, n. H., was being rung for service on
Sunday last the frame gave way and tho bell
crushed down to the root and rolled OF to tho
ground, causing almost a panic among the
worshippers, who fed from the edifce precipi-
lately.
The four once famous Ravel brothers, Ga
briel, Antoine, Francois and Jerome, are now
living quietly near Paris. They are said 10
have lost good deal Of their property during
the Franco-German war; but they still have
abundance To live on, and to insure to their
heirs comfortable independence.
According to Havana dispatches all that are
left OF the leading insurrectionists have surren-
dered themselves and offered to submit to
Spanish domination. The statement might be
believed were II not that it sounds very ch
like one OF the many roor-backs that have been
sent cut from Havana recently.
George Anderson and John d. Patterson
were arrested at Osborn, Ohio, on Monday,
on the charge of having murdered Edward D.
Remmings, at Enon, Ohio, last week. While
passing through Ennn, the people attempted to
lynch the prisoners, but were prevented by the
officers in charge.
A riot is expected in New York tomorrow.
The French organization kncwn as the Inter
nationals" have been prohibited from parading
by the Superintendent of Police, and they say
they will turn out and accept the responsible
ties,
The total expense Of taking and completing
the present census is stated at So, 2S7 900 The
Secretary OF the Interior says the clerical
labor in its compilation was nearly double that
employed in the eighth census.
Why should Tweed, Connolly, and their
fellows, be arrested aud punished in New York,
and the members of the Sandstone conspiracy
in Washington go unscathed OF justice.-N Y
Sun.
The Methodist Episcopal Congregation Of
Indianapolis, Indiana, recently dedicated a
church which cost Sl00, 900. The church is
"gorgeousy furnished and has an elaborate
organ"
ST. Petersburg papers received by the steam
er Java express great satisfaction at the recep-
iion given the Grand Duke Alexis. The Ger
man papers ridicule the reception.
MIR. Seward is preparing sketch of his re-
cent trip around the world for publication,
and contemplates also writing an account of
the public men b. has been associated with.
The lnman steamer, City Of Brussels has
made the shortest passage on record between