The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-02-18

| the tSepuDAcian VOCe YVES f,ON0.
Alice Carey died, aged so.
The Worlds special says that the Or
leanists are confident that the Comte
DE Paris will be King of France within
a few weeks.
HouSe.-Among the bills introduced
is one by Cobb, OF North Carolina, for
the appointment Of commissioner in
each county OF the Southern States to
take cognizance of Ku-klux outrages.
tStnate.-Sherman presented AZ memo-
rial for the construction of the Cincin-
natti II Southern Railroad through Ken
lucky, permission to do which had been
withheld by the kentucky State Senate.
Heath advocated Congressional in
| terVention. ,..--
nd1S0ELLANH0US.
New YORK, Feb. 9.-Tamnany Hall
gave the returned Fenians II magnificent
ovation this afternoon.
An enthusiastic meeting for the relief
OF France was held this evening, and
the contributions We're quite large. Mr..
Dodge thought $100, 600 could be raised
and comparatively large sums in small
| Ter cities.
NEW YORK, Feb. 1O.-There was no
news of the Tennessee ut noon to-day
at the navy department., but the naval
authorities report her staunch aud en-
| tirely scaworthy. a .......-,.f,... ..-.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-Earl DE Grey sails
| for Washington tomorrow, AS Presi-
dent Of the Commission to settle the
Alabama claims.
HAVANA, Feb. 9.-Nothing heard
yet of tho steamer Tennessee. Inquiries
have been made ut all points in tele-
graphic communication with Havana.
New HAMBURG N. Y, Feb. g.
Three more bodies recovered.
| TOLEDO, (O) Feb. lO.-The Howe
Sewing Machine buildings, ut Peru,
were destroyed by fire. f. =. Love-
land, formerly editor of the Main Coun-
ty Republican, persisted in the flames.
Three others are missing. ..r,..
NEW YORK, Feb. lO.-,rhe Post says
there is good reason to hope the fears
for the safety of the Tennessee are
groundless. Her machinery was prob
ably disarranged and she will soon be
heard from. =.
BUFFALO, N. v, Feb. 10, p. ma
large concoursc OF relatives and friends
, attended the funeral to-day of four vic
Tins from Buffalo of the late Railroad
accident at New Hamburg. The scenes
at the respective places of burial were
extremely affecting.
BOSTON, Feb. 1O.-A dispatch from
Halifax states that the ships Winson
and Franklin, with their stores, car
goes, &c, were condemned to-day as
forfeited to the Queen, by reason of vi
olntion of the fishery law, in tho Vice
| Admiralty court. The judge, Sir Will
liam Young, in pronouncing Judgment,
expressed his regret nt the painful duty
imposed upon him. ... ..
There arc already 100000 subscribed
in this city to the French charity fund.
New ORLEANS, Feb. n.-Charles J
Dclonlcl, ~ French professor at the st.
Theresa school, fell dead of heart dis
| ease. .~----asa.-=1---.-s ---rs~
New YORK, Feb. l2.-Icc stopped the
| ferries two hours to-day.
| NICKSBuRG, Feb. 12.--Vhc steamer
Judge Wheeler exploded her boilers
| and burnt at a. m, at BclIs landing
45 miles above Nicksburg, and killed
Con Hogan, Il deck hand; Thos. Welsh,
deck sweep, and another person whose
name is unknown. Capt. Nolen was
seriously wounded; Charles Story, car
pcnter, was slightly wounded; G. w.
Pope, of Little Rock was badly wound
cd. Very little of the cargo was saved.
New York, Feb. l2.--The movement
in cotton for the past week has been
heavy, both in receipts and exports
the former being unusually large.
l
against l54, ,4S2 last week $50, 300 the
previous week; and l46, 1897 three weeks
since.
Receipts since September 2,5lO,651
bnles--aSainst 1888, 1874 the previous
year.
Exports from all ports for tho week
95,9 ,9S2 balcs-against Ga, SO for the same
week of last year.
+ Total exports for the expired portion
of the year ,504,9 bales-against
1 ,O37 ,9I4 for the same time last year.
Stock ntall ports 66l ,594 bales-against
53s, ,OSs at this date l;lst year.
Stocks ut interior towns RS, ,OG6 bales
against los, 1886 last year.
Stock in Liverpool $4,000 bales
against 352, 900 last year.
Amount OF American cotton afioat
for Great Britain 379,OOO baIcs-against
lit 900 last year.
Amount of India cotton afioat for
Europe s9,lG7 balcs-against lO3, ,339
> last year. ..
:, FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.
LONDON, Feb. 9.-Thcirs' majority
exceeds all expectations.
+ The Queen opened the session TO-DAY
in person. The Lords and Conmoners
e mustered u full force, aud there was /.
. large attendance of spectators.
$ The following are the opening para
!, graphs of tho Queens speech:
= "Wy LORDS 6t,aI Gentlemen. AT AZ
G epoch of such moment to the future for
G tunes of Europe, am especially desir
Gus to avail myself of your counsels
q The war which broke out in the montl
y OF July between France and German,