The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-06-14

ton Of the United States...... Rumors that
Secretary Fish 10 about to resign are again
rife at the capital.
A WASHINGTON dispatch announces that
the Spanish Government has notified it,
Minister to this country that the only con.
dition upon which DR.. Housrd can be imme.
diately released is that the United States ask
for it as favor, and not on the grounds
that he is a citixen of the United
States ...... An effort is being made by the
State Department aud the British Minister
to make some arrangement to save the treaty
of Washington......Th President has signed
the Tax and Tariff bill......The President
has vetoed another bill granting relief fol
property destroyed by Federal troops during
the war. on the same grounds as those ia
the Beet case, namely that its payment
would invite the presentation of claims fol
very large amounts, and that it is matter
Of bounty rather than of right.
Foreign.
THE race for the Oaks stakes took place
at the EPSON meeting, London, on Friday
last, and was won by Reine......Six persons
were killed by the explosion Of a powder
magazine, in Shropshire, England, on the
3lst ult...... Clara Louise Kellogg, the Ameri-
can prima donna, sings in Buckingham
Palace on the goth Of June.....The weather
throughout England 10 fair and favorable for
growing crors...... Advices from Spain state
that the excitement which was occasioned
by Marshal Serrano's lenient treatment of
the Carlists has subsidized, and better feel
ing prevails in the Cortes. 1t is now stated
that Serrano will assume the ,;uties OF Presi-
IA IF ko
says that the report of Bismsrk's serious ILL
ness 10 unfounded.
ApvrcEs from Spain represent that Ser
ramos leniency to the Carlist chiefs has
utterly disorgsnized the insurgents, who
begin to suspect their leaders Of tre,chery
...... Letters from Havana, dated May 81,
state that a formidable plot of the volun-
teers to attack and burn the Spanish Bank
and exchange Offices had been discovered
and frustrated. 1t is also stated that several
Cuban chiefs had been detected in intrigues
t. deliver their commands into the hands OF
the Spanish troops, several OF whom had
been condemned to death and hanged to
trees, heads .Advices from
Mexico announce that Gen. Trevino, the
revolutionist leader, had been attacked at
Monterey and badly routed, barely escaping,
The Lucas cotton mills. near Rouen, France,
were burned on the I'd inst, involving a
loss of 100000 francs and throwing 1000
operatives out of employment.....A duel
was fought at Paris, on the I'd inst, between
Paul de Cassagnac and NJ. Lacroy, editor
of the Rappel. The latter was slightly
wounded...... Hon. John Sandfeld Mac
donald, late PRIMER Of Ontario, died on the
LIST inst, at Cornwall, Can.
TRIEsrEIS GERsrAAcKER, the celebrated
German traveller and author, died at Vienna,
on Monday, June 8, aged 57.....Charles
Lever, the celebrated Irish novelist, died at
Trieste, on Monday, June 3, aged 63......T The
British Parliament is still engaged in de-
batting the supplemental article to the Wash
ington Treaty The Empress Eugene will
leave England shortly, on visit to Spain.
... The Irish National Band, numbering
forty pieces, will sail for the Boston Jubilee
this week. .....A railroad collision between
Basic and Mayencc killed nine persons and
injured many others.
TIE weather throughout England is un-
favorable to the growing crops...... Marshal
Serrano's lenient treatment of the Carlist in
surgents has been almost unanimously ap-
proved by the Spanish Cortes. and the Mar
shall has been installed as President of the
Council and Minister Of War, in the new
Mnistry......Gen. VIM. T. Sherman and
Lieut. Fred. D. Grant we're in Berlin on June
4......Advices from Camargo, Mexico to June
4, state that after the fight near Monterey,
on the 3Oth ult., Trevino rallied all his
forces, and on the following day attacked
Corced in the suburbs of the city and COM
pletely routed him. Dispatches state that
the Government troops lost everything, their
entire force being killed, wounded and scat
tered. The campaign Of two months pre-
paration against the northern frontier is
thus ended. 1t is supposed that Trevno's
retreat, on the first day, was ruse. The
revolutionists are exhilerated, and claim it
as q new impetus to their cause. The Gov
eminent troops near Mier we're also defeated
and driven bsck...... The cable announces
that bill will shortly be introduced in the
German Parliament depriving members of
the Order of Jesuits of the privileges Of citi-
zenship......T The Duke Of Edinburgh had an
enthusiastic reception at Dublin, on Tues
day......Jean Baptiste Philibert Valiant,
Marshal Of France, died at Paris, June 4,
aged 50.
THERE has been great inundation Of the
river Pc near Ferrara, causing widespread
desolation and terrible suffering. Immense
tracts of country are under water, and 40 900
people are homeless .....Jan Rudolf Thorn
becke, an eminent statesman and Ministe-
of Holland, is dead.....The Duke Of Edin-
burgh opened the exhibition at Dublin, on
June 5, with imposing ceremonies, in the
presence Of an immense concourse Of spec
tators.
TIE English authorities have revoked the
permission previously granted to the Grena-
der Guard Band to attend the Boston Peace
Jubilee...... The Mexican Geographical So
ciety has elected Gen. Rosecranz and Gen.
Palmer honorary members.....A Havana
paper claims to have evidence that the
Cuoans in New Orleans sent missioners
members Of the International, promoted