New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-09-21
FOREIGN.

| Decline in Price of Coal at LOndOn-Amer.
lean banquet in Paris TO Geneva Arbf-
traitors Congress of Old Catholics
Sharp Debate in Spanish Cortes-Four
Women Killed by Lightning The
POpe's Brother Dead-HIeeting of tho
EmperOrs = Invi0labiliIy of Private
Property Mt Sea--COuncil of Ministers
In Paris.
| LONDON, September 20.-The Immediate
decline In the price of coal from the present
| high figures is confidently expected.
| NO0n-During thunderstorm yesterdav
lightning struck in Borough Lancashire.
| and killed four women Several other
| operatives were injured.
PARIS, September 20.-American citizens
residing in Paris are preparing to give a
grand banquet to the REPRESENTATIVES, of
the United States and other members of
the Geneva arbitration.
BERLIN September 20.-A congress of
Old Catholics was in session at Cologne
yesterday. Much enthusiasm was mani
tested by the delegates, who numbered 300.
ROME, September 20.-The eldest brother
of the Pope is dead.
DUBLIN, September 20.-A meeting to
protest against the occupation of Rome.
which was advertised some DAYS ago, has
been indefinitely postponed for some @unex-
planned cause.
MADRID, September 2O.2A sharp debate
occurred in The Cortes to-day between
Senor Gorilla, Minister of State and Senor
Aliva, which resulted in the declaration bv
ZorIlla that he would abolish the system Of
military subscription in Spain and Introduce
in the Cortes bill for the reorganization of
the army.
Captain Cabello has. forwarded to The De-
partment of War plan for campaign
against the Cuban insurgents. The plan
meets with the approval of COrdoya who
has submitted it to his fellow ministers, II
is announced that the number of insurgents
in arms against the government in Cuba ia
$500, the great majority of whom are Mexi-
cans, Dominieans and Americans The car.
rying into effect of the reforms proposed on
that island will be prevented as long as the
motto of the Cubans is ''Death to Spainn
BERLIN, September 20.-During the re-
cent meeting of the Emperors here, the
subject OF invielability of private property
at sea in time of war was considered hv
Prince GOrtschakoff, Count Androssv and
Prince Bismarck. 1t was regarded as a
good omen tor the final establishments of
the principle that the governments of the
United States, Austria, Germany, Italy,
Russia and Holland were united in It's sup
port.
PARIS, September 2O.-The Council of
Ministers held a protraeted meeting to-day
for the purpose of considering measures to
secure public tranquility on the twenty
second of September, the anniversary of
the establishment of the first republic.
President Theirs presided.
Diplomatic notes have been exchanged
between France and Germany concerning
the arrest of Edmund About.
The charge on which the French author
is to be tried by court martial consists of
two counts. One accuses him ofspubish-
ing hostile articles in German territory in
October, 1871, and the other with circu-
lating the same in the province of Lorraine,
Alfred Mayer, barrister of Strasburg,
will defend the prisoner before the court
NJ. About has sent. word to President
Theirs entreating him to be calm and take
no steps in his case which would imperiI
France.
PARIS, September 2O.-A letter purport-
ing to have been written Ey Don Carlos to
the Pope is circulating in Paris. 1t prom
ises the speedy renewal of the CarIist in
urrectIonn in Spain, with ample means. ~
LONDON, September 20.-The Bishops of
Lincoln, Ely and Westminster, of the
Church of England, and the Episcopal
Bishop of Maryland, United States, were
present at the opening of the Old Catholic
Congress at Cologne to-day
Among the speakers was DIR. Rohr, Of
New Yorke
The mine owners of Newcastle to-day, irl
reply to the demands Of a. deputation from
the Miners Association, refused the adj
vance of fifteen per cent in wages, on the
ground that the price Of coal had already
fallen and further considerable decline is
avDpcted