The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1872-05-31

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action Of the House of Representatives, will
close on June 3Oth, 1872.
THn Finance Committee has fxed the tax
ON whiskey at Is cents, and the tax on to-
bacco 10 made uniform at "a cents. The
committee recommend tho repeal Of ell
stamp taxos. The reduction made in excess
Of the House 10 about $s,oOO,Oo0, making
total reduction Of $60,o00.o00 for customs
and excise--..Tne American Institute OF
Homeopathy, recently in session at Wash
ington, elected Dr.. Small, Of Chicago, Presi-
dent, and DR.. Burgess, of Pittsbrrg, Vice,
President. They meet again at Cleveland
on the Sd Of June, 1873.
Foreign.
Ir was officially announced Monday by the
Spanish Government, that assertions from
Carlist bands in the province Of Biscay,
have commenced. Many of the insurrec-
tionists present themselves to the Govern
ment troops and give up their arms More
than 1000 have already submitted. In
surgent bands in other provinces are dis
persing. 1.-THE Prussian imperial army
band, by consent of the Emperor, will sail
shortly for America, to take part in tae
worlds peace jubilee ut Boston.
A LATER dispatch from Biscay, Spain, re-
ports that the Carlist organisation in that
province has been completely annihilated.
Five thousand insurgents surrendered to
the loyal forces on Sunday last. Order is
now restored throughout the entire pro-
vince.
A LONDON special, dated May ~, says:
"The English papers continue to discuss
the Treaty Of Washington and the supple
mentary article thereto with undiminished
interest. Their editorials are generally in
spired by desire to prevent failure of the
arbitration and save the treaty. An ar.
ticle, in contrary sense, in the Pail Mall
Gazette, tonight, says that the whole drift
of feeling and opinion in England justi6cs
it in saying that the worst thing to do with
the treaty is to save it. Saving the treaty,
lit says) means offense and humiliation to
America or England, or both nations. 1t
means q renewal and not an abatement of
the i'll feeling which it was intended to al
lay. How to save the treaty means who
shall eat the leek, or whether means cannot
be invested whereby both parties shall agree
to eat it in each others presence. The
American papers appear to exclaim against
the adoption Of the supplementary article
Here there is only enc opini on, and its ac-
ceptance would be discreditable and dan
gerous. Both people would be pacifed and
content at once If the treaty and the nego-
tiations connected Herewith were dropped
as an irremediable blunder for which the
two Governments are alone 10 blame. That
is the proper fate OF the treaty, and the only
safe and peaceful way Of disposing Of it.
49, The last Carlist band in Lerda, Spain,
numbering three hundred, surrendered
Wednesday.
HENRI PocHEFoRr left France on the oath
inst, for Caledonia, with q number Of other
convicted sommunists....Th The remains Of
ex-King Louis Philippe are to be taken
from England and inferred at Dreaux,
France...... Dispatches from Spain say that
the Government troops in Corona had an
engagement with the Carlists in that prov
ince and completely routed them...... Letters
from Aleppo, Syria, give distressing picture
Of the state of affairs at Antioch. The town
is now a mere heap of ruins. Shocks o.
earthquakes still continue, and the soil IS
quivering with volcanic movements all
around. The people are afraid to approach
the site to remove the large number of un-
buried dead..... News from Cuba to the 18th
is that Ignacio Agramento attacked and cap
tured Spanish fort in Camagney, and sub
sequently routed in the open field heavy
force sent to the succor Of the captured posi-
ton. In Havana the uneasiness is daily in
the Volunteers have been many times on
the point of instituting o general massacre,
and it may come off at any minute.
TIE Archduchess Sophia, mother of the
Emperor Francis Joseph, is dangerously i'll
with typhoid fever. The latest bulletin re-
ports that she is rapidly sinking......The At
Atlanta and London crews have agreed on
the 10th Of June as the day for the race,
and 4:3O p. m. az the hour for the start.
The new boat ordered by the Atalantas is
being made by Bfffin, and will be completed
by Wednesday next. The Pail Nall Gazette
says the American crew now pull in a style
which is simply perfection, and that be-
tween it and the Londoners the difference is
plainly visible..".. Gen. Greaves, who was
present at the battle Of New Orleans, in
1915, died recently..... Weather throughout
England 10 fair, but unfavorable to the
crops...... Numbers Of Carlists continue to
surrender 10 the Government troops. In
some Of the disafected provinces, however,
fresh bands have appeared the past few
days. Though small, they are very active,
and have cut the telegraph wires in various