Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-02-13
CoUyTING THE ELECTORAL VOTES.
Water Communication Petween the Mis-
sisSippi River and the Atlantic
Ocean.
Resignation of the Spanish Throne by
King Amadeus.
A Republic Proclaimed and Ministry
Elected.
FOREIGN.
The Spanish Cortcs Declare for a Repub.
Iican Government.


LONDON, Feb. 12.-At 10 o'clock the
DISPATCHES from Madrid were favorable for
a peaceful solution. No disturbances OF
any kind have been reported. 1t seems
that the general disposition is to support
the provisional authority.
The Cortes yesterday was central
point of interest and bulletins Of its pro
ceedings were anxiously waited for by
crowds of persons in all public places o.
the CITY. The two Houses assembled at 6
late hour in the day. The formal mess
age of King Amadeus was read IN each
Chamber separately.
IT. onens with the statement that the
King has maturely considered the ques-
tion of what course he ought to pursue
with reference to the Spanish throne and
hos firmly resolved upon that course.
When he accepted the crown he did SO
under the belief that the loyalty Of the
paople who had called him would compen-
safe for the ineXperience which he brought
TO his task. He had found that herein he
was deceived. If the enemies who had
beset his path had been foreigners he
would not have taken the course now de-
termined upon, but they are Spaniards.
By them Spain had been kept in perpetual
disquiet. All his efforts to quiet her or
put an end to intrigues which were the
source OF her agitation, had proved una
vailing. 1t was not enough that he had
partisan support. He had no wish to re-
main on the throne as King of party.
He therefore announced his abdicatiOn on
behalf of himself and his heirs.
Upon the completion of the reading the
Senate and the Congress met together in
the chamber Of the latter and constituted
themselves the Sovereign Cortes of Spain.
Senior Riverro, President of the Congress,
was called to the chair, and, in a brief
speech, declared himself ready to answer
for preservation of order and the execution
of the DEGREES of the sovereign power.
The vote was then taken on the question
of accepting, without discussion, the abdi-
cation of Amadeus, and it was accepted
unanimously.
A commission from the members of the
Congress was then appointed to draft a
reply to the message, and another commits
sion was appointed to accompany the King
to the frontier.
Senior Pho then proposed resolution es-
tablishing a republic and vesting in the
Assembly the supreme power. The reso-
luton was adopted by vote of 256 yeas
against 81 nays.
The assembly was still in session when
the foregoing was sent from Madrid.
The Spanish Consul at Liverpool thas
offered a liberal reward for Information
which will lead to the discovery of the
shipments of arms to the Insurgents in
Spain and Insurrectionists in the Spanish
colonies.
Miss Rothchild was to- day married with
religious ceremonies, Notwithstanding the
opposition of Ritualists, to Hon. Elijah
Constantine Yorkeson, Earl of Hardwick,
and Equerry to the Duke of Edinburgh.
LONDON, Feb. u, l p. m.-The follow
ing dispatch from Madrid, just received,
&c haG hap hat
President of the Cortes will be elected
President of the Provincial Republic, was
established by vote of the Assembly last
night.
WASHINGTON, Feb. photographs are
somewhat deranged. Minister Sickles
dispatched to Fish that the Cortes had
voted a Republic. 1t is not confirmed
through the regular channels.
Twenty-four battalions of infantry with
proportionate cavalry and artillery and
seven hundred volunteers are operating
tive in the neighborhood of Ligova and
Estilla. The city of Saragossa is virtually
blOckaded, the Insurgents being masters
of the surrounding country. The German
papers hint that abdicatiOn has been Sc
cured by the French intrigue. At mid
night the streets of Madrid were crowded
with excited people.
MADRID, Feb. l2.-The CorteS to-day
elected the following Government officers:
Figueros, President; Pi Maigall, Minister
of the Interior Cordoba, Minister of
War; n. Salmeron, Minister of Justice
f. Salmeron, Minister of Colonies
Beranger, Minister of Marine; Caselar,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Becerra,
Minister of Public Works Echegaray
Minister of Finance.
The Assembly adjourned until to NOR
row.
Perfect order is preserved in Madrid
The attitude of the troops of the regular
army and national guards is satisfactory.