Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1873-01-24
port that Persia has made n secret
treaty, ceding territory to Russia.

port II a Persia has made a secret
treaty, ceding territory to Russia.
LONDON. January %.
The report of Il terrible marine dis
aster last night in the English Chan
mel has just heen recei, ed. The emf
grant ship Northileet. which sailed
rom here several DAYS ago tor Aus
tria, with All passengers. exclusive of
her crew, came i'm collision at mid
night, two miles off Dun9enesS, with
an unknown foreign steamship. and
was cut to the waters edge. Only
e~ightv-fve persons are known to have
been saved. 1t is believed that every
other person who was on board found
u watery grave. No attention was
pad 10y the steamship TO the emigrant
vessel after the collision, and she rro-
ceeded on her course, leaving the suf-
ferers to their fate.
When the collision occurred last
night, between the emigrant ship
Northfieet and an unknown steamer.
the passengers of the former vessel
became panic-stricken, and rushed
from their berths to every part OF the
ship where they thought they might
be safe, and utterly refused to obey
the orders of the Captain. That Off
Ger. as n last resort, tn force obedience
tn his coinmanus, was obliged to fire
upon the horror-stIicken people. One
Of them was wounded. 1t is believed
that If the passengers had Obeyed the
Captains orders, more Ofthe n wOulu
have been saved. The NOrthtieet was
lying ut anchor at the time of the col
lisiOn. Her cargo consisted OF rail
Dad iron. Three hundred andtwenty-
one persons were drowned, including
tim ' Itfni,. tf fl,n Ill fufssl 1nSS.l lI,,
name OF the steamer which ran into
the ship has not yet been ascertained:
but it is Clicveu that it WAS u 5, anish
vessel from Antwerp. The Board OF
Trade of this city offered "a reward of
q hundred pounds for her discovery.
1t is also believed that the steamer
was a Portuguese craft: the name
cannOt b6 aScertained until she
reaches the port OF st. Petersburg.
FRANCE.
PARIS, January 90.
Masses for the reposp OF the soul of
the late ex-Emperor Napoleon were
celebrated in Il number OF churches in
the city to-day. A large crowd at
tended.
The Orleans Princes to-day for the
first time attended mass in cOmme-
s'iois j WI lL't'iS "t tttV
Chapel EXpittOire. The circumstance
excites comment. and is regarded 10y
Soine journals as an indication that
the union OF LegitlmistS and Or
leanists is complete.
RUSSIA.
ST.. PETERSBURG, January %.
The Grand Duchess Helene Paul
avna is dead.
SPAIN.
MAUEID. January 90.
The COrteS is engaged to-day i'll de-
batting the bill providing for cOmpul-
sorry service in the army.
a special committee of the CorteS
on the abolition of slavery in Porto
Rico will probably present Il report
Tomorrow. The question of the i'll
Identification of the is set
tied. The details alone will delay the
report. The cnininittee will propose
that the emancipation of slaves shall
be complete four months after the
FORMULATION of the passage of the
Jill. The CorteS will commence to
discuss the bill ut an early dav. Ser
ranO and the Conservative Deputies
will decide to-day as to their intended
course.
The members of the late Cabinet
publish q declaration to-day, repudi-
ating the idea that they favored the
sale of Cuba.
EGYPT.
CAIRO, January %.
The contract of marriage between
the hereditary Prince of Egvptand
the daughter OF Elhani P.sha was
signed on the 10th inst, in presence
of the Khedive. The cabinet, the
highest officials Of the Niceroy, the
court, and the representatives OF
foreign powers, and each Consul. re-
ceived Il present of Il Cashmere shawl
and a drOmedary on the 18th. There
were races in the evening and a grand
ball,