The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-02-16
rELYaRAPKIc SUMMARY.
UNITED STATES.

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votes of the States for President were conr.eu
by Congress. The votes Of Arkansas ano Luu-
isiana were thrown out. Inc olil ino, oescars
the salary of the President and Other o"T Ths
was lost In the House---yeas 81, nays las' The
Credit Mobilier investigation continues. $3.50
proceedings on the 18th were highIy .nse ~
Ing and the l0mgsa,nSsa not od witSoss protest,
SeNsyer. on the part Of Amss. His entries on
tho book c,,rroborate his former tsssi Mn ar.
ssid op BInpham. scoiisid, Aiiisca md others:
Ths Ionisiana Investigation also draws lts
slow length along. The Comnieseo ,, mia ~
preliminary report staie tic question as to the
electoral vote. poll Of the COMMITTEES ssg ~,
that Messrs. Morton. Alcorn, Anthony ana Nc 40,
gan will act sSgsse evidence q
Fru%baI Is for MeEuery sure n = l. Is dss
4 McBnary, and, as second choice, o new e,on -.
Carpenter Il for nsw Of tho several
Louisiana factions are dssn9naGan s Fl the matter
out ofsGongress. ING hs sst Can MoMiilen
| seems to favor o new election, whiio ""'e"oA
1 W armoth favors war to the knife tE
'51GEons1A.-Two important Conventions have
been held in Augusta daTln ai Inc Rs nrorress
| IF the scheme for the digging OF canals, ana
deepening Of rivers to secure water comn,u AZ
cation from the Mississppt TO A'' frnm Eve
| Stat.s were present, was in the interest OF
White immig grafton. Resolutives were adopted
recommending the preparation OF pooA n
EnrHsh and foreign languages giving in1orms,
ton Of tho resources of the South, that AN
railroad companies shall adopt low rates ior
emigrants, and buy up unsettled lands aIons
the lines for the settlement of emigrants, an ~
| that land owners encourage the movement By
Offering low rents and long time: =
The. Convention feels the importance o,
and skilled labor from the North, ana extends
cordial invftatfon to capitalists pna sk ,tieo
labor to come and assist ia developing the re.
sources of the State. The report in favor OF
direct trade with Europe by means of the
D states uniting in Substituting the steamship
D lines was adoptea. - .....
4 Observation-Disclosures Robinson and eight
judges Il bx ,bs %nteS state.
a Marshal, for refusing to receive the votes a, O
L coiored men atithe recent municipal election
Considerable Interest is msniieste 20. IN ~, ash ai
s present q litigation which has not been ex
o cecded in public interest for years. The bes
legal talent in the State of KENTUCKY viii D.
! employed in these cases, and prominent law
3, yers who have given the matter their atten
=, ton, official and otherwise, helieve that 1t il
. not possible for settlement of the matters in
y yolved without the case ultimately finding thei
10 way to tho Supreme Court, upon one or ser
O erai points which will attend the coming
prosecution.
j. without disturbance, but with feeling
t of the most intense interest on the part OF tn,
n neopie. the Government of Spain was changed
= on the 18th inst from Monarchy to o Repub
lie. On that day the formal abdication o
l. King Amadeus was read in the Cortes. HI
9 | said that when no accepted the throne he ex
pected to be King Of aH the people, and NO
. merely Of d faction. Disappointed in this, ant
d feeling that great numbers of the people were
o mot III. sympathy with him, he resigned thu
n trust. - e.i TO- ere. -
@ and resolution establishing a republic ant
IL vesting in the Assembly full pow ers. was adopt
v ed by vote of ESQ TO 30.
The Cortes elected the following Govern
ment: Fieueras, for President Of the Council
W recei led ga votes; Cordoba Minister of War
l. eSsvotes Pho Bfaigill Minister of the Interior
!. 241yotes; Nicolas salmeron, Minister Of Jus
o tice, PEI votes Francisco Samerun, Ministe
Marine, ais votes; Castelar,, Minister Of For
sg Affairs sss sotss Bsssrn Minister Min.t
4 Of Finance, PAP votes.
% Everyth thing bears peaceable aspect OF pres
:. emit, but thst the Republic will be acquiesce
= in without n struggle is scarcely possible. Th
10 Boufbons, at q meeting held in France, sui
n scribed 1OOO00,000 francs to aid the Duke d
n I Montpensier in his struggle for the throne.
NJ Aaa FRANCE. ., -.
80 The Committee of Thirty has concluded it
4 fNbors, but has not yet reported Theirs /
l. known to be opposed to many of its meas
n nSes and will oppose their adoption. -,-..
ej I&UniveEse publishes a ietter from one Q
Napoleon's Ministers, whose name is not given
o confirming revelations made by Duke d
t Gramrnont as to tho promises Of assistanc
!. made by Austria to France at the beginning o
the war with Prussia. The correspondent add
0 to Grammonfs statements, that the treaty TO
triple alliance was nearly concluded betwee,
y France, Italy and Austria, but 1t was moi
signed, because Napoleon rejected it ias dis
honorable. The same writer also asserts thai
Q 1t was by Austria's suggestion that Rome wal
4 given up to the Italian Government.
IRELAND.
1 The Court of Queens Bench at Dublin &C
Quilted the Rev. Father LOTUS of Galway, OF
? the 18th inst, of the charge of illegal use o
spiritual influence in the Galway election. TIL,
f vast crowd present applauded the verdict.
ITALY
4 The Pope on the 18th gave audience to sew
!, eral officers of tho United States navy, now ii
Rome. In the course of conversation, his Ho
o illness asked how he would be received il
It America. The officers said that the people o
v that country would regard his residence anon
= them as great honor.
SWITZERLAND.
The Federal Council ut Berne, addressed
letter to the Charge d Affaires at Rome deny Ing
70 in sharp manner, the right of the Pope t,
:. dismeaber the bishoprios of Switzerland
y The Legislature also Instructed Bishop Mel
% millod 10 decide quickly whether he intends I
|. obey the Pope or the Swiss Government