Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-06-05
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOREIGN.

President Theirs and his Ministry have re-
signed, and Marshal MacMahen has been
elected President of the French Republic.
The important issue involved in the con-
troversy in the Assembly was on the definite
establishment of the Republic, measure in
troduced by the Government and sustained
by the Liberals. The Right, or Conservative
side of the misunderstanding of Bona
partists, Orleanists and Legitimists-united in
opposition to this movement, and when final
vote was reached on the Oath, the Left was
voted down by $50 to 344, and President Theirs
Immediately resigned, his resignation being ac-
cepted, the vote being 36S for acceptance to 333g
against. The vote by which Marshal Mac
Mahon was chosen was 800. This change in
the Administration was accomplished without
any disturbance, and was generally acquiesced
in. MacMahon accepted the position of Presi-
dent in the following words:
Il will obey the will of the Assembly, the deposi-
tory OF national sovereignty. 1t is heavy respon-
sibility, but, with Gods aid and the devotion of the
army. viii continue the work OF hberatlng the
territory and restoring order, and will maintain
tranquility and the principles which society
rests. To this pledge my word as an honest man
and soldier"
cable dispatch of the oath says the Carlists
denied the reported butchery of surrendered
volunteers, but announced that they were held
subject to exchange for Carlists.
Up to the 25th four hundred and twenty
eight bodies had been recovered from the
wreck of the steamship Atlantic leaving 11S
passengers unaccounted for.
The following is the text of President Mac
Mahon's address to the Projects of Paris:
Il have been called, through the confidence of
the National Assembly, to the Presidency of the
Republic No immediate change will be made in
the existing laws, regulations and institutions.
rely upon material order and count upon your
vigilance and upon your patriotic assistance
President MacMahon also sent message to
the Assembly, containing the following:
. animated by respect for your wishes,
and will always scrupulously execute them. The
liberation of the territory and the restoration of
order. The first was ably conducted by my pre-
decessor, with heroic patience. The country
other. | shall follow the foreign policy
of my predecessor. l wish for peace and the re-
organization Of the army, desiring only to restore
our strength and regain for France her rank among
the nations. The home policy will be resolutely
conservative. The Administration must be i'm
bued with conservative spirit appoint TO office re-
spectors OF law defend society against faction, and
stand as a sentinel to that your sovereign will
is obeyed in its integrity
The new French Ministry is officially an
nounced as follows Minister of Foreign At
fairs, the Duke de Broglie; Minister of JUS
tice, Erroul Minister of the Interior, Beule !;
Minister of Finance, Pierre Magne Minister of
War, General De Cissey; Minister of Marine,
Admiral D'Hornoy; Minister of Public In
struction and Worship, Balbie; Minister of
Public Works, De Seilligny Minister of Agri
culture and Commerce, Bovelleric.
The King of the Belgians arrived in Vienna
ON the 2Gth, and was received by the Court
with fitting ceremonies.
A fire in Berkeley Square, London, few
days ago, burned six persons to DEATH and six
Others were injured by falling walls.
The Pope made a speech at Rome on the
9th, in which he said he had ever prayed for
France, but that he would now pray with
greater confidence, for the election of Marshal
MacMahon to the head of that country was a
guarantee of order and justice to civilization,
which was menaced on all sides.
x-President Theirs took his seat in the
French Assembly on the 9th.
A recent fire in Bedford, Canada, destroyed
the greater portion of the town.
By boiler explosion which occurred in a
crowded workshop in Belgium on the 2Sth,
fourteen persons were killed outright and
many injured, some of whom would die.
The Prince Edwards Island Legislature has
unanimously passed resolutions accepting the
terms of union with the Dominion of Canada.
The reconstruction of the French Cabinet
was completed on the 30th by the appointment
of General Du Barail as Minister of War, in
place of General De Cissey. The As
sembly has voted to rebuild the Column
Nendome