Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-02-12
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Meagfe News from the Spanish Capital
Civil War Thought to be Inevitable
Rumored Proclamation Of the Re-
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Dispatch from Figueras.
VERSAILLES, Feb. 11.--Mr. Quinst
Republican Deputy in the Assembly, hai
received dispatch dated Madrid, noon to-
| day, signed by Seniors Figueras and Cas-
telar announcing that the Republic will be
| proclaimed In Spain this evening.
Dispatch. .frona Cen. sicsRes.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11.-Secretary Fish
| this evening received the following dispatch
from Minister Sickles: CAT O'Clock to-
night the Cortes adopted the Republican
| form of government by vote of 259 in the
affirmative and 80 In the negative"
I'm Observation-Disclosures want Of News.
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE abdication OF
King Amadeus is the all absorbing topic OF
| London and Paris. The view is considered
gloomy and bitter civil war is inevitable.
The last dispatch received from Madrid
was dated one O'Clock this morning.
Nothing since then received. The
! failure Of dispatches Is regarded as
ominous. The last dispatch says
sThs streets are now, A. NJ, filed with
crowds of excited people. The Senate has
appointed permanent committee of thirty
Senor Malcamps and Admiral .Topete, in
behalf OF Marshal Serano, have offered
support to Prime Minister Gorilla in main
tanning order. 1t is rumored thst Gorilla
intends to leave the capital tomorrow.
Senior Rivefo VIII remain ct bis post as
President of Congress-" mod aa
The gCarlist Revolution - Anather
Siege of saxagessa.
PARIS, Feb. LIE Temps has advices
from Spain showing that the Government
is operating against the Cariists in the
north with twenty@four battalions of in
fantry of the regular army and proper
tionate amount of cavalry and artillery, and
six or seven thousand volunteers and gen
d 'armes. The Carlists are active in the
neighborhood of SegaviA and Estella City.
Saragossa is virtually bloekaded by the In
surgents, they being masters Of surround
ing country. Bologner, fortified city, is
also threatened by force under Tristany,
and nine hundred insurgents are before
Junaora. Fresh bands have appeared in
Aragol. The Carlist leaders are begin
ming to act in concert and are rapidly per
fscting organization.
Tne ConstitutionsI Crisis I'm France.
PARIS, Feb. ia deputation from the
Left Centre Conservative Republicans] OF
the Assembly, waited on President Theirs
last evening and promised him the
support of their party. The President told
them he hoped they would be able to in
duce the Committee Of Thirty to accept the
Governments views. If he failed with the
committee he would maintain those views
before the Assembly.
The special committee appointed to draw
an electoral law have resolved not to submit
their report to the COMMITTEES of Thirty,
and declare they viii resign rather than
do so.
Rebellion Against Portuguese BuIe.
LISBON, Feb. 11.-An instruction OF
the natives has broken out against Portu-
guese authorities in Leondos, on the South
west coast Of Africa. Corvettes with
troops have been dispatched to the colony.
English Grumblers.
LONDON, Feb. lin the House of Lords
this evening Earl Londesdale asked whe-
ther measures had been taken to complete
the settlement of the western part of the
boundary line between the British domi-
mons and the United States. He contend
ed that not withstanding the decision with
regard to that portion Of the line which
gave San Juan to the United States there
were still several water channels which the
Americans might claim. The rights Of
the Indian tribes were also left unsettled
and collisions were inevitable. he charac-
terizss the whole treaty of Washington as
most humiliating that England bad ever
negotiated.
Earl Granville replied with the assurance
that steps had been taken to settle all the
boundary questions. A British Commission
had surveyed the line which was almost
identical with that laid down by the Ameri-
ican Commissioners, and instructions had
been sent out with view Of arriving ct an
agreement upon an exact boundary.