The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-11-10
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Reclamation of Minisfers.

PARIS, Nov. 8.-[evening. ALI the Ministers
rendered their designations to President Mac
Mahon. this afternoon, but he declined to ac-
cept them.
French Affairs
The three bureaux of the Assembly which de-
ferred naming their members of the Committee
on the proongaton of MacMahon's powers till
to-day, reassembled this morning and elected
Count De Remusat, M. Leon Say and M. La
boulay all candidates of the left. This gives
the Republicans majority of one in the COM
mittee The result has given rise to intense
excitement. 1t is said that the right offered as
q compromise to make the term of the Presi-
dent five instead of ten years. M. Leon Say at
the request of the government, consented to
postponement of the debate on his interpella-
tons for failure to order elections to fill vacan-
oies in the assembly.
MacMahon's Term of Omce.
PARIS, Nov. 9.-The Presse today says: the
Right not only agreed to limit MacMahon's
term of office tofive years but have consented
that he be officially designated by the title of
President of the Republic. By these conces-
sions the Right has gained over one Republican
and now have a majority in committee on the
prolongatlon of the Presidents powers.
Battle in Spain.
MADRID, Nov. S.-The official Gazette an
nounces that an engagement had taken place
between Carlists and Republicans near Mi randa
Del Argo, bat says the result is not known.
Shooting of unsurgent Chiefs Confr med
HAVANA, Nov. 8.-The following despatch
from Gen. Buriel, commander of the Spanish
troops at Santiago, to Capt. Gen. Peitain, con.
tains all the information thus far secured of the<
shooting of the insurgent leaders,
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Nov. 4.
To his EXcelency the Captain-General
AT six o'clock this morning there were shot
in this city for being traitors to their country,
a-d for being insurgent chiefs, the following
persons, styling themselves patriot Generals:
Rarnah a oil Ran ,hafo c
division: Pedro Cespedes, Com'dg General,
Cienfuegos; Gen. Jusus Del Sal, and Brigadier.
General Washington Ryan, The executions
took place in the presence of the entire corps of
the volunteer force OF the regular infantry, and
sailors from the fleet An immense concourse
of people also witnessed the act. The best or
der prevailed. The prisoners met their death
with composure. (Signed),
BUNEL.
West India News.
KINGSTON. JAM, Oct. 3O-The fillihustaring
steamer Virgnius, after taking on a large par
ty of Cubans aud some war material which
they had deposited in the powder magazine on
her arrival cleared for Limon Bay on the 23d
inst. The officers of customs examined the
baggage of every passover who went aboard to
provide against any irreg1larity or violation of
law
The railway works in Costa Rica take large
body of laborers from this island monthly.
A new trade has sprung up An enterprisino
captain advertised for women. Some forty
presented themselves in the belief that as
laundresses they might do well, and many in
dustrlous women were among the passengers.
On the arrival at Limon Bay they were not
permitted TO leave the schooner till some man
came on board and selected one of the women
as fancy dictated and paying $l5 in gold, was
permitted to take her ashore. When our des-
patches left Port Limon there was only one of
the forty female passengers on board who had
not found purchaser. The captain of the
schooner having got 5000 passage money for
three days journey between Kingston and
trip. All the troops are under orders
An open boat with a party of Cuban exiles
arrived at ST. AIMS a few days ago. They
were two days on the way. They say they are
the bearers of important dispatches from Gen.
Cespedes to the Cuban junta in New York.
Among those arrived are Col. Fernando Lopez
Queralta and Commander Louis Beat