The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-21
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MADRID, Feb. liking Amadeus persists in
his discrimination to abdicate When II be-
came known that the King would certainly re-
sign. groups gathered in the streets, and there
were some attempts 1t disturbance. The House
of Deputies, last night, decided that the Presi-
dent Of that branch Of the Cortes and fifty
Deputies should constitute . permanent COM
mittec.
wAsHISoros. Feb. ll.-Secretary Fish this
evening received the following dispatch from
Minister Sickles:
AT . o'clock tonight the Cortes adopted .
Republican form of Government by . vote Of
$50 in the affirmative ands2 in the negative"
LONDON, Feb. 1.-THE abdication Of King
Amadeus ID the all-absorbing topic in London
and Paris The view il considered gloomy,
and bitter civil war inevitable. The last dis
patch from Madrid was dated O'Clock this
morning. Nothing since has been received.
The failure of dispatches is regarded ~
ominous.
The last dispatch says the streets are now
filed with crowds Of excited people.
The Senate has appointed . permanent Com
mittee Of Thirty. Senior Malcamps and Admit
raj Topete, on behalf of Marshal Serrano,
have offered their support to Prime Minister
Gorilla in maintaing order.
1t is rumored that Gorilla intends to leave
the capital tomorrow. Senior Rivero will re-
main at his post ~ President Of the House Of
Deputies.
PARIS, Feb. LIE Temps has advices from
Spain showing that the Government is operat-
ing against the Carlists in the north with
twenty-four battalions of infantry Of the regu-
lar army and proportionste amount of caval-
ry and artillery, and 5000 or 1000 volun-
teers and gems Tdrmes. The CaTi;sts are &C
tive in the neighborhood Of Segovia and Es-
tela-
FURTHER DETAILS OF THE ABpIcArIoS OF
AMADEus-ORGANIzArIoN OF A REPUBLIC
DEPARTURE OF THE Kyxe-HE Is ESCORTED
TO THE FRONTIER
London advices Of the 18th give further and
fuller details Of the revolution in Spanish af-
fairs. We CLEAN the following particulars
| Yesterday Q1th) the two houses Of the
Cortes assembled. At q late hour the formal
message Of abdication was read. It states
that the KING maturely considered his course
| He accepted the crown under the belief that
the people would support him. He was de-
ceived. II his enemies were foreigners he
| would not have taken this course. Spain has
been in perpetual disquiet. and all his efforts
| to put an end to the intrigues were unavailing.
| He had no wish to remain on the throne ~ the
King Of sparty.
Upon completion of the reading, the Senate
| and Congress met together and constituted
| themselves Sovereign Cortes. Senior Rivero,
| President Of the Congress, in . brief speech,
| declared himself ready to answer for the
preserva alton of order and the execution of
sovereign DEGREES. The abdication Of King
Amadeus was then accepted unanimously. A
committee. selected from members Of the
Senate and Congress, was then appointed to
draft . reply to the message, and another
commission to accompany the King to the
frontier. Senior Pho then proposed resolution
establishing Republic, vesting in the Assem-
bly, supreme power. The resolution was
adopted by vote Of 256 yeas. against 81
nays.
The resolution Of Pho comprises the follow
| ing propositions: That Spain be declared .
Republic, the National Assembly to assume
all the powers Of supreme authority and ap-
point Government to execute their DEGREES
that to another Assembly, hereafter to be
elected, will be referred the duty Of detomin-
| ing the form Of the Constitution.
The Cortes elected the following Govern
ment Figusras. for President Of the Council;
Cordoba, Minister OF War; p. Y. Margall,
| Minister Of the Interior; Nicolas Salmeron,
/! Minister Of Justice; Francisco Salmeron,
Minister Of the Colonies Beranger, Minister
| of Marine; CASTELAR,, Minister Of Foreign
Affairs; Becera, Minister Of Public Works I;
Echegaray, Minister Of Finance.
Figueras addressed the Assembly. He said
| he owed his appointment to political circum-
stances He promised that the Spanish peo-
| Die should in future have the utmost freedom
| in the choice Of their rulers and representa-
tives He then read numerous kilograms from
| the provinces, showing that the public peace
and order had been everywhere preserved.
He hoped the Republic would be established
forever, and that Spain would henceforth ex-
ercise her Jus: influence in the affairs Of Eu-
rope. He believed that other Latin nations
would not be slow to initiate her example.
The Government now chosen would insure
the national integrity. The Assembly then
adjourned.
1t is stated that the principal Communists of
London, Brussels and Geneva, have started
| from those cities for Madrid.
| The announcement Of the abdication of
King Amadeus produces profound sensation
in Berlin. The German papers hint that il
was caused by French intrigues.
Dispatches from Madrid announce that ex-