The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-05-18
TELEGRAPEIC SUMMARY,
FOREIGN.

FOREIGN.
ENGLAND.-The Obscrrer states that genera
election for members of Parliament will b,
held next spring. The present Parliamen
meets for the last time in February for a shor
be dissolved. The Republican Conference al
birmingham has adopted resolution in favor
OF federal republican form Of Government fol
Great Britain. A letter was received from J ohr
bright discountenancing the Republican agi.
tation and stating that he had no sympathy
with those who sought to uproot the British
monarchy.
FRANcE-Arthur Ranie (RadicaD was elect.
ed by overwhelming majority from Lyons
to the Assembly. He was q member of the
Commune, but resigned when the order to ex-
ecute the hostages was issued. A Bonapartist
that the Legitimists and Orleanists have COM
bined to overthrow Theirs, and will ask Cham
bord to author ze the Legitimists to nominate
DAumale in place of Theirs.
| GERMANY.-The German Government has re-
solved to expel the Redemptorists, Lnzarists,
Congregations of the Holy Ghost and Sacred
Heart, and the occupants of the close con-
vents, from the country within tho coming six
| months.
AUsTR1A.-The stormy weather which had
prevailed in Vienna throughout the week.
eliminated on the 18th, in gale of great vio-
lence In the afternoon gust of wind broke
| the glass of he western front of the Exhibit
ton Bullding. Some visitors were struck by
the falling fragments and injured. Torrents
of rain poured through tho opening aud
large quantity of goods were dan:aged The
plateau is saturated with water, and the
grounds are q morass of mud. The number of
visitors for the past few days has been small,
from foreign countries. The financial panic
which continues with little hope of early re
lief, has very depressing effect on the people.
and is spreading to other German cities.
dispatch from Vienna, dated the 10th, saws
two hundred additional failures were an
nounced on the Bourse yesterday; No import
ant bank has yet suspended The protracted
panic has created Consideration in all branches
of business.
sPAIN.-A special to the Herald reports a
victory for the Carlists, at Puerto, in Navarro.
The battle ended with o grand charge causing
the total route of the Government troops The
Carlists captured one cannon, four of the Re- !
publican chief officers and sixty-fUur men, |
The victors numbered 5000. The Carlists have |
also captured the maritime town of Mataro,
fifteen miles from Barcelona. Tho elections |
for members of the COrtes have been over
whelmingly in favor of the Republicans, as the |
monarchists everywhere abstained from vot- |
ing. |
ITALY.-During the week the press dispatch /
es have reported the Pope as better or worse, |
gram, May 18th, says that The is better"
During the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies,
on the 1ith, crowd numbering two hundred
GUS demonstrations on the way, and shouting |
for the complete abolition of religious corpo. |
rations. The police made n stand against the |
One policeman was wounded.
UNITED STATES.
THE CONGRESSIONAL CoNvEHTIoN.-This
Convention, now in session in st. Louie, mum |
beers l3O Congressman representing all the !
States in the Union excepting two three.
Gov. Walker, Of Virginia. has been elected
President. Resolutions were submitted before
the Conference expressive Of the views of the
Cotton Exchange urging the deepening of the
mouth of the Mississippi and combining the
va fnrt To 4na Rh l,ryn euaAa ,f
thus securing depth of twenty or twenty two
feet. They urge the removal Of tho obstruo- I
tions to navigation between st. Louis and
New Orieans, and the perm anent location and |
deepening OF the channel through shosl places
below St. Louis, fixing eight feet the mini.
mum depth, and declare this plan suited for
the Improvement of other important streams
in this valley. They declare Improvement of
upper and lower rapids of the Mississippi
should he vigorously prosecuted until naviga-
tion is made safe, and that tho work commenc-
ed in all the rivers in this Valley should be
completed. They declore that every practIca-
bic water route to the Gulf and Atlantic Ocean
or to tho great Lakes, which can be opened
and safely navigated, should meet with favor
from the Government, and the unanimous sup
port OF every representative in Congress from
this Valley.
THE MoDoc WAR.-The Modocs are twenty
i've miles from the scene of the first fight.
Capt. Jack seems to move round without much
regard TO the troops. On the 9th they cap
tured quartermasters's train, three wagone,
eleven mules and three horses. Three soldiers
were wounded. On the 9Th they fred on pick
ct of forty men commanded by Capt. Has
brouck. After scouting all day the command
had returned for wafer at the scene of tho
fight, seventeen miles distant. Capt. Jack
rode within n hundred yards of the camp, dis ,
mounted aud charged the camp, firing into the
ley, stampeded the herd. While the troops Z
were getting under arms, the Modocs fred
yolley after vOlley' killing six and wOunding
sounded, and the Modocs were driven into tie ]