Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1873-04-30
FOREIGN.
Our School of Scandal at Vienna.
The Suspended Commissioners Refuse
to Suspend.
The New AppOintees In an Awkward
Fix.
They Propose an Appeal to the AuI
TRAN Authorities.

bE1Am AutnOf1AAoS.
VIENNA, April 29.-Herdld special
The American scandal still occasions great
excitement. In aristoeratic circles, it is
discussed with sneers as another indication
of the working of democratic institutions.
Gen. Meyer acting under the advice of coun-
sci peremptorily refuses to surrender his
official papers with the list of exhibitors
and the allowment of space. The new
Commissioners are completely hampered
and viii. probably request the interference
of the Austrian government. DR.. Ruppan-
er-another ofIthe suspended Commissioners,
has left for Switzerland. Gen. Van Buren,
is still here.
VIENNA, April 29.-The Prince of Wales
has arrived.
The Prince and Princess Imperial of Ger
many and Count and Countess of Flanders
have arrived in this city.
RECONSIDERATION.
LONDON, April 29-Ten thousand emil
grants left Liverpool last week for the
United States. A large party of London
ers will leave on the fifth of May for Hall
fax. The day previous popular farewell
demonstration will take place in Victoria
Park. Speeches will be made by number
of persons, including several Americans.
Death of Mseresdy.
William Charles Mscready, the well
known English actor, is dead, aged eighty.
Irish Railways.
LONDON, April 80, 8 A. Mn the House
Hamilton moved the Government be in
structed to purchase Irish railways, stating
that Ireland was ready to defray the ex-
pense of the transfer. Gladstone opposed
the project, and offered to help the railways
with loans at low rate of interest. He
was ready to assist them in every way, but
would not purchase. He advised the
smslgamation of roads. The motion was
rejecsed.
The African Diamond Fields.
NEW YORK, April pa recent arrival
at Liverpool from the Cape coast brings
news of the people there being in a state Of
great excitement, in consequence of an ex-
pected invasion by the Ashsntees, reported
only twenty-four hours march distant.
The parties had been everywhere beaten.
The Ashantees number between seventy
thousand and eighty thousand men, and it
was supposed to be their intention to take
,EImira from the English. They were
marching in four divisions, the king being
at the head CT the principal one.
Retirement of q Hangman.
Calcraft, the celebrated English hang
man, according to an Iiish newspaper, has
announced bis intention to retire from Off
cial life. Richard Evans, well to do far
mer and an assistant for fourteen years,
will be Calcraft's successor. The corpora
ton of LONDON will pension Calcraft on
his full honorarium of one pound per week,
and the home office is asked to supplement
this. Cslcraft's last touch of art was on
the woman Celtou, at Durham.
Sumatra.
A dispatch from Constantinople says the
Sultan of Acheen has sent an official note
to the Sultan of Turkey, requesting him 10
act as arbitrator in settling the dispute
with the Dutch Government.
A CarIist Victory.
LONDON, April 29.-The Carlist Com
mittee there have received kilograms
from Spain reporting that on Thursday
last great victory was won by their friends
at Vera, in Manarre, 40 miles north of
Pampeluna. The Csrlists, numbering 700,
defeated Republican forcs of 1 400 strong.
The battle began at IL in the morning and
lasted until dusk. The bands commanded
Dy the Cure of Santa Cruz fought with
great heroism. The Republicans were
completely routed with loss of so killed
and wounded. Gen. Nouv.lla's plan of
campaign in the North has failed. The
Carlists are receiving large supplies. The
reports that Don Alphonso has crossed the
frontier into France, and that Saballo had
fled are pronounced false.
Marshal SerraDo and Senior Sagosta have
left Spain. Addition advices received
through Carlist channels represent that the
cheftains Saballs, August, Meneuret,
Soulla, Wales and Cristavy are capable OF
concentrating all their forces, some ten
thousand in the aggregate, in few hours.
Saballs is blockading the city of Vich, 81
miles from Ba eelona. Don Alphonso is in
the province of Lerida, where 500 men of
San Fernandez regiment of the regular
army have deserted to bis banner.
GENEVA, April 29.-The police of this
city have arrested the chamberlain of Don
Carlos, who was just starting for Spain with
a howitzer packed among his baggage.
The Federal Council has approved the
action of the police.
The French Crisis.
PARIS, April 24.-The rumors of Min
isterial crisis are renewed. 1t is said tha~
NJ. Goulard, Minister of the Interior, will
resign and III. Grey; late President of the
Assembly, will take his place or enter the
Ministry in some other department.