The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-19
Letter from q FrCemaSOm i'm A Weekly Retrospect Of Events
Cuba.
From AppletOns' Journal

Nov. 21.-Intelligence regarding the
Ashantec War to October 31st; an en-
gagement had taken placenear COOmas-
sic, in which the savages were defeated.
The English returned to Dunquah. In
telligence that the Dutch expedition had
left Batavia for Atcheen.
Death, in New York, Of James Linen,
at one time a frequent contributor to the
KnickerbOcker and other magazines.
Intelligence received at BayOnne,
Spain, of a Carlist victory, in which a
band of four hundred. Republicans, in
the province of Almeria, were killed Or
captured. Don AlphOnsO, brother Ut
Don Carlos, appointed generalissimO OF
the Carlist forces.
An explosion in a colliery at Wigan,
England, in which twenty-five miners
were killed and injured.
Announcement of the death OF NJ. Lee
girls, n distinguished FRENCH antlquary ;
Of Professor LabOde, of the University
of South Carolina; of Charles Living.
| stone, brother of DR.. Livingstone; OF
John Black, at the age of 81, I. S. con-
| sui at Vera Cruz during the Adminlstra-
ton of President jackson OF Charles
Fl. Clark, ex-MayOr OF Rochester; and
at Buffalo of William Abbott, formerly
State senator and member of Congress.
Loss of the Robert Lowe, telegraph
steamer, off the Newfoundland coast
two boats crews saved, but the captains
and two other boats missing.
Nov. 22.-William NJ. Tweed, found
guilty of malfeasance in office, sentenced
by Judge Davis, of the New York Court
Of Oyer and Terminer, to twelve years
imprisonment, and to pay a fine OF Sl2,-
$50.
Alleged discovery of q plot among the
90 oo,r oF 4f,, Tnfro N S1 rrna0fo fnrpna nj
Cartagena, Spain, to surrender the city
to the nationals.
a Severe shock of earthquake at Yreka,
Val.
Nov. characterization at Havana OF
Count San FerdinandO by ayOung man
cause, domestic troubles.
Intelligence hat the Pacific mail
steamer Ariel, from Yokohama to HakO-
dadO, struck on a reef, October24th, and
sunk. No lives lost.
Intelligence from China that the Ger
man vessels Marie Louise and Gazelle
had been seized by the Spanish man-Of-
war SvOlzO.
Robert CrOzier appointed .. S. Sena-
torf from Kansastof Eli the vacancy caused
bt the resignation of Senator Caldwell.
Report of famine in Northwestern To-
wa especially in the counties Of Lyon
and Osceola, caused by failure OF the
grain-crOp last summer. Also report of
great distressin Central Alabama in con
Sequence of the failure Of the crops.
Report that the plot for the surrender
of Cartagena, Spain, proved a complete
failure.
Intelligence of ministerial difficulties
in Japan, all the ministers, with two
exceptions, resigning; cause, OppOsl-
ton to q proposed expedition against
C0rea.
November 24.-Bark Clyde reported
} lost off Valentia Bay, Ireland; nine Of
: the crew drowned.
{ Severe railway accident near Bir-
mingham, England.
German ir0n-clads sent to the Prus-
t sian fleet in Spanish waters.
The King of Bavaria signs a decree
repeating the cGnc0rdat of the pope.
American ship WestmOreland de-
, stroyed by fire at Antwerp.
Harmony Mills, Cohoes, n. Y, resum-
!, ing work mills at Newburg and POugh-
keepsie resuming work:
l Death, in New York, Of Azariah c.
Flagg, aged SO, member of Assembly
8 1884; Secretary Of State, under
g Governor De Witt Clinton, 1896; Con-
e trOller of the State 1834-'39; Controller
+ of the City 1S53-'59.
Death, at Brimfield, Mass, of Samuel
A. Hitchcock, aged 50, a citizen of large
l wealth, and benefactor of Amherst
: and other colleges; also announcement
= of death, at Cincinnati, of Hon. William
t YP. Mellon, who served in the Treasury
: Department under Secretary Chase.
d Shooting-affray at Little Rock, Ark
One Pickett, in q quarrel with the
brothers Cassidy, kills n and wounds
e November a5.-Statement that Spair
comedies all the demands of the United
States in the recent Virginius affair
v which are, according to report, tina
:, Spain surrender the ship and the sur
~vivors, salute the flag, and make pro
y visions for the support of the familie
8 of American citizens executed b,
General Burriel.
q New French cabinet formed as fol
Y lows: Minister of the Interior, Duk'
It de Broglie ; Minister Of Foreign Affairs
= Duke Decazes; Minister of Finance
y NJ. Pierre Magne; Minister of Justice
n NJ. Depeyre Minister Of War. Genera
Is du Barail; Minister of Marine, Admira
y d'Hornoy Minister Of Public Instr9!c
d ter of Public Works, NJ. De Larcy
l. Minister of Agriculture and Commerce
j. N. Deseilligny.
Archbishop LedocboWski condemne'
Is to two years imprisonment, and q fin
L. Of $500 thalers, for Infringement Of tn
Prussian ecclesiastical laws.
Ie November 36.-Reports from TIL
Ashantee Expedition; Natives Ia f4l
is retreat; General Wolsely in pursuit,
lie Intelligence that Sir Robert Hodgso
se has been appointed Governor of Prime
s. Edwards Island.
u J. H. Ingersoll and j. D. Harrington
a identified with New-York municipa
1e frauds, convicted Of forgery. Seutenc
deferred.
to A box, secretly loaded with powde:
Of sent to Controller A. H. Green, {
E New York. It's nature suspected i
ee time, and consequences axerted.
IS, Ground broken at Philadelphia fC
l. broken at Poughkeepsie, n. Y, fC
I'd bridge across the Hudson.
e, Cartagena, Spain, bOmbarded fC
he eight hours. Rebel leaders requisite
ed Il two hours truce, which it is believe
t. will lead to @ proposition for the SUI,
render of the city, s F..
f. Steamship Kainag Wilhelm g0r
Id ashore near Niewe dep, coast of Ho
Ye land.
Intelligence of o shnoting-affray (
IA Danville, KY, in which the sons an
I'd Others of two parties of a lawsuit we
engaged. Three persons killed, an
at others wounded.
g. Accident on the Delaware, Lack;
ed wanna and Western Railroad; OF
person killed, and one wounded.
November 27.-The festival
We Thanksgiving, as appointed by IL
d, President, generally observed in IL
ar States.