The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1873-12-13

,mifly coming Into tho navy yhfn. w
\ I,oIed that tile torpedo lOnt AMIN Z
viii 6o ready IN n month.
N0op.Of.war Macedonia N iiitting ~
Norfolk fort store ship.
LONDON, December u. Tho Govern.
Icnt squadron hns not been seen on
jarthagcna for n week. Tho lhrur"
cents, In the absence Of the llccti pro,
,urcd fresh supplies daily, ana caplui'u
several provision b0an.
MADRID, December 0.--The DOM
bnrdment OF Carthagcnn continues,
The defenders nre reported IN Soou
spirits. They made II sortlc yesterday
MADRID, December S.-A conference
between CASTELAR, and Salme0n Is he
lievcd to have resulted IN the rcs'ori-
ton of harmony between the 'Wo
statesmen.
II Is said the government has issue'
preemptOry orders to tho Meet 10 w
tack Cnrthagena in conjunction WIN
the land forces. ,oa
Estilla has been wholly abandoned
by the government forces, on account
OF the prevalence Of smallpox anu
cholera.
PARIS, December SIN the BaZaihe
court martial yesterday, Lachouo pe-
gan the closing argument Tor the
defense r.
ROME, December Sit is said z Con-
sistery is to be held on tie "a lhsl;
Eleven Cardinals will be created, ana
Nuncios to Madrid, Lisbon, vienna
and Paris will be appointed.
LONDON, December S.-The Captain
of The Locherne makes the following
statements: After first sighting the
steamer, and seeing that she was com
ing dangerously near, the Captain oil
the Loclierne rang the ships bell ana
norted his starboard, but the steamer
cnme right across the l.ochernc's BOWS.
The people in the first boat rom the
French streamer didnot say she was
shaking, but the Captain of the Loeb
erne, observing that the steamer was
settling down. cent out MS poa,s'
Neither the first French boat nor the
second, which arrived shortly nfler-
wards, bringing the first and second
Cantains of the Vile De Havre, at
| tempted to return, but in spite OF the
demonstrations of the crew who We're
left on board the I.Qcbcrne, and the
threats of her mates, they renamed
alongside of the ship. The clothing of
the French officers who reached the
deck of the Locherne was dry, snow
ing nosigns of their having been IN the
water.
Finally some Englishmen seized and
manned one of the French boats ana
went to the rescue of those i'll the sea:
Only one French boats crew assisted
lin The rescue. The Captain OF the
Locherne considers that the great loss
of life resulted from the fact that his
vessel drifted such Il long distance
from the steamer, after the collision,
before it was possible to shorten sail
| from the tardincas of the steamer in
| showing signals of distress and from
the misconduct of her crew.
| A News special says crisis In the
Madrid cabinet is imminent. There Il
great indignation over Grants mes
sage, and Castelar, pandering to the
4 Washington authorities.
! ST.. PETERsBuRG, December S.-AI
! Imperial ukase drafts six from every
Thousand men into the army, inclu
ding Polanders,
i NEw York. December S.-A meet
ing was held in this city this afternoon
composed of prominent citizens, to ar
range for a monster meeting at Cooper
Institute, next Friday night, to give
expression to public sentiment in re-
gard to Cuban affairs. Addresses vii
be made by Rev. DIR. Tying, Colonel
Morgan and others.
/ 1t Is said that the steamer City O.
Merida, the fastest vessel on the coast
i will lie altered into gun1oat anl
transport, to be used in case OF war
A quantity of ship timber is now OH
the wharf which, it is said, will be set
tn strengthen her SO she can carry six
ty-twQ. Founders.
The Herald's Havana special says
tho American Consulate is guarded by
troops, Attempt was made Thursday
night to burn the Yirginius. Regular
! soldiers have been sent Oh board t.
protect her.
A Washington dispatch says Genera
Sickles' resignation will not affect tho
relations of the United States govern
ment with that of Spain. No lat
communications with the Spanish
government have passed through hi
hands, and there ~ no reason why h'
should remain in Madrid.
| The Colorado was found fast in thu
mud, wnen an attempt was made I
move her. No attempt has been made
to remove the coal barge which pre-
vents her departure.
Troy, n. Y, December S. The
Troy Times to-day publishes lette
received from Engineer Rainey, of thu
| United States steamship Kansas, datet
Bermuda, November %, announcing
the safe arrival of the vessel at tina
port after having been driven to sea II
a severe gale off Cape Hatteras, No
yember is. All on board well.
4 KEY WEST, December Sit is ru
morcd the Kansas has gone ashore on
4 the Bahamas. Admiral Scott is anX
! ious about her safety. The dispatch
boat Perta goes to Havana to-day.
| GALVESTON, Decembe S.-The News
! gives the following figures from spe.
cials.
The returns from thirteen counties
additional to-day, making the total
not heard from fifty-seven, of which
forty-three give Coke a majority of 20
79S and the remaining fourteen coun-
ties give Davis n majority OF 1868
This leaves Coke's net majority so fal
as heard from. 1885.
LEwEs, Delaware, December S.-Tht
Powhattan and Manhattan are detained
here by bad weather.
| WASHINGTON, December S.-John
C. Underwood, United States District
Judge for the District of Virginia, died
suddenly last night, of apoplexy, at his
residence i'm Washington. During yes
terday he seemed in better health and
spirits than usual.
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