The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-12-12

From Appletons' Jonrnal.l

[From Appletons' Journal
Nov 1s-Large fire at ST. John, n. b.;
twenty buildings destroyed.
r Report that hfty-seven more OF. the
Cuban captives On the Virginius have
ten in all this report has since been con-
frmed.
The Spaniards claim O victory over the
Cuban insurgents at Sacra.
y. S. ship-Of-War Kansas sails for Gu
ba. &
Insurgent forts of Cartagena, Spain,
open heavy fire upon the government
land and naval forces.
British Government instructs their
cOnsuls at Havana and Santiago de Gu
ba to watch proceedings against remain
ing captives of the Virginius. i
Report vG M~atamOras, Mexico, that
the revolutionary government near
Polucca had been suppressed, and all It's
| acts quenched.
General Sickles, minister to Spain, has
| been instructed to enter an earnest pro-
test against the acts of the Cuban au-
| thorities in the Virginius case. =
Three men drowned i'll Delaware Bay.
observation-disclosures that famine pre-
walls in Greenland. In one village alone,
$50 persons have starved to death.
Nov 16.-Carlist chief DOrregaray oc-
cupies Los ARGOS.
Snow in New Ham yshire.
News from Cape Coast Castle, Africa,
to October 10th. Many rumors about
the Ashantee War, but nothing definite.
Rumor that large armies of twenty-five
and twelve thousand men had crossed
the Prah, and that the king was deter
mined to capture Cape Coast Castle, or
perish in the attempt. Report that the
Ashantees have been defeated lei FL
nina. .,.. 49,, .-. ...
Death, in New York, of Captain Matt
hew c. Perry, y. S. Navy, SON of COM
mOdore M. c. Perry, ,.g
Nov 17-Reports from Arabia of an
encounter between bodies of Arabs and
Turks in the district of El-Ahsa three
hundred of the former and seventy OF
T the latter killed. t,-
Violent storm on the Atlantic coast.
Il Death, at Elmira, ofJohn ArnOt, bank
er and prominent citizen in Western
; New York. as.s'.....s. $685..
Large indignation public meeting in
New York in regard to the massacre. OF
= the Virginius crew at Cuba. IS III .HFi.:
Nov 18.-Reports of an i~nSurrectiOn N
Yucatan, and of another of a religious
~characterin Mexico. 49,. -. ssst5 -
9 Death, at Trenton, n. j., of Peter D
; Vreom, Ex-Governor Of New Jersey
1929-'35; q. S. minister to Prussia
: 853-57; member of State Legislature
1826-'29-aged SO years.
Death, near Philadelphia, of Mrs. L
NJ. Stanton, widow Of the late Secretary
" Stanton.
7 Announcement that the Spanish Gov,
I eminent are in favor Of an honorable
' and satisfactory settlement OF the Vlr
!. ginius difficulty, "
e Tweedfound gull
ty of all, the charges of ~malfeasance II
b Office preferred against him. w.
q Death, at Dover, n. H., of the Hon
John P. Hale, distinguished Unitet
II States Representative and Senator from
:, New Hampshire at Washington TO
e many years; aged 81. d.
Death, in London, of Thomas Barring
= NJ. p, founder of the clearinghouse o
le Barring Brothers; aged 70 years.
Fears of famine in Bengal reported.
It President MacMahOn's term extende'
by the French Assembly to seven years
II The following lines were written to an oil
N typo in the Government printing office, who ha
:; just begun, on account OF age, to wear spect'
4 Giles: IS. - . 49,
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- We've travelled long together,
a. Like going to the mill, Joe,
Is ! ~ Through fair and stormy weather,
Is, Er We commenced long long ago, Joe, 81.
8 To set our !" cases out
Id our forms are pied and battered, Joe,
81 @1s#s By being knocked about. @ E
e. l.,aO Our sight is growing dim, Joe,
- -F,.. And cObwehs round us fit;
~ 1+f Our bodies are growing slim, Joe,
LII 3a As on cur stools we sit. E.-. -
-a4;sO Our cases now are very low,