The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-02-14

Irish coasts. Many wrecks have already been
reported. and there has been fearless loss OF
life. especially on Torquay and around the
Sicily lslsnds.
PRESIDENT THEIRS attended the sitting OF
the Committee Of Thirty. the other day, and
presented his views ON the constitutional pro-
iect submitted to him. lie agreed to accept
the scheme IL certain amendments which lac
declared indispensable were adopted. After q
searchug criticism OF the project in detail, he
urged the necessity Of being free to address
the Assembly on questions Of general policy,
and concluded as follows: "You humiliate
me l accept humiliation, but l will not be-
come . political mannikin. ! am only little
bourgeois, but the power your conditions leave
me would be contemplate" News comes
from San Domingo OF new movement OF the
insurgents. which may prove serious to the in
FAINT colony Of SANTANA Bay.
PRINCE LUNALILo has been inaugurated King
Of the Sandwich Islands. Over rs. 600 IRON
workers in Wales are on strike. .Lehree,
town in India Of 5000 inhabitants, has been
overwhelmed by an earthquake. and 600 people
killed. There has been another rise in the
price of coal in London 1t is now selling for
So shllngs per ton. The British isles have
been experiencing intensely cold weather.
One hundred persons froze to desthin England
within two days.
The cholera has again broken out in Russia
and Hungary, in violent form. Robert
Bowles Of the firm Of Bowles Brothers, Ameri-
can bankers has been tried in London for the
fraudulent conversion Of securities deposited
with the firm, and acquitted. The Spanish
steamer Murillo is under detention Mt Cadiz,
and her officers and crew are held in arrest
upon the charge Of having run down the emf
grant ship North1eet, in the English Channel.
They deny all knowledge Of the collision.
Advices from Spain give accounts Of numer-
GUS encounters between the Government
troops and Carlists. in different parts of the
country, resulting uniformly in the success OF
the Royal arms. In one engagement 200 in
surgents were killed and 100 improved rifles
captured The following il q brief sketch OF
the Queens speech on the opening OF the
British Parliament on the 9th inst: England
is at peace everywhere The great powers
have promised to cooperate effectually for the
suppression of slavery on the coast OF Africa.
Friendly negotiations are in progress with
Russia. Count Schouvaloff has assured her
Maiesty's Government Of the friendship of
the Gar for England. The new treaty of COM
merce between Great Britain and France is
calculated to promote the friendship OF the
two countries. The President Of the French
Republic has been appointed to arbitrate the
differences between Portugal aud England
relative to the possessions on the south coast
of Africa. Copies of the Alabama and San
Juan awards will be presented immediately 1t
is considered proper to hasten the payment of
the Alabama award. The speech expresses
regret at the rapid rise in prices, and the con-
sequent disputes between the workmen and
employers. and promises that bills will be in
PRODUCED improving the system Of higher edu-
cation in ireland, the reconstruction Of the
Supreme Appellate Courts, and the prevention
of corrupt practices at elections =. Sir Alex
ander Cockburn has refused the Peerage, and
has received the Grand Cross of the Order Of
the Bath John c. Fremont has been in
dicted by the Criminal Court Of Paris for
frauds committed in negotiating the Memphis
and Ell Paso railroad bonds in that city.
THERE was lively debate in the British
HOUSE VI l<OIus ou TIC uiotAou ga 0uuSSs
to the Throne, in which number Of disguised
Lords relieved their minds on the Geneva
award. 1t is announced from Paris that a
compromise has been effected between Presi-
dent Theirs and the Committee Of Thirty-the
latter agreeing to modify their project by ex-
tending the veto power TO the Executive, and
according him the right to participate per-
sonally in the debates OF the Chamber.
GENERAL.
| The sewing machine patents are about to ex-
pire, and, according to the New York Bulletin,
there is formidable combination Of interests
to lobby their extension through Congress-.
The royalty alone has yielded several million
dollars, which were divided among csmpanies
| whose patents cover the essential points in the
machine. These companies charge the Ameri-
can people one-half more for machines than
the rates at which precisely the same articles
are sold in Europe. The Bulletin tells that for
series of years the public has paid from $50
to $50 apiece for machines which never cost
more than from IS to 90 EACH and which
could be sold for SIS to 800 each, and leave a
handsome profit. There was an epidemic of
railroad accidents on Tuesday, the 4th Of Feb
ruary. A train was thrown from the track near
Russelville, KY, and two coaches tumbled
down high embankment. The wife and child
Of Lieut.. Webster, United States army, we're
killed, and some dozen others seriously in
jured. Near Lock Haven, Pa, train was
thrown from the track by snow-slide, killing
the engineer, and injuring two other employees.
Near Little Rock, Ark, anumber Of passengers
we're injured by an accident on the Fort Smith
road. A brakeman fell from the cars near
Tiffin, o., and was horribly mangled.
FIRES