The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-04-26
A Weekly Retrospect of Events.
From A.nnlrtons' Journal

district, England.
Report Of the destruction of San Sal
vadOr by an earthquake on 4th instant.
Railroad accident near Port Hope,
Ont. six persons injured.
Death of Judge Thompson Mason,
Secretary of State of Maryland.
March 20.-TWO conflicts at RipOll,
between CarliSts and government
troops; Carlists successful in the first,
but routed i'll second. Intelligence of
u battle near Nich, in Catalonia, on 23d
inst, between Carlists under Sabalis,
and government troops under Vega;
the latter defeated, but losses heavy
on both sides. The government levy
of troops en- mGSSe reported q failure,
and financial insolvency imminent:
University bOat-race on the Thames
Cambridge victorious.
NJ. Felix Pyat sentenced to death by
Il Versailles COurt-martial.
Furious gales and Tain-stOrms in the
North and West; hurricane on the
Mississippi much property destroyed.
Two lives lost at Canton, Miss, and
fifteen persons injured.
Report of a collision of freight-trains
above Harrisburg, Pa, on the 28th
instant; twenty cars consumed by fire,
and two men burned to death.
March 30.-Lntelligence of the sup
preston Of a revolt in Zumarraga,
Spain. Report that the pOpulace of
Barcelona had massacred eight thieves.
Despatch that Cadiz authorities had
prohibited religious instruction in COM
munal schools.
Three cars thrown from an embank-
ment on the Rensselaer, and Saratoga
Railroad; two persons killed, twelve
wounded.
Dispatch of the capture of Meansca-
belle by the Cuban insurgents.
March 31.-CaTliSts defeated at Eina-
rOz. Intelligence of the capture and
burning Of the town of Berga by the
Carlists on the 28th instant. Ten thOus-
and armed citizens maintain order in
Malaga. and refuse admittance to the
city to the government troops and GUS
toms officers. Acts of law1essness re
ported at Barcelona, and massacre of
priests threatened. Contreras, Captain
General of Barcelona, resigns.
Panic in St. Johns Catholic Church
at Trenton, n. j.. eighteen persons in
jured, several fatally.
Intelligence of the murder of four
government surveyors by Cheyenne In
dians on the 25th instant near the CHM
marOn River, Kansas.
Death at Paris of the MARQUIS de
ChasSelOup Laubat, eminent statesman
and scientist, at COscOb, Conn.,, of
Charles NJ. BarraS, dramatic author:
and at Mobile, Ala, Of J. c. Mott, NJ.
d., an eminent a~rchHOlOgist. Death,
at New York, of Hugh Maxwell, aged
e~ighty.six.
April 1.-Wreck of the White Star
steamship Atlantic at 3 A. NJ, on Meag-
hers Rock, IS miles from Halifax, mis-
taken i'll the fog for SambrO Island;
562 lives lost, 300 saved by clinging to
the rigging and passing by ropes to the
rock.
The populace of Barcelona, in revenge
for the burning of Berga, attack and
seriously damage several Catholic
churches.
Carlists reported to occupy all the
cust0mhouses on the French and Span
lsh frontier, except at Irun.
The Lower House of the Danish
Rlgsdag pass a vote, declaring their
want OF confidence In the ministry.
Tornadoes at Franklin, Tenn, and
Augusta, Ca, doing much damage to
property.
April 2.-The populace of Madrid re-
ported hostile to the municipality, and
the Municipal Hall guarded by militia.
The municipality of Cadiz demand the
withdrawal of all government troops.
Conflict in GiurgevO, Wallachia, be-
tween the military and carmen relative
to taxes; several persons killed and
wounded.
NJ. Grevy, President of the National
Assembly of France, resigns on account
OF an attrOnt from the Right is r~e-elec-
ted but declines to re-assume the posi-
ton.
Boiler explosion at Wilmington, n.
c.; three killed and six wounded.
Henry Howard elected Governor of
Rhode Island.
Michael Nixon tried at New York for
killing Charles Fl. Pfeifer, found guilty
of murder in the first degree, and SEN
fenced to be hanged May 10Th.
Disturbance in the artillery barracks
at Valencia, Spain; several men killed
and wounded.
April 3.-The Electoral Reform Bill
sanctioned by the Emperor of Austria.
The French Committee on Capitula-
lions decide to proceed with the trial
of Marshal Bazaine by cOurt-martial.
The Commune declaredi in Salamanca :
riots ensue, which are suppressed Nv
gendarmes, Intelligence Of the distri-
bullion of seven thousand MIME rifles to
the pOpulace OF Barcelona. Senior Cas-
telar threatens to resign unless the
Spanish ministry adopt an energetic
policy.
N. Berthemy appointed French envoy
to Japan.
Railroad accident near Bennington.
Vt. eight persons injured. Collision at
French Village, Mo-; two killed, seven
injured.
The Ocean House at Rye Beach, N. H.,
burned down.
New Church Of the Disciples, in New
York, dedicated.
Bill annexing HObOken to Jersey.
City passes the New Jersey Legislature,
Steamer Damsel reported sunk in the
rapids above KeOkuk, a., 29th inst,
Steamer w. j. Lewis sunk below ST
Louis, Mo. SchOOners Annie and Solon0
wrecked near the harbOr of San Fran
cisco.
April 4-Report of the capture of the
Spanish General P0rtilla bv the Cnban
insurgents, and of assertions to their
ranks from the government troops.
Carllsts reported to have shot sixty
prisoners at Berga.
Adyices of the wreck of the French
bark OrmOy and the British bark Maria
Theresa, on the China coast; no lives
lost.
Intelligence of the wreck of the bark
Relchstag, bound to Falmouth, Eng;
crew rescued by steamer COrd0ya.
Gold advances to 119.
THE SUGAR CANE.-We have never
heaTd a more universal satisfaction ex-
pressed among the Planters in regard
TO the appearance of the Plant Cane.
The Stand is excellent, and growing
timely. A better feeling is exhibited