The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1873-09-12
A Weekly Retrospect of Events,
From Appleton's Journal.

From Appleton's Journal.l
August 16.-Collision ON the Chicago
and Alton Railroad, near LemOnt, iii. +;
eleven persons killed and thirty-fve in
jured.
Dispatch that the Spanish Cortes had
passed a bill calling out eighty thou
sand of the reserves. Intelligence that
all males above sixteen in Cartagena
had been enrolled to defend the city ;
that a thousand refugees from Valencia
had landed on the coast of Alicante,
and were levying contributions ON the
towns; and that eight hundred Galician
socialists were marching to Portugal,
hoping to find sympathizers.
August 17.-Death, at Philadelphia,
Of William NJ. Meredith, an eminent
Rome, 28th ult., of Rinaldi, an Italian
sculptor, pupil of Canova.
The insurgents in Cuba defeated at
Yeguas.
August 18.-Death, at New York, of
the Rev. DR.. Gardiner Spring, an emf
nent Presbyterian divine; and, at Har-
risburg, Pa, of General A. B. Warford.
Dispatch of the besieging Of Carta-
gena by General Martinez Campos,
with six thousand Republican troops,
and that the InternatiOnals Of Carriage
Ma had released and armed eighteen
hundred cOnyicts to help defend the
city.
August 19.-Death at Geneva, Switzer-
land, of the ex-Duke of Brunswick and
Lamberg.
Intelligence of the collision Of the
steamship Alabama with the bark
Altoona off the coast of Ireland, 4th inst.
The captain and seven of the crew OF
the Altoona lost; three rescued by the
Alabama.
Four workmen killed and twenty
wounded by the caving of q tunnel al
Shepton Mallet, Somerset, England.
Dispatch OF an engagement at Puer-
to Principe, Cuba, 18th inst. Spanish
loss thirty-One killed.
Dispatch Of the capture Of Murcia by
the Spanish government general, Marti.
nez Campos, on the 18th inst. Intelli.
gence of the condemnation of severa.
persons to death by the Tribunal OF
Justice at Seville, for firing buildings
during the holding of the city by the
Internationals. Dispatch that the com
mander of the British feet in Spanish
waters refused to surrender the war
ships Vittoria and Almansa, captured
from the Internationals, to the Spanish
Government, and ordered them to Gi
braltar.
Nine grand diplomas Of honor awar
ded to American exhibitors at TIN
Vienna International Exhibition, ant
over one hundred medals of merit.
August 20.-Intelligence that man,
of the tribes Of Sumatra had joined tn
Atchinese in the war against the Dutch
Advices of a confagration at Valpa
raise, and damaging earthquakes a
Petorea, Quillota, Ligua, and Lirnache
in Chill.
Report Of a Carlist victory near Berga
Spain.
Convention of the American Associa
ton for the Advancement of Scienc
opened at Portland, Me.
August 21.-lnteltlgence of a flood il
Agra, India, destroying some lives an,
three thousand five hundred nativ
houses.
Laying of an Ocean-cable betWeel
Lisbon and Rio Janeiro commenced.
Collision on the Marietta and Cincin
natl Railroad; three persons killed
three injured.
August 22.-Dispatch of a Carlist de
feat near Berga ninety Carlists re
ported killed and three hundred WOun
ded, including Generals Saballs an
Tristany siege of Berga raised.
Intelligence of the breaking up of
noted band of robbers near Salernt
Italy six killed, remainder captured.
Advices of the capture. of Caceret
Vice President of st. Domingo, by th
rebels.
Intelligence of the death, at St. Sc
bastian, Spain, Of NJ. Lef6yre, a Frenc
author; at Petworth, Sussex, England
I'd inst, of Lord Zouche; also of th
Rev. E. NJ. Cope, Senior Fellow of Tri
nifty College, Cambridge, England.