The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-09-03
Foreign Intelligence.

Foreign Intelligence.
A Paris telegram Of the 18th saws that Gen
1cwal had concluded his investigation into
the circumstances attending the escape OF
Marshal Bazaine. The conclusion reached il
that the majority Of the guards had been
guilty Of connivance and that Bazaine simply
left by an open door.
\ Berlin telegram of the 10Th saws the Brus
sris Congress had abandoned the Russian pro
gramme. and that the resolutions adopted
and transmitted by the delegates to their re-
spectivc Governments were merely the en-
largcmcnt of the humane provisions of tn,
Geneva Convention.
GENEVA telegram of recent date saws
that Father Hyacinthe had resigned his func.
tionS rs Cure of that city
\ Paris dispatch of the Goth saws that Mar.
shall Bazaine had written letter to the Min.
lister of the Interior in which he said that
neither his aide nor any other persons excep,
LIS wife and nephew were responsible for his
escape. The Marshal concludes thus: Ere
>cntln- the humiliating prison regulations,
feit Justified in an attempt to recover nv
liberty. As was not tried by my peers, my
Imprisonment was illegal"
\ London dispatch of the Goth saws the
Foreign Office had received information that
the Spanish Republican troops had fired IN.
on some officers Of the British war.ship Flv,
which was cruising off the coast of Spain for
tn" protection of British interests.
MacMahon>s Government, according to n
Paris dispatch Of the I'D, had instituted legal
Proceedings against L.. Tmps, L'Opiuion.
Na'i"'",'s and l." Ban Publac for publishing
Marshal Bazaine's letter in relation to his
escape.
The Austrian War Department has con.
tractcd for 10000 American brccch. loadino
rifles
Madrid dispatch of the Esd saws the Gov.
eminent had received information Of fill.
clustering expedition, with designs upon
Porto Rico, and had taken measures to nut q
stop to it. The report of the offer of the
island to Germany 10 induce that power Ia
recognize the Spanish Republic was indir.
nantlv denied
Dispatches received on the 23d in relation
10 the recognition of Spain by Russia state
that the latter Government had reconsidercd
lis former decision, and concluded not n
Bayonne dispatch of the o4th saws that
III consequence of the conti>cation of the
property OF the Carli>ts by the Republican
Government, Prince Alfonzo, brother of Don
carlos had issued an order to the troops I'm.
der his command announcing that rctaliatory
measures would he taken. The Carlists had
eAtinguiShcd the lights on the Spanish coas,
between San Sebastian and Bilboa Spanish
Sd'lres' by way of Paris, report Ministerial
crisis at Madrid; also that the inhabitants OF
That city had refused to submit to a fresh con
scriNti"n and that disturbances were immi
hcnt. The formal recognition of Spain b,
Sweden had been announced.
lhe latest estimates in regard to the famin,
m lndla show that 100000 natives are still
dependent upon charitable relief.
The East.
The Massachusetts, Republican State Con.
'cntlon has been called to meet at Worceste,
on the 9TH of October
call has been issued for a convention nj
rportsmen, to be held at Niagara Falls or
inc lh OF September, for the purpose Of
forming National Sportsmen's Association
with view to the protection of fish and
game OF all kinds from indiscriminate and
unreasonable slaughter in all sections of the
country. All State sportsmen's associations
ana local organizations where no State asso
CITATIONS exist, and gentlemen sportsmen
where there are no local organizations. ar,
requested to take the matter in hand ant
scnd delegates to the said convention
Inc pennsylvania Republican State Convcn
l'"h met at Harrisburg on the 18th and nom
mated: For Judge of the Supreme Court, F
VI. Paxon; Lieutenant-Governor. A. G.. Ohm
stead; Auditor-General, Harrison Allen: Sec
rotary of Internal Affairs, W. X. Beatb.
platform was adopted-eulogizing the Repub
llcan and denouncing the Democratic parties
declaring in favor of the amplest protection
and fullest development to the agricultural
mining, manufacturing and mechanical DUR
suits, and in favor of putting stop to railwa,
lana grants, and improving the navigation O
the great inland rivers; declaring the necessit,
OF protection to manufacturing interests
eondemning the attempt to establish fire,
trade through the reciprocity treaty with Can
ada; asserting that the Democratic party i.
attempting to bring on a war of races il
the South, and that the continuance of tn,
Republican party is necessary to secur,
equal rights to all; calling upon Congress.
to see that the guarantees of the new amend
ments to the Constitution Of the United State:
are enforced by appropriate statutes; favorins
Tree banking, the aggregate volume of tn,
currency to be regulated by the necessities O
the people and recognized laws of trade
reafiirmng the declaration of the Ma
fional Republican Convention of 1877
in favor Of return to specie payments a
the earliest practicable day. A reso
luton was also adopted indorsing Gov. Johr
T. Hartranft as the choice of the convention
for President of the United States in 1876.
On the 18th Mr. Tilton's attorneys served ;
notice on Mr.. Beecher that suit was about te
be commenced against him.
At Saratoga on the Goth the horse Fellow
craft ran four miles in seven minutes nineteen
and half seconds, being the fastest -four
miles ever made in a running race.
Henry Ward Beecher met with warm re-
ccption on his arrival at Twin Mountain
House, N. H., on the evening of the 10th. He
preached to large congregation on the sd
The damages in the suit brought by Mr.
Tilton against Mr.. Beecher are laid at 500, OOO
II is said that suits for libel will be brought
by Tilton against the New York Tribune, New
York World and the Brooklyn Eagle.
The New York Herald Of the 23d gives O