The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-03-13
A Weekly Retrospect or Events.
From Appletons' Journal.

| FROM Appietons Journal
February 1s.-Advices from South
America the yellow fever prevalent al
Rio Janeiro, and the cholera at Buenof
Ayres. H
Severe gales on the Irish coast; the
bark Hercules wrecked, and eleven OF
the crew lost other vessels ashore.
The Sioux, C~heyennes, and Apache
Indians, said to he on the war-path.
Feb. 1S.-Adyices from Madrid; Gen
eral MOrIOnes is concentrating troops at
Santander' preparatory to marching to
the relief of Bilbao. v -
Advices from Havana A mob of sew
eral hundred men approached the cap-
tain-generals palace, with the intention
Of demanding that the Government
send into the field entire battalions of
volunteers with their wi officers, in
stead Of One-tenth of O. battalion, as or
dered in Jovellar's recent DEGREES. The
rioters dispersed by the police without
casualties Arrest of Saturmina Mar
tizen, editor of the Union, supposed 10
have been connected with the riot. ~.
Eight men killed and several wounded
10y the falling of a brewery in Philadel-
phia.
Advices from London that the bark
Cardross has been lost at sea; many
persons drowned.
Feb. 14.-Death, at Rome, of Cardi-
nal Tarquini, aged sixty-four years.
Indian troubles along the line of the
Pacific Railway increasing.
The future Government of Spain pro-
badly to he decided by O plebiscite.
Death, at London of Mrs. FrOude,
wife of the historian.
Large fire in London; q furniture re-
pository destroyed, with heavy loss ;
two tiremen killed.
Feb. 15.-Advices from Spain The
national troops have defeated d band of
two thousand Carlists before TolOsa,
and r~evictualed the city. General Rivera,
with an advance, two thousand strong,
of General Moriones's army, withinnine
miles of Portugalete.
Several arrests in Havana, Cuba, of
persons charged with taking leading
parts in the recent riot.
Two schooners, John d. Buckalew, of
New Brunswick, n. j., and Horace L.,
of Newark, N. j., wrecked in Long
Island Sound. The crew of the latter
supposed to be lost.
Feb. 16.-Accident on the Lehigh and
.Susquehanna Railroad; one man killed
and several seriously injured.
Heavy gales in Southeastern Europe;
the Abraham Lincoln wrecked while on
a voyage from Cardiff to Messina; five
of the crew lost.
Much sickness reported among the
English troops at the Gold Coast.
Deaths: General Alexandria Won Luz
ders, Of the Russian Army, aged eighty
four years. H. B. Scrope, at Pittsburg,
United States attorney for that district.
Captain S~outherville, at Boston, former
ly Of the United States Navy. Mrs.
NJ. Mason, wife of the ex-United
senator and Confederate ambas-
ar 81 %@ ~ s# afE ia 2
Fire in New-York City shade factory
and rubber-factOry burned.
Feb. 17.-Advices from London: Mr..
Gladstone tenders his resignation to the
queen. Mr.. Disraeli summoned to form
4 new cabinet. All the members of Par
Lament from ireland elected and CLASH
fed rs follows: Liberals, Is; Conserva-
80; HOme-rulers, SO.
The Carlists are bombardlng Berga,
a.... ~
A heavy engagement has. taken place
in the Central Department of Cuba be-
tween General Basccnes and force of
insurgents, near Naranjo,. under tile
Marquis of Santa Lucia, which resulted
in the Gee of General B~ascOneS.
4LhA 80 hAC OF DIAS 0lh5g ANa4 - -tt
Intelligence of the death, at his palace,
the Island of Hawaii, aged thirty
nine, of King William Lunalilo, of the
Sandwich Islands.
Feb. B.-Mr. Disraeli formally accepts
the English premiership. Final results
Of the election are stated as follows:
Conservatives, 351 Liberals, 800.
Dispatch from the Gold Coast that
Sir Garnet Wolseley entered COOmassie
February 7th, instead of JANUARY Goth,
rs formerly reported.
East Indian Government reported to
have ample supplies of grain for the dis
5ressed districts. aR&s - s.k%f@ sFs
Advices from the far West: Lieuten-
ant Colonel Buel had attacked q camp
Of COmanches Oh Double Mountain Fork,
md killed ten Indians, capturing all
their stock, consisting of sixty-four
horses. Six citizens Of Austin, Texas,
had been robbed of all their herses by
Indians.