The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-11-13
A Weekly Retrospect of Events.
From Apnletons, Journal. /

October 6.-The German Government
is considering a proposition for the crea-
ton OF a Provincial Assembly in Alsace
and Lorraine.
Dispatches from Buenos Ayres state
that new cabinet has been formed, with
Alsina, Minister Of War Frias, Foreign
Affairs; Constines, Finance; and Leg
usgema, Public instruction.
General Mitre is neal BuenOs Ayres,
with ten thousand men.
Oct. 17.-Dr. Nathaniel B. Shurtletf,
formerly Mayor of Boston, died.
The steamer Moves, held by the
French Government in the port of LacOa
for an alleged breach of the neutrality
laws, is still under guard, though a for
NAL demand has been made 10y the Span
ish Government for her surrender.
Continued success on the part Of the
Republican forces is represented in the
CarIist War.
Oct. 18.-A dispatch from BayOnne
states that four hundred Carlists have
been captured by the Republican troops
near Albacete.
In the recent engagement at Amposta
one Thousand Carlists were killed.
The Navarrese soldiers in Don CariOs's
army refuse to leave their province and
march into Leon.
Don Carlos has appointed the Duke of
Parma and Counts Caserta and Bardl to
important commands.
The Carlist chieftain Nava has des-
trOyed eleven bridges on the Valencia
and Tarragona Railway.
Oct. 19.-The revolution in the Argen-
tine states continues. The insurgent
leaders Rivas, Borges, and ArredOrdO,
have Joined General Mitr6.
Large fire at Montreal; the Nuns
Block nearly destroyed. Loss, two
hundred and twenty-five thousand dol
lars.
Judge Brady, of the New-York Su-
pleme Court, denies the motion to cor
rect the records OF conviction in the
case of William NJ. Tweed.
Oct. 20.-A terrible gale on the north
of England and Scottish coast. The
steamship Chusan driven ashore near
ArdrOssan and totally wrecked. Seven
teen of the crew drowned. Houses de-
molishedat Stockton -on-Tees, and TWEEN
ty vessels break adrift atAyr, Scotland.
Advices received from BuenOs Ayres
state that Congress closed its session
this day. The president subsequently
gave a formal reception to the diplomatic
crops.
An engagement has taken place be-
tween the government troops command
ed by Rivas and the insurgents under
Plaza, in which the latter were defeated
and their commander taken prisoner.
President Avellaneda has issued a
proclamation offering large rewards for
the capture of rebel steamers.
The bank of Entire Rios has suspended
payments.
Colonel Fred Grant, son of the Presi
dent, was married to Miss Honor6, of
Chicago.
Oct. 21.-The Society of the Army of
the James holds it's third triennial re-
union, at the Union League Club Thea
tire, New York. General Butler deliv-
ers the Grafton, and DR.. Holland reads
the poem. .-. e.
The Ogden House, in Council Bluffs,
Iowa, destroyed by fire. Loss, eighty
thousand dollars.
Nearly ten thousand acres of prairie
and timber land in Indiana are on fire.
1t is feared that the fire may reach Fort
Wayne.
Oct. 22.-Dispatches from London an
n0unce that a party of, Montenegrins
we're recently attacked by Turks in the
province of Albania, and seventeen of
them killed. The affair has created
great excitement in Montenegro, and a
joint commission of the two countries
has been appointed to investigate it