The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-03-20
- %S II & :
A Weekly Retrospect of Events.
From Appletons' Journal.J

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February19.-Adviee from Spainthat
General MoriOnes, finding the Carlist
force around Bilbao stronger than he
anticipated, retired, and Bilbao asks
terms OF surrender.
Intelligence of the death of Right Hon
Sir Thomas S. Lawrence, *. b., Earl of
Howth, at Cannes, France agedseventy-
one years. At Versailles, on the 4th of
February, Count Paul de Favernay, aged
eighty years, formerly garde-du-corps
and captain of dragons in the Royal
Guard OF France. At Leipsic, on the
nth of February, Mrs. Gunther-Bac
mann, the leading actress of that city.
Feb. 20.-Members of the new British
Cabinet, officially confined, as follows:
First Lord of the Treasury, Right Hon.
Benjamin Disraeli. Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Right Hon. Sir Stafford
NOrtheote. FirstLord ofthe Admiralty,
Right Hon. George Ward Hunt. Sec
rotary of State for the Home Depart
ment, Richard Asshet0n Cross. Secre-
tary of State for the Foreign Depart
ment, Earl0f Derby. Secretary of State
for the Colonial Department, Earl of
Carnarvon. SecretaTy0f State for War,
Right Hon. Claiborne Hardy. Secretary
of State for India, Marquis of Salisbury.
Lord igh-Chancellor, Lord Cairns.
Lord Priyy Seal, Earl of Malmesbury.
Lord President of the Council, luke Of
Richmond. Postmaster General Right
Hon. Lord John Manners.
Serious railroad accident near Preston,
England; two persons killed, and fifteen
injured.
Advices from japan: Minister Iva
kura has rendered his ~resignati0a, but
the Mikado refuses to accept . Ihe
people clamOr for war against the Cor
cans. This or. civil war thought to be
inevitable. A serious instruction bro
ken out in the district of Fizen. Tele-
graph-lines destroyed.
Advices from Panama of aamilitary
mutiny amongth the soldiersat Lima, caus-
ed by dissatisfaction at being continual
" refused leave to go beyond the bar
racks. al desperate attackwas made by
the mutineers upon the picket, and ar
ter an hours resistance the rebels sur
rendered.
Intelligence Of the death, at Havana,
of Mr.. Larentrie, formerly consul OF u.
S. at Havana.
Feb. as-Adyices from Calcutta that
q number OF persons have died from
in the district OF Nepaul.
The new steamship Leasing, of the
AluCs Nov. lu1h dAu
Hamburg, uccessfullylaunche at Glas-
Cow.
Intelligence of tile death, at Lima,
Peru, Of Edward Mccall, the oldest rep
resentative of the u. S. in Lima. Death,
at Raleigh, n. c., of Rev. r. S. Mason,
ID. ID.
Feb. 22.-AdYices from Japan, ala
London, that the instruction near
Nagasai, is spreading. Theinsnrgents
are advancing on that place, and at last
accounts the foreign residents are pre-
pairing to leave.
Alviees from Madrid: Severe fight
ing has been going ON in Biscay. Cen
eral DOrregaray, with $4,000 insurgents,
holds the heights above Som0TrOstrO.
The Garlists have taken the town of
Ninaroy, III Valencia.
The Alsatian deputies have withdrawn
from the German Reichstag, andreturn-
SfrasbOnrg.
C0nfagratiOn ait Avon, N. II; nearly
all the business portion of the village
destroyed.
Deaths: At Lisbon, on the 8thof Feb
riEary, Count de Seisei, minister of For
tngal ut Paris. At London, Captain M.
Tweedle, e. a., formerly of the Royal
Artillery, and Justice sOf the peace for
Kent, aged eighty-three years.
Feb. 23.-RepOrG that 100000 persons
are suffering for want of food in the dis
tricts of YirhoOt and B0glip00p, pr9si-
dency OF Bengal.
AdViees OF the capturep Of au important