The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-01-30
A Weekly Retrospect of Events
from Appletons' Jmnrnal.l

SNSIiS IOIStt
Death, at Greenwood, Mass, of Cha,
les Lenox Remond, a well-known abol
Zionist.
Intelligence that the bark Thornhil
bound from Quebec to London, was lol
at sea in November last, with captai
and sixteen men.
Dec. 26.-ResignatiOn of General Sicl
les, minister to Spain.
Steamer Gypsy Queen sunk in tn
Tyne, England twenty lives lost.
Carlists defeated near BOcayrentt
province OF Valencia.
Report of the defeat OF Cuban insuI
gents at Fort Diamant.
Death, at Paris, of Francois Veto
Hugo, i'll his fOrty-tifth year.
The steamer Virginius, under tow b
the Ossipee, proves unseawOrthy, an,
sinks off Cape Fear. The crew trans
ferred to the Ossipee.
Engineers and employees of Wester
railroads on a strike.
Dec. 27.-COntests between the mum
cipal and state forces in the cities O
MatamOras, Monterey, and Tampico.
Caleb Gushing nominated as miuiste
to Spain.
Slope OF the Burnside Colliery, a
ShamOkin, Pa, caves in; three mel
killed.
Partial suspension of traffic on Yves
tern railroads on account Of engineers
strike.
Dec. 2S.-Report that General Burriel
Of Cuba, has been relieved of his com
mand becase, in a recent proclamation
he attacked the existing administration
of Spain. The Spanish Government re
fuses to accept the resignation of Cap
tain-General JOvellar of Cuba.
Arrival OF the Juniata at New YOrl
from Santiago de Cuba with 102 Of thu
prisoners taken from the Virginius.
Dee. 29.-Ottices of Ll0yd's news,
paper, London, destroyed by fire.
prehensiOns of a conflict between Costa
RIGA and other Central American states
The press of Nicaragua, Salvador, and
Guatemala, indignant against Costa
Rica, as the cause of the evils that threat
Ell the peace of Central America. Presi-
dent Guardia of Costa RIGA has resigned.
The treaty between Bokhara and Rus
STA is published. BOkhara agrees to
abolish slavery in return for the gift of
the khlvan territory on the right bank
of the Amu-Daria River.
Advices that the Achinese have again
been defeated by the Dutch troops.
A fatal encounter between Americans
and MeXicans in Lincoln County, N. NJ:
death OF seven persons.
Intelligence that Ralph Keller, we'll
known writer, and Cuban correspondent
of the New-YOrk Tribune, was lost
from the mail-Steamer on a voyage from
Santiago to BatabanO. Supposed to
have fallen overheard.
Dec. 31.-Report from Spain that Gen
eral MOriOnes, republican, is at Castro,
in CordOva, with 5000 troops, and that
General EliO, at the head Of 10000 Car
lists, is marching to meet him. Report
OF a rupture between Castelar, and Sal
merOn, president of the C0rtes.
Intelligence that the steamship Elbe,
bound from London to Hamburg, has
been lost at sea, thirty-two persons per-
fishing.
Death, at Paris, of John Anthony
Galignani, editor of Galignani's Mes
senger, and well known as proprietor of
the library and reading-room attached
to the Messenger office, where English
and American travellers are in the habit
of assembling. Was of English birth,
aged sixty-eight.
Accident on the Cincinnati, Hamilton
and indianapolis Railroad. Three per-
SOnS hlllctI, 6lgnG injured.
January 1.-Advices from Cape Coast
Castle, December 18th, report that Sir
Garrett Wolseley had advanced seventy
miles into the interior. The Ashantees
flying before him. Troop-ships Hima-
laya and lamar had arrived at Cape
Coast Castle, and every thing was ready
for an advance upon Coomassic.
COurt-martial at Versailles condemns
civ TH1npo & iOY0o ~ 11p1Sctc In lno@h sa al,I,
mdciGm.
Explosion of the magazine of insur-
gent irOn-clad Tetuan, in the harbor
of Cartagena, Spain.
Death, at Washington, OF General
b. j. Sweet, deputy commissioner of
internal revenue, aged forty-0ne years.
Large fire at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
January 2.-Fort Calvario captured
and burned by the besiegers of Carta-
gena, Spain.
Reported d%efalcation of $4,000 in the
National Savings-Bank OF Concord,
N. II.
Reports from Fort Mcintosh, Texas,
OF numerous Outrages by the Com
anches-ranches plundered, and ran
cheros murdered. At San Diego, seven
ty-tive miles, from Corpus Christi,
seven shepherds were hanged, and
twenty-five persons murdered.
January 3.-The Spanish C0rtes, hav-
ing twice voted adversely to the govern
ment of Castelar,, General Pavia, with
a force OF fourteen thousand men, took
possession of the public buildings, and
dissolved the Cortes, summoning emf
nent men Of all parties to form q new
government.
AdVices that the Spanish republican
force, commanded by General MOriones,
is opposed by a body of Carlists TWEEN
ty thousand strong,
Terrific hurricane at Santa FG, New
Mexico.
Destructive fires at Cincinnati and
Nashville.
January Anew government fGrmed
in Spain, with Francisco SeTrano Y Do
minguez, Duke de la TOrre, generally
as Marshal Serrano, as president,
with the following ministry: Presi-
dent, S~errano; Minister of Foreign
Sagasta Minister OF War, "a
vala; Minister Of Justice, Figuerola:
Minister of Agriculture, Becerra =; Minis
ter of Finance, Echegarray ; Minister of
the Interior, Garcia Ruiz; Minister of
Marine, TOpete.
The assault upon Cartagena has be-
gun, the commander-in-chie advancing
upon Sananton, q suburb 1850 yards
from the city.
A famine reported in five districts of
the Russian province Of Samara, ON the
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Large fire at Philadelphia.
January 5.-Advices from Spain re-
port the suppression of nh Carlist and
lntranslgente newspapers by the new
guarantees suspended, and the laws of
the Volunteers of Liberty at saragossa,
by, the municipality. After