The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-01-31
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The Paris Journal Oftcidle of Jan. 9 an
nounces that 81 the members of the Cabinet
have rendered their designations in conse-
| quence of the absence from the Assembly yes
terday of large majority of their support
ers, which resulted in the defeat of the Gov
ernment. President Mcmahon begs his min
isters not to retire, but to await the vote of
confidence, which will be passed by the As
sembly today
| Madrid dispatches of Jan. 8 state that the
Ministry have issued long manifesto adj
| dressed to the nation, declaring their objects
| to be identical with those of the revolution of
1868. A decree has been promulgated dis
| solving the Ccrtes and announcing that cleo
lions for a new body will be held as soon as
order is restored securely and freedom and
universal suffrage unhmderea. A decree mas
/ also been issued calling out the entire reserve
of 1874 for active service. The suppressed
| Carlist journals have been permitted to re-
| sumo publication on certain conditions.
| The Cuban Junta has resolved, as the only
means of relieving the financial crisis, to issue
forced loan of $50, ,O00, 900 at 6per cent. inter-
est, payable in gold.
The statue of the Prince-Consort at Hol-
, borne Viaduct, London, was unveiled with
appropriate ceremonies by the. Prince of
Wales, on Jan. 8. A vast assemblage was
present.
The remains of the late Emperor Napoleon
In. were, on Jan. 8, transferred to a sarco-
fphagus presented to Eugenie by Queen Victo-
l,.so a of orfiS of
tended, but Prince Napoleon was absent.
Ex-President Baez of San Domingo arrived
at st. Thomas on Jan. 9. It is stated that
when the revolutionists appeared before San
Domingo, Baez, seeing that resistance was
useless, entered into convention with General
Gonzales, the supreme chief of the revolu-
tionists, stipulating that he should be allowed
to leave peaceably, and that his friends should
be permitted to remain in the country unmo-
Tested. This was agreed to, and the revolu-
tionists Immediately entered the capital, amid
the acclamation of the people.
A Madrid dispatch of Jan. 10 states that an
Intransigente insurrection had broken out in
the city. Barrieades had been erected in the
suburbs, and Fort Montjoi had opened fire on
the city.
Mira Yussuf Khan, an able and popular
statesman, who was educated in Paris at the
expense of the Shah, has been executed at
Tifiis for malappropriation of moneys entrust-
, ed to him for relieving famine that had
broken out in Astrakan.
A Berlin dispatch of Jan. II says that in
the election for members of the Reiehstag,
: held on the 10th, the Danish party carried all
, the districts in North Schleswig, in which they
were successful at the last and previous elee-
ton. Another dispatch says that partial re-
! ! turns of the elections show that the number
! of National Liberals and Progressists return
ed is about even, other parties falling far be-
hind. Dantzic LEIPZIG, Bremen, Lubbock and
Munich elect Liberal members, and Berlin
: K9nigsberg and Breslau Progressists. The
candidates of the Clerical party are chosen in
Krefeld, Cologne, Dusseldorf and Oachen.
!" dispatches from Madrid report that Ser
: rhno will not convoke the Cortes for twelve
months He will bend all his energies to the
: suppression of the insurrection and the tran
+ utilization of the country, and not until those
tasks are accomplished will he summon the
u Legislature. A decree has been issued dis
solving all political associations charged will
conspiring against the interests Of the eoun
try and the integrity of its government.
The Madrid 06iciay Gazette OF Jan. 12 con
tains the following from Cartagena: E0l
Sunday evening committee of the Red Cros
u Society and three Cartagena officers arrives
at General Dominquez's headquarters. The.
!. brought letter from the President of the In
: : surgent Junta, asking for suspension o
y hostilities, and the appointment of join
commission of the Government and the Car
tagenian officers to consider the condition Q
=. the surrender General Dominquez rejecte
the proposals, and gave the Insurgents unit
= noon to-day to make an unconditional surrer
N der. He, however, promised pardon to a
who, before the expiration Of that time, gay
q themselves up with their arms, except th
Il members of the Junta and ordinary criminals
i who are TO be dealt with by tribunals. Lii
Grated eonvicts viii be compelledto serve OF
st their terms. With this reply the commissio
10 returned to the city. The Government
70 confident that the surrender will be effecte
to-day. Before these negotiations were opel
40 ed the insUrgent leader, Galyez, with tw
r. hundred men, made an unsuccessful atteml
" to recover Atalaya Castle.n
A Madrid dispatch of Jan. 70 states th
ye the provinces of Madrid, Ayilla, Cinca, CT
tn cad; Real, Guadalajara, Segavia and Balet
in have been delared in state Of siege.
In the French Assembly, on Jan. 12, aft