The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1874-02-07

Theirs term Of seven years. The re
ligious pilgrimages to tho shrine at
Puray le Monial were extensive 10 the
summer and attracted groat deal of
notice. On the 18th Of September, a
happy event in the years history of
Frnrce took place; the complete evacua
tioh OF her soil By the victorious Ger
mans The trial Of Marshal Baz,inc
for treason occupied two or three months.
and resulted in his conviction and
sentence to twenty years "seclusion. :"
We must not omit 10 notice the evidence
of pcrnlanence in the republican senti
ment afforded by the As emily elections
during the year. In ninety per cent
Of these elections the republicans were
triumphant by large najnrities.
An important change in the govern
mcnt of Spain took place February IL .
King Amadeus abdicated AMI returned
to Italy. and provisional Republic,
with Figucras and Costelar at it's head
was established These statesmen have
been occupied during the year trying to
nakc the Repbl "stick," and in
lighting the Carlst bands in the North
and the R,dcals on the Southern SCI;
board
Germany has been principally en-
gagged in consolidating its power gained
by the late war, and fighting the Roman
Catholic hierarchy It claims rights
over the latter which the I'apaeg denies
To further discourage orthodox Catholic
ism, the Gnvernm mt has encouraged
the "Old Catholic" movement, and re
cognized the legitimacy OF the newly
consecrated Bishop Of Ilcinkcns Prince
Won Bismarck retired from the premier
ship at the beginnins of the year, but
resumed his place ut the head of the
Prussinn Ministry late in tire autumn.
The only events of consequence in
Austria were the Exhibition, the cholera,
and the friendly visit of an ancient enc
my, the King OF Italy The hitter e7cut
Was ssunp ,sed to have u ,aie bepi,isg g nr, 1,
Germah Austrian nna tt i'iian ALLAN %
against Erance ;ana ultrarnontau, Eu
r4pc.
Ihe u"re during the past ycar has
not ceased TO utter kis protests nyai.ist
th.: continued deprivation sf his tch,p,r
al power by Italy, but the parliament OF
/ that country has only responded by
severer measures and the passage Of the
act abolishins religious corporations.
The li'tle kingdom of Holland has
been carrying ou war in Southern
/ Asia and the great empire of Ru.sia,
another in TIE central rcy ms of that
continent. The expedition against
Khiva began to move March / anl the
capital 'f the Khanatc fell etorc Gener
al Kaufman guns June 1O-a re
markably short campuign tor one SO
successful
In Eustern Asia the event of conse
quence was the first audience ever &C
curded by n Chinese sovereign to Eu
ropcan and American diplolnatists 1t
w"s obtained after years excrtion, and
mny be regarded asan ,portant step
toward bringing China into the family
Of nations
I he usual revolutionary emeutcs may
be recorded of mos. Of the South Amer
lean States. Mexico, for wonder has.
oeeu compa rativoly quiet, and the praise
for such pheonmcn,n is doubtless due
to the wise il 'ministration Of Lcrdo dc
lcjada. In the Sandwich Islands a
new king was crowned.
In the way Of geographical and sci
entltic discovery, the expeditions of Sir
Samuel Baker to Central Africa, an Of
the American Government to the hithcr
to unexplored regions Of the Yellowstone
river, aud the i'll futed Arctic voyage of
Captain Hall, may be mentioned. The
news of the death Of tho latter was re
ceved hero in May, and au expedition
was fitted out by the Government to
search for his surviving companions.
The criminal record has been as OK
citing as the Newgate Calendar. Local
ly, for murders, we have had the mystic
rious taking off Of .Charles Goodrich,
and the broad-day assassination Of Mans
field Tracy Walworth, by his owu s,n
For hangings We have had that of Wn,
Foster; and for trials, those of Stokes,
Sharkey, Tweed, Genet, aud Mayor
Hall. Ia England the trial OF the