The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1874-07-31

future bill; provides that the Presi-
dent slone Is authorized TO dissolve
the lower house or Chamber OF Deputies;
prescribes that the Congress OF both Chambers
shall provide for the continuance Of the Gov
ernment in case Marshal Mac Mahon dies, re-
I signs. or reaches the end OF his term OF Office;
no modification Of constitutional laws i 10 be
allowed, unless first proposed by the Presi-
dent. IL is believed that the bill will be re-
I jjected by large majority, il being unsatisfac-
tory to the Len. while the Legitimists and
Imperialists are also against il.
I A dispatch from Havana, Cuba, 10th. SAYS
that number Of fatal eases OF yomito had
I occurred on shipboard in the harbor. and also
4 number in the city.
The priest Hauthafer. who was arrested at
Schienflrt. on suspicion Of being implicated
with kullman in the attempt 10 assassinate
Prince Bismarck, has been dieharged from
custody, having proved his entire innocence
Of any connection with the affair.
There has been another crisis in the French
Cabinet. The Duke de Broglie has been seek
/ ing to constitute Cabinet based on the old
majority in the Assembly, but it j. said he
has failed, and that the Duke de Cairzes has
since been entrusted with the formation Of
4 Cabinet.
A Madrid dispatch Of the 18th says that de-
crees have been issued declaring all Spain in
a state Of siege, sequestrating the property Of
Carlists, whose estates will be held liable TO
heavy penalty TO relatives Of Republicans
siaiu and finally creating a special reserve Of
$4,000 men. A Bsyonne dispatch Of the
same date says that Cuenca surrendered to
the Carlists on the 18th.
A recent Washington dispatch says that
gentleman just returned from Cuba, where
he has resided for the past two months states
that he does not believe the spanisrds can
hold out much longer, for their finances are
sadly deranged. If it was not for the fact.
that the people Of the United States are made
to contribute the largest proportion Of the ex-
penses Of Spanish rule in Cuba, the war
would have been ended long ago. There ara
about one hundred millions Of dollars Of sugar
exported annually. About eighty millions Of
this comes to the United States. A few large
houses in New York and Philadelphia have
monopolized the sugar trade. These houses adj
vanced large sums Of money 10 sugar planters,
and their only security is lien on the slaves
who cultivate the sugar plantations. They
have been making these advances for years.
and have come to have heavy interest di-
rectly in the slaves, and are, therefore. real
shareholders. II emancipation was decreed
they would be heavy losers. Hence, they are
doing all they can TO crush the Cuban rebel
lion, the success Of which insures emancipa-
ton. Whenever the Captain-Genersl makes
an extraordinary levy on the merchants OF
Cuba. he does not assess small and great. but
confines his levy 10 few principal houses.
These men Immediately call meeting Of all
the principal houses engaged in exporting to
the United States. and they ado the amount
OF the levy 10 the new invoices OF sugar and
tobacco, ETC., TO be shipped to this country.
The French Cabinet has been reorganized
by the appointment OF the Baron Chanbard
Ia Tour a. Minister Of the Interior, and NJ.
Matthew Boudit as Minister Of Finance. The
Bcnapartists are now without representa-
tive in the Cabinet.
The police OF Berlin have searched the
houses Of NJ. Crcmen, editor OF the Germd-
mia. aud other prominent Ultramontanes,
and seized a number OF documents.
Don Carlos has issued manifesto guaran-
teeing religious federation, engaging not to
disturb sales Of church property al present
completed. promising representative. but not
a revolutionary government, undertaking to
restore the finances Of the country. and insur-
ing liberty so far a. it Is consistent with order
The manifesto concludes a. follows: IF the
rebellion continues, we shall stife with cam
non those who reject our prOfers of concilia-
ton. To-day they will be compelled to sub
init TO law-to the conqueror Tomorrow
A Madrid dispatch OF the 2lst officially an
nounces the capture Of Cuenca by the Car
lists under Don Alfonso. after a battle last
ing fifty-six hours. The Republicans were
forced to surrender after a stubborn resist
ance, and all were made prisoners Of war. II
il stated that the Carlists sacked and burned
many houses and committed other outrages,
besides levying heavy contributions upon the
inhabitants.
The death sentence pronounced against
Dockray, the American prisoner in Cuba,
has been commuted to ten years imprison-
ment by President serrano, at the instance Of
Captain General Concha.
President MacMahon. in response to dep
utaiion Of members Of the Assembly, who
waited upon him recently. said he was not
summoned to power TO restore either mon
archy or the Empire. His acts proved he
would not participate in such enterprises.
The law which created the septenate still
less imposed upon him the task Of CONSTITUTE
ing 3 definite republic. NJ Perier's bill
offered him nothing, but by isolating him
from the Conservatives. by whose aid he
wished to govern, would deprive him Of
much. Consequently the ministers would
declare in his name he rejected the project.
In conclusion, he expressed the opinion that
proclamation OF the Republic might disturb
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