The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-08-22
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of several leading railroad companies, in re-
| gard to the compensation allowed the compa-
MES for running postal cars. - The stoppage
of postal cars on some of the roads was
Ithreatened unless the Government agreed to
meetthe terms of the railroadocompanies.
| A dispatch from Fort Laramie, onthe Sd,
says that Major Stanton, paymaster, just re-
turned from the agencies, reports a large
number of Indians coming in from the north,
who say that Stabber, a chief who was con-
spicuous last spring in hostility to the whites
at the agencies, and. several others, were
killed by Custer's party, which is reported
returning. The Indians also report that
twenty-one Indians wounded in the Captain.
Bates fight of July have since died. There
I is much feeling among the Indians arriving at
the agencies. It is the general opinion among
military men that Custer has fulfilled his
order and is now returning. The information
CLEANED from the Indians gives no evidence of
a big fight.
FOREIGN. aA Hs
The Vienna journals say that Austria has
received a circular note from Germany urg-
ing the great powers to combine to prevent
the continuance Of Garlistatrecitiesi Spain,
and had given favorable reply. The Lon
don Morning Post asserts that Germany
will propose in the Brussels Congress recog-
milton of the present government of Spain.
g..
Assembly, introduced by M. Leon MalleYille,
was voted down ON the Goth by 322 yeas to
374 nays. sas
Its stated that trustworthy information
has been received BY parties in New York
from Havana, that the Cuban troops have de-
stroyed ainumber. of plantations in Trinidad
Valley, and that the planters were abandon
ing their property there for fear of being
captured, and because the Spanish Govern
ment cannot give the necessary protection.
The President of the Cuban Republic has or
dered Captain Carepo to destroy every thing
he can lay hands on. Cabo, the negro cap
tain. at the head of a number of emaHcipated
negroes, was in the neighborhood of Cien-
fuegos, wrecking plantations and enlisting
slaves and coolies in the ranks. A general
uprising of negroes under Cabo was daily ex-
pected.
AsBayonne dispatch Of the 8Osh says The
Carlists elaima great. .vieteFy overthe Repab-
licans betA cen. Castel, Follet and Figueros,.
near the frontier. The losses were heavy on
both sides. The Carlists deny that there is
any truth in the reports charging them with
atrocities at Cuenca and other places.
The French Assembly has again been the
af xyin oil 6xr
expression made by Galloni d'Istrai, Bona
partist, to the effect that the Republic has
Fsuccumbed before the seorn of honest men.
On the following day he was challenged by
members of the Left to repeat the words,
which he did. Thereupen Victor Schoelcher,
Republican, gave him the lie, and several
Deputies from the Left rushed toward him,
shouting and shaking their fists. The Presi-
dent of the Assembly, unable TO restore or
der, suspended the sitting.
A Paris telegram of the I'd says that seri-
Gus complications have arisen between Ger
many and France concerning Spanish affairs,
and diplomatic rupture between the powers
is threatened. LIE Temps reports that sub
scription to loan of s6,OO0,OO0 for the Car
lists has been commenced. and that out of the
proceeds so far realized, $4,000, 900 had been
forwarded to Spain on the 1st.
The French Assembly has voted to adjourn
on Nov. 80. The permanent Committee of
the Assembly, which is to sit during recess,
has been elected. tits composed of six Le-
gitimists, ten members of 1thelnede Right
and Right Center and nine of the Left. The
Bonapaftists are wholly excluded i&iEF 8
& A AJlondenzdispatche the Sd says!. The
British Mediterranean squadron will leave
Malta tomorrow for Barcelona. An. italian
frigate has been ordered to the northern
coast of Spain. The Spanish Government is
about-to dispatch 12,0o0 additional troops to
Cuba. -. .ss 4
4 dispatch from Fort Garry, Manitoba, Sd,
says that onthea1st inst. the notorious Lord \
Gordon shot himself at his residence at Head. !
ingly. Two English detectives arrested him,
and he promised to go quietly with them II
they would not go through 6Be Bnited StatesS >
While in his room preparing forstlse 5ourneSss.
he blew out bis brains. 20
The American baseball clubs in England
played game of cricket with the Mafylee
bone Clubon the Sd, the Americans winning
the game by score Of 107 to 105.
In the English House o. Commons, ON the
4th, Mr.. Bourke, Under Secretary for the For
eign Department, in answer to an inquiry
from Sir George. Bowyer, stated that :. her
Majesty's Government had no intention of
taking part in armed Intervention in Spain;
and had no reasonto suppose that other Ea-
ropean powers contemplated such "a step,
which would not meet with encouragement
from England.
sa Animals and Firearms.