The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-08-07
4 Weekly Retrospect Of Events.


himself willing to govern by Il limited
monarchy with two legislative Cham
hers, III appointed by the king, one by
the people.
A revolution has broken ont in Tan
gier, Morocco.
Advices that the Rec Indians at the
Fort Berthold Agency, Dakota, were
attacked by the Sioux, and driven seven
miles toward Knife River, where Il
fight ensued five Rees and about six
Sioux were killed.
Advices tlIat a treaty of friendship,
commerce, and navigation, and a treaty
of extradition, were signed May 2Sth by
the Peruvian foreign minister and t. 5.
minister to Peru.
July 4.-Adviccs from Spain: Gov
eminent will levy 10000 fresh troops
for the Army of the North. Strong Car
list force marching to Bilbao. General
Tristanio dismissed from Carlist ser
vice for causing the defeat at Gandesa,
in TarragOma.
Advices that It native chief Of BissaO,
Senegambia, has invaded Portuguese
territory, aud burned eighteen villages.
The Turkish town Of Tenedos, on the
island OF the same name, destroyed by
fire.
Union, which first published Count
dc Chambord'S manifesto, suspended
for two weeks. Effort to be made by
LGgitlmiStS to nnScat the present minis
try on account of their action III this
matter.
Destructive fire in Allegheny City,
Pa. one hundred houses burned.
The st. Louis Bridge opened with a
grand .tcte..
Terrible hurricane in the vicinity of
LewiStOWn, Pa. 4 bridge across the
Juniata blown down, and four persons
killed. The GlenmOrgan Iron COmpanyS
furnace partially destroyed, killing three
men. Severe hurricane ut Washington,
ID. e.. many trees torn up, houses UNI
rooted, carriages upset, boats capsizcd.
No lives reported lost. Heavy storm
along the Hudson.
Advices of deaths: At TullOW, Ire
land June 22d, OF Sir John r. WOlscley,
Bart. an extensive proprietor of the
counties of Carlow and Wexford, aged
French statesman, aged SiXty-tWO.
July 5.-Adviccs from Spain: Gener-
i'll Zabala in command of the Army of
the North. Generals Echaguc and Mar
tincz CampoS have resigned. Generals
MoriOneS and LaSerna appointed i'll their
places. CarliStS have again invested
Bilbao on all sides except toward the
sea.
Revolt at Tangier suppressed.
AdviccS from Japan: The troops dis
patched to F0rmosa have had an ell
counter with the natives. OF the for
mer t~lirty-siX were killed and wounded,
and of the latter forty-eight.
July 6.-Advices from Spain: San
lander threatened by bands of Carlists.
Teruel attacked by 1000 Carlists. After
-, ,,,oro,,OI,DnE ,rIIoJ, I,,4,l +,-oJ-o
hours, they retired with a loss of 40
killed and 60 wounded.
Train on the ShOre-Line road runs off
the track below SaXOny Creek, eleven
miles from New Haven, Conn. w. NJ.
Wilcox, superintendent of the Shore
Line, killed, and many persons injured.
Much damage done to houses and crops
in New Jersey by Il heavy hailstorm.
The settlement of st. Joseph attacked
by q party of Sioux Indians. Four per
sons killedandseveral children missing.
The Indians at the Cheyenne Agency
becoming very troublesome, and killing
their domestic cattle.
Death, in England, Of Right Hon.
Fox Maule, Earl OF Dalhousie; aged
seyenty-tlrec.
July THE French Assembly pass
the Municipal Electoral Bill. The Com
uIiLLCb vi / dlIlIIIlCIIJIIV llfEL4uliRt ECIFCI
NJ. de Ia R~OchefOucaulds mOnarchical
resolutions.
Collision on the Lancashire & York
shire Railroad England; five persons
killed. .f..r...l -
The Legislature of Tamaulipas, Mex,
has reinstated General COrtina asMayor
Of MatamOTas. 7.:
Accident on the Vicksbrrg & Meri-
dian; Railroad; two killed and four
wounded. '''- "'H. '~'t -<"''-t 49,. 81
Indian Agent ut the Arapahoe Agency
reports that hostile bands of Cheyennes,
COmanches, and KiOWaS, as committing
numerous Outfages and murders. Mill
tary assistance asked ..'.'@., -.n, -
Death, at Baltimore. Of Right"ReY.
Richard Y. Welan, d. D., Roman Catho-
lie Bishop Of the Diocese of Wheeling,
Va. ..'-r. ..f.
July 9.-President MacMahon, urges
the Assembly to organize the power of
the ~Septennate. ''.'" '
Reports from Indian agencies show
that the Indians are troublesome. Three
men Killed by the Cheyennes in idaho,
in the vicinity of Medicine Lodge. Sew
enty-tive, lodges of Ogalalas, under
annie; the UmcapOpOs and MinnecOn-
CONS moving cross the Yellowstone. W..
Advices that the Japanese war opera
tiOns are ended. Conference. at For
mosa China pays the expenses of the
expedition, guarantees the safety of for
eigners, and Japan retires.
July 10.-Several revOlts reported
among the p~easantry of Northern Prus-
sia on account of. new laws making
changes in the method of local govern
ment. Serious trouble feared.
Oil. tank at the Erie Oil yard, Wee
hawken, opposite New York, struck by
lighting and fired. The fire spread to
other tanks; one hundred and twenty
five thousand barrels of oil destroyed.
Schooner A. B. Thompson capsized,
near Atlantic City; five persons
Death, at New York, of John Landon,
a well-knOwn citizen, and officer in the
War of 1912 ;ased eighty.
. Great grasshopper plague in the North
west. Crops of entire counties des-
troyed.- .....- +a..,..
July 11.-Advices from Japan and
China to juno cad: The report of the
ced untrue. Smallpox very prevalent
at KiOto, twelve hundred persons hav-
ing died of the malady between OctO-
Der and April. In two engagements
with the natives of Formosa, the Japan
ese were victorious, and nearly all the
southern tribes surrendered.
Terrific storm in Holt County, Mo.
Large amount of damage done to crops.
Death, by cholera morbns, at Hills
borO, n. c., of Hon. Tod X. Caldwell,
Governor of the State.
July 12.-Three thousand Carlists have
attacked Puigcerda, OH the frontier.