The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-03-14
FOREIGN.

capt.. Merton. Oh the steamship Moro CaS-
tie, from Havana, reports that in an engage
ment about February 1, column Of Spanish
troops, 200 strong, were utterly defeated by
the insurgents, ineurring loss in killed and
wounded and prisoners of 900 men. Intelli-
gence that Capt. Merton regarded as trust
worthy represented the Spaniards worsted in
every engagement.
Three railway accidents were reported in
England on the goth. The most serious one
happened to the Scotch mail train, which ran
into baggage train near Preston. Fifteen
The cars were demolished.
A Paris telegram says that the Duke De
Broglie, Minister of the Interior, has sent a
circular to the projects directing them to keep
watch upon citizens who leave for Chiselhurst
on the occasion of the Prince Imperial be-
coming of age.
Following is an official list of the members
of the new English Cabinet: First Lord of
the Treasury, Benjamin Disraei; Chancellor
of the Exchequer, Sir Stafford Northeote !;
First Lord of Admiralty, George Ward Hunt; !;
Secretary of State for Home Department,
Richard Ashton Gross; Secretary of State for
Foreign Department, Earl Derby; Secretary
of State for Colonial Department, Earl of
Carnarvon; Secretary of State for War, Ga
thorne Hardy; Secretary of State for India,
Marquis of Salisbury; Lord High Chancellor,
Lord Cairns; Lord of Priyy Seal, Earl Of
Malmesbury; Lord President of Council,
Duke of Richmond. Lord Manners is ap-
pointed Postmaster-G General.
A Paris telegram of the 22d says that the
Alsatian deputies have withdrawn from the
Reichstag and returned to Strasburg.
BY arrival at New York ON the 21st, OF a
steamship from Rio de Janeiro, the news. is
received that Asiatic cholera is raging at Bue-
nos Ayres with intensity, claiming from
thirty to forty victims per day. The total
number of deaths amounts thus far to three
hundred and seven. Fifty thousand persons
had abandoned their homes in the city to seek
refuge in the open country. The President
of the Republic had also fed the city for a
healthier residence on the island of Cara
paehay. This act of President Sarmiento
was unfavorably commented on by the press.
A Madrid dispatch of the 22d says: Severe
fighting has been going on in Biscay for sew
eral days. General Dorenazay, with 25,000
insurgents, holds the heights above Someros-
tro. The Republicans have taken the first
height. Their losses are heavy. The wound
ed are coming into Santander. The fleet left
that port to attack Portugalite, which was to
have been simultaneously attacked by land
forces. The fleet entered the river on Friday,
and found that Portugalite had been aban-
doned by the Carlists. The Carlists have ta-
ken the town of Vinariz, in " Valencia.
News has been received of the surrender
of Coomassie, the capital of Ashantee, and
that the king and family are prisoners.
A Paris telegram of the 23d says that the
citizens of srasbourg demand of Bishop
Raess the resignation of his seat in the Reich
stag, because he has acknowledged the yalidi-
ty of the treaty of Frankfort. M. Gueber and
six other delegates to the Reichstag, from
Alsaee and Lorraine, have published mani
festo repudiating his acknowledgment of the
treaty.
General Gonzales has been installed Presi-
dent of San Domingo, and all members of the
family of ex-President Baez have been BAN
ished from the country.
Jim Mace writes from England to say that
he viii accept the challenge of Tom Allen to
| fight for from $1,000 to $1,000, if Allen viii
put up forfeit to prove that he means busi-
| ness.
| Advices from Laguayra state that the
severest earthquake shock that has been felt
there since 1912, occurred on the 9Th. Con-
siderable injury was done to persons and
/ nrarprtV