The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-06-19

From Appletona Journal

May M-Adgiees from Spain: Cen
eral Goneha advancing with twelve
thousand mel on the town of Valmase-
do, with the intention of driving the
CaTlists into Nayarre.
Advices from Arkansas: Both bran
ches of the Arkansas Legislature have
met, and adopted resolutions requesting
the President to put them in possession
of the State-House.
l. Adyices from Cuba; General Coyetono
Figueroa has assumed command of the
Central Department in place Of Portilla.
May 15.-Advices from Spain: Gen
eral COncha pushing forward to occupy
the, passes between Biscay and the
Guipuzco9 Valley. Don Carlos, with
the main body of his forces, at T0lOsa.
Advices of the discovery Of Il CON
/ spiracy at Khokand, Central Asia; six
teen persons engaged therein executed.
Object OF the cOnspiratOrs not known.
Proclamation ISSUED by the President
declaring Elisha Baxter legal Governor
of Arkansas.
Death at New York, of Edwin Hoyt,
a .Well-knOWn merchant of the city.
Advices OF the death of Baron de Tri-
queti, distinguished sculptor, aged sew
enty-tWO. ,.tj -.
May 16.-Forty battalions of the re-
serves of the Spanish army called into
active service. J94G ~ IL
Terrible destruction of life and pro-
perty in Hampshire County, Mass, caus-
ed by the breaking awaylOf the dam of
the reservoir on Mill River. Towns of
Williamsburg, .Haydenville, and Leeds,
flooded; over eighty houses and eleven
or twelve mills destroyed one hundred
and tifty-seven lives known to; be- lost.
II IAnFnaf az %ln LfnE,,al. -
the Assembly on ~theJcabinet question
OF priority OF discussion of the Electoral
Bill; members tender their designations
to President MacMahon. r. -
+ Deaths: at New York, of Maior-Gen
eral George L. Hartsuff, L. S. A., aged
forty-four at Paris, of Gabriel c. Cleyre,
French painter, aged siXty-fOur.
J May T.-President MaeMahon accepts
the resignation of the. De Broglie Cabi-
net, andiintrusts M. Goulard with the
formation of q G ministry. *l..5.
Collision: on the railway at Merthyr-
zTydvil, Wales, between a coal and pas
fsenge1 train; forty persons injured.
Adyices from Madrid say the new
government intend to revive titles of
mobility and subsidize the clergy.
+ Advices from South America report
accidents on the Santiago and Ealparai-
so, and the Taleahuano and CHILEAN
railroads a number of lives lost. ,rs,
Political troubles threatened in Hayti.
Deaths: At louisville, Ky, of Wal
worth Jenkins, formerly O. captain in
regular army, and professor at West
Point. AT Lexington, KY, of Hon.
George Robertson, for twenty years on
the Supreme Bench of Kentucky: aged
eighty-fOur.i "s8.3 20 .pfa4r ..>@
Both Houses of Arkansas Legislature
pass thebillproviding for constitutional
conventional ly 18th. The Brooks force
.surrenders, andBaxter installedin office.
May 18.-AdViees from Spain: Gener-
al PaVia has resigned the captain-gen-
eralcy of Madrid, and General Rey has
been appointed in his place. The Car
list commander, General Dorregaray,
is marching upon Estella with a large
force! g3dF sNE4 ~ ass,.t vs. sigaa ~
Destructive fires. at Militia and Gifu,
Japan. :a1 -at.I9itua .aaiaHsHf ss.v tt9'
The Emperor of Germany has order
ed the temporary retirement of Count
Won Arnim from the German Diplomatic
service. ,tgs.r#lf "a al4tE'5 fE7e44gqf HsI
Adyices that the steamer Manchu,
from Nagasaki for Shanghai, lost in a
gale March 18th. Only FIVE persons
known to be saved. '.i-ef ~~3atasusuI
Death, at New York, of Rev. Thomas
De Witt, D. d., senior paster of, 1.-The
Collegiate Reformed Church of New
York aged eighty three. III. sat f4..I
May 1a-Adviees from SPAIN: Car
lists defeated near Bilbao, with the loss
of thirty prisoners. sHtrlf isa4a.8 sgf al
Large fire in the Jewish quarter of
C0nstantinople. 73 Gi !s99Q Gis-..ys.f a
Warrant of arrest against Governor
Moses, OF South Carolina, on aeharge of
larceny for stealing public funds; but
refuses to be arrested, and calls out
the militia I'M his defense! YFzu s5 Iy.a i;
May 20-Advices from Spain Carl
lists again defeated in the neighborlaodj
OF Bilbao. The carlists claim that. the
Republicans lost five hundred in killed
and woundedib the engagement of the
10Th. Ia MI;
Death, at Washington, of MaiorLGen-
eral A. B. Dyer, u. I. A. r. tG66
May M.-Duelnear Versailles between
Connt5o of Monticello and Prince Met |
ternlch; Weapons, swords; the count
wounded in tle arm and disabled. 3@
Reports'Of defeats of the Carlists at
various points. y @@57ssi 1.L"
Departure of the car from London
for Russia. u 51lt# IF
Prussian Diet prorogued.
Advices thattlree American students
two brothers named Crane, and a Mr..
Woodbury-were drowned in Lake Ge-
neva. 3sl 5fI &at. 5saf at#f az
Marriage, at Washington. of Miss ELL
len w. Grant, daughter f the President.
to Mr.. Algern0n Charles Frederick Sar-
torfs,, of Lichfield, England.
Large fire at Central City, Colorado.
May 22.-Advices of the formation of
a new French ministry as follows: Gem
eTal de, Cissey, Minister Of War, and
Vice4President of tile Council Duke
DecaZes, Minister of Foreign Affairs :
M.$De F6urtou, Minister ftle Interior;
NJ. Pierre Magne, Minister of Finance:
NJ. Eugene Callaux, Minister of Public
Works M. Louis Grivart, Minister of
Viscount DE C1mont, Min
lister Of Public Instruction Nc. Adrien
Minister of Justice: MARQUIS
OF Montaignae, Minister of the Marine.
Adyfces from Spain "a detachment of
near ,Santander surrprisgd1
surrounded by Carlists fifteen hum
bred insurgents within five leagues of
aSa t9W ri V # nf1'f entered AZ by 5s3 General leiatt
Mexican robberies ana murders in
between the Nueess and the Rio
9raTnde military aid asked for by the
Dealt 1T London, Of. George Gore
QuselleE Higgins, distingHished;in Lon
lon fashionable life, the g Brlnmmel1 =
Count DaQJrsay OF the period.
May S3s-TAdylces from Port7au Prince
mat the President OF Hayti has resigne&
n Of Y1cezP resident Dominique
aAdylces from Spain: The detachment
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