The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-11-27
A Weekly Retrospect of Events.
From AppIetons, Journal.l

October 30.-Advices from Spain ;
The government having accedel to
General Laserna's demand for re-en-
~fOrceInpnts, he will resume command of
the Army of the North.
Adyices from Central Asia report that
the instruction in KhUkand has been
suppressed.
The Congress of the Argentine Con-
federation has passed ii resolution declar
ing the republic in a state of siege, and
voted the money necessary to crush the
rebellion. The NaciOnal, the official pa
per, has been Suppressed. and its editor
imprisoned. General Mitre sent to the
! government from M~nntevide0 his res
ignatiOn as brigadier in the army.
kullmann, the wOuld-be murderer of
Prince Bismarck, sentenced to imprisOn-
ment fourteen years, and ten years sus-
pension of his civil rights.
Lieutenant-G General Sheridan reports
every indication 0f the close of the ln-
dian war before winter sets in. The
Indians are fleeing from the troops, and
many ~surrendering Internationally.
Serious fUrest-tire reported i'll Ohio.
The Belcher (Cal.) mine on fire. The
Falls Park Brewery, at Philadelphia,
destroyed.
Death, at Cooperstown, of John H.
Anthem distinguished lawyer, of Leo
rod BierwOrth, consul ut New York for
Wurtemherg.
Oct. 3l.-Report that the CArlists are
negotiating with the Madrid Govern
ment for an armistice.
Fifteen hundred persons sick with
typhoid fever in the town of Darwen,
Lancashire, England.
Death, at Auburn, n. Y. Of Enos l..
Ihro0p, eX-G0yernOr of the State OF
New York, aged ninety-fOur.
November 1.-Advices from Spain that
the CarIiSts have erected four batteries
of sixteen cannon before Irun, and the
bOmhardment is expected to open at
once.
Fnrkenbeck elected president of the
German Reichstag, and Slauffenberg and
Haenel viCe-presidents.
A number of the dispatches which Bis
marck has been e~ndeavOring to obtain,
found i'll the care of an under-secretary
of Won Arnim.
Nov. 2.-Germany is contemplating
postal treaties with Chill, Peru, Bolivia,
Costa RIGA, and Colombia.
Advices from Buenos Ayres state that
Il battle took place on the Goth ultimo,
between a body of rebels under MitIe
and government troops; result uncer-
tain. A decisive engagement hourly ex-
pectPd.
The revolution in Venezuela continues.
euro has been taken by the Blues, who
have also laid siege to MaracaibO. Gener-
III Guzman and staff have returned from
Puerto Cahtll0 to Caracas. Sentence
has been pronounced on the three men
accused of having murdered President
Balta in prison, in Peru. Two will draw
lots whlclI will he executed, and one il
10 have tiftetU years penal Servitude.
Nov. 3.-Eltcti0n in nianyOf the States,
resulting very generally in trinmplS OF
the Democratic party Samuel J. Tilden,
Democrat, elected Governor of New
York ; William CASTOR. Democrat, elect
ii Governor of Massachusetts; Julg,
Brdle, Democrat. elected Governor OF
New Jersey J. p. CockrOn, Democrat.
'lected GnvernOrof Delaware John j.
Bagley, Republican, Governor of Mich
gan u. ID. Porter, Democrat, Governor
ut Tennessee David P. Lewis, Demo-
crat, Governor of Alabama d. H. Cham
herlain, Republican, Governor of South
Carolina - Bradley, Democrat, Gov
vernon of Nevada. Congressional cleo
tI0ns in Alabama, Arkansas. Delaware,
Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Ken
tucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Massachu-
setts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri,
New Jersey, New York, Nevada, Penn
~Sylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina,
Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Virginia,
Wisconsin one hundred and twenty
seven Democrats elected; eighty-fOnr
Republicans. Delaware, Maryland Mi
rhigan. Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey,
New York, Tennessee, Virginia, have
chosen Legislatures that will elect Demo-
cratic United States senators.
Advices from Spain: The siege of Irun
continues. The Republicans have hurn-
ed the railroad depot. and are terrifying
F0ntarabiH IA a place of refuge in case
lrun is captured.
Four persons killed ny nm explosion of
powder at Hounslow. England.
Nov. 4.-Advices from Spain: Report
that peremptOry orders have been re-
cpivcd mt Hendaye from Paris for the
expulsion of all Spaniartis, without dis
tinction, from the frontier towns on the
right bank of the Bidaasoa, for fear of
interference in the conflict at Irlln. The
hOmbardnent of Irun begun. General
Eiio is in command of the besieging
forces.
A decree of the German Government.
dated October Goth, establishes the Rep.
resentative Assembly Of Alsace and Lor-
raine.
Advices from Central Asia of n rebel
lion in Afehanistan.
Nov. 5.-Defeatof Cariists in Valencia,
Siege of Irun by the Carlists proceeding
slowly,
Death, at New York, of Right Rev. D.
w. Bacon. d. D.. Roman Catholic Bishop
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