The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-03-12
FOREIGN,

1t is reported that great battle was fought
on the 3lst of January between the English
army and the Ashantees at AcroOmboO, in
which the English lost some 800 men and two
officers, besides many wounded. There were
various rumOrs as to the result of the battle,
but it was feared the English forces were in a
critical condition.
A dispatch was received at the War Office
in London, on the 26th, from Gen. WOlseley.
commander of the Ashantee expedition, dSt-
ed at CoOmassie, which SAYS: - We reached
here yesterday, after five days hard fighting.
The troops behaved admirably. Our casual
ties are under 800. The King is in the neigh
borhOOd of the town. He promises to meet
me to-day and sign a treaty of peace. We
hope TO start on our return to the coast to-
morrow. The wounded are recovering, and
the health of the remainder of the army is
good"
Professor Huxley has been installed as
rector of the University Of Aberdeen.
1t is officially announced that the Duke of
Edinburgh and his bride, accompanied by the
Queen, will enter London on the 18th of
March.
a BayOnne dispatch of the 26th says that the
Spanish army under General Mariones has
made three attacks on the Carlist forces be-
fore BilbOa, and was repulsed each time.
The sale of the Conservative Republican
journal, the Steele, has been prohibited in
France, because Ofan article insulting to Buff
fet, the President of the National Assem-
bly,.
1t is reported that the Chinese Government
has notified foreign ministers at Pellin that it
cannot guarantee the safety of foreigners at
Tientsin, and the naval authorities have been
requested to send war vessels to that port.
News from Chill is that a strong shock OF
an earthquake was felt at CopiapO on the 18th
of January. The Chilian volcano had OPEN
ed the crater on its eastern side, and the ther-
mometer had risen as high as IS degrees CEN
tigrade.
The trial of the Tichborne claimant on
charges OF perjury lasted $50 days, and termi-
mated Feb. %, in his conviction on all the
charges. He was sentenced to fourteen years
penal servitude. After the verdict was an
nOunced, the claimant expressed a desire to
address the court, but the judge refused per-
mission and proceeded to pass sentence, the
claimant maintaining his usual composure.
He was at once taken to Newgate.
A disastrous fire occurred in Panama on the
25th ult., whereby the largest portion of the
business part of the town was destroyed.
The losses are estimated at over one million
dollars.
Serrano has been declared President of the
Spanish Republic, and General Sabala, Min
lister of War, is appointed President of the
Council of Ministers.
A Madrid telegram of the 2Sth says dis
patch had been received at the War Office
from General Mariones, stating that he had
been unable to force the Carlists from their
entertainments before Bilboa and that his own
advanced line had been broken by the insur-
gents. He asks for reinfOrcements and the
appointment of his successor.
A singular and fatal accident occurred on
the Great Western Railway, Canada, on the
night of the 2Sth ult. When the Sarnia ac-
conmodation train was about seven miles
west of London, saloon coach took fire in
the forward end, caused by the falling Of a
lamp. The flames spread through the car
almost instantly, and before the train could
be stopped and the passengers extricated,
eight persons were fatally suffocated and