The Portland daily press., 1874-10-27
FOREIGN.
France 10 Assist i'm Guarding the From

France 10 Assist in Guarding the From
tier.
LONDON, Oct. 26-The governments of
France and Spain have determined to send one
war vessel each to watch the river Bidassoa,
which forms part of the boundary between
the two countries, in order to prevent the cross
ing for the Carlists of articles contraband of
war.
Emigration.
LONDON, Oct. 26-The bennington commit
tee of the Agricultural Laborers Union re.
ceyed deputation from Mississippi and lis
tened to their proposals for emigration on a
large scale of the farm hands of England to that
delegate to visit Mississippi and report on the
prospects, and made an appropriation to meet
tbs expenses of the enquiry.
Diplomatic Question.
PARIS, Oct 26.;-The Spanish Consul at Bay
onne has made a demand by virtue of the
treaty of 1862 for the eXtraditon as deserters of
the crew of the steamship Nieves, which was
seized at st. Jean Dielnz by the French author
tiles, in the representation that they had on
board contraband OF war for the Carlists. The
Journal de Paris believes that this demand is
contrary to the spirit of the treaty, for Spain
would treat the crew as political offenders if
they were surrendered, and in such cases all
the western states of Europe, including Spain,
have heretofore refused extradtion.
French Foreign Policy
At banquet at Bordeaux, Duke Decazes,
Minister of Foreign Affairs, spoke as follows:
president MacMahon has entreated me par
ticularly to watch the maintenance of peace
with other governments and l shall not fail.
Peace, however, must rest upon a basis COM
patible with our interests and dignity, name
ly, the rights of France. In respect to inter-
national treaties, claim that they have been
strictly observed in the past and | shall faith
fully execute them in the future"
Tho nuEo chad ucio
of the treaty with the United States, insuring
a more liberal treatment of the commercial in
terests OF the two countries, and said the gov
ernInent had similar objects in view with re-
gard to the South American governments.
European Politics.
BRUssELLs, Oct. 26.-Le Nord newspaper
discredits the reported agreeme mt of France to
support Russia in her policy in the east and
positively contradicts the recent reports that
Germany was about to send a note to France
endorsing Spanish complaints with reference to
the Carlists. LIE Nord strengthens the contri-
diction with the statement the ''The German
foreign minister is far from approving of the
tone of Spain's last communication to France" "
Breaking Up.
MADRID, Oct. 26.-Another hody of Carlists
numbering 108, belonging to Lozano's band,
have offered to surrender if amnesty be grant
ed.
The City of Peking.
NEW YORK, Oct. pa cable despatch from
Rio Janeiro says, "The steamship City of Pc
king when one day out from New York lost one
of the blades of her propeller and on the 18th
day out lost another blade. She put into Rio
on the 10Th inst, otherwise all well. She was
supplied with duplicate blades and she may
possibly be detained there from ten to fifteen
days. She left Sandy Hook Monday, Sept.
2Sth, at S.45 a. M, aud with the loss of the
blades as above, made the run to Rio of over
5000 miles in about twenty days. Steamships
City of Peking and City Of Toki are each in
sured for $3.50, 900 in gold"