The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-02-06
FOREIGN.

The Spanish Carlists have captured San
lander and Portugualete, together with a large
amount Of war munitions.
Adam Black, the famous Edinburgh pub
Usher, is dead, aged 81.
"A London dispatch announces that Dr.
Livingstone is dead, having died while ON a
Journey in the interior of Africa. The dis
patch also announces that his body has been
embalmed and is being conveyed to England.
Who discovered that he was dead, or who en-
balmed him, is not stated.
Mr.. Nolan, Secretary of the Irish Amnesty
Association, announces his intention of coz
testing the election of Mr.. Gladstone in
Greenwich.
Kratan. the principal stronghold of the
| Acheenese, has been captured by the Dutch
with small loss.
-Disraeli's address seeking a reelection to
Parliament from his constituents in Bucking
hamshire is a severe attack on Premier Glad
stone and his Administration He speaks of
the Premier's statement of his future financial
policy as conveying the disquieting informa-
ion /" that there must be an increase of ex-
| lS1lnR ldS5s. Ills EililllDisli dtIcH e Ia %
..midliug" one, and his ends are declared to
be sought ''by incessant legislation" In con-
~clusion, Mr.. Gladstone is twitted with the fact
that among his supporters are assailants Of
the monarchy, of the independence Of the
House Of Lords, and advocates of the discs
tablishment of the English Church, and the
exclusion of religion from national education.
The sudden and unexpected dissolution
Of the British Parliament Is the subject Of
general comment in England, and the public
a. pear to be greatly mystitied as to why 1t was
done. Tho loyal decree ordering new cleo
tons for members Of the House of Commons
has suddenly precipitated the country into a
spirited political excitement. the contest being
between the Tories and Government parties.
Both parties are striving with might and main
for the mastery, and both ire confident of
success.
Sixteen persons were recently killed and
many manned by s collision oil the Glasgow
and Edinburgh railway.
All doubts concerning the reported death
of DIR. Livingstone, the great African ex-
plorer, hays been set at rest by an official di =
IdlCn ItCt4'Gu ~ ~ ibb'4hh '''tihHhN'N
from Zanzibar. This dispatch states circum-
stantiaLy that ! livingstone died i ! Lobisa, after
crossing marshes, With water for hours above
his waist. The sufferings of his whole party
were terrible, and ten Of them died in conse-
quence.
Gladstone, in his opening speech in the
Parliamentary canvass, says the pending cleo
| t;n, t,-r,a On .n.,o;.I ,nas,,.no tIa - s,In,-
on the extension OF suffrage to the agTicul-
tnral laborers. which ii was expected would
be q part Of his programme. He asks the
country for majority in Parliament on the
! pledge that local taxation shall be reformed,
aud the income tax repealed.
The news from Spain does not confirm the
reported capture by the Cariists, Of SantGnder.
but a report is current that the corporation is
negotiating to raise 1000, 600 pese,as, which
the Carlists demand as the price for abstain-
ing from bombarding tina. city.
"A Zurich, Switzerland. dispatch announces
the death, by suicide, OF Field-MarshGl Won
GoblenZ, Of Austria.
The death il announced Of Lieut.-Gen.
French, Of the British army.
Alexander Dumas has been elected 4 MEM
Der Of the French Academy.
London dispatches announce serious cleo
ton riots in several English OWES. A Con-
servative meeting in Southwark was broken
up, and the Conservative candidate in Abing-
don was mob5ed and stoned. Altogether. the
present is the most exciting political campaign
that England has experienced for years. The
didate for Finsbury. A home rule meeting
held in Dublin condemned the suddcnness Of
the dissolution Of Parliament, as a trick for
surprising the constituencies, and alarm at
the progress Of the home rule movement.