Northern Ohio journal. [volume] (Painesville, Ohio) 1872-1896, 1874-02-28

ITALY,

Italy.
The report that Cardinal Antonelli
| had sent circular letter to the Bishops
inviting them to visit the Pope before
he died is pronounced unfounded.
| Holland.
In their last fight the Dutch troops in
Acheen captured an important fort, Kill
| ling two hundred of its defenders. Loss
to expedition only six killed and fifty
| six wounded.
Severe fighting has been going on in
Biseay for several days. General Dor
regaray with twenty-five thousand in
surgents holds the Heights above So
| morrostra. Their losses are heavy; the
| wounded are coming into Santander.
The fleet has left that port to attack Por-
| tugalete, which will be simultaneously
assaulted by land and water.
The Spanish fleet which ascended Bill
Boa river to Portugalite has put to sea.
1t is reported that General Primo Rive
ra, who was advancing on the town by
land has also retired, having been de-
prived of the support of the fleet.
Hawaii.
The steamer City of Melbourne brings
the particulars of the death of the Ha-
waii King Lnnalilo, on the Sd inst His
demise had been expected for several
days. The members of the cabinet were
called together at once, and ordered a
meeting of the Legislative Assembly for
the 18th of February to consider the
condition and affairs. At mass meet
ing on the 4th the people at the capital
declared in favor of David Kalakua as
the Kings successor. Queen Emma,
widow of Kamehameha is also named as
successor, and there will probably be a
severe contest in the Legislature over
the succession.
France
A Paris letter says the Governor of
Paris has asked permission of the As
sembly to prosecute M. Melvin Blan-
court, Deputy for Gaudaloupe, for par
ticipation in the acts of the Commune.
Melvin Blancourt is the only negro in
the chamber and sits upon the extreme
left among the extreme radical. He
was Deputy Minister of War under
Cluseret. The Assembly had taken no
action, but it was probable Melvin Blou-
| court would fly to England.
The citizens of Strasbourg demand of
Bishop Raess the resignation of his seat
| in the Reichstag because he has ac-
knowledged the validity of the treaty of
| Frankfort.
In the Reichstag the motion offered
by the Alsatian deputy that Alsace
and Lorraine be permitted plsbiscam to
decide their nationality has been rejec-
| ted by an overwhelming majority.
! During the debate on the proposition in
Alsace.and Lorraine M. Teutseh, the AL
| satan delegate, supported the motion in,
| a violent speech, in the course of which
he said Germany had overstepped the
principles which should be binding
| upon civilized nations. He held that
the annexation to Germany was illegal.
"We are sent here" he said, s'to pro-
claim our affection for our French faith
erland and that your act of violence pre-
vents us from regarding you as breth-
ren."
| The London Times says the final re-
| suit of the elections may be exactly
stated as follows: Conservatives re-
turned 351; Liberals and Home Rulers
302; of these 466 were elected after a
contest. The total number of votes
polled in the United Kingdom and Ire
land was 1850, 900. This is a considera-
BILE falling off from the figures of the
| last general election, and indicates that
abstentions from voting were numer-
| Gus.
| Gladstone has resigned and Disraeli
assumes the task of forming an Admin
| istration. With such handsome Con-
servative majority over all parties in the
House of Commons there should be no
difficulty in forming a Conservative
Government. The real difficulty will
come hereafter, in settling what shall be
the Conservative policy. The best plan
for keeping the party in Parliament to-
gether would be to do nothing, but. the
temper of the people will not long en-
dure purely negative policy. Disraeli,
however, is fertile in expedients, and
after his former performance in the en-
actment of Household Suffrage it would
not be surprising if, during the coming
session, he should introduce a PROPOSE
ton to extend Household Suffrage to the
counties and so give the ballot to Mr..
Arch's constituents, although Mr.. Dis
raeli expressed such detestation of it on
the hustings.
| A correspondent in British India,
writing of the famine there, says the
scarcity spreads over wide tract along
the foot of the Himmalavas bounding
Nepaul, and stretching from Onde to
near the Darjeeling districts with large
populations and far removed from rail-
roads and other means Of communica-
ton and difficult of approach. The
Coolies and laborers feel the pinch most,
owing to the total suspension of work
n the rice fields.
| DR.. Beke, the English traveller, re-
ports that he has discovered the true
Mount Sinai. 1t is situated one days
journey northeast of the village of Aka
ba, Arabia, at an altitude of five thous-
and feet above the sea. DR.. Beke says
he found the remains of animals that
hat: been sacrificed. He also discovered
inscriptions which he copied.
Rev. Robert Moffatt, a celebrated Eng
lish missionary to South Africa, is still
in doubt as to the correctness of the re-
port of DIR. Livingstone's death. He
thinks it hardly credible that Living.
stone could have reached the place
where he is said to have died. He says
, also that the doctors supply of provis.
ions was ample. The Foreign Office al.
; so entertains the same doubts.
J A report has reached London that 6
. great battle has been fought at Coowasie
, between the Ashantees and force
under General Garnet Wolseley. The
engagement is said to have lasted 6
| whole dav and tO have closed with nc