The Opelousas journal. [volume] (Opelousas, La.) 1868-1878, 1874-01-09

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r quake at st. Thomas, West indies.
Severe Gales in the West. ~
Dec.@6.-A large factory at Halifax
= England, destroyed by fire; three per;
!, sons killed by che falling walls.
News Of the discovery of an organized
scheme for a flbustering expedition in
to Mexico; arrest, of the ringleaders.
Vernon HarcOurt reelected to the En-
glish Parliament from Oxford.
Dec. en-. Marthotdi, late first score
taTy of the French legation at st. Peters
Durg, has been appointed French Minis
ter at Washington.
Conclusion of the Bazaine trial. NJ.
Lachaud commences the address for the
defense. ,
During a gale on Lake Huron; the
propeller City Of Detroit foundered, and
it is feared that some ten or twelve Of
/. her crew are lost.
Intelligence of another battle with the
Ashantees, in which the British troops
were defeated.
Dec. 7.-Death of. William Edmund
Armitage, Bishop of Wisconsin, at st.
Luke's Hospital, New York.
The machine-shOp connected with the
extensive Bessemer Steel Works at
Baldwin, Pa, burned to the ground.
Fatal stealn-boiler explosion at Alba
uy, N. l.; our I1VGS lOSt,
General BurrieI returns to Santiago de
CUBA to resume command of the depart
ment. 49,. ~
Death, at Washington, of John C. I'M
derwood, United States District Judge
for the District of Virginia.
Death of Seth Adams, known by his
connection with the Adams printing
press, of which he was the inventor. :
Dec. San imperial ukase has been
issued, requiring that six men out of
every. thousand inhabitants of Russia
shall be drafted into the army. =. 5
The extraditiOn treaty between Mex
leo and Guatemala has been signed.
Sir William Grey appointed Governor
of Bengal.
Dec. 9.-Election of Mr.. Arthur Mills,
conservative, to the British Parliament,
from Exeter. T
Meeting of the National Convention
Of, Colored Citizens, at Washington.
Nomination of Senator Carpenter for
President OF the United States Senate,
pro tenn. ''- =
The New York Cheap Transportation
Society meet, and recommend the gov
eminent to build a national railroad be-
tween the East and the West, to be olpeff--
ated in the interests Ofthe whole people.
Dec. 10.-General Bazaine found guilty
of the charges of the capitulation of
Metz, and OF the army in the open field,
without doing all prescribed by honor
and duty to avoid the surrender; con-
demned to death, and to be degraded
from his rank previous to execution.
The court unanimously signs an appeal
to President MacMahOn for mercy.
Collision on the Birmingham Railway,
England; thirty persons reported injured.
Slegeot Cartagena continues fire con-
centrated on the forts, and lombard
ment of the town suspended.
Dec. 1.-THE Captain General Of Gu
ba issues a proclamation, advising COM
pliance with the terms of the treaty in
regard to the Virginius.
The Carllsts claim another victory.
Lopez Dominique accepts the command
of the government forces before Carta-
| gena.H :,- -
An intense fog has lasted for several
days in London, i~nterrupting all bust
ness, and causing many accidents and
several deaths by collisions. No vessels
can reach the city.
Mr.. Carpenter elected president, pro
tenn, Of the III S. Senate. sssa,e-~ssos..
The aC0manches again on the war
| path in Western Texas.
December 12.-The sentence of Mar
HhuI baEL1IC tSlLl1iGtSNS NY L lCSlGGLi
MacMahOn, to twenty years seclusiOn.
The isle of st. Marguerite selected for
| his residence. D< ..ta. -.t4.
Advices that General Moriones has
reOccnpied TOlOsa after an engagement
in which the Carlists lost one hundred
and fifty men.
| Intelligence that nine thousand Dutch
troops have been landed on the coastof
| Acheen. Pa Il .. n "a
Announcement of the death, in En-
gland, of Hon. James w. johnson. late
Equity Judge for Nova Scotia, and for
many years the leader of the Conserva-
tive party in that district; and of Will
lam Powell Gore-LangtOn member Of
Parliament from West SOmersetshIre.
Death, at Cooperstown, n. Y, of
Samuel Nelson, aged ~eighty-one, for
more than twenty-five years Associate
Judge of the Supreme Court of the
United States, having been appointed
by President Tyler in 1916. At the
time of his appointment he had been
for many years Chief-Justice of the
Supreme Court of New York, and pre-
viOusly judge in subordinate courts.
December A.-Intelligence of q bat
tie at Abrakrampa between the Asian
tees and English troops, in which the
former were defeated. Also a battleE ut
Dunquah, in which Lieutenant Eardley
WilmOt was killed. Ashantees retreat
to their own territory. Much sickness
reported among the British troops on
the Gold Coast.
The Rev. C. E. Cheney consecrated
bishop Of the Reformed Episcopal
Church, at Chicago. "a esEF -.
Death, at Boston, of Louis JJto,hin. Ra-
dOlph .Aggassiz, the distinguished
naturalist, aged sixty-six years.
Death, at Lexington, KY, of c. B.
Thomas, circuit Judge.
December 15,-A petition for the
| restoration of the monarchy, having
one hundred and twenty thousand sig
natures, presented to The French As
sembly. = ,f....s
Election of Dr.. c. Schenck for Presi-
dent, and DIR. Il. Welt for Vice-Pfesi-
dent, of the Swiss Confederation.
Report that the steamer Beckton has
been lost in the Mediterranean, and
twenty-one lives lost. o..2 s
Announcement of the death of the
Queen Dowager Elizabeth of Prussia.
December 18-Repeal OF the US.
Bankruptcy Law blythe House of Repre-
= Terrible storm in the north Of En-
gland. In Sheffield, Leeds, and else
where, great destruction OF property ];
several lives lost.
AdViees of the wreck of the steamer
CELEBRITY, from Riga for Stettin; twenty
two lives lost, i'.s# >
Report OF the death Of the King Of
Ashantee. Report that the Garlists I'm
der Tristany have captured the town of
Berga. The Cure of Santa Cruz, re-
Gently captured, to be tried by court
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