The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1875-03-28
TELEGRAPHIc SUMMARY.
FOREIGN,

HERMANY.-In the Landtag on the 18th the
main nam clauses of the bill Withdrawing the
State grants from Roman Catholic bishops
were passed by overwhelming najorties An
Ultranont3ne member, amid loud protests
read the Papal encyclical. Prince Bismarck
took part in the discussion. He insisted that
1t was the imperative duty of the State not to
pay fomenters of insurrection. On the 18th
the clauses of the eccesiasticsl bill were also
amend the law against the Jesnits SO as to
make it operative against ali other reiigio
orders.
IRELAND.-John Mitchell died at O'Clock on
the morning of the Goth, at Drumlane. He
was buried on the 23rd at Newry, in the
presence of over 10 900 persons.-Johu Mar
tin, MP. for Meath and brother-in in. law to
Mitchell is very ill.
ENGLAND.-The Irishmen of London held a
mass meeting in HYDE Park on the DIst al
which it is estimat cd thirty thousa and people
were gathered. Resolutions were dopted de-
handing the release of the Fepiau prisoners
condenning coercion in Ireland, and condoling z
with the family of the late john Mitchell.
SrAIN.-Cabrera's detection has not proved
the overwhelming blow to the Carlsts that
was antici pated. Only seven inferior leaders
followed him.--Carlos has issued deer &c
calling into military service all males Is wears
in the Navarro provinces.
FRANCE The assembly refused to transfer
the Capital of Paris by a vote of 312 to 81. t.
After appointing u Committee of % lin which
the coalition which supports the Constitutional
laws Just passed has majority of eleven), to
| sit during the Easter recess, the assembly ad
journed on the 2lst.
UNITED STATES.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE.-This body
| adjourned sine die onsthe evening of the Gath.
Judge Pardees nomin stion as District
Judge of La, was laid on the table, not be-
cause of any objection to him, personally, but
because the Senate thinks that an entire
stranger to the people should fill the Office
The following resolution WAS adopted after a
long debate in which OK President johnson,
Jones of Fla. Wallace of Pa, and other
Democratic Senators distinguished themselves
by their elaborate speeches which displayed
much learning and great eloquence:
Resolred That the action Of the President
in protecting the government 10 Louisiana, of
which VIM. p. Kellogg is the Executive, and
the people of that State against dome site vlo-
lence, and enforcing the laws Of the United
States, is approved. The vote was 80 yeas to
23 nays,-BoOth of California being the only
Radical voting nay.
DESTRUCTION OF LIFE AND PROPERTY BY
FLOODS AND ToRNADoEs The past month has
been signalized in different sections of the
country by most terrible visitations of Provi-
dence in the shape of tornadoes and floods
causing great loss of life and destruction of
property. In the North the winter has been
very severe, even 50 late az the 22nd the ther-
mometer in northern New York being 80 de-
grees below zero. Ice gorges fol- med in many.
OF the streams, causing great anxiety to peo-
pie below, lest when they broke the towns,
villages and farms would be swept away In
allied and the accounts now being received
from different quarters represent that many
lives aud millions of property have been de-
stroyed. The Snsquehanna and Lehigh val
leys. Pa. have been the scenes of the greatest
destruction SO far On the Goth, a fearful tor
nado swept through Georgia from the Chatta-
hoochie to the Savannah, laying waste houses
fences aud trees, and killing persons and
stock. The Baptists were holding a meeting
at Elan Church, near Camak, when the storm
demolished it, killing three and wounding
twenty-five persons. Residences and out
honses were demolished on many plantations
in Warren, McDnffy and Colu mbIa counties in |
Georgia, the destruction extending into Edge
field, Aiken and Barnwell counties in South |
Carolina. In some places persons were blown a |
distance of sixty yards. In Columbia county |
three negroes were killed and twenty persons |
wounded. AT Aiken, South Carolina, the |
Catholic Church was destroyed. The latest
telegram from Augusta says Eight counties
in Georgia and three in South Carolina need |
relief from the effects Of the tornado. The
list of killed and wounded is appalling" The
country near smithland, ouaohita River, La,
between Lone Grave and Rays point was also
visited by tornado, on the 18th. Three per-
sons known to have been killed, Mrs.
James Adair and tsro children.