Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-10

Garonne rose thirty-nine feet. American and
English residents of Paris have opened sub
scription books. The National Assembly
voted urgently for motion to appropriate
1000, 900 francs for the relief of sufferers....
The Spanish frigate Victoria has bonn.
barded, with destructive effect, the ports OF
Matrico and Deya, on the GuiPuzcoan coast,
held by Carlists. ......It is officially reported
that recently band of Insurgents, COM
manded by Mullato Rios, burned four plan
tations, besides committing various robber,
les in Cuba. Troops pursued and dispersed
the band, killing seventy-ive. Rios was
captured aud shot at Esperanza. The Span
ish loss was two killed and wounded........A
special dispatch from San Francisco an
nounces that the revolution against the
Mexican authorities at La Paz is in full tide
of success, and that Mexican troops had
been sent from Mazatlan TO quell the move
ment.
The Court of Inquiry appointed in Eng
land to investigate the loss of the steamer
Schiller, have made their report. They state
that copies of directions for approaching the
English coast, and of instructions issued by
the Eagle Company were on board the
steamer and both warn navigat0rs OF the
northerly current Lear the Scillys, and en-
ioin the use of the lead in thick weather.
In the opinion of the court the sole cause of
the calamity was the entire neglect of this
precaution. Had the lead been used at
eight, or even nine o'clock on the night OF
the disaster, before the steamers course was
altered, the error in reckoning would have
been discovered......A dispatch from Alden
announces that the American Consul at
Zanzibar died ON the 18th of June......The
French Assembly has voted 39S,000 francs
60 . ra1i af Of ha hv ba in do
tons. 1t was resolved that subscriptions
should be opened among the deputies........
The Committee of Thirty have decided that
the chamber of deputies shall be renewed
every four years.. From Madrid we learn
that the Spanish fleet on the northern coast
has bombarded the Carlist ports of Bernie
and Madaca.....A conflagration at Palacios,
in the province Of Seville, on the 9th June,
destroyed one hundred and forty build
ings......The Lord Mayor of London and
suite have been paying visit To Dublin.
They were called on by the Lord Mayor and
Corporation of Dublin in state and con-
Quoted to the Mansion House. They after
ward attended review of six thousand
troops at Phoenix Park. The American Rifle
Team and party were also at the review, and
were enthusiastically received. The weather
was unfavorable and the attendance small.
his is the uTSl tlllt tne LOru mayor Vi lOH-
don has visited Ireland in state. Great
torrents swept through the streets, and one
hundred lives are reported lost by falling
walls.
At the great rifle-match between the
American and Irish rifle-teams, at Dolly
mount, on the Goth June, the Americans
won the rifle-match by total of 967 to 929
A grand banquet in their honor was given
at night by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, at
the Mansion House. A large number of
distinguished guests, including the Lord
Mayors of London and York were present.
The Irish riiemen admit the superiority of
the Americans throughout the match, and
acknowledge that their victory was fairly
won. The American Team all used breech-
leaders, and the Irish Team all used Rigby's
muzZle-loaders... The London Standards
special dispatch from Buda, Pesth, reports
that the loss of life by the tempest exceeded
the first report. One hundred and twenty
dead bodies have been found in the Danube,
and many more must have been carried
away by the nt......Ex-Emperor Fer
dinand ], of Austria, died on the Goth
June, aged eighty-twO.....The damage 10
property by inundatiOn in the cities OF TOu-
louise and Agen alone exceeds SD, 100000.
The heaviest losers are in the departments
of the IIaute Garonne and Lot-et-Garonne.
Contributions for the relief of sufferers are
pouring in from all parts of France, Swift
erland, and Belgium. The Chinese author
itics openly declare their determination to
eXterminate the abOrigines of Formosa.
The latest plan of invasion adopted is by
destroying the interior forests by igniting
bales of cotton saturated with OIL Many
10 ,hnr hov oh Ia.
DESTROYED. In indirect encounters with the
savageS the Chinese thus far were worSted.
An edict has been published in Japan
against cremation. Notifications of the
treaty of Japan and Peru were exchanged
May Il.
The Dublin papers allude to the victory of
the American riflemen in congratulatory
terms. The Freeman's Journal says it looks
for revenge in the future. The Express
trusts the contests will become annual, as
thew do much to cement the friendship of
the two countries. The Nail hopes that the
result will he better appreciation in the
United States OF the Irish character and as
pirations......lt is reported that the latest
news from Burmah is not satisfactory. The
King, it is said, refuses to allow the passage
of British troops through the territory. 1t
is believed this condition will be set
aside by her Majesty's government........
1t is officially announced, ut Madrid, that
General Martinez Campose has occupied po-
sitions on the Ebro to prevent the escape of
the Carlists from Valencia and ArragOn into
Catalonia......Gen Jovellar, Commander of
the Army OF the Center, with $4,000 troops
is advancing by different routes on the Car
list leader Dorrigaray, who commands 1900
men......C Count Hoyoprinzenstein has been
appointed Minister of Austria to the United
States in place of Baron Schwartz-Senborn,
resigned