The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1875-07-29
editor of the UltramOntane journal, the


to-day, after close contest, the Right car
ried a motion to discuss the question of re-
cess tomorrow. The Left sought to post
pone debate until saturday.
PARIS, July 22.--The Right Centre is
completely disrupted. The liberal portion
are seeking fusion with a group under the
| leadership of NJ. De Lavarque, with lean
| ing toward the Left.
LONDON, July s2-The rain ceased st
| Wimbledon at $3.50 p. NJ, and the shooting
| for the challenge cup, which is to he COM
peted for by the Americans alone, began at
$50 P. N. The sky was lowering and the
wind high. Fulton made eight consecutive
bulls eyes, and Garfield six.
| LIVERPOOL. July 22.-The Post declares
! that nothing has occurred TO create the
least uneasiness in the cotton trade, and
says the report to the contrary is merely
sensational.
LONDON, July 22.-There is no change
| in the position of the Abbottsford.
Disraeli has announced that the govern
ment has abandoned the merchants ship
ping bill this session, and expressed the
| hope that the session would close 10y the
tenth or thirteenth of August.
Mr.. Plumb made a violent attack on tie
government. The Speaker requested him
to leave the House.
! LONDON, July 23.-In the House of Com
mons to-day the Speaker ordered Plymson
to withdraw, in consequence of his remarks,
when Plymsoll withdrew from the hall,
shaking his fist at the government benches.
A protest was placed by Mr.. Plymsoll on
the table of the House of Commons last
night. As published in it, Plymsoll says:
81 protest in the name of God against the
delay of the shipping bill. Although the
arr oh
enough humanity and knowledge in the
House to change it into good measure. T"
He denounces the present law against
breach of contract which leaves sailors who
have unknowlngly agreed to sail in I'M
worthy ships the alternative of the Jail or
of death, and continues: Il charge the
government with willingly and unwillingly
| playing into the hands of the market muir
derers inside and outside of the House to
secure a continuance of the present systems.
desire to unmask the villains who sit in
| the House, who are the representatives of
more murderers, but not greater villains,
outside. / demand that the bill be pro-
eeeded with, and, failing in this, will lay
on the heads of the Premier and his col
leagues the blood of all who perish next
winter from preventable causes, and invoke
| against him and them the wrath of God"
In the Presbyterian council tonight, the
chairman said that in private conference
| unanimous substantial agreement on the
| constitution had been reached, and that
but one point in the preamble remained to
| be discussed tomorrow, when the constitu-
ton would be made public.
PARIS, July 23.-The Assembly, by
vote OF 470 to 155, agreed to adjourn from
the fourth of August to the fourth of No
vember.
LONDON, July a. = The House of Com
mons has passed the copyright bill.
| The Central Press's report OF the scenes in
the House over the shipping bill says: ut
was remarked in the Hobbies that there was
much method in Plymsoll's addresses. The
| outburst was prearranged. Mr.. Plymsoll
came to the House with his valise and was
prepared to go to prison. He has been in
the library of the House of Commons to-
| day searching for precedents. lie persists
in his refusal to withdraw his remarks. A
| tremendous scene is expected when the sub
| ject comes up again next Thursday"
The waters of the river Neva, at ST. Peters
burg, are from fifteen to twenty feet above
the ordinary level, ana the velocity has in
| creased sixteen to twenty miles per hour.
Last night the rise was so sudden that the
bedrooms in the buildings along the river
were flooded and the sleeping inmates
| DdTeiy SdNeu GuelT lives. rOuT IuOuSduu
acres of grazing land are flooded between
Earit and Denburg, and 5000 cattle are de-
prived of pasturage. The water lie three
and four feet deep on the 1000 acres of
land near Whitlesey. No such flood has
ever been seen in that section of country.
LONDON, July &c. = The workingmen's
associations of Yorkshire, Lancashire and
Cheshire have resolved to support the locked
out and striking mill operatives.
BERLIN, July 25.-The North German
Gazette says: The Catholic clergymen have
abandoned the principles hitherto main
tanned, that politics and ecclesiastical mat
tiers can only be regulated by means of in
dependent arrangements between the State
and church. The Gazette infers that cures
were given permission to decide for them
selves at the same time assuring them that
submission to the law will not be regarded
as an act Of disobedience.
/ LIVERPOOL, July ga meeting was
held at Burkenhead to-day 10 endorse
Plymsoll's course in Parliament. Several
thousand sailors and workingmen were
present. Resolutions expressing sympathy
with and pledging support to Plymsoll were
adopted.
PANAMA, July 17.-In consequence Of the
riots in San Migua and San Salvador, the
City of Panama, on her last voyage from
Central America, brought down from Porte
au Libertad the bishop of Santa Tecla and
seven priests, and landed at Corina, in
Nicarauga, where they still remain. These
priests were arrested and hurried down to
the Porte under an escort of one hundred
soldiers, and put on board the steamer.
Advices from San Salvador to the fourth
state that order has been restored at Ultram.
1t was discovered that arrangements for
similar outbreaks had been prepared all over
the Republic in the name of religion.
The prisoners. Rodriguez, Bishops Car
rano and Carous OveIla aud Vecchediti,
have been expelled from the country.
LONDON, July 26.-In the House of Com
mons. on motion of Roebuck, Thursday
was fixed for the second reading of Plym-
soils shipping bill. The Earl of Shafts
berry has written Plymsoll sympathizing
letter, and advised him to appear in the
House, and adheres 20 his views, but ex-
presses regret that the excitement led him
TO violate the rules of debate. A majority
of the prominent daily and weekly journals
express similar views.
LONDON, July 26.-The Cunard line
steamer Abyssinia and Williams g. Guion
line steamer Wyoming, both from New
York, collided yesterday at New Brighton,
near Liverpool. Both of the steamers were
considerably damaged in their halls, and
have been docked.
RAGUsA, July 26.-The Herzegovina in
surgents were attacked by the Turkish
troops at Nevisigua, and severe engage
meut took place. Many were killed and
wounded on both sides.
On Saturday the Turks made q sortie
from Slatalz, and attacked the insurgents
near Dobia. Four companies made an un-
successful effort TO flank the insurgents.
The fighting lasted all day; result I'M
known.
LONDON, July %. - Right Rev. Connass
Thiriowell, bishop Of st. Dsvid's, is dead.
MANCHESTER, July 81. = The Ggardion
says: San alarming state Of things prevail
at Oldham. Only six out of f62 mills be-
longing 10 the employers association are
working"