The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-03-17

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Geo. Turner was confirmed o. s. Marsh
for the middle and southern district OF Az
bama.
FOREIGN NEWS.
LONDON, March 16-It is estimated full
twenty coal laden bsrges foundered In tn
Thames during the gale Tuesday.
LONDON, March 16.-One more failure
announced at the Stock Exchange to day. Th
amount Of the liabilities have not transpired
The market is fiat and dull, with little doing
The telegraph lines northward are still dam
aged, and dispatches are more OF less delayed
Tho weather has moderated. From al
parts of the country come details OF the de
struction By the gale. In London, roof
graphs were Frustrated. At Twickenham
house was crushed by fall Of trees. and ct Chat
ham, the military school was partly destroyed
The rivers Cheerwell, Tone and others over
flowed the country for miles.
Paris advices say BeTcy, Neuilly, Courtz
Vote, Asnieres. Point du Jour, Auteuil
Ssvres, St Cloud and Surennes are all more
or less inundated, and the suffering is very
great. Marshal and Madame McMshon have
each visited separate quarters and distributed
relief personally. Madame McMshon sent
the project Of the Seine 5000 francs. All the
large streams between Paris and the eastern
frontier of France are out OF their banks. The
country for miles around is flooded. In Nor
mandy the gale caused great damage.
In Belgium the hurricane was terrific. The
barometer at Liege fell below the lowest point
on record. Ia all the towns parks were raw.
aged. roofs torn off and factory chimneya
felled. At AK Ia Cbapelle the St. Nicholas
Church was unroofed. In Germany the storm
was terrific, and generally on the continent
telegraph lines were damaged to an extent
hitherto unparalleled.
Mark Fisher & Sons, wooden cloth manu-
facturers, at Hudcersfeld, Yorkshire and
Montreal, failed. Liabilities G46 600.
The Colonial Office has q telegram from
Singapore, stating that the chief who was
present when Burch, the English resident
was murdered near Persk, has been captured.
The Bristol steeple chase to-day was won
by Little Tom, leading the favorite and three
others.
The Pail Mall Gazettes Berlin dispatch says
o private villa has been engaged for Queen
Victoria at Baden Baden. during her sojourn
there. She will travel incognito. 1t is sta
ted she will assume the title of Countess
Roselau, after the late Prince Consort's favor
ito residence in Thuringia The Empress
Augusta wishes to meet the Queen ct Coburg.
The Crown Prince and Princess of Germany
will also meet her there. Emperor William
proposes to visit her in Bsden-Bsden early in
April. The Qleen particularly desires no off,
cial reception anywhere on the journey. She
will leave on the 2Sth.
LONDON, March 16.-In the Commons to-
night the Postmaster General stated it was in
tended after the present year to make arrange
ments for the conveyance of the mails to
America similar to those adopted by the
United States. viz: To make no contract but
send the mails by vessels whose efficiency is
proved and pay according to weight
LIVERPOOL, March. 16 The British ship
Grets, Capt. Mscready, from San Francisco
q portion Of the crew Of the British ship
Great Britain, Capt Chilcott, from Doboy,
Jan. 20, for this port. abandoned at SEQ in .
sinking condition. Eleven of the crew Of tho
Great Britain were drowned, and four died
from exposure.
The Great Britain encountered terrible
weather and became water-logged. The cap.
lain's two sons died of privation. The cap
lain and thirteen men took to boat and soon
suffered terribly from hunger. Three of the
men died, and the survivors were forced to
BAT portions of the remains. Their comrades,
On The 18th of March, were rescued in Q terri
bic state of emaciation.
PARIS March 16.-Inundations have stop
ped work in the government tobacco factory
ind in the boundaries OF Alfoctville Two
hundred houses were flooded ct st. Maur
Sunday. The gale caused ffightful destruc-
ion Of life and property; eleven persons
we're killed in Cambray.
The bridge of Austerlitz il closed. It is
reported to have partially given way under
he pressure Of the waters.
PARIS, March 16-M Gambetta has written
, letter to the electors OF Lille, Bordeaux and
MArseilles, announcing that he was elected to
Paris in the Chamber of Deputies.
The Seine has risen sixty centimeters
higher than in 1872. It is thought the maxi
mum is now reached.
The Loire has risen 1--WE and . half meters.
and several manufactures ON its banks are
closed.
ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, March 16. In the
recent battle the Abyssinians numbered Co.,
200, The Egyptians 10000.
In consequence of the Kings suing for
peace, the Khedive's yacht Mahroussa left
Suez Tuesday, with dispatches to Hsssan and
Rateb Pasha. The Abyssinian war is con-
sidered ended.
MADR1p, March 16.-The custom-house au-
thorities at Algesiras have declared the En-
-
ured by Spanish revenue cutter, to be
awful prize.
The Spanish government has demanded the
release Of the prize crew Of the Guarda Costa,
Who were taken to Gibraltar by the British
schooner Amalia.
QUEENSTOWN. March 16.-The British ship
Capt. Bard, from Port Royal, 8.
G., for Greenock, cApsizsd on the 12tn of
March. The second mate and seven of the
crew arrived at this port. The remainder Of
the crew and the captain, thirteen in ell,
we're drowned.
ROME, March 16 1t is thought that after
the financial statement is presented to-day, /
Prime Minister M,nghetti will demand vote
of confidence and the Cabinet will resign if
the vote is refused. Public opinion is against
the present government
ROME, March l6-Signor Mipghetti to-day
the financial statement il the Cham
Der OF Deputies. He said the deficit for 1875
was only Is 00O 600 lire, instead of ~ 0OO, 600.
rs was anticipated. The budget for 1876