The New Orleans Democrat. (New Orleans, La.) 1875-1876, 1876-02-22
TelegrAphic NnmmArY.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL, CONVENTION.
Delegations from st.. Louis and Louis
Vile are In Washington, intriguing tc
secure the National Democratic Conven.
tion.
GRANT AND BRtsTOw.
The mutual friends Of Grant and Bris
between them growing wider and wider.
A rupture Is considered inevitable at an
early date.
CRooREp WHISKY.
Henry y. Ktof. former rectifler for
Allen q Co., liquor dealers Of this city,
the witness in whisky prosecution
against that house ut Jefferson City last
fall. and who disappeared shortly after
the trial, returned to his home In this
city to-day. He says he has been In
Australia, and it is reported that he In
tends to make clean breast Of it by
telling all he knows about crooked
whisky in st. Joseph. n Is expected his
testimony will lead to most important
revelations.
FRENCH ELECTIONS.
The elections in Paris have resulted
entirely In accordance with the list in
spiredaby NJ Gambetta Rouen, Car
cnssone, Dion, Nantes, Versailles, Rem
nes. Dale, Dunkerdue, Navers, Pan,
Bar. LeDuo. Rheims. Malins. Vesoul
and Limoges. Several electoral dis
trlcts have so far returned one
Republican candidate each. Mont
pelier has returned two Republicans.
Lyons and Lille three Republicans
each. Belfort and Nisme one Legitimist
each, and Nice one Republican and ono
Oonstltutionalist. Ganbetta received
-nnn ,,,ta, ;,, Mar.,iiIcn ,roi.,.4 fnnn
thrown for the extreme Radical. Ma
quot Gambetta is also elected In the
districts In Bordeaux and Lille. Second
ballots. in which 1t Is expected the Re
publican candidates will be successful,
are necessary ut Saint Etienne, Havre
and Brest.
The Due dc Cazes is elected by large
majority at Decazeyille, in the Depart
ment Of Ayeyron. M. Renatlt, who re-
Gently resigned the Prefeutshlp OF Police,
is returned from CorbeiI. M. Buffet,
Minister Of tho Interior, was defeated at
Commercy, receiving 1873 votes, against
2Bl5 for his adversary, who Is Republi-
can Jules Grevy Ia elected, but the
name Of his constituency is not given.
A second ballot is necessary in the Third
ACCOMPLISHMENT Of Paris, whore Spuller,
ono Of the editors Of La Rep,ibiigue
Foncaise, heads the polls. Boulogne
returns one Monarchist, and Calais one
Republican.
Later Besancon, Nogcnt, Toulon,
Poitiers, Chatelherault and the Second
Of Boulogne and Yer
sailles have returned one Republican
each. The Department Of Vienne has
returned four Bonapartists. st. Denis
has returned Louis Blanc. making the
third constituency which has elected
him. Sceau and Beziens have returned
Radicals,
The Carlst war draws to close. The
capture Of Estella by Primo dc Rivera
is officially announced; the Carlist loss
was very heavy, and that Of the Alton
sist's three hundred. All the heights
around Vera, including En- Dailaza and
Los Paola, are In possession OF the Al
consists.
Don Carlos has dismissed his Minis
ters, and confided the direction Of his
affairs to the military authorities. Ad-
vices from Hendaye state that the re-
ports Of alleged Carlist victories lack
Large forces Of Carlists are cohcen-
trated In the neighborhood Of Lcsaca
to oppose Gen. Martinez Campos, who
entered Vera this morning. The reports
that the Alfonsists have occupied Repair
and Penaplata are confirmed, The
French authorities have interned 400
Carlists near Rayonne. The members
OF the Cs,rlist Junta Of Castillo. who
crossed the border, bave also been in
termed. Alfonso expected to 20 to Losa
and San Estaban,
The booy of William r. Ward was discovered.
Sunday. in the closet Of q vacant house in Chi
eago. The body was already partially decom-
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