The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-03-10
NEWS OF THE EEK.
FOREIGN INTELLIGENcE.

An English trading vessel was seized by some
Spanish coast guards the other day. about five
miles from Gibraltar but the prize crew we're
overpowered by the Englishmen, who brought
the merchantmen with all on board safely into
the fortress.
Reports Of the floods in the Hungarian Soc
ton Of the valley of the Danube, show the de-
vastation to be Of vast extent and most distress
ing in it's consequences. Twelve thousand
people in q single city are homeless, and hum
dred large manufactures in New Pesth have
been destroyed. The suffering among the
houseless and impoverished people is terrible.
A Csdiz telegram says proclamation has
been published there declaring that the King,
his brave army and Government, with the pa
triotic cooperation of all parties, have put an
end to tire civil war in Spain. Fifty thousand
Spanish soldiers yil Immediately so TO Cuba,
TO put down the instruction in that island.
L'ndon dispatch announces that Russia
has incorporated Khokand among her posses
siols. Gen Scobeleff has been appointed
Governor of the new province, TO which the
name of Ferghan is given.
Advices have been received at The Hague
announcing the DEATH by cholera, at Acheen,
OF Gen. Pei, commander Of the Dutch forces.
A London telegram announces the marriage,
at Westminster Abbey, Of the celebrated Prof.
Tyndall to Miss Louise Claude Hamilton.
1t was discovered while the ship Faradsy was
repairing the direct cable that that important
artery of communication was deliberately cut
with q hatchet or AK. A police ship will be
kept on hand hereafter to prevent such van
dalism
Winslow, the Boston forger, has been ex-
amined in the London Police Court and fully
committed for extraditon.
Don Carlos has arrived in London. where he
was rather coldly received.
Lutscher q Co., London merchants, hsye
failed for 81 500, 600.
A Constantnople dispatch says the Porte
following the amicable advice given by the
Powers, has granted the insurgents complete
amnesty Every preparation is being made by
Austria and Hungary TO accelerate the return
OF refugees to their homes. The Porte has
romised the refugees that, on their return,
they will be protected against molestation.
They will be supplied gratuitously with material
for the reconstruction Of their houses, and
with grain for sowing. All tithes will be re-
mitted for one year, and other taxes for two
years.
Advices from tho north of Spain announce
that the troops freely fraternize with the Carl
lists who present themselves for amnesty. The
soldiers belonging to the class Of 1870 have
been disbai ded, and the army is to be reduced
to zoe, geo men.
The supplementary elections in France on
Sunday, the 5th inst. resulted largely in favor
Of the Republicans.
Having secured FROM Turkey guarantees that
every reasonable reform shall be promptly in
stituted in the rebelious provinces, Austria has
no disposition to encourage further persistence
in the instruction. The rebel leaders have
been officially notified that the terms they ask
cannot be conceded, and that if they continue
in revolt they will be left to their fate, with the
frontier strictly guarded against their escape,
and that the feeding Of the refugees will be
discontinued at the end of this month.
THE Republic has been proclaimed in Servia
The inhabitants of the WestmannG Islands,
a group lying to the south of Iceland, and be-
longing to Denmark, are reported to be in a
starving condition. There are about 500 people
on the islands. They depend altogether on the
fisheries for food, and as the catch last year was
failure, they are redaced to a state Of starva-
ton.