New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-11-24
FOREIGN.
A Crisis Approachin9.

LONDON, November % "A Belgrade dis
patch To the Daily NerS Gays crlsis seems
auproachIDg in Eastern affairs. Russlan ms
arc coming in great numbers. Servis will
be The ex r. mt right wing of Russian oper-
ations. The Ssrvisus will be sent to Bosnia
a,udcr their own officers. The Roumanian
pontoOn traius are all on the Danube ready
for operations
The Conference OF the Powers.
The Times eoito! ial ssys: We enter into
the conference OF the powers with some
thing more than The hope Of peace. For the
attainment Of peace We shall support any
proposals that offer q guarantee Of orderly
government of the insnrgent provinces
without involving a recticslion Of the in
ternal frontiers. II our labors are truitless
we shall not throw ourselves on the side OF
either mbatant, but shall watch what the
future may bring forth.
Harbors Distracted.
Russia has given cfficisl notice that the
harbors of Odessa and SebastOpol and the
mouths of the river Dnieper ana the Strait s
of Kertch are INSTRUCTED.
Failed.
Alfred AlIa.t. the head Of a firm of &C.
eountaufa in Sheffield, failed. Liabilities
100000.
Military Expenses.
The 100 900 900 roubles which Russia is
now raising has already been consumed by
military expenses.
A servinn Claim.
Servla claims in the line of demarcaticn
several villages in Turkish territory. L.
ia unprecedented these claims will be made
the pretext tor q collision whenever suit
able.
The Moctezuma Pirates.
A Madrid dispatch to the Daily Ne,cs
says: The Spanish government has deter
mined to execute the men who seized the
steamer Moctezums whenever captured.
Armed vessels will convoy merchant YES
sells in Cuban waters. Maritime powers
.hsve assented to this arrangement.
Royal Match.
A marriage between King Alfonso and
daughter Of the Duke de Montpensier is
now reported definitely arranged.
Prosecuted Proiestants.
A dispatch to the Standard from Madrid
reports two prominent ministers, one of
whom is q citizen of the United States,
were recently forbidden to hold religious
services BY the mayor of the village OF
Danes, near the French frontier, in the pro-
vince of Santander
War Feeling mt Cape Colony.
The Times says private telegram states
that war fears ara increasing all over the
frontier OF Cape Colony. Native analrs on
both sides of the British borders are very
unsatisfactory and are becoming critical.
A Crisis Averted.
VERSAILLES, November % in order to
anticipate attacks from the Left in connec-
tian with their Interpolation asking why
military escort, to which funerals of all
members Of the Legion of Honor are le
gally entitled, has been refused in cases
where deceased have been buried without
religious cere monies. the ministry offered
bill to-day in the Chamber of Deputies
providing that military hUnors shall only
be rendered to military members dying 10
active service. 1t is thought crisis is thus
averted. The bill was referred for in.
vestigatiOn.
The West Indies.
HAVANA, November 23-The English
steamer which left St. Thomas on the seven-
teenth instant has arrived. Hurfzig & Co.,
dry goods merchants of that island, failed.
Liabilities unknown. Business very dull
Advices from San Domingo to the eighth
say the situation is improving. The only
port continuing in arms against the govern
ment OF Gonzales was the southern port of
Aqua. Large numbers Of troops have been
sent thither. 1t is probable they will soon
capture the place.