The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-04-06
General News.
A great war is imminent.

The Times correspondent at vi
emma SAYS that. although the indea-
lions favor war, the opinion il eX-
pressed that the difference hetween
| England and Russia are those OF
form rather than of principle.
The General Conference of the
| Methodist Church South will be held
in Atlanta on the first "Wednesday
IN May. The relations 10 each other
of the two great branches of Auieri-
caa Mcthodisin will foila the chief
SUBJECT of discussion.
She bill passed by the Mississippi
Legislature, a few days bet.Ie adj
jourDment, in aid of the Ship Island,
Ripley and Kentucky Railroad, do
mates large badly oi. land held by
the State to assist in its constructions.
and provides for the employment OF
cuifvicts along the line Of the road.
The act requires the compaiy to be-
| gin the WORK of construction at both
ends OF the road within the next six
months.
A dispatch from Vienna says that
Prince Alexander OF House and the
Russian Ambassador at VieaIia had
u long conference with Count An
diiissv. and it l. believed that the
parties To the Beiila memorandum
will unitedly discuss the Russian de-
manas, even If England refuses to
1 ..tf....i ..,.,,,r,.,s. III.
is considered III Vienna as very dis
couraging. The Russian press is
very I.eliicose.
The new National party is max
! ing considerable head way in Penn
syivania. The old party leaders are
somewhat alarmed. and are said to
| be cnquetting with the greeui,ara
people. Col Mcclure, of the Phila-
! dclphii Times, one OF the best in
! formed politicians of the State, says
the vote of the Nationals. if they CON
duet a separate campaign, Will be
nearly, ii not quite. "iie laird of the
whole. and that the possibilities
point Ia theil control of the Lrgis
latire and che election of II majority
oI the congressman. The Camssoa
I family will have II fine Opportunity
to display It's wealth aud seiiils 1t
! this nc the case.
The Newfoundland government
has forwarded the papers relative tU
the alleged outrage on American
fishing schooners IN Fortune bay.
The government contends that the
local fishermen M; ONLY did not per
pctrate any snch outrage as charged,
hut that tie Americans We're arrest
ed while violating the laws of The |
colony, to which all vessels Of what |
ever nationality, white in the in
shore waters dre amenaile. The |
Newfoundland Chronicle. organ %, |
tho government, sats: "Otr aa- |
tlIoriiies have done right, and we |
commend them iur their aciiBn. and !
the colony by lis legislation viii sus-
tain them. Americans ma. fish with /
our people dnriba the next six years.
from Monday morning till Saturday |
night. bat they will not be allowed |
r. fish in our iiarhors an Sundays,
and when the six years haye,eXpired
we hope they will te driven back To
the henilahd, thirty I've miles linz {
its. As we have said before, they
are AN intolerabie nuisance. They
corrupt our Young men and women;
they disturb ourquiet Sunday, and
make our streets almost impossible
by their foul language. We nope
the Americans will not pay the
award. for then we shall get clear
of the treaty altogether. and the
sooner the better"
A Lonslon dispatch of March 9th
SAYS that news trom ihe East. We
eeived dnringihe past few days. has
revived the war excitement and the
probability of an open rupture be-
tween England ald Russia is much
discussed at exchanges and Gibbs.
Uucrances of the Berlin Post are
4avorably commented npon. and arr
construed by many as meaning
that Germany will give at least
moral support 10 England. Ii is
confidently asserted That Russia will
he unable IL conclude a bargain with
Austria without Sacrificing too im.
portant Russian interests, IN the pres
ent emergency, and it is hoped in
government circles that in that event
Austria and England viii be allies.
A Gii-.,dich from Berlin states that
Russia has proposed To the signatnry
powers to hold the Congress without
Engilnd, and that the powers have
rejected the proposal. The action
OF Russia to ignore England has
heightened the excitement and IN
Creased the anti Russian f.-eling Ii
is also reported fTym Bcllin. that
Pnhce GortschalSuif is nov ,nd@av-
"Iilig % bling assout 4 meeting of
the three f.ns.~rofs aud three eiRn-
celigrs. The situation is regarded |
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