The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1878-03-02
General News,

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The Senate Committee on erri-
tories on the 18th decided to report
favorablv upon the bills for the
creation of the Territory of Lincoln,
to be formed out of portions of the
Territories of Dakota and sWyom-
ing, so as to include all the Black
Hill country.
The thirty-ninth and fortieth
strands, out of the seven.y-six that
are to make up the four great ca
bles of the East River Bridge, have
been completed, and work has be-
gun on the fcrty-6rst and forty
second strands. The lower row of
anchor bars, to which the strauds
are fastened, are filed, and Sec
ond row is being added. There
are 100 men at work on the APP
proach in Brooklyn, and a gang of
men are at work on the fifth pier.
Every day or two the workmen
turn up old English coins.
King Alfonso opened the session
of the Cortes. and presented the
Queen TO the representatives, If the
nation. Ia the course of his speech,
be stated that his treaty of COM
merce with the UNITED States would
be presented for approval. He
thanked the army and navy for
their exertions, aud the nation Or
SIS sacrifices, and frosted that Gu
ba would be speedily pacl6ed.
Seaor CaHovas del Castillo, the
Preqiie.', at M, Official reception on
The same day, expressed confident
hopes that peace would ss'on b. re-
stored in Cuba.
In an appeal sent to the French
papers, signed by Fren h and other
Conspls at Constantinoplc, it is
stated that the distress in that city
cannot be exaggerated. More than
$4,000 persons from different parts
of the Turkish empire had, during
the previous ten days, arrived in
the capital The majority were
without shelter, insuficieutiy cloth
ed IN an exceptionally rigorous
winter anu almost fainished Mos
CUES, churches, schools, and bar
racks have been given up for their
accommodation. The Sultan has
resigned several palaces for the
purpose, but means of feeding the
hungry are everywhere wanting, as
local resources are exhausted.
A Renter Constantinople dis
datch, OF February %, says: The
draft of the peace conditions con-
tains the stlpulations, that six OF
the principal Turkish iron-clads
should be coded to Russia, on the
ground that otherwise the Porte
might sell them to England. The
Sultan objected to this stipulation
He stated that be would prefer to
destroy the vessels, and promise
not TO transfer them to any foreign
power. The incident terminated
by the Sultan undertaking not to
sell the ironclads to England, in
consideration of which Russia with
drew her demand for Immediate
cession. 1t is understood that the
the treaty of peace is on tue point
OF being signed. 1t Is probable
the Russian Grad Duke Nicholas
will visit the Sultan here.
A meeting of Irish Catholics, for
the purpose of establishing an Irish
National Church, was held at
Father Mcnamara mission in New
York, on Sunday, january 20. In
explaining the object of the meeting
Father McNamara said that Italian
ecclesi,stics had Originally seiz-
ed upon the Irish Church in order
to use it for political purposes.
Christ, lie said, was born in the
humble manger of Bethlehem, and
not amid the pomp and magnlf-
cence of Rome. The cross OF Cal
vary, add not the Vatican, is the
place for IRISH Catholics to look.
A number of questions were put
by the priest to persons in the
meeting, aud the answer showed
that the audience believed with
him that Rome had no authority
over him; that her influence was
contrary to the teaching. Of the
early Catholic Churches; that the
Pope's assumption of infallibility
was an affront to God and, there
fore, they deemed it their duty to
excommunicate the Irish Catholic
priests and laymen who should ac-
knowledge the supremacy Of Italian
ecclesiastics They agreed not to
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