The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-14

Bart to that position. This looks like q nev
declaration of war on Senator Copkliog.
eral sessions and examined few witnesses
including Kellogg. Absolutely nothing new
was elicited and the wonder is that tho secu
lar papers, which put suoh high value upor
| their space, give mp 80 much room to q veal
reb ash of things published time and again.
PEACE OR WAR WITH MEXICO Congress
! man schleioher. who has tost arrived to San
Antonio ntis .h from Washington, bays the Admins.
with Mexico. He says Gen. Ord, who willsre-
| turn Saturday, will bring freah orders to In
wade and ocoopy the Mexican border .territory
until the diseased Government darantses
immunity from invasion. 1t ID believed at
head quarters that the Mexican troops will re-
sent this and precipitate collision. Mr..
All Texas is rife for the war and think they
alone can raise enough men to whip the Mex
leans. and that no other Governments on earth
would allow It's people to ba murdered and
robbed as the Texans have been.
THE INDIAN WAR..-The area Of territory now
infected with Indians embraces eome 1000
square miles. oombipinEtal the natural fsoiI-
ts,es gne s for prolonged TaE. There ere h1rdiy
the male adult population afmed. The main
street of the town ie Within easy rifle range of
surrounding eminences, which sffora numer-
party. end the whole village M oonpletely d
the mercy Of the savsges, were they disposed
to sack it. Tho terror stricken Inhabitants
nave takon reIuge LOT several Gays In O huge
tunnel, built for mining Purposes, which
afords the only safe retreat in the place.
The Indiane number / 800, Of whom 600 are
armed: They are strongly entrenched 25
miles from Canyon City.
A eubsequent telegram from San Francisco,
dated the 9th, says that the Indians lit does
not say this large force nor Indicate whether
the fight was in this neighborhood or not)
have been defeated and have retrested. The
United States troops lost killed
MISCELLANEOUS
Official election returns to the Secretary of
State gives the following as the com mposition of
the California cor stitutionsl con en- tiop: Non
partisaps 81, Workipgmen So, Republicans IL
Democrats 6, Independents 2. The Non.psrt
leans elect all the delegates at large a
reports 47O0 bouses destroyed by a copfagra-
ton in Mupda,ay - The occupation of
Bosnia and Herzigovina by Austria bas been
postponed till August -F C. LatorbN,
Democrat: has been elected Mayor of Balti. |
more, defeating the Greenback candidate by
12 600 votes --0n the 9Th, "a busiuess |
houses were burned in Enterprise, Miss -
A telegram from Sidney, New South Wales, |
says two tribes of natives have risen against |
the Government on the Island of New Gale
discovered that Bishop Ravells and other
French missionaries are imprisoned in the capi
tal of Corea, and are In danger of death. A
sail has been made for their rescue-Rev.
a. J. McConomy, for fifteen years Chancellor
If the Diocese of ofPhiladelphia. died Of Bright's
disease the 9TH inst The Knights
remplar of Mary, Commsndery No. 6, or Phila-
lelphia, sailed on the 9Th on pilgrimage to
treat Britain, Ireland end the Holy Land -
Cramps are so numerous and desperate in Iowa
hat the citizens have been compelled to arm
md organizs to resist their depredatiops. Re-
eutly the tramps captured several frieght
rains, but were routed by armed bands of citi-