West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1879-01-11

press, and Crown Prince spent the Christ
mas holidays, were increased. dyer
was arrested at Altenburg, Saxony, charged
with threatening TO assassinate the En-.
perOr. He pleaded drunk
II ~ sand the West India steamship Emily
B. Souder, two days out from New York.
has toundered, and that the officers and ali
the passengers are lost. London cable
dispatch says: "The steamship Emily n
Souder, which left New York on the Sih OF
December for Turk Island and San Do.
mingO, tOundered at sea two days
out from New York. This news
reached London from Kingston, Jamaicn.
telegraphed by Lloyd's agent, no states that
two of the crew just landed at Kingston.
What became of the passengers, the officers.
aud the remainder Of the crew, is not known
ny the seamen picked up, hut they believe
all the others on board the steamer have
been drowned. The passengers were: !;
A. iossano Mrs. A. +. Root, II. Crosby, II.
A. Friend, Mrs. j. NJ CaZeneau Mrs A. NJ
storm A. NJ. Rose, Ferd. Klemmer, Y.
Mella. Capt. G. j. +. Kuehl, pronounced an
accomplished seaman, commanded the
| Souder, and T. NJ. Deaken was First Officer
The crew numbered twenty-seven mem.
n passenger by the steamer Granada. lust
arrived from Panama and way ports reports
mat rs the Granada was leaving MaZatlan
bound north, news was received Of severe
/ battle between the forces OF clerical Chief
Lerma and the national troops under Gen
Escudero, military mmander at
6uadalnJara. Lerma, with his Indians
had captured the town of Tepic. i'm
the name OF the clerical party, and there
held high carnival for few days lie also
held the road leading from Topic TO the sea-
port OF San Bias. Upon the advance of
Escudero Lerma marched out to meet him.
but was totally defeated and most Of his ad
herents captured OF whom eighty were i'm.
media ely hanged. The balance OF those
captured, claiming 10 have been forced into
he rebel service, were allowed to go to their
homes.
dispatch from Cape Town, dated the
iOth inst, says it is stated on good author.
ity that Sir Bar.le Frere's communication
to the Zulu King demands the disbaudment
of the Zulu army, the cession of St Lucia
Bay, and the reception of "A British resi-
dent. The message had not reached the
King at the date of the telegram. War is
considered imm A report from
Fort de Pax, Hayu, says many persons aud
houses were swept away by the river which
changed It's course and crossed the town
st. Houis DelwOod, about three miles from
Port au Prince, is reported entirely de
stroyed.
Great distress prevails in Switzerland.
There are six thousand unemployed persons
in Geneva....The Tartars in the Kassaa
District in the eastern part Of European
Russia have rebelled.....The London Timos'
Vienna dispatch says: The agitation re-
ported among the Tartars at Kassan, Russia,
amounted to an open outbreak and the first
force sent against the INSURGENTS were re-
pulsed with heavy loss..... Information from
Rome states that at the approaching Con.
sistory the Pope will probably IN up the
College OF Cardinals to it's full number of
seventy members. A Cardinal will be ap-
.ntt, TOD IL. q.
nal Gu len. A strong probability exists that
there will also be created another Irish
Cardinal, another American Cardinal, aud
another English Cardinal.