Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1879-07-12
FOREIGN.

A London dispatch says that considerable
indignation is expressed in certain quarters
at the manner in which Prince Louis Ma
.poleon came to his death. Against Lord
Chelmsford's positive instructions that the
Prince should not be sent on any dangerous
duty, it seems that he was ordered of upon
a most perilous accommodating expedition,
accompanied only by handful of soldiers,
who deserted him at the critical moment.
The affair is declared to have not a single
redeeming feature.
In issuing the decree which deposed the
Khedive, the Sultan also revoked that which,
many years ago, granted practical independ-
ence to the Egyptian ruler, allowing him to
make treaties and maintain an army. This
revocation, it is said, England and France
refuse to permit, and there is likely to be an
unpleasantness in the relations of those pow
ers with the Porte, in consequence.
Prince Jerome Napoleon, who is now gen.
orally recognized as chief of the Napoleonic
dynasty, 1t is reported will soon publish a
manifesto, urging all Bonapartists to submit
to the Republic, as he is assured that NJ.
Grevy will not become a pretender to the
imperial throne. 1t is believed that a split
in the Napoleonic party is inevitable, owing
10 the secession OF the clericals.
The resignation of the German Ministers
Is Said to have been caused by Bismarck's
endeavor to form q forced alliance with the
Ultramontanes and Conservatives. 1t is
further reported that in consequence of the
rupture in the Cabinet the negotiations have
been suspended, temporarily at least.
King Cetewayo has made renewed over
lures for peace, and the British evidently
believe that he is sincere in his professions
this time.
The condition Of the crops in Southern
Russia and the Caucasus has been scarcely
ever so bad as it is at present. What was
left by drought and hail is now, it is assert
ed, being annihilated by frightful swarms
of grasshoppers and corn beetles.
The Chilians are said to be preparing an
attack on Lima and Callao with an army of
10000 to 1900 men, while the iron clads
will engage the attention Of the present gar
rison. The main army of Peru is scattered
and its transports hemmed in At Callao Bay,
SO that 1t is believed'relief for the beleaguer-
ed garrison would be impossible.
Jose p. Garcia, President of the State of
Panama, resigned on the 18th ult., and Jer-
ard Ortega, as second substitute, was in
stalled President for the unexpired term,
ending December 81.
Advices from Port au Prince, Hayti, LIST,
state that the populace fired upon the Sem
ate, and the Senators fled, many being shot.
Fighting continued. NJ
Prince Bismarck gave a dinner on the Sd
in honor of Andrew ID. White, American
Minister. HN
Thirty-one men were killed by an explo-
sion in the High Blantyre coal-pit, near
Glasgow, Scotland, on the Sd.
General Grant arrived at Yokohama, Ja-
pan, on the 5th. He will proceed to Toxic,
where he will be the guest of the Emperor.
The British House of Commons have
agreed TO the appointment Of a royal COM
mission to inquire into the causes of the
existing agricultural depression in that
country and how far they are caused by and
are remediable by legislation. During the
debate many diverse opinions were express
ed as to the causes of the depression, but all
sides agreed that American competition was
a prime factor.
A Berlin telegram of the 9th says il is ru-
mored that the Government will grant am
nesty to a considerable number of Catholic
priests. punished under the Falk laws, and
pardon all banished or deposed Bishops,
and permit them to return to their sees.
The Liberals have lost heavily in the re-
cent elections to the German Reichsrath.
Both the Minister of Justice and the Minis
ter Of Commerce have been unseated.
Four hundred Nihilsts were arrested at
Kieff on the night OF the 26th of June, and a
great store of weapons was seized.
The harvest in Germany is unusually
promising; in France, quite the contrary.
A riot occurred in Rio Janeiro, on ac-
count of the dismissal by the Emperor of
the Minister Of the Interior. Troops were
called out, and in clearing the streets, sever
al persons were wounded.
A steamer with SO passengers, on the Riv-
er Doubs, in France, was sunk during a
hurricane and only five persons escaped.