Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 December 1877 — GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. [ARTICLE]

GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS.

A Paris dispatch announces that the Cabinet selected by President MacMahon has been rejected by the House of Deputies, and the obstinate MacMahon refuses to appoint' another. Gen. Grant has boon dining with Emile de Girardin, the distinguished French republican (tatesman. Gambetta, Grevy and other noted republican leaders were present. Tho Italian Parliament has voted to abolish capital punishment. Whittaker’s cotton-mill, one of tho largest in Oldbam, Eng., containing 50,000 spindles, was destroyed by fire last week. Tho loss is estimated at $ 1,000,000. Many persons are thrown out of employment. Hovonteeu political, military, and priestly leaders of the recont conspiracy in the Central American republic of Guatemala to assassinate its President and overturn tho Government by violence havo been arrested, condemned, and UAtJUUtOII. Turkey has offered full satisfaction for tho seizure of the two Italian merchantmen hi the Bosphorus. MM. Laisant and de la Rochette, members of the Fi ench Chamber of Deputies, fought a duel last weok. M. Do la Rochette was wounded iu tho thigh. A Paris telegram states that, at a meeting of 120 members of the Republican Left, it was decided to refuse to vote any part of the budget until tho Government returned to parliamentary courses.