French deputies face disrupted Left demonstration plans
Dispatches report that the Left's 26th inst. demonstration fizzled as M. Ernest Picard urged patience awaiting the Corps Législatif convocation on November 29. Rumors swirl of a potential emperor cabinet shift, rival faction feuds, expulsions of insurgent-backed deputies, and looming national workshops amid fiscal strain in Spain and Cuba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ernest Picard
Corps Législatif
M. Peyrat
Democratic Party
Count de Keratry
Liberté
M. Rouher
St. Cloud
MM. Magne
Chasseloup-Laubat
M. Forcade de la Roquette
M. Gressier
General Fleury
St. Petersburg
Republican Insurrection in Spain Puts Up Fierce Resistance
The rising Republicans battle government forces across Spain with reinforcements deployed in Valencia and Catalonia. In Reuss 1,800 surrendered to General Baldrick who vows to prosecute murderers. Martial law spans Catalonia Aragon Old Castille Andalusia and Corunna as Prim reviews a 10 000 strong garrison.
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Reuss
Baldrick
Valls
Saragossa
Valladolid
Granada
Valencia
Alicante
Andalusia
Gijon
Bay of Biscay
Senor Capdevilla
Capdevilla
Catalonia
Aragon
Old Castille
Corunna
Madrid
Ministry of the Interior
Prim
Fernando Po
Marianne
Philippine Islands
National Affairs and Political Notes from the Era
The government moves to court for the Hornet privateer case and neutrality trials. New York Republicans pick Sigel for State Secretary and Horace Greeley for State Comptroller. Grant proclaims November 18 a day of thanksgiving and ex-President Pierce is noted as deceased. Secretary Boutwell argues against currency expansion and praises debt repayment in coin, citing a March debt drop and potential annual reductions. He calls for higher taxes on luxuries and property to aid the poor and predicts Republican gains. Ratification of the fifteenth amendment proceeds with Governor Hoffman reporting, leaving eighteen of twenty-eight states to ratify. several high states remain undecided.
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New York
General Sigel
Horace Greeley
Grant
Pierce
Boutwell
the Treasury
Philadelphia
General Grant
United States
Hoffman
State Department
Foreign News Briefs and Imperial Plans Abroad
Prince Arthur greeted in Montreal as Tug Emperor Francis Joseph plans a return visit to the Sultan of Constantinople and to Egypt for the Suez Canal opening. India finances face a 2 million deficit in last year and another 2 million expected this year. The Colonial Office reports European casualties in the Maories conflict from 1868 to 1869, totaling murdered 47 and 18 children, killed in action 96, wounded 98. The Crown Prince of Prussia has been re-
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Prince Arthur
Montreal
Francis Josefu
Constantinople
Egypt
Suez Canal
India
Kittep
New Yealand
Colonial Office
Emperors visit Vienna and European affairs noted
The report details the arrival of the Prussian Prince with the Emperor in Vienna, their view of guard details, and travel to Hefburg and Venice. It also covers reactions to the Empress of the French near Magenta, the Pantin murders suspect Traupmann, and plans for Roman noble volunteers guarding Rome. Further notes include Queen Isabel of Spain, the Empress’s voyage to Constantinople, and a Parisian view of abdication pressure. Additionally, a plan to recruit Chinese laborers via Pacific steamers and subsidized mail is discussed.
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The
Lombardia
Magenta
Venice
General Espinasse
Traupmann
la Gazette de Tribumant
Pantin
France
Europe
America
Kinck
Cerney
Rome
Aldobrandini
Borghese
Lancellotti
Isabella
Paris
Times
Isabel
Spain
Prince of Asturias
Senor Marfori
Corfu
Athens
Constantinople
Aigle
Legion of Honour
Dolmabatchi
Hunkiar-Iskelesey
Pera
Alexandria
Cairo
Nile
Suez Canal
United States
Pacific Mail Company
New York
China
Southern
Pacific Railroad
Congress
San Francisco
Japan
Pacific
South
Journal of Commerce
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Foreign and Colonial
Senor Castelar
Cortes
Saner
Senor Saler
Portugal
London
Cuba
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