News and Miscellany

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Dec 26, 1871

News and Miscellany.

“Can ye not discern the signs of the times?”

NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—Letters from South America state that an earthquake at the town of Oran lasted nine hours, with 40 different shocks. Streets were split open, and every house tumbled into ruins. The inhabitants fled to camps outside the town, only one death occurring. The earthquake was felt throughout the Province of Jujuy, and a volcano burst forth, leading to the belief that further subterranean movements along the line of the Andes might be expected.

NEW YORK, Dec. 17.—Mail advices from India state that the River Guarnti rapidly rose on the night of September 15th, and overflowed the banks, the floods lasting three days and nights, and swept away about 3,000 houses in the city and vicinity of Jounpur, rendering 10,000 people homeless. Much suffering prevails, as there was a lack of food, and the indigo harvest had been a partial failure.

A SPECIAL dispatch to New York says that the Thiers and the Orleans Princes have had a falling out. Thiers accuses the Duc D’Aumale of trying to obtain the support of the army. The plan of the Orleanists, according to this account, is to force Thiers to resign, make Chambord the genuine and original pure-blooded Bourbon, King, and the Count de Paris heir apparent, while the Duc D’Aumale takes charge of the army in the capacity of Lieutenant General. Should this programme be put into practice France will be once more convulsed in revolution. Neither imperialists nor republicans are likely to submit to such a compromise.