p. 152 | News and Miscellany

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Oct 21, 1873

News and Miscellany.

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

The trial of Marshal Bazaine in Versailles, France, continues, with appearances unfavorable to him.

The yellow fever has been raging terribly of late in the South, and was still quite severe at last accounts. Some recent frosts give hope of a change for the better.

Paris, Oct. 6.—The Paris Journal, a monarchical newspaper, says a proposal for the restoration of the monarchy on the basis of the charter of 1814, in a modified form, will be presented in the Assembly on the opening day of the session.

A tornado lately passed through Florida. At Key West, it had a velocity of eighty miles an hour, and at Ponto Rosa, of ninety miles an hour. At the latter place, the sea rose fourteen feet above tide level, overflowing the land, leaving the inhabitants without drinking water. Great damage was done in other places.

The Evangelical Alliance had a large and interesting meeting; its object was mainly to promote union among Christians. The question of Church and State was freely discussed by American members, giving offense to the English delegates; and Ex-President Woolsey, of Yale College, gave an address on the “Constitution and Government in the United States as related to Religion,” to the great dissatisfaction of the “Constitutional Amendment Party.” Discussion has been provoked on some other subjects, all of which shows that the union of the parties is not very strong.

The stock market in New York has been fluctuating, and stocks have gone down of late, but business seems to be recovering from the recent shock. “The Mail reports [Oct. 14] that merchants are feeling much better than last week; their collections, especially from Chicago, have improved immensely, and orders for dry goods are increasing.”