Jan. 1, 1872.-The Reform Common Council of New-York City took possession of the City Hall, ousting the old Boards, after a sharp struggle.

Jan. 2.-Brigham Young arrested, at Salt Lake City, on a charge of murder.

Jan. 2.-Riot, and attempted mobbing of a negro criminal in Rochester, N. Y.

Jan. 7.--Edward S. Stokes killed James Fisk, Jr., at the Grand Central Hotel, New-York. Jan. 17.-Statue of Franklin unvailed in Print ing-House Square, New-York.

Jan. 18.-Senate Judiciary Committee reported adversely on the memorial in favor of woman suffrage.

Jan. 19.-M. Thiers resigned the French Presidency, but the National Assembly refused to accept the resignation.

Jan. 23.-Banquet to Prince Iwakura and the Japanese Embassy at San Francisco.

Jan. 24.-King Amadeus dissolved the Spanish Cortes. Madrid was in a ferment.

Jan. 29.-The Count of Chambord issued a manifesto, declaring that he would never relinquish his right to the French throne.

Feb. 1.-Secretary Boutwell's "Syndicate" indorsed by the House of Representatives, by a vote of 11o to 86.

Feb. 2.-Massacre of Jews in Ismail, Roumania. Feb. 5.-Attempted assassination of President Thiers, by shooting.

Feb. 7.-Passenger train on the Rockford, Rock Island, and St. Louis R. R. "telescoped" at Upper Alton, Ill.; 7 killed, 13 wounded. Feb. 8.-The Governor-General of India assassinated at Port Blair, (India,) by a fanatical native.

Feb. 10.-Reform charter introduced into the New-York Legislature.

Feb. 12.-Imposing funeral of Archbishop Spalding, at Baltimore.

Feb. 14-Telegraphic cable between Jamaica and Porto Rico completed.

Feb. 16.-The British "case" in the Alabama claims laid before Parliament.

Feb. 19.-The Ku-Klux Congressional Committee reported to Congress, there being majority and minority reports.

Feb. 20.-New Cabinet, under Sagasta, formed in Spain.

Feb. 23.-Conference of the Count of Chambord and the French Legitimists at Antwerp. Feb. 26.-Senator Sumner's resolution, inquiring into the sale of arms by the Government to the French, was introduced in the Senate.

Feb. 27.-Day of Thanksgiving in England for the recovery of the Prince of Wales.

Feb. 28.-Congress set apart Yellowstone Valley for a national park.

Feb. 29-Alleged attempted assassination of
Queen Victoria, in Buckingham Palace yard,
by a Fenian named O'Connor.
March 3-Resignation of M. Pouyer-Quertier,
French Minister of Finance.

March 4-The Japanese Embassy received at the White House by the President.

March 4.-A bill suppressing the International Society was passed by the French Legislative Assembly.

March 5.-The Compulsory Election bill passed the Austrian Reichsrath.

March 6.-The Tichborne case in England came to a sudden end. The claimant was imprisoned in Newgate.

March 11.-Jay Gould and party ousted from the management of the Erie Railway Company at New-York. General Dix elected President. March 15.-The commercial treaty between France and Great Britain abrogated, to take effect March 15, 1873.

March 16.-Execution of Fedel, Questel, and Girard, Communists, at Satory.

March 19.-Partial destruction of the famous Town Hall and paintings at Dusseldorf by fire. March 19.-Sir Charles Dilkes's resolution to inquire into the Crown expenses was rejected by the British House of Commons.

March 23.--Cambridge won the University boatrace on the Thames.

March 26.-Earthquakes and loss of life in California.

April 2.-General Trochu's libel-suit against the Paris Figaro resulted in the conviction of the defendants.

April 3.-Funeral ceremonies over the remains of Major-General Robert Anderson at WestPoint.

April 8.-Antioch, Syria, partially destroyed by an earthquake, with a reported loss of 1500 lives.

April 11.-The boilers of the steamer Oceanus exploded on the Mississippi River; forty lives lost.

April 16.-Morse memorial meetings were held in various cities of the Union, and in the Hall of the U. S. House of Representatives. April 17.-Father Gavazzi arrived in New-York. April 25-Carlist insurrection in Spain. After severe fighting it was suppressed, May 11. April 26-May 2.-Eruption of Mount Vesuvius, with great destruction of life and property. April 30.-The Committee of Seventy's charter, passed by the New-York Legislature, was vetoed by the Governor.

April 30.-Great fire in Yedo, Japan, destroying six square miles of buildings.

May 1. Methodist General Conference met in Brooklyn.

May 4-Franz Abt, the German composer, arrived in America.

May 6.-Niblo's Garden Theatre, New-York, destroyed by fire.

May 12.-The ex-Emperor Napoleon published a letter, assuming the responsibility for the catastrophe at Sedan.

May 12.-An election was held in Switzerland to revise the constitution, so as to abolish capital punishment and imprisonment for debt, and exclude Jesuits from the Swiss territory. The popular vote was 239,140 ayes and 223.023 nays, but a majority of the cantons voting against the revision, it was lost.

May 14-Marshal Bazaine surrendered himself for trial for the capitulation of Metz. May 22.-The Amnesty bill passed Congress. May 23.-Every seat in Congress filled for the first time since the winter of 1861.

May 25.-The Supplemental Article of the Washington Treaty approved by the Senate, by a vote of 42 to 9.

May 25.-Eight new Bishops ordained by the Methodist General Conference at Brooklyn, N. Y.

June 10.-The London Rowing Club beat the Atalantas, of New-York, on the Thames, by twenty lengths.

June 15.-The Board of Arbitration under the Treaty of Washington met at Geneva, Switzerland.

June 17.-Monster Peace Jubilee and Musical Festival began at Boston, and lasted until July 4th.

June 18.-Zorilla Ministry succeeded to power in Spain.

June 22.-Accident on the Canada Grand Trunk Railway at Belleville; killed seventy-three people.

June 25.-Lord Dufferin, the new GovernorGeneral of the Dominion, arrived at Quebec. June 26.-The tribunal for the final adjudication of the Alabama Claims met at Geneva. June 30.-The Spanish Government released Dr. Houard, an imprisoned American citizen. July 1.-General Caballos succeeded Count Valmaseda'as Captain-General of Cuba. July 1.-The German Parliament passed the measure suppressing the order of Jesuits in the empire.

July 3.-International Prison Reform Congress met at London.

July 9.-The Stein monument unvailed in Nassau, Germany, in the presence of the Emperor and Court.

July 15-The jury in the Stokes murder-case in New-York disagreed and were discharged. July 18.-An attempt was made to assassinate the King and Queen of Spain at Madrid. Three conspirators were arrested.

July 18.-British Ballot bill signed by the Queen. July 18.-President Juarez of Mexico died of apoplexy.

July 22.-Revolution in Peru. Gutierrez, Minister of War, overthrew the Government, and proclaimed himself Dictator. He was afterward deposed and put to death.

July 27-Christine Nilsson married to M, Rouzeaud, of Paris, in Westminster Abbey. Aug. 13.-Steamer Bienville, on her voyage from New-York to Aspinwall, burned; nineteen lives lost.

Aug. 19.-Judge Barnard, of New-York, convicted by the Court of Impeachment, and removed. Aug. 24.-Steamship America burned at Yokohama; loss, $1,000,000, and several lives. Aug. 31.-Steamer Metis lost on her voyage between New-York and Providence, R. I., with forty-eight lives.

Sept. 1.-Conference of the Emperors of Germany, Russia, and Austria, at Berlin.

Sept. 2.-A Congress of the International Society assembled at the Hague.

Sept. 3.-The eastern transept of Canterbury Cathedral. Eng., burned.

Sept. 3.-Père Hyacinthe married, in London, to Emilie Jane Merriman.

Sept. 14.-The Tribunal of Arbitration on the Alabama claims made an award of $15,500,000 in favor of the United States.

Sept. 16.-M. About, the French author, arrested by the German authorities in Alsace. Sept. 18.-Death of Charles XV., King of Sweden and Norway. He was succeeded by his brother, Prince Oscar.

Oct. 2.-The Escurial Palace, in Spain, damaged by fire.

Oct. 10.-Emperor William, of Prussia, as arbitrator, decided the San Juan boundary question in favor of the United States. Oct. 15.-Complimentary dinner to Froude, the English historian, in New-York.

Oct. 15.-Professor Tyndall began his scientific lectures in America, in Boston.

Oct. 20.-About this time the horse-plague began to prevail throughout the country.

Oct. 22.-Steamer Missouri burned on her voyage from New-York to Havana, and many lives lost.

Nov. 2.-Thomas Donohue, politician, murdered
by John Scaunel in New-York.
Nov. 9.-Great fire in Boston, burning over
83 acres of the business part of the city;
loss, over $100,000,000.

Nov. 19.-James C. King assassinated Anthony
F. O'Neil, in Pine street, New-York.
Nov. 19.-Strike of a part of the London Police
Force.

Nov. 22.-Jay Gould arrested by the Erie Rail-
way Company, in a suit to recover $9,000,000.
Nov. 29.-Death of Horace Greeley.
Dec. 4.--Imposing funeral of Horace Greeley in
New-York.

Dec. 5.--Committee of Thirty, to limit and define the powers of the Government, appointed by the French Assembly.

Dec. 8.-A committee of 100 citizens chosen in New-Orleans to proceed to Washington, and explain the Louisiana political imbroglio to the President.

Dec. 10.-Fire in the Fifth Avenue Hotel, N. Y.; ten women suffocated.

Dec. 20.-Jay Gould refunded $9,000,000 worth of securities to the Erie Railway Company. Dec. 24.-Barnum's new Museum, Grace Chapel, and other buildings in New-York, destroyed by fire.

Jan. 24.-Missouri Liberal Republican State Convention at Jefferson City. A National Mass Convention at Cincinnati was recommended.

Feb. 22.-National Prohibition Convention at Columbus, Ohio, nominated James Black, of Pennsylvania, for President, and John Russell, of Michigan, for Vice-President.

Feb. 22.-National Labor Convention at Columbus, Ohio, nominated David Davis, of Illinois, for President, and Joel Parker, of New-Jersey, for Vice-President.

sulted in the election of the Republican candidates.

March 19.-The proposed constitution for Utah as a State adopted by the Mormon voters, the women voting. Fuller, the Mormon candidate for Representative in Congress, was elected. April 1.-Connecticut election resulted in a Republican success.

April 10.-National Convention of negroes, held at New-Orleans, condemned Liberal Republicanism, and eulogized Senator Sumner. May 1-3.-National Liberal Republican Convention at Cincinnati, Ohio, nominated Horace

the industry of the people, and which shall provide the means necessary to pay the expenses of the government economically administered, the pensions, the interest on the public debt, and a moderate reduction annually of the principal thereof; and, recognizing that there are in our midst honest but irreconcilable differences of opinion with regard to the respective systems of protection and free trade, we remit the discussion of the subject to the people in their Congress Districts, and to the decision of the Congress thereon, wholly free of executive interference or dictation.

Seventh: The public credit must be sacredly maintained, and we denounce repudiation in every form and guise.

Eighth A speedy return to specie payments is demanded alike by the highest considerations of commercial morality and honest government. Ninth: We remember with gratitude the hero ism and sacrifices of the soldiers and sailors of the republic, and no act of ours shall ever detract from their justly-earned fame for the full reward of their patriotism.

Tenth: We are opposed to all further grants of lands to railroads or other corporations. The public domain should be held sacred to actual settlers.

Eleventh: We hold that it is the duty of the government, in its intercourse with foreign nations, to cultivate the friendship of peace, by treating with all on fair and equal terms, regard ing it alike dishonorable either to demand what is not right, or to submit to what is wrong. Twelfth For the promotion and success of these vital principles and the support of the candidates nominated by this convention, we invite and cordially welcome the cooperation of all patriotic citizens, without regard to previous affiliations.

THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

Adopted by the National Republican Convention at Philadelphia, June, 1872.

The Republican Party of the United States, assembled in National Convention in the city of Philadelphia, on the 5th and 6th days of June, 1872, again declares its faith, appeals to its history, and announces its position upon the questions before the country:

First: During eleven years of supremacy it has accepted with grand courage the solemn duties of the time. It suppressed a gigantic rebellion, emancipated four millions of slaves, decreed the equal citizenship of all, and established universal suffrage. Exhibiting unparalleled magnanimity, it criminally punished no man for political offenses, and warmly welcomed all who proved their loyalty by obeying the laws and dealing justly with their neighbors. It has steadily decreased, with a firm hand, the resultant disorders of a great war, and initiated a wise policy toward the Indians. The Pacific Railroad and similar vast enterprises have been generally aided and successfully conducted; the public lands freely given to actual settlers; immigration protected and encouraged, and a full acknowledgment of the naturalized citizens' rights secured from European powers. A uniform national currency has been provided; repudiation frowned down; the national credit sustained under most extraordinary burdens, and new bonds negotiated at lower rates; the revenues

have been carefully collected and honestly ap plied. Despite the annual large reductions of rates of taxation, the public debt has been reduced during Gen. Grant's presidency at the rate of $100,000,000 a year. A great financial crisis has been avoided, and peace and plenty prevail throughout the land. Menacing foreign diff culties have been peacefully and honorably com promised, and the honor and the power of the nation kept in high respect throughout the world. This glorious record of the past is the party's best pledge for the future. We believe the people will not intrust the government to any party or combination of men composed chiefly of those who have resisted every step of this beneficial progress.

Second Complete liberty and exact equality in the enjoyment of all civil, political, and public rights should be established and effectually maintained throughout the Union, by efficient and appropriate State and federal legislation Neither the law nor its administration should admit of any discrimination in respect of citizen by reason of race, creed, color, or previous condition of servitude.

Third: The recent amendments to the national Constitution should be cordially sustained, be cause they are right, not merely tolerated be cause they are law, and should be carried out according to their spirit by appropriate legisla tion, the enforcement of which can be safely trusted only to the party that. secured those amendments.

Fourth: The national government should seek to maintain an honorable peace with all nations, protecting its citizens everywhere, and sympathizing with all peoples who strive for greater liberty.

Fifth: Any system of the Civil Service under which the subordinate positions of the govern ment are considered rewards for mere party zeal, is fatally demoralizing; and we, therefore, favor a reform of the system by laws which shall abolish the evils of patronage, and make honesty, efficiency, and fidelity the essential qualifications for public position, without practi cally creating a life-tenure of office.

Sixth: We are opposed to further grants of the public lands to corporations and monopolies, and demand that the national domain be set apart for free homes for the people.

Seventh: The annual revenues, after paying the current debts, should furnish a moderate balance for the reduction of the principal, and the revenue, except so much as may be derived from a tax on tobacco and liquors, be raised by duties upon importations, the duties of which should be so adjusted as to aid in securing remunerative wages to labor, and promote the industries, growth, and prosperity of the whole country.

Eighth: We hold in undying honor the soldiers and sailors whose valor saved the Union; their pensions are a sacred debt of the nation, and the widows and orphans of those who died for their country are entitled to the care of a generous and grateful people. We favor such additional legislation as will extend the bounty of the government to all our soldiers and sailors who were honorably discharged, and who in the line of duty became disabled, without regard to the length of service or the cause of such discharge.

Ninth: The doctrine of Great Britain and other European powers concerning allegiance"Once a subject always a subject "-having at

last, through the efforts of the Republican party, been abandoned, and the American idea of the individual's right to transfer his allegiance having been accepted by European nations, it is the duty of our government to guard with jealous care the rights of adopted citizens against the assumption of unauthorized claims by their former government; and we urge the continual and careful encouragement and protection of voluntary immigration.

Tenth: The franking privilege ought to be abolished, and the way prepared for a speedy reduction in the rate of postage.

Eleventh: Among the questions which press for attention is that whichi concerns the relations of capital and labor, and the Republican party recognize the duty of so shaping legislation as to secure full protection, and the amplest field for capital, and for labor the creator of capital, the largest opportunities and a just share of the mutual profits of these two great servants of civili

zation.

Twelfth: We hold that Congress and the President have only fulfilled an imperative duty in their measures for the suppression of violent and treasonable organizations in certain lately rebellious regions, and for the protection of the ballot-box, and therefore they are entitled to the thanks of the nation.

Thirteenth: We denounce repudiation of the public debt in any form or disguise as a national crime. We witness with pride the reduction of the principal of the debt and of the rates of interest upon the balance, and confidently expect that our excellent national currency will be per

Necrology

Albrecht, Archduke of Austria, (55,) the "Victor
of Custozza," Vienna, Sept. 11.
Amat, Luigi, (76,) Cardinal at Nice, Nov. 9.
Ames Joseph, N. A., (57,) painter, New-York,
Oct. 30.

Anderson, James Patten, ex-Confederate Gene-
ral, Memphis, Tenn., Sept. 20.
Babinet, James, (78,) scientist, Paris, Oct. 24.
Beaconsfield, Viscountess, (65.) London, Dec. 15.
Becher, Lady Wrixon, (82,) (Miss O'Neill,) fa-
mous actress 50 years ago, England, Oct. 29.
Bedford, William, eighth Duke of, (63,) England,
May 26.

Bennett, James Gordon, (77) journalist, New-
York, June 1.

Bowring, Sir John, (78,) diplomatist and reformer, London, Nov. 22.

Bragg, Thomas, (62,) ex-U. S. Senator, Raleigh, N. C., Jan. 24.

Brown, David Paul, lawyer, Philadelphia,July 10. Buchanan, McKean, (49.) actor, Indianapolis, April 16.

Bulwer, Henry, Baron Dalling and Bulwer, (68,) London, May 26.

Cartwright, Rev. Peter, (87) Methodist preacher, Pleasant Plains, Ill., Sept. 25.

Camden, Charles, Marquis of, London, May 4. Charles XV., King of Sweden and Norway, (49,) Stockholm, Sept. 18.

Chorley, Henry G., (70,) composer, England, March 1o.

Corning, Erastus, (78,) financier, Albany, N. Y., April 9.

D'Aubigné, Rev. J. H. Merle, (78,) author of the

fected by a speedy resumption of specie payments.

Fourteenth: The Republican party is mindful of its obligations to the loyal women of America, for their noble devotion to the cause of freedom. Their admission to wider fields of usefulness is received with satisfaction, and the honest demands of any class of citizens for additional rights should be treated with respectful consideration.

Fifteenth: We heartily approve the action of Congress in extending amnesty to those lately in rebellion, and rejoice in the growth of peace and fraternal feeling throughout the land.

Sixteenth: The Republican party propose to respect the rights reserved by the people to themselves as carefully as the powers delegated by them to the State and to the federal government. It disapproves of the resort to unconstitutional laws for the purpose of removing evils by interference with rights not surrendered by the people to either the State or national government.

Seventeenth: It is the duty of the general government to adopt such measures as will tend to encourage American commerce and ship-building.

Eighteenth: We believe that the modest patriotism, the earnest purpose, the sound judgment, the practical wisdom, the incorruptible integrity and the illustrious services of Ulysses S. Grant have commended him to the heart of the American people, and with him at our head we start to-day upon a new march to victory.

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"History of the Reformation," Ġeneva, Switz., Oct. 21.

Davis, Garret, (71,) U. S. Senator from Kentucky.

Dawison, Bogumil, (54,) actor, Dresden, Feb. 10. Devrient, Emil Gustave, (69,) actor, Dresden, Aug. 6.

Dickson, Samuel Henry, M.D., physician, NewYork, April 3.

Dillon, Robert James, (61,) lawyer, New-York, Nov. 26.

Ewell, Richard S., ex-Confederate General, Maury Co., Tenn., Jan. 25.

Feuerbach, Louis Marie, (69,) philosopher, Hesse Cassel, Sept. 17.

Fisk, James, Jr., (37,) speculator, New-York, Jan. 6.

Forrest, Edwin, (66,) actor, Philadelphia, Dec. 11. Forey, Elie Frederic, (68,) Marshal of France, Besançon, June 20.

Fullom, S. W., novelist, England, Aug. 1. Gautier, Théophile, (62,) author, Paris, Oct. 22. Gerstaecker, Frederick, author and traveler, Vienna, May 31.

Greeley, Horace, (62,) journalist, New-York, Nov. 29.

Grimes, James W., (56,) ex-U. S. Senator, Burlington, Iowa, Feb. 7.

Griswold, John A., (55,) iron manufacturer, Troy, N. Y., Oct. 31.

Gueroult, Adolph. editor of the Opinion Nationale, Paris, July 21.

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