The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1873-01-10

Bonds issued d the Pacific I.ai.r'Ad
Cssnyanies. Interest ;a.aSle III awful
,uuiley PRINCIPAL outstanding 6ie-Asis
Interest accrued sui not YET Il1id i'.s--..
Interest paid by Tn:ted States ie-''"'"''
Interest repaid ty transportation ~ ...,
So - i lass4.573
There was an increase OF sl.6si.30i IN the
public debt las, month. In explanation 1t Il
stated that. when the Treasury accounts are
completed by the returns from distant banks
AMI Custom Houses, this apparent ad'llsicp to
our indebtedness viii lie transformed into
decrease Of some millions.
FOREIGN.
by the terms Of the bill introduced into the
Srsnish Cortes for the emancipation OF slavery
in Por.o Rico. all slaves are TO be f.ee WITHIN
four months from the passage OF the measure
and their owners are TO be remnnera;ed for the
human property thus con;iscated- he hing
OF the Sandwich Islands died Dec IL. The
horse disease. which, las o. late been rayagiiie
The United States with snch havoc. hiss now
reached the West Indies. and made its ap.ear-
auce recently in Havana. Correspondents
writing from tina. city gate that the mortality
i much greater there thar IL the United
States. owing 70 the miserable stables even
the weaithiest residents having but very poorly
ventilated places for the keerirg q horses
TYrE cable announces that hostili,ies have
commenced between Russia AID klliva. and
that 1900 Khyese troops are beslcgng the
Russian forts on the Euerba river. Another
force o. 10000 Khiyese are depredatins ON the
Hus=ian fisheries al the mouth OF the Eae-ba-
Diplomatic relations between the SWISS
Government and the Vatican have been
broken OF.
TRANCE viii pay Germany 2e0,o0l.9o francs
OF her war indemnity or the 18th Of January.
and will continue 70 pay tie same amount IN
III Nav next During the counting Of the
votes for municipal ofIicers 81 Tamrico Mexico.
recently. q row occurred. resulting in the kill
ing of five or six persons. The French Nin-
lister to the Papal Cour. has resigned The
Austrian. French. and Prlssian newspapers are
engaged in q lively controversy over the dis
closures made by Duke de Granimont IN re-
gard to the origin of the late war The Duke
brings documentary evidence to support the
truth of his a.seriion tina. Austria promised 20
a-sis, France in case Of war with Prussia He
publishes an Austria dispatch to the French
Government in which p.eise l. given IN the
following words: Your cause is oar We
will contribute to the success OF the French
arms"
TIE pTussian Government threiten- with
immediate conhsca.ion al Catholic journals in
tba. country. il tl,ev plblish the insulting
references to Germany in the recent PspAi al
locution. The Czarovitch Of Russia has re-
covered from his recent dangerous illne-f.
a Rrxog comes from London that large
Russian loan is about to be placed upon the
market. This information viii tend to confirm
the belief tina. the Gar has determined 20
prosecute an aggressive policy in Asia upon =
formidable scale. The revenue receipts o.
Great Britain for the year ending Dec 81
amounted to s1s.0ol. CO.,. Prosecutions hare
been instituted in Germany against the Roman
Catholic journals which pubished the recent
Papal allocution. The excitement on this sub
iecf is increasing throughout the empire
I Gen. Won Room has bean specially appointed
"a President Of the Prus~ian Council Of NiIii--
I ters.
n -
/ a. TO the possible reach Of her Asiatic move
mentS. and 10 gain scr them clear field. Offer
to lay her plans before tine English Govern
ment. and even consents that English officer
be allowed to accompany her expeditions
4 citizen Of the United States has been sen
fenced to six months imprisonment in Hun
gary for talking disrespectfulyo Of tine Emperor
Francis Joseph Of Austria. An Englishman
who was travelling with him and resisted ar
rest. has been committed for three months
Cuban news reports several fights. in all o.
which the insurgents have been whipped: bu
i. il to be remembered that the accounts ma,
be colored by the censorship under which the,
pass. The insurgents are certainly busy. ans
their activity has compelled the withdrawal O
all regular troops from Havana for service ii
the field. In order to infnse still create
revolutionists propose to make Agramon.
President at the next election instead o
Cespedes. their present chief.
GENERAL
J JOE JEYFEEsoS's eye-sight il permanently re
, stored Minister washburne has sailed 70
! France. "A. II. Stephens has been made til
hero of Southern novel. The word
Founded by Horace Greeley in black. e,
tended letter. now appear permanently a. III
head Of the New York TriJuae's editor,
columns. :. Ezra Comfort. aged 80, marie
, Eliza Carr. aged ls. at Chester. Pa. last wccl
sud now thinks there is nothing like sleeI
: ing-Car for Comfort The only chang
: which viii take place in the New York T-sbm
Office, after all, viii be complete rcnovatio
: and substitution Of the Office furniture.
, Two MORE cadets have been dismissed fro,
: the Naval academy. at Annapolis, for bcin
> concerned in the hazing Of the colored cade