The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-05-09

says the visit of the German Emperor to st.
Petersburg confirms the pacific policy agreed
to by the Emperors of Germany, Russia and
Austria last September. 1t is especially sig
nifcant at this time because the prospects of
quiet in western Europe were growing gloomy.
"A dispatch from Constantinople says the
Sultan of Acheen has sent an official note to
the Sultan of Turkey, requesting him to act
as arbitrator in settling the dispute with the
Dutch Government.
"A Ris Janeiro letter of the 4th inst, says
that owing to the late rains a land slide occur
red which threw down q massive stone wall
building in the Navy Yard, instantly killing
twenty workmen and wounding fifty others.
Ten thousand emigrants left Liverpool
last week for the United States.
-Havana-The Tribune has attacked the
present system of education in Havana and the
Junta which has ernbargoed the property of
Cubans and says it will give their names. The
Tribune also advises thepeople to abstain from
paying in the Havana lottery. Gen. Riquelma
has been ordered to return to Spain. The
The Havana journals confirm the burning of
Rzra and the killing of some of the inhabitants
by the insurgents
The Hague-The government has ordered
fourteen steamers to proceed Immediately to
Sumatra and cooperate with the Dutch troops
in their movements against tine Atchinese.
The vessels will carry large quantity of am
munition ami arms for the troops.
A Vienna dispatch states that seven thou
sand drays laden with articles for the Exposi-
ton are now between the frontiers and Wen
na, and only two hundred can be unlOaded a
day. 1t will be the end of June before the
show is in full blast
The Turkish Government has ordered
400, 900 rifles in the United States The troub
Ie between the Latin and Greek Monks at
Bethlehem has subsided and order has been
restored. The Porte leaves the guilty unpun-
ished, but Russia demands their punishment.
Hopes are expressed that the great powers
viii now settle the dispute about the custody
of the holy places, out of which this scandal
arose, but they hesitate to approach ques-
ton of so delicate a character.
The brewers of Frankfort-on-the-Ma Main
raised the price of beer, and the populacc
struck-that is to say they revolted. They
sacked sixteen breweries, killed twelve peo-
pie, and wounded forty others.
The report of the murder of Sir Samuel
Baker and his courageous wife by African say
ages, while on their expedition up the Nile, is |
untrue.
The disorders in Spain are on the increase, !
and a great number of families are leaving the /
country. There have bsen risings in Madrid |
for Commune. The Permanent committee |
Of the extinct National Assembly has been |
dissolved and the Administration is undergo |
ing most radical changes. The increasing
fury of the uItras would it was believed, ne
cessariIy lead to a massacre, as the mOnarchi-
cal volunteers are disposed to fight against the
execution of the decree for disarming them.
The japanese ambassadors are at Berlin,
and have been taking advice on the eXpedien-
cy of making Christianity the State religion of
Japan, having come to regard the change as
possible. One Of the most eminent German
Professors however has advised them that
experience shows religion cannot be enforced
by governments. He said it was only vital
when it grows amongst the people and from
the people. He counseled the granting of
full religious liberty as the most desirable
course to pursue.
The Dutch Government has ordered four
teen steamers to proceed Immediately to Su-
rnatra, and cooperate with the Dutch troops !
in their movements against the Achinese.
The vessels will carry large quantity of am
munition and arms for the troops.
1t is ascertained that the recall of Minis
ter DeLong from Japan is owing to his having |
repeatedly made presents to the AiikadO. On |
his first doing so, the fact coming to the |
knowledge of this Government, he was re-
minded that under the general instructions to
our Ministers, such proceedings were forbid |
den as all presents to a sovereign must be .
made through his own diplomatic representa-
tives, but DeLong instead of desisting repeat !
ed the act and was again reminded of his in
structions. Beside these objections to Mr.. .
DeLong, it was thought that some other per-
son should be appointed who would more /
faithfuIlyrepresent the United States in Japan. |
The President will, on his return, appoint his /
successor. /
Although the bank of England has recOy- !
cred from the Mcdonnell gang all but S30,O0O /
of their stealings, it does not reIent in prose-
cutting them crimInally, as is too often done.
Bidwell, who fled to Havana, will be sent at |
once to England in man-of-war. The first /
warrant on which McDonReH was arrested in !
New York proved faulty, but he has been /
promptly re-arrested on another, and will pro-
badly soon be travelling back to England in /
chains