The Hickman courier., 1873-06-28

-. special from Chillcothe, No gives an
of an attempt to rob the Peoples
Sf that city last week 1t appears
th BsmboSa wealthy farmer but notori-
z oRad character, living in the southern
= SEshe.arrpty arranged plan with some:
- con59ke&4xS seize the cashier of the
bank. hold Kin hostage and compel his
wife 10 open sshe bank and vault- prsseFsss
confederate 3amed Brooks d5elqE9e-s< Il; - !:
sign, and VIII RamboI : "a, t8tshs es.f
house, to carry cg. y s.as con-
party instantly killed, being ridded with bull
lets. Two confederates Monso, and Morse
were captured and are in jail.
1t is stated that twenty-seven steamers
in China waters, waiting to bring China
men to San Francisco to the number of 20, 900.
There is great excitement in San Francisco
over the Veto by Mayor Alvord, of ordinan-
- putting exceptional taxes on the Chinese
kadignities such as to compel them to cut
tir Pigpails-
DOmaha- Two men, negro and white
man, entered the house of Mr.. ODonnen,
about twelve miles west Of Sydney station,
EebraaIa, robbed the house and shot Mrs
o'Donneu dangerously wounding her. A
party started in pursuit Of the robbers found
them near Potter station and killed both Of
them.
The managers of the railroads running
north west and south from Chicago have
signed paper agreeing to issue no more
passes except to their own employees and
families travelling their roads All
passes now outstanding and contracts result
ing from the lease of other roads viii be re-
spected, but not renewed. The agreement
has not been entered into BY any of the east
-ern roads nor by a number of Illinois roads,
1i,~f4
ultimate failure of the movement.
"A special from Bismark, on the Northern
Pacific railroad. reports that the Northern Pa
cifc surveying party which left Abraham
Lincoln last week, when about two miles ont
from the latter place, was attacked by band
of fifty Sioux Indians. The Indians
met by two companies of infantry and de-
tachment of cavalry, and four Sioux we're
killed. The escort accompanying the party
numbered two hundred armed men, and no
serious trouble is anticipated. After the
skirmish the survey resumed
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE
1t is avowed in official circles that Spain
has been guilty Of bad faith in the matter of
the abolition Of slavery in Porto Rico. Cen
eral Sickles some time since advised the state
department that the cortes much in ad-
vance of the ministry this subject, and
further. that emancipation in either Por.o Ri
co Cuba would cause the greatest dissatis-
faction, annoy the planters, and precpitats
the already formidable tendency toward indo-
pendence- The statement which has been
raAaa tiaNs bsfore the eaict, the abohtion o
slavery went into effect in Porto Rico all the
slaves OF that isle had been sent to Cuba is
now believed to be true and the abolition of
slavery in Cuba is scarcely looked for
while it remains under Spanish dominion
-Dispatches from Central Asia annouHce
that the Tashkend column of the Kiyan ex-
pedtioD, under the command of General
Kaufman, has capture the strong fortress of
Kesarash, on the left bank of Mudaira river
sixty miles from Kiva.
The Shah IN conversation with Mr.
Schenck, the American minister last week.
regretted that distance and want of time pro-
vented him from visiting the United States: a
country he had heard much of, AMI desired
that his compliments should be sent to Presi-
deaf Grant.
The Japanese ministers of finance have
indebteness of the empress at sI04 600 600
The people excessively taxed The palace
Of the mikado is to be rebuilt according to
European plans.
-Conespondence from Jerusalem saws that
the geological plate, just completed by the ori-
enta typographical corps now engaged in ma
KING surveys and sketches of the Bible lsnds
shows that the exposed and skull shaped line
of the upper strata of the hill outside Dam
ascus gate and near the north wall of Jerusa
lem is strongly suggestive of Golgatha the
place of skulls This supports the theory OF
this hill being Calvary. The oriental topo-
graphical corps have arranged by means of
telegraph from Joppa to Jersusalem for accu-
rate barometric vertihcation of attitudes on
the coast between the Mediterranean and
Dead sea-
--Vienna. Jackson 8. Schultz has retired
from the chief commissionership of the Uni
ted States to the exhibition. and Hon John
Jay, the American minister has sent a dis
pstcL to Washington, recommending the ap-
poIntment OF Mr., H. Garreston Of Cleveland,
Ohio Garretson was one Of the suspended
kpissioners, and was rs-appointed by
~ as one Of his assistants GenI Van
IN has left Vienna. having abandoned all
nope Of being reinststed.