The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-04-03
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

A Porto Plata, San Domingo, letter, states
there is considerable excitement there, grow
ing out of the following circumstances: On
the announcement of the lease of SANTANA Bay
to Americans one Miezi, formerly Governor Of
Porto Plata, protested against President Baez's
action, gathered some followers and threatened
to attack Porto Plata. Gonzales, the present
Governor of Porto Plata, sent a few gevern-
ment troops and dispersed Me2is followers
Mezi and his two sons fled, finally taking ref
uge in the private residence of British Counsu
Hamburger. Gonzales sent to Hamburger,
demanding that they be given up to him, but
Hamburger refused claiming that the British
flag protected fugitiyeB in his private residence
as if they were Mt his official consulate office.
Gonzales ordered the refugees to be taken by
force, and they were thus taken from the resi-
dence. Hamburger protested, and is reported
to have sent FOR an English m,n-of-war The
course Of Gonzales is mdorsed by President
Baez, and the prisoners have been sent under
guard from Porto Plata to St. Domingo.
--IIayanaOn the strength of cable dis
patches from London the police here have AZ
rested Austin Byran Bid&ell, alias Warren his
wife, and Harry Num- servant. Bidwell is
supposed to be the principal operator in the
recently discovered frauds on the Bank of
England and answers to the description tele-
graphod by the London police. Travelling
with an American passport he went through
Franco into Spain and reached Santander
where he embarked OH French steamer for
Havana. The steamer arrived here Saturday
when the whole party were taken into custody
, Bdwcll and the servant Num-, are in jail and
forbidden to hold communication with any one
Or each other, The lady was permitted to re-
main at hotel, where she is under the surveil-
lance Of the police. Although there is no
cXtralition treaty between Spain and Great
Britain the authorities will send the whole
party back to LondoH if the proper proof is
furnished. detective is expected from Eng
land soon to identify and take charge of the
prescrvers. II is stated that the confession of
NOyes, the confederate now under arrest in
London, full duplicates Bidwell in the. for
geries.
-Aivices per Hong Kong steamer say great
apprehension is felt of a Mohammedan inya-
sion III Northern China. The Grand Llama of
Thibct proffers his allegiance to the young
Emperor of China. Christianity is tolerated
in Japan, and special edict is determined ON
TO throw the whole country open to foreigners.
The government is endeavoring to form code
based on European systems.
-Paris-Important correspondence has pass
Cd between France and Spain. IL grew out of
certain atrocities'perpetrated by the Carlist
Chief. 'The Cure of Santa Cruz" The
French Government complained that Santa
Cruz and his band had killed four French
officials ON the Northern Spanish railway and
carried four others into the mountain CASTELAR,
YIN reply expresses regret at their outrages
ldHo remarks however that most of tho CarIists
were equipped in France, whence they have
since drawn supplies, money and provisions.
The cure of Santa Oruze himself sojourned
some in Bayonne before passing into Spain,
and was NOT interfered with. Numbers of Car
lists wear the uniform of the French Mobiles,
and many Frenchmen of noble rank are serv-
ing with the insurgents. He states. in con-
cluson, that the government is taking all
measures to put stop to these excesses, and
recently seized as hostages the mother and
sister of the Cure of Santa Cruz.
-Advices from Rio and from st. Thomas
are at hand. The cholera had broken ont at
Para and was very fatal. The United States
school-ship Mercury was at st. Thomas on
March IA, with yellow fever on board; two
deaths among the crew are reported, Rio
Janero advices report sixty to seventy cases of
yellow fever occurring daily.