The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1873-03-07

The leading governments Of Europe have
agreed to protect Portugal against aggrossions
from Spain.
Lima, Peru dispatches state that CoIonels /
GarniId8 and CebalIos, ezjed reyolutiouists.
were shot at Haaco while escaping. The peo-
pie, IL consequence, were very much agitated.
An armed mob forced its way to the halls of
Congress, accused the Government of com
plicity in the assassination of these men. and
demanded change in the Ministry. 4 change
seems imminent, \ revolution is feared.
-Aiadrid-senor CASTELAR, has addressed
memorandum to foreign powers. urging the
immediate recognition Of the republic lie
argues that the Europeans powers, having re-
cognized the revolution Of 1853, cannot refuse
similar action with regard to the republic,
which is the logical consequence of the events
of 1868. Now that Royalty has abdicated, a
Spanish Republic VIII not be brand Of dis
cord for Europe. The transformation the
country has gone through is purely internal.
Foreign nations should not demand Of the
Government energetic action While they with
hold from it their moral support.
Russia has assented to the boundery of
Afghanistan proposed by England.
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has issued
a call for fifty millions of the 1861 bonds,
second and third series, and registered bonds
Forty-fve millions are coupon bonds and five
million are registered bonds.
The President has pardoned Miles Car
roll, Miles Mccullough, Henry Woolick and
Jas. Saunders, of North Carolina, convicted
of Ku-klux crimes.
-COntumacious Stewart has been released
in accordance with the vote of the House. He
proposes to sue the Speaker and Sergeant-at-
Arms of the House for falso imprisonment,
thus bringing the question Of the power of
Congress before the Supreme Court.
The Senate has passed House bill relating
to the Portland, Dallas and Salt Lake Rail-
road company, with a n amendment authoriz-
ing the said company to take from the public
lands timber, stone and other material neces-
ssry for constructing its road.
The committee on Public Buildings Of the
House and Senate held joint meeting to de-
eide upon the Farragut statue, but were un-
able to make any choice. The impression pre-
walls Il at the whole matter viii be dropped for
the present. The House committee voted in
favor of the model by Miss Winnie Rean, but
the Senate committee were unable to agree.
The latter committee requested that the
House make a second choice, but they ref lsed
to do this.
The public debt has been reduced five
millions in February.
The Secretary OF the Treasury has di-
rected the Assistant Treasury at New York to
purchase one million bonds an the first and
third Wednesdays and five hundred on the
second aud fourth Wednesdays, and to sell
one million FIVE hundred thousand coin on
each Tuesday during the current month
CMarch.)
The committee Of Conference on the
Geneva award bill are unable to agree.
E. Y. Ringgold has been confirmed by the
Senate as postmaster at New Orleans.
Senator Summers health is materially iS
proving, and he is now pronounced out Of
danger.
1t is reported that Observation-Disclosures
Wilson is about to be married to a Washington
lady.
President Grant has pardoned Chas. How
ard aud James Blank of Alabama, convicted of
Kuklux outrages, and sentenced to imprison-
ment in the Albany penitentiary.
are very anxious that Congress shall take some
action in regard to Utah matters during the
present session. and are bending every effort
in that direction. They say that with Mormon
jaries there is no hope Of Furnishing the Of
fenses of Mormons against the United States
laws. The Attoney-General, it is understood,
is not in favor of such rigorous measures as
the President, and he stated to-day that all he
desired was to prevent the Probate or any in
ferior court from issuing habeas corpus and
the summoning of jury composed exclusive
ly of Mormons. 1t was inferred from his COZ
versation that ne ID in favor of a mixed, OF,
at least, any jury in which the Mormons have
not absolute control.
The House Committee on Appropriation
have considered the Senate amendments to tie
post-office appropriation bin, and agreed o.
non concur in the amendment forbidding the
transmission of all free matter, so far as the
same effects exchanges among newspapers.
The aggregate of appropriations by the
time all the appropriation bills shall have pass
ed will probably be $3.50, 900, 600.
If the statements now current are to be
believed, the proposed investigation into the
circ instances attending the passage of the
Pacific Mail steamship subsidy il the House
last spring, will be the leading sensation even
of this eventful session. 1t is stated that
Commodore Garrison, whose Brazilian subsidy
scheme failed about the same time that the
Pacific Mail passed, proposes to show up mem
bers who made propositions to him for money
as consideration of their votes.