The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-07-04
FOREIRM

A special dispatch says the Carlist
General Lizarraga is dead.
The bill for the regulation of public
worship has passed the English house o.
lords.
France has decided to pay less pei
| annum on her debt rather than to increase he
| taxation.
The government prohibits the distri
button in France, Of photographs of the
prince imperial.
The Brazilian cable has been success.
fully laid, and London is now in telegraphiC
| communication with Brazil.
The postal conventionbetween France
and the United States was ratified by the
French assembly without debate.
The Carlists have established three
! entrenched lines before Estela. The outer
most line is FIVE leagues from the city.
Courbet, the painter, under whose
direction the Column Vendome was thrown
down and destroyed by the communists, has
been sentenced to pay the expenses Of rebuild
ing it.
ASt. Petersburg dispatch say Mere
are alarming rumors in Central Asia. One OF
the Emirs of Kasgiar has seized the Russian
envoy, and concentrated 10000 troops on the
frontier.
It is now stated that the meetiI4 of
the Brussels congress on information law
will take place. Great Britain has apr Srently
waived her objections. The action of France
in the matter is still unknown.
Prof. Gneist, of Berlin, is about to
proceed to America for the purpose of search
ing the achieves OF the different states for in
formation to aid him in preparing history of
the constitution of the United States. While
in Washington ne viii be the guest OF Presi-
dent Grant.
The Pail Mall Gazette has informa-
that the Gar has sentenced his nephew, the
Grand Duke Nicholas, who stole his mothers
diamonds, to Punishment for life to the eau
clsus and deprived him of the cross of St.
George bestowed for his achievements in the
Khiva campaign.
An immense water-spout formed in
the harbor at Havana, and passed through the
shipping, causing considerable damage. The
boats sunk. no lives ruaerl-of-
war fired blank cartridges, which had the ef-
feet of dissolving the column Of water
The relations between Turkey and
Persia are not friendly. 1t appears that the
Persian government has refused to return to
Turkish territory a tribe Of 1900 families
which las been subject to the porte, but es-
capped across the Persian frontier, and that
number of Turks have been seized and NAL
treated by band of Persian pilgrims. The
Turkish government threa. ems force unless
Persia gives up the persons who have abused
it's subjects and surrenders the revolving
tribe.
At the instance of Consul General
Seward and other foreign consuls, the Chinese
government has issued an edict to all growers,
manufacturers and exporters of silk, COM
mandiDg all precaution to prevent deteriora-
ton of the silk crop, and forbidding al coun-
terfeiting and sdulterating of silks in les or
manufactured for export. This resulte from
the representations of several chambl Of
commerce that the silks from China last gear
was of inferior quality, and in many instances
adulterated.
A Florence journal says the pGae has
been presented with copy OF an addreN nsnt
from the United States to Archbishop lNso-
chowski, Of Posen. The holy father, in
plying, spoke most cordially of America and
said 1.-THE United States is the only country
where 1 am really pope, in the eyes of the gov
ernment. 1 am always afraid that European
governments shall oppose or control my acts,
whereas 1 can freely send pontihcial docu-
ments to the United States without fear or
opposition the part of its government.
A letter from London says the arch
bishop Of Canterbury's bill for the better regu-
lation is likely to lead to very serious conse-
quences. The bill has been prepared, it is ru
mored, under the direct inspection of the
queen, and is intended to check ritualistic
practices now 90 prevalent. The ritualists are
furious about it, and declare that if it is car
ried the immediate consequence will be the
recession OF large number of both clergymen
and Iaymen from the established church, and
the organization of a church of their own,
with one or two Of the colonial bishops a
their head.
A Havana letter of recent date says
the Cubans report that convoy of four hun
dred men, together with forty carts of proyis-
ions, had been captured by the Cubans in the
jurisdiction of Santiago de Cuba, and the
total number, 400 Spaniards, had been shot in
retaliation for the shooting of Cnbans The
Diario states the Spanish forces in the field
operating against the Cubans numbers go, 900
men. OF this number 40, 900 are supposed to
be guarding the cultivated districts. 10, 900 on
the sick list and elsewhere. and 10, 600 engaged
in active pursuit of the enemy. These 10, 900
it says are not sufficient to pursue 5000 or
5000 men well acquainted with the country.
A letter from Havana, dated the 20th
inst, says the prospects are that general re-
pudiation OF the bills of the Spanish bank
will take effect next week. Several cigar
manufacturers have notified their customers
that after next week they will not rec eive pa
per, but will demand gold and silver. If this
should really take place and become general,
there would be many failures. An address
has been presented to Capt. Gen. Conchs,
signed by the business men of all classes, ask
ing as remedy for the present financial diff
Guilty the imposition of a tax of five per cent.
on the riches of the island which are repre-
sented by landholders, property in the city
and county by commercial and banking insti-
tutions, and others, to be paid quartz =, for
two years, beginning July 1, 1874 is
hoped that at the end of this period War will
be concluded and there will be no necessity
for resort to extreme measures. Capt.. Gen.
Concha has sued decree increasing the tax
on slaves to rs cents per capita.