The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1874-12-30
Foreign.

Foreign.
The Levant Herald prints accounts
of the famine in Asia Minor, and says
the prospect is appalling.
A disastrous FIRE occurred at Tokai,
Japan, Nov. II. in which about l 900
houses were destroyed.
The Italian Chamber of Deputies
has pissed a bill granting an annuity
to Garibaldi, by vote of 2O7 to n
Havana adyices state that the COM
ing sugar crop is reported to be un.
precedentedly large, and is, expected
to be the largest ever produced IN
Cuba.
All the powers having accepted the
invitation to the international Code
Conference, Russia has issued Cir
cular asking them to present their
recommendation as to the time of the
meeting.
At Scutari, Turkey, Monday, light
ming struck powder magazine, caus-
ing a terrible explosion. Report says
200 persons were killed and wounded,
and good deal of property was de-
strOyed.
The Pacific Mail Company's steam
ship Japan, from San Francisco and
Yokohama, for Hong Kong, burned
on the 18th, when sixty miles out
from Yok ohama The loss of life was
fearful.
Geneva dispatches report snow
storms of unusual severity in Switzer-
land. The mountain passes are closed,
and postal communication is suspend
ed. Avalanches are very frequent
and many of the small chalets are
completely snow bound.
Prince Bismarck has moved in the
German Federal Council that an ex-
tradition treaty be concluded with the
United States, which shall replace al
similar treaties now existing hetwee1
that country and the various German
governments.
Spain sends another detachment OF
troops to Cuba on the 18th of Janu-
airy. Cuba would seem to be as bad &
sink hole for Spanish troops as was
the New York court house for the
money of the people of that city, un-
der Tweed's management.
The population of the Australian
colonies has nearly doubled during
the last ten years, an increase which
in the absence of any special attrac.
ton of population, is unprecedented
Considerable sensation has been
produced in military circles in Vienna
by some brilliant trials of Austrian
guns in steel and bronze. They
proved superior to Krupps cast-steel
guns.
A Paris correspondent, writing al
the beginning of December, says thai
more than fifty applications for leave
to start new journals had been refused
by the Paris police during the last
few days.
Speculations have begun to be made
as to the changes that would take
place in the British Cabinet in case
ill-health should compel Mr.. Disraeli
to resign. 1t is considered by some
that in such contingency Sir Stafford
Northcote would become the leader OF
the House of Commons
A Wednesday special says the Lon
don Times considers the removal OF
BENJAMIN Moran. Chief Secretary oil
the United States Legation, misfor-
tune both to England and America
the latter country never having had a
horoct ronracantafYuN
Count Won Arnim was convicted
at Berlin, on Saturday, and sentenced
to three months Imprisonment, less
the time already spent in confinement
If the official documents he was con.
victed of abstracting were of any i'm
portance, his punishment seems light
indeed. But his conviction alone is &
triumph for Bismarck.
The Imperial Commission of Ger
many to the Centennial Exhibition a
Philadelphia is composed of the fol
lowing gentlemen: DR.. jacob, of the
Department Of Commerce, President
Messrs. Stueve, Wedding, Kaufman
and Holliden, of Prussia; Baron Vol
Nostitz Wallwitz, Saxon Minister a
Berlin; Baron Won Spitzenberg
Wurtemburg; DR.. Kruger, DR.. Weld
brandt, member Of the Federal Coun
Gil for Hesse, aud Herr Reither, mem
Der of the Council for Bavaria.
The Vienna Tagblatt says that a
MariahiIf number of young mel
have formed an association to whicl
none but the sons of house owners ar
admitted, and the members of whicl
engage to marry none but dowerles
girls without prospects. under fin
of 10000 forms, to be devoted to tn
endowent of a poor couple.
The French are about to construc
monster telescope, which is to b
only two feet shorter and six inche
less in diameter than the celebrates
instrument of Lord Russe. 1t was be
gun some six years ago, but the dealt
of its protector, and the war, put
stop to the operations. They are noy
being resumed in earnest.
The French Aerial Navigation So
ciety. at their recent annual meeting
awarded their gold and silver medal
to Captain Oxley and his mate, MI
Bascombe, of the English fshin
sloop which rescued NJ. and Nine
Durnop from the recent perilous bal
loon descent in the North Sea. Tn
medals were received by deputatio1
from the British Embassy.