The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-20

a Golfer of gold nuggets from American mines
They leave Rome the 29th inst.
Dispatches from India report serious
famine riots in the districts near Dajeeling. in
sikkim territory, The troops were obliged to
fire on the rioters, number Of whom were
killed and wounded
A dispatch from the Spanish frontiers
says numerous bands in the Basque provinces
have revolted against Don Carlos demanding
peace. Don Carlos has ordered that upon
capture they should be shot.
Senor Zabala, president of the Span
ish ministry, has authorized the generals
commanding the national forces in the north
to gra 1t pardons to the Carlists who give in
their submission to the government
The Moniteur holds England respon-
sible for the escape OF Rochefort and his com
panioEs, and declares that the British govern
ment cannot refuse to elter upon an inquiry
as to whether one of its subjects in assisting
the convicts to escape, has not transgressed
international law.
French papers 1oTlblisil "a letter writ
ten by the bishop of Laranda upon the mas
sacre of christians at Zong-Ting church. The
bishop says that with his mission were eighty
thousand christians, but ten thousand have
been strangled, burned or drowned, and he
adds lie has no hopes of escaping martyrdom
himself. This startling communication bears
no date, but is generally credited in France.
Liberty of speech is not enc of the
blessings now enjoyed in Germany A sens
tence of imprisonment for year and half
has been passed upon deputy, Herr Most,
for certain speeches delivered by him at some
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charge made against him was that he had de-
nounced a standing army. his was regarded
by the minister of war, Won Kameke, as an in
suit to the members of the army, and the
prosecution was set on foot at his request
The London Times, in an article on
the American pilgrimage to Rome, EXPRESSES
surprise that race priding itself on It's
shrewdness and precision of thought should
indulge in such antiquated superstitions.
Probably after contrasting the desolation and
wretchedness of the late papal states with the
cultivation and fertility of America, they, as
an eminently practical people, accustomed to
Judge of institutions by their results. viii find
their minds disaDused.
In consequence of the order of the
captain-general of Cuba designating the daily
premium which viii be paid on gold many
brokers have given up business. The zSvern-
ment has firmly Iesolved not to issue AZ more
bank bills on account of the treasury, but it
cannot disregard the Peremptory financial de-
mands made upon it for the coming campaign
against the insurgents, aud to meet the same
has decided to issue bonds to the amouR of
IS, 600, 600 at eight per cent. interest an
mum, to lie funded in six months. and Sc
cured on income from the Havana lottory-
The London Times publishes a dis
patch from Berlin, which gives the probable
action of the congress which VIII assemble at
Brussels next month. to consider the subject
of international rights in time of war. The
Times correspondent says: The congress
viii codify the recognized usages of an inter-
national law in so far as they affect the actual
conduct Of war. A new code Is to be en-
acted, in the form of an international
treaty, which promises to become the
first law common to the whole civilized world.
The draft of the treaty which is TO be sub
nitted TO congress has been prepared. It con
a4s-s- team cIs,lsas -ii-l =fotain tafai the
the mutual claims Of bellgerent states down
to the relations OF those states to private indi-
viduals. They also specify what classes Of
arms shall be legitimately used in war, and
make regulations for the treatment Of pris-
ouersn