The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1875-04-22
FOREIGN

Bombay dispatches announce that the
cholera has made its appearance in tho prov
ince Of Dude.
Agents Of the French government
have made contracts in bohemia for 10, 600
horses, to be delivered i'll June next.
The French government has seized a
number of Courbett's pictures under decree
contiscating his property to defray the expense
OF restoring the Vendomc column.
The French government has sent in.
structions to its consus to summon for the
last timo French subjects abroad liable to
military service to have theirnames registered
at the consulates.
1t is reported the Turks have mnr
dered 27O Christians in Roumelia and Bulgaria
during the last three months, and the name.
of the victims have been communicated to the
foreign representatives in ConstantinopIe.
The Rothschilds have issued pros.
pectus of the new Russian loan of c15, ,OOO,0OO
with interest at ~ per cent. per annum, to be
issued at 92. OF the amount, $4,000, 900 il
offered for subscription in London; tho re-
mainder is reserved for st. Petersburg.
The condition of the expelled nuns
in Italy is most pitiful. Many of them, in
their old age arc totally without means or
resource, and their number adds to the calam
ity. Charity fails to relieve their distress,
and those whose lives were devoted to the
succor OF the poor, the sick and the ignorant,
are now without home and shelter
A dispatch from Paris states that
party of three persons aseended in the balloon
Zenith on the 10th, for the purpose Of making
scientific observations. Tho balloon attained
tho extraordinary height Of 5000 metres or
26, 900 feet. Two of the aeronauts were suffo-
Gated to death. and when the balloon reached
the ground the third was almost inseneible,
and has since been 20 ill that his recovery is
doubtful.
The Roman Catholic bishops soon
after thoir conference at Fulda addressed u
petition to the Emperor William in person.
demonstrating against the withdrawal OF state
grants, to the maintenance of which they de-
tldTeu Inc HJlOI u ITlsbih WIS DleObpu.
They also protested against being requir-
ed to obey, unconditionally the state laws.
The ministers. authorized by the emperor.
have replied. expressing regret that the
bishops should object to obey the laws which
are always obeyed in other countries, and
adding that the bishops would have pre-
served the fatherland from peace-disturbing
confusion if they had remained faithful to
their own convictions and to the warnings
which they proclaimed before the Vatican
council.
The treaty between China and Japan
with regard to the island of Formosa was that
China should pay TO Japan 500, 900 taels (:750,-
O0O), Japan surrendering the island Of For
mosa. During the period tina! Formosa was
under the rule Of Japan, the aborigines had
become quite friendly, but now that China
wishes to retske her territory. the former
country says All right, take it." The natives
say. "Take it. If you dare" In February
slight attempt was made, and the result Of it
was battle in which the Chinese troops were
defeated with loss Of several hundred. For
mosa is rich in natural resources, and the
Chinese thought they bad made a splendid
bargain, but they are not 70 sure OF it now.