The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1875-04-23
FOREIGN.

Bombay dispatches announce that the
cholera has made it's appearance in the prov
ince of Dude.
have made contracts in Bohemia for 1000
horses, to be delivered in June next.
The French government has seized a
number of Courbett's pictures under decree
confsca'ing his property to defray the expense
Of restoring the Vendome column.
The French government has sent in
structions to its consuIs to summon for the
last time French subjects abroad liable to
military service to have their names registered
at the consulates.
1t is reported the Turks have muir
dered 27O Christians in Roumelia and Bulgaria
during the last three months, and the names
Of the victims have been communicated to the
foreign representatives in ConstantinopIe.
The Rothschilds have issued a pros
pectus of the new Russian loan of G15. .OOO, 600,
with interest at ~ per cent. per snnum, to be
issued at 90. OF the amount, 5000, 900 is
offered for subscription in London; the re-
mainder is reserved for st. Petersburg.
The condition of the expelled nuns
in Italy is most pitjful. Many of them, in
their old age, are 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 a
party of three persons assembled in the balloon
Zenith on the 10Th, for the purpose of making
scientific observations, The balloon attained
the extraordinary height of 5000 metres, or
PC. 900 feet. Two of the aeronauts were suffo-
Gated to death. and when the balloon reached
the ground the third was almost insensjble,
and has since been so i'll that his recovery is
doubtful.
The Roman Catholic bishops soon
after their conference at Fulda addressed a
petition to the Emperor William, in person,
demonstrating against the withdrawal OF state
grants, to the maintenance of which they de-
clared the honor of Prussia was pledged.
They also protested against being requir-
ed to obey, unconditonalIy, 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
dt4'Alllb tlldb sAA0 blouti's "Ouiu nave pre-
served the fatherland from peace sturbing
confusion If they had remained faithful to
their own convictions and to the warnings
which they proclaimed before tie Vatican
council
The treaty between China and Japan
with regard to the island Of Formosa was that
China should pay TO Japan SOC, 900 taels CS75O,-
0OO), Japan surrendering the island Of For
moss. During the period tina. Formosa was
under the rule of Japan, the aborigines had
become quite friendly, but now that China
wishes to retake her territory. the former
country says '' All right, take it The natives
say. Take it, If you dare" In February q
slight attempt was made and the result OF it
was a battle in which the Chinese troops were
defeated with a loss OF several hundred For
mOsa is rich in natural resources, and the
Chinese thought they had made q splendid
bargain, but thew are not 80 sure of it now.