The Russellville Democrat., 1881-05-19
Foreign.

THE Baltic provinces are in agitation against Russia, desiring ownership of land.
 EAps ship railway contract has been unanimously approved by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies.
 JUSTIN McCARTY has issued manifesto urging Irishmen to evict their landlords as they themselves have been evicted.
 ALL London is stirred by a letter from Miss Charlotte 0'P-'en, painting the hor- TOTS of emigrant life on the ocean steam ships
 EMPEROR Francis Joseph has granted amnesty to all persons imprisoned for offences arising from poverty or which were not premeditated.
 THE czar informed the senate of Finland that hereafter his sanction will be required for it's laws only where they are of excep- tional importance.
 THE French papers are trying to make out that the assassination of the czar was only a family affair, and that the Grand Duke Nicholas threw that little bomb.
 LORD SRBoURNE, as keeper of the Queens Conscience. considers it his moral and of ficial duty to fight against the admission of Bradlaugh. If the latter goes in the former will go out.
 BRADLAUeH in lecture tonight said that if the government failed to- morrow to secure Tuesday for the consideration Of the oath bill it would be his duty again to present himself in the house to take the oath.
 THE Irish executive appears to be carry ing out the provisions of the arms act with a vengeance. Among recent seizures is a musty old cannon kept at the Gap of Dunloe for awakening echoes for the edification of American and other tourists.
 A PARIS dispatch states that the conditions on which the Nihilists are willing to cease their agitation. were communicated to the Czar by delegate of the revolutionary committee. The Czar listened to all the messenger had to say and then had him arrested.
 A cABLEeRAM ssys; An English chaplain at Tunis takes advantage of the present ex- citement to ask a subscription for memo rial window in the church of St. Augustine in Tunis to John Howard Payne, author of "Home Sweet Homen and once American consul to Tunis, whose remains are buried In the Protestant cemetery in that city.
 IN the commons Parnell asked the gov ernment to state the precise acts for which Dillon was arrested. Forster, chief secretary for Ireland, refused to make such exception in favor of Dillon. Parnell then moved an adjournment of the house and declared heightened confinement would probably be fatal to Dillon. Gladstone supported Forsters refusal, and said the government would be prepared to meet direct indict. ment, but objected to being led into vague discussion on the motion of adjournment After general discussion, in which Joseph Cowen, Radical Reformer, joined the Irish members in condomning the government the motion for adjournment was agreed to
 MAY 10.--The Russian ukase relative tc peasants rents, the terms of which have been settled, is expected to be issued in a few days. Gen. Melikoff and D'Aboza have been it's principal promoters. Experience oftwenty years has shown that payments imposed upon peasants for land received al the time of the emancipation of the serf: brought much more benefits to the landed proprietors than to peasants. In many eases these payments amount to more than thu whole income capable of being derived | from the land. The ukase will decree tha proprietors and peasants may come to { | voluntary agreement for complete trans fer of ownership to peasants until Jan. 1 1883, when the period of obligatory transfer will begin. In the meantime annual pay ments will be reduced forthwith to rat which peasants are able to pay, and assis tance will be afforded them to redeem thei | holdings. The government will assume th' payment of 1000, 900 roubles annually tt idemnify proprietors for reduced payment received from accumulated profits of th' State bank, now amounting to about 100, | GOO, 900 roubles.