The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1867-04-30 00:00:00

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THI Emperor Napoleon has jut completed Ilia 59th
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A N [Cat? treaty, offeneive and defensive, is believed
to have been concluded between Prussia and Russia.
Tilt Wieconsin Legislature ham maned a bill en-
franchising women who have reached the legal majority*
IT Is probable that the coming wheat crop will bo the
largest ever grown on this continent.—New York
Tribrae.
Tee tan of one tient on every hoz of matches netted
the United States Government 1,600,000 dollars last
peer.

His Flawaiian Majesty hu conferred on Sir John
howring the cross of a Knight Commander of the order
of Kameharneha I.
AT Syracuse a priest. named Riau. has married a
nun. and among the monks who have become husbands
is *Jesuit, Perez Da Vera.
Stun Stanzu.—A girl of sixteen has attempted to
drown hedvelf in the Seine because her parents :slued
to allow her to appear on the stags.

Tilt Pope gave the mous' benediction of the city and
of the world on Raster Monday, from the Weeny of the
Vatioan. His Holiness had an enthuvlactia reception.
A Hoattscs STORY is reported from Arkaneas. Two
gentlemen, named Gregory and Damerou, quarrelled
while drunk, and fired at each other. Both shots took
elect, and the men fell dead together.
Tits strike movement is heenming general In France.
The undertakers have struck for wages, and the people,
eoneequently, cannot be buried. Tbe tailors are on
strike, and the unfortunate inhatil cannot get any
elothea. The barbers having struck, they are com-
pelled to go with unkempt locks and unshaven ohms.

A FINE OLD SMOCIIII. —ln Lower Saxony • shoe-
I staler named Joseph Tanod has contrived to live to the
ripe age .1 114. The singular feat of the cam, however,
I. that Tamed was an inveterate smoker, and enamel,
ever withoet • pipe in hi. m.utb. Probably the A oti•
Tobacco Society will be glad of this additional fact In
the course of their reasoning. —Globe.
Pares BRIDIRT IN FIANCIL —A•veral Paris journals
have been thrown into • state of great consternation in
eonsequence of a throat attributed to Count Bismarck.
The Prussian Minister, irritated at the tone of the
French rem, is said to have declared that, in ries of
war, be will have published throughout Germany the
Damea of the different Paris jourWs and +Titan sub-
sidised by Prussia during the If. war.

A Hurl LlNT.—Austria MOM. to elljny & gpseisity
for singular robberies. The Pieta! Polio, Aare&
of Vienna announces that • mortar, weighing MiOlh.,
which had been in old times offered by a rich inhabitant
of Nuremberg to the Emperor Charles VI., lias been
carried from the Museum of Artillery. This building
Ii situated within the sivenal--that is to say, in • place
surrounded by high walls, and having its outlets con-
stantly guarded be soldiers-
— • -

A Lrrnz Jamul roz DUMAS& —P1.11841 has
intimated to nu) Court of Copenhagen,. tf we may
believe the current report. that lb* ja "Imir now to
WE the sth article of the Treaty of Prague—which
b°und, her to bend over to Denmark the 'trip of
North 8"1...rig territory bordering on Jotland—if only
Denmerk will promise to be neutral in the event of
war. Howeve,. it is said the Danish Government
destines the ben, and bold. that it is entitled to biro the
°Pita° fulillwd without aonditions or rostriotioso on its
liberty of notion. [Usfortanotely the report of Prank's
octoooding junto to Denmark has singe been °palm
dicta .

A Smarm MORDIR.—A strange murder lum just
been committed at Fussily. Presses, • farmer, °aimed
Emend, 34 years of up, having without .ny eetiou
whatever killed his wife, • woman of 30. Ho has eon-
reseed the mime and fernishtvi the details. He states
tint they lived on good terms. hut that thise morning.
hick, when he •wokii, the idea a:warred to him ts
destroy her while she slept. Ile seenplingly seised her
by the neck, and in spite of her slru.rglea strnflllr,4 her.
Ho afterwards went to an outhouse, intending to
commit anicide, but his enure(*) failed him. In the
evening his brother•in-law celled and inquired after hie
sister, and the husband said she was gone on • visit to
her aunt, but something in his manner ezeited the
suspicion* of the other, who signified his determination
to serail her return When ten o'clock arrived he
4,„.„de4 .ome .zolonotioo from Fulani, who it laat
mile • fell avowal, and showed him the (I..ad body.
The erimirel was arrvated the same night, without any
resi.tancis or attempt at flight

The Pees or Da. LIVIRGISTOIII.—W• or. glad to
And there is still more than a possibility that Dr.
Livingstone may be alive. Sir It. Illurehiaon he.
reorived latter, from Zanaibar eleven days later than
the previous dates, end it appears from these that two
months after the date of the alleged murder of Dr.
Livingstone at Mahatma, within ten mile* of the
suppoeed place of massacre, nothing was known of any
inialtap having befallen him. A party is to be sent out
to ascertain the fate of the great African explorer. M.
Young, who managed the Pioneer steamer on the
Zambesi for two years under the illustrion• traveller, la
to command the expedition. The plan Pronueml
take to pieces the iron boat in whioh the party will
travel, carry it past the cataracts, and then to navigate
Lake Nyasa to it. northern end, near which Dr.
Livingstone is said to have been murdered.
DIONZ £5 • Bteaeott•—The United States Senate
came near having a very disagreeable duty to perform a
few days ago. Mr. Saul•Sory, United States Senator
from Delaware, has bectome notorious for hit peraistent
drunkenness. He frequently appears in hie seat in a
condition of such intoxication that be hes no em•trol
whatever of himself, and be made himself such • nniaanoe
a few days ago that • rsoolution for his expulsion we.
offered the other day. It we. finally withdrawn, upon
the urgent solicitation of some of the friends of the
ste.vator, who made all kind• of promises for the tattoo.
There is a story that the very next day after the with.
drswal of the rtoolution Mr. Saulsbury again appeared
in the Senate Chamber, greatly intoxicated, end that he
threatened Senator Sumner with personal violence for
having offered the nemlution of expnlsion. He was
mowed from the Senate Chamber, it is said, by the
Serj,ant-.1.-arrns.

TAXING BARI EL —A oorreepondent writing from
Elistows (Bulgaria) speaks of the hardships of the new
system of levying the tax for exemption from military
...met. A few weeks ago (soya the 1-tsee‘ the tear
Aetna of our town sent for the Bulgarian tcAortisufjis and
informed them that he had just modest' • fit man desiring
him to evict from every male infant, not excepting even
new-born babies, the sum of p. 27 4-5. Ile added also
that he had stringent ordene to collect this tax and for
the current year. Oar Bulgarian remunity remon-
sleeted with the governor of the edge, but their
application having received no answer, they have just
niemorialhoid Hie impeti•l Majesty the Sultan on the
subject. In this petition they state that the payment
of this additional tax is b•yond their means, and that
they, therefore, humbly pray His Majesty (remit,
it and to give orders that the Wel should he lev.ed
hitherto, only from adults. The petitioners express
also their perfect readiness, inetwad of paying for the
right of exemption, to enter the Imperial army, and to
fight by the side of their Mussolenan fellow•citigens for
the defence of the throne and country.—Levont Herald.
Tug P . TIONS OF FIANCE —The Paris sorter
pondent of the Indeptndemy liflyte, writing on the 2:lrd
says -" No mve,ery prevails here on the soiled of the
preparations of all kinds which are being made to
prevent the Government from being taken to a diesel.
vantage should a war break ont. We are told of the
dispatch of s-coral hundreds of pieces of artillery from
the south to Strasburg. Gunboats (in frame it is to be
supposed) ha•• also been forwanted by railways to
an unackonwledged destination. Very great activity
p-rvades the Marine a-partment, and all the chiefs of
the military service st the various ports attend the
Hinietry to receive their orders. It is also reported to-
day that • squadron may possibly he despatched to the
Baltic as • squedron of observation. even without any
deelarsiion of war, but that mar be one of the rumours
to which little importance should be attached. Neither
no I think we should attach much weight to • state-
ment that England and Russia would raise o jectione
to the employment of a French squadron in the Baltic
In the event of war. It appears evident to me that,
after having agreed with Francis on the subj-et matter
net of which II eonflict may arise, they would not seek
to quibble with her as to the means of bringing it to •
speedy termination."
AN ACCIDENT AT TIN NNW OPERA BUILDING TN
PAULIN. —Ewen in its present incomplete state the facade
already attracts daily • crowd of spectators, in spite of
the ftiating cloud of lime and stone dust that always
envelopes the scene of operaticesr, and the occasional
fall of small but dangerous fragments of stone, the
warning for which, Gore en ha.!" is generally heard •
few seconds afterwars. An accident occurred the other
day, which is relatvd in the following manner :—A
spectator on joining the observant crowd, whose
curiosity quite overpowered their Keno, of prudence,
perceived a well-dressed man moving his head rapidly
and throwing up hi. arms, as though In great agony.
The new spectator inquired the came of his seeming
pain. "Lime, lime !a quentity of lime has fallen into
my eye as I was looking up, nod the agony is extreme."
—"What can I do to relieve you ;"—"Lift the eyelid
gentlf —gently—and blow upon the surface of the Irv..
• --rt in the only mire mode of relief. 'Yea, yet, the
relief is immediate. But, go on. Ah ! merei !—•
thousand, thousand thanks: you are the preserver of
my eyesight ; another moment and—" —"Oh! pray
do not mention it ; I only did wb every-0 But the
person he addressed—the poor grateful sufferer-- had
disappeared, and along with him the watch and
porteßesnuare of the new spee'ator, a very respectab'e
gentleman from the provinees. It is mud that &precise-1r
similar accident occurred to the poor sufferer from the
lime-dust at the still incomplete building of the Greet
hibitirn only the very day before. "/.kone men Cr,
des.ined to be for ever pursued by evil torten.," was
remarked by • cynical moralist on the occasion.—
Budder.

SENATOR YATES EPOS HIS TEIIIPERANCI REFORMATION.
—You say, of what use is the pledge? I will tell you.
Twenty days ago there came along a friend of mine—a
senator—sad said, "Let as take • drink." I said,
"Certainly, all right." Another friend from Illinois in
about three minutes and • half came along and said,
" Let us take • drink." Said f, " All right." It is
this way. One drink of liquor is enough for me ; two
ain't half ekough—(latishter). Three is only one-third
enough, and four is chaos. After I signed the plelge
I was asked several times to drink; but I didn't do any
such thing- (laughter). After I signed this temperance
pledge I wrote to • little lady out in Illinois, who
weighed a hundred pounds. bee black hair mid
Rushing black eyes, and "a form fairer than
Grecian chisel ever woke from Pkrian marble," and
I received the following answer—" My dear Richard,
—How beautiful is this morning; how bright the sun
shines; how sweetly our birds sing; how joyous the
children ; how happy is my heart. I see the smile of
God, lie bits answered the prayer. Always proud of
your success, you have now achieved that •UOONS
which Cod and angels will bless. It is the shining
summit of human aspiration, for you have conquered
yourself. All who love you will sid you to keep the
pledge. I love you my dear boy. —ICATIL"

Lose, the sun, soul, and centre of the moral universe
one. which links enrol to angel, and Offd to man ;
Loon which bind. In one to loving hearts. How floststifed is
lwe r—(Applause).
You are here to night to see the snowy white flag of
temperance as it unfurled over the capitol of your
country, as it rises end rises, and unfolds to God and
spreads until it shall cover the whole land, and until
there shall not he • drunkard nor • moderate drinker to
take away the bloom from the cheek of lemsle beauty,
and until all Gm hearthstones of this land shall blase
with comfort end joy, and happiness and gladness
shall dwell in green freshness there— (Tremendous
applause. ) —Bestow Comecon wealtk.