Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-04-16
FOREIGN ITEMS.

FOREIGN ITEMS.
The excavations at Nimroud have been re-opened and
fine basrelief has been found 1t represents Assyran
warriors hunting on and is perfectly well preserved
Some heads of ivory, finely carved and gilt have also
found 1t is believed that the very chariot of ASS
hur has been found! The French are very digent in
their researches and the Turks have also begun digging
in the mounds of the prophet JONAH the great annoy
ance of the more devout Mussulmen
The following notice lately appeared in the window of
chemists shop in the neghborhood of Great Marlbo-
rough street, Ladies and gentlemen respectively in
formed that black eyes eecualy concealed mod
crate terms"
The following is the present of the Austrian navy:
frigates each lis guns; coryettes, 90 guns brigs
| 10 guns 6 schooners So guns; prams 90 guns; Is
soops, go guns; schoonerbrgs II guns II steamers
! GA guns and 8 trabacolis.
TERRIFIC CoAL-PIT ExPLosIoN-An explosion of fire.
damp, attended with deplorabe loss ofhuman lfe
occurred Wigan, Lancashire, Wednesday afternoon
25th after o'clock, at the Arley Mine Of the
Ince Hall Coal and Camel Company. The number of
those actually known to be killed is twenty, but twelve
others known be missing, and twenty FIVE still
in the mine whose fate has not been ascertaned About
twenty also have been less seriously hurt by the
explosion.
The explosion occurred at about twenty minutes past
o'clock and appears to have been confined almost to
the district in which the furnace is situated Several of
the men, who have been brought out alive from other
parts Of the NINE state that the noise faint that
they thought it than the shutting Of door,
and continued at their work time afterwards
Had it not been that most of the about ve
who in the mine at the time collected the
furnace instead of being dispersed through the workings
at their employment, the result would probably have
been much less disastrous On the other hand the loss
of life have been much greater had the accident
Cured few minutes earlier sixy-our had just
assembled the shaft The number of men usually employ
ed in this mine from hundred and forty to hum
dred and fifty but Wednesday being of the pay-days
there generally fewer in the pit that time Of rho
day.
scended the downcast shaft in order to explore the mine
and the bodies the shaft having been dis
abed by the explosion constant stream of water has
been kept through the down-cast shaft and the vena-
ton Of the mine speedily restored in every part
cept that in which the accident occurred The efforts to
recover the have been unremitng both yesterday,
during the night and this morning and about fifty of the
sufferers have been found about half Of them being dead
1t is probable that number still in the No district
of whose life very little hope can be entertained
legislative recently took place in Paris. The
Corps Legsat before the grand ball at the Tuileres,
held private meeting and resolved the knee
brooches and silk stockings ordered by the Emperor Con-
sequenty at the ball, while the Emperor, senator's, and
all the other funconaries strictly in costume, the
whole of the members Of the legislative corps including
even VI. de Morny were In trousers. The affair has
ated small sensation aud the deputies give themselves
many airs OF Importance if they body of
French Hampdens.
DENTISTRY IN FRAYcE-A Paris letter in the New York
Express says:
have them in Paris but doubt whether you boast such
tremendous operator NJ. Duchesne, to whom have al
ready alluded in your columns This gentleman rides about
in highly illuminated wagon, with roof TO II. Upon
the roof dressed in the costume Of the middle ages
and armed with pair Of cymbas and bass drum The dem
list stands in front with helmet and feather and surround
ed with the instruments Of bis profession. He stops in
frequented place collects crowd by of the cymbal
and then invites the afflicted apply for extraction
and relief notice the side Of the wagon reads thus
900 francs If miss TOOTH This is surrounded BY halo
Of double teeth the roots Of which painted resemble
NJ VIII
ladies delights As have long since accustomed myself to
be surprised ut nothing am astonishei line
formed by the victims of the ache taking their
having the rebeou eradcated This line sometimes
extends twice round the wagon Each sufferer pays franc,
and leaves his tooth behind him. had always supposed it
required much reflection to have tooth Jump
into Vesuvus. But the French do think so. maid
servant passes NJ Duchesnes equpage remembers spot
in her upper jaw feels in her pocket for franc and joins the
tail end Of the line Each applicant the with
NJ Duehesne who demands the coin before proceeding The
head is then inclined backwards the mouth opened
inserted and the tooth snaehed from its CORY bed 1t is
held in the air for the admiration multi
tude and each extraction the drum gives bang Of triumph