Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-29
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LATE AND INTERESTING FOREIGN
The following is neurology of those
who, in q comparatively few years, have
sacrificed their lives in attempts to pene-
trate the mystery of the African CONT
nent:
Ledyard died at Cairo, in 1888. =,
Harneman died of fever, in Central
Africa, between 1902 and 1918.
Muugo Park was killed at Boussa,
1905.
Burkhardt died at Cairo, 1917. He
had adopted Mohammetanism for his pro-
lection.
Ritehe died at Mourzuk, in 1919.
Bowditch died of exhaustion, in 1924.
Major Laing was killed near Timbuctoo,
Oudney, died at Nurmur, from cold,
in 1924. ..,.
Clapperton died of dysentery, at Sac
catoo, in 1927.
To these are to be added the names of
Davidson and Richardson. .@4sf-
The Zoist states, that well-known
authoress, who always INDUCED in SUPER
stitions, and who adopted all the recent
spirit fancieS, has gone stark and hope
lessly mad on the spirit-rapping. "She
was found the other day in the open street,
as her mother bore her, except that she
had Observation-Disclosures in one hand
and card in the other. She said the
spirits had informed her that if she walk
ed out so prepared, she would be invisi-
bic. She is now in madhouse."
- The British ships now engaged in
the Arctic regions in search Tor Sir John
Franklin are to leave in the summer of
1855, and not to wait the winter of that
year. Should England be engaged in
hostillities withany other power, they are
to take no part in it, 1t being the estab-
lished practice of all civilized nations to
consider vessels engaged in scientific dis
coveries as exempt from the operations of
war.
"A Polish physician at Kafafat has
made curious and important discovery
of species of camera, optical telegraph,
by which a perfect reconnaissance could
be effected at an incredible distance. 1t
could be used on horseback, and the
Turks had as many as 400 persons en-
ployed in this way about them.
Lord Elgin will return to his govern
ment in Canada Immediately. The day
at present fixed for his lordship's depar-
ture from England is Saturday, the 9th
of May. He will be accompanied by the
Prime Minister of Canada, the Hon.
Francis Hincks.
The Board of Health of the French
army, being consulted as to the POSSIBLE
ty of feeding the soldiers principally upon
mutton, have declared against the diet
for constancy, as likely to lead to dys-
EMERY.
Lately seizure was effected at Glas-
gov, on the premises of Messrs. Napier,
of two pairs of marine steam engines, of
400 and $50 horse power, and adapted
for screw line-of-battle ships or heavy
frigates, manufactured under contract for
the Russian government.
The Cork Reporter refers to sngu-
lar feature in the present emigration
in Ireland-namely, a kind of panic from
apprehensions of being pressed for the
war.
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cry year acquiring an increased import
ance in Paris. 1t is the trade in white
snails, the consumption of which now
amounts to some hundreds of thousands
of these animals in the year.
The number of INDECENT poor in Pa
ris who received relief in the three years
ending l847, was 1900. For the three
years ending in December last, the num-
Der was 65,264.
| Large bodies OF Russian troops cen
tinue to pass the Pruth Between the
Both of March and the LIST of April, lOO,-
900 Russians are said to have entered the
principalities.
An impression exists among the
shipbuilders Of London, almost amount
ing to moral certainty, that there is a
Russian spy in every one of the English
dockyards.
M. Emile de Girardin, the editor of
La Presse, accompanies Prince Napoleon
| to the seat of war.
M. Durand Brager, an artist, goes
with Admiral Hamelin to the Black Sea.