The register. (Monroe, La.) 185?-1861, 1860-11-08
General SUMMARY.

President Buchanan is said to have In con-
temptation History Of Ny Own Time!"
The New York Homeopathic College was In
augurated on Monday evening.
Jenkins telcgraphed from Philadelphia to
one Of the New York papers on Tuesday night
the agreeable intelligence that ''the Prince is
fast asleep"
Intelligence has been received of the success
full laying of the telegraphic cable between the
Balearic Islands and Barcelona, by Mr.. w. T.
Henley, the .engineer.--London Tines.
land, which has just assembled, will take mea-
sures Immediately to altogether abolish Slave
ry in the Dutch West Indies.
| The opinion is gaining ground among scien-
tific men that the meteor Of July last was q
beyond our solar system, and probably passing
out Of it again.
There are three hundred and eighty-one gas
| fifty million dollars. The State Of New York
has scventy-onc Pennsylvania forty-eight !;
Massachusetts, forty-nine Illinois thirteen. and
Ohio thirty.
A correspondent of the Court Journal says =
always puts number after the name thus !:
q Pay John Thomas (3) one hundred pounds
No one but himself and the banker knows the
next number. think the security worth pub
fishing.
The new steel gun (riaed) invented by Mr..
Lynet Thomas, recently forwarded to Wool
witch Arsenal from the Mersey Steel Works,
for experiments at Shoeburyness, has been fred
in the long range, the result of which is as fol-
lows: The gun, charged with 20 lbs. of powder
and shot weighing l60 lbs. obtained flight
Of 10000 yards, Or 81 miles. Arrangements
are being made to carry out course Of trials
and experiments with the gun, in presence of
the select committee of Woowich Arsenal.
| NJ. Labiche, chemist at Louviers, has found
an easy way Of discovering whether eggs are
sound or not. He makes solution Of chloride
of sodium Common salty Of a specific gravity
egg, thrown into this solution, sinks to the bot
tom it is fresh enough to be boiled in the shell;
if it does not sink quite to the bottom, it is
still fit to be eaten but not under that form ;
and if it swims on the surface, it is decidedly
spoilt.
The Emperor CT France has always becn
like good many other men--afraid of his
mother-in-law. He never would allow Madame
Montijo 10 live under the same roof with him
sell. The ladies strove and Unanswered, and
doubtless wept and implored, but all in vain !;
and the world at court appears not 10 notice
anything, and talked the matter over quite
vigorously. But alas for the man who hopes to
out-gencral the women every fate takes sides
of Alya, The Empress's health has become so
miserable, and her spirits SO depressed, that
even Napoleon III. relents. aud the mother of
his wife is installed in the Imperial home.--
Whereupon the gossps Of the circle, beneath
their customary suits of solemn black, wick. l.
y wink at each other, and comment upon the
new version of the proyerb, vhomme propose,
n'ais la femme dipose.
PEnsoNAL.--Andrew G. Curtin, Governor
elect of Pennsylvania, is six feet two inches
high; Hannibal Hanlin is six feet three, and
Abraham Lincoln six feet four.
WASHINGTON GAMBLING HE1Ls.--A Washing
ton correspondent says that the proprietors Of
The principal gambling bells in Washington
city are making extensive preparations for the
business Of the comming winter.
LOUIS NAPOLEON PATRoNlzING PROVIDENCE
Louis Napoleon, in his speech at Algiers, said,
Providence requires us to extend over this
land the benefits of civilization" Now, what
is civilization. Making French citizens of
Asabs, Of course.
FEislIIsM IN HAYrI.-A rather singular story
comes to us of the discovery of bust of Lord
Nelson in remote district of Hayti The bust
was found on fetish altar, where for half a
century it had been worshipcd as heather
god.
BRITISH ARMY pAY.-A "privatc soldier
writes to the London Times that the soldiers
pay is nearly all kicks aud no pence. From
tue shilling a day is deducted 45d. for the
government rations, BID. for bread aud vegeta.
bles for dinner, which leaves AID. for all un-
der clothing and other nccGssaries,
VENGEANCE IN SYRIA.-Fuad Pasha, sent out
to punish The recreant Turkish authorities IN,