The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1861-04-12
NEW SERIES-NO. 377.
Foreign GOssips

Foreign Gossips
From tie New York Evening Post.
NJ. Lamartine having disposed of his
property in Macon, is about to return to
Paris and offer his works for sale at his own
home.
A steam carriage for common roads, in
vented by General Bordino, has been ex-
hibited in the streets of Turin, carrying
twelve people, easily managed, but evolving
clouds Of smoke.
-Four or five hundred people are daily dy-
ing of hunger in the northwestern provinces
of India.
Mana Sahib is still alive, and lurk>
ing among the Nepaul hills watching his
opportunity.
A mysterious parsonage of the name of
Zarlichini, who has been long time in
prison because he would not be liberated
until he was fairly tried, is on his way to
the United States with 10000 francs given
him by his friend Count Cavour. His in-
generation was owing to his having been
an invader of the Papal states.
Secret proclamations are from time to
time prepared at Rome, by a national com.
mittee, which afterwards have a large cir
culation. They are aimed at the Papal
abuses, and the committee style themselves
"Sons of Liberty and the Gospel"
There is Meteorological Department in
the British Board of Trade, which is under
the superintendent of Admiral Fitzroy. A
map of the world is divided into squares,
and numbered; and books are issued to sea
captains to be fillid up with their observa-
items during their voyage. The entries to
be made are under the barometer, thermom-
eter, hydrometer, winds, weather, currents,
variation, soundings, crossings, passages,
storms, ice, shooting stars, meteors, aurora,
and electricity.
Lord Adolphus Vane Tempest, recently
arrested as drunken lunatic, married the
daughter of the Duke of Newcastle, who
was in this country with the Prince of
Wales. The Duke has never forgiven his
daughter for this act, and she will probably
never forgive herself.
Mazzini is said still to be under sentence
of death, and the Italian Parliament W ill be
called to revoke it.
The value placed upon meteorology by
the French government is indicated by the
fact that there are twenty-four points in
France from which, every morning by tele>
graph, is sent to Paris the record of the
barometer, thermometer and wind. Thus
approaching storms may be guarded against.
There are now and then some spicy de.
bates in the French Senate. NJ de Roche.
jaquelin charged the Prince Napoleon with
having accused him of lying. The Prince
said he had not done so. His opponent
quoted the printed report of the debate, and
the Prince denied its accuracy. Allusions
were made to demand for satisfaction, but
finally the Princes explanation was re-
ceived.
There has been remarkable occurrence
in the medical world. John Hunter, the
great anatomist and surgeon, left valua-
BILE collection of manuscripts in the care of
bis brother in-law, Sir Edward Howe, his
executor, also distinguished anatomist.
Hunters manuscripts we're secretly burned
by this person, who, however, used them in
his own lectures and business. 1t now
turns out that Mr.. Cliff, who was stu
dent with Hunter, made copies of most of
these manuscripts, and lately gave them to
Professor Owen, who has now published
them. Sir Everard is execrated by the
medical men of England for his base con-
duct. 80
1t has been decided in London that ga
play is nytbing in which q person acts or
represents character or an action on any
stage or platform, or any public place of
the sort" This decision closes the music
halls in London, unless they pay the license
fees. is g9< Y 4a.4
The mountains in ireland are divided into
six different groups--the Wicklow, Mourne,
Antrim, Donegal, Mayo, and Kerry. The
last are the highest and most picturesque.
earn Tual is 3,l40 feet in height. Most of
the Others average above 1000 feet .igs
There are 1850 square miles of bog in :
Ireland, or nearly third of the whole ISL g
and, great part of which might be re-
claimed.
M. Rousseau, Belgian chemist, has in.
vented an apparatus by which an ordinary
cook can make enough sugar to last fami.
ly a week, out of materials which may be
bought in any market. si94as ali4e .fas ga
i Ireland was formerly divided into four
kingdoms 70 lister, Leinster, Connaught and
Munster. These have now no legal dis
tinctions, but are subdivided into thirty
two counties. .,ge4 uyan .i5 Is ,gai,t =, +
ls 1t is alleged in the Westminster Revieu
that iron fetters for slave dealers are sold
by Liverpool merchants. "3as2 Asa assA
g In Venice, people of the highest respect 8
ability are incarcerated for week at q
time by the Austrian police for merely
walking on the Riva IN nromenadaN
GEN. ScorT is said to be engaged in writ
ing q full and accurate history Of his own