Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-11-09
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The principal streets and square of Alex.
andria, Egypt are to be lighted with
gas.
1t will take two years to complete the
removal of the capital of Italy from Turin
to Florence. What the continental people
call the cabinets of the ministries will only
be removed from Turin at present. The
archives, the Offices of the different
branches of The military and civil admins
traLions will follow. Turin, therefore will
not feelthe shock of the transfer so sudden
ly as it had been supposed.
The proposed monument on the field Of
battle Of Magenta, in honor of the French
generals, officers and soldiers killed on the
memorable day efthe 4th of June, 1859. is
nearly completed. The masonry work is
completed, and the bronze ornaments in
the interior Of the chapel are affixed. The
names of the men who fell in battle are 70
be inscribed on brass plates. As soon as
the monument is finished the commissioners
who directed the works will inaugurate it
with great solemnity.
1t is proposed to turn large portion of
Carlisle Castle into warehouses and manu-
factOriesi but the citizens have sent De-
tition to the government, protesting against
the ancient fortress.
To avert inundstions in France, the re-
planting of trees on the naked declivities
of mountains is strongly urged.
A few weeks ago the annual service
took plsee for the repose of the soul of
Napoleon Ills mother, Queen Hortense.
who is buried in the small chapel of Ru-
ell. next to his grandmother, Empress Jo-
sephine. The marble monuments he has
had erected to their memory are simple
and beautiful.
At M. Madras last ascension in his big
balloon, at Brussels, the King of the Bel
gians and the royal family were present
Before leaving the presence of loyalty II.
Nadar presented th King and the Duke
and the Duchess of Brabant with three
copies of his book, "The Memoirs of the
Geant"
Queen Martha Christina of Spain is
about to return to that country. She has
long been subjected TO great misfortunes,
political and personal She has lost her
property, and, what is said to have still
more sensibly affected her, those children
who have SO long shared and endured
her exile and misfortune. She is under
stood to have resigned herself almost en-
tirely 10 devotion; and it is felt in Madrid
by all parties that now the circumstances
of the nation have so much altered as al
most TO preclude the possibility of her ex-
ercising any active political Influences in
the court, it is not decent to deprive the
daughter on the throne of the society of
the mother who contributed SO largely to
secu' it for her.
Nothing could be more magnificent than
the vintage has been this year in all parts
of France. In the wine districts there
was supsrabundance Ofgrapes. The pro-
prietors Of vineyards we're actually puzzled
to know what to do, their usual supply of
casks having long been filled, while the
eoOpers, although at work day and night,
were utterly unable to supply the de-
mand.
In Paris alone, there are at this moment,
no less than sixty thousand men who have
no other religion or creed than that of
spiTitisule, or, as we call it, 'spiritualismH y
There, the belief is'ss thoroughly organized
a system as any sect of the Christian reli-
gion. It has its disciples its priests, its
altars &c, as well as It's papers reviews,
and publications of all sorts with editors
and booksellers Of its own.