Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1864-09-03

plotting against their common enemies,
the Pope and Austria.
While restoring recently a house at Luc-
erne, some freseoes were discovered which
are ascribed to Hans Holbein. They rep
resent among other subjects the Resurrec-
tion, the Ascension, st. John, the Baptist,
st. Beatus, and bishop consecrating a
chalice. They bear the date of l522-the
time when Holbein was engaged In decor
ating several houses in Lucerne with fres-
Goes.
A mausoleum and bust of Watteau was
'inaugurated" at NOgent, France, in July
last. Vatican is well known as the pa int
er of love scenes in parlor and
cottage, so frequently reproduced on old
porcelain and china.
The King of Spain, who is about to Wis
it Paris, is merely King by courtesy-the
Queen holding all the governmental pow
er suggested by the title; but he is said to
be one of the most elegant cavaliers living
tall, graceful and handsome. He is warm
friend of artists and the arts
The King of Wurtemberg and Qneen
- formerly the Russian Princes Olga--are
taking sea baths at'0stend, and will have as
guests at their chafean of Friedriehshafen,
during September, the Emperor and En-
press of Russia. The Queen Olga was a
celebrated beauty Maurice Strakosch
was many years ago, her instructor on the
piano, and some of his music, dedicated to
her, bears her portrait as the vignette on
the title-page.
There has been big rebellion at Aft
ghanistan, Asia. Two ambitious brothers
of the reigning prince rebelled against
him with large armies. They fought des-
perately, but battle on June I'd, crushed
the rebellion- The robels who have surviV-
the fight, have gone oyer to the Govern
ment army.
There was lately bull-fght in the old
Roman arena at Aries; but, unluckily for
the sport, the bulls exhibited no belligerent
desires, but scared the audience by leaping
up among the seats.
There Is an excitement in Paris because
it is maintained that the Blondin who has
been performing at the Hippodrome there
is an imposter, and not the original Ameri-
can Niagara Falls Blondin. The inposi-
ton is said to have existed with the concur
renee Of the manager. The real name of
the genuine Blondin is said to be Gravelet
IN, Gravelef Of Rouen-aDd the impos-
tor is really Monsieur Lebrun.
A new town hall will be erected in Brad
ford, England, in the Venetan-Gothic
style. There will bea handsome but rather
ecclesiastical sPire and tower at one end,
and the design is formed with view to
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prOvements to be made in the approaches
by the corporation. There will be three
entrances, the chief being under the tower
and communicating with an arcade for
change purposes. As Bradford is dis
nal, smokey manufacturing town, the
"VenetiaR" style of architecture seems Pc
culiarly out of place.
The Polish rebellion seems to ba COM
pletely quieted. Order reigns in Warsaw,
but though there are theatres open, the
public flock, most all, once week to the
station of the railway to st. Petersburg
That fashionable promenade collects each
time from four thousand TO eight thousand
persons. There Is music there also but of
aparticular rkind-weeping, sobs and groans.
That promenade or that amusement, call it
which you will is named the adieux to the
banished political criminals. This fashion
has been but lately introduced by the agi-
tators Although the day fixed for the de.
parture ofthe cOnVoys is always kept secret
yet the whole of Warsaw hears of it in the
night, and from four o'clock in the morning
the station is filed by q compact mass
Only few dozen persons are sent off at a
time, and yet thousands go to bid them
farewell.
An excitement has been created in the
Isle Of Wight because the owner of land in
the vicinity Of Carisbrooka Castle-the no.
blest ruin on the Island-proposed building
dwelling houses thereon. The town Conn
ell made protest on the ground that the
new buildings would destroy the beauty Of
the rural scenery.
At Turin the people are elamoring for
cheap excursion trains to Genoa and the
seaside, as is the case between London
and Brighton, But the Secretary General
of the State railways lock upon the scheme
as dangerous innovation, and will not
consent to it.
A successful strike has just taken place
among Roman briclzmakers, their wages
being raised from six to seven pauls-that
is, from sixty to seventy cents. Nothing
of the kind had been witnessed in
Rome before, The masons in ROme intend
t. follow suit.
The International Congress for the Pro
motion of Social Science, which held it'
session at Ghent in 1863 has decided II
meet at Amsterdam this year in Septem
] Der. The king has placed the royal palace
of that city at the disposal of the congress
J for its sitting.
The Sultan, in case in which the chief o
: a Christian village, near Yanma, haC
been unjustly condemned to death for tax
J ing part in a murderous afray with an
other village, has granted a concession IN
: precedented in the Turkish criminal law
: that of new trial The man was acquit
: ted on the second trial. r-s-s--e-
The Shetland codfshery will be a fail ur
this season.
: A new and most inconvenient posta
treaty has just been concluded between tn
French and italian governments, from
. which it results that there are onl twt
posts week by sea to Rome and Naples
instead of four and that the land post
: which left Svery day, is entirely sup
= pressed.
e A meteor has racently seen at Chez
bourg 1t was conical in form, produce
a strong light, and followed the directio
5, of Southwert to Northeast and appeare
p 10 increase in size as it approached tn
/ earth. Its motion was so slow that
ct could be observed for at least one minute
3 1t burst in the sky like rocket, and pre-
s. duded vast number of sparks.
The editor of Paris Juvenile pape
called the Dolls Gazette, intends giving
picnic festival to all the young subscriber
to the paper. Every child-guest is tobrin
p her doll. -ar.--4t