New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-30

s5eciai studies preparatory for this school are
mathematics. mechanics, physie, chemistry q,
peeially the first in which the course nsiues
branches to the end of diiierential and integral
calculus. The instruction at inns nsutuaon " Gu
tirely gratuitous and the only expense IS tnat OF
living The duration OF tile course rs tlFee years
a,1 the scholastic year consists OF SIX months
next of these schools is the g Eeole Centrate
~ Manufactures which resembles III |
ues Asss ssssle one first described. 1t is mix
lay go ,ho+I md practice, the first two years
tuts "a 4, tba general studies of engineer
S s Sat ~ y, ectical application of the
saae. This school has an exceiISn5 repgtSuo91 |
and is much patronized ", Do''! - Pn,.s-
strangers. 1t is not so thorough as ste g g
portionately easier. The only class of stuG ~
received are ertel7aes for which the tuition IS sos
francs pei annum. There is also the 9 Ecole Cen
trale d Architecture, which IL intended to e",
eede the course of architecture at the Ecole des
DDsaux Attsh and which promises we'll; the
sEcole superieure de Commerce., which Is de.
voted entirely to q commercial education in the |
fullest sense Of the term, the /" Eeole Normale /
Superieuren devoted to the formation Of profes- !
soTs; besides public courses on all subjeess at the
e College de France the Sorbonne,p etc., by
the first professors Of the country.
These Institutions offer different advantages
/ peculiar to themselves and depending on the pro
fession or branch of the profession to which the
4 student is destined. Before reaching them, how
ever, he has need Of thorough preparatory
4 course; for which purpose there are large num-
her Of government and private institutions better
or worse, cheaper or dearer, according to worth,
reputation, or class Of patrons
shall, however, reserve the particulars OF these
for future letter, and leave the subject, for the
Il present. and give you.the currentnews Of the day.
= Scarce fifteen DAYS have elapsed since the great
: triangular war'' @was commenced, and already
!, they announce its close. Fortunate viii it be,
should the announcement prove true, and we nave
W every reason to think that it will. Yet this cam
paign, short it was, has been very effective, for
by the accounts of losses admitted by both sides
! we have nearly l00,0O0men put "hors ducombat.
! The military Operations marked with such severe
: losses, may be briefly traced as follows: Move
!, ments were commented by the Italians, who
- crossing the Pc invaded Austrian territory; when
after some preliminary skirmishes, decisive bat
tie was fought at Custozza, IN winch the ltailall:
y were defeated and forced to retire into Italy
whittier they were followed by the Austrians.
In the meantime, however, the Prussians in two
armies, known as the army of the Elbe, and tina
of the Oder, from their resting on those two rivers
ss advanced to form junction. The first taking the
d line of the railroad running down the valley of the
Elbe to Pardnbitz and Prague encountered the Aus
TRANS at Reimsburg, and being successful enoughtt
continue their forward march, Were next opposed
II at Reichenberg and Turu6u, in all of which fights
his from the insufficient force OF the Austrians, th
latter were forced to retire with loss, The othe
Prussian army, crossing the Giant mountains, me
& the enemy at Naehaud and Skalitz
(Which two form in reality one battle
where the ground was warmly contested
Marshal Benedekg however, with themain body o
the Austrian army which had not yet been en-
/. gagged at all, lay encamped between Josephstad
II and Koniggratz, two fortresses, and appeared II
await the enemy, whose two corps 'arnee sool
met, not. however, without another fight with ont
2 of the divisions which Marshal Benedek had sen
out, at Gitschen. Very shortly afterwards, how.
ever, the Prnssians continuing to advance, they
encountered the main body of the Austrians a
SadOWa, little town between JOsephstsd
and KoniggTatz.s Here the battle wasl OBJ
at snately contested for eight hours, at the end
x which time the Austrans were in full retreat
bnv
y tilted city, and seems now to form portion o
= their front. The losses in this campaign, takin.
II both sides, were over sixty thousand men, which
lg with those lost in repusing the Italians form, as
Az before mentioned, total of over one hundred
"a thousand killed, wounded or missing. Short.
after the news Of the battle Of SadoWa the follow
at ing was published in the Moniteur (non-oft1cia
of sde) and posted about the streets:
N /" An important event has just taken place
n After having guarded the honor of his armies il
- Italy the Emperor Of Austria, according to tn
"a ideas put forth by the Emperor Napoleon, in hi
Sc letter of the 11th june addressed to his Ininste
"a of foreign affairs, eedes Yenetia to the Empero
NJ of the French, and accepts his mediation to brin
M peace between the beIgerents The Empero
d Napoleon hastens to respond to this call and ha
he Immediately addressed himself to the King O
Prussia, for the purpose Of causing an arm
n, isticei
~ Immediately on the publication of this flag
4 were hung out generally, and at night there was
IL partial illumination, expressing the public rejoit
~ ing forpeace; for many were afraid that sooner
N later France would be drawn into the war, whic
~ they now consider as finished. France will imne
III diately give Venetia to Italy, being only transfe
x agent in the matter, to the dignity of Austria
at The question is, if in giving Venetia, whchis noy
&; her own to Italy, she will not demand somethin
IL inreturn, question which my present space wi
not permit me to discuss.
~ Receiving Venetia the cause of war on the pal
OF Italy ceases and it is to be hoped that she wi
n make peace. InTegard to the other two powers
~ LIDO not think the question byany means so easil
settled. Prussia has gained sufficient advantage
II to make her very choice about terms and Austria
v If released from hostilites with Italy will be Ell
y abled to turn her entire attention to Prussia an
- will not be likely to grant any terms detFiments
81 to herself. Thus, do not think we can conside
:. the war as ended until we hear something NOR
Z The weather for the past week has been ez
u tremely bad; high winds, rain almost every day
u and cold enough for an oyercoat.
4; But my letter has already entrenehed too muc
+ on your space, SO will reserve further reflection
Il for future occasion. tours, PI ETA.
% TERRIBLE EXPLOSION NEAR CoNsTANrTNoPLE-
2 A few minutes before 8 A. Nj, on Thursday, tht
7, large cartridge and rocket factory below Maori
u keni, on the Marmora, exploded with terrific
q above seventy lives Of the hands employed on the
g works. The whole group Of buildings forming
=, the Barout,khanen comprised nine magazines; 0
le which four contained from 500 to 1000 barrels
V powder each and the fifth about 1900 barrels an
y the remaining four about 5000 barrels eaGh-or
20 total Of about 600 barrels Of about fifty pound
" A each. Nearly in the center of these sepaTat
% buildings was another large compartment whic
y formed the laboratory of the establishment,
rs which cartridges and roc kets were manufactured
on In this last it was that the accident originated
e Here on Thursday morning, about one hundre
le hands were employed, some in making new cal
e tridges, and the rest in ripping up and extracting
e the powder and bullets from old ones.
le The official account is, that one Of the go q
81 more Jews employed at this latter work, in usin
< hatchet to open case of cartridges, struck fir
y with the tool, and igniting, it blew up the Who'll
# stock of powder, amounting in all to-, it is said
y nearly 10000 pounds. The destruction Of til
building and all in ii was of course the instantre
II u suit; but, marvellous to tell the whole of tn
" " other magazines escaped. The roof of the near
Il, est, which is only two hundred yards of, wa
~ shattered, and quantity of sulphur inside set o
- tre by burning splinters. Several of its barrel
i were also thrown down and burst by the shock
y and on Haln Pasha-who FASTENED to the spo
ba from his house close BY the first explosion
~ entering the magazine, he found the loose powde
az extending in a broad trail to the edge of til
y smouldeging sulphur.
" Its paying this coura geous funetionary no unde
~ served compliment to say that to his instant per
KS sonal extinction Of the sulphur and clearanc
"A away of the gunp0wder is to be attributed tn
- ~ escape of this, and with it the whole group
~ magazines. Had they caught, the explosion q
IN the laboratory would have been as a pop gun to
~ cannon, and for miles around up and into Stan