New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-10-05
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FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER s, 1866.
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the southern counties it Is sproutng, and wheat in
that condition is only fit for starch. The market
ia yery feverish and it is hard to effect sales even
at the advanced quotations. Extensive orders
have been sent to America-especially to. San
through the Atlantic telegraph. Thus
the good cable is already comforting an enormous
obligation upon all classes, by facilitating the pur
chase and export of grain from the New World to
compensate for the deficient harvest in England.
AT best, however, we musteypect a year Of rather
dear bread. In Ireland the crops are not so much
affected, and the potato cropis very heavy, and
free from disease. 49,
g Workirgmens Reform Demonstrations y are
the order Of the day throughout England. but with
this exception, the political arena is unusually
quiet. Local Reform Leagues, too, are being, es-
tablished in many towns.
Unreasonable weather has prevailed without in
teruption, accompanied with heavy gales, (which
caused some slight damage in the metropolis and
considerable injury to the shipping at Liverpool.
Many ships put into the Mersey from stress Of
weather. The week has also been eniiyened by
the inauguration Of the season of railway acct.
dents-no less than three or four having taken
place already Besides, there has been a gas eX-
plOslon, O fire at the Hayden Square station (clty)
of the London and Northwestern Railway, which
destroyed property to the amount Of 1000;
and several collisions in the Thames and on the
coast.
Cholera in London continues to show SO steady
an abatement that the Mansion House relief COM
mittee consider that their special work is now
nearly at end. The disease still fingers in Liv
Dublin, and has made its appearance in some
three or four other Irish towns.
A contemporary has been favored with p2rtcu-
lars Of NJ. Boutet's proposal for building large
pontoon bridge between Blanc Nez, Calais, and
Shakespeare's Cliff, Dover Of about % miles long
and 2l4 feet wide, connected with railway at
each end, with openings for ships and footpaths
for passengers on either side. The account de-
scribes what statues to adorn the bridge,
where the clocks are to be placed, and so forth.
The cost is estimated at Gle 600 900.
A few warm days in the south Of France have
done wonders for the vines, and the gathering
will commence this week in some districts
NhThe monthly statement published by the Bu-
reau Veritas, Of Paris shows that during last
month (August) the number of ships totally lost
was 1853, Of which n were British, 26 American,
II French, I Dutch, 8 Prussian, and IL Of various
flags. Five vessels are supposed to be lost with
their crews, no intelligence concerning them
has been received. The total number Of vessels
lost since the beginning of the year up to August
31st is 1927.
According to the census recently taken for the
city Of Paris, the population Of the capital, ex-
elusive Of foreigners travelling through it, is
100000.
The visitation of cholera in Belgium has been
terrible The official returns up to the 2lst uit.
put the number of persons attacked with cholera
at 81 ,05l; deaths, 1899.
royal decree has been issued ordering the dis
missal Of $4,000 men Of the Italian army, and Of
all those who voluntarily enlisted in the regular
array during the war NJ
in Italy Of Hanover Hesse- Cassel Nassau and
Frankfort-on the Maine has been cancelled.
According to letters from Switzerland and
North Italy the weather there has been variable,
fuctuatng between heavy rains and high winds
and heat, rather unusual for the season. During
the last few days it has been very warm on the
Lake Of Geneva, and haYmaking has been going
on, but as yet no grapes ripe and in parts of
No7tE.Grn italy the vines and some other kinds Of
produce are 50 backward as to cause uneasiness
The Madrid Regeneration ascribes political
character 10 the visit paid by the queen Of SPAN
to the empress of the French at Biarritz.
The standing army of sweden, whichhas hitherto
consisted Of about fifty thousand men, is to be
tirely recognized, in order toincresse its effective
strength. Switzerland is also about to introduce
a reorganization into her army Austria is already
engaged on a similar task and part of the French
press urges The reorganization of army which
has hitherto been regarded almost as a model fol-
that of other nations. ~
dreadful fire broke out on the evening Of the
28th of August in the town of Bodenstadt, in No
ravia, which was almost entirely reduced to ashes
some four hundred houses, with the castle, the
parsonage, and the two churches, becoming
prey to the flames. Six persons are known tt
have persisted in The flames.
The cattle plague has broken ont with grea
intensity in Gallica, Moravia and Hungary. The
cholera is increasing in Hungary, and the poet ant
phiolOgist Cznezor has recently fallen victim Il
the epidemic
The death of Hermann Goldschmidt, German
astronomer of celebrity, is announced. He wa
born at Frankfort-on-the MAN, June II, 1902. H.
studied painting in Paris, under SchmOrr and Cor
nelius, and in 1886 became permanent residen
of that city. In lS47 he began to devote himael
to astronomy, since when he has discovered tel
asteroids and has pointed out over ten thousand
stars that were wanting in the celestial maps o
tie Academy of Berlin. His discoveries were
made with an ordinary spyglass from his attit
studio. The French Academy bestowed on hin
its grand astronomical prize.
C An Inhabitant Of Harrow writes to the Lon
don Publishers Circular, concerning the Byron
tombstone at Harrow:
Mr.. John Murray, whom happened to meet a
Harrow some four or five years ago, at my request
consented to bear the whole expense of repairing
and ineI0sing with an iron railing Ito prevent fur
Their mischiGf), the socalIed Byron's tomb. My
success, however, was short lived; for on the fol
lowing morning it was found that during thenight
a further and so great un injury had been done tx
to the stone (nearly half OF the surface Of wha
remained having been shattered Off that | wa
dlsheartened and took no steps to preserve wha
remained, / some time after informed Mr. Mnrray
of the mischief that had been DONE and of my
having, in consequence, been unable to carry GU
his wishes. Ills still omen, however, to preserve
what remains; and feel certain the vicar AMI
churchwardens would give their consent to plal
to prevent the total destruction Of this interesting
feature Of Harrow.
A Roman Catholic journal in England, gravel
prints a story of the life OF "the very Reveren
Mother Maria di Matthias. founder of the order 0
the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood,n who's
death took place recently. In the course of thi
brief biography the reader is informed that eth
hrst time 1t became necessary for her to commu
nicate with the ecclesiastical authorities o
the subject of her intended institute-bein
unable to write, which she had meyer been taught
she knelt down before the crucix with her pen il
her hand, and He who is the wisdom of God mira
cuously enabled her to form the letters and fin
the fitting expression for conveying her meanin
to the bishop. That letter has been religiousl
preserved"
Among the articles discovered in the remains q
the old lake.dwellings of Switzerland are variet
of personal ornaments worn by the women. The
consist of simple perforated stones of pendants {
+ serpentines and petritactions, such as ammonte:
limbs of eCrinites, corals of g-hOrn and part
colored stones, agate and CLASSY tux; necklaces {
boars and BEARS teeth, and back coubs of yev
wood. One Of the most remarkable object fotln
was a hair pin with q large knob, several Of whic
were stuck round the head SO as to form q sort {
crown. Some of the ornaments probably serve
amulets also.
An odd discovery Wss made in the village {
Bonsall, near Bath, England, last mouth. TIL
boarded floor of q room the ground floor Of
house in the upper town was taken up for tn
purpose of being replaced by d new ono, whe
the center beam was found to be resting on tweI
ty-nine horses skusl The lower iaws-were a
gone having been detached probably lOf til
purpose of allowing them to restnl0re soliliy, Q
how IL