New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-05-30
aqp ORLEANS DAILY dJtstent.
WEDNESDAY MORNING. MAY 80, 1866.


Foreign Items.
SINGULAR DlsoovERY.-An Irish farmer Jas
Minnis who lives few miles south of Dunman.
way, Cork was often impedrd in the blowing of
one of his fields by what he considered was a
piece of bogwood. Not having any time to spare
on those occasions he used to pass over and |
resume his abors. This year having made up his |
mind to SOW turntps in the field, he and one Of his
laborers set to work to remove the old obstruc- |
ton, and digging about il and bringing |
it to the surface they were surprised to find |
a strong oak beam well fashioned with some |
sharp instrument, and having a square hole |
at one end, as well made as it would be by |
any country carpenter of the present day. Thus |
encouraged, they perseVered, and they brought to |
light another and another. After good deal more
shOvelng they came upon what they thought and |
felt convinced was the coffin of some old king. |
The coffin was water shoot, and nothing more.
The place was visited by Mr.. Hacharah Hawkes. |
and Others Mr.. Hawkes. infinitely scrutinized
everything, took the measurements Of the various
beams, the remains Of the old flooring, the mill |
stone, only half Of which has yet been discovered
and which, on the rim, seems well chiselled as
if it were but the work of yesterday, and after
considering all the evidences before him he was
quite confident that what he were the remains
of an old Danish brewery, which was used by some
of those adventurous ntruders during their stay in
Ireland, for brewing a kind of drink which they
made from heath,
A CANADIAN VIEW OF REcoNsTRUcTIoN.-The
Toronto Globe, edited by Hon. George Brown
who may be said to be the leading public man OF
Canada West, and whose partsanship on the SIDE
of the radicals is warm and hearty, feels bound TO
condemn the DISTINGUISHING or third section OF the
amendment programme just adopted by the House.
He says the only effect VIII pc 10 " erect IN the
South for four years system of rotten boroughs'
of the worst kind, unless, indeed, wholesale per.
jury sweed the number OF voters very materi-
ally and shows by argument ana illustration why
this is So He then concludes: at is false to say
that this reconstruction - not calculated to secure
the purpose for which it is aVowedly proposed
If the real intentions we're TO keep the South unre
Orpggntp6 until 1870 GnOud think the uOlipV
proposed Just the one 10 eject that object" That
and nothing else - me real intention Of the con
gressional scheme. u is framed purposeiy to that
4 end-made 50 obnoxious, 50 Illuminating that, were
the Southern people to accept it, they would de-
serve to he DISTINGUISHED and degraded 10 the po-
stion OF hewers OF wood and drawers Of water for
all time.
LIFE m 'ITNts.-Ihe Boston Journal Of the 18th
says " 1t will be remembered that last year, Gen.
Hashem, accompanied by Col. Romero and the
United States consul al runis Mr.. Perry, paid
visit to TINS country, and we're few days the reel.
pIents, WINE in Boston, oil the Inequalities Of
mayor Lincoln and members Of the city council.
The following extract from private letter, written
by lady OF tins city now absent abroad, gives
some interesting details relating to Gen. Hashem
Writing from Tuns, she says:
Gen. Hashem was so pleased with his visit that
learning some Americans were here, he first in
yted the gentlemen Of the party to his house.
treated them handsomely, and then he extended
the invitation to the ladies. You must know that
this IS special attention, as family matters are
strictly secret Mr.. Perry, though knowing Gen
Hashem intimately, was surprised when we told
ann we had seen the generals three wives, for
he did not know he had more thon one. We took
aFrench woman as an Interpreter, for the general
speaks only Arabic, and with Mr.. Perry's servant
and our guide Hamlet We started. We were re-
ceiyed at tine gate by the general, who was in
neglgee Of crimson satin He escorted us to the
principal room, which was magnitcently furnished
with crimson damask diyans and seats, where we
saw three beautiful Moorish ladies' OF perfect com.
plextion black eyes and the whitest of teeth, and
with them we're two children.
The ice was soon broken, and we compmented
them according to the custom of the country, by
touching and admiring their dresses and bracelets.
They wore heavy broCade yellow satin sacquas,
which reached to their knees with blue satin bro
Gade trousers, and low cut black shoes. The front
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