Baton Rouge tri-weekly gazette & comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1865-18??, 1867-06-11
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Foreign and Domestic.

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thirty miles from Petersburg. by Mayor
Collier and committee of the City Council.
The Mayor renewed the tender of hospi-
taIities formally offered by the municipal
authorities.
The President, while grateful for the
manifestation of kindness, regretted that
his public engagements compelled him to
decline the desired sojonrn for day, rs
business required his immediate return to
w ashington.
New YORK, June THE Southern
famine relief commission is still vigorously
carrying on its beneficial work. In addi-
ton to loading the United States storeship
Supply, which left this port on Tuesday
last, the commission have since shipped
5000 bushels of corn to Savannah and
Charleston for interior distribution. Yes
terday the President, Mr.. JamesM Brown,
received from Clarendon District, South
Carolina, an appeal for relief from the
heads of sixty seven families, the name Of
each person being given, representing 29S
individuals, some of W hom are now suffer
ing for bread. So long as this cry for food
is heard, so long will this commission cry
for money.
CHARL EsToN, June 7.-Planters repor.
that the recent heavy rains have seriously
injured the cotton crop. The first con
signment Of wheat reached Charleston to-
day for shipment North.
SAN FRANCISCO, June 7.-Arizona advices
say mining interests are improving; agri-
cultural prospects encouraging.
Gen. Gregg was pushing the war against
the Indians.
WAsHINaToN, June Internal revenue
receipts, 1865 900.
New YORK, June IA special cable dis
patch says a cowardly attempt was made
to assassi nate the Gar, while driving back
from grand review, with the Emperor
Napoleon. through the Bors de Boulogne
A young man fired a pistol at the Gear, but
it was overloaded and exploded, wounding
the hand of the assassin. Bystandets
threw up the arm of the wretch as he fred
and he was instantly cut down by the escort
and made prisoner, severely wounded. He
is supposed to be Pole, for just pre- vious
to the attempt cries of s'Vive la Polaquen
were heard. A thousand rumors are in
circulation, but no further facts are posi-
lively known.
WASHINGTON, June 8.-The President
received the first intimation of the re-
moval of Gov. Wells through the news
papers. He considers these removals as
Unauthorized by the law.
The State Department has been officially
Informed of the Communication of the SEN
tences passed upon Irish American Fe-
nniaus.
NEW YORK, June s.-The money market
continued firm most of the day at car d
cent. but the demand was less pressing
The discount market is dull and prime
business paper ranges from Ito s % cent.
Sterling firm and unchanged. Gold is
- 81 81,
ments quiet and steady.
The cotton market evinces no decided
change to day. Sales OF 1000 bales at II
for Middling Uplands.
PEsTH, June 8.-The coronation of the
Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, as
King of Hungary, occurred here to-day in
the presence of great concourse Of people.
The ceremonies were very Impressive, and
the enthusiasm of the people was un-
bounded.
LIVERPOOL, June 8-Noon.-Cotton dull
Middling Uplands l1as; Mlddling Orleans
II %; sales 5000 bales; corn declined to 37s.
INSTALLATION OF REsINous WOOD
The manufacture of turpentine and
other naval stores by means of dis
tilling pine wood, is one of the Gu
rious economical and useful inven-
tons Of the day. A mandatory
on a small scale, just to show how
the thing works, has been started on
st. Peter street, New Orleans, which
is capable of distilling one cord of
wood per day.
One of the editors of the Crescent
having visited the Works, gives the
following interesting statement of
what he saw and learned from the
owner of the patents, who was
present:
The retort which contained the
wood is inclosed with brick, the top
and bottom being alone exposed.
From pipe connected with the bot
tom of the retort, stream OF pitch
was constantly exuding, while from
a condenser connected by larger
pipe with the top of the retort, the
crude turpentine and pyroligneous
acids were running in quite a large
stream. These, allowed to settle in
a receiver, separate themselves, and
the turpenline is drawn off and in
troduced into a still. From a con-
denser connected with the still, the
clear, pure spirits of turpentine was
collected in receiver ready for
market. A good article of ros'n was
also taken from the still. We never
saw a finer article of turpentine, and
among the number present was an old
manufacturer, who pronounced the
process complete success, and that
there was no doubt it would entirely
supersede the old way of manufac
turing. After all the crude material
has passed from the retort to the
condenser, the connection between
the two is closed = the fire increased
and the wood charred.