The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-02-23

sDscI. Correspondence Of the New Orleans crssesu.I

Special Correspondence the New Orleans CreosntI
PARIS, Jan. 80. 1885,.
The Pays makes the following remarks on the
"budget jest presented and so snxiously looked
for !" The report of the finance minister goes
strsight to the point. II is short and precise IN
embarrassed by any dissection, avoids ali hypo
thetical provisions and finally grspples with the
situation itself, without aggravating or extenuat-
ing it. This frankness and precision are calcd.
lated to resssure rather than to disquet, because
they establish the real stste Of affairs. What is
there then that can really cause anxiety, No
thing, in truth. f1i 't
There is certainly a loan Of four hundred and
forty millions, but with peace Is not this useful
expehditure-more SO, hundred times than that
OF the i've billions which the United States ex-
pended in few years In order to carry on q war
Tor which nothing had been prepared ~ - ESD.
bill has been presented TO the parliament Of
Florence for a large issue Of copper money. The
bronze coinage IN this city has almost disappeared.
and one and Two eou pieces ara bought and sold at
premium. a 80 Ia. + I,ttcf l-elfi i.Hs
teen per cent, ard the price OF gold has risen by
one per cent. within month. In the deficit Of
the budget sum Of 81 600 600 represents the diff
ference which the state has TO pay on the interest
If the debt. 81 srr =. .l t..,. I.
The aspect Of the Chamber is sad. and the min-
isteIs are not more gay. There are manifest signs
Of some fecret Influences at work. The president
Of Tie Chamber, Mr.. Lauza, is taking his part Ia
those efforts to avoid new crisis. A majority of
the votes or even FIVE. is sought for but is not to
be found. The ministry has gone so far as TO in-
wife NJ. Crispi TO dinner at the palace.
NJ. San Martina, who had bees made use OF t.
win over the chiefs of the association Of perDlI
ne'ati, has come expressly TO Florence to aid the
government. There WAS belief that the minis
tTy could escape the danger which is menacing it.
by means Of a concession; but 1t has not been
made, since ell the journals announce that the de-
III IN ha
minister or the kings household, has been signed.
The left, which had used all It's influence to dis
snade the king, Is greatly incensed, and declare
aloud that General Manabrea must be made cru
ely 90 expiate his fault. The distress which pre-
walls at Milan added 10 the rigor of Q severe
winter, is weighing severely on the poor of that
city.
The great hospital affords certain index; as
The sick have increased 80 rapidly within the last
few days that al the wards are full ; on one day
alone, DO fewer than Luz patients were received.
Femme, We hear with pain, has extended It's
fesrful ravaQes 70 England and London especially
sits victims. Deaths from starvation recorded
daily 10 the poorer districts Of that great city and
relief committees are everywhere being orgaa-
lied.
The Paris subscription for the Arabs OF Algeria
has obtained the sum OF 1000 fran:s.
The French colony Of Guadelo1pe IA suffering
greatly from the action OF an association OF 10
cendisfies, who are called the secie d. feu bu,
whose agents have not yet been discovered.
NJ. Edmond Begguerel last week communi-
Gated to the French Academy Of Sciences some
curious researches of his regarding the colors
assumed BY the electric fluid discharged by an In
oucton col between the upper surface of liquid
and platinum conductor. go
1t appears that the fluid then takes the color
pertaining TO the substances dissolved In the liquid
when subjected TO spectrum analysis. Thus If
the liquid be.pure water, the luminous Intensity
Of the discharges is weak, aud the spectrum dis.
plays the two red aud blue bands peculiar to ny
1rogeD.
With concentrated solution OF hydrochl0ric
acid in water the color of the discharge Is slight
ly violent, and the two hydrogen bands are
brighter than with water. st.
Reside the yellow band of sodium, q yellow
one becomes perceptible. very small guam
tiiy Of saline water in the water IL sufficient 20
give the discharge the color due to salt or 10 its
elements. .r.,.I -.
III. BecQuerel has found that one thousandth's
part 10 weight Of strontian Is sufficient to pro-
duce the Grange and blue bands characterize
with strontium, and ia many cases much smaller
quantity of matter will produce similar effect
When concentrated solutions are used the Iu-
minons effects are more striking. and with chic
rides especially, they are exceedingly brilliant.
In general, the luminous bands are much more
numerous than those observed in the spectral i'm
sges OF flames containing the same saline sub
stances; and this Is owing to the high tempera-
tore OF the electric sareols, wishia- which the
above substances are nclosed in gaseous state
bnt the characteristic bands are the same As those
by Nessrs. B0nsen and Kirehtrof. IN
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