The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1868-11-22
EDITORIAL AND OTHER ITEMS.


million dollars to complete the defences of the
Southern coast.
Admiral Farragut after his exhausting ser
vice in European festivities, has been placed on /
waiting orders.
A Washington paper says J. r. West has
been appointed Supervisor for Louisiana.
The Federal Court sitting in thiscity adjourn
ed on the 18th out of respect to Gen. Stuart, |
member of the New Orleans bar.
Gen. Rosecrans left Havana on the 10th inst,
after having visiting Lersundi.
The steamer Star Of the Union, from this port
for Havana, was wrecked near Bahia HOndu |
ras on the 10th inst.
Erie Railroad spectators are again in the
field It is reported seven millions in gold
were taken to Jersey City by the officers of the
Railroad.
Earthquakes were felt on the 9th inst. near
San Louis, Potosi.
A man in Hers, France, killed himself by
drinking eighty cups of coffee, to win o wa
ger. -. ~
The celebrated Italian artist Canzio died re-
Gently at the age of 80.
| Late excavations in Rome have led to the
discovery of a new quay, i'll perfect state of
| preservation.
| $500, OOO, 600.
The Government made million and a half
of dollars last year from a cent on each box OF
matches.
China and Japan exported s4,5OO,0o0 pounds
of tea this year.
man 112 years old, said to be the oldest
man in England, died on the 18th of October
at Cheltenham. H.
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tised in an English fashion paper, and brisk
trade is being done in this cheap mode of
friendship
A statement is going the rounds of the pa
pers which we do not credit, that one-siXth of
the State of Mississippi is advertised for sale
under execution.
Notre Dame University, South Bend, Indiana,
supplies each of its numerous students with q
gold medal.
1t is reported the Pope intends to revive the
order of the knights of Malta, with all it's for
mer privileges.
The Austrian army and navy are to be placed
on war footing of 800, 900 men, on the author
, ity of rumor.
Two hundred French servant girls are to sail
this month from Havre for our city, says fly
ing paragraph.
late Agricultural fair at Danville, Va. Our OWL
fair, we hope, will be success, this coming
January.
The Swiss immigration into North Carolina
has piyen rreat satisfaction. The Louisiana
immigration Bureau is actively engaged IL
promoting the settlement of agriculturlsts II
this State.
jaw Cook the banker, is the President of the
g Evangelical Advertising Association" His
experience in manipulating the $50 bond:
qualities him for infusing vitality into the
cvangclica' body.
There are prophets who say that the Radi
Gals will impeach Grant before the end of his
first year. -
: G. S. Hoyt, of Atlanta, Georgia, has been ap
I pointed cadet at West Point. This is the
first Southern appointment sncethe endof the
war.
t The late fire in Ottumwa, Iowa, destroyed
1 property to the amount ofhalf n million of dol
| lars.
, Mrs. Duke, aged Is, of Macon county, Ala.
hung herself on account of discord with hel
: husband, aged 1s.
EARTHQUAKES are becoming impartial in thei
visits Shocks have lately been felt i'll Eng
land, Ireland and Wales.
The Pope has contributed 6oOof for the relic
of the sufferers by the late inundation IN TIT
north of Italy.
Sir George Bowyer, NJ. p, has been appointed
chamberlain to the Pope, in recognition OF hi
services to the Church.
The President does not approve of Minister
Washburne's course in Paraguay. He may b
suspended.
The Bishop of London, DR.. TAFT, has bee1
translated to Canterbury
After the recent massacre of Christians in ia
pan, Inscriptions were placed on the gates o
all the cities forbidding Christians to practice
their rites.
FL -. .l,..iLies of SlSihhereen- Ireland. re