Semi-weekly Louisianian. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1871-1872, 1871-06-08
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~ Caught III DAWiuuiC COuhcy, va.
It is about twice the size Of COM
mon partridge, with back and wings
of handsome brown color-the
breast like a doves, and legs, which
are long. of a greenish hue but the
head and bill are the most striking
parts, and hard to descibe. In the
center Of the forehead bright scar
let strip about quarter OF an inch
broad runs down from above the
eyes to the root Of the bill, which it
completely envelopes for half of its
lentgh, the other half being of del
icate, yellowish color, curving grace
fully downward at the end. The
bill is little more than an inch in
length, and the scarlet strip mp the
front Of the head is perfectly smooth,
like wax.
-. The new professorship in
Princeton Seminary to which Pres
ident Aiken has been called is en-
titled "The Professorship of Chris
tian Ethics and Apologetics." The
en- lowment of it was an unfulfilled
purpose of the late Stepen Colwell,
Esq, of Philadelphia, and his widow
has aided LIBERAL in making up the
fund.
-. In the London Daily Tele-
graph certain villas at Teddington
are thus advertised: Every shade
of religious opinion provided for in
the neighborhood, from the highest
form of aesthetic ceremonial to the
simplest phase of religious SEN
timent."
49,. The Erie canal, which is the
principal one in this State, is in
width seventy feet, and the least
depth of water seven feet. The
length of the locks is one hundre d
feet. The average dimensions of
the boats are-length, about ninety
six feet; breadth, seventeen feet
three inches; depth of hold, nine
feet; they carry an average of about
two hundred and thirty tuns; thei,
average draught is, when light, two
feet, when loaded to full capacity
six feet. The speed at which the
boats are required to be propelled
by steam is not less than three
miles an hour.
The climate of California EN-
braces all the zones-Temperate
Torrid and Frigid. You can expe
rience them all in six hours. Leav
ing Arctic cold and snow on tn
Sierre Nevadas, you will see tropi
ical flowers and fruits long befor
you reach Sacramento. In the win
ter it is bleak, cold and snowy il
Shasta, but mild and balmy in Lo
Angeles and Sen Diego.
-. The statute of Abraham Lin
coin, intended for Paramount Parl
Philadelphia, is Of bronze, was sculr
tured by Rogers, and is valued
the sum of $4,000. 1t is to b
placed on granite pedestal, design
ed by Struttors. The entire stru'
ture will be thirty-three feet j
hight, conspicuously placed an
visible both on entering and leavin
the park.
The Princess Louise, no
Lady Thorne, paints beautifully an
is also sculptor. Eight of her pi
lures have been exhibited in Lo
don this season, and sold for Il
benefit of the hospitals. Some piec
of her sculpture have also been e
hibited in LONDON.
The Princess Frederick, ell
est daughter of ex-King George
Hanover, is dying of poison col
municated to her blood by droppil
a lighted green taper on her al
Christmas day 1869, while preps
ing a Christmas tree for some pc
children.
-. The principles of rece
Tennessee wedding were aged
and 81. The bride had been nj
ried twice before and the grot
four times. They aggregated 81
enteen children.
The iron mines of Northe
Georgia are now more valuable tn
those of gold. They are inexha'
tible, and yield a per centum eq
to those of Pennsylvania. r
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