Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1871-01-13
FOREIGN NOTES.

Russia has co. cotton factories, employing
| 100000 operatives. Before the war in thi
country cotton manufacture had scarcely com
menced in Russia. During that period, how.
/ ever, the Russians began TO manufacture Box
hsrs, Persian, Indian and other cotton, and it il
said that their factories are now the most msgni
fcent in the world, exceeding in style and COM
/ pleteness even the English establishments. The
/ product amounts to $50, 200, 900 annually.
The trade in log and dye woods is becoming
/ a very valuable one for some of the Southern
Z States Of Mexico. The small port Of Laguna j.
/ ons Of the ports from which the largest export
atoms are annually made, and from the custom
house returns We learn that during 1869 no less
than lO3 vessels sailed from there, taking to diff
ferent foreign markets Gl5, $50 quintales Of log
and dye woods Of these vessels, forty-four were
French, tweity-eight German, sixteen Spanish.
seven American, FIVE English, four Danish, and
one each..of the following natonslities Mexican,
Venezuelan, Belgian, Dutch, and italian.
If there should be smother European war, the
irrepressible and incomprehensible Schlesgir-
Holsteln question may be expected to form one
Of the elements In the Heethinc mass Of iuterna-
;i0u4l debate that viii be stimulated into activ-
ity. Ii may be remembered that one Of the pro-
visions Of the Austro-Prussian treaty Of 1866.
provided for tue settlement Of the question Of the
E.be Dachies by popular vote. As was re-
called by the French Emperor. az the outbreak
ofthe present war, this provision has been Lither-
to neglected by Prussia. Indications drawn from
tie result Of jhe elections in Schleswig show that
che Aut-PrussiSE ceiling is once more in the
ascendant, and that annexation to Denmark is
now, appircnty, the viii Of the people.
During discussion on the Iona li6rs Gree
Belt) in the Mexican Congress, lately, Orregau,
8 member from lamaulipas, was talking 70 the
Minister Of War, when Velasco, member from
Natsm0yss, walked up and struck Oregon with
g. ieal-headej cane. The latter grasped the as
s2ilaut r0uod the waist aud threw him on the
floor, tearing cut his beard by the roots, and
i7iing his attempt TO use 81 revolver which he
had ia BIS hand.
The sensation ia Florence o feg weeks ago,
vas tle passage through the streets Of the ele-
plants, camels, horses and toggery Of an Ameri-
can circus company. People wonder how so great
caravan could wander 60 far. The climax
was capped when the master Of the leather nib
b3us drove his twenty six horses, hitched to his
-rumphsl car, through the town. The streets
we're thr1nged as for holiday, and, as the ab-
rupt aogie Of some narrow. ancient passage was
-ki-liuiiy turned, the crowd gave their applause
as heartily as If to some successful hero return
ing from a fight
Ia Edinburgh there is body called ths Scot
u-h Eargh Records Society. whose purpose is
iiirly expJtssed iu ifs tltle. Il is doing a good
work ny rsscuing from oblivion the stray bits Of
Scottish history which have lain dust covered
for centuries. l-s latest publication IS a series
Of 90 Extracts from the Records Of the Burrh Of
Edinburgh, A. D. lf'3-l52S." Ou. of Tie
. -t. ..I O. 81.