The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-11-24
1DITo1IAI AND 0fHXR rTIlls.

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Twenty-one ocean steamers sailed from New
FORK in one day last week.
It is stated that Boutwell, will succeed MrI
sumner in the United States Senate.
A European letter states that $4,000 people
died of cholera in Russia this year.
Mr.. Delapoer, N. P. for Waterford has, it is
,aid, entered q religious order in Rome.
The average of 16, 400 persons weighed at the
Cincinnati exposition was only $50 poands.
The Apaches living in the San Pedro bottom
are dying rapidly of consumption and scrofula.
Last Wednesday 200 negroes from Florida,
South Carolina, and Georgia, sailed for Liberia
from New York.
The Department of Religion at Yeddo has
issued document, looking toward the tolera-
ton Of all believers Of all creeds.
One hundred and thirty-two cargoes of wheat
have been sent from San Francisco to England
since July, aud thirty vesscls are now loading
at the same port.
It is reported that the Second Ecclesiastical
Province of the Catholic Church Is to be e.
tablished IN England, with Liverpool as the
Metropolitan City. h..
The Empress Eugenie held q fete at Chisel-
hurst on the 18th. Many visitors from Paris
were present, and number of regiments sta
toned at Versailles sent bouquets
The aquarium in course of construction OF
Vienna will contain two hundred thousand
gallons of sea water, which will be brought
from Trieste, twenty hours distant, by fast
train.
A European letter to the Herald cautions
American inventors to hcquaint themselves
thoroughly with the patent lave of Austria
before sending their inventions to the great
exposition at Vienna.
A Cuban letter states there are 10 900 nsur.
gents under arms, but there is suffering from
tho scarcity of clothing and medicine Sever
al skirmishes have taken place lately and
Spanish assertions are frequent.
Dispatches from the End of the Atchison,
Topeka and Santa Fee Railroad, on the western
line of the State say baffsloes are 80 plentiful
that trains cannot be run with safety. They
roam along the track in immense numbers,
making their way south.
An order has issued from the Cardinal-Vicar
| enjoining all the secular clergy of Rome and
| the surrounding province, by the decree Of the
Pope, to undergo, each of them, week Of con-
| yentual penance and retreat. 1t is more than
| twenty wears since this measure was taken be-
fore. ,,
| istra,ion des Forets have sold, or are about to
sell. in the Forest of Fontainebleau alone,
1929 oaks of lao to 800 years old; 4s2s beeches
of 90 to 200 years old, and 172O hectares OF
coppice. The French painters protest with all
their mi ght, as we'll they may.
Mr.. Tsnuyson has not pleased his critics, and
his popularity, if the criticisms of the papers
NAV he taken as test, is decidedly waning
All the reviews of "Gareth and Lynette" either
condemn the poem with as mueh outspoken-
ness rs is consistent with the respect for 80
great q name. or, at best, damn IL with FAINT
praise.
The report Of Major Mcfarland. engineer IN
charge of the eurveys for q canal route 10 coz
meet the Tennessee River with the Atlantic
Ocean at or near Savannah, Georgia, Will Dc
transmitted to Congress along with the report
Z of the Secretary of War. The report is eA-
tbaustive and fully establishes the Feasibility
of the project.
Efforts are being made to organize 1.-THE lrisn
8 vote in tho North of England towns. Inc
, Dublin Freeman says: 1--WE are Informed 'ha'
arrangements are in progress which, when car
risd ont. will make the Irish vote in England
n very formidable power in all the future con
, , tasts of English parties. In many OF the grea
: Epo1isb towns the Irish electors are nnmetou'
! enought to exercise q decisive lnhuehce .
9 every contested election In Manchester 'he'
{ are said to number II, ooo."
). The trial of tho Tichborns Claimant ID 90
), down for the sittings after the ensuing term y
t Middlesex, appointed to commence on the D0s
IT of November The Late 1iases understands .na
. the necessary steps are being taken to deien
: the Tichborue Claimant with vig0r. Leao'n
= counsel, it is added, have been spilled TO- ~
" though not at present actually retained VIZ,
II names, if mentioned, would be sufhoien' su" ,
J. antee that the best possible case will DC mao
n for the defendant. --f
d The latest and lowest estimates OF insurAne
- loss by tho Boston ERE gives the total amou.
"a s4s753 200, which is distributed as ioii"". Wv.
D. Massachusetts, Companies $e9,7lo,ooo' w
st uecticut 81, 962 800, New York IS mH.i
ne $4oO, 900, Rhode Island $s2o'ooo, ea ooo Mi
O. $3.50 600. Illinois ssO, 900, Missouri 600 Nh
o nesota $4,000, New Jersey $H,5oo, on
u COOK 600 Pepnsylvanis, $2,776 500, WisconS