The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1872-04-14

Ireland.
War hasbeen declared by Guatemala against
Honduras and San Salvador.
A million dollars in gold, according to the
figures at the mint, weighs just about two tons.
Hydrate of Chloral has killed another man
in Chicago, Jacob Crane a we'll known lawyer
Rochefort, Grousset and Asst sailed from
France on the 9th inst, for the penal colony
of New Caledonia.
The volcano at Colima Mexico, Which has
7been threatening for the past two years, is
now in full eruption.
"My dear sir, will pay you in time, and
since time is money the longer you wait the
surer you will be of your pay"
The number of deaths in Philadelphia, for
the week amount to ABS, q decrease of ten !;
smallpox deaths seventy-four, decrease of
eleven.
Gen. Frank Cheatham, c. s. A., announces
himself q candidate for Governor of Tennessee
on the Democratic ticket, subject to the nomi-
nation of the convention.
The volunteer subscriptions of the French
residents in Mexico toward the payment of the
war indemnity to Germany now amounts Ia
forty-one Thousand dollars.
Some sixteen hundred immigrants from AL
SAGE and Lorraine arrived in New York during
AVA N>~-~ ~A>
in apparent good circumstances.
A revolution has broken out in st. Marc,
Hayti. Troops massacre the insurgents by
Wholesale. Citizens of the United States were
protected by the French Consul
Anumber of gentlemen in st. Louis, friends
of Gen. s. Cooper, Adjutant General of the Con-
federate army, have adopted active measures
to raise money to relieve his urgent wants.
The editor of the Tampa Peninsular has been
presented with q jar of ripe stra wberries, grown
by Mr.. Matthew Hooper Some OF the straw
berries measured three inches in circumference.
Advices from the Indian country, state that
Red Cloud, Chief of the Sioux, had q talk at
the Agency, recently. He is peaceful, but his
Young Ga1riors cannot he kept from the war
path.
The English papers are indignant because
government has granted an annuity Of only
$4,000 to Lady Mayo and $780, to be divided
amongst the children of the late Viceroy of
India.
A parent in New York has sued the Board of
Health for $4,000 for forced vaccination,
charging first, assault upon his child; secopd,
the introduction of scrofala into the child's
system.
A train OIL the Midland railroad went
through Saddle river bridge, near Hackensack,
New Jersey. One person was killed outright
and twenty-five thirty wounded, some
Forty-seven thousand women of Alsace and
Lorraine have sent q petition to Bismarck, in
which they ask that their fathers and soma
may be exempted from service in the German
army for few years.
The food in Licking, Ohio,is unprecedented;
125 coal boats, with one million bushels of
coal, have been swept away. The Ohio itself
r.
disasters arc reported.
An English farmer who lives on the reputed
BATTLEFIELD of Dorking, writes to the London
papers that the whole story of the battle is q
lie, and there has been no disturbance what
ever in his neighborhood.
Mr.. Brooks resolutions in the United States
Congress for protectorate in Mexico, created
NO sensation in the city of Mexico. The jour
mails publish them without harsh comments,
como even without editorial remarks.
The mortal remains of Aaron Burr lie in the
graveyard at Princeton, N. j., where, a few
years ago. monument of marble was erected
by stealth and at night, by whom it is I'M
known, but other unknown persons have mutt
lated the shaft.
President Juarez, of Mexico, is not n half
breed, as some suppose. He is pure Indian
Ouo Vi LILO Hence DIS strong nQlQ
upon the affections of the Pueblos, who form
about four-iifths of the entire population of
Mexico-the unmixed children of the sum-"
but most decidedly sunburnt The are very
excellent people-only little too fond of war
and garlic.
The agricultural statistics for Ireland. Just
issued, show over So 900 acres under crops,
including meadow and clover; increase over
previous year 10000 acres. Nearly 100000
acres are under grass; 1000, 900 acres bog, and
waste meadow, and clover; increase, 100000
acres; barley, 10000 acres oats and flax each
decreased about 30 900 acres wheat decreased
10000 acres. The total number of Irish hold
ings is $4,000; one-tenth of the land is held
by 1900 occupiers, who each till over 500 acres;
100000 persons bold less than 80 acres, and
take up quarter of the land.
SMITH & McKENNA.-In glancing through
this copy of the STAR, the reader hardly fail