The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1873-10-26
EDITORIAL AND OTHER rsEsiA

~"Ataos AAo uiiHtox1uues, never come eiugly,
paper "mill "a fight between rival jour
malls.
HOO emigrants arrived in New York ON the
o2nd.
A new monthly line Of steamers has been
essabnsned between Liverpool and Very Cruz.
The treasury clerks took go, COO. Oco in bonds
to Europe last Saturday, making Sos GOO GOO
negotiated by the Syndicate. -
Digby, the other day, found some money in
the gutter. "Ahp said he, with knowing
look, papers have been saying that noney's
tight but wouldn't have believed is If ! had
not foant 1t in the gutter" sE3F-
The Empress Of Austria, like . true Catholic
princess, never forgetting the respset which
Christian lady owes to herself, places an equal
esteem on tho royal libertines Of italy and
Persia. She refused to see either.
On the 10th ult., the Bsvarian bishops met
at Eichstatt, to confer on their relations to the
Imperial Government Of Germany, and the
Royal Government of Bavaria. The result of
their deliberations has not yet been published
BY some means the prisoners in the New
Brunswick, New Jersey, Jail, got drunk one
day last week, and when sent into tho corridor
for the customary walk, engaged in q general
and desperate fight, which required the servi-
ces of all the officers Of the prison and police
Of the town to suppress.
Among the treasures Of the late Duke of
Brunswick, and concealed with o cover of base
metal, has been found the celebrated - Vase of
Mantau." It is Of onyx, and true master
piece of artistic workmanship. It's fame Is
great among antiquarians, who think 1t 10 Of
Semitic production, and the vial used ut the
conservation Of the Hebrew kings.
1t is stated that Jay Gould's broker in London
has disappeared with 500, OOo. the profits made
on Erie stock, which he (Gould) was relying
upon to Offset. his losses made since the
panic commenced. It is also reported that the
missing broker has carried off the funds of
several other New York spectators, whose
agents sailed for London Saturday to investi-
gate the matter. - a',>'
Some idea Of the California wine and grape
trade may be formed from the fact that this
year there viii be produced there twelve mil
lion gallons Of vino, two million pounds Of
grapes for table use, and two hundred and
fifty thousand pounds Of raisins, besides the
brandy, Of which we have no Statistics. Forty
Thousand acres are in vineyard, and the area
is constantly increasing.- ia
King Victor Emmanuel has caused four new
reception saloons to be built in the Pontifcal
Palace Of the Quirinal, also splendid sleep
ing apartment, bath room and study, for his
own private use. In addition to these i'm
provements, the king has built new stables
capable Of containing his 800 herses and all
the state carriages Now he is to create gar
dens of great extent, which are to cover the
sites of five religious houses.
Some auimals-frogs for instance-msy be
frozen stiff, and still retain vitality. In that
condition respiration appears to be suspended,
and the animal may be plsoed with IMMUNITY
in irrespirable gases. DR.. Richardson, some
years since, recounted at . meeting Of the
British Association his experiments upon this
subject, and in the courseof his address stated
that he had seen kitten revive after severe
freezing, and even immersion in ether.
More than sixty.four millions Of postal cards
have been issued In five months. This shows
to what general use they have been put by the
people, and the popularity of the movement
Next year tho demand w;M be still greater, and
when the business ceguvlunity become fully
acquainted with the advantages of the change,
great portion Of the commercial correspond
ence Of the country will DO Aoated through
the mails on postal cards.
Private advioes from the French settlement
Of st., Pierre announce the assassination of
Bishop De vere-the first Bishop Of that do .
cese. He was murdered in tho Chapel Of st.
Jean de Dieu, having been stabbed in tho
heart while ut prayer. One Emile PelIe.ier, .
cousin Of the Bishop, was charged with the
crime and arrested. It 10 said the crime was
melted by the fact that Bishop Do We're inner
tied all the fortune of Peilesier's father,
wealthy Frenchman. r9t ~
Postmaster General Cresswell made q speech
recently, the principal feature of which was
an earnest advocacy of his postal telegraph and
postal savings bank system, the speaker ar
guing that the latter afforded the surest means
by which depositors will be protected from
lawlesS speculation and guarded with absolute
security. It's successful establishment and
beneficial working in Great Britain for period
of twelve years, were evidence of the fe"si-
bility and practical Importance of such meas