The Portland daily press., 1875-06-11

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nlng OF this century, the different governments
IRON natural feeling of Justice and ia the
interest OF rel 5iOn, promised 10 help support
, he clergy, both Protestant and Catholic. In
Prussia the amount of the subsidy was fixed by
the Cabinets order" of August 1921. and
; this was accepted by the Pdpal Bull, de sa-
tute dflsnldTuno. In the Cabinets Order the
subsidy was promised on condition that the
dignity and authority of the State be respected
and the Pope tacitly accepted the condition,
and spoke in his Bull of the "munficent gen.
erosity of the King of Prussia" No one can
deny that the clergy have not respected ths
authority OF the state; so, from a legal point
view, the ministry are perfectly justified i
their action.
At a banquet given by the National Club
~ London the other night. in honor of Count
Munster, the ambassador sad in the course Of
his response to toast "COunt Munster rep
resentative of Protestant United Germany:
You know the struggles which have taken
place between the Pope and German Emper-
ors: you knew that German Emperor has
been compelled to make public peniteDce at
| Canossa, and you know that Prince Bismarck
has said in one of his grandest discourses that
what makes the Roman Catholics so furious,
| is that they know well that our Emperor Will
liam, protestant, aoM not 90 to CdnOssa You
know that that caused the Thirty Years War,
| and the misery which this war caused to Gev-
| many. You know how Germany has been
| divided, and how for ages il has been neces-
| sary to work in order to revive and to become
| what she now is. 1t is the German protestant
/ Empire, the United Germany and the United
| Italy that the dark men of Rome do not like"
| Further on Count Munster said: 81 hope that
this country (Great Brittany will be spared for
some time this struggle, but L think you do
| well to be upon your guard" and again he re-
marked: "My master, the Emperor, and the
| Prince will accomplish the task they have un.
| dertaken. They will rot repOse, you may be
assured, until the liberty of conscience is guar
| autied. And you may count that all laws
Il Nvh to fafn mill ha
| voted because the liberal and intelligent Ger
| man people are with them. ] hope the time
| will speedily come we shall be able to dwell
| in peace with our Catholic compatriots." And
| new Mr.. Sullivan, Irish Roman Catholic
member of Parliament, is going to call the
| governments attention TO the Counts speech.
There is nothing very surprising in this Ul-
tramontaneS ara not easily satisfied anywhere;
even in countries so unfortunate as to have
been under their Influence for generations,
they refuse to be content with anything short
of absolute ascendency, and are always seek
ing to galvanze into life the spirit of intoler
aDce and superstition These fellows are ever
ready to claim for themselves that freedom OF
speech which they invariably, when they have
the power deny to their opponents.
American tourists doing the old worlds will
hail with delight the news recently conveyed to
US of the discovery of new province, W hose ro-
mantle valleys have heretofore remained un-
marked by the footsteps OF the ubiquitous Yam
kee. Fourteen thousand feet above the level of
the sea, in the plateau of the Himalayas, there
exis s territory of thee thousand square
miles, called the district of Zanskar Enclosed
on every side 0y mountains of Titanic grandeur
and unapprJacha5le except by difficult noun
tain passes, Zanskar possesses peculiar claims
to the attention of the wandering traveller in
search of the latest novelty. The scenery is said
to resemble in some degree that displayed on
the western slopes of the Northern Andes, but
its popularity consists in the rapidity OF the
transition from zones, exuberant with semi
tropical vegetation to frozen regions abounding
in glaciers of ice and of granite, whose preeipi-
tate descent sometimes dverts the mountain
streams from their course, This mud region is
the veritable ''abode of the eternal snow" about
which so much has been written, and the in
habtarts thereof. are as strange and pecu lar as
Zahskar itself. The mountaneers in appear
ance resemble somewhat the Scotch Highland
efs and their distinctive dress is peculiar sort
of tartan plaid-a combination Of features
which suggested to a learned Celt that at
length he had discovered the cradle of his race,
that Zanskar was only another form of Sangu-
bar, and that the words tartan aud Tartar were
Synonymous. The religion of this peculiar
people is Buddhism, and consists mainly in the
repetition of the religious formula prescribed
by the Thibetan Lamas, namely, 30 God the
Jewel "a the lotus tree" This short paraphrase
is supposed to be of sovereign efficacy in guard
ing against all the evils Ofliie provided olly that
the formula is reiterated sufficiently often. In
order to secure an uninterrupted succession OF
eternal blessings, number of prayer wheels
aud mills are kept in continual operation, tile
cylinders of which contain the religious charm
jast mentioned within Infinite number OF
times, aud in proportion as the fragments of
paper are whIled from left to right with more
less velocity, SO the piety of the owner Of the
wheel or mill is gagged by the invisible Deity.
The social life of the Zanskarians invests the
females with peculiar privileges, which are the
antithesis of those enjoyed by their Indian sis
terhood Of the plains. In Hindostan proper,
the men have many wives, but in ZanSkar the
wives have many husbands. 1t is stated that it
is the custom of family consisting of several,
brothers, to have one wife between them, the
children being divided by lot among the respec-
tive husbands. An accomplished woman in
Zaokar is one who manages to govern eficiert-.
ly her several husbands. Notwithstanding the
economical principles upon which household
arrangements are thus conducted at Zanskar,
the people possess that proverbial virtue OF
mountaineers, which consists in unbounded
hospitality towards strangers. Intending tour
lists may therefore divest themselves of any un-
easiness occasioned by the total absence OF ho-
tells.
A new land and new people are not an ev-
ery-day discovery in this sublunary sphere, up
on which the Anglo Saxon appears to have
been located for the express purpose of rushing
Lout, and at the pTeseLt moment there are
at least two energetic Americans doing Central
Africa, it will not be long before other repre-
sentative travellers enlighten the world as to
the sayings and doings of the people of the val
leys of Zanskar in the Himalayas.
Mr.. Frank W. Potter our Consul at Mar
Seilles is importing great number OF Ameri-
can grape vines for transPlanting in France.
The report of the Montpelier (France) Wine
Congress brings forward prominently, two i'm
portaQt facts with reference TO the growth and
culture of the vine in the United States. First,
the attempt 10 manufacture wine in the South
of France from the produce of transplapted
American saplings, has succeeded. Secondly,
sweet wines, grown and manufactured at the
United States, would likewise seem, according
to the reports, to have contrasted favorably,
with similar vlntages, the produce of certain
French departments. The red wines that re-
ceived the most favorable mention were the
Cynthiana and Mor!on's Virginia; and,
amongst white Wines the most favored brands
were the Martha, the Goethe, the Rulauder, the
Hermann, the Herbemont, and the Cunning
ham. Two other descriptions OF American
wines were also mentioned as forming sound
material for mixture with French wines, and
these are the Clinton, and the Concord. Con-
sidering that the vine cultivation is quite in its
infancy in the United, theefavorable apprecia-
ton contained in the Montpelier report can
not fail to exercise an important influence on
this branch of American industry The report
said that all attempts to extirpate the vine de-
sease IN France with the exception of the pro-
cess of subcssion) had failed, and the opinion
is gwen, although very cautiously, that the
most effectual method Of preserving the vpe-
yards of France would be by the transplanting
of American saplings. The quantity of Ameri-
can wine manufactured in California during
the year 1874 amounted to some seven million
of gallons, and it is probable that the very ia
vorable opinion with respect to California vim
tages, expressed in the Montpelier report, may
encourage American vine-growers to persevere
in their endeavors to accmatize and cultivate
the vine the other side of the Rocky Noun
tans
In London the Moody and Sankiy meetings
continue with wonderful success. The crowds
are immense, orderly and interested. The meet
ings are conducted as quietly as Presbyterian
prayer meeting. No excitement, 10 religious
shouting. Ten years ago Dr. Newman wrote:
"a day is fast approaching when reasonable
men will either turn Atheists, turn Catholic or
go mad' l don't see as that day has approach
ed yet, or gives any sign of approaching DIR.
Newman and DR.. Manning somehow, have
managed to swallow infallibility, and are de-
voted servants of the Pope. but religious truth
constantly gains a stronger hold upon the
people.
Rear Admiral Shepard Osborn of British
navy shot aime ago said: ''of what use to us
is the finest fleet of fighting ships in the world
if they are armed with muzzle loading cannon,
against a somewhat inferior fora of ships
carrying breach leaders" He then demon
strated to Capt. Nolan and other members of
Parlment that the superiority of American
breech-loaders is as twenty-five 10 ten.' 1t
seems to me there is au error there. Are all our