The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1876-01-19

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Washington Special to the New York Herald.
Senator Conover says that he has not con
suited with the President or Secretary o
State in regard to his Cuban resolutions, an6
it may be said without disrespect to Mr.. Con
over that these do not at present excite atten-
ton here. 1t is not probabls that they will
come up for discussion in the Senate.
The House will soon call for the papers in
regard to Spanish and Cuban relations, and il
is said that the President is ready and quite
willing to comply with the demand of the
House at any time
There is no reason to spprehend trouble
either with Spain or Mexico. With the latter
country all our relations are friendly. and the
border troubles are not likely to end in any
serious complications. The Spanish negotia-
tions are on such a footing that no complica-
tons can artist for some time to come, at least,
and there is disposition among leading men
in both Houses to insist on an avoidance by
the Administration of anything that is likely
to bring on war. Meantime it is known
that the Spanish Government is considering
remedial and qaieting measures in Cuba, and
there is no doubt that it has been urged to
this course by the knowledge that the most
important European governments are in SYM
pathy with the United States and not with
Spain, most or all of those governments hav-
ing themselves serious causes of complaint
against Spain.
Some curiosity is felt here to know what
the Spanish Ministry will determine on as to
Cnban reforms, and whether it will propose
Cuban rule by Cubans and an opening of the
ports of the island to the commerce of the
world, with q competent represen tation Of
Cubans in the Spanish Cortes. 1t is thought
that some such plan as this may be proposed,
and that it would win over the best Of the
Cubans and the substantial citizens of the
island.
Literary CuriOsities, Puns and Blunders.
In a notice of DR.. Bombaughs '.Gleanings
for the Curious" the Hartford Courant quotes
the following:
We find the whole alphabet in this one SEN
tence of forty-eight letters:
John p. Brady gave me black walnut
box of quite small size |"
Then there's the SGT of five univocal verses,
where in each in succession only one vowe. is
employed. The 81 verse I" On the Approach
Of Evening is:
"Idng sit in this mild twilight dim,
Whilst birds in wild swift virgil, circhhg ekim,
Light winds i'll signing sink till, rising bright
Nights Virgin Pilgrim swims in vivid light"
And this is the story of Colman. who was
asked if lie knew Theodore Hook, and answer
ed at once: Oh, yes; Hook and eye are old
associates" There are abundant other good,
bad, and Indifferent jokes of this sort A long
list Of literary blunders is given, including
those of the French translators, who rendered
Cibber's Loves Last Shift into "Ihe Last
Chemise of Love, and Congreve's Mourn |
ing Bride" into the spouse Of the Morning"
and classed Miss Edgeworth's essay on s.Irish
Bulls among important works on natural his |
tory, and TO Shakespeare's line, 80 dull, so
dead, in looks SO woe-begone," put the
conclusion $50 grief be off with |
you. Even Votaire made one of
Shakespeares hunters, who was going to
8 carve for himself a fortune with his
sword" say: What care for lands2 With
my sword will make fortune cutting meat
Victor Hugo called the Firth Of Forth the
" fifth Of the quarter" The Tichborne claim
ant, who understood Latin" translated for
the court "Laus Dec semper" as 1.-The laws
of God forever" and a French pre,ender of
Latin knowledge once gave "Numero Deus
imparigaudet' to mean The number two
takes pleasure in being odd"
1t was a sharp bit of echo verse that the
Sunday Times of London threw of in 1881,
when tickets to hear tine great violnist were
very high:
Whist are they who pay three guiness
To hear 4 tune Of Ps-anlls3
E,hp Da.t 81