The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-01-18
THE STATESMAN
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his Withdrawn this permission. Tho
Turkish journal lgslr recommends Il
arm ;he whole nation aud to orcanizo
the militia.
Miss Gr-ttan, the adventurous Eng
lish woman, who aSceuGed Noun
Blanc on the thirty frs. OF last Jouua,
has married the Swiss guide whos
Compaaicd her. She made the
quaintanCe ul the hardy mnuntainel
when-only fifteen years old-Shc fir
olambered up the Alps. she is no'
about thirty.
NM. de Roihschild and Monh
have a number Of schools, hcl
and other phjlaujhropic institution
Mount = or, At Jerusalem, and h|
now added printing office, frt
which a work has lust been issue
treating of tine Holy Land. This is
the first book which has ever been
printed in Palestine.
y curious instance OF maternal ain
tion has been developed at Poitiers
France, where a widow named Girault,
who had remarked, was proved to
have stranGlci in succession three chill
dren, offspring of this second union,
So that the marriage portion of heEl
daughter by the tlrst husband shou
not be impaired. The mother
been sentenced to Imprisonment,
life at hard labor.
As an evidence of the dissolutc
av.er Of the Turkish soldier, it is said\
that in Constartlnople itself there is
scarcely an English lady who haS-$SSti
1t some time been pinchjd or inteifN
tionally iuSulted hy the soldiers while
passing through the streets. Their on
ly protection is to follow the example ]
of the Turkish ladies, aud when out of !
doors wear the winding sheet, and
keep their faces covered.
The British Parliament and the press
are about to exchange members in two
very notable cases. Mr.. Henry Labou-
chere, formerly member of Parlia-
ment, Is about to appear as the editor
of new weekly paper to be called
Truth, and Mr. Leonard Coultenay,
the leading writer on the Times, who
has long been designated as ;hc pTobas-
duet of that journal, is TO stand for the
borough OF Liskeard.
Albert Grant, the notorious English
tinancier, was so pleased with his per-
formancc at the bar when he conducted
his own case, that he resolved to be-
come n lawyer, and "read up" with
such perseverance that he easily passed
the preliminary examination as law
student. He applied for admission to
| 1,,', I,,,, 1, a ID I,
rejected his application, as they haze 4,
perfect right to do IN the case of any
candidate they consider ineligible"
Mr.. Grant has surmountod too many
obstacles to be baked by this refusal,
and carried his application to the Mid
die Temple, but there again the
Benchers preferred his room to his
company, and he was lack balled at
the ballot. 1t is expected that he will
now try Gray's Inn, but its authorities
have had so much trouble with Dr.
kcnealy, of whom they have just got
rid, that it is very questionable il they
Will look kindly on such doubtful
candidate as the willy Baron.
One Charles Schartz, who formerly
lived ut Chattanooga, New Orleans. :
and other towns in this country, has
turned up at Frankfort ont the Main.
Germany, in the character Of dynam-
itc iicna. lie recently called an expert
to open safe, watched the operation
SO closely that he Immediately fell I'M
der suspicion, agl was arrested. Sub
seQueutly there were found in his pos
session AN exact duplicate OF the
clock work used by Thomas in the
construction of the internal machine
which he intended for shipment on
the steamship Mosel, and letters from
manufacturers of nitro-glycerne, dyn-
amite and other high explosives,
written in reply to his requests Ipr
samples of their manufactures, aRA>
giving information in regard to ther
effects and explosive force. 1t wm
also learned that he had ordered fac.
similc of the Llastcr cast taken Oh
Thomas's face, the original of which is
deposited in Berlin. Burglars tools,
too, were among his possessions.
Schartz is a naturalized citizen of the
United States.
The expected arrival of a number OF
vessels of the Russian navy in Ameri-
can waters has been the subject Of
some comment and agreeable anticipa-
ton In Washington. The Minister Of
Marine of Russia is not known to have
signiiied as yet exactly what vessels
will come, but it is believed that the
whole Mediterranean squadron Of Rus
sla, with, perhaps, certain exceptions,
has been ordered TO rendezvous IN
American waters. The possible ex-
! ceptions ere the iron-clads, which,
owing TO the stormy weather prevail
ing at sea, could not safely cross the
ocean at this time, even under convoy.
! 1t is known for fact that the frigate
| Svetla. which is commanded by the
Grand Duke Alexis, and which was in
America when the Grand Duke visited
this country-will be among the yes.
sells of the squadron selected to come
to the United States. They will not,
1t is said, visit New York, but will, on
account Of their crews having been for
80 long time in the warm cline of
the Mediterranean, be sent to some
Southern pert, possibly either to
Charleston or Port Royal. 1t is ex-
pected that quite recognition will be
given these vessels wherever they may
be stationed, rs soon as they shall have
arrived in American waters.