The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1877-08-09
Foreign Notes.

There are twenty-six Catholic peers
in Great Britain and Ireland.
Prince Bismarck said recently that
one of the great obstacles to the con
solidatIon OF the German Empire is the
excessive individuality which marks
bis countrymen.
The effect OF the Eastern war on the
circulation OF the London papers Is
very marked. Their daily issue has
jumped up twenty, thirty, and, in some
cases, fifty thousand.
The University of Heidelberg has
lost by death one of its most dIstin-
guished professors, Herr Zoepf, who
for the past forty years had filled the
chair OF German political law.
The Pope's physicians will probably
recommend that he take a se1As of
baths at Civita Vecchia, or else that
water therefrom be conveyed to the
Vatican, as 1t was two years ago.
Gamba<ta, when addressing a Re.
publican delegation at Paris few days
SINCE, said that in spite of all runors
to the contrary set afloat by interested
papers. the health Of NJ. Theirs had
never been better nor his mind so clear
and vigorous.
Spain is preparing an army for the
suppression Of the Cuban revolt, and
yet the prospects for the ultimate sue
cess Of the Cubans was never better.
In spite of oil her expenditure of
money, in spite of all her armies, it.
Gems that Spain is destined to lose her
most valuable colon al treasure.
The new German four per cent. loan
is to be issued through a Syndicate of
German bankers, who take 1t at "a, and
place il on the market at "a $40. The
total amount to be raised is $40, 49,
900. Subscriptions are to be received
on the twenty-iith and twenty-sixth of
the present month, but on the first of
July offers to take SS7, 500, 900 had al
ready been received. At the same time
that this loan is selling at discount
OF 3 410 per cent, United States four
per cent. bonds command a small pre-
MUM.
The death Of Blanqui, the Communist
prisoner now confnej at Clairvaux,
was incorrectly report % ~ome days
since. The prisoner, hoH or, is suffer
ing from heart disease. This is the
Blanqui who once made a remarkable
confession of faith, as follows: ~
have conspired ever siRce l left my
mothers breast. A schoolboy, con-
spired against my masters; young
man, against my sovereign; now grown
to manhood, against my jailors, and in
the next world will conspirc against
my then ruler, be he God or devil"
Cleopatra's Needle, soon to go to
England, was originally erected at
Baal, in Syria, and dedicated to the
worship of the sun. The city was after
ward styled Heliopolis by the Greeks.
and is still celebrated for its ruins as
Baalbec. The monolith, with another,
was brought to Egypt by the Romans
in the reign of Tberlus. 1t is of red
granite, sometimes called Thebaic
stone. and was given to England by
Mohammed Ali when Pasha of Egypt.
There arc not less than eleven Egyptian
obelisks in Rome, which were brought
from Egypt by successive Roman en-
perors as memorials of their triumphs.
The scandal about Cardinal Antonelli
Is fairly before the Civil Court at Rome,
the woman who calls herself his
daughter having sued for his estate,
valued popularity at So 900, 000,) as his
heir in the default of legitimate off
spring. This person now styles her
aelf the Countess Laurettt Lambertini,
and has engaged two of the most capa-
BILE lawyers of Rome, Gallini and
Taiahi, the latter a well known orator
and deputy, who have asked leave to
examine at once, out of their order,
three of the plaintiffs witnesses, the
Archpriest Eenditti, an old servant OF
Antonelli's, and the midwife who as
sisted, rs she alleges, at her birth
this application being based on the fact
that these persons have attained great
age, and their deaths are to be looked
for at any moment. 1t is street gossip
in Rome that the Pope now hears the
scandalous allegations against his late
minister fer the first time, though they
were not wholly new to Rome during
Antonelli's life; and also that the lat
ter's successor, Cardinal Simeoni. en-
deavored to persuade the Antonelli
brothers TO try to compromise with the
woman. In connection with this case,
1t is said that the meagre sums given
In the Cardinals will as his requests
are merely blinds, each figure signify
ing much greater one, say thou
sand-iold. There will.be some curious
passages in the coming trial, whatever
the upslsot may be.