Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-02-22

The Senate has confirmed the nomination Of
! Henry W. billiard, Of Georgia. TO be United
States minister to Brazil. The nomina ion Of
Mr.. Williamson, as collector, at New Orleans
has been rejected.
The House committee on appropriations
amended the consular and diplomatic appro-
priation bill, so "a 10 combine Paraguay, Urn
quay and the Argentine Republic in one mission
4 resolution offered in the House by Repre-
sentative Joyce, relating to the publication Of
DEGREES Of the supreme court, instructs the
judiciary committee to inqu re into the ex-
pediency OF authorizing by law the publica-
ton in the Congressional Record, or in certain
designated newspspers,o or in some other manner,
for the benefit and instruction OF the poodle, Of
brief synopsis Of cases decided by the su-
preme court.
General Le Due, commissioner OF agricul-
ture, says that his idea Of promoting the cult
walton of native tea has been ~ well received
that he receives a. lesst 600 letters day max
ing inqu ries in regard to it, and asking for
tea-plants. The commissioner already has
100, 900 tea plants started and the demand for
them will, he thinks, far eX eed the supply.
Henry NJ. Hosmer, nineteen years old son
of Colonel Hosmer patent attorney of WASH
ington, committed suicide at the Arlington
Hotel, by taking morphine The cause is stated
to be fsilure in business together with the
refusal of marriage by the parents of young
lady to whom he had been paying attention.
A telegram, signed by John Sherman, Stan
ley Matthews, J. A. Garfield, Eugene Hale and
Harry White, expressing sympathy for Gen
eral Anderson, and the belief that he is " al
| together guitless Of any of, nse against law"
was sent to him during his trial at New Orleans.
William Cline, Of Clayton, Ind, has petition
ed Congress to pay him So, 900 upon the trans
fer to the commissioner of agriculture of
| formula he has invented for compromising a
medicine to cure hog cholera.
The President has written a letter to At.
! torney- General Devens in reference to the
conviction of General Anderson. at. New Or
leans. Ia this letter President Hayes gives it
as his opinion that the prosecution against
General Anderson is altogether political that
it ia not countenanced by the best men of
Louisiana, and therefore is contrary to their
! calm judgment that the proceedings were in
| the interest of persons who strive to antagonize
the two parties in the State rather than to hsr-
monte them, and that the act will be con-
demped by all when the circumstances attend
ing the prosecution are brought to light.
The Senate committee on finance has agreed
to report favorably the House resolution de-
claring it inexpedient TO make any reduction in
the tax on distilled spirits at present. The
committee has also decided to recommend the
passage of bill providing for a commission to
consider the question of regu ating the manu-
facture and sale Of alcoholic liquors.
Professor Riley, chairman of the grasshopper
commission, reports, as a result of his investi-
cations, that there will be no devastations
from grasshoppers this year.
The meeting of the national Democratic
committee, which was set down for February
%, has been postponed to May %, at Washing
ton.
Foreign News.
n. =.
It'll, after long illness The following is a
sketch of his life: Pope tius TX Gil .vanni
Maria Mas al Ferre ii was born of a noble
family at Sinig glla, near Ancona, on May 10,
1892. He visited South America on a religious
mission in 1923. In 1927 he was made Arch
bishop Of Spoleto, and he attained the dignity
of Cardinal in 1910. In June, 1876, he was
elected by acclamation the successor Of Pope
Gregory XVI. After the French revolution OF
184S, the Italian liberals demanded greater
coucessi ns han the Pope was willing to grant.
After several viole t demonstrations on the
part of the Roman Population. Pio Mono es.
capped o Gacto j. disguise in November, 1848.
A republic was organized at Rome in 1849, bui
was subver ed by French army, which took
Rome in July of that year, and restored the
Pope. During the war OF Austria against the
French and Sardinia 5 in 1869 the people OF
the Romagna and the Legations revolted
against the Pope, and ne Papal States were
annexed 0 the kingdom of Victor Emmanuel
In January, 1860. the Pope issued an anathema
against those who abetted the invasion of his
dominions. This was probably aimed at Napo.
leon III. Rome was declared the capital Of the
new kingd m of Italy in 1860. Since hat date
the question of the Pope's emporal power hal
named in suspense, as one of the great prob
lens of European diplomacy. About the 10tl
of De cember, 1866, the French army left Rome
) The Pope prote ted against the abolition of bill
: temporal power bot lie remained in Bone. HI
: convoked by an encyc lea letter an Rcnmenica
Council, y hich met at Rome in December, 1869
todehne the dogma ofpapal infalibility, which
, after long deiberation, was finally pr null
gated in July, 1870. From that time to hi
, death the Pc led a comparatively uneventfu
life at the Vatican.
, There was terrible excitement in London OF
account of the reported advance of the Rus
= slams upon Constantuople notwithstanding tn
, armistice. Crowds rhronged the streets sing
! ing "God save the Queen" and the popula
i f. cling was int nsely hostile to Russia. TIL
| windows Of MIR. Gladstone's residence and o
the Daily Ne,cS Office were smashed by excitet
crowds. In the House of Commons the Gov
ernment's request for supplementary credi
was granted.
| Five British war vessels were ordered t
Constantinople, and the House of Common
voted $50, 600, 900 for military and naval pur
poses, by 1923 to 1874 votes, amid great enthusi
: asm.
/ The Russians hold posts in the vicinity 0
Constantinople, which place that city in thei
= power
! The immediate cause Of the death of til
a Pope was paralysis of the lungs.
Q The great fortresses of Widdin, Rustchul
Silistria, Belgradchik and Erzeroum have bee
evacuated by the Turks.
!, The revolving Kafrers in South Africa hav
d been severely punished by the British troops
The sultan refused to allow the British flee
r to proceed to Constantinople, asserting that
@ he did so the Russians would occupy the city
Prince Gortschakoff has informed the power
,s that Russia contemplates ssending troops Int
l. Constantinople because England and otht
n nations have sent war vessels there for tn
n purpose of protecting the subjects
A banquet was given in London to Henry n
Stanley by the Royal Geographical Society.
/ There has been panic in the grain trade c
q Belfast, Ireland, and about ten firms hay
Is failed, with total liabilities estimated at 81
10 100000.
= According to London dispatch the court
}, appeals has reversed the decision of the lowe
10 court in the case of Charles Bradlangh --we
n known in this country as lecturer. and Ann
7, Besaut, convicted of publishing an alleged in
70 moral pamphlet. The case will, most ikel
70 be carried before the House Of Lords.
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