The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-14
FOREIGN ITEMS.

| Mr.. Mckenzie, the African explfrer sa,..
from England on the thirteenth ultimn T. III, as
steamer Corsair, specially chartered fnr 1s NY
JUDY. on the northwest coast OF Aries w w
the purpose oil opening that region TO coma M
merce. e'1ss
Another French exposition is talked ~ !,
movement has been begun In Paris ri III, 8
brate the centenary OF the French reyol,,tlss
In 1879 by the grandest international pvss.I
ton yet known. But this project may io shsr
fere with similar one entertained In Arns..
lea to celebrate the inauguration OF Waahlns.
ton as President in that year.
England is expected to come out os II.
Zulu affair the gamer, OF course. It Is thm,cbss
that the Zulu war, besides resulting h ~
annexation Of Zululand, will lead to fire rn 81
| chase OF Delagoa Bay from Portugal ang &
q vast extension Of British Influence an ~
southeast G asst of Africa. Possible. ~
probable, though King Cetywayo shows esas
| Queen Victoria will leave London at thu anS
OF March. She will rest one night III ~
British Embassy in Paris and proceed fbes w
| TO the Italian lakes, where che will be met is
the Duke and Duchess of Connaupb BIT TX *
| will then be on their wedding tour Tlhanss
she, goes to Germany. Prince Amadmlsp
Duke Aosta and exKing Of Spain, will rss99
queen victoria at the Italian frontier. MI
King Will visit her at Lake Maggiore.
B1smarck's immense dog has again bess
doing mischief, this time killing The bet das
OF railway employees at Friedrfchgrt1hf RE
marck expressed his regrets, and told Il.
railroad man to go TO Hamburg and al ii, !.
expense select any dog there that mless
please him. The man replied that it was IA :
worth while; he had only been keeping 81
animal for his children to play with hi
marck sent the children O hand-organ to d {
place their dog.
Gordon Pacha has resumed his interruutS
labors for the extension OF the Egyptian ws
ereignty over Equatorial Africa. He has iut {
appointed the young Austrian naturaliF
Ernst Marno, Vice Governor of the provineg
OF Qualabet, the frontier region to the vest Il
Abyssinia on the Upper Atbara. Since lAkE
conclusion Of deffnitive peace betwet Z
Egypt and AbyssiBia there is nOlonger a11E
lnsuperable obstacle to the establishfnentd$
the Egyptian posts projected two years ag 3
on the Somauli coast.
Formidable riots have taken place at Has
kof and Tchirpan. In Eastern Roumelia IN /
tended TO impede the activity OF the Turopsa1
commission for the administration OF Chit {
province. They are also to be taken as II
protest against the exclusion OF the Roum4z
Ian deputies from the Bulgarian Assemble
at I1rnova. Eighty members Of that ASSEM-
bly, advocated their admission, and the coyE
respondent OF the London Times declares That
nothing can prevent o. general insurraetiotI
but the union Of Rouunelfa and Bulge IA ael
cordlng to the treaty Of San Stefano.
The executioner-in-chlef Of Spain, Senm
Pedro Hernandez Ia As years old and resides
In palace at Madrid making only proies
sional excursions to the provinces. He be9aa
hia career 7. as an operatic singer. but disguise
with the frequent Misses of the pit, became +
matador In the bull ring, and reached Ger I
tain degree Of fame. Failing, however, one
day TO give the proper home thrust to an insA
furfated animal, he was tossed till nearly
dead. AS soon as be recovered he resumei
his profession az killer, but of men, na
bulls, and In skilifulIy apply ing the "garrots /
he is said to be unequaled.
Sixty-nine libel suits for one libeli Arabt !
guilty has been the death of one paper ID i
Marseilles, and II should be q warning t6z
journalists everywhere. The NouyellisH. NE
Marseilles, stated some months ago that the {
tax receiver at st. Etienne had embezzsd
$4,000. The proprietor must have had more
than zone bad quarter OF an hour when b E
discovered, as he very quickly did, that Their
are sixty-nine st. Etiennes, towns or CON.
munes, In France. Every one OF the tax 10
ceivers OF these places brought an acton
against the paper, which has been ordered 10
pay 100 francs damages TO each collector BE-
sides 200 francs fine.
Tho German Emperor is exceedingly popa
lar at present. He can hardly enter any the
atre without the audience rising to their fef
to hurrah and chant the national hymn. Hi
8ffectionate subjects have been so fnundati1R
the palace with gifts that he has been at Id
forced to remind the public of hal7-forex
ten order In council, forbidding the presents
tion OF books, music, objects OF art and n
dustrv. etc, without leave being previ0uslJ
asked for and obtained. The only outward
signs retained by the Emperor of the fm
murderous attacks made upon him are o or
tain palenesS, and q scarcely noticeable sling
by which his right arm Is supported.