The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1879-12-11
Foreign Notes.

Mount UeSuviusi Is again reported &C.
tive and great eruption seems proba-
BILE.
Victor Hugo is seventy-seven years
| old, but he does not look more than
fifty.
Gortachakoff is reported as suffering
from mental deprt ;icn, and that there
is little hope of his recovery.
The famine IN Upper SiIcsia is as
suming very alarming proportions, and
relief for sufferers is organizing.
Mr.. Gladstone will be seventy years
old on the twenty-ninth of December.
A great public dinner is to be given
him on the occasion.
Bohemia has two superior and seven
ordinary institutions for agricultural In
struction, all of which are in the eDjoy-
ment of State support.
Not bottle of wine has been made
in the province of Champagne, France,
this year. l. is the fist failure of the
grapes to ripen ir sixty years.
Baron LungeD, Austrian ambassador
at S.. Petersburg, will be repisced with
Prince Windisburg. Ii is regarded as
step to meet Russia half way.
The contracts for the British Coluu-
bia section Of the Cansda Pacific rail-
way have actually been awarded, and Il
sudden increase Of royalty on the Do
mininn's western coast may be conf
IDENTIFY anticipated.
George Augustus Sala, the well
known London critic and essay writer.
who was Charles Dickens right hand
man in the editoIship OF "Household
Words" ia to make q tcur in the South
ern States as correspondent fer the
Londoa Telegraph.
The announcement comes from pro-
testant sources that Princess Louise,
daughter OF Green Victoria and wife Of
The Marquis of Lrrne, is about to be
taken into the fold Of the Catholic
Church. An English Episcopal maga-
zine says that the event will take place
within the coming year.
The condition of Ireland is attract
ing great attention in Russia, and some
of the papers assert thst the Irish are
only waiting for rupture between
England aud Russia to rise and declare
| their independence. Some noted Pan
slaVists hsvs slgnifed desire to aid
the Irish by contributions of money.
The Russian and Prussian govern
| ments have adopted a biscuit for
horses containing much Lutrltive mat
ter in small volume. According to
the La Nature, the biscuits are formed
of the meal of oats, peas and hnseed.
The various combinations [haYe been
studied with care, and a mixture has
been obtained euch thst one kilo-
gramme Uf it il rquivalent to Ave kiIo-
grammes Of oats. 1t has been found
that horses bear fatigue better and are
more vigorous than when fed with
oats.
M. Lepere, French Minister of the
Interior, 10 his report upon the subj sct
OF plenary amnesty, states that only
$50 deportes remain uDpsrdoned, where
'f 65 were members of the Commune.
50 had committed common Law crimes
against the person, 104 bad committed
common law crimes agsiast property.
52i had been previously convicted OF
non-oolitical ofeDses, and 81 belong to
the class who, having been sentenced
tn cOatuMGeiGB1, evince abroad an atti-
tude which renders clemency toward
them ImoossibIe
There Is q speck OF difficulty in China |
between the English Governor Hennee-
sey. Of Hong Kong, and United States
Consul Mosby. The facts are stated 10
be that Gov. Hennessey, as q represen-
tative Of the British government, desir-
Gus of Obtaining official information
the opium traffic between
Hong Kong and Mscss, in order to
check the notorious illegal practices.
applied 70 Mosby for copies OF the
United States records Of shipments:
Aosby saw ia tbs an implication that
The British had right 20 inspect coz
'ular documents, and felt himself bound
~ resent il. The Governor said the.
'tquest was made for the public good,
md with perfect courtesy. He is re-
ported TO have usad unpleasant Ian
yuage to the United States Cor sui. and
It last a6vices the bad blood had cuI-
minated IN . ruptdre OF official rela-
ions- II the facts ara ss reported.
'ur goyernment should fully supporr ,
u rerTesentative In rebukise srrc9ant /
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