The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-26
FOREIHN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
The Emperor Of Japan will donate $500 600
to italian opera.
Up to May 20 Lord Chelmsford has lost |
ll86 men In action, and 86 by disease.
Alexander Of Bulgaria has established an
Is to have civil list of 100000 francs.
Lord Elcho said lately In the House of Com
mons that he did not believe the British
troops had ever fought 50 physically brave d
race as the Zulus.
The Greboes, of Liberia, after some expert
ence OF their civilized African neighbours have
commenced violent proceedings to Dust the
American Africans.
The khedive is about forty-ntne years OF
age, and q man of quiet, easy habits and good
education He keeps harem, and has four
wives or queens, whom he allows to give
away their photographs.
The Pope has conferred the Grand Cross Of
the Order Of Plus TX on Kheireddin Pasha,
Grand Vizier; Caratheodori Pasha, Minister
OF Foreign Affairs; Osman Pasha, Minister
Of War. and Said Pasha, Minister Of Justice
tie settlement Of the Armenian schism
Official reports have been received of 1854
cases Of fire-all the fires that occurred In all
the provinces Of Russia during the past
month: The total loss Is estimated at $780,
900 roubles. OF these fires 159 were from In
act origin Of the other 629 has not been dis
covered.
There is every probability that the Gothard
tunnel will be completed by the end of No
vember. The point now reached on the
chenen side 212o feet from the center ter 81 1 The
mountain, and 1t Is expected that the junction
Of the two galleries will be made some 200
| meters from the center. on its southern side.
Geneva will hold, in 1881. an international
| exhibition exclusively confined to watches,
grades Of jewelry, snuff boxes and musical
boxes. The Grand Council Is said to have
| voted the credits necessary for the prepara-
tory works. This exhibition will be the first
Of an international character that has taken
place In Switzerland.
The growing Of wheat on q large scale IN
| the Argentine Republic has only been carried
on two or three years, and yet at last accounts
\ forty vessels were loading tn the River Plata
with wheat for Europe. The country is fast
filling up with emigrants from Italy, France
| and Germany, and promises soon to be a
| sharp competitor In grain shlpm ents with the
| United States.
! For several years past the Russian Govern
ment has been on bad terms with the Pope,
permitting no bull Or encyclical to be pub
lished In the Polish provinces, but the rela-
tions between st. Petersburg and the Vatican
seem to have improved Of late. An encyclcal
i dated December %, 1873 has been permitted
to appear, In which Leo XIII denounces
Socialism as the most dangerous enemy OF the
State and the Catholic religion.
and is transacting public business In spite o.
his accident OF two weeks ago. This accident
was said to have been caused by his foot sud.
denly slipping on the polished floor OF his
study, He fell heavily to the ground, and se
injured his right knee that blood Immediately
began to flow. He is too apt to forget his
weight of years, and cannot be induced tt
transfer permanently even the least part O.
his sovereign responsibilities to his son.
It is singular fact that not one of the I'm
perial Napoleons has died In France or OF
I, French soil. Napoleon I, the founder Of the
family. died prisoner on the British tslane
of st. Helena, In the South Atlantic ocean
his SOD, Napoleon II, died in Austria; hi
nephew, Napoleon III died ~ exile 10 Eng
land, and now his granddaughter, the yount
man whom the French Imperialists hav
hoped would one day rule France as Napoleon
Nv, has met his fate at the point Of Zull
I spears In South Africa.
When the Gar entered his box at the Crane
his departure for Livadial q part OF the ~
J dience arose and shouted: Long live til
} Carr The greater part OF the public, how
ever, substituted the cry OF "A constitution!
= A tumult ensued, with the usual interference
: Of the police; numerous arrests were made
3 and the sovereign, after while, retired fror
) his box. The heir-apparent remained, an
was at once greeted with enthusiastic ap
plaHSe anu IouoWeN cLltS - - CO1SuCu
! tion!"
q Herr Krupp has just issued a programm
Q OF some interesting experiments with breect
loading guns. which are to take place at 81
ground, at Essen, some time Ia July. In
trials will last over four days, and the prime
:. pal feature will be the firing OF the hug
: seventy-ton steel cannon, which has callbe
/ OF fifteen and three quarter inches, and is pl
u forward to rival the eighty-ton Woolwlc
gun. AS a rule, the range will vary from 200
3 and half inches will be tested at &c, $40 yard
i or at range OF rather more than six mile
: Altogether Herr Krupp's programme Is
It very exhaustive one, and from first to last 4
8 fewer than two hundred and forty rounds al
to be fired from cannon of various calibers.
It A novel idea comes by telegraph from El
L rome. which must strike most people Lii
4 lightning out Of a clear sky. It Is said thu
r one OF the Russian military generals has g.
o tually applied to the Gar to allow the estal
g iishment In his department OF a newspaper
which all the theories of the Nihilist journa
8 Land and Liberty, shall be freely discusses
It The dispatch says that the Emperor has give
q his consent, and the journal will consequen
# ", no doubt, be at once established. Ii It
q true that what everybody expects never bal
/ pens 1t must be owned that this Is an amaziE
II example Of the truth Of a converse propos
ton. To disarm perversity and restore COZ
a tent by sudden acts OF generosity is q polio
n that the Russian government has hlther
~ failed to consider.
# Chew Jackson's best sweet navy tobacco. II