The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-22
FOREIGN NOTES.

by torture is now the mode In Egypt. Those
who will not or cannot pay are hanged to
Tor, are left to die. Germany has addressed 9
non political remonstrance to Egypt, stating
III plain language her views
Bulgaria has no cause to complain OF Rus
sian financial management a reserve OF
$2,4OO, 900 has been formed since the province
has been occupied. This 10 available for pub
Lie works, the necessity Of which is greatly
felt, among them being the construction Of q
harbor at Varna, the improvement OF Rust
chuk harbor and the formation OF connecting
railway lines The revenue OF the principal
ity 10 estimated at 81, $40 600 and for the cur.
rent year there Is an estimated surplus Of
revenue over expenditure OF 100000.
st. Petersburg Ii to be made seaport by
means Of maritime canal, which will permit
the large vessels, obliged now to stop at Cron-
stadt, to take III and discharge their cargoes
Id the capital. The works necessary to make
st. Petersburg the largest seaport in the Bal
tic will be executed In six years at cost OF
100000 roubles The port at Libau, which,
according to Its situation, Is destined to take
a leading part In the competition against the
Prussian ports, Is also to be enlarged and
deepened.
According to The latest published official re-
turns the total expense Incurred BY Russia,
from the thirteenth OF September, 1876, to the
thirteenth of January, 1879, in prosecuting
the late war against Turkey, amounted to
9O2 100000 roubles. or about $657, 100000. OF
general gem s7,ooO,ooO ronbles for artillery and
$751; 0o, 900 roubles for engineer purposes. The
average monthly war expenditure conse-
quently amounted to 3220O00O roubles; and
the average daily expenditure to. 100000
rOubles. $@@@@
tBlind with rage" meant something In 9
Paris workshop one afternoon three weeks
ago. All overseer OF the works. finding that
one OF the men had not finished q piece Of work
which was urgently required, fell into such q
state OF fury az to strike him In the face. Al
most In the very act Of striking, however, he
staggered back, shouting for cid and com
planning that be could not see. The workmen
came round him with offers OF assistance, but
nothing could be done. It was certain that he
had suddenly lost the use OF both his eyes.
Medical evidence showed that some Of the
that the blood had flooded the Interior cavities
of the eyeballs.
A youth, even though he be titled ruler,
finds 1t hard to resist good clothes. and
especially regimentals. When Prince Alex
ander, newly of Bulgaria, called upon the
Emperor at Berlin, he naturally wore the
uniform Of hts rank second lieutenant In the
Prussian army. It was, Of course, unreagon-
able that mere second lieutenant should be
cordially received by an Emperor, 80 that
potentate dubbed the young man Major" on
the spot. The Prince had guessed what the
majors uniform ready at his hotel. He
dashed out of the palace and to the hotel,
changed his neutenant's for his majors uni
form, and dashed out again, to finish his
round OF State and official calls.
A recent review OF Burmese troops Is thus
described by an eyewitness: "The number
of men drawn up on the parade ground was
5000, including infantry and cavalry, In addi-
ton to which there we're eighty-fve elephants
The infantry looked like SO many monkeys
han
contemplate. The cavalry were mounted
upon thin and puny ponies The guns OF the
elephant battery were OF no greater bore than
the common English duck gun. The Bur-
mese we're immensely excited over their war.
imagine anything more ridiculous than such
q sight to any one with the slightest acquaint-
ance with the armies Of Europe"
Mccarthy, the recently captured chief OF
the Umzuzi tribe, q tributary Of the great
Gwazi people, was q diapers clerk In Linn
erick in the year Of the Fenian rising. He
warned him that his name was on the Castle
books, and that IL he wanted to preserve his
liberty he had better leave the country. Nc
earthly fled to the South African diamond
fields. where he prospered, making two
Contributed some readable sketches of the
diamond fields to the London. Globe. Some
how or other he picked up with the natives,
and being Of q bold, adventurous disposition,
and already reduced to half savage state by
his occupation, he ended by joining the
Umzuzis. When the chief Of that tribe died,
Mccarthy was elected to the position, which
he secured by killing, In single combat, half
dozen pretenders. He made an effort to In
troduce Christianity. but failed. He has a
white wife, daughter Of rich Boer, who
eloped with him some time ago. The lady's
father would be glad to receive his son-in-law,
but the Irish Kaffir refused to desert his
adopted people. Tt Is feared it will go hard
with him on court martial, for Mccarthy, as
q combination of Fenian and Zulu, can hardly
enlist the friendly admiration Of his captors.