The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-06-18

marks did not apply TO them.
The Convention then adjourned until TO-
morrow morning ut 10 O'Clock.
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FOREIGN NEWS.
II Ii believed In London that Lord Dufferin
will be appointed governor OF Asia Minor,
I transferring him from his post at ut. Peters
burg The reforms needed in Asia Minor
| neeessitate the employment OF q master mind,
and he IL credited with having received that
appointment.
Mr.. John Dunn, the ex- confidential Minister
| OF King Cetewayo and now Interpreter ON tne
staff OF Lord Chelmsford, married bis seven
| teenth wife when about to start on the expedi-
zion for the relief OF Ekowe. He bought her
1 for ten cows Many of his other wives ne
canniIy got for nothing as presents from Zulu
chiefs
Another man, and be y az Engis,h,man -
ST. Patrsk Goaahon ~ yee %
that Shakespeare was not the writer 81 the
plays that pass under his name He pur-
II chased them and adfed in good circumstances,
while the rea! authors, without exception.
died In penury."
i French daily papers have an insane custom
II of being day ahead Of time. Thus stranger
il thinks he has, somehow or other, got hold OF
/ to-morrow's. paper. IT generally makes a.
+ American believe that some time during the
voyage over he has lost day. How this
method began no one knows, but possibly the
publishers imagine they are taking time by
4 fOrelOck.
i The Gear has shown his good will toward
the Prince Of Montenegro by presenting him
with two magnificent state carriages. gilt
particularly welcome seeing that there isn't
d road OF d paved street la the Hospodar' 8 do
1 minions. The Cars father presented an ear
lier Hospodar with q printing press and
II large font eli SlavOnic characters. The Hos
podar was very thankful for the gift, and
~ init ia
u fired at the Turks.
In Panama the people and authorities have
summary way Of dealing with g refractory
and troublesome Congress. Some OF the
members having made violent speeches
against the President. the galaries signilied
their disapprobation with volley OF stones,
to which the members responded with re-
, yOlyers, detachment OF soldiers thereupOn
marched into the hall, cleared the galleries
and also the floor, the officers ~ command de-
claring the session adjourned.
! Tha experimental labors In connection with
] the proposed tunnel under the English Chan
, mel are being continued at Sangatte, on the
: French side. A boring commenced last year
d at that point has now reached depth Of 81 Il
+ n letters or 8m 67e. beneath the low water level
/ Of spring tide. At this point the quantity Of
[ water amounts TO 1900 ltres per minute. and
!, the machines for pumping 1T out having be-
: come insufficient, they are about to be re-
{ placed by more powerful ones.
| London Brief: More reinforeements prob.
ably from India, will be required to subdue
Zululand. There can be no doubt that the
. colonial forces have experienced d severe re-
!, pulse at the hands Of Moirosi, the rebel chie1
7 Of the Basutos. The projected advance against
I the stronghoIds OF Cetewayo Is delayed, and
9 so far from the power Of the zulus having
: been broken Iii the recent battles, a Cape
9 contemporary states that they number 10, 0O(
i fighting men, and that the campaign is only
. opened"
! 1t ID understand in Vienna that the Rus.
: SLAMS will be entirely out Of Roumelia anc
other Turkish territories by the third OF July
! 1t has taken them about year to get ready
q for this retirement which might have beer
! easily completed Ia thirty days. There were
I probably political reasons for the deay-a1
! Expectation, at the beginning, 81 some con
:, tingency, which might permit the occupation
y to be extended and ultimately made perma
o nent. But all hopes Of this kind must have
disappeared long ago; and the position 9
It ter to-day than 1t would have been had he
it legions retired beyond the Danube imme
/ diately after the close Of the Berlin congress
!, The following is the list Of the prisons
r forts, fortresses, etc, In which Bianqnl ha
- passed half century Of his existence Shoult
il haps be difficult to crafty him with chang
u Of air: Depot de la Prefecture, La Force (nov
a destroyed, Sainte Pelagte NOV. destroyed
n La Conciergerie. Mazas, Penitentiary Ct Yer
u u House OF Fontevrault. Mount st. Michel
y Penitentiary OF Tours, Prison OF Blois Fortres
~ Of Douliens, Belle Isle, Citadel OF Corte
:. Prison of Marseilles, Fort OF Bamalgut
~ Cahors, Fort OF Iareau and Central House o
~ Clairvaux, where the venerable conspirato
% remains for the present.
n The Russian revolutionists have coined
Il copper medal "for the perpetual remem
:, brailce Of April GAY 1S79"-the day on whic
\ Solovieff made his attempt upon the Gar
- y life, The medal exhibits on one side bust G
Il the Gar, against whom revolver Is directed
n r. and bears the inscription Down with autot
v racy.'' On the reverse side IS the convention
Z al figure Of Liberty, who is handing bread an
y, salt to a group of Russian peasant folk. Th
y inscription runs, For Liberty and the Pee
II pie" The oldest thing Is that the medal wa
N distributed for whole day among the loves
They were informed that 1t was struck
pt commemoration Of the deltverance Of the En-
~ peror from the hand OF the assassin.
il A glowing account Is given Of the impro,v'
- ment going on in Persia since the country %
"A been taken Id hand by Austrian and Russia
.. heran. Nearly alllrich Persians now drive
r. European vehicles; some have had Dul
70 splendid and great houses In European STYLE
II, " the principal boulevards are lighted. ..
III the most important matter is that the 6ha
is constructing q good road from Iehera
- through KasWin. Zendshan and Taurts to tt
II Russian frontier at Dsulfa. From Tehera
Il. to Kaswin it is already completed. The ne
- Persian army is being organized by the Au
IA trian officers In the Austrian manner. Ik
ID ID organization Of the cavalry has been eonfide
"a to the Russian colonel Of Cossacks, Domol
Ia towitch, aided by some other Russian officer
az The police is being organized by an Austria
fo count who has been appointed chief mast
ed of police. The police and geRdarmes are
f. number %, 900 men. Two foreigners who wis
he to establish gas works at Teheran arrive
Id there some days ago. A company for Il
st- purpose has been formed, and counts the Pc
sian ministers OF foreign affairs and pos
Ell among its members.