The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-03-23

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Church wilt thou hear with docility the teach
| ings Of the Gospel which thou has received
| from the pOntifrs divine teachings which not
! only give the promise OF eternal life, but
guarantee social order for the whole OF
France, Of which Paris should be the head
and heart r.
The London Lancet thinks that Hthe public
are not altogether wrong IN attributing the
lowness Of spirits which Ia generally com
planned Of just now TO the weather. The
'tolerably well section OF the community
report themselves TO be suffering from I'M
wonted depression and uneasnnss,. ACCOM-
panied with loss Of appetite and inability 10
sleep; and the explanation our medical authoI-
ity finds In the relations which subslSt pc
tween such mental depression as constitutes
mplanchola and the defective discharge Of
its functions by the skin. The Lances sa a,
nothing about the depressing effect ON Eng
land Of the late news from Iululaha'
The St. Petersburg Gasette contains yalu-
able article ON the future Of western siberia
and adds much statistical Information re-
sppntinp the manufactures and produce Of
that country Some time ago, according TO
the Gneeffp the whole trade Of the north was
In the hands Of the English; but the rivers
are being gradually UTILIZED, ana u Is hoped
position. The country is large ana fertile,
and men only are wanted to put 1t Into a very
Hourishing condition. Unfortunately. how
ever, the population increases but. slowly.
In closer communication with Europe Its
future cannot fail to be very bright and
prosperous one.
The British War Office and Admiralty have
been invited by Herr Krupp TO send repre-
sentatives TO lie present at the trials Of a new
at Meppen, In Westphalia, on or about
March Is. The gun Is the largest specl-
men of steel ordnance yet made IL
weighs 70 TONS with eallber Of 40
centimeters, or l5s4 inches The length Ia 81
feet inches, and that Of the bore 2s feet 8
caliber of 16 inches, total length of ~ feet
and q bore OF "a feet. The superior length of
bore in the krupp gun is thus apparent, being
ala calibers, az against " callbers In the
English gun The material Of which the
krupp gun s composed Ia steel throughout.
The Noroje Tremja says that since the sig
nature Of the treaty of peace between Russia
and Turkey negotiations have been resumed
between Vienna and CunstantinOple relative
10 the sandjak Of Novi Bazaar. There is. more
the direction Of Bosnia and the Herzegovina.
which proves that the Austrian statesmen
are resolved upon the acquisition of new ter
ritory II s, adds the Noroie Vrenga, no secret
that Austria covets a port In the Egean sea,
aud more especially since she has had reason
to fear for Trieste. 1t is, therefore, only
right to say that peace would be grlvely
compromised In the East II a single shot were
fired at Now Bazaar. The structure reared BY
the Congress OF Berlin is, In the opinion Of
the Noroje Ffen,jU SO ephemera az regards
the Balkans that the slightest breath of air
would suffice to blow 1t all down.
gaunt emaciated figure 81 arp and eagle
face, cold, meditative eye-that Is John
Henry Newman, the possible cardinal. Az an
orator at Oxford his manner was constrained,
ungraceful, and even awkward; his voice was
thin aud weak. Mr.. Gladstone says of him
"Dr. Newmans manner In tue pulpit was one
which, III you considered 1t In Its separate
parts, would lead YOU TO arrive at very TN
satisfactory conclusions. There was not very
much change in the infection of his voice
action there was none; his sermons were read,
and his eyes were always on his book: and
all that, you will say, Ia against efficiency In
preaching Yes; but you take the man az a
whole, and there was stamp and a seal upon
him, there was q solemn music and sweet
ness In his tone, there was completeness in
| the figure, taken together with the tone and
with the manner, which made even his de-
| livery such as u have described it, and
| Though with written semons exclusively,
singularly attractive"
The Grand Duke Nicholas pamphlet on
behalf Cf the speedy construction Of an Oren-
burg Tashkend railway is chiefly founded
says the London World, on the argument
| of which nj. Ferdinand de Leeenps and M
| Cotard have been the foremost opponents
| The pth Of 1t may be summed up as follows
/ III n HTHnH CIRCLE D6 uFhWU Oh the glDDh nn-
tween London and Calcutta, the segment OF
| it interseeted between the two cities goes
| through Amsterdam, then little south OF
Berlin, then through Varsow, through South
ern Russia to the Caspian sea, which 1t cuts
somewhat above 44o OF latitude then through
| the Sea of Aral, proceeds to the east of Samar-
| kand, cuts the Indus about hundred miles
south of It's great angle and goes down the
valley Of the Ganges to Calcutta Russia Is
In possession Of the Asiatic part Of that short
49,
to construct at once the line Of railway which
most closely follows Ito wit, from Oren-
burg 10 Tashkend.
The International African Association has
held its annual meeting at Brussels IN one Of
the halls of the royal palace there. Baron
d'Anethan presided. The Belgian Military
Commissary General M. Strauch, was ap-
pointed secretary In succession to Baron Grei-
mol. The proposals of nj. Hou2ean for the
creation Of stations of acclimatizaton. OF nj
Adam respecting the determination Of geo
graphical co-ordinates, and M. Van Volxam
concerning the usefulness of forming seien-
tiie collections, have been transmitted to the
travellers of the association. The decision On
the establishment of stations of accmatiza-
ton will be reserved till the time when the
association will possess stations on the West
ern coast. A second expedition will be sent
out shortly to support the first, and third as
soon az the available resources will permit,
The report that the association wished to send
out a military expedition is erroneous. In
conclusion were pointed out the advantages
which European commerce may obtain
through intimate relations with Africa. The
receipt s OF 1873 amounted In Belgium to $4,000
francs, and the share Of the Belgian commit
tee In the capital of reserve OF the association
Is 100000 francs.
Won Room has gone" says the London
Standard, land when we consider the advanced
age of the Emperor and Count Won Moltke
IL is but too probable that no very long period
can elapse before Germany will be deprived
of the presence of more OF its contemporary
heroes. Will the work they accomplished
survive them2 That is an interesting ques-
ton. II will, perhaps, be said that Germany
may take encouragement from the instance
OF Italy. Victor Emanuel, Cavour and MAJ
zini are in their graves, while Garibaldi
nurses his rheumatic limbs at Caprera. Yet
Italy, lives On and prospers fairly Why
should not Germany be equally fortunate
when she comes to be exposed to the effects
of the same law of mutability? Germany,
though oppressed by taxation aud distracted
by the problem how to invent new imposts or
to increase existing ones, cannot afford to dis
band a single battalion. What the ambition
of the Emperor, the diplomatic genius of