The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-03-21


which have been held In England since the
passage OF the reform bill, large proportion
Of the constituencies In boroughs, ag well as In
the counties, refuse to 70 to the polls.
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FOREIGN ITEMS.
M. Victor Cherbuliez, the clever French
novelist, is Just getting over an attack Of
smallpox.
The Duke OF Sutherland owns |, 2os.54G acres
OF land. and the Duchess 1850 acres In her
own right.
There is great suffering in Northern Scot
land, but the Scotch. like Ulster Irish. try to
conceal their woe.
The total subscriptions for the Cunard
steamship shares to date approach s5.o00,0O0.
The shares offered have been applied for near
ly four times over.
Melikoff Ia handsome soldier, with black
curly hair, large dark sparkling eyes, .
eomely and refined.
Spain. In imitation Of France, has Just
started IN art academy In Rome for govern
ment pupils desiring to perfect themselves In
sculpture and painting.
NJ. Gambetta now controls four Journals
LArmee Francnise. special military organ,
La Repmbtiqne Frnncaise, La Petite Repubt.
que Ffancaise and LIE Globe.
The Shah OF Persia In personal appearance
Is Of middle height, with q bright and intelli-
gent though Ortentally grave face, which ts
ornamented with heavy black moustache.
The correspondent Of the Daily Telegraph
at 81. Petersburg reports that number Of
political prisoners, who have been for some
time confined ON suspicion. have been re-
| leased.
1t is reported at Shanghai that Chung
How. late ambassador to Russia, who nego-
tiated the Kuldia treaty with that govern
| ment, has been beheaded, and that revolt
has broken out In Pekin.
| The Standard understands that Sir Garne-
WolBeley has accepted the post OF Quartert
hall. Flo will return to England from the
Cape In the beginning Of July.
Prince Ernest. o son Of the Grand Duke Of
Hesse and the late Princess Alice OF Eng
land, will shortly be entered on board the
Britannia as q naval cadet. thus following
the example SGT by the sons OF the Prince OF
Wales.
The London World says that the life Of the
late Marquis OF AngIesey was insured In va
rious companies for an aggregate amount OF
not less than E75OO00. The present marquis
will come into magnificent and unincunl-
bered property with an estimated income OF
GtOO,OOO year.
Prince Alexander, OF Bulgaria, Is said to be
about to ask tor the hand OF the daughter Of
a Russian General. Some time previous to
posed to the same lady, but met with blank
| refusal on the part OF her father.
The governmental Post states that Prince
Bismarck has ordered collection OF diplO-
matte documents attesting the hostile inten-
tions Of Russia toward Germany. The vol
Gortschakof' b. propositions to France for the
conclusion Of an anti German alliance.
The annual fair for the hiring Of Dorset
shire, England farm laborers, male and fe-
male took place on recent Saturday, when,
in wet and mud, above one thousand "hindsn
paraded the streets and stood In groups wait
in0 to be hired by the year. The farmers
have In vain tried to put down the fair, which
was this year styled In posters the Slave
Fair"
to London and put to work. The Telegraph
says: $50 strange structure moored In the
river caused much excitement among the
water population, and the tower Of CORFU
Backing cases going from Woolwlch to bring
home Oetewayo, while others mlstOok II for
q new floating parish church."
The Fnancier says: private advices from
Peru announce that Senior .Quimper. Minister
of Finance, has been imprisoned and that his
J property has been confiscated on account OF
: a contract negotiated by him with the Credit
Industrial Of Paris recently, which the Pc
J ruvian government repudiated. The prop
erty OF senior Rosas, one OF the commission
ers who negotiated the contract, has also been
sequestrated.
The ministerial journal OF Lisbon, the Pro-
0resso referring to the alleged intention OF
the United States to found commercial coll
oniee on the west coast OF Africa, says: "Por-
. tugal should congratulate herself on seeing
the United States approach her colonies, be-
cause that Republic Is incapable Of despising
the rights OF Portugal, but would, on the con-
i EssI.;a sIS'o 'n'" AEDS' 'n'f0A0nn'n's 0y
!. The Army and Many Gazette says there has
been some Misunderstanding In India, In con-
sequence OF which officers on full pay have
been allowed to act az newspaper correspond
ents not only that, but staff officers have
, correspondents; officers on the STAFF or the
highest persona9es have received the sanction
, Of the authorities In their engagements az
, correspondents, contrary to the Queens regu-
lations.
J According to Herr Won Puttkammer, the
been steady increase OF crime and immo-
rality In the great towns Of Germany during
2 the last ten years, and the minister declared
IN Parliament the other day that this unsat-
!, out effect on the teachers Of elementary
schools, except In Berlin. This was to be at
tributed In 9 considerable measure to the In
! creased facilities for drinking, which had
been provided by recent Legislation, and
: which had iDjuriously affected large sections
Of the community.
3 The most recently published figures show
that suicide Ia on the increase In France Be-
1 fore the Franco German war the average
( number OF suicides only slightly exceeded
Q five thousand q year, and now they exceed SIX
Thousand. In Paris there are three times ae
I many suicides committed as In the country.
/ Most Of the men who destroy themselves are
0 bachelors. The spring is the time OF veal
when suicide Ia most frequent, and deeth by
: hanging Ia more usually resorted to than any
9 other mode Of self-destructiOn, being con.
8 sidered more expeditions.
l A Paris journal has announced that papers
y Relating to the Mexican war which were