The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-24

pendeI NJ the end of tho third quarter Of 1879
was anss 2l1 fianea it ia hoped that the
hadln4 win he terminated during the yesT
| iRai
| Tho Russians will resume this march on
| Merv aa early in the spring as tho weather
| will permit. the plan of the last campaign
will he altered, for tho main expedition will
| ha from the north. ana northwest, hHi tha
| Subs idiary one bv the Attrek Valley In the
south wnat+ fan. Kaufman Will hn IN dpTn-
rnand III tho expedition IIs will march ffum
| satnarcand, at which place lmmenae stores
| of provisions and munitions nf war have
| been eumulatrh, and the route ls W. bn 30
| laid ont that the dessert districts will haRvuiff-
| ed as much as possible by the counas dee
| tined for Marv.
The Duke tie frammurt whose death was
announced by a4hln SATURDAY, WAS tho man
| who, "a Minister ~ Fnrei9a Affairs under M
| poleun ILL., was charged with having nreaipi
| lated the disastrous war with Germany. He
| came uf a farnons race Of soldiers and stairs
| men. and was al able bat nnprneplaa neu
From having been Mt nunt time one ol the most
| conspicuous figures In FFanee, he became tr.
| ward the niuae III hia narear anp ri ihn most
| obscure nf former political lenders tIp was
| said to he Mt ono hlina the strongest man In
France. and "wn,ld frequently netnnsh his
companions by bre aking " silver Hive franc
| piece with hls fingers, as II u were biscuit"
| Never perhaps, was gam billing, IN one form
or another, more PREVALENT N France. Bet
| ting ott hUrsa- raenl is the Curse ri CONNER
| nial clerks as 1t Ia ~ titled utilities, stock
brokers AMI niddetnen, who live by seraping
| the gold that paeses through their hands. are
as mum srthia In parisas wine-satlafs almost
hvary tiay some naw bubble cpnp4ny ia
started. aud almost every company offers
chance IL It's st,okhol hers Of drawing grand
pflHs II half n mitii"n ~ francs, or sorna-
thing nf tho sort II fact sp strong Is tho
love ot gambling that there Ia but little
chance with tho general public, except for
pfiEA stefA or ualfHra tFiOts. As for lotteries,
their name is legion. There are already two
nr three open, and now wa have tha Ffaneo-
Spanish lottery of furr millions " francs,
with 26Gb prizes, varying In value from one
hundred Thousand francs tonnwatds.
Mr, bawFenee Ophaut tells the Conatan
tinope correspondent ot tho London Iewish
fhronfcfr that. with the unofficial approval
ut Lnrda Beannatipli ard Salisbury. ha has
laid befpre the Sublime Porte schens FOR
eolonizipg the fertile mud unoceupind tract Of
land lying tu tho east pf the Jordan. now
pnrselY Inhabited hy trifes OF nofnHa Arabs
This tract Includes the ancient baud at Gid
con, q part Of tho plains of Moab, and the
lofty and well herpa mountains nf tilaad.
Tho only rpvnnna tho Fnrksh government
now derives from 1t Is the small Rhnep tax
paid by the Arabs. Mr. 0aphaut's plan Ia tn
form n FurRiah company Tor The purpose uf
eelanang this tract with Jews tthongh
Mpsem refugees from i9Hgafa ana Ron
mna will bA m .he welcome, who will heporne
snbieuts OF .Iurkey, IT, also incluies the
wi th the senhnarA.
Tho Bulgarian principally has barelT been
In eEstancs FOR more than few mouths, and
tho ba 10 uf Its Internal organization have
hardly been established, and yet n faost pas
eioHats struggle has arisen between the OPP
position and tho Cabinet, Its parliamentary
proceedings being marked by turnutnous
Rttpga. tho rtiaotion of eeveiai ministerial
propositions, an nente crisis iastIng foi n
whole fortnight, aud the dissolution of tho
National Assembly. During the 1--we weeks
session just brought to n close tho govern
ment was eubjaotel to unGeasng attacks
some of them eouehed In the most violent Ian
glage. aud bitter criticisms which failed to
afford the slghtest Indication Of whnt ought
tn have heen done to r"mady tho owl com
ulainotl of In word thn nOaaence of tho
oppononta Of tho Ministry was simple and
ahsolute negatinn revealing nothing hAt de-
strnctlva tondencs. In u ee1ntry, tpp. where
erentlve aud positive linas are SO necessary To
It's future progress md welfare