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The Daily Dispatch: August 10, 1864., [Electronic resource], Foreign Miscellany. (search)
Foreign Miscellany. The Masonic body of Paris was informed at its last meeting that the Emperor restored to it the traditional right of electing its Grand Master. This announcement was received with enthusiastic applause, and Marshal Magnan, who held his nomination by imperial decree, was unanimously re-elected by the delegates of all the lodges present. The consumption of ardent spirits in France is on the increase — a sign that the manufacturing classes are suffering. The best brandy, known in the trade under the name of Cognac, comes from the Chareates; the next in repute is Armagnac, from the Department of the Gers; next come Marmaude and Montpelier. Spirits distilled from wine come chiefly from Languedoc, in the Herault. Among the recent aspirants for honors in chemistry has been a well-known Paris butcher, who last week won the prize, and was to be crowned with a laurel wreath in presence of the admiring multitude.--When his turn came there was a noise heard in