Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-09-12
NO. 73.
FOREIGN ITEMS.

An inquest on an infant at Wadsworth,
England, has revealed sad amount of des-
tltution and ignorance The child was,the
youngest of five, and the father, having com.
United trifiing offence, lost his situation,
ana the mother, excited by the prospect of
uesututlon before the family, poisoned her
paoy with laudnum, and attempted to strangle
herset A sharp little girl of ten years old,
the eldest child, was called as a witness, and
IN answer to questions she said she did not
know the difference between right and wrong
or whether it was wrong to steal or tell lies
The father offered an excuse for the girls ig
noranoe, by stating that she was Obliged to
stay at home and tend the youngest children
while the mother went in the field to work
The secular authorities have been obliged
10 interfere in village dalled Petrowian
which is not far from Kashau in Upper Hun
gary, to prevent the working of miracles
Several persons the majority of whom were
girls OF a tender age, prolessed to see the
Virgin with the Saviour in her arms, ia the
foliage of large oak tree While some of
the maidens lay on the ground in state of
ecstacy the male "seers' collected money
for the purpose of building a chapel on the
spot. On the Both of the last month nofew-
er than four thousand persons were collected
round the oak under which were half dozen
girls, who either were or affected to be in
trance.
From return of the condition of the Rus
sion peasants, just published at ST. Peters
burg, it appears that 4,663, ,5S5 peasants are
still under engagements to work for the land
owners, and that o, ,112, 1872 are either entirely
free from obligation to their ancient masters,
or will shortly be so. Ofthese, 2,e49, 3O7 are
now freeholders, and Of the remainder 2, 4O2.-
O24 possess land under contract, through the
intervention of the Government, and 447, ,28s
without such Intervention.
late London Letter says: considerable
discussion has taken place in political circles
here, in consequence of report that Eng
land intends to form secret alliance with
France in the event of American troops cross
ing the Rio Grande for the enforcement of
the Monroe doctrine. How the rumor has
originated is not known but certain it is
that the entente cordiale was never apparently
greater than at present.
From the result of an estimate of the Prus-
sian population furnished by the Royal
Bureau of statistics, it appears that the mill
tary service of the kingdom on December 8,
1854, numbered s79, Ala men, or II, ,O4s more
than in 1861 The total population of the
kingdom was 19,s52, 1858, or 761 ,14s more
than in 1851. The province of the Rhine
was found to be the most populous, contain
ing 3,346, 1856 inhabitants.
The cheap dinner movement, which has
done so much for Glasgow and other great
towns, is extending in Lendon On the esth
the Dining Halls Company open fourth
gnnaeTef,a 4Fler snt5rs;; .Nsar1ner) Portu
dation for dining four thousand persons daily.
The harvest in Ireland is a very fair aver
age one. Good accounts are given of almost
all descriptions of grain. The potato crop
never looked better. The favorable prospects
will tend to check emigration.