The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-01-01
OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE.

Paris, December - 1861.
Foreign Legion is forming here, composed OF SWISS
1oloians Austrians etc. said to be designed to so 70
nTevco to take the place of the French soldiers now on
tv there AS pertaining to the same point may aiso
add that the Austrian government has recently autnore
an enlistment of 1000 men year, during tne next n'e
years, for the Emperor MAxIauL1AS. The irienos oi
Mexico however, are endeavorng to procure the whoio
contingent at once, thinking, suppose that troops arc
more needed there now than they are likely to be Eve
years hence
NJ AUGUSTINE T. DE SrJRDIDE, the son OF the MeNlcan
exEmperor on the 9Th inst, addressed note 10 ene
editor of the Eccnement in which he correc's some nus
tstes made by the said editor, in his account OF the
several members of this family He says: "Ihe Emperor
YfuRprpE, my father left five sons and four daughters
etc. etc. You know these princes are to be MAx1LlAN
heirs and successors l. c.. he should lie without
;ssue and in case furthermore he should die Emperor
of Mexico.
snan aupears to have great faculty for getting into
fronble Marshal ODoSSELL and his colleagues have
s.bc iob'' on hand With bankrupt treasury, the peo
nle ANYTHING but loyal the Chambers in oppositlon'
these Ministers allow the hot-headed Admiral PAREJA
TO blunder them into war with Chill. suppose 'hey
thought it safe enough to bully weak little sout9
American Republic But in this they find themselves
very much mistaken. Little Chill has abundance OF
spunk, draws back, rolls up his sleeves and cries
1ow come on old Don Qui1ote, and fire away II 20"
dare!" The whole quarrel so palpable piece Oh ao
surdity so clearly nothing but bullying on the part Oh
Spain, that every maritime power OF EUROPE anu
America has demonstrated against it In the strongest
farms And there old Admiral PAREJA still lies before
valparaiso where he has 1een threatening lombard
ment for over four months and has not yet fred shot
Spain should persist in Der course, sho will inevitably
Z Int her head against stonewall. Chill has already
ISSUED numbeof letters OF marque and It VIII not be
. sonR spanish marine win be thing OK
fhe nast But think .he protests of the Great Powers
have put an eectual quetus on this tempest in tea
pot.
In my last letter had short paragraph about Italy,
and should have mentioned that the new Kingdom has
been recently recognized by Bavaria and Sa1ony THE
Queen of Naples being Bavarian Princess this act
must dash into atoms the last prop of the derosed Nca
politan royalty The other German States will doubt
less soon follow and his Majesty of Hapsburg and his
Holiness the Pope will find long that history ever
repeats ITSELF and that they must now swallow their
wrath and like George Ill., of England in the of the
thirteen American Colonie, acknowledge their late III
surpent subjects us sovereign and independent
You have ere this read the account of the death of
King LEOPOLD. There is great deal said and written
about him. just now, and specuations, surinscs and
prophecies met with everywhere regarding the future
Of Belgium The young Kingis not thought equal to his
position He said to have neither the wisdom nor the
tact of his ilustricus father. Faction runs high in the
Belgian Parliament and foreign interference is dreaded
by many. The French papers, however, Indignantly
throw back all such imputatons They say that France
could have possessed herself of Belgium in 1884, II she
had sought territorial aggrandizemen; France wants
peace sc. But nasmuch the integrity of Belgium is
guaranteed to her by all the great Powers, do not
+bint need fear ACKNOWLEDGMENT of little King
DOM and still less her being swallowed up alive by any
of her neishboring gourmands.
The French, by the bye, always put on patronizing
air when they discourse of Belgium Italy, and feel
proud of their prospertythey both being considered
the proteges of France-a sort of adopted children.
The Americans had great dinner at the Grand Hotel
on President JoHSsoSs Thanksgiving Day. numerously
attended Twas not present myself but learned that
some hundred persons enjoyed this splendid BAN
quet. The company fine, the wines were good, the
potagss the reeres the entrees the entremst, &C., &C.,
all in the highest style of the art Toasts were drunk,
speeches made, and all went merry as marriage bell;
had not one iLbred American who 10 justify II.
DE LAa1ARr1NEs pcture. marred the entenie coria!c
by an unreasonable outburst OF patriotism. When the
ioast was given: "To his Majesty, the Emperor Of the
Frenc ;" this marnlot jumps M and cries out: "No
American can drink that oas. while single French SOL
der remains in Mexico" But one needed him, and
the noisy music drowned his efervescent national
enthusiasm General scIorIELDs toast, "The old
friendship between France and the United Staes may
it be increased and pcrpetuated, put everything to
RIGHTS; the more So there had been many beicose
rumors in connection with his arrival i'll Paris.
have said nothing thus far in my letters about Ire
land and Fenianisn, although il has been OF the
leading public topics for some time This silence on my
part not owing to want ofinteres ill., rsympathy
for Ireland. Quite the contrary. have been warm
friend of Ireland and the Irish since 1S4 watched the
rise and progress OF the struggle for liberty IN 1SiS 10 us
sad denouement, afterwards became acquainted with
several of the most distinguished exiles, the misguided
victims of that revolution and with them had frequent
conversations on present and future prospects
of Ireland. The Fenian movement, knew from its in
ception was doomed to the unhappy fate as the
emeutes of 9S and As, and was deeply greyed when
found the extent and raifcatons OF the Order both IN
ireland and in America. The French have greal deal
of affection and sympathy for Ireland for various rea
sons the chief doubtless being the hereditary national
hatred of perde Albion Both nations being Catholic In
religion. is another strong bond Of union. Many Irish
soldiers of fortune moreover have shcd their oiooo Oh
French battle fields and contributed not little to the
lustre of the national The trials Tor hSn treason
of the unfortunate Fenians both in Liverpool and Dub
lin are watched here with tho greatest interest," ana inc
escape Of STEPHENS hailed with delight by the whole
French nation The latter have reason TO THINK IS Ill
Paris at this time.
had the pleasure Of graspng an old friend ny tho
hand few days ago-Mr JOHN mitchell, well known
TO many your readers looks rather better though
triAe older than when him last, at Richmond, on
the second day of April 1865 when hand of relent
less fate had frightened its grasp upon the poor Conede
racy Mr. Mitchell keeps himself very quiet here, al-