Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1866-12-15
RuRoPEAN NEWA

Cfeu htu eNenty seet a very few gf the sui
ferers nave bern rescu'd IN q shocking state
OF mutllauon- but there - no hope IGat any
more can be gotten out alive. The sxci'pment
In the vicinity Is OF most painful nature.
Eighty OF the dead had been taken out THIS
morning, when the eeeond explosion occur
red. and portion Of the rescuing parties. who
were siill IN the PIT, are thought 10 have
perishsd.
LONDON. Dec. I3.-Tbe Paris MOnIteur pub
fishes a dispatch IRON Mexico. stgned by Gems
Bazsine and Casieinan, urging ths immediate
dispatch of Transports to take the fren On troops
away from Mexico.
LONDON, Dec. ~ - Adyices received here
from SARDINIA. say that the starving peaSaRuy
have reyolted. IL Is rumored here that the
temporsl power Of his Holiness the Pope was
secured by an agreement made between The
Emperor Napoleon and klng Victor Emanuel.
ROME Dec. s-Evening--A second Ameri-
can ship-of- war has arrived stCivita NecchiA.
CoNsTASTINoPLE, Dec. i3.-Ahairs between
Turkey ard Greece are IN critical position,
and rupture Of diplomatic relations Is anti
,Ipated.
PARIS. Dec. I4-Eyening.-Advices received
to-day from Corea report the French Iroops a.
advancing into the interior of the eou nry
without meeting with any resistance from the
native troops OF citizens. The war m Corsa
approaches a termination, aud the French are
masters of the situation.
L@NDoN, Dec. I4-Evening. Telegraphtc
dispatches from India te hand to-day state thas
the civil war in Japan has been suspended
and that peace mas been entirely restored
SARATOGA GossIP-.There has been consid-
erable gossip about town during the past two
months, over queer ending TO a wedding tour,
and the finale. as 1 have IL 10 tell now. mus
satisfy grumblsrs at the laws delay that it can
work speedily once IN a while. A lttle over
TWO months since, a town constable. a WIDOW
er, married the widow Of a man who was killed
by an accident on the railroad, some eleven
months previously. They went 60 Troy on
their wedding tour, and spent the night, ana
the next day started for New York Al Pough
keepsie, the bride left her new husband, anl
came back, stopping here for some artIeles aud
gong on 10 her parents in Washington county.
There were m anv surmises as 10 the cause OF
this sudden ending of the matrimonial tour,
but no eNplan8uon was given by either party.
Last week learned that a divorce had been
granted. and that the decree was entered an
just sixtytwO days from the date OF the mar
rage. 1t was proved concluslVely that she
was no better than she should be-in tac- uoc
quite as good ''-NGrdtoga ro-. -ilLaRy 4rqas.
MARRIED BY ACCIDENT-I.ast evening I'd
ward Thayer and Miss Helen 4. JetIman a.
tended by Mr. Austin Humphrey and Annie
r.. Crause, went TO ~. Paurs Church. the
former couple TO get married, and the latter To-
act ss grooms nan and bridesmaid They all
stood up before the altar. and the officiating
clergyman, the Rev. Mr.. Dunn. supposnC thar
both couples were TO he married, requested the
gentlemen 10 join hands with their respective
ladies, which was done, and a very short space
OF time four were mace two. The situation
being fully realized by the latter couple they
concluded 10 accept what they could not very
well help, and all adjourned 10 their boarding
house quite well pleased with the result OF the
preachers mistake.-Detron Union, Ga.
A THOUGHT FOR THE DIsCoNTExTED-In
the days OF the Old Brewery, at the Five Points,
New FORK, a woman and her only daughter. a
conner on the first floor. liz was the custom OF
the mother, after having covered the child
with all the rags which had been collected
during the day. 10 place a few broken boards,
dignifed by the title of a door. IN such a posi-
iion as probably kept the horrible place half q
degree warmer than u would have been with
n @IaIeA
mother had adiusted the boards tor the night
the child probably experiencing some sensa-
ton OF comfort, said, Mother, what does Joor
people do that's got no door 10 cover them
TROUBLE ABOUT CoNFIscArED PROPERTY
IN fLoRIDA-A dispatch from New Orleans
states that Official reports from Florida Indi-
cate considerable i'll FEELING between the cltI-
Zens there, arising from the possession OF con-
hsca'ed property by parties who purchased
real estate n the Confederate conf1scation sales
refusing TO relnguish their claims 70 their
refuge owners. The courts in some counties
sustained the holders of sueh property, bnt is-
sued writs OF electment against persons hold
ing proper y eonfscated and sold by the United
States government. General Foster. COM
mandng the State. thinks thar the troops
cannot be safely removed.
LADIES FEATHERS Paris journal speak
ing OF ladies' dresses for the coming season,
says--"Apoiher fashion of an eccentric char
acI-r. rs appearing. Formerly a plume or
marabout was worn an the bonnet now the
whole person is covered with them, just like
the savages OF the New World Sportsmen
cannot supply them IN suficient quantity
Feathers of the peacock. partridge. pintado,
pheasant, Jay, blackbird, and pigeon all
seized on win eageTneSs, and even the ducks
OF The poultry yard are pluck to satisfy the
caprice OF our fashionable ladies'
SHOCKING BARBARTrY.-One OF the most bril-
liant Russian Princesses ordered her chamber
maid, in 81. Petersburg. TO iron her a handker-
chief. The iron proved too hot, and the hand
Eerfhlpf W Qv = o. "a h..
Princess saw this she turned deadly pale,
started from her arm chair, took the girl by
the nape OF the neck and carried her TO the
kitchen. The poor chambermaid screamed:
81 did not do II on purpose" The Princess
shook her violently every time she screamed,
crying, 'silenee." The great IRON stove was
almost red hot. The Princess pulled the cham
maids clothes above her head, tied them about
her neck, aHd forced her to sit on the stove
until she tainted. ....
BosroN POLITICS. ColOr,d DemOcra. De-
teGted by White RepeUiicon.-At the munici-
pal election in Boston on Monday, there was
a tie on Councilman I'm the Third Ward. the
candidates being l.. X. Merritt. white, Repub-
hcap, and X. 8 Brown. colored, Democrat A
aspirited contest. Mr.. Merritt Republican,
was elected over his eolered Democrat com
petitor by p majority.
THE New YORK POLICE FoRcE.-The Metro
politan police force organized under the Ia vrs
Of the new YORK State Legislature for the
Brooklyn. consists OF s.17l men, OF whom ISs3
are In New York city and 3O7 in Brooklyn.
During the past year 55,e5s arrests have been
made by this force in New York, and p, ,96s in
Brooklyn. =
SIT is positively asserted that the repriere
granted the condemned fenians in Canada
VIII not be accompanied by any hope OF ulti-
m ate pardon so long as the Fenian organiza-
tions continue TO menace Canada from the
United States. ...r
~Charles Rossen, one OF the editors ofthe
Boston Courier, expired suddenly in New
York on Sunday afternoon. -
e8A little glrl in school, being asked what
was cataract or waterfall, replied thatit WAS
hair flowing over-something, she dIdn'G
know what.
q VIRGINIA METHoDIsM. - The Richmond
va Advocate gives the blowing statistics
OF Methodism IN that state: Membership-
whites, "a, sz3; colored, pa. Local preachers;
whites, 167; colored 4. tlf q - =
ga steamboat arrived In ST Louis with
le5 barrels OF whisky, two tuns metallic bur
ial cases, and two tuns tomostones Fine H.