The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1866-05-26
FOREIGN ITEMS.

49, i-ttsl e
The Gentleman's Magazine has this sketch Of
Dore: "Gustave Dore was born at Strasbourg in
1882, ind is now, therefore, only in his thirty
fourth year. He has already produced as many
sketches complete works, aud even elaborate
compositions, as any half-dozen Of the most long
lived artists one can readily call to. mind have
given forth in the whole course OF their far-eI-
tended careers. In 184S. at the age of sixteen,
be was already at work, in conjunction wlth ~.
Bertal, on the Journal pour Rwe; and it was IN
the course Of this first exercise OF his versaIiie
artistic capacity that he developed thst i.eiiiey
for caricature, of the Gavarni, type. which ne
still has at command, and which occa-
sionally breaks forth, in spite OF hlmselI'
In the most uniting portions OF ms nios' se
rious works. It has found, however, ntilne sno
fertile field in his illustrations VI Don Quxote, IN
which both the philosophy and grotesque hu!nor
of Cervantes have ct length found trae sltiStiG
exponent. It was not however, TILL ne was calleo
upon BY Messrs. Hachette & Co. 10 !llustrate tne
Tnferno' of Dante that he obtained full scope for
the exertion of that higher and hitherto little
exercised characteristic OF his genius, OF wnlcn,
however, ftful glimpses had been ALREADY ooserv-
ed The peculiar power, WHOM mas oeen napprIy
enouph termed Dantesque, had lain dormant
among his many artistic faculties; aud it.was not
til his entire energies were focused 30 to speak,
in that sofe direction, that the amount ana COM
manding character OF that especial quaaty es Rls
genius fully developed .tseif,
SAxoNY THE BATTLE FIELD OF GERMANY.-Th
Paris Temps observe, mat for centuries past
SaxonV LAS been the battlefield Of Germany.
from the time Of the Thirty Years War TO the
last struggles uuder Napoleon L. including the
Seven Years. War, that country has seen aii the
armies Of Europe come in collision on lts territory
The last visit OF the Prussian soldiers to Dresden
was in 1849, but on that occasion they were inv-
ted by the King Of Saxony, who asked for tner
assistance to reconquer his capital from MS re-
Volted subjects. Dresden is almost within the
grasp OF Prussis, as the distance from Berlin 20
.ah hut twenty
miles, and may be reached Dy railway In less than
five hours The Prussisn frontier is only twenty
miles from Dresden. Sa1ony is bprdered by
Prussia on the northeast aud northwest ana Dy
Austria (Bohemia). on the east and south. Inc
Austrian froutier is &C Bodenbsch, forty miles
from Dresden, whilst Prague, the nearest large
town Of Austri4, is one hundred and twenty miles
further. The King Of Ssxony fhe has terminated
his ornaments, may have certain number OF
troops at his disposal but the fact IL evident thss
he Is not in q position to defend his capital
against surprise by Prussia fore the arrival OF
Austrian assistance. There il also reason to sup
pose that in such a case Prussia would not leave
to Sa1ony sufficient time to receive aid.
The Empress Eugene is said to be engaged
In preparing collection of LEI ters and kind OF
n,a1noir Of Queen Mar Q Antoinete. At OF
the masquerads balls at the Tuleres she. ap-
peared, to the asst .nishment ut the whole com
pany, in the costu e OF the queen, and oelng IN.
formed that the most exquisite miniature e1tant
of the Queen is in the possession OF the Arch
duchess Sophia, mother OF the Emperor Francis 4
Joseph, she expressed desire to have copy OF
Taris Theresa Just before the young Archduchess
Omitted Vienna op her journey to France. The
Archduchess Sophia "a gratlhed tals deaire, oy
having an admirable fac stmue executed 6y
Viennese artist, which the Austrian AmpassRoreSS
presented to her Majesty. SfSS
oEver~ aimee the famous Tartar hoax which
spread the report in Europe OF the taking OF Be-
bastopol, there has been some secret society
which, from time to time, sends forth a new Ca
nard or take in, in order to influence the dherent
stock exchanges OF Europe. Tue London Times
was, q few days ago, the victim OF q conspiracy,
forged letter havng been sent to the editor OF the
great "thUnderer, as coming from the foreign
Office perfectly en- regle with the intelligence tnat
Mons, Ksrolge, the Austrian Ambassador at Ber-
lin. had received orders from his Government to
demand his passport, aud that all friendly rela-
lions between the two great German powers hsa
ceased The forged letter was 80 wen gos up 1ass
and the effect was most prejudicial to the London
stock exchange.
The Prefect Of Police Of Paris is now taken up
with the gambling which taxes place IN the Parls
clubs, and which he is determined to put down,
as many families have complained oi the immense INN
called here Almost every game OF chance mas
now been prohibited ano we hear that In one OF
the clubs the members in order to annoy Mons.
Pietre, the prefect Of police, now gamble at oou-
e.,
is played by each player placing any coin agreed
upon On cork, and throwing at the same from a
certain distance with piece OF money; he who
succeeds in hitting the cork pockets the sum or
rupt city as Paris, there are of course great
many sharpers, here called 9recs, who lnfest the
clubs and make living by duping the unwary.
A female descendant OF Martin Luther, OF the
name OF Cathariue Luther, is now living at vien-
ma. or Luther's eldest son, Jonn, but single
Tob ,.ho mol QOth
August, 176S who emigrated from Germany as
M. d. in 1901. The only Son OF the above men,
toned John Michael Luther, Joseph Carl, bora at
Erfurt the 11th Of November. iaSS hvcd IN eS,
the Catholic Church. he had immlgratcd thlther
In 1911, married insthe same year Anna Pop!s-
(, chsk, and was, at the time when Heinrich Holz-
ohuler found him in his misery, the father OF five
children. He willingly acceded to Herr Holzchu-
hers wish to take his eldest son with him TO edu-
: date. But Anton Luther Displayed no talent, and
he was put to q trade. From this line Cstharine
Luther, at Vienna, IL supposed to descend. ieere
of the name OF Luther, who is likewise sad to be
descendant OF the heformer.
Is ANIMAL FooD NECESSARY Mr.. Curling,
seventeen yesrs agent on the Devon estate In ire
land says: s'There are $3.50 persons on the estate
They are energetic, moral, and well-behaved. l
even 30 much as stealing chicken. They are q
contented grateful people grateful evon for fair
play. Out VI xix hundred farmers, deduct fifty,
and the rest d.. not see wheaton losf, or smell
meat, except ct Christmas and Easter They
have been brought up to this CUSTOM Que tenshs
on the Devon estate lave seen sit down to pots,,
toes, bu,tsrm,lk aud Iudan meal, who purchased
at recent sale 10000 worth Ut property, and did
not have to borrow shilling To- pay for it.. be-
ieve this to DO the usual mode OF living In
Limerick" N
ii GIANT RADIsH.-The Pail Mall Gazette says:
sahe last new thing i'll vegetables is really quite
q startling wonder. Think Of radsh with seed
pods about three foet long, aud sometimes grow
ing five or six inchos in four nd-twenty hours
We can think of nothing like it except Jacks i'm