The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-12-27
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
Santa Anna owns 4 villa on the island of st.
Thomas, and may become 4 citizen of the United
| States by the transfer of that island.
Mr.. Kalisch, of Hamburg, the victor in the IT,
ternational chess tournament, is to play twenty
| games simultaneously with rs many members OF
the Paris Chess Climb.
The two great Paris hotels, the Louvre and
the Grand Hotel, are stated to be i'll The market,
nearly a million sterling being asked for the two.
1t seems that they are heavily mortgagcd, and that
the Mobilier requires the Immobiliere to pay up.
The old custom of preaching by the sand-glass
has been revived in an English church. 1t needs
turning every twenty minutes. 1t is stated that
many old churches still ,lavo the highly wrought
iron stands on which the old hour-glass used to
stand, mostly of the age of the Commonwealth.
When the last steamcl left England, the death
of Cardinal Bolondi, project of the censorship, and
spoken of as one of the most liberal members of
the Sacred College, YVES momentarily expected.
His death would make arother cardinals hat va
cant, leaving nineteen at the Popes disposal.
The two leading lawyers of Paris have an in
come from their profession of about thirty thou
sand dollars each, and have seven times as much
business as they can attend to-. One of them lends
his lame to eight young lawyers, who draw up
briefs. They have The work, and he the credit
and the profit.
Count Bismarck's yearly income, since he re-
ceived the gift from tho Prussian Parliament, is
between forty and fifty thousand dollars. He lives
very economically, and, according to 4 correspon-
dent, said some weeks ago to Rothschild that he
had no doubt that he would by-and-bye become a
millionaire. Until 1855 he was heavily in debt.
The Canadians intend to give $4,000 in prizes,
at Hamilton, for runners Of all distances, and pre-
NUNS for the best wrestlers and jumpers, on the
oath of May next, besides a splendid silver cup for
the best ten mile runner. The handicap entrances
will average from SO to SIS, and the affair is open
to all runners, walkers, jumpers, and w~restlers In
the world.
1t is said that starvation, poison and %suffoca-
ton were s~everally tried and proved Intellectual to
destroy the life of General Monies in Hayti. At
last he was stabbed with q chisel, but so roughly
that he suffered dreadful ,orments before death
released him. The murder Was by order of Sal
nave. A brother of the general has been captured,
and is chained to the bloody bed OF the muir Gered
man.
DIR. Conneau, lately appointed q senator by
Louis Napoleon, was once secretary to the En-
peror's father, Louis, King of Holland. He was
arrested and condemned with the present EN-
peror for the descent OH Boulogne, and together
they escaped from the fortress OF Ham. Madame
Conneau is a singer, with q voice OF much sweet
ness and great compass, and their son is the play
fellow OF the Prince Imperial.
The financial question is causing much anxiety
in Mexico. The treasury is said to be in a worse
condition than ever before, and there set>es to be
little prospect Of improvement. There is& strong
opposition to borrowing money in the United
States, and there would be some difficulties in the
way of getting it, we suspect, if there were no
such opposition. While the expenditures of Gov
eminent are gong on, the revenues do not in
crease, and the people, who are the creditors OF
the Republic, see only distress and ruin before
them. The greatest difficulty is with the army,
whose pay is far in arrears. The soldiers are al
most driven to form themselves into bands and
secure a subsistence by leyying upon travellers.
Bandits, highway robbers and burglars are COM
hitting depredations i'll every part OF the country,
demanding tribute from transportation trains, and
in some cases from towns and cities. The way out
of the difficulty is not clear, and q return to the
former anarchical state OF the country is much to
be feared.
The body of Macmillan was placed in the
parish church at Vera Cruz guarded by %sentries,
and the key of the coffin, III a sealed package,
given into the hands of the mayor Of the city. Adj
mira! Tegethoff and staff appeared in citizens
clothes, in deep mourning, at the ceremony Of
taking the remains in charge. First, a large deal
case was opened, in which was contained another
case of zinc. This, when opened, revealed a beau
tiful rosewood coffin, the top of which was orna-
mented with an elegantly carved cross. The Mayor
then broke the seals OF the packages and took out
the golden key, presenting it to the person in
charge OF opening the coffin. When the lid was
thrown back upon its golden hinges, the body OF
the unfortunate Prince was seen, clad in black,
with black gloves upon the hands, the lace perfect
but of an ashy brown color, closely packed in velvet
cushions. The Admiral recognized the body, and,
wi b all his staff, signed a receipt in triplicate, one
CO.. for the Mexican General, another for the Ad-
m raj, and the third for preservation i'll the archives
o. the city. The body was guarded in the church
until morning, and then quietly embarked.
CT know" said King Theodore Of Abyssinia,
lately, in q conversation with NJ. Legeau, II know
the tactics of European Governments, when they
wish to get possession of Eastern territory. They
first of all send missionaries; then they send con-
suls to strengthen the missionaries; and finally
battalions to strengthen the consuls. l am not a
rajah of Hindostan, to be bamboozled in that way.
L prefer to deal with the battalions first" Theo-
dore has evidently very little reverence for the
missions or the modes by which Europeans try TO
%c;vilize the rest of mankind. He seems to express
the general opinion concerning that English OK
petition to his country: and his words might very
aptly have furnished the text for some late arti-
Giles in the London Times and the speeches Of
MI. Layard and other in Parliamont-all of which
point out the i~nsitious means by which the
Queens Gcycrnmer, have picked 4 quarrel with
the Red Sea Poten'ate. Theodore seems to be q
very shrewd man "a little high-handed in a natu-
raj, kingly wa, but not quite the tyrant and
monster the English have hitherto represented
him.
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