The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-09-10
FOREIGN ITEMS.

toria's mind has been much subdued" at Lu-
cerne. The doctors won't let her 20 back just
vet to be bothered by the naughty Wales.
The following capital mot is ascribed to n.
Rouher, in the Cloche of last Saturday: "The
proof that the Empire really means peace, is
that peace has been made three or four times
since the Empire, and that it will be made
again."
The overland China mail announces that
the reports OF gold fields having been discover
ed at Chefoo are confirmed, and that lead, sill
yer and coal have also heen found in large
quantities. The gold fields had attracted a
great number of Chinese-as many as 10000,
according to one report.
The Paris Liberte has received special in
formation that numerous detachments Of Prus-
sian troops have during the last few days pass
ed through Bingen and Creuznach to occupy 8
camp which has been formed at Sarrelouis
Sarrelouis is situated on the extreme northeast
frontier of Rhen:sh PRUSSIA, where it adj bins
Luxembourg, and is, moreover, exactly opposite
Metz. But few days ago the Liberte pointed
out the prime Importance Of this position, and
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staff of the same opinion.
A Bale paper states that the keeper of
the buffet at the railway station charged Queen
Victoria and suit OF thirty persons ssven
hundred francs for breakfast Of coffee, eggs,
and cold meat, being at the rate OF twenty
three fraocs head. The Bale people are very
indignant at this e1tortlon; but, says Lon
don paper, the restaar. aen' would pro: ably
justify himself as the English innkeeper did
who presented George LII with bill of one
guinea for slice Of bread and one egg. The
king, while paying the money, observed that
eggs must be very scarce in that part Of the
country. "No, your Majesty" vas the reply,
''eggs are plentiful enough, but kings visits
are rare" ,..
"A correspondent in Crete writes that. he
has leisurely travelled through the very heart
OF the insurgent districts, and is surprised at
the vgor with which the system OF defence is
still KEEP. up. Skirmishes continue, but politi-
cally the system remains unaltered. The Sui
tan's Government still claims absolute submits
sion; the Cretans still insist upon union with
Greece. Much discomfort is believed to exist
among the Turks of Crete, who are on bad
terms with the regular Turkish soldiers, and
some of the insurgents are confident that
should the war continue three months more,
the native Mahommedans will grow weary Of
being blockaded in the cities, and oin them in
large numbers. 'a,f' cs.vl ~
.c)nnll!yl:ior tfo n Nl9'e3 states that
Vesuvius is again showing disquieting symp-
toms; for some days past erupions have taken
place at the upper cone. Deep rumbling
sounds are followed by jets Of incande scent
matter thrown to great height. The lava fre-
quently appears at the brink of the crater, and
then stops. About three in the morning OF the
18th the spectacle became imposing. Columns
Of thick smoke rose high in the air, followed
by burning stones. After shining moment
they fell and rolled, still red hot, down he
side OF the mountain. This eruption lasted so
long as the darkness permitted it to be seen,
as at dayNreak the fire paled. The smoke WAS,
however, still thick, and showed that, even
after sunrise, the same volcanic phenomenon
continued.
The London Times correspondent, at the
scene of the railroad disaster in Wales, writing
on August "a, says: Persons o. al the various
conditions Of life, most of them hitherto stran
gers to each other, have come to assemble
round one Vast grave, in which thirty-three
dead men, women and children are. to be
placed, side by side without any distinction Of
rank, without any difference in The cofins that
enclose them. Further attempts at identifca-
ton Of the remains have been abandoned in
despair; and as the dead nov lying in one of
the aisles of Abergele church met their death
at the same instant, and within the narrow
boundaries of four carriages closely coupled
together, their sorrowing relatives have ap-
proved the idea Of the Rev. James Meredith,
the rector, that they should lie together in one
common sepulchre."
Bad stories are told about little PATHS hus-
band. The Paris correspondent Of the Etoile
Beige says the Marquis "seems to have told
the Patti family no end Of fibs about his debts.
He humbly stated the whole amount Of the
mortgages on his estates was four hundred and
fifty thousand francs, when it is well known
that hc owes three or four millions; that his
SO-calleQ estates are III tDe uauOS Ol ulb creCt-
ors, who do not find them sufficient to pay one
fourth of his indebtedness; and that all he has
to live on besides his wife's earnings, is his
salary as equerry. There is considerable talk
in fashionable circles rs to the duration of his
union with Mile. Patti, for the young lady is
known to be of very irascible and jealous
character, and the Marquis has half o dozen
cast-off misresses, and several illegitimate
children, living in Paris. Iu court circles,
considerable disgust is manifested at the soli-
citude with which the parasite press chronicles
every step Of the new-married couple. The
Patrie has already received orders to say no
more about the Marquis and Marquse de Caux.
The Emperor never liked the Marquis. The
Princess Mathilde also is shocked, and the
Countess Wa.ewski protests she will never
again set foot IN the Tuileries."
Ice in England is luxury and not an arti-
Gle of necessary use. The inconveniences to
which Engishmen are subjected through their
lack Of enterprise in obtaining copious supplies
OF what In the United States is as indispensa-
BILE as bread or milk may be imagined from
the remarks of the Pail Mall Gazette. That
journal states that ''the extent to which the
use of ice is growing in England may be par