The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-12-16
FOREIGN MISCELL-4NY.

All Paris is abroa on VeloclpeueS Oh tne
Champs Elysees after dark, and so many accl-
dents have recently happened from collisions,
that an edict Of the police nov. eompeis flders
to afix lantern to their machines.
Fischer was German oboe player OF note.
Once upon time, when invited to dinner win
q lord. he was asked, on sitting down to table,
II he had brought his instrument "No," re-
snonded Fischer, "my oboe never dimes, with
Which rebuff he took his hat and LETT the
house.
An English paper illustrates life in the
roinino districts by this conversations: First
collierI"Tbere's been toire (exploslonl az
Jackson's pits" Second collier-"My feyther
worked there" First colier-'YeS, and t9e ne,s
blowed all to pieces. Second conler-oS
gum, he'd got my knolfe ]"
AT the last masked ball Of the Grand
Opera, Paris, domino said to gentleman;
IDo try and squeeze into my box" Il would
like to squeeze into your heart, madame
ttMy dear boy, tits impossible, for tbs as full
as an omnibus on rainy day." make some
BODY get out." II can't; they've all paid their
fare"
The Vicar of Windsor told oil his female
parishioners and non-electors to-. stay from
church the Sunday before the English election,
30 that there might be room for the voters,
to whom he was to preach political sermon. sermon.
~-A~t3H.~A
are not in the habit Of attending churcn
regularly.
An English genius proposes to overcome
monitors with vessels armed with fire engines,
which will throw water into the port holes and
wet the powder, and into the smoke stack ana
nut out the fires, when the intrepid tars" VIII
S'board the s'help!5ss log" and take it into
port. He proposes to put On END TO marlti"e
warfare"
d.
account of 'the gallery" speaks OF the days
when Mr.. Dickens sat with the rest as a NOM
ber of the reporting STAFF of the Morning
Chronicle. and says: "Mr. Dickens will net, we
hope be offended when he hears that the YER
dict of his old colleagues is that, as o general
reporter, he was unequaued for the speed with
which he could turn out great quantities OF
work. but that this was done in rough and
ready STYLE, and was By no means character
lied 'by that neatness which is, at all events.
AIMED at in all good parliamentary reporting.
An East Indian paper publishes matri-
monial advertisement from a young lady IN
England, in which she offers herself to an In
dian prince. The Young lady commences by
stating that she has lost her papa and mamma,
That She is living with Wesleyan minister, Is
twenty-ope years of age, has some properly,
and would like to marry king. She has seen
the Marahjah we'll spoken of in the newspa-
ners and would be glad to hear if the poten-
tate ia willing. and if be will "name the day."
The Wesleyan minister attaches Testimonial,
pronounces her a very nice, amlable, KIND, ana
excellent young lady, who would make an e2-
cellent wife. She is supposed TO be particular
ly fit for an oriental harem.
The rules to be observed in the organiza-
ton of the Ecumenical Council are to be the
same as those practiced by the Council Oh
Trent. with this difference, that the questions
--l-.;tto,1 4, - will ha ayaminn1 beforehand bV
committees appointed to that effect: The
Catholic Bishops have been advised IN all parts
of the world to address to the Council such
questions as may be in the interests OF tnelr
Congregation, and of the church at the bead OF
which they are placed. A central ooard OF ol-
ractars Consisting of two Cardinals, have been
oreanized. Each Cardinal is at the same tune
to preside over ten committees, each OF winch
is TO have special attributions, and Will attend
to q different department. The Holy rather Is
to preside in person over the Gcumenlcal
Council.
-Prevest ParadoI, the eminent French es-
sayest and editor, happened to be at the Blar-
ritz depot on the 10th Of October. Napoleon
the Third arrived there shortly after him, and,
On being told that MIR. Provost Paradol vas
there. sent his aid-de-camp to HIM Tor the
nurpose OF telling him that the Emperor would
be much pleased to make the acquaintance OF
Mr.. Provost Paradol. The aid-de-camp was
perfectly dumbfounded when, instead OF an
obseauious bow and the assurance that moth
ing would afford MIR. Provost Paradol greater
pleasure than to wait upon his Imperial Ma
Iesty. he received tho follow reply: monsieur,
among tho few liberties left to US in France, !
believe one Of the most important ls, that
every gentleman is at liberty to choose his
own acanaintances. Tell your master that |
am by no means desirous OF being introduced
to him."
One OF the most remarkable deposits OF pc
troleum is in the region OF the Caucasus Noun,
the oil collected there (by skinming) for ages:
On the eastern shore OF the Caspian 20,OuO
such wells, all of them quite shallow, are now
skinned. The wells are often quite close TO
each other, and new one does not attect the
productiveness Of another near 1t. One sunk
in 1888 by the very. side, Of another which mac
for centuries produced thirty-four thousand
pounds per day, yielded forty thousand pounds
Der day without affecting in the least the other.
The American method has lately been intro
duced. and flowing wells have burst forth from
a depth of two hundred and fifty feet, which
have, until controlled, maintained jet from
forty to sixty feet high. 1t is calculated that
$4,000, 900 pounds are annually produced IN tne
Caucasus region, while 200, 600 pounds OF para
fine are now made from asphaltum.
"A letter from Rome gives an account of the
Pope blessing the var material presented by
the Vendean- Breton committee. The pieces
consisted of complete battery of riaed can
non, four mountain howitzers and the rssula-
tion ambulances for an entire division. A large
numoer Of persons were present and saluted
the Sovereign Pontiff with the warmost accla-
nations. His Holiness, after expressing his
thanks, went on to say: "For ma, who am q
Minister Of Peace, it may appear that am
misplaced in the midst of arms and the appara-
tus of artillery. But am the alinister of God,
and the fact must be remembered that the Al
mighty who calls himself the God Of Peace, is
also the God of Battles, and that evil must
always bo combatted. I, the Vicar Of Jesus
Christ, defend everywhere throughout the
world, truth, justice and the rights of every
one; and this is why the whole universe
ought 10 unite to sustain me in my rights. l
thank you who are here present, all that select
youth and those whom you repres sent, as well
as those who are more directly my subjects,
and who ardently defend with YOU the same
cause. This is how, with your arms, with
these weapons, and especially with the protec-
ton of the Most High, we snail see that our
enemies will be st pped before these imperish-
able walls of the Vatican. That will be, if ou
life. bv it's holiness, is in conformity with our
mission. That will be, il We are with God al
His Justice il He is IN us by His grace. then
God will be fully and truly with us. Et 81 Dc,S
pro nObiS, gus co1ard nos -
PJR4CY IND MURDER.