The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1868-01-22
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.


The London Times does up 1867 in seven
column leader.
..-victoria proposes to knight Mr.. Martin for
helping her write her book.
NAPOLEON has torn down %, 900 houses 10
Paris, and put up $1,000 better edlt1ces.
The Countess Of Portarlngton and LORDS
Louth and Granard. of the Irish ar1stocracS,
have professed the Roman Cathoilc Ialln WILL
in the past few weeks.
THE Prussian Chamber of Deputies has
snubbed even the great Bismarck by reversing
| his decision that members could be prosecu'eo
for words spoken in debate.
-Gortschakoff has lost caste by marrying ma @
the divorced wife Of his nephew, ana tne mel" hus ee
alan mobility recently sent back his CARDS OF
invitation to concert and ball at his palace'
In a recent invention of steam carriages
for common roads the tires OF the Iheels arH
made of India rubber, which ls salo W wo'A
very nicely. :. ia
India owes three times as much as u dlu
twenty years ago. Ihe totai Geo1 10 90 rate
hundred million pounds, and the average i"'e
of interest is four and half per cent.
Tho old salutation taught by French read
ers. .tComment vous portez-vousf" has given
way in Paris to the shorter "Commeng en- anen, are
yoHs ?" as in this country We now say HOW are
YOU 2" for ''How do you dor ~
A Wanna sayan has disturbed our childish
impressions by the announcement that hnan- I1r
ciniinpa. in the Himalaya range, ls not the
highest mountain in the world, put tna' uau-
risaukar, in Thibet, has that honor.
Arrangements are being made In s01a LonaIn
for the construction of new tunnel, entirely
Of cast iron, under the Thames. The cost ID
estimated at , the rate of about sSoo'ooo per
| mile.
birmingham, England, is estimated to
have 90 600 children entirely unprovided WIN
educational facilities, and 1t ls Proposeu "
erect and open fifty new schools, Whlcn, nom-
ever, will only accommodate sman propoi-
ton OF them.
"A Russian prince has married Mile. fres-
CANT formerly an actress at the Paris Vauoe-
yille' The world OF fashion in Paris Is mucn
astonished to learn that the new princess mas
| been presented ut court, as In France sucn d
| union would have conferred upon her no PriVi-
leges of society.
The day after the drawing Of the quarter
million prize in the Vienna lottery, the report
was set afoat that the fortunate lnaiVlouai G wac
n female pastry cook in tho Archduke Cnaries
Hotel. She was neither young nor lair, but
| vet received dozen offers of marriage IN the
course of one afternoon. She can make her
selection at her leisure, as she did not draw
the prize.
"A tradesman of Konigsberg must be cred
tied with sharp trick in the way OF advertls,
ing. He sent case OF cheese TO the Second
Prnsslan Chamber, with petition that the
House will subject his cheese to an examina-
ton. and then declare its opinion whether his
| cheese is not able to compete with all other
cheeses in the world. AS the petition must be
referred and reported on, all the newspapers
which publish reports OF the proceedings Will
advertise this cheese gratuitously.
"A London paper tells Of money-lending
club that was formed some months ago by the
workinpmen of South London, England. Each
mem.er of the club paid siIpence week. Inc
story runs that Gas soon as the treasurer re-
ceiyed the subscriptions on Saturday, he was
surrounded by eager borrowers, and at the end
of the thirty weeks, the interest on the los.
amounted to 19s. 10Sd. So that the non-bor.
rover received for his Los. lthe payment OF
| which Sum was spread over thirty WeeRsJ NJ
less than FL 14s 10ad."
in the Church Of England there are 1900
clergymen whose incomes as rectors or Wears,
is under $3.50 per annnm; there are some our
etes who starye on half that sum, and there is
a society in London which gathers cast-off
clothes for poor clergymen and their famliies.
On the other side of the account, 1t appears
that the Primats Of England has S75,OOO; the
sees OF York and London have each $5O,0OO;
Durham has revenue of SIC, 900; Winchester,
SIS, 600; Ely, s27, $50; and OF the remainder OF
the bishops nine have s25, 900, seven have s22.-
500, and six have $21 900.
"A German telegraph operator received in
formation last month, that he was one OF the
heirs of an East Indian millionaire recently de.
| ceased whereupon he borrowed large sums OF
money, took his family to Vienna to live ana
| threw his thalers about in princey style.
But In the height of his enjoyment the intorma-
ton came that it all was mistake, and that
| he had no claim upon the inheritance. Mad
| dened by the sudden overthrow OF his hopes,
the morning after the receipt OF the fatal IN
teliigence, he strangled and shot his wife, peat
out the brains Of his infant, shot his two elder
children and emptied the last charge OF MS
pistol in his own brain.
The Singapore Free Press describes the
capture on the Sirangoon River Of an alligator
which measured fourteen feet from head to
tail. and was about six feet in breadth-the
largest one caught in the settlement for many
wears. The old fellow had been Tor some
months terror to the natives on the banks OF
the river. lhe mode OF capture was 30 simPi s
that the wonder is that ii had not been tried
before AS the alligator was in the habit OF
coming on shore and basking in the sun at
low water. large-sized fshhook was made
fast TO piece Of rope and the end of the rope
was fastened to tree on shore. The hook
was baited with live fowl, and the alligator,
seeing the fowl on shore, came forth from the
when the Malays rushed down i'll body with
spears and clubs and soon dispatched him.
The friendly Abyssinians treat the English
invaders to wGr dances for a consideration. A
correspondent OF the London Times thus de-
scribes a performance Of the Shohos: sit con-
sisted in the monotonous repatition Of one line,
ohanted-or rather screamed-in tone harsh
enough to strike terror into the heart of any
enemy with the faintest notion of music; ac-
companied by an equally monotonous shutting
movement Of foot and knee. Every now and
then one man rushed out from the group,
leaping and gesticulating round the campfire,
poissing his lance and brandishing his sword in
our faces with gallantry which, if he carries
it into the battlefield, must make him formi-
dable foe indeed The ceremony naturally
ended in q request for money. There was
throughout grlmly. humorous look IN the
faces Of the principal performers which made
me think that they were not altogether such
fools as they appeared, and on liberal present
being given the ballet warriors went OF whoop-
ing and happy to bed or drink, as their tastes
| inclined"