The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-03-24
GOSSIP FROM ABROAD.

trees In the public prOmenadeB at M0ntz, just
as il they were on tho brink Of war, and it is
reported from we'll informed parties that they
are working day and night in their ersenals.
It appears that they do not feel quite comfort
able about Austria recovering strength and
France being we'll armed and provided.
All the paintings from the Louvre which
had been sent to private persons, mostly favor
ties Of the imperial family, have been cent
back to the Louvre, and Nj. de Nieuwerkerke,
the Inspector Genere! Of the Imperial Art Galle-
ries, now announces in a card that these paint
ings shall be exhibited in special hall, ESQ
that the public may no longer be deprived Of
them." This is one Of the few triumphs which
public opinion has recently achieved in France.
The University boat race in England has
for the ninth time in succession been won by
Oxford. The contest is matter of absorbing
lnterest,to every man, woman and child in
Great Britain, and the prospects OF the two
crews were the subject of ceaseless conjec-
lures during the week preceding the race. The
Cambridge men were deeply impressed with
the disgrace Of eight successive annual de-
feats, and even employed the Oxford profess
sional trainer, but to no avail
The Jews Of Hungary and Transylvania
are making bold and united effort to procure
an improvement of their rights and privileges
with regard to the practice Of their religion.
These people number 7750OO, and they are
formed in regular districts. They ask the lib
erty OF educating their children and conduct
ing their ceremonials Of worship with the free
dom accorded to Others They have held one
congress, the results Of whose deliberations
have been presented to the King. and will hold
another soon. 1t will consist of eighty-sx of
their highest intellects. s t,a
"A singular instance Of the absurdities of
charitable bequests is furnished in London,
where some hundred years ago some good old
soul left house and garden in the city as q
perpetual maintenance for three poor women
end cat. The property is now worth FAC, 900
a. year. Three poor women and their cat,
friends or the trustees-are maintained; and
the rest Of the income. aS9,65 per annum, is
expended in salaries on uncles, aunts, cousins.
appointed as secretaIies, treasurers, chaplains.
visitors, &C., who see to the proper distribu-
tlon OF aims, catechise the old women. and
stroke the cat.
1t is stated that the interest of Victor HUI
go's new story, "LHonme Qui Rit," turns in
great measure on the fendish practice OF a
secret society that existed in Europe near the
close OF the seventeenth century, and had for
It's object the manning and mutilation of chill
dren. The miscreants of this body were known
as the Ccneprachicos, or robbers OF Infants
nests, and it was their habit to take children
from unnatural parents, or steal them when
opportunity offered, and either for purposes Of
state. of family intrigue, or for the uses Of
professional mendicancy to distort and dis
figure them past all recognition or hope of fu-
ture benefit
The Parisians display great ingenuity in
showing their political opinions without un-
pleasant consequences to themselves. On o
recent occasion on of the s.Oonferencss" now
so much the fashion, was held at the Theatre
de lAmbigu-Co -Comique, on the ('.Phenomena OF
Light" subje,t, one would have thought,
about as unpolitical as could well have been
chosen. The lecturer, in order to demonstrate
certain theories, proceeded to enlarge some
photographs Of celebrated persons. This be.
ing done by means Of strong magnesium
light, all the theatre, except in the immediate
neighborhood Of the operator. was in almost
total darkness. The audience could be heard,
not seen. The portrait Of the Emperor was
received with o storm Of Kisses and cries of
"A Ia port ?" 'VSue la Republ,que p "U sen
IRA 6sentot !" &o. That OF the Empress met
with worse reception, ii possible; than her
husbands. On the other hand, the portrait of
MaxmiliarT was received with cheers and cries
OF f"QMitpa trahi ?" Maximilian, as q bystander
remarked. probably owed his popularity to
the fact Of his having been shot The opera
tor, like prudent man, soon brought his ex-
periments to an end; and when the gas was
turned on, the ''agents" were very busy look
ing about; but Of course, every one looked in
tensely loyals
For many years the standing butt Of the
CoHtinen "a! Journalists has been the Prince Of
Monaco, the impecunious potentate OF q ten
acre principality the margin Of the Esdi-
terranean, through which passes the pictur-
esque Corniche road from Nice to Genoa.
During the war in the Crimea the Prince was
represented as having been called upon by
the Allied Powers to send contingent Of
twelve men and aSlrumstick to the field OF mill.
tary operations, and at other times he was an
nonnced as having arrived in Paris for the pur-
pose OF negotiating q temporary loan with the
Rothschilds. OF two hundred and fifty francs.
But times have changed. The Prince at this
moment is in the easiest circumstances of any
monarch in Europe. He has Just abolished all
taxes throughout the five or six square miles,
be the same more or less, OF his happy dom1n-
ions. This Utopian result Of carrying on q
government without taxation has not been due
to any extraordinary increase To the produc-
tions'of Monaco, which chiefly consist in drives
and macearoni; nor is it to he attributed to any
Camden and Amboy Railroad passing across
the little territory. The Fortunatus' purse Of
his Highness is lreplenishedl sby the gambling
tables OF his small capital and the money IL
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