The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-11-10
FOREIGN TOPICS.

ell at the head of regiment OF cavalry I'm sham
fight at Stargard and the troops have given her
'swOrd OF ionor.''
so many liberals In France. Germany and
Italy having lately declined accepting the orders
conferred upon them by different sovcrcigns, the
French Government has.issucd q circuia. TO the
var!Jns European cabinets, suggesting that hence.
forth no more orders shall be given any persons
but such as previously signify ;l.eir acceptance.
The North German Navy, since the acquire
ment OF ports on The Baltic, has tcen rapidly in.
creasng, and greater interests felt among the
people IN maritime affairs. The German Society
III aid OF The sh!pwrecked Is constantly receiving
additions OF members and contributions and The
operations OF the association are becoming more
extended. The sympathy With the shipwrecked
sailors Is no: confined to tho cotst districts, and
the society recently received lonasion of $4,000
"A model of the proposal srllge across the
British channel is to be erccteIobyer the Jake In
the BoIs de Boulognc. III .ens3 Euct.ng the chan
mel bridge, the piers areT0 be noatetf to the ap-
pointed spot, and then the buoys being with.
drawn, they fall into their position. Each pier Is
armed with telescope screws OF enormous
strength, which are worked into the bed. The
piers are SO constructed that water pours through
them with little resistance; and each pier is pro.
vi1ed with staircase, up which, should vessels
run foul OF them, the crew could run and 10 home
Sy train.
In the City OF Bristol England the annual
death-rate has lately been reduced from twenty
eight TO twenty-five and half per thousand OF
the whole population; in 6ther words, there are
fewer deaths by thousand in year than for
merly. The change is ascribed 10 the action OF a
health onicer, Mr.. Davies, who aided by four In.
spectors, has visited every tenement court three
Il cIn
tisinfected every nuisance, and supcrintended
the clearing OF drains and the whitewashing OF
walls. Although great part OF the population
live In these crowded courts, Mr.. Davies has sue
ceeled In extrpating typllus and other malignant
fevers, and has thoroughly interested the laboring
people themselves In his measures.
There was very alarming shock OF On earth
quake In and around Schemacha, I'm the Caucasus
on the 2lst Of August. Nearly the whole town,
with the neighboring town OF Sundi, was de-
stroyed. Hardly house escaped serious dam
age. The earthquake signalized its approach by
several phenomena, among which were an unu-
snal turRdness OF the water and the prevalence
Of nm odor Of garlic in the air. During the
trembling the magnet lost its attractive mower
The motion was unduatory, and the earth-waves,
following different directions met and crossed
each other. This waye-like rolling Of the ground
was accompanied by vertical movement which
has been but rarely observed In such phenomena.
The central point OF the earthquake was q chain
OF mountains In the neighborhood Of schemacha.
Asia Is suffering from the combined attacks
OF cho!era and famine. Al Lucknow, tile deaths
from the former are averaging eight or ten day.
During the month OF June alone there were % 900
deaths from cholera In the central provinces and
Tor the following two months the rate Yas not
much less In Eastern Bengal there have certainly
been 20, 600 deaths dnring the season, and In the
PunJab. Upper Bengal and Rajpootana the deaths
have ut the very least been sufficient to swell up
the grand total to 900 for the whole OF Eastern
and Central India. Six hundred Europeans have
perished out OF scanty population OF some l5O,.
600. The famine Is also doing its part towards the
diminuton Of tile population. In Delhi food has
risen to four times the usual prices rice that used
to be procurable at forty seers eighty pounds)
lot the rupee now commands rupee for ten
seers, and In spite Of the general well-todo char.
acter OF the population there IL widespread dis
tress Pecr;;c are selling of their idols and jewel
ry to keep themselves alive; the food chops, ap-
prehensive, possibly, Of riots, expend o large
share Of their profits in dispensing provisions
gratui;ousIy to the people. In AJmerc aud some
oil the native States Of RaJpoo;ana the suffering Is
dreadful. In Gwallor alone there have been two
thousand deaths from starvation In tho past six
."eehs. Inc MuuufhJan ol Jcypore mas eSperued
s45o,00o In feeding his peoples lut even this p,u
niacent lIbcralty has only partially alleviated the
existing distress,
Tho following account OF the recent torture
OF o Christian woman by the Chinese, In Canton,
comes to US In our latest foreign nes: "a native
Christian woman, much respected by the Chris.
tians, and even by the pagans who were acquaint.
cd with her, Inns devoted herself for twenty years
TO the rescuing and baptizing infants abandoned
Dy their parents. AT the beginning Of July she
was arrested on the charge OF practIclng sorcery
upon young children, and Of taking out their
eyes, the marrow OF their bones. and even their
souls, with view to the preparation Of magical
remedies. She was several times savagely beaten
on the face with leathern straps to induce her to
confess her guilt in the midst OF her tortures how
ever she maintained greatest courage and con-
stancy In coufessIng tue faith. She was con.
demned to death, and It was feared the sentence
would be Immediately executed. Upon this NJ.
Girard!n, the resident missionary, succeeded in
obtaining entrance to the prison, heard her con.
fession, and administered to her the Holy viati.
cum, whileethe bishop, Mgs. GuillemIn, left NO
means untr!ed to. obtain respite. This was