The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-08

And wen bless the day y, I'LL yhtt;
When just before the battle. Mother,
;5. Johnny ran away. 81
FORBTGN ITEMS.
MIR. Jay, American Envoy to Austria, has
RSeen buying 9 gorgeous suit OF clothes in Lon
don. which is described at great length in an
On English paper. eo,a~a II
-Vlctorla has had to come down. She has
agreed, in order to stop family quarrel, to
Tive the Prince of Wales nearly $20O, 600 year
OF her spending money. a1,, III.
Partisan theatres do not show very large
receipts lately. There are only eight which
receive upwards Of 92O, 900 month. and the
opera. which stands first, gets less than
;S80. GOO. ,,. ~. #'
For the purpose Of testing the power Of
sEkeneh railroads to concentrate o large num-
a>Sts OF troops at q gwen point quickly, two
Dhundred thousand soldiers are to be moved to
Htrasburg this month. fao@ .ae4asrn snY
The Following inteliiRence comes from
Bucharest :s.A b1igand Of Herculean strength
tvas about to be hung for murder. He burst
the straps which bound him. like fax, seized
The executionet, and hanged him before assis-
ted to HE victlm's ofR,e." TIL I, Na2
~ I-Near Cairo, Egypt, there is large tree,
Nndeg which according to tradition, Joseph
end Marya and the infant Jesus took she elter
during their fght into Egypt. The tree.
(which stands on ground belonging to the 18TH
mus Of suea Canal Company, was marked to
he cut down, but the Empress Eugenie has
Turchased it standing, ana now pays q keeper
oto watch it,. ,.oYa ,,s.s9 .1g,r.i., !.,.5, ,,
.--EDgl&nd has q lighthouse for every four.
teen miles Of coast, Scotland one for every
thirty y-n,ne and a half miles, Ireland one for
,syery thirty-tour and a half miles, while France
EXHIBITS one for every twelve and q third miles.
The lighthouses in France are more than
three times ss numerous as in Scotland, COM
-pared with the amount Of coast. and nearly
three times as numerous as In Ireland
The story is told by French journal that
in provincial town q gentleman's house was
rendered dark and damp by o tree which stood
tieoo near his windowA He could not out it
down because it belonged to the commune,
and he knew an application to the authorities
would be uoavalling. Accordingly he sent for
insertion in one Of the Paris papeIs the follow
A7ng paragraph :, s'Fhere is still in existence
one OF the trees Of liberty of the date Of 1898.
20 may be seen at K, close to the house of NJ.
"a. B., and the passers by reverenty un cover
their heads to this venerable wltne So OF our
ayrandest struggles and OUR most illustrious
oTVictory." Three days afterwards, an order
came from the prefectare in Paris for the
B. Mayor Of K. to cause ,tha said tree to be out
:" down, which was accordingly done forthwith.
ouuAA singular accident happened at Ashley 's
.s,.iaa .Theatf in London Yew days since. In the
play of the ..Battle Of Waterloo; Napoleon
with his staff rides upon the stage on horse
bttdk. On this occasion an aid-de-camps horse
suddenly became restive and unm anageabla. It
pranced about the stage, then backed on to
tNS footllghts. which he smashed ana finally
n. .ts backwards into the orchestra; throwing his
'trider. and creating oonsldsrable alarm among
The occupants of the stalls. The musicians
" tried to escape from the dang ngerous proximity
pf their uuwelcome and unexpected .visitant;
but one had his collar-bons broken, and had
ldo'be conveyed to the hospital. The damage
done to the instruments was considerable.
A6asns, viol.ncellos, flutes and fageolets we're
Imaken to atoms, and the music was torn and
fs1cattered in every direction. :: The horse was
II with some difficulty extrioated after delay Of
y Abcdt twenty minutes. ,1as! ;,c~ stt
Although Victoria, when setting ont on
iAsr present visit to Balm oral, had orders sent
=, =, ,0a That there should be no cheering or other
aaemonstr .tions at the stations, she travelled
In right royal style rs regards comfort. The
,anin vonsissed Of twelve carria ges, truck for
her Majesty's fourgon, and o break at each
end. The first three carriaS6s con tained the
.pAgeAs servants, dressers, and ladies'; maids.
eAaouhle saloon carriage which came next was
intended for the Prince and Princess Christian.
u u next ssloon was occupied by the Princess
Aa6atrice, her goyerness, an d maid; and sim
1Af, SRrrfase WAS provided for the pefsonai At
1tandAnts Of the Queen. The saloon app ointed
for Her Majesty and the Princess Iouise. was
J IN the middle Of the train, and was connected
nt0 the preceding carriage by an. expand ding
passa9e, admitting ready CONF munication. The
,day saloon is furnished with blue smoire an
Z hque and inaid satin wood; and the sleeping
chamber has two beds and gilt chairs covered
with white MORE antique, the walls being hung
with padded Carkey chints. The ceilings are
salso Aadded and covered with whit te silk. After
rms royal suite Of rooms came four saloon car
'1iagss. S~a' 1 f
~ Tho Emperor OF the French treated the
FrfnoS of Wales to review Of 1000 troops in
:" Paris, The entire Imperial family were pres
. ent On horseback, and uniforms Of every ma
zion were on the ground. Wales wore the
Brilliant dress Of q British officer OF Hussars.
b After the inspection the Rmperor returned to
d tfza aAiuting point, whore he was Joined by the
Empress; and the review began by a splendid
charge by regiments OF cavalry, VIII ioh was fol-
lowed by an advance on the Imper isl position
by the artillery. Coming to the front by bat
teEiss, the gunners went at once into action
aaAd allowed some practice. The cavalry re-
firsd by fours from the outer flank, end tbs
Acillery by half batteries. Then the whole