The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-08
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London PInch'
FOREIGN ITEMS.
:-Mr. Jay, American Envoy to Aus'!iS, ""'
bean buying gorgeous suit OF clothes IN non-
.,tnr, xheh is described at great isos W ~ ~
m English paper. sho has
y,otor,a has had to come dowa. sne mao
.....d N order to stop family QUARREL w
] 49,. pr;noe Of Wales nearly $2O0, 200 year
Other spending money.
p.r,sisn theatres do not show very large
-...;nts lately. There are only eight which
-soeiye upwards of 10000 month, and the
,nners. which stands first, gets less tnsn
$4,000.
For the purpose of testing the power OF
r,ancb railroads 9 to concentrate q large num-
her Of troops at . gwen point qulcKiy' TWO
hundred thousand soldiers are to be moved 10
Strasburg this month.
The following intelligence comes Hom
;Buoharest "a brigand Of Herculean strength
:.,s about to be hung for murder. He ourst
-ahe straps which bound him. like max, selzeo
3he executioner. and hanged him before assis-
s.noe cou'd arrive. He was thereu ,on appoin-
ted to his victims ofa,e."
Near Cairo, Egypt, there is large tree'
xnder which, according to tradition, Joseph
and Mary and the infant Jesus took snei'er
during their fight u 70 Egypt. The tree
which stands on ground belonging to the lstn-
mus Of suez Canal Company, was marked to
1e ont down, but the Empress Eugenle mas
purchased it standing, and now pays keeper
eSo watch it.
hs.-Rpelssd has lighthouse for every four
tam miles of coast, Scotland one for every
4hirty.urle and . half miles. Ireland one ior
,syery thirty-tour and q ahalfmiles, while France
.axibits one for every twelve and third miles,
The lighthouses in France are more than
Three times a. numerous as in Scotland, COM
psrod With the amount Of oosst, and nearly
-jhree times a nsnerous as IN Ireland
The story is told BY q French journal that
In . provncsl town 9 gentleman's house was
rendered dark and damp by . tree which stood
loo near his windows. He could not cut II
down because it belonged to the commune
and he knew an application to the authorities
-vould be upavailing. Accordingly he sent foi
insertion In one Of the Paris papers the follow.
ing paragraph ''rhere is still in existence
ono o. the trees OF liberty Of the date OF l7sS'
II NAV be seen at K, close to the house of al
AR., and the passers by reverent!y un cover
3he,r heads to this venerable witness OF QUIZ
rrandest struggles and our most hustrious
VICTORY" Three days afterwards an order
came from the prefecture in Paris Tor the
Mayor OF <. TO cause the said tree to be cut
down. which was socordi Ugly done forthwith.
s:-..A singular accident happened at Ashley q
Theatre in London few days since. In the
.-olsy Of the Battle Of Waterloo" Napoleon
with his staff rides upon the stage on horse
back. On this occasion an aid.ds-camp's horse
..suddenly became restivs and unmanageable. Il
-prancS S,sbout the stage, then backed on to
She 5el which he smashed and finally
isll baet..rsSso the orchestra throwing aa MI
- '.k - considerable alarm among
= stalls. The musiciana
dangerous proximity
1I mar q unexpected yisitsnt
eD0t one n3o u oouo nAo-SAs
10 Be oonveyed'so> hospital. Tho damage
lone to the instruments Was considerable
sNolins, violipcellos. flutes and HaReolets were
hrokep TO atoms, and the music was torn anc
.oattered In every direction. The horse war
:,sith some difficulty extricated after delay o.
About twenty minutes.
-'''E Although Victoria, when setting out on
her present visit to Balm oral, had orders sent
" ofS that there should be no cheering OF otner
:aAmoussr atoms ct the stations, she travelled
.in,riRht royal style as regards comfort. The
.azean consisted Of twelve carris ges, truck Tor
scr Majesty's bourgon, and break at eaen
,ianS. The first three carriages contained the
.4pores. servants, dressers, an2 ladies' maids.
A double saloon carriage which came next was
infa1ded for the Prince and Princess Christian.
The paxt saloon was occupied by the Princess
Beatrice, her governess, and maid; and sim-
1.r carriage was provided for the personal at
-aepdsuta Of the Queen. The saloon app ointed
zsot her Majesty and the Princess Louise was
In the middle Of the train, and was connected
20 the preceding carriage by On expan ding
:pAseage, admitting ready communication. The
!. dsy saloon is furnished with blue moire an
:aaus and inIad satip wood; and the sleeping
3 chanber has two beds and gilt ohsiSs covered
With white moire antique, the walls being hung
Nth padded Turkey chintS. The ceilin gs are
Also padded snd covered with white silk After
Abe royal suite Of rooms came four saloon car
risses.
The Emperor Of the French treated the
Prince of Wales to 9 review Of 1000 troops in
Paris. Theenrire Imperial family were pres
ant ON horseback, and uniforms Of every na-
Hon we're on the ground. Wales wore the
brilliant dress Of a British officer Of Hussars.
After the inspection the Emperor retu rned to
HE saluting point, where he was Joined by the
pmpress; and the review began by splendid
charge by regiments Of cavalry, VII ich was fol-
lowed By an advance on the Imperial position
BY the artillery. Coming to the front by bat
.teries, the gunners went at once into action
and showed some practice. The cavalry re-
tired by fours iron. the outer flank, and the
ARTILLERY by half batteries. Then the whole
CORDS 1a,nsee trotted past, the cavalry in COL
umns OF squadrons, and the artillery in COL
nmns OF batteries, and all was overs and it
.Mss time to go home; but then began such
scrsmble "a has rarely been seen-troops