, 1869-03-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP,

The profits Of La Lib<rlt, Girardin'a
dred thousand franco. The Figaro claims to
have cleared fifty thousand francs more.
Justus Won Ltebir, the celebrated Ger
man chemist, said recently to some Of his
friends that he would probably visit the
United States At the beginning Of ncxt
The richest man in Vienna Is Baron |
Sira, the barker. His wealth Is believed TO /
be much greater than that Of any member
Of the Rothschild family.
The leaders OF the French Opposition,
Jules Farre, Theirs, Picard. Eugene Petletau,
Gals BIxoip, Marie and Bethmoud, are ali |
wealthy men. Only Garnier Pages Is poor.
The present Chairman Of the Partisan
Chamber of Paris started In lie a. the driver
Of butchers cart. lie was founding and
has never been able to learn who his parents
were.
Since 1867 the Partisan dtmi,mond1 has
the United States, and there are now be-
lleyed 10 be more American women Of that
class In Paris than English women.
The Queen oil Holland recently made
IN attempt at suicide. Domestic troubles
are said to have driven her to the rash act
Her life Was saved, however, and steps wcrc
taken 10 hush up the whole matter.
Emilio CASTELAR,, the eloquent leader
Of the Spanish Republicans was once
printers devil !; and Ga.rido, his no less
eloquent colleague and friend, waa formerly
apprentice In bakery.
A Swiss paper mentions the fact that
General George B. Mcclellan predicted
Grants election, by An overwhelming major
| iiy, as soon as be hsd read the proceedings OF
! the New York Convention.
Marshal Mel and General Frossard, tho
\ tutor of The Prince Imperial, are the leaders
| Of the French war party. Their organ is the
Poy,, which teens every dsy with insulting
| articles against Prussia and the Prussinns.
The grandchild Of the Emperor Alex
andcr, OF Russia, recently received Christ
mas gifts worth over five hundred thousand
ronblcs. The little fellow, slckly, puny
child, Is not yet ycar old, and will hardly
grow upt appreciate The presents.
Guardiu, OF La LDerte, says that Na-
poleon the Third, in the course Of the last
twenty years, offered him several foreign en-
bassies and TWO portfolios IN the Cabinet,
but TINT he invariably rejected these offers es
soou as they Werc made.
Roctefcrs speaks In La Lanterne o!
o.san 1ro-t.nes :. !. ,bat fsna,e NJ rcrr loo.e
| morals, and, for year or two, mistress OF q
rakish Admiral Iamed Verhuel, whose lille
eitImntc sen Il 60 ashamed OF his father thai
he docs no. even bcar his uame."
The nav t1ecu ione1 Of Paris has ap
piled TO the Minlster Of Justice for pernis
sion 10 gui1iotinefprisoless In an encio:ei
carrta md mr. eTnhe1s of he nress shall be nd
.ny+ted.
An idea os The nonn1arity of Adeliu,
pa,t,.c.uY nav bc formed from the fact tha
onc a,t,.t,ln Paris npado aye hundred thousap
ntotoor,nf, of her gnee 1s6e. and sold all c
them n The dealers in pari. a1ouc. Nor
th.n tu,ce thai nntnber were sent TO desler
!. T., tha ,,,v1ncns nd in forc,cn connt,1e..
Saver.l Amc,;can residenta Of Par;
who d,stine uisbed theuselyes by their sc,yi,
attitude toward the imperial court, have T.
Gently h,d The Measure Of being black ale
y a, inc Cerclc 1nneri.l. A club composed
orcat n,rt of af,ae1<t and hangers OF, OF th
!. TuilerIes.
g Ecssuth makes q living by ccpyiD
:. ,.o,1 aocrmen,s IN Tnr;n. n refu.es Ia a,
h cent anr money at the hand. of his friend
Despi,e the low ebb at which his fortunes a,
:, cow, be Is stfll confident TINT he will OF
4 dsy spaiu be et the head Of the Huugaria
Government.
: The Moscow Ga.kifr, the preat crcar
u ,ho IA prss,an marry annonnee, In Il. Ia
: number In large type that 1t has secured
; ~. correspondent In the United States ii one
e M n,o,t eminent stotesmen OF that conntr,
4 Whose views on the Oriental question d
o ;eevttca1 with those If the National party
|, pre.,. ), wbo IL the eminent statexmaus
4 ,,,,, :. ,-ho 3-.
y ,n ,hc nc,,,,on of G,rman authors To &c
eial o.Ans s,a ~ a,,a1t,.esn ~ F,edeT;,
q law 1efolnAnu Sp'e'e 49,,
q lelstaches ate .ne ne~s
. Nnhloacn sleneo ~ wv, oatse ...".ns.. .
- - autnots' noNe'e'' As'o'S" ~ f"4
Il Inc no'e"eat
4 II Is believed IN telmsny .nAs toes
: Victoria recently wrote to the Ming OF Ifu
:; Ella lett1F, IN WINCH ane urged n'ni ~.
treat the e1-h1ng o. hanover 100 aA.sal.
/ and she dtIicatcly hlnIs &naI olne'c
{ course might result in making the poor II
~ low insane.
ID MISS Brhdaon has sued Bernard ID
\, ,oone. ore of the French trau.lators OF b
ID works, and the Frtnchman nheaua
y enough to charge the great sensation novs
II ist with stealing her plots from old .fren
et novels. He says be will prove the charge
=. =. socn ns his case Is tried.
9s Ata masked ball In Hamburg, on q
20 recent ,nordi qras, two men, ono Of who
~ represented Blkus1k and the other Ben.
e ,rmenced aeh,lpc, Beust finally drew
~ =. knife ard plur red It into Bl.mark's breAl