The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-12-28
FOREIGN Items.

stnl gong on, tnough by the latest accounts
the Turkish troops had several victorious en-
gagements with the insurgents, in which the
latter lost great number of camels and horses.
The Turks are well provided with breach
leaders and artillery, but 1t appears that the
nomad tribes in the desert between Bagdad
and Damascus, which are only nominally sub
ject to the Sultan, give active assistance to the
insurgents, who are thus enabled to rally after
each defeat. The Governor General, Reschid
Pasha, has accordingly received Instructions
from Constantinople to send an expedition to
Palmyra, in order to cut off the communication
between these tribes and the Mesopotamisn
Arabs. military Gordon is to be established
for this purpose along the Euphrates.
They appear to be unearthing considerable
number of horrors Just now in France. Besides
the body of the elder Kinck the corpse of a man
has been discovered at Levallois-Perret with one
leg frightfully mangled, which appears to have
been sawn with hand-saw. 1t is also stated in
one of the Paris papers that during the work of
demolition rendered necessary by the construc-
tion of new street in the Quarter Saint Marcel,
a cemetery used in the days of the first revolu-
tion has been uncovered. Among other human
remains was found a remarkably beautiful head
of a woman In wonderful state of preservation.
The fair hair still adherng to the skull bears the
coiffure in ifashion in 17934, with twisted and
powdered tresses. There is no doubt that the
head belonged to one of the victims of the revo-
lutionary tribunal, but it is singular circum-
stance that the eyes are covered with a black
frontet. As no mention is made in the chroni-
Clcb VI Iu6 blult Vi any QUO hlIOUR LnO5C exc
cuted being blindfolded before mounting the
scaffold, this discovery has much puzzled the
workmen who have been conducting the excava-
tions. lie Receil says they have sent the head
to M. Jules Claretie, who has made the customs
and particulars of the revolution his especial
study, on the chance of his being able to solve
the mystery which at present envelopes this ae-
cidental discovery.
The Moscow Gazette publishes letterlfrom
Paris, which it recommends in a leading article
to the special attention of its readers. This
letter says that since the interview of Prince
Gortschakoff with various political personages
at Baden and Ouchy last summer, the relations
between Russia and the French Government
have been growing more amicable. 'The
Russian Ambassador in Paris was the OBJ
ject of peculiar attention on the part of the
Emperor the French Foreign Minister, and the
whole official world; at Constantinople the
Empress Eugene received General Ignatieff in
the most hattering manner, and expressed
wish that all the Russian residents in that city
should be presented to her; she manifested the
warmest sympathy for them, and received the
members of the orthodox (Russian) clergy with
respectful attention" This change in French
policy, the letter erproceeds, became more marked
as the time approached for the opening of the
SueZ Canal. France is at length convinced
that it is impossible to do anything with Turkey
while there is much to be expected of Egypt;"
she has therefore determined to modify her
Eastern policy, and, if possible, "to draw
Austria into the Franco-Russian under
standing" But here, says the correspondent
she met with a formidable obstacle in Count
Bismark, who was naturally opposed to an ar
rangement the consequence OF which would be
the isolation of Prussia. The Count did not
lose moment, but at once set about "compro-
missing Austria in the eyes of Russia and France"
In Dalmatia and at Constantinople he found
materials ready to his hand, and he used them
with extraordinary skill. He persuaded the
King to send the Prussian Crown Prince to
Vienna, to persuade the Emperor, first, to go to
EUVpt via CQnStaOtinODlp thnR lisnlpasinU
France, and then to conclude treaty with the
Sultan for q reciprocal guarantee of their re-
spective territories against Slavonic insurrec-
tions, thereby exposing Austria to a serious dis
agreement with Russia. Count Bismarks
object" the correspondent concludes, ''is now
partly attained. At this moment the relations
between the Courts of Vienna and st. Peters
burg are extremely strained, and a singular
coldness prevails between Austria and France"
An interesting debate took place in the
Prussian Parliament on motion, proposed by
the National Liberal party, for establishing a
single civil code for all the States of the North
German Confederation. This motion was OPP
posed by the Government on the ground that
steps are already being taken with this object
by the Federal Government and that the initia-
tive of such proceeding should not come from
single State. Herr Windhorst also spoke
against the motion, which he held was merely a
move in the direction of Capitalization. '"The
road from Berlin to Frankfort" he said, lis
beset with more dangers than that from Turin to
Florence. lneT6 is hObulllS 10 lear lTOul aDTOuu
so long as General Moltl1e lives, and it is only
the enemies of the Confederation that can en-
courage the Government to pursue the proposed
course" Herr Won Mallinkrodt, speaking on
the same side, declared that if the motion were
put into execution there would be an end of the
principle of the sovereignty of princes, and
even of the Prussan Crown itself. He thought
the National Liberals were under singular ilu-
sion when they spoke of proceeding Through
unity to liberty" They forget that to unite the
States OF the Confederation under Prussia
would be simply to make them into a
powerful military, and therefore absolutist,
State. The chief supporters of the motion were
| Herren MIGUEL, Braun, and Lasker. The former
| said that the Confederation would lose the right
| to exist if its power were not increased. "It
should be so constructed as to be capable of re-
ceiving the nine million Germans who are still
outside it," AS to Capitalization, he considered
| that it was not dangerous to liberty. There was
no danger of French Capitalization being intro
| duced into Germany and Prussia herself was a
| decentralized power Herr Braun also pointed
| out the importance of developing the Northern
| Bund with view to the eventual accession OF
| the Southern Germans. 1--WE must" he said,
deprive the particularists of all their strength.
If they continue to oppose the will of the nation
| and ally themselves with foreigners, we will
| form q united Germany in spite of them" Herr
| Lasker closed the discussion by stating on be-
| half of his party that they would always strive
| TO maintain liberal system in Germany. "We
| ought not to commit suicide for fear of death.
| AS was said by Count Bismark, the paths OF
| German policy are now so clearly traced that il
| is impossible to go wrong" The motion was
then passed by majority OF 2lS to 1l6.