The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-12
FOREIGN ITEMS.

The Emperor Of China is to be married
this year. He is fourteen years old, aud has
been engaged good while. fl- II
Baron Won Beust. continues to throw out
hints which may mean that Prussia and Aus
tria may have another tussle for supremacy.
The instruments of the observatory OF We
suvius indi,ate that fresh internal disturb
ance is commencing in the interior Of the
mountain. Nv
"A statue to Gostke. in Munich, will be un-
covered on the 20th OF August, the one hun
dredth and twentieth anniversary OF the great
poets birth. DST G.tts@cHE
The annexation OF. the Grand Duchy Of
Baden to Prussia is so obnoxious to the popu-
lation, that since January last 14OO people have
emigrate d to America and elsewhere.
"A Dublin professor has lately analyzed the
milk OF the SOW, and found that It contains
hfty per cent. more nutE1m ent than cows milk,
but it is not easy to get. sows MT being very
susceptible to coaxlng.
The Viceroy of Egypt is said to intend
creating foreigi legion, to be recruited In
Europe but principally in france. This corps
will be in garrison at Suez and Ismalia, ana
it's special mission will ba to guard the canal
and the isthmus. n u,
The Duke de Chartres, who served as ona
Of Mo Jlellan's aide de-camp IN this country is
writing book called ''The Battle Fields on the
Banks Of the Rhine" He attempts to prove
that it would be impossible for France, in her
present condition, to stand any chance OF sue
cess in a war with Prussia.
-At q recent ball given by the Earl Of Elles-
mere. the Prince Of Wales made hinqeeit gem
eral favorite by introducing the French and
Italian fashion Of requesting the pleasure Of q
dance from any one whom he happened to
meet, whether he made her acquaintance or
not. He danced unfortunately with young
and old. pretty and ugly.
In British EasS Icdles the railway cornpa-
MES have lately begun to provide cofins for
the passengers they kill, or who die on the
trains. The cofans are kept at the stations
along the lines ef the several roads, ready for
use at . moment's notice. This precaution
has been rendered necessary by the intense
heat Of the climate, which acceIerates decom.
position. and by the frequency Of fatal acci-
dents. s F4 %s-@
The first public marriage Of q Hindoo
widow is noted In India. The Bombay Gazette.
Of June "a, says: "Amarriage or peculiar In
terest to some sections Of the Hindoo COM
munity'was celebrated at the Gowaiia house of
the RaJ Bahadoor, .Moroba Can6ba. last Tues
day evening. The bridegroom was Mr.. Pan
durang venayek KsrnSafker, Is Teacher; the
bride was venu Bal. widowed sister of Mr. Wa.
man Prabhaket, both Of the Cbitpswun Sec
tiohof the Brahmin Pafanjpey caste, and, vs.
are told, srespe ctably born and situated -anti
the ceremony derived its interest from the cir
cumstance thai IL was the first public mar
riagc Of c Eindoc widow, ar,ss that il took
place under the auspices of the ,Hindoo Widow
Marriags Association. and in the presence Of
numerous spectators. including several Euro
peans.' Rtf n
An Engliah stesmer which arrived 81 Liv-
erpool from Africs Q short time since had on
board three giant chacnas or baboons. two
crocodiles. sevcrai monkeys and other speci-
mems Of the natural history ck thecouutry.
The baboons we're vsry ferocious and possessed
ofsreat streAsth. For thair saie custody, 3
strong den with iron bars was provided and
placed near the iOrecaatle. 10 that they could
be c,nstAntls ssndsr ths eye OF tsks crew. al
went we'll until the morninS cf the second dsy
out. when . crash was heard, and In an instant
the large chscnas had wreached severa, barx
oil, aod the next instant was on the forecsstie.
armed with tho bars with which he had been
confined. Here his majesty paused Sor 8 mo
ment and 10 o dignihed manner suryeyed his
captors. A rope having been got. moose wss
formed and c&at ovar his head, and he strus-
glad hard TO extricato himself, BUt without
avail Hs then attached one of tie aeas,Ien.
whom he seiEsd by tins ern, aud, notwi hstsnd.
ln1 thAt seyorkE sof TIN men balabored him
with wsaDons, the bfute would not rsiinautst
his hold until he hal torn the n aay, frrn = tcv1