The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-02-16
FRESHEST FOREIGN Igfssfs.

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FRESHEST FOREIGN Ig.lsaKS.
The Marquis of Butte has given s25, 900
toward the new Roman Catholic Cathedral at
Westminster. III aa5s
-Velocipede races on the ice are among the
winter amusementS in France this season.
Astonishing speed has been attained.
"A single telegram from Berlin, it iss said
will place under arms in o moment ], 600, 900
Prusslan soldiers. q.
The latest about Carlotta is that she is
getting very fat, is inactive, and frequently
passes two days In bed. f
Madame de Murska has made her debutin
Paris. She sings nicely, but her chief attrac-
ton seems to consist in remarkable personal
resemblance to Cora Pearl.
The Count de Chambord, TO whom Ber-
ryer wrote on his death bed, has had the letter
framed and hung up in his bedroom beside
are connected bv an inscription. Gas Illus
trious as Faithful"
Queen Victoria at last. announces officially
her reappearance in public. She is to hold q
court IN person at Buck Bingham Palace on the
I'd OF March, q levee at the same palace on the
9th, drawing-room on the 10th, land more
drawing rooms later in the season. M
"A jewish member of the Prussian House
of Commons lately brought in motion for the
abolition OF the oath still imposed on citizens
GUS legislation ofwhich it was originality part.
Several other members spoke strongly in sup
port of the abolition OF the special Oath and it
was only withdrawn ca the representation by
the Minister Of Justice that the whole subject
Of oaths was under con slderation bY the gov
eminent, and that uniform system would
soon be submitted more in accordance with
medern ideas.
"A Paris letter says of the Prince Imperial:
''The greatest care is taken with him: he rides
horseback fr, Lr
every evening for air and exercise; yes he looks
like g. shoemaker's cOnsumptive apprentice.
The throne presented sad appearance the
day the French Parliament was opened with
this wan, pailid lad and Prince Napoleon,
whom disease has wasted away to Iii bones.
The Emperor and Empress alone seemed un-
stained by time; but in March he will enter
upon his sixty-second year; and the Empress,
in August, will celebrate her forty -thisa birth
day." .,s ..,s M ;sSs
Some Of the government servants Of Eng
aEsssnd are sbegi sto khini that the resolu-
ai0n of esoneIH tsae Ministry is no idle
s sssa sas sgsB3 s. g the, the
OF clerks to copy letters. at salaries OF two or
three pounds sterling week. Mr.. Chi1idisrs,
ut the head Of the admiralty, has ordered the
purchase OF copying press, which will dis
pense with the services Of about score OF
these clerks. Simultaneously with this change
comes an order for the suspension, preparato-
ry to the dismissal, OF clerk in the same
Mile. Schneider, the original and unrivall
representative of the Grand Duchess de Ger
olsteln, has Just tried an action against q petty
journal, La Vellleuse, which published memoirs
purporting to be written by her, and giving
minute accounts Of interviews which the me-
moirs represented her to have hud in the Ex-
hibition year with various soverelgns aud great
personages. Mile. Schneider disclaimed the
authorship, and claimed 30,000f. for damages
to her character. The court held the forgery
proved. but was of the opinion that the dam
age to the character OF Mile. Schneider would
be satisfied by sentencing the defendants to
nominal fines and costs.
H-The Marquis d'Ourches, by his will, found
sure and simple means Of recognizing il
death be real or apparent. DR.. Carriere says
the French Conrrlere de PEgce, intends 10
CLAIM the money for process which he has
sists in placing ths hand, with the fingers
closed, before the fame Of @ lamp or candle.
In the living person the members are trans
parent and OF plnkish color, showing the
whilst In that Of q Corpse, on the contrary, ali
is dull and dark, presenting neither sign OF ex-
istence nor trace Of the blood current.
Ancient dungeons under the site OF the old
Saxon and Norman castles at GuildrOrd EoQ.
land, have been uncovered by the corps oi en-
One dungeon. GO feet by 81 and 8 to Is feet
high, has been opened. 1t will hold SIX humid
red persons. Six more dungeons are supposed
70 exist. Guildtoid, thirty miles southwest OF
London is the chief town Of Surrey County.
aud ls on the River Wye IN o break of the Sur
rey downs. It existed as a royal domain in
the time Of Alfred the Great, who bequeathed
il to his nephew Ethelbert l. In the reign OF
Harold /, in 1886, Alfred, O royal prince, son of
Ethe bert LII, was seized at this place and con-
fined IN tho dungeons. Six hundred OF his
Norman followers were also captured and
slaughtered.
when tho Ma,quise dc Caux made her de-
but in st. Petersburg. in ''Somnambula, )" it was
not reception but an ovation which she re-
celved from the Russian public. Seats were
only to be had at marvellous prices. Fifty to
one hundred dollars were paid at the last mo-
ment. Patti was taken into tho private box OF
the Emperor and Empress and kept there dur
ing the whole OF the intermisslon between two
OF thu acts. The house thupderGd with ap-
Dlause, and La Diva" was encored not once
or twice, but literally score Of times. Grand
Dukes hastened to be presented to her. and
tlGed Lords We'd in laying their homage at her
feet. Flowers rained upon the stage, md the
cost OF the Louqnets saowered upon Patti is
estimated at $So00 PATHS second appearance
was in the s.Barber OF Seville. at which the
Court was again present. Patti was again re-
ceived In the Imperial box. Two bouquets,
costing about 500 ranhles each, about $i00 in
gold. were, presented this now famoua prima
douna, and the Gger directed shat q fur cloak,
valusd at ~, GOO Francs, pe sent to her. When
the opera was oyer Sono enthusiasts attempt
ed TO unhitch the horsea and drag the coach
themselves. 80 much for a voice l}asS
v The following is the text Of tho petition
signed by ffseens thousand Spanisn women,
and presented recently to GenerGl Serano by
the Marquesas Ok Santiago, Zugasti and Por-
thugaete, three sp .nish ladies' Of title: $40
the President oY tue Provisional Government:
Your Excellency- Ne do noe ask geace or inn
plore clemenoy; we demand justice. We claim
respect and protection to our rights as Citho-
lies, as Spaniards, and as women. If we had u
voice Ia; the public assemblies or Q saatin the
Cortes, there wc would Aock TO defend, evan at
the menace peace o8 our families, and the de-
ridod faith and honor OF SPAR. But we have
only tears with whish to weep AID voices with
which to mourn. For this reason we send to
What We haye the M riehs Ito sc ask ana s whas s so,s
excellency has the obligasion TO respect
aud project. When Gom the hps Io9 our
mothers We learnt the holy truths which LIGHT