The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-07-08
FOREIGN ITEMS.

interdcted Sorosis at st. Petersburg
Fashionable people in Paris have tabooed
railway travelling this season. and are wahder-,
ing over Europe in their private carriages.
The British Parliament has spent over
500 600 in Investigations to discover whether
the coal supply ofthe kingdom is Sufficient to
last forever. " ''''.i ~
The Bishops and the Archbishops who sre
to have seats at the Gcumenical Council num-
Der nine hundred and twenty two. of whom
six hundred belong to the Latin races. l.;3
Quite number OF the cotton mills in Eng
land, where the operatives have been on at trike,
have resumed operations again, the hands
consenting to a reduction in their wages
An Englishman hos engaged to form
company with q capital Of 81 500, 900, to work
the prolific coal beds of southern Russia and
introduce the manufacture Of rails. rr5a}.
"A new circus trick just introduced in Paris
is for q man to leap from height of eighty
feet and bound back again to the original
spot. The performer is fastened to au elastic
cord. Meir +, 6.M f ~,
-she,idan's ''school FOR Scandal" has been
newly translated into German, and better than
ever before. 1t is having great run at Mu-
Mich and is likely to be performed at all the
German theatres. r4s !b fr
The French Government papers intimate
that the recent riots in Paris were instigated
by the liberal distribution Of Prussian gold:
the French Liberal papers. on the ontrary.
state that the gold probably came from Impe.
.rialistspockets. II. F.f.44.,, .e..y,xl
(, Oliver Barthelet, Of Montreal, for his ser.
vices in recruiting the Papal z,uaves in Cana
do, has been made q member of the Ordet of
Plus TX, emitting him to the rank Oh. colonel
in the Papal army, aud the right of sword and
epaulets. He isthe irst American who has
received this distinction. '-"'eoi jaQta
--JeWelry in Paris this summer is very fan
cihE,s The most recterche Hgts are enamels,
but in curious shapes; thus: Little plates ARE
worn as cuff buttons and brooches, to initiate
ALI the admired crockery ever; heard OF, from
the Bernard de Pahssy style to sevres, sax
onyl and China wares,lo Even Rouen hardware
ls IN favor. g @sari.-a
Fi 1t is estimated that there are at least
80, 600 American families permanently estab-
lished in Europe. living upon the incomes of
American Investments, aud enjoying the pro-
lection of the American Government, without
contributing u single penny to the payment of
our taxes or toward the wealth of the country
by thsir productive labor. m
An artesian we'll lately sunk in Algeria
threw up with the water ah innumerable ahan-
tlty Of small fish, about half an inch in length.
resembling whitebait both in appearance and
taste. AS the sand extracted from this we'll ia
identical with that which forms the bed of the
Nile, it is concluded that an underground
communication must exist between it and that
river.
= Humboldt DESCRIBES a spot in ths Atlantic
Ocean, q little to tsA west Of The Azores. OF very
greet extent. completely covered With dense
mass OF marine vegetation. A. Frenchman
proposes that the experiment be made or TAX
ing from this place se,s.A ~ ithA sank growth
for fortillzing purposes. His plan is that the
vessels employed in cd fishing shall at those
seasons Of the year, when they are not SO en-
gagged make voyages 10 this district, and he
believes that enough manure may be taken
from this inexhaustible source to fertilixe
annually more than q thousand million acres,
Of land. .lIf",t
+ -Grsat efforts are now being made to sup
ply the Russian army with the American Ber-
dan rifle. On the 22d ult. the. Imperial Rifle
Battalion was armed with II, and the men have
begun to practice with it in the presence Of
General Berdan, the inventor. The projectile
from thiS aifie will penetrate on inch at q dis
stance, Of 1880 PAGES. The cartridges. are,
made Of thin sheet brass. and large gontraets.
have been entered into for. manufacturing.
them in this country. The warlike prepare.
hons Of Russia are. indeed, very far forward.
About 10000 rifles have been converted on
various systems. .and dseveral hundred thousand
of Befdan's needle-gnnst are In the course Of
shipment from America. = ,aa5..
! "A Paris paper describes how French mobs
:are dispersed: .sThe comrnissaries wear their
scarfs. A first roll Of the drEm is heard, suc-
.oeeded by a short silence. "A second roll, and
then these words :fsIn the name of the law.
sretireT To which is nearly always added:
Let all well-intention mon Withdrawn
A third roll, sometimes accompanied by @
fourth the son,naation de grace--after which
the troops fire. When the armed force Ii
only composed Of seraesnts-de-vilie (police-
men, the officer, astead Of ordering his men
to fire, says :,sfreak mp that assemblage, and
Arrest every one you can lay hands on.r.
This is what occurred at the barricade oppo-L
site the Varieties. Those who defended IT,.
nearly all men in white blouses, and waters
at cafes or RESTAURANTS not having retireds
at the summons. the ageats charged. ana tue
captures were made. This bszricade ~ was
coMpossd oftw0 kiosks lornewspapeg stands,)
aoppa benches, sone Or 'ths iron work used TO-
protect the trees. and some building msterials
taken from the works tn e6tfse Of eEscntion at
the fastaprspt RonrrneSoy. = .s.,: So
sil sSCONoLUslvE EVIDENCE IN FAVOR
OF HOSTErTER's sToMAoH BIrTRRs. w. H.
RKEsE, leading druggist in Monticello. nl.. In
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