The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-08-07
FOREIGN ITEk1,s.


FOREIGN ITEkNN
1T is denied from Madrid that negotiation
have been opened with the United states for
the oession of Cuba. a
The agents Of the British Government
have been making eff ,rts to obtain the releas
OF quite a number Of Englshmen who are hel d
prisoners in Paraguay by Lopez.
There is speck of war looming up be-
tween Turkey and Egypt. The sEbiime Porte,
has recoupted its grievances in q .etter to the
Egyptian Vceroy, concluding witNa2s. ultima-
tum. .,t'ft SR9
The Marquis of Butte oentingaigs his liberal
benefactions to Catholic institutions. HIS lat
est gilt IS one of two thousand psRinds to new
Catholic literary society to be foAned in Eng
land. ,~
The Levant Herald save thatthe Turkish
Government is reported to have ordered. from
IN American inventor thirty shitraiteuses,
which will throw out grapeshot as a range Of
from 1850 to 1000 yards. .sNs a,
-Acoaver ton has been conciussed between
France and the United States. andalso between
the latter and Russia, by an additional article
In the treaty of commerce and navigation, for
the protsctioa Of ''trale marks" and giving
legal remedies to the ctlzsns Of tie respective
countries against all peraons who infringe
them. at.s Ess 4faa
The Jewish Record says that.the Synod of
jewish Rabbls, which has Just bean held has
recognized three new principles: 4. Individual
authority in religious matters. 3. The p-ima-
ry Importance Of FREQ scientific Investigation
8. The rejection OF the belief in Israe's resto-
ration The Evnnd oil
services and the use OF the organ. in. the syna-
gogue, and musical performances on Sabbaths
and festivals. ~ .A s4
Two weeks ago the Prince .sf Wales un-
veiled in London, in the presxnce 81 the
American Minister. tho Lord Mayqr OF London
and large concourse CT English e;tizens oi. all
classes, Story's statue of Mr.. Peabody, the
prince Of philanthropists. Tho speeches m ade
on the occasion. though brief in substance, all
bore testi nony to the unexampled .senevolence
Of Mr.. Peabody in providing go munifcently
for the wants OF the London poor, and to that
noble simplicity Of character, which, in the
language OF the Lord Mayor. has won the.
hearts not only Of the people OF England, but
also of his fellow countrymen in America.
The Thames Tunnel has been uaAy closed
as pubic footway. This daztasing, which
at the time Of it's design was c.nsidered .
masterpiece Of saienco, aGd Y ,sca otos1nsT d
cs mmunication under the rivys, Thames be-
tween Rothelhithe and fWappins, was, after
numerous difficulties. faally accomplished aud
opened on the 23l OF March, 1843. having
been commenced by Sir I, 8. Brunei In 1924.
The total cost of the tunnel was abSut 96OO eO0.
but the East London Railway Company re-
Gently purchased it For little over q third of
that sum. The company will run their trains
through the tunnel, their line bringing thu in
habitants Of fWapping. shadwell, &C., within
easy distance Of South wark park.
The remarkable severity and duration Of
the heated term. 1t seems, was not eonfined to
this hemisphere. The London Times, OF July
~, says No less than three Of the principal
legislative assemblies OF Continental States-
France. Spain and Italy-have been closed
within theHeek. It is not because tie tiepu-
ties have anywhere disposed OF the business
before them. It is not because they iabored
under any scarcity Of important, exciting. and,
above all things, urgent topics of discussion.
On the contrary, at Paris, at Florence at Ma.
drid, there was enough OF difficulty and danger
to stimulate the utmost zeal and task the
power Of the loftiest genius. Only it was hot
very hot, too bot tor work even under tae pres
sure Of ahe direst necessity. At Florence, as
recent letters tell us. sNoPoiy ever witnessed
a continuance o. such killing weather. Fab
fenheit's thermometer stands at So degrees in
the shade and lao degrees in the sun. The
blue canopy of heaven is yelled by dull sultry
haze through which the distant mountains are
barely discernable. Instead OF the gorgeous
sunsets the dwellers in Italy are accustomed
TO. they now behold huge blood red disc
sinking in the west, very much as 1t appears in,
. mitigated London fog; and at night few
stars gl,mmer through q mist never stirred by
any refreshing breeze either at morn 'or eve.'
At the camp Of aomma the soldiers drop down
dead from sunstroke at drill. Milan is an oven:
Bologna . furnace: Madrid Tperishing by suf-
location; at Paris the heat la atrocious,' it
is t. rrific.s" q
' ABOUT JOHN CHINAMAM