The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1869-06-23
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.

FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
An innovation in Paris is dancing parties
at three o'clock in the afternoon.
France has appointed Consul to Mexico,
which is the first step towards recognition Of
the Juarez government.
The application Of electricity to organ key
boards enables clergyman in England to
draw the salary OF the organist in addition to
his own. He has the key board in the pulpit.
1t was rumored in Paris that Rochefort, of
La Lanterne, was engaged to rich widow at
Brussels. He writes to contradict it, saying:
81 will we'd no widow but Liberty, and she,
You know, has no fortune"
"A novelty in silks is new color recently
imported for dinner dresses called coral. It
is very brilliant in gaslight, resembling deli
cate shade Of fame color with light and dark
flashes. One peculiarly Of this coral-tinted
silk, commencing it to ell, is that it becomes
both tho blonde and brunette, which can be
said of very few colors. Only eight dollars
yard.
The following advertisement, which appear
ed in o London paper, is such strange hash
OF good and evil things that it is difficult to
understand whether grief or joy predominated
in the bosom of the gentleman to whom it is
addressed: "If Samuel Bibo will call or write
to MIR. Samuel Stern, Paradise.street, Liver
pool, he will hear of something to his adyan-
tage. His wife is no more"
The eccentric Princess de Beauvan-Craon
pleaded her own cause before the Paris tribu-
nal. Dressed in mourning, mass Of black
co falling round her pretty figure, her fair
hair curling on her shoulders, the Princess,
with her large expressive eyes, naturally filed
all present with admirlng interest. She had
painful charge to refute; her family had at
tempted to prove her insanity and incapab'lity
Of managing her affairs. But her sIirit, wit
and be.uty won her case.
"A royal marriage is announced to take
place at stockholm or Copenhagen on the 9th
OF July, which will be Of unusual interest, be-
cause it may lead to union Of the Kingdoms
OF Sweden aud Denmark. Prince Frederick,
the heir apparent to the crown OF Denmark, Is
to marry the Princess Louisa, the only child OF
the King Of Sweden, and heiress presumptive
to his crown. The Prince is twenty-six years
of age and the Princess nearly eighteen. Upon
the death OF the reignins monarchs OF the two
kingdoms, the crowns will probably be united.
But as the King Of Denmark is only fifty one,
and the King of Sweden only forty-three, it
may be good many years before this consum-
nation can be reached.
recently died in Eoglsnd, followed for thirty
five years the profession Of Fourteenth at
table "by which he amassed fortune OF 32O,-
600. It seems that, irreproachably dressed,
it was his wont to present himse.f In due time
at the houses where there was good table,
and to inquire whether, thirteen persons being
assembled, his presence VAS desired. II the
response was in the affirmative, he entered
the dining room, and, after eating his dinner.
received one or two pounds sterling according
to the length and importance ct the feast. Lon
don, it is added, still possesses two or three
gentlemen who exercise this trying occupation,
and hvo with much comfort"
The viceroy Of Egypt and his son are
"doingn the European courts in q brilliant
style. Egyptian commerce is much in the
hands Of Italians, and at Florence Victor
Emanuel showed the Pacha all the attention
in his power. At Vienna, too, the Mahometan
Prince was as warmly received as the best
Catholic OF them all. The new grand opera,
opened at the close OF last month, no doubt
Afforded hlm pleasure in moderate way, es-
pecially as the stage contains ample scope for
the most complicated ballets. A desire to se'
cure the naturalization Of the Isthmus Of suez
Canal, is given as the chief object Of the Vice
rows iourneyings. Ifhalf the invitations to
the opening are accepted, Egypt will contain
more soYereigns at time than any other
country has done in the present century.
"A curious exhibition in London is COM
pany Of trained acrobatic feas. They draw lit
tie vehicles and turn wheels, but they seem to
do it under uniform feeling Of disturbance
and apprehension, which is sufficient to occa-
sion the motions which produce the desired
effect. The needed irritation is produced by
certain motion of the hand OF the proprietor of
the feas They are accustomed to feed OF his
hands-that is, to suck his blood every MORN
ing, but they do not seem to be greatly iT-
bued with confidence in him, and when he puts
his hand near them they 81 into ecstacies OF
fright, which suffice to produce the efecls
which the public admire. The feas take
very short time to train, and they live nine
months. Every night they are put to sleep in
wool, unless one OF them requires punishment,
in which case he is tied to post, and has to
walk round it like mlll-horse. This tying is
one of the greatest wonders Of the exhibition.
The fieas are a Il tied for the purposes OF their
work round the thin part of their bodies. They
are tied With fine hairs or lengths of spun
glass. They do not jump except when trouble
some. Probably, like many humans, they have
had all the jump taken out Of them by the
tardes Of life.
There will be an opposition party in the
new French Chambers which viii number 100,
which will completely change the character OF
the Chamber. The official candidates received
in Paris &C, III votes; the opposition candi-
dates. 229, 75e votes. In 1852 the official can
d.dates received in Paris 1872 O96 votes; in 1857,
iii, ,O1s votes; in 1853 $3.50 votes. The can
dldates OF the opposition received in Paris in
1852, s5,1O1 votes; in 1857, 1O1 237 votes; in
1868, 149 4O6 votes. In 1868, no less than
800, 900 votes we're cast for official candidates
throughout France, and only 10000 votes
were given for opposition candidates; in 1869,
A ooo mn votes were piyen for official candi-