, 1869-04-18
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The Empress Of the French did not lean
{, read and write until she Wa twelve years old.
An enthusiastic Russian adr1rer; of :Roaa
Bonheu. nas Left her IN bis VIII twenty thousand
faDca md sons valuable oil paintings
Dr. Lehman, rector Of the new stettin Ly-
r.nm- hsa trsnstated HomcrH Odyssey verJ suc-
cesk.nlly into Low German
There ara two Americans and one French
m IN AMONG the fourteen boys who sre educated
t,setaer with tie Crown Prince Of Daden
France has, at the present time, two hum
tired and nfrJ noyellsts Of moro taan Average aol-
iry, Nlns-tenths Of them 1--we In ParsA
Grant and Lincoln will figure IN one Of
the 1arge wall paintings, upon which KAoihscn,
the ulnsuious GeIn,zn painter, Is now at work.
The favo1ite ssrnnt Of the old King OF
saxony, George Schwartz, formerly kept y
restaurant IN New Toff.
Bismark, though he Is On very good
terms with Mr. Bancroft, wanted bis old friend
and fellow student Morley to be appointed Minis
ter to Berlin
Poor Madame Olympic Andouard has been
sent BY an u1sal1ans Pazis1an Judge 10 jail for
thirty days for making speech dlstastefut to the
government II . wozEtngaenB needing.
Rochefort. has been nominated for tha
Cor.s 1Aqistsin in Paris and Dteppe. Tue In
peral authorities At the LITTER place have informed
the government that the editor Of The Lant1ns
Is sure to be elected there
Alexander Dumas, Sr., Who IS writing Gu
uary articles In the fer1eton OF tie Pite Prssse,
SAYS IN the last ssue OF thai paper that he lid
know how nectar and eInbvoetn had tasted; but
that for bis put, he was convinced that they
could have been hardly a. good a lark pats
and bottle OF Chateau Lsntte.
The Emperor Of Austria has made him.
self ridiculous by giving Admiral Tegetchol the pit
ltul sum OF three thousand tof1ns to Be distributed
| among :he widows and orphans Of the sailors who
lost their lives IN consequence Of the explosion Of
| the fngate Radet1&y-
Prince Napoleon Wis the only prominent
parsonage 1t the French Court that refused TO re-
ce!ye sAdeu, the rebel emas ny upon his arrival In
Paris, and never e1chAn ! \ word with him
whenever he met him 8; 'c1,ez
The victory Of the = :. .,tty at the re-
cent elections In Hungary Is :! : ~.eso brilliant
l a. the aIzs reports led the pnbtlc = We The
minority Is very strong and may {. -4llually be
come dangerous 70 the existence Of the Andreass1
Cabinet. Strange to say, nearly all the prominent
leaders Of the Deak party were .tefeased
HaSein Efendi, the Turkish Minister Of
Wsz, is great sdmIret ofthe military Institutions o
Prusstl He passed = long time In that country
studied artillery tactics In P1ussta1 regiment
| 8ul II pCuE1 ca W liz LII 1AttE QI k1e
forces Of the Sultan on the Plan Of the PrissiAn
army
Alexander Dreysthock, the great pianis1
OF the Emperor Of Russta, who loK several year.
past has taken so much interest In tho lntroduc
ton Of American ptanos IN Europe, has been take
dangerously sick at Venice, and bis family in St
Petersburg has been called By telegram to hl
bedside
4 pious and wealthy Genesan is af1aie
that another delugc may occur At no distant day
and 20 he has constructed for his own use In tha
event a very me and comfortable ark. which l.
now riding at anchor tn f1out Of the city to th
great amusement Of the Genevans, and 10 wnic
this modern Soah hopes to gave bis life when th
wntets should begin TO rse.
Spain must be bad country for authors
Publishers pay them only Ia exec ,uoual cases an
compensation for their worf8 As general thing
books arc printed In Spain It the risk ana expens
Of the wrtcrs- Few Spanish hooks, except mis-
EalA and SONG primary school books, hare larg