The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-01-22
FOREIGN NOTES.

FOREIGN NOTES.
This year thirty-three new trades have
been added to the London Directory. The Lon
don Times says 1t would seem that we are rapidly
approaching by the division Of labor very near
to the acme Of refinement and civilization.
The French Ministers Of State dwell In hand
some official residences, and changes in the Cabi-
net innlct upon them the inconvenience Of NOV
ing at very disagreeable seasons OF the year, be-
sides the trouble and loss in moving their perso-
nal effects The retiring minister occasionally
has no private residence in Paris, and the new
officer arrives before the old one has gone, and
then the previous incumbent is obliged to hide
himself away in the garrets while the newcomer
takes possession OF the grand apartments Its
asserted that the Duke de Morny refused to e1-
change the position Of president OF the Corps L.
glslatif for that Of Minister of the Interior, W
cause he had just arranged handsome and val
uablc collection OF Chinese scurlosties In his on
cial residence and feared that the valuable vases
might be lost and broken in the removal.
The Madrid correspondent Of the London
Times says: general Prim has taken the Regent
and some OF the Ministers on shooting excur-
sion to his fastness In the Mountains Of Toledo.
He possesses sort OF feudal fortress there, with
extensive hunting grounds, where he entertains
his friends In princey style. We hear marveis Of
the good cheer prepared and OF the Acredioie
sums, per diem, for which Lhardy, the French
cook OF Madrid, celebrated for the exorbltant
length OF his bills, has undertaken to supply crear
ture comforts to the guests and their retnue-
Some fifty persons are said to have been invited,
including the French ambassador. The dialcul-
ties OF locomotion are considerable, for the Cha
teau PrIm Is situated in very uphill country,
several leagues from Toledo, which itself is
place poor In everything except antiquities and
the picturesque, 80 that vehicles have to be sent
by rail from Madrid to convey the guests on their
uphill journey"
Farm laborers and peasants in France, 90
cordng to a recent inspection, are not living un-
der the most favorable conditions. The average
wages are twenty cents for day, lasting in sum-
mer from A. NJ. to P. r., and until noon On
Sunday. The teamsters sleep with their horsea,
two In o bed, composed of sack of straw In .
wooden box, and in q room with rough moor,
constructed at the end OF the cattle sheds. In
Prussia the wages are lower than In France, and
the laborers sleep in the stables with tao
horses and bullocks. In France the chief ambt-
ton OF the peasant Is to buy more land,
and he will live on the hardest fare in order to
accumulate, by slow degrees, the means to pur-
chase more acres. The purchase money paid
down only forms small part Of the price, and
the remainder Is secured by mortgage. These
heavy membranes, 1t is asserted, depress agrt.
culture, and the farmers having no money for
improvements, and being unable to cultivate tho
ground to the best advantage, are hamperea BY
the continual demand for the interest. Avery
large proportion of the farms In France 1t is re-
ported, are mortgaged to nearly their full value,
and the membranes are owned by the resi-
dents of the cities and towns.
The lron.clad Rupert the keel plates OF which
have Just been laid at the Chatham (Eng.) DOCK
yard Is attracting attention In Great Britain
In consequence OF the fact that the ramming
power OF the vessel Is to be made much greater
than Its gun power. The designer aims at build
ing q vessel which, as simple ram, shall be able
to encounter the most formidable iron-clad ever
constructed. The dimensions Of the Rnpert are:
Length, $50 feet; extreme breadth OF beam, %
feet; mean draught, 22la feet, and burden, sl6s
tons. The construction OF the vessel will be ac-
cordng to the following plan: Along the broad
side will be built shield OF armer plating twelve
inches thick, bolted to twelve inches OF teak TIM
ber backing, with an inner skin Of iron plate one
and a quarter inches thick. The lower edge or
the armor plating will be FIVE feet belsw the
water, and the upper edge two feet above. The
armament will consist Of two eighteen-ton guns.
These are to be mounted eleven feet above the
water, in q single revolving turret situated far
forward and not as formerly, to be placed On turn
tables in fixed turret. A heavy armor.plated
wall or breastwork, forming an elptcal enclo-
sure around the turret, and extending one-third
the ships length, is to be built on the bow deck
about two feet above the water, and is to be coy
cred with flying deck. The ram bow Is spear
shaped, the sharp angle of the stem being abous
eight feet below water, and extending twelve
feet In length from the upright portion OF them
The propelllng power will be two screws driven
at speed Of twelve knots an hour by seven hum
dred horsc-po engines. The Rupert will alss
have two light masts with fore and aft sails a.
auxiliary motive power.
1t is said that In the tombs OF the Metropolis Of
ancient Egypt two kinds OF mummies have been
found. One is incomplete-that Is to say, all
organs necessary for life have peen separated
from them, tile Otner, Oh tTS COuLIhIys 10 quhso
complete. Having observed this, Swedish
chemist, DR.. Grusselbach, who has the reputation
OF being both great and learned, professor at the
University OF Upsal has come to the conclusion
that the Egyptian mummies are net all, as naa
been said and believed for ssme thousand oi
years, bodies embalmed by any process OF pre-
servatIon whatever, but that they are really tnf
bodies OF individuals whose life has been momen
tariIy suspended, with the intention OF restoring
them at some future time, only the secret or pre-
seryation has now been lost. Meanwhile, Prefe5-
sor Grussebach adduces many proofs In support OF
his idea; among others his experiments during the
last ten years, which he says have always proved
successful. He took snake and treated 1t In
such manner as to benumb 1t as though 1t had
been carved in marble and it was so brittle that
had he allowed 1t to fall it would have broken
into fragments In this state he kept 1t for seVe-
raj years, and then restored 1t to life by sprine-
lihg 1t with stimulating fluid, the composition Of
which Is secret. Fer fifteen years the snake has
been undergoing an existence composed OF sue
cessye deaths and resurrections, apparently with
out sustaining any harm. The professor Is re-
ported to have sent petition to his government
requesting that criminal who has been con-
demned to death may be given to him to be treat
ed in the same manner as the snake promising