The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-05-24
FOREIGN ITEMS.

EO.hE1GN llCh0.
st. Paul's Cathedral, London, is said 10 be
in danger from excavations of underground
railroads.
"A number of young men have been appre-'
hended for frequenting the London theatres
in female clothing, one of whom Is said to have
been mistaken for the Duchess of Manchester.
Westminster Palace will seat but 400 Of its
65S Parliamentary representatives, and during
important debates peers and commoners sit
on the floor
"A Belgian was recently hung by mistake
in Bruges, and as slight recompense to his
wife, the generous-hearted government have
accorded her free permission to beg.
in the discussion which is going on in Eng
land in reference to the recent horrible in
stance of Greek brigandage, it is distinctly
charged that the affair is due to the direct en-
couragement of the constituted authorities,
and that even some Of the ministry are not
above suspicion in the matter. One-half of the
members of the National Parliament, it is al
legged, are more than suspected of completely
with brigandage, and some of them, it is said,
are actually retired members Of the profess
sion.
The bombs which were alleged to have been
manufactured for the destruction of the Empe-
ror Napoleon were filed with new fulminat-
ing powder as dangerous to the maker as to
his victim. The substance was unknown up to
the present, and is formed Of twenty parts of
chloride of potash, ten Of prusslate of potash,
and five of sulphur in powder. The slightest
friction, pressure, or shock, produces an eX-
ploslon of fearful violence Competent per
sons, who have examined the projectiles, con-
slider them terrible engines Of destruction but
most unfit for assassinating person in car
riage. They would have to be thrown from
an elevated position, and from the form Of the
shell and the force of explosion, 1t is thought
that the debris would not rise, but sweep along
the ground. Flung from barricade into a
close column Of troops, the effect would be
fearful
Among the Cossacks Of the Ukraine, leap
year ia eternal When a young woman feels a
tender passion for a young man. she seeks him
at the residence of his parents, and addresses
him as follows: "The goodness see written in
your cOuntenance is O sufficient assurance to
me that you are capable Of ruling and loving a
wife, and your excellent qualities encourage
me to hope that you will make a good husband.
1t is in this belief that have taken the resolu-
ton to come, and beg you, with all due hu-
mility, to accept me for your spouse" She
then addresses the father and mother, and So
licits their consent to the marriage. II size
meets with refusal, she declines to leave the
house, and such conduct is usually crowned
with success. The parents Of the young man
never put the young maidens away, if they
still persist in their stay believing that by do
ing so they would bring down the vengeance
Of heaven upon their heads.
COOPERATIVE trading associations, We be-
licre, lIave never been successful in this coun-
try, probably from want of good management.
One in England, the Civil Service Supply As
sociation, we observe, has been more .Drtu-
nate, having made sales during the third year
OF its existence 10 the enormous amount Of
more than million and half Of dollars, and
realized net profit over OF 500, 900. the VIII ole
ofwhich was available for reducing the prices OF
the articles sold. The society was first put in
operation by few postotfice clerks, who pri-
vately dubbed together to purchase wholesale
groceries tor distribution among themselves.
The experiment proving successful, all men,
bers ofthe Civil Service were admitted TO the
association; and in three years it has grown to
the magnitude indicated by the above state
ment of sales and profits in the last year.
The remarkable success shows what may be
done by such laudable combinations; and it
confirms the axiom that small and quick re-
turns are the true principle Of commerce.
-Witehcrait is not extinct An old man in
England, nearly eighty years of age, after
imagining or believing that he had for several
years been bewitched, or overpowered as he
called it, by one Mary Stevens, undertook, by
the advice, as he said, Of more than hundred
persons, to 'sfetch" the blood of the woman, so
that he might overcome her. Embracing ia
vorable opportunity, he executed his blood
thirsty design. He did it, however, very
mildly Having met her in the market-place,
he suddenly scratched her arm with needle
and caused it to bleed trHe, but yet enough,
as he conceived, to fulfil the mysterious law by
which he was impelled. Disdaining to shed
her blood in so ignoble a cause, the woman
complained of him andh he was arrested. He
pleaded in excuse for the assault that such had
been the power of the witchery the woman
had exerted over him that for five years he
had suffered Affections Of various kinds through
her sorcery, sometimes having four diseases
upon him at once, besides losing, in the mean
time, fourteen canaries and fifty goldfnches.
He was fined two and sixpence and costs.
The funeral of the victims of the recent
Greek massacre was one of the most imposing
ceremonies ever witnessed in Athens. The
solemn service was held in the English Church
in that city. All the resident ambassadors
were present, the Archbishop of the Greek
| Church, and the entire Synod. All the officers
and ministers Of the Greek Government, and
the King, who never mingles with the multi
tude, attended. The Queen, too, was there,
and in tears. Alter the services at the church
were over, they all followed the bodies to the
cemetery. yhe King and Queen led the pro-
cession and walked the entire distance. an ac1
unprecedented in the history Of Greece. About
5000 persons were collected between the
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