Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1871-05-02
From the Court Journal.
The Life of the Empress Eugenie at
Chiselhurst

During the last six months plainly dressed,
graceful lady. accompanied by three or four at
tendants, might have been met any day walk
ing IN the lanes in and about Chiselhurst.-
Few OF those meeting her and failing to recog-
nlze familiar face, would have suspected that
one short twelve months since she was an en-
press and wife of the ruler over a great and
powerful nation With the resignation ofrov-
atty, she has abandoned every appearance of
state. Every Sunday she walks to the little
Catholic chapel, whatever the weather may be,
and 1t Is the rarest thing In the world to see
her riding In carriage. Her attire is of the
Simplest, and she may sometimes be seen walk
ing IN plain cotton dress. She neither visits
nor receives visitors IN any number, and in
deed, carries her secusions SO far that when
solicited to be present at concert in the neigh
borhood, given for the benefit of her distressed
subject OF former years, she declined. For
years the Empress has been the leader Of fash
ion, and the least peculiarity of manner or
dress, whether intentional or not, has been
faithfully copied by every lady who pretends
to belong in the slightest degree to the world
OF fashion. Even now her manner of walking,
with the body slightly bent forward, and the
small stick which she frequently carries, is i'm
ltated by the ladies of ChiselhurSt, and re-
ded district. The feelings of the inhabitants
towards the Empress and the young Prince
have. after the first curiosity. subsided into
respect for her wish to keep herself quite pri-
vate, and she now attracts no more attention
than any ordinary lady. The only effect has
been to bring down few people from London
on Sunday mornings, who visit the chapel for
the purpose OF gazing on royalty.
RETURN OF THE JEWS TO PALESTINE. The
| Philadelphia Press states that the Sultan of
| Turkey is offering strong inducements to the
Jews to emigrate to Palestine, and has even
expressed a willingness to sell them the Mosque
OF Omar, Ian almost incredible statement,)
which, it will be recollected, occupies the site
on Mount Moriah of the ancient Temple. 1t
adds: Some of the hills around Jerusalem
have already become Jewish property, and it
is by no means improbable that some of the
present generation will see the entire city of
Jerusalem again in the hands of its ancient
owners. That mighty revolutions will follow
In the wake of such an event is probably as
certain as that the Jews will return at all at
all events, affairs in that immediate region of
the East must ere long become an engrossing
theme among the nations of the earth"
| A TERRIBLE CATASTROPHE AvERTED.- "A
bout four hundred children, clad in white, with
long gauze wells, and carrying lighted tapers in
their hands, attended st. Mary church, Will
| liamsburg, New York, Sunday week to partake
of their first communion. As they were pro-
ceeding in single file toward the altar one of
the girls accidentally set fire to her veil, and in
her terror ignited the clothing of the girls
nearest to her. Great excitement was caused
| by the accident the terrified girls running to
the altar, when Father Mcdonald, aided by
several men of the congregation, succeeded in
extinguishing the flames by pouring baptismal
water upon them. Only three of the children
sustained burns, and these are of a slight
character.
WHEN CHURCH SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE BIND
ING.-A case has recently been decided by the
Supreme Court of Ohio involving the validity
of subscriptions for church purposes The
general principle established is, that after
church has incurred any liabilities on the
strength of subscriptions these subscriptions
are legally binding. In the case decided, the
subscription was for the payment Of a church
debt, and the court held that the subscriber
was bound to pay. A subscription may be
Withdrawn before there is an Indebtedness, but
not afterward.
NEWSPAPER WRITING OF newspaper wri-
ting, the British Quarterly Reuie,o says, that
I it is, 'perhaps the most difficult of all vri-
ting; there is none at least in which excellence
is SO rarely attained The capacity of bring
ing widely scattered information into focus,
of dragging just conclusions from well selected
facts of amplifying, COMPRISING, illustrating
succession of topics, all on the spur Of the
moment, without moments stay to examine
or revise, argues great intellectual cultivation.