The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-24
GERMAN VAR NOTES.

In the Twelfth Army Saxon Corps there
are one hundred and twenty schOolmasters
who have volunteered. This is certainly q
case where the schoolmasters are abroad.
All the German officials selected for duty
in the occupied French towns, In addition to
their other qualifications, are required to know
French thoroughly and famiiiarly.
Marshal Bazaine has beautiful wife who
has Joined him at Cassel. He seems to have
made up his mind to an extended residence at
that placeras he has just rented villa which
he has contracted to retain till next April.
"A patriotic goldsmith Of Carlsruhe has Of
lets extracted from the bodies OF Prusslanypl-
unteers, That they may serve their owners as
ornamental and honorable mementoes.
One of the French prisoners in Magdeburg
has invented machine for the manufacture of
BRICK which is said to beat anything known
heretofore of that character. He has sold his
invention to German firm, who have paid
him over SIS, 900 for 1t. The inventor was
formerly poor day laborer In France, but
was put to work In the nelgloorhood OF O
brick yard, where he watched the operation,
and in his leisure hours worked out his
machine.
"A certain Prussian regiment, after partici-
pating with credit In recent battle, was al
tuded to In the order Of the day as regiment
of heroes. The day afterwards a private In
one of the companies was Teprlmanded ior
some slight sloyenliness in his get-up. BY an
officer who wound up By calling him Npig.
Fritz stood like statue Of grief while the re-
proof was delivered, and as soon as his supe-
FLOR had passed on, he turned with broad
grin to his nearest comrades and said, NOW,
see here. you fellows, to what wonderful trans
formations soldier is subject! yesterday
was hero and to-day am pig " What
shall be tomorrow, wonder"
Not since ls49 has the editor Of the al.
manach de Gotha been 30 much perplexed
with his annual labors. The German war and
the capture OF Napoleon have turned all things
royal and imperial quite upside down on the
| Continent of Europe, TO say nothing OF the
change oil rulers in Spain and the overthrow
| OF the Pope as temporal sovereign. In the
| Almanach de Gotha for 1871 France is intro
duced with the significant headline OF .Maison
| Bonaparte. I.igue Imperlale, actueltement non
regnante,n and the fact Of the Papal downfall
| Is recorded, but no account ia given of Victor
| Amadeus as King Of Spain, his accession hay.
| Ing been too recent an event. For the rest
the Almanach Is the same highly interesting
publication 1t has always been.
German engineers are busy In perfectlnG
plan for the improvement and additional
security of Strasbourg. The city, as 1t now
stands, almost turns It's back to the Rhine; and
Is walled up in that direction, though it is but
a short distance from the river. II Is proposed
to leave 1t open In that direction by demollsh
ing the walls, and building new houses quite
down to the waters edge. This will give the
CITY river front and uninterrupted communi.
cation with the other side OF the Rhine. The
Notifications will be carried down TO the river
on each side of the town anti continued on the
other side; and will include within their area
the non-forided German town of Kehl. Stras
bourg, when thus reconstructed, will be capa-
BILE OF containing 400, 900 Inhabitants, and, In
addition 10 the value of the new city lots ere.
ated by this extension, gains new and mag
nifcent public park on the Rhine.