The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-01-31
GERMiN GOSSIP.

Baron Gerolt, the German Minister, do
nies that Germany wants to buy San Domingo
in the little Canton Of Freiburg, In Switz-
erland, there are no lever than nineteen
monasteries or converts for men and women.
"A clergyman at Brunn, Austria, who wrote
bis name In hotel register without the prefix
of "Rey., was fined IS for the omission.
1.-THE Awakening OF the Arts, written by
julius Rodenberg for the Beethoven Centen-
niel,,at Dresden, Is reported as having mad i'm
mense success.
"A Jewish theatre was recently opened at
Warsaw, and the first play presented was q
dramatic adaptation of the Biblical -drrallVe
stJudith."
The German astronomer, Tempel, who Is
known as the d!scoverer oil several planets
aud comets, is living at Marseilles In con-
dition Of extreme Indulgence.
1T Is curious fact that most Of the great
musical composers have been chill ''ess. Han
Rossini, Spontini, Auber, Wagner, and Schu-
mann are among the instances.
King William, on being asked what he
thought was the most wonderful thing in Yer
sailles, replied by quoting the words Of the
Doge OF Genoa to Louis XIV: "C'est de my
uoir" Ut Is to find myself here.)
"A French prisoner, named Berlan. escaped
from Landshut, Bavaria, and on being re-
captured was searched, when letters were
found on his person duplicating himself and
two others in the notorious Traupmann MUIR
der. 1t Is probable that he will be handed
over to the French civil authorities.
The Augsburg Algemeine Zeitung pub
lishes letter from one OF its subscribers in
Russia, complaining chat his paper is some
times suppressed BY the Russian postal alltho-
rites and that often 1t comes to him with ar
ticles unfayorable to the present policy OF
Russia blotte6 over so as to be unreadable, or
cut out, and that SO clumsily that the adJoin-
ing columns are also rendered worthless
-AtMuuster, Prussia, the commanding gen.
eral Is very anxious 10 treat the French prl-
soners with every consideration, and lately he
publicly reprimanded the young Prussian ott1-
Ger at that place for obligins French othcers,
their seniors in age or in rank, to take the In
itlative in saluting. He said that the French
officers should be treated as comrades dur,
ing their stay, and not be made ie to Zee feel
that they sNere enemies, and strangers.
In, some Instances, however, the French
pEiB&aesa have shown themselves in
capRb4ef" of appreciating the magnanlmi-
Iys with which, as rule, they are
treated. In some places where there are
French eaptIyes the Prussian sway has been sa
mild that the vanquished have begun to plumes
themselves on their independence. At Merse-
burg, Prussia, for instance, when, at concert
at which some OF the French officers were
present, the 'sWacit am Rhine" was given at
the close of the performance, one of them
arose and called out for the '.Marseillalse, The
director civilly replied that it was not upon the
programme. Whereupon the Frenchman
jumped upon table and began yelling out
the national hymn of France in a very dis
cordant manner. he was joined In the chorus
by several of his comrades, to the great In
dignation OF the German audience. The Office
on duty soon appeared on the scene and order
ed every Frenchman out OF the building. a
group Of them, taking fancy not to under
stand the order. were sent, the next day, to
the fort ess Of Erfurt to be tried by court
martial.