The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1871-08-29
COST OF PRODUCTION.
Our cOrrespondent J. F. D. writing from
FOREIGN NOTES AND GOSSIP.

efficient enough during the late war, Is abou
to resign command of the German army OF oc
cupstion In France, on account of charges o
incompetency which have been made against
him by the press and people of Germany. Hill
| successor is named In the person of Genera
Barnekow, division commander.
| c-Morm6nism does not appear to be making
very rapid progress IN England. In the Biz
| mingham Conference, composed OF eleven
branches, the whole number Of new members
received during last year was only twenty.one
Asthere were nine deaths and nine excom.
kmurications1 the net gain cannot be regarded
as enormous. The total number of GOrmone
in the Birmingham district st this time is stat
ed:at $40 q
of all the French soldiers, prisoners of
war, who have been for months past inmates
OF German prisons, none now remain In the
foreign land but inyaltds and those who have
| been placed under arrest for misdemeanors.
The sick number In all four officers and eight
hundred men, and there are ten officers and
|, about seyenty-fve men In one Bavarian and
different Prussian fortresses who are under
going the sentences inflicted upon them for
offences committed during their captivity"
The st. Gotthard- Railway across the Alps,
Is announced to accomplish important results.
Genoa and Leghorn are to become depots for
the, commerce Of Germany, and German mer-
chant vessels will soon be numerous In the
Austrian: journalist said few weeks ago,
prince Bismarck has perceived that the Medl-
terfanean may be ruled over from the banks of
the Spree by means of the St. Gotthard Rail-
road.h
/ In the recent municipal council elections,
under German auspices, in Alsace and Lor-
raine, the vote in the communes OF the Lower
thirty per cent. Of the electors. In the Upper
Rhine districts, including Colmar and Stras-
!boprg, g. comparatively light vote vas cast,
and in many other towns abstention from vot-
ing seemed to be the rule. In some; places
not more than dozen or 80 voted, out Of elec.
toral lists numbering as high, almost, as 1000.
,1n Colmar, out OF 44l3 electors, 1919 voted,
and at Strasbourg 1880 voted out of II, ,090.
Mr.. John Ruskin, having made ''pot Of
money" out Of real estate transaction, has
put aside one thousand pounds sterling as q
iiund for opening an English paradise. It is
he says, frank and simple gift to the British
people; nothing ofit Is to come back 10" the
gfyer. 1t Is to accumulate, and Its proceeds
are to be applied to the enrichment of the
earth, the redemption OF rock and moor, the
schooling OF children, the teaching Of gentle
ness to brute creatures, the cultivation of the
finer graces OF social lite; and such other pur.
poses as paradise fund may properly serve.
/ The traction engine for common roads Is
now the subject OF great interest In England,
6uQ Luc uSCn6ulCA magazines are pQOuenlng
illustrations Of the method of application of
this motive power. A Atractlon engine with an
omnibus has just been constructed for the Gov
ernment of the British East Indies, and is de-
signed to run for the conveyance of passen-
gers and mails, and also of troops and supplies
for the distance Of sixty.eight miles, between
Rawul Pindee and Jhelum, In the Pupjaub.
Four engines and omnlbuses have been built
for the government. The engine, running on
common dirt roads, Is placed on three wheels
instead Of four, giving 1t smaller base, and
thus enabling II to turn within Its own length
and breadth, and to man9uvre along narrow
aud crooked highways. All the parts are con-
strlcted of wrought iron or steel, 80 that the
machine Is much more compact and lighter
than the ordinary locomotive. The principal
dimensions are as follows: Diameter OF cylin-
der, eight inches; length OF stroke, ten inches;
revolutions per minute, one hundred and sew
enty.two; working pressure, one hundred and
forty pounds; diameter Of main road wheels.
six feet; width of India rubber tires, fourteen
inches and q half; thickness Of India rubber
tires, four inches and a half; greatest speed of
engine, ten miles an hour, and slowest speed
three miles. The capacity of the water tank
is three hundred and seventy gallons, and the
capacity of the coal bunkers one ton. The
weight of the engine with tender fully supplied
with water and coal, Is twelve tons. The om-
nibus attached, which is double. e.decker, will
carry sixty-fye passengers, with baggage and
mall bags.