The New York herald., 1879-03-29
EUROPEAN NOTES.

Sir Bartle Frere is only governor but also
mander-:nchief Of Cape Colony.
Captain Burnaby. of ''Khiva notoriety is to marry
Miss Whitshed ward of Chancery). the only child OF
the late Sir J. II. Whitshed. Bart.
One hundred guneas has been offered by the sgd
ney Morning Herald for the best poem on the Sydney
International Exhibition. All British subjects may
compete.
Colonel Durnford's father refuses to believe in
his sons death. He says the Colonel among the
missing. and he still lives in hopes his SON may
turn to him.
Dean Stanley preached special sermon to the
troops at the Garrison Church, Woolwich, recently,
from the words. "And the soldiers said And what
shall we do?'
The World :-"They cried huzzah for the Zulus in
the Theatre Royal of Dublin. Three hundred and
nineteen of the intrepid Twenty-fourth were Irish.
Comment is needless"
The Empress of Austria in consequence of the dis
aster at szegedin; decided to leave Ireland earlier
Austrian capital on the 26th inst.
1t is stated seriously by a Russian journal that
whole bundle of letters from st. Petersburg dpo-
matist was found among the papers of Shere Ali,
urging him to make war against the English.
Mdutdir says:-"I credibly Informed that the
absence of Prince Leopold from his brothers nuptals
owing less to slight knee-sprain than to vio-
Lent"
The present year is the eighteen hundredth ami
versary Of the destruction Of Pompeii and Hercu-
laneum by Mount vesuvius. There is to be scien-
tifc commemoration OF the event IN Pompeii in No
vember.
Nearly twenty thousand prizes of the great French
national lottery still remain unclaimed and these
have been removed from the Palais de llndustre to
the Pavilion dc Fors 1T the Tuieres, rs the former
place is required for the pictures.
The FyaaJttisrter Zeitug mentions the "iron we'd
ding" seventeth anniversary OF the marriage of
exrabbi at vietz, Berlin. named silperstein.
who is in his ninety third year. He has 145 descend
ants, sixty nine Of whom attended the celebration.
private letter states that. previous the Eighty
eighth regiment leaving Cape Town for tho front,
Two nights before the order for march given the
barrack stables were burned down by the mad freak
of drunken soldier.
Nihilism to have declared itself in Austrian
Poland. seizure OF arms has just been effected in
Krakaw. together with papers proving that tho
affiliated to the nhiists causing such anxiety in
Russia. About fifty persons have been arrested.
At Observation-Disclosures a respectfully dressed
Irishman recently sent to jail for = month for
assault. In his possession found documents Of
REASONABLE nature. One was set Of rules and reg
division of the Il. B. and referred to the formation
of military organization and secret arming. The
papers were ordered to be sent to Mr.. Cross.
Mark Twain is in Paris on short self-granted
leave of absence from Germany, where he is sstudy
ing'-what is not known. but probably how to be-
ding OF Frank Milet. the painter and corre-
spondent. His wedding present was couple OF
logs of rewood. prettily bound together with pink
silk and offered ''the costliest thing could find
in Paris."-The World.
Continental newspapers report that about fort
night ago. Sunday the inhabitants of the village
OF Vratshevo In Russia, burned woman. of
their ncghbors, witch. They are said to be
quite satisfied that they acted right They kept the
woman i'll her house, closed oil tho doors and win
dows by mailing boards them and then set fire
to "A heap of straw lying in one OF the rooms The
house was soon reduced to q heap OF ashes in which
was mingled the dust of the supposed witch.
Speaking at Irish national festival ut Liverpool,
Mr.. O'Connor Power. NJ p, said. looking at the
present condition Of Irish politics. tho greatest want
among Irshmen was constructive organization Ii
Ireland had not played larger part in the worlds
history it was Largely ewing to the apathy a Of Irish
making English people understand that beyond
everything else they insisted on the re establishment
of the Irish Parliament in College Green.
Considerable attention is being present directed
throughout Germany to the trial at Saarbruckon. on
the Rhine. OF the persons implicated in criminal
charge of fraud, connected with the alleged ap
pearance of the Virgin Mary to some children In
wood near Marpingcn in 1876. The preliminary in
vcstigation has resulted in Indictment, which it
il thought will, after the examination of well nigh
two hundred witnesses. lead to the CONVICTION OF
those who lent themselves to the propagation OF the
dclusion
Mr. Goldie. the naturalist, who has passed eighteen
months in New Guinea, has, among other matters,
informed the Brisbane that his party
contact with tribe OF natives in the interior whose
custom suggcstcd To him the probable origin OF tho
rumors that have been always current OF race OF
tailed men in some remote corners of the globe.
Those natives artificial tails OF such cunning
construction to entirely miscai casual observer.
mont which is pait of grass fastened round their
loins by fine string. aud depending beilind to
about nau way oowh tucir lcBs.
The attendant upon the "Ied Prince" ut the recent
great wedding Mt Windsor was Colonel Won Borckc.
an adventurous Prussian officer. lie went to the
United States during the civil war and fought gall
lantly for the SOUTH through the lett lung
and then went to London invalidcd. He was in
an account of his adventures for asroods Magazine
while he was the hero OF colony OF Southern ladies'
in the smoky capital 1t is related that Won Borckc
who Is six feet two inches high, cut the head OF
Union soldier clean from the shoulders with one
blow of huge two-handed sword.
The Dutch Journals oncesnore apprehond the COM
ing annexation OF Holland by Germany. Fears Of
this nature have long been prevalent IN the upper
classes of Dutch society. But the National Zituno
says:-"H we may be allowed to give our advice TO
the Dutch can simply counsel them to let tho
world talk and TO pay attention 10 what is said.
| is to excite ,nstrust against Germany from doing
so. They will always find corner In the press to
% that as regards this alleged annexation appetite Of
ours the instigation comes from st. Petersburg"
The Post takes precisely the same view anu adds that
| against Germany are prompted by jealousy 1t the
friendly relations that exist between Vienna and
Berlin.
| The adoption OF children writes . correspondent
from Rome. which prevails to considerable extent
| in America seems to be extending to Italy Some
princcly. was staying at Abano and took fancy to
| two beggar children-a boy auu a grl-of oxtraor-
nn %nney adopted the two brats and ND gavc them the
| best possible education The boy turned out an
| rant scamp and took TO evil courses and soon died
| of dissipation. Tho girl grew up model OF
| womanly grace and beauty, AMI found many adj
| mirers, and among others. young Roman noble,
| who won her heart, but abused her confidence. Tho
| Pope heard Of the misconduct OF the young noblo-
man aud compelled him marry the girl on pain Of
| his displeasure The marriage accomplished,
| and the German princess settled her enormous for
| tune on the married couple. For few years all
went happily, but, alas the young husband died OF
| fever, leaving his widow with of four years
| old TO inherit large property and distinguished
title. The child OF the Aibano bcggar girl VIII DO
one of the richest counts In Rome whom hs attsins
| his majority.