The New York herald., 1879-08-10
FOREIGN NOTES.


and Emden. with branch lines to Bremerhaven anu
Wilhelmshaven.
At Prague during an evening parade an officer
named Wondracsek thought that the cravat OF
Private Franck too high. The officer seized the
soldier hy collar of the tunc tore the cravat on
his neck and struck the in the eye with the
buckle The ball OF the eye was knocked out or the
socket.
Daily Ns,os Paris telegram ays:-"Several
French papers dwell complacently on the assump-
tion that Lord Chelmsford's victory at Ulundi was
more brilliant than decisive. Cetywayo, they say
holds an impregnable position at Amanze Kenea. u
Rraal constructed before the war; and containing
most of his treasur
The Ord,e. which has hitherto been the organ OF
NJ. Rouher. exhibits a cnange OF front by pronounce
ing strongly in favor OF Prince Napoleon. 1t de.
cares that he is not simply candidate for the Elm.
pire. which would be negation OF the plebscite OF
1870, or even pretender He is the Empire. and 10
is the Empire that is candidate Tor the government
The Kremlin at Moscow fire in broad
daylight the 18th or July, wooden staircase hav-
ing been saturated with petroleum. In five hours
tie flames extinguished, but the damage is
siderable. Red hags were displayed on the church
towers, the tocsn was sounded and the whole popu-
lation hurried the rescue, but the palace only
saved by great exertions.
There two vacant thrones on the West African
colst-those of New and Old Calabar-the voidance
III each case having been caused by DEATH NUM-
Der of petty chiefs striving for the supremacy in
both places, the result being much qusrreliing and
shedding of blood and the loss OF many lives. but
when the last steamer left the coast none of the
combatants had succeeded in making good his claim
to the allegiance of his fellow chiefs.
Cetywayo begged Lord Chelmsford to spare one or
two particular kraals the road to Ulundi but tho
General re used to do 1t appears that the
i'll which several of his ancestors were
buried and another in which there still lived at a
very great age widow of Chaka. the founder OF the
ruling dynasty. 1t will be admitted that Cetywayo
showed much good feeling in desiring that these
kraals should be saved from destruction.
The Alexandria correspondents of the London
Standard has had inlerview with the khedive.
Prince Tewk declared that he was anxious to arrive
at a solution of the financial situation in such way
to satisfy all classes of the creditors; but he
trusted that England and France would appoint men
of impartial views, especially men who will work
amlcaby with his Ministers and officials. His High
reiterated the hope that the men connected with
the late European Minister will not be appointed.
The medal struck on the occasion Of the inaugura-
ton of the Theirs statue is about as thick as two
franc piece 1t bears Its face the exact represen-
taton of the monument, with the statue, the
pedestal and the alegorcal figures just it will ap
read, ''Thiers. 1797-lS77 Lberateur du Territoire
the reverse in the centre. is the inscription Les
Patriotes de Meurthe-etMoselle, Vosges Meuse, Ar.
dennes," and below, "Statue erected ut Nancy
August g. 1879.
The new Austrian Parliament, consisting Of 366
members is principally composed as follows One
hundred and forty-seven members landowners
and agrcultursts "a factory owners, many of them
sugar rehners; 81 clergymen. one of whom is Prot.
estant and a Jewish rabbi; II professors and
teachers railway directors 81 lawyers, notaress
A physicians. authors, 3 bankers aud engineers.
There active and ex-M Ministers in the House.
There are 130 noblemen. being Fuersts, 81 Counts
35 Ritters and % simple "vons.
A Times Berlin telegram says: :-"Of the six Ambas-
sadors representing the Car at the courts OF tho
great Powers 1--WE have recently quilted their posts
on leave of absence. The sixth, Prince LoblnoHs
iutrusred with delicate diplomatic functions at tho
Porte has alone remained at his post The general
holiday and this simultaneous departure for time
of the representatives of Russia in the chief capitals
Europe, is regarded by st. Petersburg paper as
proof that the foreign relations OF the Empire have
entered on favorable phase. and that no important
question affecting Russia remains unsettled"
The Shah must have been we'll pleased with what
he saw Of Austria during his two visits to Europe.
for His Majesty is having almost everything in
Persia done "d P4utrichienne." Nasr-eddin has
placed the reorganization of his army, his gem
darmere, his public works and his law courts i'll
Austrian hands Graf Monteforte Viennese by
birth but now a naturalized Persian, has been made
Mayor OF "Schech I'll Beied OF Teheran. Shortly
his arrival in the capital the Count received
good post i'll the gendarmere, where he gave much
satisfaction. The salary is S250J per annum. plus
fees which means good deal.
The Paris Municipality persists in its idea of re-.
christening all thoroughtares which now bear Impe-
ralist or royast names 1t has pronounced sen-
tence on streets avenues named after Hortense.
Josephine Rol de Rome. Dauphin, st. Arnaud, Napo-
Ieou Bilault, Bonaparte. Abbatucci, Cambaceres.
D'Aibe Haussmaun Aagnan. Rovigo, Bouille
and Marie Antoinette. Some OF these person-
ages have certainly little calm to the hero worship
implied III this species of immortality, but it was
hardly worth while to NEEDLE with them. and Baron
Haussmann will certainly be remembered even II no
boulevard bears his name. The new designations
pay homage to Lincoln, Paul Louis Courier. Char
ron, Gutenberg, Coulmlers, houget de Llsle anu
Etienne Marcel.
Some months ago q French lady. who gave the
name of Corutesse Marie dc Sarpgny. went to Brus.
sells from Rennes, in Brittany. and after remaining
short time at Il hotel admitted a boarder in
convent OF Sisters of Charity and at the same time
she hired furnished room as for a cousin of hers.
This cousin turned out to be her husbands coach-
man, with whom she had eloped. On Friday morn
ing NJ. de Sarpigny. who had just arrived and had
discovered her address, followed her to the house in
which the coachman lived and the staircase fired
four shots from revolver at her, and, leaving her
in an apparently dying state went to give himself s.d
undergoing preliminary examination. was taken to
the prison of the Petits Carmes, while his wife
removed to the hospital. where there
seems chance that she may re-
cover. On being restored to consciousness
children should not be prosecuted. NJ. de Sarpigny
is thirty-six of formerly lieutenant
in the Fifth Dragons and is a Chevalier or thu
Legion or Honor. He is understood to have stated
that he was impelled to commit the criminal attempt
on his wife by Keen sense of the disgrace brought
upon himself and his children by her i'll conduct.
London Globe :-"The uses of tobacco. after having
long been supposed by ignorant world to be linz
tied to the practices OF smoking. chewing and snuff
fing, have of late years been found much more ex-
tensive and various. Unfortunately, the gentleman
who IL most confident to the merits of the weed
and who lives at Clamart. in France. has gone little
too in his anxiety to turn il to advantage. He
has developed theory that the inhaation
OF tobacco smoke by ii, fowls ne. caused % aner ,l
become very tender at the same time. He accord
ingly shut up chicken in his fowlhouse and set fire
to a store Of 'caporal which he lett burning III tho
place. The young fowl, so far from being averse
to the odor OF the narcotic. was inclined TO try its
well as Its SMELL ana nau IN . feW days
time consumed so much .caporal that its flesh
not only whitencd, but absolutely ''nicotinzed"
with poison. TO IL as IL stood-probably in rather
stupid state-upon its perch entered one night
adventurer named Carrouge, who, after belong-
ing to confratcrniy of professional chicken steal
ers. had started business OF his own ut Clamart.
The precious bird carried off. plucked cooked
and eaten and short time after breakfast the thief
was seized with violent and intolerable pains Ha
rushed to the doctor needless of the necessity which
would arise OF disclosing his nocturnal escapade.
He found TO have been poi soned by the nicotine
at,sat hat haf fAx wit anna
difficulty saved from death. He will now be tried
FOR thieving."
The st. Petersburg correspondent Of the Dai'g
Telegraph says:-"tireat efforts being made
to quiet the public mind by assurances OF
the practical humiliation of the socialist con-
spracy by the arrest and condemnation of 40
many of the conspirators. These assurances ara
simply worth nothing. aud the officials are thor.
oughly aware of the fact Certain groups OF revoiu.
ito lists have been discovered tracked to their hiding
places and arrested. This was, no doubt. an inn
portant check to the conspiracy but i'll the face