Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1821-10-12
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III. dc Chateauneu., in little work Of lis,
according TO information communicated To-
him by tie project of the department of the
Seine rates the population of Paris at az 1866
souls This number CONSUMES daily Ga. 900
pints of milk. Formerly in the city Of Paris,
there was one ecclesiastic To every sixty ind-
viduals-uow there is rat one to every ST..
hundred and twelve. The condition of hos
pitfalls Is moderated. Instead of two dyin.;
out of nine, at the Hotel Dieu, as it used TO be-,
1t is now one out Of seven that is Ii out Ola
hundred, instead OF 90.
Rothschilde the elder, has been raised 70
the dignity of a Marquisate by the Emperor
of Austria. He is the first Isracte that ever
received that title.
The Keystone of the seventeenth and last
arch of the bridge of Bordeaux, was placed on
the 9th OF June. This bridge was begun Ia
1908, bnt slowly carried on the works were
resumed with spirit in 1878, So that sew en- years
OF eXertion will have completed this superb
monument of the national taste.
By digging at Nismes, around the temple OF
the grandson of Augustus, called la maisou
Cairee (SGuare House, to lay open the bas,,
covered by rise OF the ground two metres
thick, they have discovered marbles, columns,
various pieces of sculpture and architecture,
some apparently belonging To the interior
decorations of the temple, and the rest Ia
something of an outer construction. The
nave hrst discovered two basins. probably for
the publications and sacrifices, and then foui-
dalion wall, aside ofwhich lay an overthrown
column, with others of the same description at
IA httie distance. From this it is Thought that
the Temple OF Nismes was surrounded by IA
p0ruco ornamen;cd with columns The re-
searches are 10 he continued until the ground
about the temple is reduced to its ancient l.
vel, and surrounded by "A railing the temple
may then be seen in ;l the purity of its for
mcr proportions.
Aucicra and Baldini, jewellers at Rome.
nave presented To his Holiness a brilliant OF
tie finest water, % carals 5-S i'll weight, or
ia Sd grains. Us value is estimated at
100000 dollars Il is only the King of Franc.
and the Emperor of Russia that possesses ii
finer diamond.
At ST. Alihel, (Mcuscl they were repairing
the roof ola church, it having fallen through
a,se, when, as the worhmen were. occupied In
raising the beams over the nave, a shower of
gold escaping from three holes in one OF the
railers, fell upon the pavement OF the church.
Inc crowd around and the workmcn precipi
tated themselves on the precious metal. The.
three holes might contain about thousand
pieces. They We're all old French Crowns g.
grains in weight aud IL lines in thickness:
they al! belong 10 the rcigns Of Fripcis Isl
and Louis Nj. surnamed the Father of tie
People.
ALIcANT, February l4.-On the 7th ofthis
month, after continuation of evanteIs, ID
which this Bay is exposed, and with IA verv
heavy sea caused by the storm without, and
rendering it impossible 10 effect landing ON
the wharf from the terrible surf which broke.
onevery part of ia Swedish boat with two
sailors little accustomed TO these shores was
suffered by them TO be drawn 10 the most
I.nr - d.
til wharf, where it was overwhelmed by three.
| successive breakers. This being observed
from The shore by Lieut.. Whipple of the T.
States brig Spark, he, without moments he
station dashed into the to the assistance
oil those unfortunate men and saved their lives
| On the 9th the same occurrence happened
with the boat of the same brig, wherein IL in
| uiViduais were coming ashore, and 1t. Whip
pie, beng then at his lodgings, where he had
since renamed to re-cstablisli himself from
| his former fatigues, sooner heard of the
fresh accident than he rushed in haste down
10 the beach, aud plunged with intrepdity
INTO the furious waves, Drawing thousand
dangers, and struggling with almost certain
DEATH insomuch that had not assistance been
lent him, he would have fallen victim of his
| heroic generosity.
While we lay before the public this sublime
trait of humanity, far more easily to be admired
such are the results of that system of liberty
by which that happy nation is guided OF
which ne IS a member, where reason and jus
ice have placed their throne and extended al
their dimensions over the human heart
We have been eye witnesses Of what We
nave related, and have beheld this American
nero exceeding even himself despisng his own
lie to save those of hs fellow creatures, re
CARELESS Of the difference of nations, and OF
every circumstance but such as were dictated
by the most refined bencfccnce.
| "A man of more moderate feelings NAV on
some occasions, urged by momeniary circuni-
Stances do brilliant and extraordinary action
but when these deeds are repeated, and under
different circumstances, we have cyiIeDtial
proof of what is the true character and tenn
per of the soul OF that individual who is the
actor of them.
Had such events taken place in the days of
the enthusiastcal Republic Of Rome, we should
have seen Whipple enter triumphant WITH Il
civic crown, the well-mcrted rewards Of bis
II virtues.
i Ahcant, with admiration has heheld and with
affection will remember them-She will relate
them to her children as model Of singular
heroism, and as the cearest proof of what free
institutions will give birth to, which so infu-
n ence the manners aud transport the soul to ae-
tons that awake the attention OF every feeling
/ man.
(CoPY)
United Suites Ship Columbus,
Gibraltar Boy, TN .Wav, 1871
SIR have received with great pleasure
your commune ton, relating 20 the admirable
conduct Of 1t. Wh;pple, sailing master Shutc,
y aud iDdshiDrnan (tuffs of tho " (, Lriy Smart