Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1841-11-01

e Three weeks ago the papers killed Siyo Pellic,
o whose narrative OF his inn tson ment at Spelberg Ia
rendered him 'm MORTAL II the libraries OF our lay
not destined TO perish. But Slivlo is not dead IN IA
hs'h, and may write another tragedy good Frsl
q cisco "a htmHt the present chef d'us of ~
70 muse. tie enjoys the satisfaction OF reading man,
, lamentations over his exit, aud copious eulosy 9
, hls literary AMI political merits. q e of hrs coun
trymen, an eNlled patriot, Richard, has publlshs
T an obituary notice OF hun, wherein he complain
that SiL'iu, IN hts Memoirs. allowed il to be "ab
Surd ana useless To undertake the independence q
ltN,y,' and made Other weak concessions even O
lp'Hucai doctrine, IN his small book on the Dates
den. The author will, perhaps, stand up IN Ia
own defence. The whole French medical ncult,
, dep'orc the loss of SmSon, the surgeon and pro
ssor, who "held the sccpre of DurUYrRESE.'
~ say she least, DE-. Morr, whom New York hs:
teSanei, has not eft his superior in this capital
IL Is not long sncc heard an unexpected acknow.
Judgement OF that purpogt ftom the mouth at one
OF the prputest French medical oracles. SAMSON
refused, IA ms last hours, all ros rites and as
SlSiancc. IL was disputed in the obituary records
whether he belonged tn the school OF NolIaire IN
SkeptciSm or that OF BrousslS. The Inauguration
OF the statue " this worse than matcraIist was
emnlSed on the SlSt uitnio, at the hospital OF Val.
&c Grace, Ivy dcpuatons from the different learned
professional, AMI political bodies Of which he was
member, great cuncouTSo OF professors ami stu
dents, and set pancsyrcs from the heads OF each
/ description If colleagues and disciples The French
LesItImlStS Imputo all French maicrilism and PAN
iheiSm 10 Locks, who they say Gcso; CoNDLLAC,
NoLrAtRs, NoLNEr, ani suppose BRouSSAIs ike.
WISE Among the recent detunct IS a MIR. DE- CHAM
riGNN, AZ the age of one hundred aud one, whu nc.
cnrSlns TO the Journals was the friend OF LAFArErrE
and RoCHANBEAu, and fought by their side IN our
Reyo uuOn1ry war. | 90 not remember to have
seen the name in our annals. In the muSica, word
OF PARIS all The artIS.s and amateurs regret the de-
mise ot uiPpOLIrE MONPoU, a young composer,
who acquired just popularity by several operas,
particularly Les Dear RciusS and La CIaS.s 81.
SG1HC, wei, 10y single airs ,rJrJ1uc 81 of de-
uEbuul effect. y lover OF music should be on the
watch here for the death OF eminent composers
or sinseTS, the heads OF both professions cxeT,
themselves IN t,rses performed IN some prnci-
pal church. struck with the funeral service
OF the Duchess OF Roygc, General SA,ARI's wife
who died last month. she was born IN l7S5, at ST.
Domingo, IN the lap OF ii JeucC. A. the revolution
IN that sand her family and herself were rescued
from massacre by a fIltgiui UcEgp slave, who hcd
With them 10 France, and by lis ,aOoT Isved IN
degree the poverty 10 which they were reduced. The
SIT. worked for the common ive.ihoOj until West
India connexions brought her 10 ;he notice OF Ma.
po.enn and Joscpllue- She was chosen as the wife
Court, where she ShJre by personal qul.it es and
expensive habits. On the restoration OF the Bour-
o1us she retained but slender means, upon which
she couiriyel 10 sulSl>t m comparative obScurty.
The Minister OF Commerce. Us the intimate friend
81 the Duke Of ROyigo, was distinguished amongst
the mvurueJS. According To the newspapers, no
Ai;-nian, In the church manifested mach grei as
the cd negro, G., s,s, atucacor of her family My
remembrance Of the Gorgeous court OF Napoleon, rs
| saw 10 IN lSpt--, was reused by another s.guaI
instance OF the instability o! iO.l4ue aru the I'M
2 evidence OF the fortunate. General Junol was
then Governor .! PARIS. IL happened 10 me To share
o.,eu MS sp.snd hospitality. His wife has made
Known IN her Memoirs, which every body has read,
what opportunities OF anasslng wealth she euIDye3
100 her cNl.tct station and by her intimacy win the
Imperial pair | marked her IN her mign.icence
.Hr al he FIra
governments, 50 little remained TO her IhlI she be-
came wrleT OF every thing Tor a livelihood lending
moreover, with the same end, her popular name 10
the productions OF others. This the once brl.Ian:
Duchess d'Aorautes expired IN a maison &c Sante,
10 lie translated private hospital y ana ,he Or
eanS family contributed funds for her relief aud
her proper ssputuTe. In the winter Of 1887, ie
INTO conversation with her AZ q solTce OF Ma
dame Anchor. She spoke earnestly Of the era
Il her cAreer wnIch mentioned rs that ct my per-
soma, acquaintance w,ih herself and the Genera,
anu tod me that the .lGy ut fashion, MlrchiOncsS-
te brlnvIile, whom frequently accompanied TO
her parues, survived 70 Paris, aged and poor, but
not InfrN Cespondcni. The Duchess had
grown exceedingly coarse ~ face and hgu.e, with
m1>cuIInSJoushness Of accent and expression that
might have been cOutTaslsl with her own CescTip-
i.on OF her form and manners IN her youth. 10
June, the most fashionable of the Paris eI les d.
oHn=S les plus lunS4ntlsl carried On their corslges
as ornament, pH!sn4rLs, rcA-Al;li and hall con.
cel.e- We shall soon have 10 record observed the
l
would 10; have liked to be near the Duchess OF 40.
rartes when angry, with such az ornament 10 her
CO. sage. Her Gpptaf aute and zones placed her ~
I iae ygty head %. the Fleuch vIrlgU uowBgcrs--a
corps not 50 strong, lOwev"r, 10 the higher circles
u PlTs as 10 Is SAID - be iH those OF London. 4
MOHir1I. clOg seems 10 have C0u.uInGtI with the
C-,E'lc Bs1o7 Fnglsa Jaus1n, the CDal. OF ,ll,
/ name, VINO Clea last summer. The a..er was the
h'si YTtuoso OF France, an able PAINTER and de-
scenIan; OF T. .amtlc DE FOrgIu, VINO virtually
re'Sned IN Provence ~ the time OF LOUIS Nl -
From l,lj be held the pos, of Director Gens!l. OF
the Ruya. Museums. lis pub. cations consist Of
travels and dissertations, nI inc uCe successful
NOVe. l he academy o. Fine Arts, and indeed, the
whole institute paid homage 20 las studies and
'.i-ts. \ pulmonary affection .aley carried off
I'M hrsi Of European bojauIst-, whom France
Gains IS her own. l refer 10 De Candol.e, who
was born IN l11- a. Geneva, whittier his no
u.e ancestors OF Provence, HuguenOis hgC for Sc.
cuu'y. tie came 10 Pans m 1896, end, IN the
course OF ten years, rose TO the highest scientific
distinction m botany and agriculture. In lSOs, he
accepted the functions Of Professor and director al
the Garden Of Plants at Montpelier The Bour.
Oons, on their restoration, superseded him on &C
count OF ms IJcra ism. He then repaired 70 Geneva
and pissed the rest Of his life Iu that city, which
h0norcd hlm as is chief boast. HIS y1lumnous
publications are familiar 90 all pr0fcIents, and known
10 students Iu natural history. At the meeting, on
the loH u.umO, Of the French Academy of
Sciences, Of which he was long a member, Arag0
proclaimed iaut he was, 100 fact, the frs, who really
and that % wIi be chiefly owing % his slglcI'y anI
researches b the physiology OF vegetation should
one DAY ue put on more certain foundations than
that oil animated beings. My mJr.uIry lis. IL al.
ready lengthy, or / would dwell on the characters
ni the Dukes Of PEsUn and DJudeiuyi.le Of the
ancient noU.esse, who we're buried last summer
and who devoted themselves and their wealth 20 the
cause OF Humln'y, and earned many pages IN the
periodical Biography Of Us4iu. Men, and tic An.
nIars ae ia B.1niIIstnce. ] have ever appreciated
such ambition and performance as theirs. md the
older grow, the more learn 10 esteem them above
the aims aud exploits by which the highest militia
~ or poltra, rank and rCnOwn are usla y acquired.
In the vocation Of authorship, would rather have
produced Dr. 4. I. Thompsyu's Management Of
SICK Room than alI BuIwsr's novels, or Thomas
Car.y's Elk lectures on Heroes, Hero Worship, and
the Heroic IN History which SAID lectures sorely
disappointed me, for expected an able exposition
Of true greatness, and the explosion ofhcroworship.
SANTA FEE.-We learn by the 81, Louis Re,
publican that fg.g more frrlrre arc Iu from,