Daily Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1840-1842, 1842-10-12
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There has been n terrible mortality IN Paris among
the teehes. You know that the Paris breed of
blood suekers 10 deemed the best in the world
Near Byonne large reservoirs Zoe leeehes which
were once richly supplied FOE the Spanish market
no these, the Partisan breeders sen; last month q
myriad in a aneuishing condition Tor the benefit o.
n ch lnee OF climate and water. But the heat of the
Journey killed hundred thousand or more, which
'ho Mayor Of ST Esprit ordered TO be buried from
fsar OF infection. Among the recent losses in the
ncienuhc literary world, may mention two, deserv-
Ing particular regret. F,eyc,ne,, the celebrated
navigator. Is one; his voyage around the world in
1917 10 1890. and his voyage Of discovery in 1915
nre well known to general readers and all seogra
piers. He was q member Of the Academy OF
Sciences and Of the Bureau Of LOngitudes. lie ex-
pred a, the age OF sixty-tour. The other is NJ.
DusommcrarJ, whom Europe placed at the head OF
antiq uaries lor the Middle Ages, and whose museum
IN the Hotel de Cluny was visited by most OF the
curious in archaeology, both his eountrymen and
strangers. He rented for his life time the pic
turesque and hes, part OF the odes, palace
~ Fsance-a relic aged fourteen centuries. During
what may be styled the iconoclastic period OF III,
F,eneh Revolution, he more than once exposed hi'
life in endesvoring to rescue fragment of Go,hiC
sculpture or architecture. His col lection excited
the taste and furnished the forms for the uneouth
furniture which became call the rage" two or three
years ago. A few days only before his deceasc, he
finished his great and splendid work on the Arts in
the Middle Ages, which he issued in numbers. II
i. treasure for artists and Psychologists. He was
buried on the 22i ultimo at ST Cloud, IN his esd
yesr No man had 60 widely inspected and tho.
roughly studied the antiquities Of France. HIS
enthusiasm. knowledge, and hne manners made 1t
AN object to obtain his company in surveying his
museum. Ii IS related that, IN lS2S, the British
ambassador struck with the multitude and variety
of curious remains, said 10 him, "Hbnd over TO me
the key OF your Hotel and this evening six hundred
thousand francs shall be paid to you al the embassy"
Dusommerard was far from being rich, but he an
swered at once, any Lord, England has got quite
n Middle Age out of us already; il shall not be told
that increased your spots At one of the annual
exhibitions in the Louvre he bought for small
sum a picture by a young artist When seen in
his gallery II brought thres times the sum. he
carried the money TO the painter, asking copy in
return lie delighted in the exercise OF this kind of
benevolence.
The number Of La Revue des Denx Mondes,
published the LIST Instant, contains n dissertation OF
s1iy.sx pages, in small type, on credit and bank
ing. Il includes the elementary principles and sim
plesi operations, and on exposition of the wonders
wrought in Internal improvement by means of
Banks. II treats OF the dIfferen, kinds and various
uses Of credit; the origin and progress OF binking
the English and Scottish systems; the benefits OF
paper currency promptly and certainty convertible.
The writer admres and recommends depostes on
interest; he thinks that the French Government
should authorize the banks 10 receive them fixing
a minimum OF two thousand francs. lie regrets
that the monopoly or exclusive privileges OF the
Bank Of France were renewed in $780, he would
have more than ten banks for France, and notes us
low as twenty five francs; he supposes that the
French people have no repugnance and might soon
he accustomed 10 paper money coming from solid
establishments. he scarcely touches on the history
and results Of American Blnkng-unquesiona
the most instructive in the way OF bescons. Some
years must elnpse and more such tracks as the
am noticing be widely diffused, before the disttus,
which the American case has begoiien will cease 10
prevail. We ore informed that Spain experiences
IN increasing dear:h OF specie; and, being without
other circulating medium, she make no progress
an domestic business and enterprise. | have OBJ
served and inquired concerning the situation and
system OF trade in Versailles, which in three years
have inhabited, altogether, twelvesmonih TIE
population is above thIrty-hye thousand il deals
with the inhabitants Of the neighboring towns there
are considerable manufactures; most oil the mum
beress shops contain the best goods, the luxuries
aud comforts Of French life OF every description.
have been struck with the confidence order, com
posture, with which business is transacted; with the
indications every where of prosperous cheerful ond
earnest industry. No paper money circulates. The
500 franc bill OF the Bank OF France is turned
into coin OF the desks Of the money changers, with
a small discount. The few regular bankers dis
count notes having two endorsers esteemed good
II a renewal be repeatedly asked, suspicion arise!
and the favor stops No trader get deeply into
debt; credit between individuals is proportioned 4
character and circumstances; insolvency cannot b
magnificent nor widely Injurious. For many year
past considerable failure only has occurred tina
of a banker who after having long hourisheC
with the ordinary precautions, fancied that he wa
not growing rich fast enough; he ind ulged the need
and some bold spectators for higher interest; h
broks at length for nearly eighty lhousn nd dollars
an incredible sum in the opinion of the people o
Versailles. This community had 10 struggle wit
peculiar difficulties. Until the Revolution of 1881
nearly all the public establishments and edifcc
belonged to the Government n, Pars, as Versatile
was almost wholly royal creation. The mum
eipal councils bought them all on the credit of tn
city, the royal library OF sixty thousand volumes
elusive. To discharge them gradually, the octro-
tolls at the city gates-was considerably raised Il
IS made TO yield seven hundred thousand francs
whereby the price of living in general is much en-
hsnced. But the inhabitants are well satisfied, anC
proud Of their acquisitions and sacrifices. In tn,
centre Of one OF the two great divisions of the city
is an extensive and beautiful area, into which oper
four principal streets, that served for generation
Gs market place. Tic councils were Obliged Il
Guy il also from the Government, and when thel
had done so, they ordered II TO be cleared for III
erection OF series OF market houses. But IL wa
full Of sqUdfsrs, Of town ard country with booths
tables, stalls, and pfescriptive lines and posts. The,
claimed every inch as their own by mmemorin
possession, and they raised such clamor and con
fore ole attempt 10 eject them, that IL was though
best 20 compound with them even on hard term
Ter the city exehtquer. The noble market hai
sx, round the area, are just finished; the pride q
the occupants equals the comfort Of both sellers an
buyere.
Blrsre, the famous member OF the Committee O
Public Safety, whose name is familiar &c every on
acquainted with the annals Of the worst periods O
the French Revolution, died last yearat Tatbes, age
eighty.hve. he presided IN tie Convention az tn
trial Of Louis XVI, and voted himself for the dealt
OF the monarch. He was the rhetoric an of IN
Reign Of Tetor-tufnamed the Anacfeon Of th
Guo,ine. lie was born at Tarbss Of distinguish
"a family; gained reputation Of the bar and in Ii
prov incia republic cf letter.; was e'scled 10 n
Constituent Assembly, but net make q fyIf
until he entered the Convention. Mde. de Gent
celebrated his polished address md ready talents
No hero OF the Resolution excslled him in glibnes
Of speech and the arts Of vanishing events and doc
tines with both the pen and tongue. IL is nearly
miracle that he survived 10 live IN quiet his birth
place from 1880 until his demise. lie sufIsre,
Imprisonment, expecting 10 he sent to the scat
fold every hour; about 10 bc depored 4
Cayenne; owed his escape 10 Bonaparie's 3
Brumairs; went into Punishment IN 1916 un5e
the Bourbon edct against oil the surviving regi
re opened their cOgnuy TO them and the proscrtb
ter for sixty volumes. chiefly memoirs. Ou, o
this mass, the son Of the celebrated Carnot ha
formed and published two volumes fsgmcntafy.-
They do not satisfy, in sny degree, the o1pecta
tons which Barers's unriyasd opportunities an,