Gallipolis journal. [volume] (Gallipolis, Ohio) 1837-1919, 1850-10-24
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The following sketches of Bade

The following sketches OF Baden
Baden are from the foreign CORES
pondence OF the Courier dss Etats
Unis:
"National character is very mark
ed in the different persons here
The French occupy themselves with
the ladies,t the English give themselves
to wine, the Russians cultivate gam
bling. In the country dance and
Polka the Parisians shine, al the ia
BILE the representatives Of Great Bri-
tain take the lead, and on the green
cloth the children Of the North. II
in the familiar conversation of Ba-
den society, you hear any affair Of
gallantry mentioned, you may be al
most certain that the hero is a CO.
patriot Of Richilieu and Lanzun, If,
after dinner, you hear any noise, or
see a man walking with an uncer-
tain step, describing curves on the
sanded alleys, you may say conf
IDENTIFY that he is an English gentle
man; if any great stroke at roulette
is mentioned, you may be sure it has
been played by Muscovite Boyard.
"Potemkin gained in a single night
million Iubles, thirty villages
and six thousand peasants. The
Russians have remained faithful to
the habits they prac,ised so largely
under the reign OF the great Cathe-
rine. but il can be hardly said that
gaming is passion with them, so
cool and Indifferent do they seem
while engaged in ii. To see them
follow with a calm brow the ebb and
flow of fortune, one might imagine
they were playing for corks rolled up
in paper, and not rouleaux of gold.
The Russian ladies share this phleg-
matte love Of gaming. Those who
do not wish TO show themselves at
the thirty and forty tables, play in
the private parlors at a national
game they call Preference.
"When a card table is arranged
for the Russians, pack Of cards, a
piece of chalk and a bru-s h is
placed on the green table cover.---
After each hand, the players write
down on the table with the chalk
the points they have made. Prefer
ence is game filled with calcula-
tions, and one of which exacts con-
stant employment Of the four rules
of arithmetic. When the green
cloth is covered with figures, and
the operation is over, the players
brush away the chalk marks, and
the game begins again. Considera-
bic sums are risked at this game.
"The princess Bagration who has
figured SO widely in the Partisan
world, arrived yesterdy. She came
to make her court to the Russian
Grand DuchesSes who arrived few
days since, for she remains a Rus
sian Notwithstanding her second
with Lord Howden, the
English Ambassador at Madrid
Twenty years ago she was Queen
Of the Baden waters, and in speak |
ing of the Chronicles Of the past the !
Princess Bagraiion's summer is spo-
Ken OF as the Princess GalitzaE are
also famous. Each oI these ele-
CANT seasons takes thus the name of
he person who has illunined it with |
he greatest brilliancy. Paris figures |
On this glorious catalogue, and we
nave among the most memorable, |
he summer ofthe MarchioneS Beth
.zy and that OF Madame de Chabril-
ant. The Queen of the present !
has not yet been ramed,
or the choice is embarrassing. The |
number Of ladies remarkable for
heir grace and beauty equals, and
his is not saying little, the num-
,er OF sovereign princes who en-
lumber this splendid place. Amath-
said at the last ball after
laving measured with his geometri-
al eye, the people in the saloon:-
We have here ten cubic metres Of
heads" There is no day
When we do not see the arrival OF
ONE new crown prince. A French
Democrat would fall i'll Of it. To-day
wo Marshals of the palace have
ONE 10 secure rooms for the King
f Holland and the duchess dowager
{ Nassau. Visitors from Wisbaden
ontinued to flock here, among 9TH
RS the Duke Of Rochelaucold, the
luke de Rohan Chabot, Marshal
farmont,Duke of Ragusa, who walk
d for long time with NJ. Thiers, /
n the terrace conversation Palace. !
tomorrow all this brilliant crowd
Celebrate the anniversary Of the birth I
{ the Grand Duke of Baden. Al {
eady this evening in the city, and !
n the mountain which overhangs
he ruins of the old chateau. j
The people of Baden having re- .
Overed from their revolutionary a
'anderings, and corrected by rough a
Experience, are making their prepe- y
atoms to honor in a proper manner c