The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1852-02-25

And bathe in its blissful tide;
And ore OF the joys of our Heaven shall be-
The little boy that died.
The following interesting statistics respect
ing the alimentation of the city of Paris, are
contained in letter from that capital publish
ed in the Washington Republic
The million inhabitant of Paris devour an.
nually $4,000 oxen, 25 900 cows, "a, 900 calves.
oUU,UOU sheep; it pays twelve million dollars
year for bread, three millions for cooked or
prepared meats, (sausages, &c., four millions
for cakes, pies, and sugar-plums. There are
ing to the Chamber of Commerce, upon whom
the city principally depends for its sustenance
VIZ: butchers, bakers, brewers, burners of
coffee, cooked, dried, and prepared meat sci.
lers, chocolate makers, confectioners, milk,
butter, and cheese dealers, distiIlers, mineral
water manufacturers, manufacturing groceries,
Ice-cream sellers, makes of alimentarv pre-
serves, piemen, sugar refners, makers of
pastes, concentrations, &c., for the table, and
mustard and vinegar manufacturers.
There are in the city 3,673 patrons, or mas
tiers, belonging to the seventeen trades; 113
employ ten or more workmen; 2,066 employ
from two TO ten ,494 work alone or employ
single assistant. Strange to say, the largest
establishments, those employing ten or more
workmen, are neither the sugar refiners, nor
the brewers, nor the distillers; the piemen are
the first upon the line for the number of hands
occupied. The 1878 patrons give employment
TO lO,42o work-people-7,951 men, 1894 wo-
men, and l,0S3 boys. The receipts of the ali
menters of Paris are about 230, ,000, 900 francs
year. OF this sum the butchers receive 75,-
100000, the bankers 60,000,000, the sugar re-
fners "a ,000, coo, and so on in proportion.
There are 402 cake and pie shops in Paris,
principally in the rich quarters; there are 90
upon the Boulevard alone. Their annual sale
amounts to 100000 francs, or a fifth of the
consumption of bread. The confectioners lem
tirely distinct in France from the pemen) do
business to the amount of 100000 francs q
year.
There are GOA bakers, EMPLOYING 2.646 iour
neymen. The price of bread is regulated
every fortnight by the prefect of police, accord
ing TO the price and supply of -four. No bake
ry can be established without special authori-
cation. None can be shut up without giving a
six months notice TO the municipal govern
ment. No baker must reduce, arbitrarily.
the number of his patches; his daily supply
must be regular and reliable.
There are 3S1 charculters, selling annually
sixteen million francs of beefsteak, pies. sau-
sages, pates de fois gras, stuffed fowls, game,
&c. The police regulations in regard to taint.
ed or suspected meats are severe.
The same writer thus describes the Govern
ment establishment in the environs of Paris for
cutting up and turning to account the bodies of
dead horses.
This establishment has been so successful,
and the revenue derived from it so considera-
BILE, that it is in contemplation, to erect build
ing for similar purposes in the outskirts of each h
chef lien, or shiretown, in France. The OBJ
Ject is two-fold: to prevent any i'll effects TO
the public health from the exposure of pu,ri-
flying carcasses, and to devote the remains to
really useful purposes. A distinguished che.
mist has computed the value of a dead horse,
if properly managed, to be from SIP to S22.-
The hair, weighing from three to six ounces,
is worth, according to its quality, from So to
so. The skin, which weighs from fifty to sixty
pounds, is worth from 50 so to $3.50. The
blood is worth from forty to sixty cents. The
flesh, weighing from three to four hundred
pounds, is worth for manure ,or food for other
animals, from 81 to 50. The fat sells at 10
cents pound, but the quantity is not very
great. The shoes, the hoofs, and the bones are
all worth small sums, which make up about
the amount stated above. All the worn-out
horses of the capital are brought to Montfaucon
and killed. About sixteen thousand dead and
alive are annually cut up and utilized 1t this
establishment.
Speaking of the grand State Ball given by
Louis Napoleon at the TuIleries, the letter
says:
The President was as much like Dutch.
man as ever, and il required strong imagina.
ton to suppose that any blood of the Bona
parties ran in his veins. He was dressed as COM
mander-in-chief of the army and he, less than
any other man, could expect to shine in those
brick-red pantaloons. His presence called
forth no applause nor enthusiasm, and could
not see that it produced any sensation. He
left early, and, it is said, slept in the palace.
There were five thousand persons present, and
at midnight there were thousand carriages
drawn up in the court. Five hundred Wallets
waited in the vestibule. The adjacent streets
were thickly sanded to deaden the sound of
the passing vehicles. Mounted cuirassiers
along the lines of the principal thoroughfares
reminded the inhabitants ofthe distant quarters
that there was royal fete at the Tuilleries.
Ii is roughly calculated that each guest at such
ball spends in dress, carriage hire, and in 9TH
er accessory ways, at least twenty frances
This would distribute 100000 francs, or $20,-
600, among the retail dealers ofthe city. The
ball itself cost nearly as much more. Tha. is
the direct and unique object Of these entertain-
ments, at this period to force trade, and 10
provoke hilarity.
Discovery OF CAvE.-A cave has been
discovered on the Ohio and Pennsylvania Rail-
rDad heynnd psttshurU tvhich ia fOuf feet