The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-02-08

amuSementS, TO avert n tioiebs V~AOi Coz "
incurable madness. "a
The London News then proceeds to eulo.
gise, as follows, the lovely Eugene: The
French Empress does what she can She
graces her husband decisions by her SMILES
aud his movements by her person. Her visible
emotion raises enthusiasmin the soldiers, and
she expects her visitors to make lint while
they stay in her presence-she herself setting
the example"
Wonderful and most gracious lady Dis
pensing smiles and lint However, we are
inclined to think highly of Eugene. We
formed an exalted opinion of her at the time
she married Louis Napoleon. That opinion
was based upon the statements of the Eng
fish press, which were then infinitely more
abusive of her than they are now of the
Czarina, and intimated pretty broadly that
she was not altogether Diana. Remember
ing the accounts which the same press gave
of Josephine, we instantly concluded that
Eugene was an excellent woman, and in
every way worthy of a better fate than to be
The wife of Louis Napoleon. We have not
been at all shaken in our estimate of her
character, until the English press began to
praise her. The gentle Eugene has grown
brighter by their abuses let them not be-
daub her fair image with the slime of their
adulation.
And then, the London News mentions q
fourth great lady, and in all that it says of
her we agree heart and soul. This is the
young, good and beautiful English woman
| an honor to her nation and to her sex-FLoR-
| EscE NIGHTINGALE-who,l leaving ease lux
ury, friends and joys Of a home irradiated
| with the sunshine of wealth and rank, has
gone forth, at the head of band Of noble
English women, to minister to the sick, the
wounded and the dying of the Eastern war
to sit down in the crowded and pestilential
hospital, breathing its poisonous air and per
forming the most mental offices for suffering
humanity. We would not give this Florence
Nightingale for all the Queens that ever sat
on throne, and all the military cut throats
that have cursed the earth from Julius Caesar
down to that last and least of epauletted
dwarfs, that Tom Thumb of Field Marshsls,
l1UEu hdSldu. w OH uUbs lNS LO1uOu ANS"o
say of this sweet and sanity Florence, "She
is the Queen of the Queens who are concern
ed in the war; Every word true and, for
the first time in our life, thoroughgOing re-
publican that we are, We will throw up our
hat higher than any Briton of them all, and
shout, "God save the Queen !"
SEwARD'S ELECTION-So it seems, ate.
all, Seward, as announced yesterday, is re-
elected to the u S. Senate by decided ma
jority. He is hard to beat Such another
wire working, long headed, crafty politician,
is not to be found in country which has
produced some very cunning fellows in its
time. Seward is long ways ahead of Mar
tin Van Buren, in the black art, and we think
that, in contest of chicanery and intrigue,
even with Talleyrand, Metternich, or the Old
| Boy, he would not come off second best He
| has played his cards, in this election, in his
own peculiar style, not stopping at any sac
riice Of dignity, fairness, honesty, and we dare
say money, to accomplish his ends. 1t is re-
quisite for the success of all demagogues
that they should be entirely destitute of prin-
ciple, and in this qualification no man can
| approach Seward. His ambition, however,
must be either very limited in its aims, or if it
| extends to the Presidency, he can only expect
| to crafty it at the cost of the present Union.
| We do not use the language of empty me.
mace when we say that the election of VIM
Fl. Seward to the Presidency, would toll the
| death knell of this confederacy. 1t is impos-
| sible that a man of his decided sagacity
| should not understand that fact, and hence
| believing him to be as selfish as intelligent,
| we cannot comprehend what he is after, ex-
| cept the division of the Union, the formation
Of Northern confederacy, including proba-
| Canada, and his own election to the Presi-
| dency of the new non slaveholding Republic.
LECTURE IN PETERSBURG.-We cOpy from
the Intelligencer, the subjoined notice of Mr..
John 4. ThompsOn's recent Lecture in Pc
| tersburg:
John R. Thompson. Esq. the accomplished editor
of the Southern Literary Messenger. delivered leo
ture in the Hall of the Library Friday night to
crowded audience of ladies and gentlemen. His SUBJ
ject was Paris in which city he has ecently been
numerous public edhces of les people, til cir manners
customs, Ne. showed that he acute and cor.
Iect observer OF Wnat ne ssW. Ills reflections
| the character of the French Govsrnpent and his
views of the Emperor, and of the nation, were In
the highest degree interesting He spoke of the in
sttutions of that remarkable country-the police of
PariE-ths eminent localities rendered SO by historic
associations-the rslgion-the social and political
chsIasteristics-the fashiens and ampsements-aIl
these and many other topics in connection he spoke
upon with force and felicity which gave to his leo
ture perfect charm. His hearers one and all en-.
joyed In the highest degree the rich banquet which
was spread before them, and at the close of it only
regretted that their qualification could not be pro
ioneed. Mr.. Thompson is able lecturer and ..Ps.
Iis was theme TO call forth the animate ed and
imposing efforts of his genius. 1t is theisscond time
We have had the pleasure of hearing him in Librarv
last. 49, 'e WIG
Mr. BALDWIN LECTURE on Tuesday nj CHIT