The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1855-05-04
Translated from The Courier Des Etats Union for
tke Dispatch


PARIS, April 5th, 1855.
Inc ingenious, the trading, the artistes,
ana all the spectators with which Paris
swarms nave pre- occupations which increase
every day, and which will make them forget
perhaps, the war and its chances.
Inese pre.oceupationS have for their oh.
ect the opening of the universal Exposition,
irrevocably fixed, in spite of the sceptic, for
the lst of May
The approach of this grand solemnity.
gives to the manufacture ofobjects ofluxury
remarkable activity
They work diligently, in order that they
may not be found unproYided, and it is in
TACT this necessity of satisfying the demands
OF their retailers which prevents Partisan in.
dustry IRON sending its products to the Ex-
position, and causes them to be excelled by
pafentees from the provinces, and from other
countries, whose deposits are arriving day
by day in greater number and in greater
haste at tho new Palace of Industry. Until
within few days, visitors were admitted to the
palace, but now they are excluded, the COM
mlSsioners having already commenced ar
ranging the various articles l canuot de-
scribe to you the activity that reigns thers
The heaps upon heaps of articles coafound
the imagination, and one cannot compl ahend
AT the sight of this ineXpressib BILE confusion
of an incessant arrival-what order can come
out of such chaos. 1t does come out, how
ever, thanks to an organization perfectly un-
derstood, and it is wonderful to SEQ with
what singular facility the CHASING of all these
treasures proceeds. All has been foreseen
and provided for, even to the danger Of fire ;
the palace has been insured to an amount
exceeding the value of the buildings and of
all the articles exposed. The valuation has
been, as one may we'll believe, made little by
little; insufficient at first, the insurance has
been augmented in manner to surpass all
previous calculations.
Paris is preparing to receive strangers, to
entertain them, to lodge them, to clothe them,
and even to fleece them. But in regard to
the last item the police will have their eyes
open, and will watch over the guests of the
Exposition with a paternal care, and those
who have been robbed may congratulate
themselves upon having been. recommend
to country persons to beware of Englshmen
Tor Americans either,) who shall offer a gui-
nea in exchange for two five franc pieces be-
cause that, in the first place, notwithstanding
the robbery, of which they will infallibly be
the victims, they will receive very little
comfort from the commissioners, who will
most likely tell them that it is because they
were SO greedy of gain themselves that they
were taken in the snare; and in the second
place, because it is shame, at this late day,
for civilized people to be ignorant of this
American style of robbery, wien for the last
thirty years, it has been described every
month by all the papers of christendom. AS
a general rule, whenever they offer you rs
per cent. abatement on anything, whatever
it may be-dinners, dress, music, tickets for
the theatre, ETC., refuse the offer,-you will
save your 75per cent. only to lose the whole.
When an ingenious (industriaD Partisan, of
the class of those who offer such abatements,
a sacrifice of IS per per cent. of the price of
his merchandise be assured that it is to gain
one hundred and fifty per cent. ON the twen-
ty.fve that he asks.
The regulation of hacks is about to under
go important notifications. These carriages
are, in Paris, a luxury which is not within the
reach of every one. They now undertake to
bring it down to the level with all fortunes.
From the first opening of the Exposition, we
shall see constantly running, four or five hun
dred of these fashionable vehicles with laced
coachmen and fine horses, which can be hired
by the hour, half hour, or even for quarter
of an hour. If my position, at present salts
factory enough for philosopher of the
school of Girard de Nerval, should not change
in the next two months, l expect to indulge
myself in q quarter of an hour of these car
riages.
The workmen are engaged at the Louvre,
the street of Rivoli, and the street Saint. .Ho-
more, are certainly assisted during the night
by legion of enchanters, for the edifces
commenced few months since are now al,
most finished.
The Louvre is rapidly disengaging itself
from its timber work, and will soon appear
in its majestic tout ensemble. The giant hotel,
RivOli is in the hands of the zinc coverers,
and all the facades of the new houses are
given up to the sculptors, who cut, shape and
polish them carefully.
1t is the statue of Francis First, which will
be placed on the pedestal of the court of the
Louvre, where l have seen already several
statues, including that of Prince of Savoy,
modelled by nj. MarOchetti, which was only
there for a short time, being on its way to or
nament some place in Turin, Genoa or Cham
berg. Francis First will be well placed in
the court of the Louvre and he has every
possible chance of remaining there always
a privilege of which o6elisks alone have had,
heretofore. the monolopy. In fact, should
we suppose, and it is not impossible that a
government should not be of lasting duration
in France, who could dream of taking Fran
cis First from the midst of the court of Lou
vre. A. B.
THE PHILADELPHIA ELECTIONS The following