The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-01-27

h'ohtese ionght as they fought at the Tchernaya
with the greatest bravery. Charles Albert ana
OF the fight aud the old marshal for the last time
| led on his Anstrians. At seven o'clock in tbs
evening the king still fingered on the field In the
hopes OF retrieving the fortunes of the day The
fauburgs of Novara were taken by the Austrians
| at the point of the bayonet. General Durando
seized Charles Albert and removed him from
post of danger. " Let me die, General" said the
broken hearted monarch, my task is dohe-
lie aodicated that night In favor OF Victor Emanu
| ell, the present king and died shortly afterwards
In foreign land. This short and brilliant cam
paign, which lasted only one week added A fresh
iustre to the honors Of the Marshal. The young
emperor, xi,,e, Francis Joseph, sent the Archduke,
William OF Austria, to Milan expressly to thank
Golden Fleece. y '"'
An attempt at insurrection was made at Milan in
feDruary, leos. Radetzsky put it down with a hand
OF IRON, and confiscated the property of those
who had become Sandman subjects This ras nat
only unwise but illegal.
In stature Radetzky was below thu middle
melent, WIN broad shoulders and clear piercing
eye; he possessed that peculiar attraction attribu
tea to Frederick the Great and TO NapoIeon
among hundred officers, though simply dressed
10 ma, gray surtout, Radetzky wouli command the
GH eo'ioh @ OF an. The statue in bronze at the
Great Exhibition of 1851 is an excellent likeness
OF him in his Goth year
:, Kadetzky was married in 1867 to the Countess
r,anhy strassoldo, by whom he had five sons and
H"HehsSie. VI tDeSe only and
daughter survive him. Ills sou ia s,afr o,f,csr ;n
the Austrian service-his daughter Il married 70
Count Wenkhein " 'iio" ~
Death OF Reschid Pmcha.
dispatches from Constantinople announce IN.
Death OF Reschid Pacha. Grand yizier of Tnrkev
Tue death occurred on Wednesday morniro Jan
oth aud was the result of a tbree davs, ;i,nas
which mad seemed, until death was Imminent 70
be OF but slight Importance. "
. heschid Facha was one of the most eminent no
"a r. nf4 41..a
born in 1sU2. lie was twice ambassador ~ .bS
b western Powers and has held several times tho
appointments Of Grand Vizier and Mnister Co.
Foreign Affairs. His successive administrators
nave been series of struggles to realize the Tan
zimat; but it must be owned that in This ba has
only very imperfectly succeeded His f,rsign MI
ICY has been directed above all things to the nain
tenance of peace He not in power when
Prince Menshikoff visited Constantjnople. INT
when the Russian envoy presented to the SpItar
dlsgraceful convention, the sovereign appears
to have felt that the time was come 10 nsta an
END OF the intrgues which had excluded his ablest
servant from power; and Reschd Pacha was again
called to direct the affairs of the empire In the
spring OF 1858 he again lost Office STILL however
exercising an influence OH the Government Re
schId Pacha was we'll yersed in history French
and logic; very much attached to Europeans and
ever ready to attend to thoir suggestions. lie was
very moral man, discOuntenauced the Turkish
habit OF keeping harem, and was the husband of
one wife, by whom he had a family. His chief
FAULT was, that he was too mild aud tender-heart-
ed; and not sufficiently energetic for the TRYING
times i'll which he lived, and the reckless aiven-
turers that ever surround the court. He was of
middle stature, had handsome countenance
good eyes, and fine head.
The Actress Rae achel-Interestinp
Biographical Sketches.
letter from Paris, dated January 5th, con-
tains the following interesting biographical no.
,ice of the great tragedenne, MdlIe Rachel
I,,ta
ing the death near Cannes, of the great actress
Rachel, on Sunday night ut II O'Clock. The year
loJo has scarcely commenced. and already it has
carried on the greatest theatrical artist of modern
times. Mile. Rachel was born in March. 1920 at
the little swiss village of Munf, during one O the
professional tours of her parents, who were Jew
hawkers named Felix, gaining livelihood by pc
riodically visiting various towns i'm Germany and
Switzerland. The family at last settled in LYONS
and in 1870 came to reside in Paris Sarah the
eldest girl was accustomed t. sing mt the yarions
ctDes, to the accompaniment of an old guitar
whlle little Rachel went from table TO table col
Letting the offerings of the kindly disposed
1t Ii said that on one of these occasions the lit
tie waaderers attracted the notice of NJ Choron
the founder OF the institution for the study of Sa
cred Music, and he made arrangements for admit
ting them among his YuPils, taking charge more
particularly of Rachel. Mile Rachel seams pot
to have appeared prominently before the public
until the 18th OF June, lS32 when she performed
Camille in Les HDraceS at the Theatre Frarcais
her engagement at the Gymuase having been dis
solved by mutual consent. Shenllad for some
months been studying under Samson. who aIways
predicted her great success.
The Partisan critics were startled by her nower
iul acting and the originality of her conceptions
and, above all, by a certain concentrated power OF
expression which thrilled to the very soul of the
nearer. In the winter of that year she also ner.
formed the parts of Emelie in Ciuua AmeDaide in
Tancrede Eryphe. in IphigeDie, and Momme in
Mithrldate. 1t was afterwards that she added
Roxane in BajaZet, Pauline in Polyeucte and the
chief part in Phedre. Her popularity spraug to
its highest point almost iustantaneously and no
better proof can be adduced of the fact than the
circumstance of her salary, which was 4O0Of the
frst year, being 200OcS in the second In after
years her income varied from SOC, ,U00f to 4O00orf
according to the number of representations which
she gave during her annual coItgs-in her case of
several months duration. Mile. Rachel, in the
course OF time extended her repertoire by the rep
resentation of parts in modern works and attract.
ed crowded audiences by her performance in Mile
de Belle Isle, Adrieune Lecouvreur, Louise de Lip
ncrolles, Lady Tartuile &c. Up to her very last
season she continued to study regularly and
strong proof of her progress was to be found in
the successive changes and very decided improve
ment which took place in her enactment of the
part OF Phedre, always, no doubt, great perform
ance, but in latter years beyond ho comparison
finer aud more finished representation than it was
when first attempted Never of q strong constitu-
ton, Nile. Rachel gradually found the arduous la
hor Of her profession affect her health and at last
it led to the illness which has now cut off thi,
great actress, so prematurely, i'll the 37th year of
her age.
The following is from the London Times:
Her first appearances in public as an actress was
in April 1887, at the Gymnase, when she PLAYED in
piece called La Jendeenne, without making aDy
particular sensation. 1t is from her performance
of Camille at the Theatre Francais. on the 24tb
June. 1883. that her European reputation is to be
dated and to the eud this character has remained
the most celebrated in her repertoire. The mere
reader of the tragedy will, indeed, regard the Ro
man father as the principal parsonage in Les Ito
races, and look upon Camille as a comparatively
minor part. But to those who have seen Mile. Ra
chel, and know how elaborate a superstructure she
raised on the small Foundation afforded by the po-
ct, Camille is the character with which she will al
ways seem identified, notwithstanding the supe
rior grandeur of her Phedre A series of charac
ters, esteemed of the highest rank by the critics
and annaists of the old French repertoire, followed
Immediately upon Camille, and before the season
of 1888 ended, she had attained reputation
rarely gained upon the modern stage. Notwith-
standing the value of tradition, the classical ira
gedy, which during tho last century was regarded
as a national glory, has now but slight hold on the
French mind, save when it becomes a vehicle for
the display of an exceptional talent. Such "A tai
ont was found in Mademoiselle Rachel, and the old
tragedies remained on the French stage rs her ex-
elusive property. Sewplays were. indeed written
with the view to illustration by her genius, and
Derhaps the l1diTeEae lie tourrCNr of VI. Scribe
the work in which she drew the most money to the
treasury of the ST. James's Theatre. Nevertheless
her impersonations Of the old classical characters
will retain tho longest hold on the memory, and
that wondrous combination of the highest finish
with every appearance Of athorough abandonment
TO the passion Of the moment will for years be
looked upon as n marvel to which few artists could
offer even q proximate comparison. The Greek
heroines Of the play book seemed artificial courtly
creatures decked out in attire; but animated
by Mademosele Rachel. they became intensely
natural figures, inspired by those strongly defined
emotions that are so conspicuous in the mythical
personages of antique Helas.
Although of late years her London performan-
ces confined TO the Ct. James's Theatre,
where her engagement usually followed a series of
French vandevilles, her first appearance. which
was in 1850, took place at Her Majesty's Theatre.
However, i.er permanent position regular Lon-
don "Star," began at the more western establish
ment.
After her last engagement in this country
i'll. 60 LII in ti.. lSss nil tLak