The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-02-25

fEAALs soIhishs-As tue imperial Court oil
Paris, on the I'D ult, the case of one Hsrrewegan
formerly ecorporaI In the Belgian army was call
ed on. present. cried tall. masculine woman
rising. "What are youa" asked the president. aAn
old soldier said she. IAN old soldier! You mean
| o course q csntinieret" "No, sir, was frat A
private soldier. afterwards a corporal io the l2s
Regiment Of Belgium, and have gained the deco
ration of the Iron Cross for dissing gushed servi-
ces" Her advocate then explained that in 1880.
being married to q Belgian sergeant, whose reg-
iment was In the citadel Of Antwerp, she In order
TO enter the citadel. into which strangers were
not admitted, disguised herself as a man and en- &.
listed for two years She served so we'll that she
was made corporal Some time after the revo.
lution, her regiment, having goue over to the
popular side, was sent 70 attack house at Ber-
chem, in which seine Dutch troops had FABRICATED
themselves; and she, In heavy fire, aud in spite
OF the hesitation of her comrades, beat down the
door with the bntt end-of her musket, whereby
the house was carried.
/ On another occasion, at I.ouvain. ia the midst Of
combsta a large barrel Of gunpowder accidentally
exploded, woRHaing several men; all the soldiers
near fled in dismay, bnt she proceeded with the
greatest oam 70 af 1rd relief to the wounded: after
this affair she made her sex known, and the King
OF the Belgians conferred on her the Iron Cross
she subsequently serve1 for some years canti-
mere, aud obtained small pension. The advocate
then went on to say that on the death Of her hus-
band, which took place some years ago, she mar
ried poor workman residing ir Paris. Lately
she and her husband fell into distress, aud the
latter became infrm. To give him relief she
sometime ago stolesa purse from a lady In an
omnibus. Detected in Che act aud with the purse
on her, she condemned to years imprison
msnt by the tribunal of correctional police 1t
was against the condemnation that she appealed
But the court, though i: listened with great in.
terest to the tale of the womau's life, was obliged
to confirm the previous judgment.
TIE L9oUsT PLAGUE IN 1S59.-A letter in the Ma.
tiona Inteligencer says that the Iocusts will ap.
pear during the approaching spring in seven dis.
tric,s Of the country. He names the localities as
follows
lst IN the whole Valley of Virginia. from near
ths top of the Blns Ridge Mountain on the the
potomac river on the north. 20 the tennessee ana
North Carolina lines on the south. snd several
ties on the west. They will probably occupy a on-
sic erable portion of both North Carolina and en-
nessee, overlapping other districts ID In North
Carolina. from Raleigh to Petersburg, Virginia, and
county, Mary land, the southern part Of the county.
occupying about oua-halt the county. 4th In
and Countess Tbs abops a1e m Of tb
northern tribe seventeen years locssts ard Ill
commence emerging from aoont the 5th to the 18th
ton and adjacent coanties. 9Th In Tennessee in
TIE Lorthern middle part. 7Ih In Mississippi. in
on bac koone." that runs north and south about
forty-ive miles from the Mississippi river to this
eastern boundary of the State, and probably ex
tending te tho States on the east.
TIE three last districts belong to the southern
tribe, or thirteen years. locus.s. They will begin
TO emerge about the 20th of April in the extreme
southern district in Mississippi to the 5th of May
iu Georgia
VIcToRIA's GRANDcHILD.-The English are making
a great fuss over the birth of son to the Princess
Frederick William of Prussia. We give the fol-
lowing from London flies as the latest inteli-
gence respecting the important event:
letter from Berlin says that the infant Prince
is most robust and wall made. letter in The Nord
from Berlin, dated the 2s.h says: "Esrly this
moranS (, Prince Frederick William assem bed the
servants of his household and showed them his in
| fa;-. son whom he held in his arms. | have eeen
workmen and poor women hurry ing from the nest
distant quarters of the city. sn{ the peasants
| Princess is progressing. The bulletins. signed by
the doctors. are read and copied with incredible
| are siving way 10 the most ardent enthusiasm. a
committee il s said, will be formed TO for
all poor children born Yesterday in Prussia, the
| snE of two hundred and fifty thalers on reaching
| their oath year. There viii be another grand ilu
minaton and sereDsdn. with torches, when the
churcking of the august Princes takes pace There
also to be court etes popular etes and in fact
| everything is fese-and for the moment politics
are forgotten" dispatches have been sent of to
interesting event. Her Majesty and the prince Con
| sort ars constantly receiving messages of congra
convey ed to the castle on Friday afternoon incu
| ding one from the Emperor and Empress CT the
French.
AMERICAN INTERESTS IN EASTERN BUssIA.--Recent
aigices from Eastern Asia indicate that prospe
trade is likely soon to spring up between the
United States au3 AAoor river. From informe.
ton lately received at the Department Of State il
sently passed through st Patersbnrgh their way
to amtH-g and London. from the Amoor river
where they had for two years been transacting bu
siEess, and whence they had come direct by land
through Siberia. They report having been receiv-
q with great kindness by the authorities of that
distant region. who had afforded them frse trans
p, rtatiou up the Amoor river in government Yes
sells the distance OF three thousand rerstS-abOut
two Thousand miles. Merchandise had been carried
capital of Siberia AS general rule, goods can
only be imported duty free. by foreigners. up tc
the mouth Of the AMOR: If carried pp The river
by foreigners duties will be levied. Foreigners
not allowed to travel or pass through Siheria IN
any direction it being regarded as province m
Ger strict military government and held ss for
treSS would be. The exception made in the case o
the two citizens OF the United Staes above alluded
to- owing it is alIeGed 10 the desire OF the GOV
ernorgene TO be liberal to Americans The only
foreigner ever known to pass through that region
before since Russia has held jurisdiction it. il
Nj. Collins. the commercial agent Of the United
| states On the Amoof.
| TnE SPANISH ARMY AND Notwithstanding to {
decree just issued, the effective force of the Span.
sh army for 1859 will be s., coo men, larger mum
her than was desired, bnt which, according to tn,
| Spanish journals was deemed necessary on account
| of the appearance of Cuban and Mexican affairs -
| lt ia intended So soon as practicable TO reduce
| the standing army to 5000 men. The navy o
| Spain during the year 1859 will be composed o
seventy vesse!s--among them thirty-three pad
| die and twelve screw steamers. IL is also con-
| tempa.ed to engage in the service l3S vessels o
war OF an Inferior class, gunboats. and SO forth.
The marine force for 1853 will be $500 meu.--Bos
| ton Courier.
| AN OssIFIED MAg.--Tbe Rayeana (0hiol Journal
| mentions the case ofa man. Valentine Perkins
whose body is gradually changing into stone. 1
began at the age of eleven. His jaws have been Sc
aud motionless for thirty years. and his front teeti