The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-12-01


scenvs NJ Zurich dsrIns '"s
ference.
A correspondent OF '"e Do
"a follows from Parts ., =. -.
4 S.sens5 OF my own, who renamed Al Au-
r..n ssr,ns tho whole time OF the conferences,
has given me some cSrisns spen, their
ssrc. In ,l,a, place, while all Europe was
s,sasins on tiptoc eadeavoring Ia eatcn
~ssun,,se of what was going forward peh.ha
IL. aryat curtains OF the great room on the
ars. aoor looking over the lake Zaricn ~
Charming pla e, and, upon the poor plea tust
life il short for all men, and no man Knows
how short IL may he for MN Ia paFacuI1s,
the puritaaical. looking 1.-THE town has man.
assd 10 assemble withia its walls surprising
nn,nt.r OF enjoyments in respect 10 Its size,
the q uality of which, moreover, Is quite as re-
nnarkable in the same respect as IS the quaint.
" The dipiomates owed to the time-honored
custom Of Zurich the reproach they incurred
during the whole time of their stay in the
aown--that Of rising so late that they were
never visible in the gardens Of the Bauer unlii
nearly IL o'clock each day. Breakfast was
served TO each. then \ stroll in the beTse peioIe
the hotel. A half hours SaaeTis 10 see ,ns
steamers pass, with their gay banners ane
lively music, and, at about TWO, 'aa.s y
BY asa usher was delivered verbally 10 t"o "a
the dipiomates in turn. 10 apprise them 'n''
the third was ready 10 receive ineni'
whsxapassed M these conferences. none can
tell what did not-ali the Worn xmo"s.
has been said OF the interview OF Nliiairanca
tina. nc witness was there 10 bear testimony OF
the treason, save the bunch OF roses on the Ia
bis. so OF the Conference at the Bauer, II may
be said that no witnesses were admitted but
the divers pacquets of cigars, which, placed on
the table at the beginning OF the interviews,
had totally disappeared by the time IL was over
the ends having hown, stu aiighl through
the window, upon the heads OF the expectant
rams,as below Unlike the ltaiians--ihe Swiss
are conservative in their habits-the roses oil
Vli.afranca were thrown into the gntter-the
cigars of the Bauer at Zurich were eagerly
gathered up and made AN object OF brisk traffic
ON market DAYS, when they were all sold as
soarsairs of the greatevent, to amateurs, at "A
very smart price. The conference generally
ended each day with the bundle OF cigars,
and then began the stroll in the gardens-M.
Desambrois walking before with Colioredo,
no. exactly arm-in-arm, but very close. ana
The Preach envoy following behind. IL WAS
then that the eagerness OF the towntolk began,
and il seemed 10 furnish vast amusement 10
the subjects of All these spPcuiatons to behold
the immense empreSsBasaf with which the
whole population of the city walked in their
footsteps The day was thus dragged through,
aud AZ night the uiplomateS laid down, CRATE
full to A benign Providence which had suffered
the sun again TO set without another step nav
ing been made towards the solution of the ltal-
ian difficulty, and the hope of its rising once
more to mountain herbs. blue ribbons, inno-
cence and flower girls, 10 bless their waking
In spite, however, of all this outward quiet
and simplicity, poor Colloredo has left his
skid, as the French say. al LuricH SO great mas
been the tension of mind required, so i'm
lnense the circumspection aud discretion al
ways on the stretch to prevent the possibility
of suffering the secret motive for which each
diplomatic WAS working to escape and become
perceptible To the other. But, once left Zu-
rich the business there done must have seemed
% child's play, for sooner are the uIplomateS
loosed abro ad than the hardest is exacted OF
them. The racing By railway and by steam
boat, the late watchiugs and early risings,
form a most sad contrast 10 the pleasant pas
torai life at Zurich and make them regret ii
all the more. Desambrois has been made to
flash like lightning from Turin 10 Paris.
thence like 4 bullet to London, back again to
Turin, thence 10 Florence in almost as little
time as il would have taken him at Zurich 10
demolsh the bundle of cigars or TO take his
turn upon the tsrgs 10 watch the little steam
ers. CDloredo's substitute in Paris, Count
Lowenthal, has made three Journeys to Wen
ma in the last seven weeks. The result is an
apopiectie : which seized him Tuesday
night as he as III deep coaversation about the
eligibility of the Congress being held at Brus-
seis. He is now better, aad attributes the seiz-
ure TO the badness of the cigars aad the sudden
change OF the weather from the mild tempera.
ture of autumn 10 the cold OF winter; but tlis
doctor shakes his head, an, bids him hold his
tongue and go and seek rest for d. while, in thu
country, if possible