The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1861-10-24
WARD SEES THE PRINCE
NAPOLEON.


ARrENUs WARD SEES THE PRINCE
NAPOLEON.
Notwithstandip haia't writ much for the
ptners OF late, nobody needn't Halter their
selves that the undersigned ~ ded. On the
gentry II still live" which words was
spoken by DaByil Webster, who was an able
man. Even old line wings OF Boston Will adj
NIT that. Webster is ded now, howseyer, ana
his mantle has probly fallen into the hands OF
some dealer in I'd hand close, who can I sell II.
ieastways nobody pears IL be g0in round
wearin il 10 any perticler extent now days.
The regiment OF whom l was karnel tineiiy
concluded they was better adapted as itolde
Guards, which accounts for your not hearin
of me ere this where the balls is tho thickest
sad where the cannon doth roar. But as an
American citizen. j shall never cease 10 adj
mire the mastery advance orr troops made on
Washnfou from Bulls Run, short time
ago. 1t was we'll dun. spoke 70 my wlie
bout it at the time My wife said it was well
dun.
IL having tliere4 bin determined 10 purtcct
Baidinsviile AT all hazards: and as there was
no apprehension of any immelit danger, 1
thought wouid go Off onto pleasure tower.
Accordingly pnt on clean billed shut ana
started for Waskinto l went there 10 see the
Prints Napoieoo, aud not 10 see the place
which viii here take occasion TO obsarve IL
about nDinterestin Il locality as there is side
4 Bavis's futer home, il ever he does die, and
where / reckon they'll make il warm for
him that he will 81 for his summer close It's
easy enough 10 see why a nam goes to the poor
house or the penitentary. les becaws he
can't help it. Bat why he shonld voluntarily
go and live in Washin ton is entirely beyond
nay comprehension, and can't say no Eirer
nor that.
pnt up TO lsadin hotel. l saw the iand-'
lord and sed, How dye do, Square ~
Fifty CENTS, sir" was his reply.
fSir p
"Haif a dollar. We charge twenty five
cents for l9uAfa Al The landlord aad fifty cents
for speakin TO him If you want supper boy
will show YOU to the dinin room for twenty
Ave cents. Your room bein in the tenth story,
1T will cost you dollar 70 be shown up
Ehere"
.'How much do yon AK a man for breathin
in this equinomikal tayurn z'' sed /
"Ten cents g breth,' was his reply.
Washinton hotels is very reasonable in
their charges fN. B.-This is S,rkassum
sent my i1eed to the Prints, and was imme-
lilly ushered before him. He received me
kindly, and axed me to sit down.
II have cum to pay nay respec.ss TO you. His
ter Napoleon, hopin l see you hale and hear
Il an quite ven,'' he sed. "Air you well,
sir?"
Sound as ascuss :" answered
He seemed TO BE- pleased with my ways and
we entered into conversation 10 cnct.
''How's LeWis?h l axed, and he fed the
Emperor was well Eugeny was likewise
well he sed. Then l aXed him WAS Lewis Il
good providerg Did he cum home arly mites;
did he perfoom her bed room 81 Il onseasona-
BILE hour with gin and tdnzy Did he go 10
riie Lodge on mites when there WASH t any
Lodge? Did he often hav a extensiv acquain-
tance among poor young widdcrs whose nus
bans WAS III Caiiforny To all of which ques-
tions the Prints perlitaiy Teplide, given me to
understand that the Emperor was behayin
well.
II Ak these questions my royal dixie. and
most noble highness and inperials. becaws
I'm anxious 10 know how he stands as Il man.
KNOW he's smart he IS cunnin, he's long ed
ded he is is depe-he is CRATE. But onless he
is good he'll come down with crash one of
these days, and the Bonyparts Will be bustid
mp agin. Bet yer Iifein
lair you preacher, sir ?" he inquired Site
Nv s1rkasticul.
mo, sir. But l bleeve in morality, | like
wise bieeye in Meetn Houses Show me IL
place where there isn't any Meetin Houses,
and where preachers ls never seen, and III
show You place Where old hats air stuffed
into broken windere, where the children air
dirty and ragged, where gates hav no hinges,
where the wimin air slip-shod, and where
maps of the devil's wild lands air pain ted
upon men shirt bosums with tobacco looce
That's what l II show YOU Let us consider
what the preachers do for us before we aboose
'em.'
He sed he didn't mean TO aboose the clergy
Not at all, and he was happy to see that
interested in the Bonypart family
"lts a great family sed L. 'But they
scooped the old man in.
'.How, sir ~
Napoleon the Grand. The Britishers
scooped HIP IN Waterloo. He wanted to 90
too much, and he did it. They scooped him
nat Waterloo, aud he subsequently, died at
St HeleEy: There's where the grea test militia
ry man the world ever produced pegged out
1t was rather hard to consine such a man as
him to ST Ueleny, 10 spend his iarst days III
catchin mackeril and waikin up and down
the dreary beach III a military cloak, drawn
tightly round him, (see pcter books;) but so it
was. He'd of the Army! Them was his larst
words So he had bin. He was CRATE! Don't
! wish We had a pair OF his old boots 10 COM
gnand some OF our brigades go
This pleased Jerome, and he took NE warm
gy by the hand.
"AliXander The Crate was punldns," ! con-
rinnered. "but Napoleon was punknser -
Ahc wept becaWs there was no more Wurlds
TO scoop, aud then took TO drinkin He
drowndid his sorrers in the howiu bole, and
the iowin bole was too much for him. 1t
genralis is. He undertook 10 give snake
exhibition in his boots, but it killed him.
That was a bad joke for Allie"
"Since you are so solicitous about France
ana the Emperor, may L ask you how your
own country is getting along?" sed Jerome,
in {. pleased voice.
"It's mixed" sed "But think we shall
cum out all right -
"Columbus, when he diskivered this mag
nifent continent could have had no idee OF
the grandeur IL would one day assoom,' sed
the Prints
at cost Columbus twenty thousand dollars
10 fit out has eAplofin' expedition" says L.
''If he had bin a sensible man he'd have put
the money III a hoEs railroad or a gass com
pany, and left this magnificent continent to
me intelligent safages, who, when they got
hold OIL good thing, knew enuff To keep il,
and who wouldn't have seeded nor rebelied
nor klboekt Liberty in the he'd with slung.
shot. Columbus wasn't much of Teller af- |
ter all. 1t would have bin money in my
pocket II he'd staid at home. Chris. ment
well, but he PIT; his foot in it when he sailed
for Americer."
We talked sum more about matters and
hhihgs, ana nj last riz to go. II will now
ray Soou Dye 10 You, noble sir and good luck
10 you. Likewise the same 10 Clotlldy AL
70, 10 the gorgeous persons which com nose
your SCOT III the Emperor's boy don like
living at the fTooleries, when he gifts older
aud would like 10 imbaIR n the show bizines
let him come with me and III II make q man OF
him. fou lind us somewhat mixed as he-
fore observed, bat come agiu next year and
yon'ii lind ne clearer nor ever. Mind what /
say. You've heard the Snowman 20
then adyisin' him 10 keep away from the
Peter Funk auctions of the East, and the pro.
prietors of corner lots IN the West, / bid him
farewell and Went away.
There Wa ieyee at Senator what 5 ais
Aame's aud thought I'd line in the festivi-
Ties for Il spell. Who should | see but she
tiilt was sarah Watkins, now the wife of our
Congresser, trippin III the dance, dressed up
10 XIII in her store close. sarah's father
used 70 keep Little grocery store ia our
town and she usUd to clerk ia it for him
IA 5'sisy tilles. / WAS rushing up 10 shake
Las.dg " Tia her, when she turned or her heel
ami tossing her i,esd III aconfeinpluoHs man
ueT, walked away fToIa me very rapid. s.iiai- |
10, Sal" / hoiIered, team ~ you IN esisure ME a
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