Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1861-03-12
GREAT PERsoNAGEs.
SOMETHING OF LORD PALNERSTON, NAPOLEON
AND THE EMPRESS, COUNT CAVOUR, bull
WEIR, GARIBALDI, AND LORD BACON. -

LORD PALMKKsroS's ENDURANCE, ACTIVITY AND INDUS
TRY.
Lord Palmerston in his seventy fifth year, is unaect-
ed by the weather. During the summer he Is accustom.
ed to leave the House of Commons after its rising, ana
walk home to his house in Pccadly at one, two three,
and even four o'clock in the morning-wh all the cares
of the state on his back and all the salient points oil the
night and the mornings discussion in his head during
the winter he is here, there everywhere dschargng ne
duties which belong to his sation-now ecturing the
farmer on improved modes oil culture, now giving au-
vice to the farmers aboreTs how they may rise IN the
world OIL nine shings per week, and now dscourslng,
rowell in hand the blessings OF education when lay
ing the foundation of literary institution,
which benevolent gentlemen, out OF his ioeraity, mas
bequeathed to a rising seaport in the south.
THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
| PARIS JAN 49, lS6l.-The local excitement OF the
moment is the skating in the Bots de Bologne. Three
weeks of a temperature Of ten degrees below freezing
point has furnished the ice for this carnival OF the skaters
we do not pretend to rival the of the Serpentine
at London where the daily report OF pleasure Is lOO0Oo
skaters 20 killed 300 broken limbs and 200 damaged
heads. Nor have we anything like the night torchhght
scenes the express skating tran, the orchesras Tue
quadrles humane society TO save the browning Anu
| dress the wounds of the broken and manned. But we
have instead daily exhibition OF royalty on SKATES
Emperor and Empress the Count and Countess de NOR
nv and in fact, all the Court people young enough 70
indulge in this kind Of exercise, are on the Ice every IL
| ternoon. e...
The EMPEROR, who is good skater, even at httytwo
wears Of aga man is young" in this country yon
know till sixty-hes about through the crowd OF shaerS
as uumolesed any other private gentleman. Inc tl
press who is not skater and VINO eommenceu ner lce
avarcises in a handsome hand.sed with golden runners
has t last been induced try the skates and made her
1e5,a in a short Russian costume which exposed her
handsome feet and legs and set OIL her person 10 great
advantage Her Majesty got along very well Tor hFst
atempt she was led by the hand by several gentlemen
in her first movements-among the rest, Mr. Stevens the
well known Belgian artist and one OF the crack skaters
had the honor of conducting her Meesy. Several Amer
lean ladies have appeared skates but ice Is 50 rare AT
Paris that skating is not regarded as an amusement Tor
the feminnes. Tae initiative OF the Empress Will per-
haps give 1t vogue iot Gny future occasions that may
present
A PORTRAIT OF COUNT CAyoUR.
Count Cavour has so far recovered from his late attack
as to be able to leave his bed and bedroom, and is ex
pec,ed to transact business in his manifold Offices this
very morning His late complaint for which he has been
| twice bed was happily, not of the apopetic nature
which had somewhat alarmed his friends on former occa-
sions II was merely Inflammation Of the digestive
organs There is no doubt however, that bis strong
health threatens give way before his intense SAINT
occupation strong appetite, sus.oac living pethorc
| habits and want of bodily exefcise. lie 10 always Up
and a. work at five O'Clock in the morning. From nire
10 hapas; sl4 in tie afternoon Re directs all the busl-
ne5, in his departments, ana takes general survey
Of those Of n,s more helpless colleagues. Then follows
dinner his only meal believe In tbo tWeny'four hour,
and am told of the hgntest. lie uses no carriage,
bu walk from his private residence in the Via CaVcur to
the ministerial offices in the Pazzo Castillo but poor "a
,xation Sometimes hive met with him walking GU side
the porticoe along the Via 81 Eo,esIoenuy o prea OF
air hut he has accustomed tie world to too constant de.
nerdcncy on his master mind to allow himself the irdu-
gence even of quarter OF an hours constitutional The
activity of the mans mind s unreasonable He ne.ecls
nothing forgets nothing; no scheme OF policy or dpio'
macy is too hz cgn detail or particular IS TOO COM
nOpplace for him. lie has an eye for ever tnng, he
trusts few men, aud these generally obscure but able in
! diyduals of his choice and creation lie writes
most of his letters with his own band lie writes plain
and distnet round FreLch hand with lines wide apart
& hand OF Which strength and decision would not on
first Inspection to be tue iGOst obvious Character
iscs French Photographic likeness lately published
by Nargi CONVEYS the very mind and soul OF this great
est of living statesmen. whole volume might be writ
ten about the e4p.egs,2 lurking beneath every line OF
the half good homored!y, h?H sarc@stlc2ly smiling
mouth is the smile of the man who has early found
on. how little wisdom it takes to govern the world,
and VII )e notie heart has prompted him TO rule over 1t
tor IL own greatest advantage. May is hand long con
t1ae rmir % Weld the destinles oil his country-1EriH
Correspondence ct he Isps'.
BULwER A An ORATOR
Bnlver AZ parliamentary speaker reserves himse II
FIR greet occasions. When the Senate deeply stirred
upon some quesIon, amor rms round the benches
thai "Rulger Lytt0n will address tne house. very
seat il filed and the listener resign themselves TO what
j. after ALL however, only Checkercd Enjoyment. The
orators seat in opposition or in Office ID on the front
b nch usual net 70 Mr. DISrseli The strang in the
gallery sees t,If hh -t,sl41ted sgure come to the
tble The face pale the e. speaking ana intelligent,
the hair abundant the head lip and chin but mel her
a-tis,icay arranged carefully tended; the attire
careless not t. gcy shabby. The features are emueny
arstocratc and intellectual. me harry cheer that
gr.e;s him succeeded byrespettc silence and Grained
attention the for which Is soon seen. Nature,
a bouuiful to nan S.-tocal CUTS, has denied him
tho faculty of clear aud distinct gtterance. SOW you
miss word then sentence. Sometimes those around
him catch happy aluson, which Is scarcely understood
by those at ghoA TIC sh~ . aimed but who are sepa'
rated from him by the Speakers table Yhethes the
defect be one of palate tongue, lips il would not
be easy 70 soy; but those who have sat opposite to
him at puoc dinners, when be hes harranGred large
audiences have found II impossible 10 FOLLOW MIN
| throughout, although citing IN front OF him ct
distance Of only five or six ieet. 10 lsten 10 bu-
yer ytton is therefore OF the most tantsang OF
or.torcal erioyments All that is heard sharpens the
zest 10 Ae-s c-e ~ carefully considered and high
y elevated an GRAFTON you would Lot Willingly rss one
Ecrd In moments Of ve1aLion, in which admiration is
| largely .ntelmingled, you ask yourself whether
Dano-heuic rGglent of yeLbe5 ought not
TO have been prescribed for the Young Politician If
any is heard Wig rot all The siuge: who bites bis
words is made 10 practice With cora 5eNeea hls ups
Why are narticala;e sounds provOngiy mixed up by
| tbis orator with audible words of weight and wisdom
which give US pause" when they do not carry con-
y;cfon is pesrls confirm YOU IN the belief that this
versatile genius nsVer thought |. vGFtU H. Mile 70 %
through the drudgaTy OF preparatsn foT parliamentary
end pocal life. lie often gestculates With bis spne
makes low salaams to the door, and will neither learn
grace ,rou .7aeli nor dignity from Gladstone. Yet
all these defect are swallowed ~ - ,s: IN TIE neas-
ure which his brilliant saiieG Snd pointed aeesdegns
; produce.
TIsIr TO GARIBALDT.
Mr. John hk@am, of Ga9glw Lss writt"l a letter
fom MaGdaena-the point nearest lfe island o. CepEe
radsted January 3, in which he thus describes visit
to Gariba!d 81 found this truly gsest man surrounded
by his family his brother frank HARDY captain, aud
few friends discussing freely the incidents OF the tmes
n which cunninger possibly not wiser, would have
! affected L.y-tc-v. ! was welcomed by Garbati 10
| manner which BECOMES ge.t ",a. ED nuts a plain
man ike myself at case He did honor to he good
Tho had sent me on this mission when he placed me at
eyery meal ne himself aad pointed my bed
of the two in his own room. accept tbs tGcr most
proudly and gr4tefuly-prde in The country o. which
Garioala cGuiG act sneak ofen for the moral aid
sven more than tue matesi astsucr which It he'd rem
dered to Italy and with gratitude to my cogntrymen
WHO had sent he wit their assurance Of their abdngn
terest in him and bis country In .he coming crisis
"See ne that he deeply engaged with his immense
monthly receipt of letters, left him with his two secre
ts.ies 10 take quct survey OF his island home And
as you are aware CT the aprrehGns entertained in
Britain to any sudden attack on him. scrambled up
the highest dividing ridges to whether facilities e
listed for his enemies from the opposite coast The PEG
pie here laugh the idea OF any body of men being
found daring enough to attack him in 'front.' and By any
other way would take body of men hours to work
their way, even in daylight, over the granite rocks
which, seaworn and honey combed to their very SUBMITS
are evidently OF volcanic origin. lcrng the day the