Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-11-04

necessity DO followed b. the undergraduates Of ths resist
ing SEQ lon and a. NJ Lnooln 10 committed 70 M
continuance Of this useless and obj less war; media
ton will be not only vice and humane measure, Du
will rveu be acceptable 10 Mr.. Lincoln IN helping hin
out of an impossible position.
The French Government has just sent 70 hexce
q scientific commission, composed OF the Aobe Bras
seur do Bourbourg the architect n hshedn, and twe
civil engineers 70 take typographical maps sud TO OF
anime into the mineral and agricultural resources oi
Lower California Sonora and the chain Of the Sierra
Madre mountains down to the City of Mexico. IL 10
well known fact that among the leading men OF Iranoe
there 10 an immense longing after the mining territory
mentioned shove, and It would not be curious II the
French Government we're arranging BY some means or
other to squat" In that territory.
A French poet, N. Theodore de BAnville, who
writes weekly gosslpng JsuilstoH for the Prssss,
coses his last article as follows;
"The marriage Of n DErlaDger with Mdlle. Matilda
Sde drew together, at the Church Of Saint Peter, In
the Rue Ohailott all the best enod and AnerioIn so
oety, sDd the American uniforms shone brilliantly
among the black coats decorated pth ali the Orders oil
Earope, in the humble church, which too sms tor
such ceremony. Toe toilet OF the brids-a robe OF
Nhite satin, large veil of tulle, light crown Of
flowers passing the forehead and bouquet oftke
same wers at the waist, around the neck simple and
magnificent dentee, attached BY emerald encircled
With diamonds-atracted general admiration, Is
also the young and fresh parure OF Mdlle. Rosno S
DELL who, accompanied by her young brother, took up
the collection. In the audiences, the American ladies
sustained the comparison with all that Paris has Of ele
gance and beauty In the femenne world 90 that our
great poet Hugo will longer dare 10 say az America:
'Peupe peine, ebsuobe nation de hssard,
Sans tge, sans passs, sans historic ct sans art
But when he these two terrible lines the Ameri.
cans had only produced Steamboats, switer than the
arrow and red spider wagonP. The melancholy and
sublime EdgaRPJ had yet given Us those won der.
fu tales which revealed 10 usa ecstatc e those
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chords of our souls. Nov tnss his volumes have be-
come for eaen Of atl fiy loved and faithfully read
friend. no one cin longer oeny the poetry winch u
New World gives In the encnanIment Of s forests
and rivers. Ergr Poe has In himself power Of emo
tion equal perhaps, 70 that OF Shakespeare, and II
America had but Lin she would stin be rich"
/: said that the nee steamers of the Ffer Oh Linz
between Havre and New York have been recogn ID 90
not up 70 the mark Ct the contract either in speed or
in comfort and that when other larger and swsr YES
sells are eompled the present viii be transferred
70 the West India rou:e
The new minister 70 Washington "a epoken of A
man OF talent; and being new IN 90 high position will
undoubtedly try 10 make Trends and 10 create for bin.
self good SOCIAL posi- Ion. There is one maid
however, in connection with this appoin ment which
ought not 10 be overlooked The diplomaivsy stem o.
France Is so organz'd that promotions in the corps
made with almost as much regularity In the army
20 that the promotion Of the Marquis do Onateaurenaro
from the iDsignhcant court OF the Duohy Of Hesse,
(which Dnchy 10 snous equivalent in iorAl impor
lance 10 Westminster county 70 the important RspGb
can Court OF Washington, matter what may be the
talent or aptitude Of the man. |, indication here to
US that the Enperor's Government does not Get any
great mpo tAnce on is present relations with the I'M.
ted States
hear from reliable source that Q een Vo oria haa
been to see the Davenport Brothers and has appoint
ed trial of their spIr.u dark lantern jugelsry game,
at Windsor Castle. She has gone quite dais with spir
i'u ilSn, and these imposers have promised 70 bring
pack Prince Albert to This world for an hour 10 the ,ery
room where no died, They have promised, moreover,
am told, to not only allow the QIeen 70 have con-
versa!on with him, but to actually touch him. A
their performances are conducted In the dark, the,
Hil no doubt sucosed in carrying The dslusion-
PfAy, what are the guardians of poor Iesn ab5u
70 permit such CRIMINAL mposiuie 20 b. a,ticsd OIL
one who isLagsadJ far tie road 10 lunacl Such al
Arrant imposluse l melancholy exhibition Of bumaL
Hehkneas and folly.