The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-18

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The eighth volume Of he H;..,.
Modern States which contains -
tory Of England from The conr,' =: n's.
peace ins101t to the death Fl 60. "
W., has Just appeared ID Ls;ps;c
4 cslllols periodical i about TN.
published q Brussels. Itistr hscs,,os
!" La ChroniQus Seandaleuse" : reco.;
Of ali truths that are not GOOD il ~.
told Pit is to be adorned bv "r;a;..'
Ions Or compromising autoeranhrr "a
will give IN index Of all the bools r ru
Inhibited in France, with the reason nv
u. Emile Dc Girardin, the we'll tnov,
political writer, is seemingly amh;t;on.
Of success in another walk Of liter.tn,s
He has been reading play Of his own
composition to the Committee Of thu
Theatre N.1 9 The title is said to BE-
lie Suppl dune Femme" and ths
piece was received With great favor.
NJ Guillemin, the publisher Of tho
journal des Economistes, founded nv
him in 1871, and Of other important
works on political economy and social
science, died suddenly at Paris on the
10th instant Of disease Of the heart. His
Dictionnajre du Commerce" published
originally in 1886, has been several times
| reprinted, as has also his Dictionary Of
Political Economy" He was buried At
Pere-la-C haise.
Jules Gerard, the famous lionkiller
has been drowned in attempting to cross
the river Jong, in Africa. He was born
of poor parents, at PiGnan, Var, juno
IA, 1917, so that he Was in his forty.
eighth year. Gerard was fond Of sport
from his youth; at ten he chased cats and
| monkeys: at sixteen he carried rife
and was q bit Of apugilist He was a
volunteer for the Algerian campaign in
1841. and commenced the life Of adveu.
lures which has been terminated in so
untimely manner. He describes, in his
we'll known work tie Tueur dc Lionsn
/ QS57 and 1859, how it came to pass that
poor dwarf Of a creature like him ven.
turcd to declare war against the giant Of
the woods" one against enc; chance
for chance; God alone being witness
Of the fight" Not long after his arrival
| ct Bona he heard of the terrible lion Of
the Archiona, which had committed un>
heard-of devastatiohs among villagers
and troops alike. Said Gerard magnani.
: mously, "If it .pleases God, I'who am
. not an Arab, Will kill the lion, and he
shall not devour you any more" His
heart. he tells us, bounded for joy at the
coming fight. 'sSoon this all-powerful
lord, the terror Of the countFy, will bite
the dust under the ball Of 4 dog Of :
Christian" The villagers were incre-
dulous, and minated to Jules that.
: il, he killed the lion, they would kiss
his feet aud become his slaves
meanwhile tney would mind their own
business. OF the twenty-iiv lions which
have fallen victims to Gerards rife We
are told the appalling stories Of "El
Haib," the lame one, 9lsas Bon Acherin.
Radiel. the murderer Of twenty men
the lion Of Kron Mega. tho lion Of lejel
Amar, the lion Of Xsrsxsr, the lioness d
Ell Hanout, &C. He wss called by thu
!, Arabs :. The Terrible Frank" The
: Due d Anmale had given him q brace d
pistols, and on his return to France, IL
lS47, he had an interview with tn
!, Duchess Of Orleans and the youthful
Count de Paris, who, unsolicited, leftth'
room for FIVE minutes, and returning sait
artlessly, = These villain beasts will 6n
!, ish you one day. A good hunter mus
be good soldier. You must be pre-
. served to the army. Accept these pistol
y to preserve you" In 1866, Gerard n
!: turned once more To France with th
9 rank of sub. lieutenant, and received u
9 decoration Of the Legion Of Honor. y
= had within the last year or two LEI
S France on another expedition into Afrs
= and no has unfortunately persisted in ID
9 course Of it by : Sad accident. :.
81 The London journals announce n
3 decease Of Mrs. Carmichael Smyth, II
2, mother Of. the late Mr.. Thackeray. HI
9 first husband, Richmond Thackcrsy, th
"a great humorist's father, died ct Calcuta
!, in 1916, when his son, William MAX
!. peace, WAS just four years old. "
= Theodore Taylor, in speaking OF u
y. youthful Thackeray, remarks that I'm
y son, after remaining in India for some TN
= with his widowed mother, finally bse
8 adieu forever 10 that country, and vi
:. brought to England in 1917. His u
g thcr. who had married Major Carrniehs
20 Smith. still survives lady Of nc'
y than eighty years u 1ga whcsc visss.s..
= health and cheerful Spirits ore PROVERBS
y in her sons amily. Since the decea
q. - l~.<cc-s kn~ns,nr NJ, U,,n 9th has N