The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-30

the 2Sth Of October, mention the arrival
there, three days previously, Of His Ms
|jesty Sandachprea- Norodon, King Of
CamboEa, on q visit to the French Co
vernon, who had sent him "A Invitation
and placed gunboat ct his disposal for
the voyage. On the occasion Of His Ma
iesty's arrival, all the vessels in the har
Dor were decked out with flags, as was
also the Chinese town of Che len. The
gunboat was followed by His Majesty's
yacht, the Gia Dinh, on board of which
were several Of his forty wives, with their
attendants. The King wore the military
costume presented to him by the French
on the occasion of the coronation in July
last, and also the golden crown given to
him at the same time. His Majesty was
accompanied by his principal officers OF
State and his magicians, without whose
advice he never takes any important step.
Nearly all those pcrsonages were clothed
in silk robes, richly embroidered and Of
very picturesque effect.
The. Emperor Of Russia has issued an
ukase extending the abolition Of serfdom
to Transcancasia, the only province of
the Russian Empire where that institu-
ton still exists.
The railway between Stockholm and
Malmoe. o town at the south of the
Swedish peninsula, on the Sound, nearly
opposite Copenhagen, has been opened.
The capital Of Sweden IS, in consequence,
at distance of only twenty hours from
the Continent.
T.. Won Maltitz, Dutchman, of Coles
berg, in the Cape Of Good Hope, has
discovered new industry. He says he
can tame ostriches and keep them like
poultry, and has actually bred seventeen.
They want about ten acres Of grazing
land apiece, but each bird yields twenty
four feathers every six months, worth,
with the small feathers, about fl2 los.
or Eos year.
The number Of persons who emigrated
from France to foreign countries in 1858
amounted to 1926, and those to Algeria,
/, 1856, making total of 5,771. This
number is less by 1929 than in 1862.
The King of Greece has decided that
four officers of the army or navy shall
proceed to France and England to in
quire into the military and naval organi-
zation of those two countries, and make
report to the commission formed at
Athens for the reorganization of those
services in Greece.
"Pe.er's Pehce," at Rome, produces
less and less. At the commencement
the produce was about four thousand
Roman crowns month, it afterwards
fell to two thousand, and goes on de-
creasing. November only gave seven
hundred, including offerings from T0s.
cany.
From official returns just published, it
appears that the population Of Brussels
on the LIST of January last, amounted to
1S4,9 S2, of whom 50, 97l were males and
"a, 961 females.
Tho first iron-plated vessel for the Bra.
lillian navy was lately launched at the
Seine building yard, near Toulon. :She
is corvette, and named the Don Pedro
III.
Two hundred and ninety-one million,
five hundred and nincty-seven thousand,
two hundred and forty eggs have been
imported into England in the first ten
months Of the present year.
The swedish census, taken December
81, 1868, is published. The total popu.
lation Of Sweden is 4, 022 ,564, and there
are los, $40 more women than men. The
increase of population during the last
quinqennial period has been 10 per cent
About three and half millions live Ia
the country, and the rcst in the towns,