Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1865-02-04

Who nye va true 70 anybody yet, will, unless hc
is very sharply watched, throw OIL the Emperor
yet aud set up Oh his own account
English ''swell piety' have been having qui'e
treat in Paris during tile past fortnight Some three
weeks siuce Griigaopi'S Messenger announced one
morning that "lir aud Mrs. Augustus Frederic
Thstletluyayte have arrived at the hotel b'istoi'
from GroSyeuOr square, London NOW, you PTVD-
ably have not the remotest conception "IV "r'
and Mrs Augustus Frederic Thistlethwayte ARE
Had Won lived in London any time during the past
tten wears and been all behind the scenes IN that
great London you would have known
Some twelve years since star oil the very hrSt
magnitude made its appearance III the SKY oi-the
deEi-,nond, in London. THIS was a beautiful young
| creature of about sixteen, with ali elegant, 1.-THE
Figure most exasitely chiselled features, beautiful
| blue ewes a complexion which put ronge and pow
der ~ shame, and the most delicious SILKY, max
cOlored riugletS that ever were Sen upon iemaie
lhead. She created tremendous sensation, and
daring three or four wears She carried everything
before her aud any quantity OF lords, dukes and
1 other members of the "hoblllty ahd gchtr! were
i brought down ard paid their homage at the
fret of the beautiful Laura Bell. In the midst
I-or her brilliant career she eaptvated aud hiar-
/ ried Mr. Augustus Frederic Thistethwayte, young
gentleman then an officer in the army, belonging to
am excellent family, and supposed to be the posses
/ sor OF considerable more amonpt OF mons tpan
brains. Thistethwayte, who had, ana has nov, an
Iincome OF about ESQ, 900 year, took his vale to
his elegant tresidence in GTOsyenOr SQUAT and
where oeing tab0oed 10y the arstocracy tdA1s NneS-
Il ALLIANCE, lac held high carnival for year oIkNEith
ms cd companions aud those OF the Laura
Il Bell, now Mrs. Thistlethwayte. While nt6UlNiDg
i ia clover Thistlethwsye went one nieht'to hear
Il Richard Weaver the converted pugist, preach,
and Thistethwayte became himSelt converted. =.
4 Ma lame soon followed suit and in short time MI
L. felt call 10 preach, aad during TWO or tlree
wears travelled over England Ireland and Scotland,
| ,sexhortiug" Mrs. 4. only received her cali
lately, and it is a. preaching mission that she has
Il recently been IN Paris.
met Mrs Thistlethwayte in London in 1861 at the
house OF Lola ontes II seems that in their days
of youth amt sin Lola and the pretty Laura Bell had
been great erOpeS, and to her credit be II SAID, sls
did not feel inclineu 10 throw OIL her ole Hlenn
when she had become rich, ana prosperous, ana re-
Specialize On the contrary, she assisted Lola IN
the purchase of long lease ola house IN Park Lane,
which Lola, then passing under the name oil mrs.
Head, opened as a lodging house. Ii was there that
Il | met her one afternoon. She and Lola were then
both exceedingly ''pious" and were both ''stting"
under the pastoral care and instruction OF the Great
| Tribulationn Cumming Mrs. Thistlethwayte was
then, think, the mos; beautiful creature the most
perfect of the waxen doll-like style of beauty,
ever saw. SORRY 10 say, however, that although
their table was good both. she and Lola INDUCED
that afternoon in several ''gOes oihot gin and wa
ter and that had the pleasure Of partaking OF that
l nil, and agreeable beverage several times with
l them.
Mrs. Thistlethwayte still very notwithstanding
only wings ard absence Of crinolne TO lead to
the illusion that she is an escaped angel-has been
preaching here, Sundays and week days, in the par
or of an T. slish residen, in phris, and has drawn
| large audiences. She speaks with sooI deal Of
4 kuency and expounds' with considerable de-
gree Of force. She breaches more upon the 'hor-
rors" than the beauties Of religion, aud IL seems
strange 20 hear issuing from those exquisite'y CHS
elled lips tie warrants Of damnatlon TO the greater
portion ~ mankN md. She and her husband have
II rctu M without. %
! accomplished any very great shakes in this gay,
ungoily city.
Meyerbsers Aricaas is in active rehearsal az the
| Grand Opera. Madame scribe demand, iorty-fve
thousand francs for the right OF transatng the TO-
r.'to into German
1 THE LONDON TINES ON TnE WAR.
From the London Times Jan i6l
The Intelligence received by the Africans more
/ interesting by what il Indicates than what il an
announces. The failure of the attack on Whining.
ton, which the Federal Government publishes SO
hastily and contIdicted after few hours debe-
PATTON, is fully Confirmed Indeed, Admiral Per-
ters despatch lett little 10 be added 70 the
su of the action; but the contradictory reports APP
pear 10 have created so much doubt aud confusion
in the public mind that the return of the fleet to
Fort Monroe could be announced al New York as
rumoT only so late the 5th OF January On that
day Admiral Portcr's official despatch was ia, on
its way 10 Europs.
The recent CLEANS of success do not however,
console the Southerners for the loss OF Savannah
Like New Orleans, il was allowed to slip through
their fingers like a knotless thread. New Orleans
was taken BY sudden rush, which was rather a
surprise than an attack; but Savannah was un-
defended aud almost dcfenceess-at least against
| Snch an army as Sherman succeeded in bringing
| before il; The city was weak point, which was
considered secure on account CT IFS distance from
any Northern army. The ConfederateS do not ex-
aggerate the effect of the blow, but explanations
in such case can be satisfactory, aud these latest
telegraus INDICATE q current Of Southern thought
or opinion that deserves consideration, Some in
terpoSon by France or England, or both, is still
thought possible in the South, in the North il is
still used bugbear Some Southern Journals
express or echo belief that slavery il the only
existing obstacle 10 the recognition of the indepen
dence OF the Confederacy by the European Powers.
Can that recognition lie won or purchased by sac
rfcing the institution That sacrifice is con
t9mplated possible and proposed as polite
measure, The Southerners have carried a long
step forward the idea which the employment Of
negroes in their armies seems TO have originated.
The plan of aiming negroes as u measure OF defence
has made II still more familiar. The arguments for
and against suoh measure, the necessity for II,
and the value the negro would attach to freedom
the reward OF military service, mHst be perfectly
well known to the white population of the Southern
States On these points they cannot easily be de-
! ceved bur as Ia the effect of offer to abandon
slavery in IFS present form in propiating the gov
| ernments OF Europe, the Confederate States may
easily deceive themselves. To any scheme of emanN
cipaiOn, effected blythe South itself, England,
nation would certainly offer no word of opposition;
on the contrary, should rejoice in the change,
and wish it every success. But we know well that
slavery is not the only cause of the secession OF the
| Southern States; nor is emancipation the real oh
| elt Of the North in carrying on the war so persS
tenty. The negro and his condition We're only one
among many causes OF the rupture, The tendency
OF the republic to separate oysted from the day 1t
Il NraS g1 W. An ppr-
tam conditions predicted by its first founders
Those conditions have hen brought about, and,
q fierce civil is the consequence. The
/ negro was introduced in.o the quarrel by an
4 aIterthought. Let SaIthemsrs offer to emanci.
pate their slaves Immediately, and propose it TO the
/ North as the sacrifice by which they ready to
purchase its recognition of$outhern Independence.
The offer would be rejected valueless and sub