The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1865-01-03

TIE Ii TEST PARKsLAN GOSSIP.
The latest Partisan gossip Through
Yankee strainers) is given in tho Paris
letter of the New York Times, dated the
10th ultimc. We copy a portion OF it:
The extraordinary turnout Of distin-
guished men at the funeral of n. Moe
Guard, the private secretary OF the Elm
pcror. was 4 source Of establishment to
those who did no. knox how important
roic the deceased had played as well in
the elevation of these distinguished men
to Office as in the guidance Of public
affairs. The c!Iaced position he occupied,
and which he pcrsistently refused to
abandon for higher post. afforded him,
in effect, greater leisure and facilities for
the labor to which he had devoted large
part Of his ]ifc--that of aiding in the
permanent establishment of the Bona
partc dynasty. For everything con
nccted with the management Of politi-
cal affairs he was His Majcsty's init
mate counsellor; and one can well ina
CINE that, in the course of sixteen years
of. such events as those which have
marked the reign Of Louis Napoleon,
yc.v many secrets Of State must have
had wet sponge passed over them IN
the hour which these two men passed to-
gethcr alone three days before the dc
voted Sccro,aly's death. How many Gu
rio,,s and dramatic secrets, aiso has he
carried to the grave with him. The Wis
count dc Lagucron;nierc, it is said, is go
inc to collect and publish the edited and
unetited writings of the deceased; but
what would not the reading public give
for the memoirs Of NJ. Mccquard? Of
these we hear nothing, and it would evil
IDENTIFY be impossible, as long as the
present Emperor lives, to publish any
such memoirs. even if the deceased had
left any. NJ Mocquard'sragc, in a lite
ra,y way, was the drama; and certain
pieces which re prepared for the stage,
in collaboration with NJ Victor Sejour,
had very fair success. 4 lady friend
assures me OF this particularly: that, on
thc fourth evening Of the representa-
ton Of one Of his best pieces (thc For
tune ToElcD, she occupied NJ: Moe
luard's box, and that he cried the
whole evening" athis own piece Another
of his toGunt'cS was to surround himself
with American ideas. Thus he drove
american spider wagons his was one
Of three Or four Of these vehicles VIC see
at Paris-with American trotting horses,
generally the east-olf horses of the En-.
pcror; he had an American-built house
1T St. Cloud, an American stable, Ancri
can bee hives or houses, and American
s. traps in his kitchen and elsewhere.
lie even called his best romanccs
"Jcssie,' after a. beautiful and accom-
plishcd American lady, formerly of
Washington Among the unpublished
literary works left by NJ. Mocq''ard, there
is said t, be translation Of Tacitus. -
The deceased, who had long been wi
lower, leaves Il fortune estimated at
more than million of francs to his four
ebildrcn-two boys and two girls. The
eldest son is the Enperor's notary, the
second an officer in the Chasscurs
GAfriquc.
We arc promised new step soon in
the way of Capitalization. There is talk
Of creating in the Cabinet Ministry for
the city Of Paris, with, Of course, NJ.
IIauscman for Minister. Thus, while
the gentleman charged with the manage
ment of the post Offices Of the Empire,
and who, in America, is called postmas-
ter general, with the right to a scat in the
Cabinet, is here not entitled to.a seal IT
tho Gabiuct--ti,o Minister for the city of
Paris will enjoy that privilege.
\ week hence new and powerful Or
gan Of the Liberal party is to appear,
nrder tie title Of Tie Arcnir, (Thc
Future to be directed by NJ Peyrat,
formerly connected with the PROSE, as
chief editor, before the return of NJ. de
Gira,din. 1t was, in fact, M. Peyrat
who, by the yehemencc of his attack S
against the Government party, brought
about the suppression of the Prose- for
a period Of two months, about two years
ago.
| am glad to be able to announce that
the American department on this new
advocate Of liberty and progress will be
written by NJ. Iuif, who has only this
week returned from stay CT ten months
at New York and New Orleans, and
whose long previous residence in the
United States cmincntly fits him for the
duty he has undertaken. With writer's
in the French press such as Messrs.
Gucroult and Malcspinc, Of the Opinion
Nntionalc; Provost, Paradol and La
bou,ays, of the you,1aI des Uebats );
Havin, of the Steele; Neither, Of the
Temps, and Pcyrat and Zuif, of the Are~
mr., the cause of the Union in America
will have nothing to fear so far as the
great Liberal party of France is concerned.
For if we add to the above names that
of NJ. dc Girardin, who is friendly to the
Union, but who opposes all wars, there
are no writer's of influence left on the
other side.
Alexander Dumas, preparatory TO his
visit to the United States, has been trying
his hand for the first time at public lee
turing, the authorities having granted
him. with great reluctance, the privilege
OF lccturing twice on the late illustrious