The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-08-10
From our Paris Observation-Disclosures Ar
fairs Discussed-Somethin. about the En-
pcror Napoleon aud Family.

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PARIS, July 81, 1866.
While the prcliminaIicS OF peace are III
process of arrangement, We may interest
ourselves in the minor occurrences Oh Tie
war. The city of Frankfort, perhaps from
| the firm stand it took in defence of the old
Constitution, a position which its situation
as capital imposed IN it, has been made to
suffer heavily. 1t has paid already a con-
tribu,ion of six million ~ilorinS, about two
and !. half million dollars and some
day, ago an additional demand Of twenty
four million inrinS was made. The people
were indignant, and NJ. Rothsclild fatty
refused, in the name OF the city, to pay,
declaring that if their vaults were pillagcd,
the sum required would not be found, and
threatening. if this were done, to have
protested all notes of PruSSian bankers in
his possession till the banks failed. They
thought OF arresting NJ. Rothschild, but he
produced honorary letters of naturaliza-
ton, signed by the Emperor Napoleon !;
thanks TO which, he is now free. General
Manteufftl, however, abated his demand
by six million ~tlorins, and the Franktorters
have appealed to France and England to
interccdc for them.
\ number of severe and unnecessary
measures impress on these miiortunsteS
the fact that they are conquered. The
| REGULAR authorities, who were quite dis
posed to aid the military authorities, have
been dcpo>cd. All public establishments
are closed at 10 o'clock. The Frank bat
| TALON, whici! had had the prudence not 10
| appear in the peculiar German armlet, has
been disarmed. Arms have been taken
, also from the guards add from all private
individuals. The effect Of these measures
has been greatly to irritate the people, and
the Prussians show themselves very un-
wise.
Our philosophers of the journals arc
already beginning to construct the future
history Of the two Gcrmanic contcdera-
tions. So far, they can do little more than
balance them numerically, and compare
national traits. 1t is discovered that Cen
trail Europe naturally divides itself geogra-
phically into two parasitic one having
access to the North sea and the Baltic, the
other to the Black sea and the Mediterra-
mean that the change in the map pre-
sently to be made will give a slavic en-
pire in the south, and a Teutonic IN the
north, since Austria will not count more
than 100000 Germans, and Prussia not
more than . 10000 0 slaves. The two races,
so long enemies, will thus be brought here
once more into a position of opposition,
and each will have its development. Aus.
tria will become, whether she will or not,
the ally of Russia and these two Powers,
limited on the west, will tend to advance
towards the south and east. The slavic
element OF Europe will thus acquire a
completer unity, and the soundness of the
prediction Of the first Napoleon may be
tested.
The Derby Ministry has begun its reign
under the unfavorable auspices of a popu-
lar tumult in Hyde Park. Probably both
parties were in fault. The people, embit-
tered against a Government which has
showed so little disposition to yield to the
desire for reform, thought it incumbent on
them to show their independence, and
chose not the best, but the most fashiona-
BILE quarter for their meeting. On the
other hand, the Government, which ought
to have passed the gathering without no.
tice, felt the maintenance of authority
due to it's honor. This unhappy clash can,
however, have but a temporarily bad effect;
and Mr.. Gladstone is too wise and too little
oil q ucnlaBoSuc w uiSo uho ii'Sh"' ~
useless bravadoes. The people must tri-
umph sooner or later, and can afford to
wait. A journal Of this city somewhat
frankly compares the English and French
methods of managing such affairs. In Eng
land. the offenders are publicly tried with
out delay, and may prosecute the officers
of the police whom they opposed. In
France, the city would be declared under
martial law, order would be maintained by
a strong military force, and the persons
arrested subjected to a long Imprisonment.
Which is the best, and wherein do recent
events show that the English people are
less violent than the French, and litter 10
be entrusted with liberty?
The Standard gives the following ac-
count of u "day of leisure" of the Empe-
ror Napoleon ; that is, q day on which he
does not meet his Council of State:
At : o'clock the Emperor enters his
Cabinet. The first persons admitted are
Doctor Conneau, director of gifts and sue
cors, and NJ. Melin, treasurer. They render
an account of the charities Of the preceding
day, and take instructions for the day just
begun. Leaving the Emperor, they go to
the Empress and the Prince Imperial, who
already has his poor and unfortunate.
Next comes NJ. Cont, chief of the Cabi-
net, and NJ. Pietro, private secretary, who
report on the petitions received the day
before, and receive orders az to what
course is to be taken. This work gene
rally lasts till 10 O'Clock, when Felix in.