The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-11-30

incidence Of the Riehnond Dispatch.
BEaLrN. November 3,

We are e ENJOYING" here the most AIS
agreeable wcsshcr--a cold which seems as
severe as that of midwinter-
rains and ats Of wind; during the ag,. SS ~
slence OF which we are, howss., r,as In.
the rain, which has laid the se'nS' "
tolerable dust. ., !. - .a,ahrate
ST. Hubert's day by . s's, s ~ C ,u ,.;,I 40
~, ~a9 ~, Wn .o.,macred 20 the destruction OF
I" ..;,i ,,,ar." which has been kept up oil
u. year and fattened on acorns. Witoln
The city, people have the opera 70 90 70
and their fsvorite Pauline Lucca 70 ap-
MAUD. The mass, however, 60 mere rea-
div TO the Museum, for which they pay
nothing, and where their curiosity is ex-
cited by the wonderful collection OF
Interesting objects. This museum par
ticularly exceis in its Egyptian Hall,
suite Of superb rooms filed with paintings
and specimens of Egyptian antiquities, and
said not to have its equal elsewhere In
Europe---objects which are merely enig-
mas to most visitors, and only deeply in
teresting to the Egyptian scholar. Yet 1t
does not require acquaintance with the
system Of hieroglyphic writing to look with
awe on these monuments Of vanished
civilization, and to yield to the reflections
which they suggest on the progress of the
. human race. But 1t Is one evil OF visits TO
such varied collections that We can never
find time to look ut any one object long
enough. Five minutes is considered .
good allotment for celebrated picture,
and for mummy or mausoleum, one can
not take above q minute-one feels
that it Is not necessary since there are so
, many similar objects on which we can be-
stow similar labor. Last summer was
accosted in the Louvre by an American,
who gave me q short history of his Eu-
ropean travels. and the number OF places
and things he had seen-his chief object,
:, as il seemed to me, being to climb to the
ton of all the towers and steeples in Eu-
rope. In the course of his travels he ma
turally came to Paris and to the Louvre,
which he was now determined to see.
When he left me, resumed my occupa-
ton of looking at O picture on the other
side of the room, and had hardly begun
NV observation well when / saw my &C.
quaintancc going out Of the door. In ff-
teen minutes he had "done" this gallery
of paintings, which would occupy man of
less "energy some years. 1t is the gene
raj fault Of our education that there are
too many things for us to learn, or perhaps
1t is better to say it is the great drawback
to thoroughness and profoundness in mo-
dern times, against which we must be on our
guard.
Amicable relations between Prussia
and Russia are indicated by the fact that
the Crown Prince goes soon to be present
at the marriage Of the heir apparent to the
Russian throne, whose wife is a Danish
Princess. This kindly feeling is supposed
TO be the result of the alliance between
Austria and France, and the hostility to
Prussia shown in the nomination of Baron
Beust to the position of Minister of
Foreign Affairs in Austria. This states
man" while holding a similar position in
Saxony, was the life of the ante-Prussian
feeling, and the originator and support
of these movements in the German
Diet by which Prussia felt herself
aggrieved. His ability is not ques-
toned, and it is wise in the Emperor
Francis Joseph to avail himself of the SER
vices of so eminent statesman. But
i Prussia, though apparently not disposed
CARDS it as an indication Of hostile feeling
cies. Therefore, in part, the army and
navy are to be strengthened. Ships of war
are to be bought, though the inclination OF
the King leads him to develop the army
almost exclusively. Yet steps have actu-
ally been taken to put the Prussian navy
on respectable footing. And Prussia's
increasing commerce and marine, its &C
QUESTION of coast territory and harbors,
will doubtless enable it soon to provide for
its safety in this direction. One OF the re-
tinue of the Crown Prince in his visit to st.
Petersburg is General Blumenthal, whose
appointment is hailed with delight by the
army. He has been for some time in dis
grace. He went into the field at the be-
ginning of the late war as chief OF stan TO
the Crown Prince, and was highly valued
for his experience and wisdom. Unfortu-
nately, however, in confidential letter to
relative he permitted himself to criticise
very severely the Princes military move.
ments, averring that he was always behind
time, and making other charges Of similar
character, taking care also to express his
confidence in his own ability to conduct
the campaign much better, and perhaps
giving himself more praise thanhe deserved.
Unfortunately, the second time, this letter
fell into the hands Of the Austrians, and was
published by them, and the result was that
General Blumenthal was removed from ms
position in the field and sent to garrison
in P0merenia. 1t is not easy Tor young
general and prince to forgive such criti-
cism in an inferior officer and subject.
But this the Crown Prince has done, and
takes the General along with him to. st.
Petersburg.
visited few days ago the factory of
the reputed inventor Of the needle-guD,
who, however, has not now the Govern
ment patronage, but manufactures the
guns for private sale. Besides the regular
army gun, he makes smaller musket "a
box Of which kind he was just about to
send TO Silesia to arm the inhabitants for
protection against rowing Austrians), ca
valry carabine, double barrelled shot gun,
and rife, for which he has ball and shot
cartridges. We tried the shotgun and
rife, and found them admirable. The
friend who was with me bought one Of each,
which he intends to carry back with him to
America, where they will certainly meet
with favor-the simplicity of construction,
the celebrity Of discharge, the sureness of the
aim, making them superior to any Ameri-
can gun, and their cheapness putting them
within eyerybody's reach.
The MeteOric Display I'm England.
On the morning Of November IA those
Londoners who chose to watch, and were
not discouraged by the doubts Of eStrono-