Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1868-12-26

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How THE RICHEST Man IN THE WORLD
LIvED.-As every one is interested to know
how so rich man as Baron Rothschild lived,
correspondents are particular as to every move
ment of his daily life. It is related that he
rese every morning at six O'Clock His body
servant shaved and dressed him. Meanwhile,
NJ Boudeville, Ia teacher OF elocution, who
fits people for the stage, read the newspapers
to him, and told him the gossip of the green
rooms of Paris theatres. He was dressed for
the day at this early hour, putting on even a
white cravat.- He next received a Prussian
named Bernard, with whom he examined the
quotations from the great exchanges of Europe
and decided upon and gave orders for the
transactions OF the day. He next received the
correspondence clerks, took from them the
more important letters which required reply
from the Baron, and approved or modified the
proposed replies to other letters. Then the
almoner came In and reported On the poor re-
lieved, and received new instructions. He then
went to Nine. de Rothschild for her instructions
After the almoner retired the Baron received
his experts, men who kept him informed Of
all art aud book sales; they made reports or re-
ceived instructions. He then went to breakfast
All the family met at breakfast, and usually
one or two of his married children were pres
ent. After breakfast the baron went to his
office (which was Immediately on the street,
and separated from his house by the court
yard-a covered way reached from one to the
would sometimes 90 to the bourse, or 0ftener
to the auction mart, for he was fond of buying
objects OF curiosity and pictures. He would
return to his office, and at four O'Clock drive
down to Chateau de Surense or Bois de Bou-
logne, returning at five o'clock to his club,
where he would play whist at ten sous point
until dinner time. During the last part of his
life he became eccentric In good many small
matters. He carried portmonaie which was
closed by lock, although he never carried
more than fifty sfrancs about him it a man
carries more he is sometimes led to extrava-
CANT expense, he used to say and often moth
ing at all. He carried the key Of this lock on
his watch chain. The members of the club
in the Rue Royal used to laugh to see the Bar
on fumbing for his key, and even his lock
(his sight was latterly impaired and when, at
last, he managed to open the portemonnaie, to
find it empty, After dinner he received COM
pany at home. or went to some theatre.
The MISSING CONFEDERATE RECORDS. In
his article on the flight of Jefferson Davis, In
the current number of Packard's Monthly, Mr..
Z. A. Pollard makes the remarkable statement
that the bulk of the valuable documents OF the
Confederate government, including the cores
pondcnce of Jefferson Davis, exists to day In
eoncealment; that many days before the tall OF
Richmond there was careful selection OF I'M
portant papers, especially those In the office OF
the President, and letters which involved con-
6dences in the North and in Europe, and that
these were secretly conveyed out of Richmond,
and deposited In a place where they remain
concealed to this time, and will probably not
be unearthed in this generation. Where Is this
repository ofthe secrets of the Confederate gov
eminent MIR. Pollard is not prepared to say.
He has repeatedly sought access to these pa
pers out of historical curiosity, but he has been
invariably met with the explanation that while
this indulgence might be allowed him for such
legitimate purpose, it would be unsafe for prl-
yate reasons, and the Information, If published,
might be productive of serious consequences to
persons OF Importance yet living, aud within
the Jurisdiction of the government. 1t has
been impossible to surmount this objection, and
there is no doubt that many OF these papers do
really involve discoveries OF some curious ne
gOtiatlons in the war, the parties to which
might astonish the public.
Mr.. Pollard mentions the case OF single
secret document which he was once permitted
to see in Richmond, wherein certain parties
offered to assist the Confederaey by supplying
its western armies for whole year from the
granaries and magazines of the North. Such
important letters and other secret papers, lsays
DIR. Pollard, still exist, were preserved from
the wreck and FIRE OF Richmond, and at this
moment are kept in manner and place which
render them secure against discovery, loss or
nntilation.
The mysterious information which Mr.. Pol
ard thus communicates is much more agree
able than the belief which We had before en-
'ertained that the papers IN question had peri.
saed. We can testify that on the capture or
Richmond the efices of the Confederate gov
eminent were found to have been carefully
stripped of every document which was thought
Important. and that the rebel archives now
Preserved at Washington are OF very little his
IOrlcal value indeed.-New York Sun.
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THE PRESERVATION OF WINE.-The French
goVernment, which purchases large amount OF
the cheaper wines for the use of the navy, has
recently been testing, by special commissioners,
Seucacy OF a new pIoccsS, "hion 0onsisto VI
simply heating the wine to the temperature OF
l25 to l3l degrees fahrenheit. A certain num-
eer of bottles of Cote d'Or of 1868 were sub
!ected to the heating process 10 that year, an
equal number OF bottles from the same vine,
yard being allowed to remain in the natural
Iate. In the month of March last samples
u both were tested. The wine which bad
oeen heated was in perfect condition, while the
Waer had decided flavor of acidity, the spe
Val falling to which the principal Burgundies
Sea apt to succumb. A quantity of wine was
aeated, carefully casked. and sent ten months
Saise in the jean Bart. Some of the same
ssine, unheated, was shipped at the same time.
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