The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-24

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present the only possible government 4, lol
France. By-and-bye the freedom OF 'he
Anglo-Saxon race will make way.
THE EMPRESS 800
is improving rapidly, and it is expected
shn w;lj he able TO attend the next state
oonoart at the Tuileries. It was fortunate
that her indisposition did not take place IN
the uheieht of the season." or grea.
clond would have fallen on Paris me-
without its gaietiee, Paris would be oe-
sert. Fl 1
LAMARTINE's FUNERAL.
Nothing could equal the privacy Of La.
marines funeral. It's simplicity, II no'
actual shabbiness, was more strlklng 'nah
all the distinction State burial could be-
stow. The poet lay in his cothn
.ssoft AS the slumbers OF a saint forgiven.
And mild as opening CLEANS Of promised
Heaven"
At the railway station, the few strangers
present mistook the bier Of q deceased
Deputy for Lamartine's, and rendered, un-
consciously, their respects to it. At each
station, as the train made its way to Macon,
the people opened the door of the wagon
and sprinkled holy water on the coffin, on
which lay wreaths Of roses, yiolets, laurels,
and csmelias. Arrived ct Saint Point, an
humble country seat of Lamartine's, with
modest chapel, the clergy received the body,
pronounced the absolution, and the coffin
was placed beside his wife's. =.
In the same vault repose tho remains OF
his father, mother, and daughter, as also
those of an English aervant-maid, whose
only claim for q life of fidelity WAS to rest
beside her mistress-Lamartine's wife.
The latter brought the poet princely for
tune-he spent it like q prince. He voy-
aged to the Holy Land like anabob, freight
ed his own yacht with presents for Emlrs
and Pashas, set out in the fuilness OF JOY,
returned in the depth Of SORROW, with the
remains of his dear child. Thus has sci
the sun of the /" French Byron. shat
tered idol Of the people. His worst enemy
was himself. A cloud may hang over his
name. but no stain can remain on his
escutcheon. A statue will be erected to his
memory in Paris. Ten thousand francs
have already been subscribed.
THE LATE PRESIDENT TRoPLeNG
was inferred on Saturday with q splendor
not seen since the burial of the DUO de
Morny. The army contributed its contin-
gents, the Emperor sent his gorgeous repre-
sentatives, the bar its deputation, and the
senators, deputies, and ambassadors, were
in full force. The ministers held the cords
Of the pail. A thousand tapers burned
around the catafalque, and the obsequies
we're all that splendor and solemnity could
create. At Pere La Chaise, orations were
delivered over the temporary tomb. M.
Troplong was an able man. he served
Louis the Eighteenth and Charles the Tenth
with tenderness, Louis Philippe with love,
the Republic with passion, and Napoleon
the Third with fidelity. He drafted the
Constitution Of 1852, and was more Tory
than q Reformer. The bar will miss its
great luminary in Troplong, while the ma
ton weeps over Alphonse Lamartine.
~" VARIOUS ITEMS.
A curious ball took place, or rather
supper, few nights ago. The velocipedlsts
invited the actresses to share their hospi-
tality, and assisted the sirens to &C work
their passage home on their velocipedes.
Lamartine, from time immemorial, was
in the habit of having his hair dressed by
a couture residing at Neuilly, outside of
Paris. The hair-dresser announces that
for years he has carefully put aside the
poets shorn locks, and those who desire
ito beg hair for his memory" can have
il for q trihe. Wouldn't wonder if he will
be able to supply all corners for q century,
and that other BARRIERS will also advertise
their stock. "# nE-1-
How close do our joys on our miseries
tread A wedding took place during the
week, and was preceded by q Requiesca1
and De ProfanldiS for the brides deceased
relatives. Then followed the wedding cere-
mony. Next day an obituary service for
the bridegroom's relatives, and in the eve
ming q ball. No honeymoons, as rule,
take place in France-the happy pair go II
for their silver wedding. .-
During this month France will purchase
six millions of cigars from Havana; half
million pounds of the weed, in leaf, from
Brazil; twenty six millions of pounds from
Kentucky, Maryland, and Virginia; in cd
dition to the produce of France, Algeria
and Hungary, we have the prospect of al
adequate supply.
A newspaper Writer-a German-took al
action against the proprietor Of the Cttcia
Journal for being printed on bad paper
and delivered irregularly. He laid hi
damages at 3,000f. The court dismissed
the claim, but mulcted the proprietor II
costs.
1t is said the Emperor contemplates af
fording every facility to have working
men -ouvrierS-returned to the new Per
lament. ~.
Mr.. Alfred Tillinghast, Of New York
dined with some American friends on Sun
day last, and on returning to the Crane
Hotel was seized with commissions. Tw
doctors were called in, and declared he hat
been poisoned from the copperas Of unclean
ed cooking utensils. He is getting better
a velocipede with one aoheet has appeared
The rider, by having weight on the nave
is enabled to maintain his equilibrium
The force of Improvement cannot farther go
General Grants inaugural address ha
given satisfaction, and his Cabinet is con
sidered fair. This is the verdict pronounce
by the majority of American citizens here
It has had healing influence, and strength
ems his wish TO "Let US be friends" TIL,
French journals speak in the handsomes
manner of the speech, and regard it al
meaning work. The effects are already
perceptible in the execution of large ORDER
of various goods. General Dix has beer
called upon by several eminent men to ex
press their congratulations on the new Presi
dents election. r,..... ,.s.....- ..-r.
FOREIGN ITEMS.
The elections in Hungary are being con
Quoted with extreme violence. The Pestl
correspondent of the Ness Free PresSe be.
gins letter, dated March 8, as follows
THE dead and wounded already amount