Vermont daily transcript. [volume] (St. Albans, Vt.) 1868-1870, 1869-05-18

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PARIS, May 2nd 1869.
While wcare waiting he"c for the re-
suit of the elections about to take place
throughout France, there il very little
material for political news exclusively
French +; | say waiting the result be-
cause the coming elections will be far
more exciting than any we have had in
France for many years. Meantime, an
interesting subject has come up mainly
discussed in diplomatic circles, which
promises to be of general interest. II is
this:
During the armistic that followed the
short and decisive war between Austria
and Prussia in 1865, a telegraphic dis
patch was sent 10y Count Bismark from
Nicolsburg (Austria) on the Goth, July
1866, addressed to Count Won Golty Min
lister of Prussia in Paris. The dispatch
was sent by the Vienna Telegraph
line.
Written ina secret CIPHER, it was sup
posed that even the operator who sent
it would he totally ignorant of its con-
tents. The fir-t part of the dispatch
was in particular cyphcr and the sec
ond part OF the dispatch in a totally diff
fcrent cypher. The dispatch reached
is destination and nothing more was
thought of it,
Within few weeks the Ftcic Prose-
of Vienna in noticing the fourth part of
a work published by the Austrian Gen
eral Staff, on the war of 1866, quoted q
portion of Nicolsburg dispatch of July
90 1866.
On examination it appears that the
portion published in the second half,
the first half in a different CIPHER hay
ing evidently resisted with success the
| invasion of its secrecy.
Now the question comes up, where did
the Austrian staff officer, charged with
the preparation of the work, obtain thi
second half? a work Of this import
ance could not have been published
without the Knowledge of Count Won
Beust, the Austrian Minister. And the
question is where and how did he OBJ
tain this dispatch?
AT Ncincs they are preparinga system
of water works to furnish the city with
pure water. In an official report made
on the subject by NJ. Ernest Dumas, he
gives the following interesting statistics
IN the quantity of water furnished in
different cities. Geneva furnishes daily
for each inhabitant - quarts, Brussels
so, Lyons S., Paris l25, in 1871 will fur
nish $50 Bordeaux ITO, DION and Bcs-
ancon, each go, Carcassomc 400, New
York $50, Rome 900. American travel
ers who have been in Rome will re-
member the beautiful fountains Of that
city.
| Cur Partisan theatres and operas find
it Necessary, very often to fall back upon
the "good old times" for their pieces
You need not suppose they devote
themselves entirely to novelties. On
the contrary, quite the reverse. Thus, at
| tiiiS iiiOhiCItt W { 'tttNS N'CplSC b1NhNl
Francois c. Champi at the Odeon. The
Chalet, Dame Blanche, and the Postil-
lon de Lonjumeau at the Opera
Comique, Otfenack's Lirchcn and
Fitzchem at the Boufies. Rigoletto at
the Italian, and Don Cesar de Bazanat
the Ambiga.
1t appears that some ut least of our
American Institutions are heginn,ng to
take root in France.
Passing along the Rue Scribe the other
day nay attention was attracted by an
aucticn sale of wines and liquors.
| A catalogue WAS handed me, and on
the very first page was struck with tn
item 1889 Whiskey-Bourbon"
meant $50 bottles OF Bourbon Whis-
key.
remark that your American papers
have noticed to some extent the death
of Hector Berlioz, but | have not seen
mention in one of them of the death of
another great artist who died on the
same day March s. with Berlioz.
Admirers and collectors of fine en-
cravings need not be told who Calama-
Ia was. Born in Cevita Vechia in 1902,
he began his career ~ an engraYer at
the early age ofthirteel,
His first public success was the mask
of Napolen, designed and engraved by
him from the cart taken by DIR. Anto-
march, at st. Helena.
One of his finest works is his IocOnde
of Leo larde da Vinci. At the period of
his death he was absorbed in the com
pletion Of mn engraving OF one of
Raphaels' finest pictures.