The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-15

rumors Of wars "a few election SQUAD
hles-the clearing Of the battlefield at Ca
diz-the |" games played by several Of the
pretenders--the moving to the frontier OF
the young DON Carlos-and the withdrawal
| Of the Duo de Montpensier as candidate
| for King. All interest is concentrated IN
the preparations for the assembling OF the
| Cortes. Many Spanish noblemen nave
| gone home to present themselves 70 VIC
a free and independent /" electors, oa. more
Of the "upper-ten Of Spain are no'hing
to Paris as a city of refuge.
THE PRESS IN PARIS
| The statistics Of the last Blk months OF
| the press prosecutions have been prepared.
There were sixty-four sentences delivered
rho total of imprisonments amounted to
| s;xty-six months; of fines, over 10000
| francs. What advantage has the Govern
mcnt reaped from these Draconian-like Sc
verities? The condemned journals, do they
criticise the powers-that-be less Do their
subscribers become diminished, or the wri-
tiers less important Quite the contrary.
II is useless to try to stife the press. 1t ID
O necessity of modern life. There is but
one way to act towards it-extend to 1t per-
feet liberty.
A FEMALE DARWIN.
Mademoisclle Clemence Roger has occu-
pied some attention during the week by her
lecture on " Primitive Man." The manner
in which she dwelt on our affinity with apes,
chimpanzees, gorillas, and other distln-
pnished foreigners, was calculated to rile
fellow. and make him VOW never to give
lady Darwinite the benefit OF Woman's
Rights. She found fault with the seizures
OF our skulls, and upbraided US with the
small volume Of brain-to have none ID
worse-but consoled US, that In ages hence
the brains Of posterity would be larger
than ours. She awaited herself Of the occa-
sion to express her contempt for those
clergy that held other anthropologlc no
tions, or for such of the papers as disbe-
lieyed in her views.
CRUELTY PUNISHED.
The Tribunal of Bordeaux has just dis
posed of case which it is to be feared is
not exceptional in France. The College OF
Livoli, at Bordeaux, is conducted by the
Jesuits, and two of the " Fathers were
indicted for inficting severe corporal pun
ishment on several Of the pupils, aged
twelve to fourteen, by means of scourge |
composed of thick-knotted whip-cord. The |
pupils were previously confined in black |
hole, put on bread and no-water diet, and |
about midnight stripped and dashed, their |
cries suffocated, and, in addition, they were |
terrified and inundated not to complain to |
their parents. The doctor testified to the
gravity of the wounds inflicted, and the |
Judge sent the =" Fathers" to prison for
ten days, mulcting them in costs.
. IMPERIAL AND ROYAL ClvILITIEs.
On Thursday the imperial family left
Compiegne, arriving in Paris at half-past 3,
having been received at the terminus with |
the usual honors, and escorted by guard
of honor to the Tuileries-on entering |
which the Empress saluted the ex-Queen
Isabella, who had gone on the balcony OF
her hotel to see her illustrious friends re-
turning home. Before leaving Compiesne !
the Emperor distributed several thousands
of francs among the local charities. On
Friday afternoon, the Emperor, Empress,
and Prince Imperial, paid a visit to the
ex-royal family of Spain. Isabella, her
husband, children, and suite, received their
illustrious visitors at the foot of the grand
staircase. The Emperor gave his arm to
the ex- Queen, the ex-King his to the En-
press, and the "young folks F" fell in. The
visit lasted good half-hour, is reported TO
have been very cordial, and touched lsa-
bella very much. The Empress wore a
superb costume of black velvet; isabella
a blue satin robe, over which was thrown
a Spanish mantle. About an hour afterv
wards, the ex-royal family returned
the visit at the Tuileries, being received
with the usual honors, drums beating to
arms, flags lowered, and arms were pre-
scented. The Emperor received his visitors
MS they had done him, surrounded by his
household and the cent-gardes, and con-
Quoted them to the Salon de Mdrfc,dur,
where all remained for an hour, except the
royal infants, that were sent to play with
the Prince Imperial in another room. The
ex- Queen is not in the best Of humors at
the delay which prevents her entering her
new palace Basilewski. Among the few
regrets she expresses on leaving Spain is
that she was unable to bring away some
pictures. A large and vacant piece Of
ground adjoins her new palace. A COM
mittee of English and Americans are in
treaty to purchase it. For what end To
build thereon Protestant church. What
refined torture for her Catholic Majesty.
She must move on.
THE LAWS DELAY.
Few but have read the story, or seen
acted the drama, of the Courier de Lyons.
The mail from Paris to Lyons was robbed,
&C., by a party of mounted highwaymen
during the early years of the First Repub-
lie. Among the accused was LeSeTQues,
being identified by his blond locks and
silver spur. He was guillotined protesting
his innocence, and some years later the
real assassin was found, who confessed he
had impersonated Lesurques, and that the
latter was innocent. The world shares In
this opinion, and the family has ever since
endeavored to have legal decision to this
effect from the MISUNDERSTANDING that
it is the crime makes the shame and not
the scaffold. The son of Lesurques took
the matter in hand, but died in the Russian
campaign. The mother succeeded, and had
promise from the first Napoleon to see
Justice done to her husbands memory, but
forgot his promise, and the widow died
broken hearted. Her eldest daughter then
prosecuted the affair, but the laws delays
so affected her that she threw herself into
the Seine. The Only surviving, and young
est, daughter had an interview with Napo-
leon the Third. He assisted her in bringing
the matter before the Court of Appeal after
unheard-of difficulties; and the Judges
have this week decided that, in word, the
petitioner had no locus standi in the court
decision that it occupied some seventy
years to arrive at.
.... .. yIyANDIERES.
1t is not unlikely the picturesque can
ttniereS will be abolished in the French
army. The War Minister has no soul
for files du regiment. As compensa-