The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-04-24

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theao we're unmarried persons; and BIT
deaths sprung fropa love and Jealousy, 6o4
fron, fani,v. lars. end 9ss from physical
a., fssr;ng. inst think of 5,0l1 human
ha;ncs Voluntarily putting an end to their
sr;stenee. spainst II. handed over to- the
executioner, nolens uolens. .;sa6
THE COURT. $ =
During "election week, expected to be
in June, the court will remain in Fontaine-
bleau. The Empress has just presented
one of her young lady friends with her
marriage troussed,s, putting 200, 900 francs
into the cor6eige in addition. ~
no4a q THE NABoB CONE. i 49,, ~
IS Paris, has no longer its Nabob. Weep,
Medicines, non encore TepentieS., He is
zone to London, and from our gaze like q
beautiful dream, just as wewere beginning
to know something about his (" inner life''-
his nineteen Sons and twenty daughters
his marble palaces and caves of gold. His
white head, so colored for forty summers
his Jet black eyes and light chocolate visage,
will be missed. He was broken in while
here for the English climate: he had fogs,
rain, snow, and sleet, I'D ndasenra. His
white tunic and gold sash covered apair Of
pantaloons, and his turban in green had to
give way to q fez. Next he had to get up
an umbrella, then dog-skin gloves, after
wards top coat, and last Of all, an outfit
of furs, which cost over three hundred
thousand francs. He has shown his graft
tude by authorizing the artistic Of these
things to be "henceforth and forever /" his
outftter. Lord Lyons invited the Nabob to
dinner. He came, eat nothing with the
/" Christian Dogs" but talked much. He
visited the Geological Gardens, and recog-
nized many friendly and unfriendly faces.
The Emperor received him with all the
ceremony BETTING his rank, but ne left us
lust az the fine weather appeared and the
first swallow twittered on top OF the statue
in the place Vendome.
According to the Koran, God created the
horse from the "wind" as he did man
from amud." He called, it appears, on
southern breeze to condense itself; and the
angel Gabriel brought handful Of clay,
and the Arab horse was made. The french
horse-show is at present being held, DUE
does not exhibit any marked progress since
last year, except that the entries are dou-
bled being at present 492, of which III
are four-year Odds. The total prizes amount
to 81, s32f. Upwards of 200 vehicles Of all
sorts are exhibited, as well as saddlery.
The French are very anxious to be indie |
pendent of England, Germany, and the
United States, for their supply of the
most noble animal" and are making way
but they will never become "horsey
people," except in the point Of eating him.
A MURDER TRIAL.
In January last Paris was astounded at
very cruel murder and robbery commit
ted in the rue Mont Thabor, close BY the
Tuileries. The crime was perpetrated at
2 o'clock in the day in a very populous
neighborhood. Next day the police seized
their man, who has just been tried. He is
thirty. four years Of age, and Of dissipated
antecedents. He avoWed his crime IN tears.
The victim was On old houSekeeper of en-
old bachelor, who lived on his money.
Taking advantage of his absence, the pri-
soner, Firon, cabinet-maker by trade,
called on the housekeeper, who was fifty
two years of age. She assisted at Firon's
birth, and regarded him as her son; was
in the habit of supplying him with money.
He was widower, but OF late lived with
low actress. On the day Of the crime he
called on his victim, kissed her as usual,
and solicited some money. She fatty re-
fused his request. He then drew from his
sleeve terrible knife, two feet long,
plunged it seven times into her body, placed
an arm chair over the deceased, and copy
of Hegel's Philosophy over her face. Hav-
ing washed the knife and his hands, he
broke open drawers. &c., and decamped
with 2,000f., some watches, &c. He was
found guilty, and sentenced to be executed.
His mistress, who was witness, tainted on
hearing the result, and the prisoner, placing
his hand on his heart, bowed to the jury
and the audience. A strait jacket had at
once to be put on him.
CRIME-PoLICE.
No light has yet been thrown upon the
brutal murder of an Englishman that took
place in the Champs Elysees some months
ago. An Englishman's valet is, however,
still in custody on suspicion. The Russian
Government has sent its chief Of police to
study the administration and organization
Of the "force" in Paris. Last year M.
Bismarck sent his functionary. There is
no police superior to the French. The
members are selected according to their
special aptitudes, and the greater the mys-
terry the greater attraction to solve 1t. In
nine cases out of ten every crime is dis
covered by the agency of unfortunate
women" 1t, is to them the criminal first
rushes to forget his crime or beg assistance,
and it is to them the police first resort for
light.
MOST INHUMAN CRIME
was recently committed at the cemetery of
Pere-la Chaise. Three bodies were found
torn from their graves and thrown on the
surface with their shrouds. Ono of these
was the remains Of an old lady, aged sixty
seven, and exhibited traces Of having been
brutally violated. The monster has not
vet been found. Twenty years ago, in
the cemetery Of Montparnasse, bodies
were found night after night torn from
their graves and disfgured. The most
curious feature in the crime was that
furious mastiff remained ever silent on the
occasion. The guardians were doubled,
and armed with muskets loaded with small
nails. On one occasion, after midnight,
the figure Of naked man was seen, armed
with pistols, walking about the tombs. Dis
regarding the summons to stop, the sentry
fired; was too frightened to pursue the
figure, that escaped. The next morning
the doctor was called to attend wounded
sergeant in the bsrrack, from whose wounds
he extracted some nails. The sergeant con-
fessed he scaled the cemetery wall, having
first Invested himself Of his clothing. This
state terrified the watchdog into silence,
which. nevertheless, followed, but did not
attack him. The poor soldier had lost his