The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-05-24
PARIS LETTER.
Correspondence Of the Richmond Dispatch.
PARIS, FRANCE, May 5, 1869.

arc so dDSOrDcu IN bnc election struggle as TO
be perfectly oblivious of all foreign rela-
tons for the time being. Thus the Franco
Beige question has been declared settled by
the official journals of both nations, and the
mixed commission will proceed to carry out
the arrangement" which ordinary NOR
tails cannot discover. All parties are grid
ing on their armor for the struggle. Late
members print their speeches delivered du-
ring the last six years for presentation to
their constituents, and some Puck has
finished up by printing all their votes. The
war proceeds-goes gaily on. To-day cam
didate rctires to return tomorrow with
is represented, from the Dynastic to
the unmistakablc Cred" The law on
the elections has been published. For
some fifteen days the fullest liberty is
given to hold election public meetings but
then only voters can attend such, and only
i'll their proper electoral district. Thus is
cut off all attempts at "stumping." Every
Frenchman aged twenty-one years, and Ia
boring under no legal disqualification, is
eligible to be g fit and proper candidate"
for the new Corps Lcgislatif. A great many
forward"; and finding none to blow horn
for them, only blow their own the louder.
| observe one plan for embarrassing the en-
emy. A troublesome voter embodieS all the
political sins of omission and commission of
u late representative in the form of an in
dictment, serves copy of it on him
through the medium Of some ''widely-
| circulated" journal, and calls upon him, ut a
certain time and place, to "cOmc and ap-
pear" and give an account of his steward
ship. Noncompliance with this mandate
entails Il loss of suf1rages beyond doubt; for
the sovereign people are just now masters
of the situation. Rochefort, of Lantcrnc
| notoricty, is a candidate for Paris. He is at
present living in that city of refuge BrllS-
| sells, to avoid two years and 4 half impri-
sonment. If elected, he states he will re-
turn to Paris and place himself in the hands
of The Chamber, with whom rests the yea
or nay if he is to be given up to the law.
! In any case, says this foe of the Second En-
! pirc, it would he at all events something
new to have deputy of Paris sent to pri-
son for the above period. There is no end
Of hard words and blows taking place be-
tween editors. One of the first writer's calls
! his antagonist IA "blackguard, a humbug, Il
, fool, and a lunatic." When such flowers of
! Billingsgate occur in the green wood, what
must it be in the dry? t.
! We have had, during the week, somewhat
OF a little revolution. The Constitutional
was, till few days ago, 4 scmi-otlicial print.
! But 1t has gone over, arms and baggage, to
tlic fIcutN w llaI Is IuOIc CliIiouS Sllll IL
| that it processes alone to be the faithful in
| tcrpretcr of the Imperial mind, while lie
Peuple, which is generally credited as being
The exponent of his Majesty, scouts such
! ins0lcnce as something akin to sacrilege.
The wcll-wi>hcrS of the Emperor cannot
but regret step taken by his subordinateS
on Saturday last. The new journal Le
Rdlpcl was to appear on the following
Monday, and the chief OF the police pro
hbitcd its sale Oh the highways two days
| before it was born. The consequence has
| been to bring the rewards of martyrdom TO
the condemned. The journal has appeared.
Its get-up is anything but creditable to the
| Paris printers, who claim for themselves to
be the first in the world in their business :;
but ono is reconciied TO this when it is re-
memhcrrd the French claim to "out-ick
all crcusion' in everything. The new jour
nal has, of course, Il "lctter" from Victor
| Hugo, full of all those apostropheS to liberty,
&c. which make one understand the cn?eui
of the Greeks in hearing "Aristidc> the
Just" ctcrnaly dinncd into their ears. \
| letter from Garibaldi WAS the one thing
wanted. We don't want the complaints OF
| Victor Hugo. He can return to France If
| he pleascs, or remain at "Hallterille
House" on his 100. 600 francs year. Some
election squibS, childishly illustrated, with a
carefully arranged selection of old news,
make up the paper. By-and-byc, lie Rdppet
must have other thunder than This, if it i'll
| tends to succeed,
RUSSIA. ....
The news per private letters from Russia
is Of Il very pacific kind. The question OF
extending the railway system is that upper
most in the nations mind. The railway
stations are encountered with merchandise
awaiting the means of transport. Another
loan may soon be expected. The relations
between the Car and the Vatican are very
cordial. Alexander has convinced his Holi.
ness that Polish Catholics suffer under no
disability, as the high positions they occupy
in the military and civil administration ol
the Empire attest. Russia desires repose,
to deveiopc her internal resources. She is
keeping aloof from the newspaper war be-
tween Austria and Prussia, and is resolved
| to look on only if these Powers decide upon
opening the Sadowa question, which is quite
| on the cards,
But in Spain matters are running riot. In
the Cortcs the President has to be called to
order by the members, to whom he ought
to seta good example. The members them;
selves indulge in the greatest latitude, and
there is no philosophy too profound, nc
dogma too intricate, that does not come i'll
for discussion. The mysteries OF the Trim
ity, the Talmud, and the Bible, with refer.
ence to Renan and indecent illusions to the
Virgin Mary, have all been touched upon,
only to illustrate the depth of absurdity and
the littleness into which the Revolution has
fallen. The "coming man" now more than
ever is demanded. Some friends of Spain
ought to offer reward for information rs to
the whereabouts of Don Carlos. For the
last ten days he has been case Of "myste'
! - Some months a po hi.
absence was explained by the "Shooting
season." His game this time promises to be
man.
WISE LUNATIC.
The Princess Beavau is thirty years Of
age, rather pretty, plump, and unmarried
Her father is dead, and also her brother (the
latter having died from the accidental dis.
charge of PistoD. Her mother is the only
member of The family alive. The Princes
has had very unhappy life with her mo-
ther, and, being rich, left the ancestral
halls to travel in Asia, Africa, and else
where. She is very learned; loves astro.
nomy, chemistry; desires to know all about
spiritualism and every other "ism, and al
the "ologies." She manages u horse well,
and can use her reyolvers at thirty PAGES tc
perfection. Her mother and every relative
consider her mad. If the young lady be
great fortune. Accordingly, during the
week she presented herself before the cour,
elegantly and smartly dressed. She pleaded
her own cause, and begged the judges tc
cross-cXaniine her as they pleased. With
remarkable wit and sarcastic humor, in
which the public and the bar were with
her, she dissected all the charges made
against her. She pleaded guilty to loving
astronomy twas her solaoe in an unhappy
home; besides, no law prohibited the study
AS to feeling an interest in improved mus