, 1869-07-11

known to h4 very 1xitfut st1houttttsx. To re-.
cent falr3 ut Pestt. dha sent beautiful set Of s-
hou<ttes, representing the various menhesa Of the
Imperial family. She Demanded, however, tta,
her usrae should not be mentioned In connection
With tie ulAtter. The stlhouettea we're much ID,
mired, and 1nall5 purchased for sa5o, BY one or
the leaders Of the insulrectton Of ISIS,
When the King Of Prussia Was the other
day, 1t Hanover. he lfted up very pretty little
3iri evidently the daughter Of aytstocfastc pasen
He asked the child, i" What Il your name 7"u47
u1me is Ann1e," said the Little girl, who, after
moments hesitation, added: II lie Jou, biz
KiDg; but fatner and mother DON'T The E,ny
kased her, and shrugged hts shoulders, With q
melancholy Guaife.
General CtuseEet, previous to his invol-
nnta1y departure for the United States, Appeared
before the bl1th chamber OF the Pa.1s!an Couec-
1onal Police Court to defend himself against the
charge Of libel brought against him BY one Probst
whom he had bitterly attacked. owing to bis con-
nectlep with the fo-called Traos-C Continental
Memphis Pactrc Railroad swtndle. Troast had
not appeared, and judgment Eas given in favor Of
the defendant
A recent petition addressed to tia
French Senate contains the following proposition:
"Peorle shall no longer be guillouned when
ordered TO be executed. Their brains seal', on
the contrary, be crushed with heavy iron club
The advantage Of this mode Of operation will be
that the sufferer will not rema!u conscious after
hts head h8s been severed from the trunk; while
II Il wel-knoTn fact that In cases OF simple de-
capitsttou, he WILL be conscious and sunes fox
seferal hours after his neck has been cut through
The French Senate vii, Of course, not take any
action On this petition
Here is what the Paris correspondent Of
the Etoik Edge says about the speech delivered ~
the Emperor Napoleon at the Camp OF Chalons:
hc1-n nJt ,3x
the tricks by which the Second Empire tries 10
copc with the growing opposition Of rubs.c
opinion. your readers Will haf'lly be surprised If
tell them that the official account Of the speech
Eade by the Emperor at the recent reyiew Of the
troops encampcd At Chalons does tot contain
single Wot'l Of what he said there, How long 10
you suppose can an intelligent people Ike the
French be fooled III n stMiln1 manner. 1 DO NOT
bcllere that there Is IN Paris cue intelligent aed
independent nan but tremhies with indguat.ta
at this system Of political fraud and leger!--
main"
The newborn son Of the Grand Duchess
Hereditary OF Russia was appointed. Colonel Of
the One Hundred and Fotty.1tth Regiment OF
Infantry, and commander Of several Companies
OF ekumt1hers, lancesB aui hnEsars, even before
he lad opened his e{ea- 4 French Journal, In Al
ludiog to this remarkable appointment Of an lu-
lsnt to important milttsTy positions, Eeuls1Ii:
uiS Is Hl4 fEI5 hEu. DAh 4Et IL 4QPEOaWt loE
an instant, that the favor Of such rapid mill
tazJ promotion might also reach the plain private
citizen. How nice 1t would be, IN that eYea,,
TO receive q letter such as the following:
- u. and Nine. Bounani have the honor TO III.
form you Of the birth Of their son Armand, Color-
Ell Of the Twenty-sourth Regiment Of the une.'
''Life ut the Tuileries," writes the Paris
correspondent Of the PTscuraeuv d'-t.rers. "has
neser been iul1er than 1t Ia at the present time
The Emperor Ii morose, R1eepy and tacttu1u. The
Empress, Hho has been In feeble health fer sotne
time past, leayea her apartments but very rasely
aud reluctantly; anu the Prince Imperial, who, II
the truth we're generally known, would be looked
upon with rc1y little interest aud sympathy, inas-
much as he IS an indolent, worthless dog. whom
eren his little companions detest tor his mesu.
ness, aud who Is ns Ignorant Child as can te
found Ia FaFts. Is kept under sts1ct surveillance
BY General Frossard. hia able and energetic tutor,
and Ia but rarely seen in public, The Eeloclpeie
mania had at one time infested the Prince to such
an extent that he wanted 10 be all day un his
bicycle, and rao away frequently for the purpose
OF gratifying this passion, II is said that only the
threat Of severe corporal punishment 1nducei
him TO devote more attention to his studies.
1t Is q wellsroNn n fact that the Prince, uotwth-
standing Gil the pains that hare been taken with
bis education, is still grossly deficient In French
ofthogrsphy, nnd that he cannot even wrl:e a
small nutc without committing numetuus tlsr-
tlerh.