The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-06-10

in paying the rent sef the very necess, t,is
md enabling workmen to redeem Inc .,
pledges from the pawn:ofiices. - LIZ
VARIOUS ITEMS.
Evor@4va trade IN Paris has its annual Jete,
wIich l. looked forward TO with an entlu-
.iasm only eouaIled by the Germans. he
bakers have this year fallen on evli Gays;
rhe treasurer of their society has foiiowed
The present lamentahle weakness OF boiling,
ind has carried off the savings Of the last
twelve months of his hard-worked brethren.
Some kind hearts are endeayoTing TO make
good the deficit a1 p"
Au old miser, seventy years olds has met
with lust nemesis. This man was once 10
comfortable circumstances, and for the last
fifteen wears has acted rs volunteer reNev-
inc officer for a benefit society. Recently
hc fell into n state of moral and physical
weakness. occupied miserable attic, never
went out, and his neighbors charitably sup
ported him. For. three days he never
opened his door, and the effluvia from MS
room was such that it was iorcibly opened
by the authorities. and after dlsinlecting
the, apartment they found the old man sense
less on his bed, in the midst of disgusting
9TH. and lying around him 6, 000f. in gold,
besides other pieces sewn upin his clothing.
He was at once removed to hospital, 10
be succored at his own expense. -.,..-..~t.
The 1o,000 white slaves that toll IN the
habcrdashcr shops of Paris are likely to
have henceforth Sunday as a holiday. The
agitation for one days rest in seven has
been some time going on. to obtain what is
accorded to the hulks Of Brest and Touion.
one large establishment at once conceded,
and the proprietor was complimented Win
banquet. Some twenty houses stood our,
and on Sunday last the assistants, number
inc 100. struck, aud left the establishment OF
the leading opposing houses. Public opln-
ion, to its credit, is decidedly in favor OF the
reform.
The murderer of the English groom who
was assassinatcd some months ago IN the
! Champs Elysees has not been discovered,
| and the English valet, arrested on suspicion,
| is said to have been liberated. ~
| a mysterious crime has taken place In the
Bots de Vincennes. Young man, eignteen
the grass, his hands under his breast, ana a
brier strongly knotted around his neck,
which had caused his death. The body was
still warm, and the doctors have stated the
deceased has been strangled. No clue has
been discovered as to who the victim Is, or
who is the murderer. -. T., :, ooro.o,,o
The population of Paris is 1,lO0,00O, OF
which 10000 are infants. TOT, 600 men, ana
700, 900 women; 100000 live on their PHI
vate incomes-are government olnc! ao o oo
belong to the learned professions !; l00,eoV
are in schools, refugees, hospitals, and
prisons 200, 900 live by their shops; l,oGo,-
Zoo bv various branches of trade; 81, 600 are
soldiers: about 1850 women and 26,0OO
children arc engaged in workshops. Ihere
are / 800 steam engines employed III the va
rious industries, calculated to be cqua! to
b, 900 pairs Of hands.
The Court will not go to FOntainebleau
till the first week in June, where, among
the limited visitors expected. are the Vice
roy of Egypt and his son, also the Irince
Himbcrt, and the Emperor of Austria.
Towards the close Of September Her Ma-
iestv Eugene is expected to embark at Mar
settles for Alexandria to inaugurate the Sucz
Canal and towards about the end OF July
the Prince Imperial will embark for his
visit to England. ...
r. The Emperor, on his recent visit to the
horticultural show, was surprisedat several
exhibitors bringing their prize asparagus,
peas, beans, &C., and depositing them III his
carriage. lie directed that they should be
allowed to remain, merely observing that
he hoped the peas would not stale, that he
was commencing TO market on his own ac-
count. On arriving at the Tuileles, he
astonished his domcstics with the peculiar
baggage he brought home.
During the reception Of the votes on
Monday feeble old clergyman drove upto
Il booth and asked permission to deposit his
bulletin there, as he could not walk up
stairs. The scrulineers consulted, and dc
cided that, since he could not walk, they
would carry him. They placed him i'll the
Presidents chair and carried him to the
urn, where he deposited his ticket.
A bookseller announces his intention to
collect and publish all the professions of
faith of the several candidates of the recent
elections.
4 Berlin paper informs us that Mrs. Lin
coin is about being married to Count
Schmidstcyill, Grand Chamberlain to the
Duke Of Baden, and an Italian journal
states that Andrew Johnson has arrived at
Venice. General Dix paid his vts,te ddd'eu
to the Emperor on Sunday; at the same au-
diencc Mr.. Washburnc presented his ere
dcntialS. General Dix intends making
tour in Germany before he returns TO the
States. The French Government will send
commissioner to represent it at the open.
ing of the Pacific railroad on the Fourth OF
July. Rear Admiral w. Radtord has ar
rived in Paris. Jefferson Davis is again Ill.