The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-03-18

VOL. XXXVI.
principles. He has been among the great
est fixtures of the Second Empire, almost
overlapping all. His political life has
been stormy. He can afford to wait for
Judgment till the tomb is closed, and the
tears Of affection can water it no more. As
Tacitus said of an illustrious Roman, his
name will be transmitted to and recalled by
posterity, for he will not die. For him and
Lsmartins the papers attingly display black
borders. - '..-...-
The Minister of the Marine has adopted
very salutary improvement in exacting
for the future that no captain in the COM
mercial marine shall receive q diploma
without being examined in the working Of
life-boat and oil that sppertsins to the
saving Of life during shipwreck. More,
manuals for the use Of students and cap
tains will be published under the authority
of the Admiralty. - 'D
A STRANGE CRIMINAL.
In 1859, Rerny, farmer, wss married,
and their happiness duly crowned with q
son. In 1864 another olive branch ap-
peared, which the father wished not to live.
One day the child's tongue was found
bleeding profusely, and the wound filled
with snuff. The child died. The mother
"kept all these things, and pondered them
in her heart" not forgetting to hear her son
remind playmate that I" if he was bold,
his father would cut his tongue, as he did
to his little brother's." In time, another
baby appeared, and the mother never left
it minute alone. While sleeping with it
one day, she heard an sgonizing scream !;
the infants mouth was full Of blood but
the father had escaped unpsrceived. On
another occasion, while momentarily alb
sent in the kitchen, she heard the same
scream, rushed into the room, and caught
her husband cutting the poor innocent's
tongue with a scissors, coolly adding that he
WAS opening an abscess. 1t was too much ;
the wife denounced the unnatural father to
the police, and the Tribunal at Riom has
sentenced the brute to transportation for
life.
MUSICAL.
The general rehearsal Of Rossini's /" Pos
thumous Mass" has taken place, and opin-
ion is unanimous that nobler composition
has never appeared-equal, to say the least,
to the productions of Beethoven, Haydn,
Mozart, or Handel. 1t opens with an en-
chanting hyrie eleison. In the Credo there
is an air Crucifrus of touching beauty, but
in the Sanctus and the Hosannah the
maestro has thrown his soul. Madame
ADoni worked her hearers up to enthu-
siasm in executing the Agnus Dei-a piece
of marvellous perfection.
is mixed up in every quarrel. Count de
Malartie held high Office under the late
Emperor Max" He met few evenings
ago in q Paris salon o Hsnoverian Colonel,
who at once gave vent to his mind about
Bismark. The Count being relative as
well as an admirer of Bismark's, resented
the observations, and on Sunday morning
meeting took place, to make amends, OF
Erguelines, on the Belgian frontier. The
Count had brother Of the Duke of Hamil-
ton for second, and the Colonel two fel-
low. officers. Count de Malartie demanded
to fight with swords, but such q thing
was not known 10 the ex-member OF
King George the Fifth's army. Ultimately
riied English pistols were accepted. The
"men" were placed thirty five PAGES apart,
to fire in advancing towards each other at
every five steps. The Count fired first, car
rying away portion of his adVersary's
ear, and stunning him. The Colonefs turn
came, aud Immediately the Count fell. The
ball had passed between the flesh and the
ribs, little above the region of the heart.
The ball was at once extracted, and the
wounded was able to return to Paris. He
owed his, life to o package of letters, adj
dressed TO his friends in case Of death,
along with which was bundle OF bank
notes. These papers were literally cut to
pie,es. Both duellists are crack shots, and
famed for their skill in pistol-shooting.
SUNDAY
was stormy day in Paris, and gentle
man while walking with his wife had his
hat blown off. Forgetful of Dickens's rule
to regard such q calamity as joke, he
became angry. A passing velocipedist fol-
lowed to "roll it down !" but in every
sense a "sporting dog" was making to-
wards home, seized the hat, and bolted. A
kind of stop thief" cry was raised but
the more the dog was followed the quicker
he ran, until, reaching home, he placed the
products of the chase at his owners feet.
TIE BAR-MAIDs-
l beg pardon, the demoiSelles de compton,
held their annual ball on Saturday eve
ming. The highest to the lowest restaurants
and cafes sent their best "gals," whose
feet the public were able to observe for
once, as they never seem to leave their
crimson velvet. seats when on duty. In
every sense they are fixtures nearly as
much as the mirrors at their backs. The
proceeds of the ball were for the poorer
members of the craft. The most curious
thing of all was, that after dancing up to
an early hour Of the morning, each de'no1-
sellc was at her post like clock-work, prim
and frissee, fresh as white camella.
PETITIONS.
1t may be remembered that every French
man has the right of sending his ideas on
things in general in the form Of petition,
which the Conscript Fathers of the Senate
are at least bound so far to notice that it
be laid on the table. One petitioner de-
mands that the journals be prohibited from
printing the proceedings Of the Legislative
Assembly second that all editors be
elected by universal suffrage and third
that all bachelors over thirty be taxed. 1t
is not always on the score of economy that
man lives in Paris, en- garcon. Very
often, as the adage has it, while q husband
has but one lady to ruin him, o bachelor
may have half-a-dozen.
VARIOUS ITEMS.
During the year 1868 Paris exported velo.
cipedes amounting in value to one million OF
francs. The population Of the city in lo4G