The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1869-01-21

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s,...f arY.egsgt7 PARIS, January s, 1863.
gs PRUSSIA.
The close Of year ia ever period fol
great JOYS and great griefs, Of bitter re-
III grets and lively satisfaction. II is witt
nations as with individuals, and Of al
peoples in Europe the Prnssians have mos
reason ito be proud Of their position
= : Their political balance-sheet is prosperous
4 Their influence is nnquestioned. Not Al
= event has taken place in Europe but the
hand ian iron one, too Of Bismarck may
be traced. twas visible in Italy. undis-
aeg gnised in Spain. concealed in Turkey.
Formerly this role belonged to Ruseia Dur
even she has been eclipsed BY Berlin.
PEACE. sHq r. @ r
erfS sThe new year opens with no promises
worthy of belief. The old one resolved
no.b;nc- and was characterized best by
homes falsifed and fears adjourned. Peace
4 never was more precariouss because it is
sdeprived of the guarantees that can alone
make it veritable. Capital rests still idle,
speculation is paralyzed, and credit has no
channel for useful investment, because con-
fdence nowhere exists. Possible wars take
the pos Of peace, and military expenditure
Il the execution Of useful works.. 1t is the
state Of incertitude in which We live that
constitutes the crying evil Of the day. The
Z fear of death is most in apprehension, and
1t Is the well. founded fear of war that
hangs like nightmare over the continent
and compels many sober-minded people to
decide in wishing the great struggle to come.
Viewed in this light, the Emperors New
= Years . speech-day" amounted to nothing
but "kind words" But these. have now
- no force, no power to, act. The signs OF
disarmipg the standing peace armies forms
the one thing needful. Humanity ex-
poets, hopes for. this. But we are among
the most miserable, for we belong to those
who have no hope. The spirit Of concilia-
ton, observed his Majesty. animstes all the
European Powers. It animates Prussia to
: cross the Main, and to exercise her land
webr in the art of immediate mobilization:
1t animates Austria to revenge Sadowa and
oheckmate Russia in the principalities
and it animates France to. watch both and
seize the occasion to rectify her frontiers.
II animates Italy to nurse her wrath against
b the Pope. and his Holiness to keep his Rem
ingtons in order and rifed artillery ready.
{ It animates all for war and hypocritical
peace. .N.s
- 80 THE EASTERN QUESTION. ~
49,. The Congress which is to meet on the 9th
under the presidency Of the French foreign
minister does not increase in favor. Many
look upon it ms the beet incentive to war
meeting calculated to put to the proof,
not the desire to serve Turkey or white
wash Greece, but to see how far the peace
s makers are committed to become peace
breakers. They are judges, meeting with
arl minds made up, but fearing to pronounce
the consequences Of foregone conclusions.
Much is expected from the peace views of
the French minister, but his master is the
creature Of circumstances, and has more to
gain from war, with good allies, than from
peace. All sorts of political bonbons are
promised by the "acreeable journals" on
the part Of the ministry. .fg
- FRANCE.
The general elections are near 80 liberal
reforms must be again dangled before the
nation. The press il to be ameliorated in
condition, as shown by the increasing Sc
verities exercised against it, as we'll as in
the seizure of every pamphlet or book that
criticises the second empire unpa!atahly.
The system of official candidates grows-but
in intensity and ministerial responsibility
is as distant as in 1852. In the face Of
these contradictions, the nation is told to
bide the good things in reserve. But the
people are tired Of ssAristides the Just !"
being dinned into their ears, and appear
resolved to effect the Punishment of some of
the checks to liberty at the electoral urns
A strong opposition in the Corps Legislatif
will be the most salutary means of aiding
the Emperor's liberal Intentions and ena-
bling the country to know exactly where it
is and whittier it is going. @ ..
SPAIN.
- Malaga and Cadiz form the auant garde
of those scenes in store for Spain. The
country is rapidly drifting into civil war,
to become the prey Of the boldest adven-
turer. Paris is the hot-bed of plotiDgs
against the Peninsula, and desperate men
are preparing for desperate deeds. The
French Government keeps, up to the pre-
sent, Loyalty neutral. The Emperor was
Il marked in his well-wishes to the Spanish
ambassador on Friday for the happiness
and prosperity of Spain, but Napoleon has
never changed his opinion that after much
bloodshed the Prince Of Asturias must be
elected under a Regency.
MR.. BURLINGAME AND his PIG-TA1LS.
Among the distinguished arrivals during
the week has been the Cosmopolitan Chinese
Embassy. So many "Celestials' ~ have
been, and are still, among US that half a
dozen more or less make no sensible
change. The members of the embassy are
extremely well lodged in the rue Bel
Respiro, and occupy the second and third
stories Of a magnificent house. Below them
is for fellow-lodger the Spanish Duchess
de Frias-the previous occupants of their
apartments being Patti and Baron Adolphe
Rothschild. They pay 24,000f. rent for
three months. Many Chinese have called
ON the chief ambassador as several "for
eign Offices" here employ some brothers of
the Sun and Moon. There is large colony
of Japanese in Paris, which seems to have
few relations with John Chinaman & Co. !;
and while adopting European customs,
especially as regards dress, your true
Chinese adheres to stsr-spangled robes,
long-tailed chignons, and seven-league
shoes. r1-lH- IS
THE STATE BALL. 1s y.
Upwards of four thousand people attend.
ed the State ball at the Tuileries on Mon
day night A more than ordinary rigor
had been exercised in selecting the invited,
under tins Empress's own supervision, as
many /" notabilities /" have become lame
ducks :" since last year. AT 8 o'clock the
arrivals" commenced, entering the several
tporteS according to the color of your card.
Mountains of tulle, miles Of satin, rivers
of diamonds, and every flower in creation,
on dresses as well as on heads. The usual
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