The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1870-11-30

Only a study for homcly eyes.
And never picture poet woa t,. PAM pam
Rut hold the woman above the SAM,
And the light Of the humble 4 hearth pciZs
+, Over the luminous air-bniit-castIc.
How an Advertiser Rose into Promt-
uenee-Ample Details Concerning
the Case OF an. n"
The London Echo Of November llth
summarizes pamphlet relating TO az allail
OF which the early versions nave Deeh
printed in the Times. in the manner Ioilow-
which we referred yesterday the hero OF
the strange story has revealed his real
name. and that which was in fair way TO
be as fayorite question for the ingenuity
of those who, with no data, delight TO hunt
for a correct solution of the Man in the
Iron Mask, or the authorship of 'Junlus,' Is
now plain. We are spared many cum
brous volume from DIR. Dryasdhst'
Notes and Queries have lost one
admirable exercise ground tor the wits
of those whose nature and pleasure
it is to burrow among ambiguous initials
and pry into the obscure alleys and Sums
of history. sWho are you, sir, who allow
Yourself to interfere in these matters!
Such, less bluntly and more politely -eX-
pressed. was the question that encountered
NJ. N. on the occasion Of his first visit to the
Empress ut Hastings; and he Is right IN
anticipating that the readers of his clever
pamphlet will expect an answer to the
same question. Accordingly he pretac"S
the strange story with short account OF
his life, which is not at all strange, but
positively common. place. Regnier Is his
name. He is a Partisan by birth. lie
frankly owns that he is nobody and Ill
q way which in q Frenchman may betoken
modesty and not vanity, he makes ii few
conspicuous illusions to his personal
affairs, and he exhibits some care net to
leave the reader in doubt that NJ. Regnler
is q gentleman of substance. He even pre-
faces the pamphlet by Il Autographed por-
trait to show that he did not cloak himself
in anonymity for the same reason which IN
duced the Yelled Prophet of Kh0rassan to
hide his face.
ADVICE FROM EUGENE.
On the 18th of September, NJ. Regnier
took the liberty to describe his procedure
in the gentlest terms, to communicate with
the Empress, then at Hastings, and to sub
init to her the ACCESSIBILITY OF retaining her
powers as Regent in spite of the revolu-
tion. Let the Empress betake herself to
the French fleet, which Is French territory.
Let her 90 from port to port, visiting and
STRENGTHENING her adherents. Let her is.
sue proclamations to foreign Governments,
the feet, the army, the French people; NJ.
Regnier will draw up these proclamations,
and the nobody will start ut once for
WilhelmShoe, in order to obtain the sane
ton of the Emperor. At first he meets
with rebuff. Her Majesty desires to give
preference to the interests of France
She does not wish to exhibit an un-
due regard for dynastic concerns. But NJ.
Regnier, not abashed or discouraged, re-
turns to the charge, and presents to her
plan for saving the Napoleonic cause with
out bringing on civil war. Again rebuff.
The Empress could not count with conf
dence on the fidelity of the fleet she would
do nothing calculated to light up the flames
ola civil strife in France, and it was to no pur-
pose that he piled her with letters, in which
he proved the advantage to be derived from
her remaining de .fuct0 Government, and
from not deserving her post. So far the
readers comments on NJ. Regniers conduct
will perhaps be summarized i'll the words
.audaciouS presumption or some more
idiomatic expressions Of equivalent mean-
ing; but act second introduces him in u
more questionable position. -
NEGOTIATION.
From NJ. Fillion he obtained, with the
Empress's consent, Photographic view OF
Hastings, with these words written at the
foot of it in the handwriting OF the Prince
Imperial ''My dear papa, send you
please you.' This scrap of writing, it was
understood, was to be used in order to get
an audience with the eX-Emperor, to sub.
NIT to him the plans which she firmly re.
jected, and, also, it would appear with q
view to communicate with Count Bismarck
at this point occurred the transformation
in NJ. Regnier's character, and the officious
busybody became the pretentious negotia.
tor. Observing in a Sunday paper Of the
18th of September that NJ. Jules Favre
was to meet Count Bismarck in order to
treat about an armistce, he haslened to
Meaux, and thence to FerriereS, in spite of
the Empress's command 'not to attempt
the execution of his plan. The reader will
not be surprised to learn that the indetati-
gable Regnier obtained an audience Of the
Count, and there he offered to 20 to Metz
to treat with Bazaine. This was at the
time when the Chancellor seemed ready TO
be interviewed by anybody. And it must
be remembered that he had everything to
gain by sending an Imperial intriguer on to
Metz. If you had come week earlier, OF
even four days ago, 1t was yet time now
fear it is too late But, in spite Of this
apparent rebuff, Count Bismarck relented
Regnier, nobody plus photograph,
offered to 60 to Metz and Strasbourg to ar
range for the surrender of those two cities
/. In the Emperor's name, and for the issuing
of q proclamation declaring that the En-
pire was still in existence, the Chancellor
offered to hima general safe conduct and
agreed to facilitate his entrance into Metz
DO what you CAM said the Count, to
bring before us some one with power tO
treat with us, and you will have rendered Il
great service to your country 1t re.
NAMED, then, only for Regnier to write to
the Count that if Bazaine acceded to the
conditions, either Marshal Cam ebert OF
General Bourbaki would be asked to con-
sent to use his influence with the army to
further the plan, and the one selected for
the mission would quit Metz disguised in
kegnier's clothes and wrapped in shawl.
REdNIER AND BAZAlNE.
On the 23d of September Regnier was in
Marshal Bazaine's study comnuning with
him on the situation. Regnitr found the
Marshal faithful to the empire, regarding
the National Government as "a handful of
adventurers," and ''the Army of Metz as
the only existing French army" The re
suit of the conference was that Marshal
Bazsins expressed his willingness to capitu-
late "duee les hoaaeurs de la gnesTe."
'sMarshal Bazaine had placed himself and
his army at my disposal" But in what
form had Regnier received the guarantee