The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1872-08-31

T r'T7s5kcd the | ~ -
Charge, to taksl aa -.
He asked III inS,v,,Vu ~, mri 1t was Ie-
fused. Nevertheless. when the bali was at
Its height, in walked the American with the
| @ostraciscd beauty leaning on Iii, arm, and
/ dressed IN 4 way that might have excluded
her even had her character been less thsn s's sea
| iect of gossip. In the great GsS;ndesce Gs;d which
gives up its de,rd the Tween the vir.
| this event o.ssssts'.Jned ,,d the Charge at
tIlouc Jonn b. FLOYD ir,'r;,ese nn and Wash.
Tnton Governments. Iu~, see the light. The
! inv. was tremendos2, though it was carried
| IN in dTplonssGeL circles, and the pull
/ i&eard only a little OF 1t. y gentleman who
saw the lady-now Madam Ron that oc-
| casion declared to Inc that she was the most
beautiful being he ever behcld, and filled his
ideal Of q Roman goddess. remembered
the remark when / saw her at the last Car
niyal i'm Rome, dashing along the Corso in a
fine fQuipagc, sally dressed, and throwing
| boi.,ouS and flowers 10 the crowd. The
masses did homage to her beauty. Her hus-
| band. one of the most eminent italian states
| men, stood, | remember, with lis in the
| crowd, and us he smoked his igar looked
| with half com;caI, halr cynical expression
upon the sensation his brilliant wife was
causing.
But when met her the other evening. in
room for the first time, wondered where
the beauty had fled. | saw woman, not,
Indeed, without some attractions, but with Il
great deal of boldness and a strong incim-
ton to he fat Her complexion was artistic,
and she bad that most painful expression Of
woman clutching ut her vanished youth
May it not be that the ancients. in what they
I1,ft L.. h,y
alive, cunningly signiticd the tendency OF
luxurious ladies' to become entombed in
heavy masses Of flesh? At any rate, Madame
r. seems to be here at Trouyile person
whom | am glad my poor dead southern
friend cannot look upon. He took her to tile
great ball he offended the Court and Of
Tended his own Government by it; he es-
capped recall by the skin of his teeth; all
for her--lnd she 81.
FLITTED AWAY FROM HIM LIKE A BUTTERFLY
at the first call of some martinez in scarlet and
gold Hither, thther, from flower to flower,
she passes, knowing very well that in the
Courts Of Europe virtue is Il light cloud, while
beauty and wealth and grand name are
keys which will unlock any courts. She be-
came by marriage the lirSt lady, officially, in
Italy, next to the Quecn-this woman who
lEtl W w luC SNlltS vi uCi hLNCi
lover to get to Court ball! Mean while the
American no sooner hears that the war be-
tween North and South, which he had long
expected, had begun than he throws down
with scofn the commission which DO longer
represents his beloved Virginia, and hurries
back to join in the struggle. Life, indeed,
had now but few attractions for him. He
had lived ages in his years, though they were
not vet forty in number. He is soon wounded
while serving on the staff Of an eminent
Confederate general; but 1t is only the arm
that Is In ruins. He RECEIVERS enough to re-
turn again to the paper which had once been
the daily sensation Of the South. But he has
an eve keen enough to see the coils of fate
closing around his beloved South.
{, q; THAT BROKE HIS HEART.
When the army of the Union was drawing
near TO Richmond he wrote, / remember, an
editorial in which occurred the words, "H
tho Federal armies ever enter Richmond,
those who shall be unfortunate enough to
live to see that day." DC The day came
when the American army did enter Rich
mond. and at the dawn of that day were
closed in death the eyes of the most gited
man the South has produced IN recent tllnes.
When in the brilliant salon saw the woman
ne loved so long and deyotedly, and for
whom he braved the world, saw ms gloomy
brow and his magnificent black eyes spec,
traly beside her. But should say, II ne
were sitting beside her, it must have !, ,peen ~
q very shadowy way indeed, not suff1aenIly
pronounced to interfere with the newest IVES
flirtation on hand. !,
] But / should remark that the Countess o. |
wIom !. have been writing is not stalllaal "
birth; she is French.