The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-07-06
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JuLy 3, 1873.
Editors Dsspatch Please give ns Ia your
next issue the rate OF mortality OF the city
OF Richmond in comparison with other
leading cities OF the United States.
Respectfully, MAX.
IDr. Cabell will please answer.]
LEXINGTON, Va, July 9, 1878.
Editors Dispatch: II you can conve-
nsently do so, will you please psiblish in the
Se,et- lYeeietg Dispatch William C. Bryant's
famous poem Thanatopsis ?"
A SUBSCRIBERS.
Why not ask us to publish the Old Hun
dredth Psalms
a Strong Picture OF the Ruler OF
Germany.
A NAN WHO IS EVERY INCH A KING.
TRANSLATION from, the Paris Figaro. in New York
Times
An audience OF the Emperor. in his cabi-
net on the ground floor OF the Palace, as
Berlin, resembles no other royal audience.
The Emperor Is clad in his long military
frock-coat, with its two rows OF buttons. He
is marvellously neat,yery straight. and rather
stiff. One understands, in looking at him,
that expression, & I'm SotdQt SoaIs te hdr-
s,diS. " His contour is still well preserved. His
body is well made. His limbs are powerful.
His extremities indicate an old and good
race. His face mere grave than severe,
with its beard cut i'll German fashion, is
well known. The smile which plays on his
face is at times very young. When this tall
old man speaks to the women who, during
the summer months, form his court at Ems,
he seems to date back to the seventeenth
century. The Emperor has the beautiful
blue eyes Of Frederick the Great. But,
the extraordinary dimensions OF the
eyes OF Frederick. The scant hairs,
formerly light brown, to-day ashen,
are parted low on the left, crossing,
but not covering. the crown Of his head.
William seems to me to personify absolutely
the type OF an Emperor OF the oldcn time
large, strong, handsome-a soldier. The
faces OF Alexander and Of Francis Joseph
are those OF modern Emperors. The gaze
OF William has u strange slownesS. 1t Is
the look Of man who has the conscious
ness Of majesty. lie believes, it is well
known, in his divine right. His tufted eye.
brows form tine arch. His eyes have not
the vague mySteriousnes OF those Of Alex
ander, nor the indicble melancholy OF those
OF Francis Joseph, nor the trouble OF those
of Queen Victoria. However, I prefer the
expression Of these last three to that OF the
Emperor William. They have more per-
sonality.
His voice has strong tone Of command.
The accent is slightly Berlinese. The EN-
peror thickens little, and dWells some
what on the yowels. He speaks slowly
and very correctly, as man who has the
habit OF always being listened to, without
having bis interlocutor finish his sentence.
He chooses rather than seeks his words.
He would be able to deliver from the
tribune of the Reicbstadt an eloquent dis
course. The Emperor has the real men,
DRY OF O sovereign. He remembers cv-
cry name and every face. He knows
most Of the officers OF his army. At
times, when witnessing review, one
will hear him say to a modest officer: /" You
resemble your grandfather; little lighter,
perhaps. He was brave soldier" lie re-
members conversation he has held years
before Adored by those who surround
him, he is very thoughtful Of them. But
never did sovereign do so easily without
the presence Of an officer whom death or
advancement has taken from his suit. He
thinks only Of those whom he sees and OF
whom he has need. 1t is an egotism OF The
sovereign which does not affect the heart OF
the man. Look at him close by. Every
face OF old age Is revelation. The Empe-
ror William is good.
No one knows better than he the profess
sion OF sovereignty. For it is profession,
although there are no professors. very.
simple, and Of plain appearance, he insists
strictly on etiquette. He carries high b.
head. as il he always wore the Gown.
Never has any one been familiar W .eh him
NOT even his son. During an Audience, after
holding his hands in frcCnt OF him some
time, he crosses then. behind his back. A
French diplomat told me that the Emperor
will remain standing this way for hours.
On one occasion the Emperor said to him,
tsWill YOU not sit DOWN." The diplomat
made no movement, the only chair being
covered with geographical maps. All the
men about the palace have acquired TINS
habit OF their sovereign. They have the
faculty OF always standing, like horses.
One OF the windows Of the Emperor's
cabinet on the ground floor looks out on
the Avenue Inter den Linden, where NO,
being shot ut him. Curtains ornamented
with blue flowers prevent the passer-by
from seeing the whole Of the interior Of his
cabinet. Here are the miniatures and pho
tographs OF his family, and the portraits OF
the family Of sovereigns. One sees very
soon his preferences. The Emperor
Alexander has large, full-length por-
trait; Francis Joseph has only me-
dalIion. Here, also, are the souvenirs
OF the princesses-some work OF art or
specimen Of needle-work. At one side are
mementoes Of the war (pieces OF shell. &c.,
which he has picked up OH some battle
field under circumstances that he only
knows, as a bourgeois brings home from bis
trip to the water plants and shells. A Gu
rious person, following the movements Of
the curtains as they iutter in the wind, can
see the Emperor reading either the Bible
orthe Rang and Quarter List (the Military
AnnuaD. He il, aboveall, religious man
and soldier. A sword, with cross on the
hilt, which he formerly used, might have
served him rs crucltiX.
One may well be astonshed to see these
religious sentiments in sovereign who,
more than any other, has for dogma
Force But he believes that he exercises
an apostolate. Tt is difficult anomaly to
explain. The Emperor is 4 pietiSt. AT
those hours which come, even IN the exist
ence OF q conqueror, when he does not
know whether he is going to retreat into
a gulf or advance into an abyss,
the Emperor William prays to God
as does Alexander II. But Alexander
goes publicly to the tomb Of his mother
and his son, and prays by the lips OF his
fown-away angels. The Emperor William
reads in little Bible which he always car
ries with him when with the army. The
book opens OF itself at certain pages. ]
would ike to tell the reader, rs / did OF
Queen Victoria, which are those preferred
pages. Perhaps the soldier whose life has
been combat and the august woman whose
re b.c hoa,, mi ans 1nucr love read thn same