New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-05-31


81. bemp which did the business for him 10 al aPre
n;um. So 10 II with the great men OF the worids
-nig.r standard. Opinion hangs them up, ana then
~ .re famous America seldom has quarrel,
because great men with her DO NOT require 70 oe
a. elevated TO the wrldsvlew.
TIE Frfurt Parliament has ended pretty much
where il began. :,
The news from the Continent is unimportant 1t
.-.Sars,ooa that the Romans will rise and drive
ont tho Pore and Cardinals If foreign bayonets do
go 90 France unless she continues to play po-
Ecemsn has ended where she began.
The fste of May 4, the Anniversary OF the In
.renrat,on of the Constitution, is over The Place
90 Concorde. word-celebrated, takes again its
od ook. The colossal sphnxes made oil Imitation
granite 10 the life-,hOugh II must be confessed
that sphinxes, Osiris, Isis, and other beauties OF
that sort are rarely seen alive-have been removed
from the base Of the grand PYRAMID Oh Lu1ot'-
Nowthat stone sampler, worked win ages, dates
and Con,ic distches four thousand years DID, stands
In lie original FORM so too the flowers, evergreens
turf. lights, which kept glorious company win the
water beauties of the grand fountains, are gone
Likewise the four grand temporary arches on the
place; the crowd OF statues lamp plars,rlch hang-
ipes streemers the blaze OF lights IN front OF the
Chamber Of Deputies and the Madeleine and the
six hundred thousand lamps that adorned the drive
of the Elysian Fields from the Place 10 the Arch
of Triumph Gone, too, are the hundreds OF thou
sands OF lockers on gamins, grsettes, red ribbons,
blouses, soldiers, priests dandies and country
cousins. So LIES best joys decay OF scene OF
gsyety and splendor which defies equality the
stone, iron, asphalt verdure, trees and fountains
only remain and these are standing fete, far bet
ter than any special creations OF other cities can
show.
Isoek stroll in the Elysan Fields TO see the
penny shows. 1t was in the decline OF the L air.
Few remained. The Maid and the Maggie in six
acts performed by children, was however, done
by two rival establishments, and am ashamed to
say that the spirit of competition, Of which the New
Philosophers complain had brought the price
down 10 one sou, the original being two sous.
Such is the effect Of overtrading. lt 10 clear
that there is a certain quantity OF maids and ma g
pies REQUIRED and over that glut is produced. In
select company Of caps and casquettes the mourn
fu drama which DELEGATES housemaids at the
Fair and their mistresses at the Opera, was per
formed And the acting was not bad. French
children seem to act well intuitivey Brief and
fitting was the play. The time Of each act was
homeopathic dose. In this perpatetic drama,
which doubtless is pretty much like the original
Tbespian mode, see the seminal idea Of Eschyus
and shskspere.
Huge is the din Of the Fair Trumpets side
drums and big drums are variously at work within
fifteen feet of each other Let stop a second be-
fore mysterously covered tent. In front Off is q
platform on this are dancing n damse with
dress Of grand opera brevity, and melo dramatic
lad. They are engaged ss il they liked their work
The music 10 merry, and the crowd 0elignte1 JnlS
outside performance is always resorted 10 at each
show 70 attract attention, and is animated noisy and
burlesque Ifthere be May-Queen sort Of person
to do the elegant, there is also burlesque person
with mouth that seems 10 stretch from ear to ear
and then begin over again. and he cOntrives to put
the crowd an good humor. The advertisements
ofthe performance in the tent before which we are
standing strikes an American os very strange Be.
hind this bufOonery are ranged sgn--LQ Pas
SION de Rotre SeigaeuTa and paintings OF the show.
We are now inside. The girl 10 the curt attire is
the spokesman. The curtain goes up; children Of
ten or twelve years of age are before as living
statues In good style Of art This is the scene of
carrying the cfoss. The whole turns on q pivot
The curtain falls, and in an instant rises with the
second phase of the Passion. Aud so on to the
Crucihxion and the Descent from the Cross d'a-
pres 10 celehre Reubens' The final tabeau con
cluded, and all the dramatis persona come forward
and make profound and graceful obeisance. Then
! the show girl thanks the company in good French
for the distinguished honor awarded their perform
ance, and man at the door asks q sou, which is
cheerfuiy paid by each visitor. Cest trop court,
says an urchn; INNS cest tres jOlie maman.
The next show enter is that of the fat girl OF
eighty years. She appears on the stage, and would
81 considerably outweigh any two women present
The Snowman calls attention to the beautiful shape
OF her head her finely formed shoulders arms, hand
and foot. Her waist in point OF taper like quail
ties. was not remarkable. This mass of juvenile
fat In childlike voice ialorms the company that
for oily dropsy as herself She condescended %
dance with tambOurin, and then begged the CON-
pany to contribute for fund toward her dot as
she intended to be married when she grew up Up
to this time she had evidently been engaged in
growing across.
Louis Philippe has been indisposed 1t is said
Guzot did not call on Louis Philippe, alias Mr.
William Smith, when IN England. GuzOt has
beenmarying his daughter and making an evan.
gelica speech at socetyior diiiusing Christianity
He had better keep all he has for home consump-
tion.
Americans throng Paris They are thoroughly
peripatetic dare-devils No hight, depth cold heat
distance, difficulty nor danger appals them Their
itch for sightseeing is marvellous. With guide.
book in hand SO there shall be no mis- take" they
20 10 all the sight seeing rendezvous in and about
Paris and across the Desert. A gentleman called
on me the other day, whom ! took for Greek,
owing 10 bis cap aud beard. No he was from
Arkansas, via Edom the accused. The drollest
account OF Americansm have heard of is from Mr.
lngerscll Of the Russian Legation. An American,
with an eye bunge@ up applied to him for assist
ance TO proceed home. lie was whaeman, who
had married an Esqumaux wife, and had come
overland 10 St. Petersburg. He had two children.
His amiable partner had one fault she used 10 get
drunk; and then (let the American Eagle hide his
head under his wiDgs)--and then used to beat her
American husband He stood in terror of his lovely
wife and worse and worse he wanted to escape
from the striking brsndy-and.water proofs of her
affection, and fee to America. The case was ur
gent; no time was 10 be lost. AS soon as the
Esquimaux Venus had got over her last debauch
and ON his track, it would have been all over with
him. So the Americans in ST. Petersburg made a
subscription for him, and he was shipped aboard
vessel He had hardly been gone, when bis Indian
love. appeared at the American Embassy. Her
rags knew no bounds when she heard that her
WE'LL 1osed and bruised Yankee husband had
gone off She threatened Imperial vengeance
the force Of the Russian law should he brought 10
bear. Jack, however, was safe. According to the
laws OF blubber and expedency, he no doubt con-
siders himself entitled to help hmse to an Ameri-
can wife, warranted not 10 cut in the eve wHF