The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-05-13

Foreign Cerrsspond sncss 81 the RspabIie.
Paris after too ysovs Of absence 7As Shssts Gar
-D1aykds-P rospects for TIE Fxtgs-1Rs
Ssason-Ameieons in Peril.
PANS. April Is. 1851.
take advantage of the first moment OF Leisure
since my arrival to enter upon the fulflmsut Of my
promise. In the performance Of this, shall en-
deavor to give you and your readers. in semi
monthly communications, an idea of what IL going
ON in this focus of European intelligence. move
ment and pulsation My purpose will be a. far
as possible to put you and them in Paris. accom-
panying me in my rambles over the city-my
gances at the productions Of the press-my listen
ing to the "Dionsian Ear of the Bourse and the
Boulevards, eternally murmuring with the echoes
of the myriad-voiced public. / shall deem il bet
ter to give facts than rather than
observation-disclosures Of arithmetic rather than
| figures Of rhetoric. shall not--as the manner of
some is-consider Paris only a. q frothy and bub-
bling tide of gay and thoughtlsss people, 10 be seen
in the Garden of the TuiIleries, and the Champs
EIysees, at the theatres. the Hippodrome and the
Jardin d'hiver. ! shall remember that here are
the finest Libraries almost in the world-that here
some ofthe most celebrated seats Of sciencs and
IcpO0bSoIiew VI nero also arc Rk8vo
and studious men, such as Leverrier and Arago.
unfolding the wonders Of the celestial machinery;
philosophers such a. Cousin. exploring the depths
of metaphysical SCIENCE artists like vernet and
Court, who startle by the vigor or please by the
grace OF their conceptions with orators of the pull
pit and the tribune, and writer's in every depart
inent OF literature, whose names are known over
the world, and whose burning words produce
strong vibrations throughout Christendom.
Here am, then, once more Ia Paris, after an in
terval of two years! The city Possesses the same
general physognomy as before, with some points
OF improvement. The Boulevard has been mac
adamixed, style of pavement better than tho
blocks Of stone which it has replaced. Rows Il
thriving trees. now putting forth their leaves have
taken the place ofthose cut down in the revolution
Of '46, from the Madeleine to the Rue Montmartre.
The Directs are universally full OF people, An air of
activity and thrift is over the city. There Is an
unwonted dash of business in the aspect OF tho Obj
ing and flowing tide in the public promenades and
horoughfares. WithaI, the season ia unusually
early. The flower markets are blushing with
beauty and redolent Of odors The forest in the Tu
leries, from distance looks like solid hill of YER
dure-the foliage being well developed The garden
presents its usual aspect of fairy land The green
sward, the bursting flowers, the dimplinR foun-
tains, the gay and mutitudinous throngs of people,
especially of children in nurses arnls-the hsppi
| eat little kings and queens in the universe with
the rustic of birds on every side - sparrows.
robins blackbirds doves. building their nests Sing
ing their songs and tending their young and all
this in the heart of mighty city, whose thunder
encircles the spot with its belt Of ceaseless MUIR
murs-presents scene which no other city in the
world can rival.
My necessities have led me into pretty extensive
off rks ~ 1.oI La A. l..
ter index of the state Of society, trade and public
feeling than the rents of buildings in great CAPT
tai, 1t may not be amiss to state the result. From
f,rmer knowledge and experience supposed
should lind no difficulty in satisfying my simple
bachelor wants as to rooms. But il soon became
evident that total change had the spirit
of the city. Three years ago there were thousands
OF desirable apartments to be had at moderate
prices; every street and almost every block exhib-
TIED abundance of cards hanging at the windows
and doors, announcing vacant rooms. These are
now few and far between; and it was only after .
woarisome search of four days that was able to
find suitable quarters. On converting with resi-
dents in Paris, ii appeared that not only were
buildings of every kind taken up to extentAlto-
gether unknown OF late years. but that prices had
advanced at least ten per cent those of the last
five years in very many localities. Il is certain
and most products of the garden and the field have
considerably increased within the last twclvemonth
Whatever may be said, therefore, by alarmists.
it would seem that there u a state of general
prosperity in France, 90 far the capital s an in
dex of the condition of the country. This does not
appear to proceed from any forced or Fictitious
cauae, from any great government enterprise, any
accidental and feeting necessity, but from the
natural development of the resources of the coun-
try. II must rest, also, upon general feeling Of
security the part of the people; for in commerce
as in sorcery, coming events cast their shadows
before" Whatever may be said of changes Of
ministry-of plots and counterplots on the part Of
the President and the Assembly--it IL pretty clear
that the people expect the present form Of govern
mcnt to continue, and that, whether Louis Napo-
leon be reelected not, they do not believe that
the immediate future, at least, has either anarchy
or revolution in store. They expect the republic
to stand-the hopes Of Legitimists, whether of the
Bourbon or Orleans line, being pretty generally re-
garded only as the dotard dreams of antique counts
and countesses II is true, indeed, that the ap-
preaching Presidential election--to take place in
May, ls5l-is viewed with anxiety, and at present
it ia impossible to say how the Gordan knot of en-
tanglement between the adverse views of the Pres
dent and the Assembly is To be CUT but that il will
be done without violence is the general belief.
The last ten days have presented few matters Of
political interest. The holidays of the season have
cngrossed the public attention, and even the As
sembIy has laid aside its activity. In my next
shall endeavor to take your readers into the Cham
Der, and give them the advantage Of eye and ear
witnesses of the scene. For the present. let us
leave these high topics and introduce more ia
miliar one-thc signs of the season. The trees in
the Tuilleries, as already remarked, are almost in
full leaf. The horse chestnut, lime, maple. pop
lar, elm, are covered with verdure. The abundant
lilacs spread tinge of purple over the whols
scene. Various other shrubs and plants in full
flower In the markets. lettuces of various kinds,
asparagus, carrots, turnps, radishes, Strawberries
and most of the products of our warm season are
abundant The French excel all other people in
the variety and flavor of their garden vegetables.
Many articles which, with US. are only furnished