The republic., 1851-03-15
"Ths Paris Consulate.

"The hungry office seekers have at length sue
ceeded in ousting our excellent consul st Paris,
Robert Walsh, esq, who is to be succeeded by Mr..
Goodrich, sometimes known a. Peter Farley. The
latter was confirmed yesterday in the Senate by
vote Of Fl to l3.'-JoTnaI Of Commerce.
We understand that Mr. Walsh had positively
resigned his place consul to Paris. His successor
is in all respects competent for the post, and his
confirmation, we doubt not, will afford general
satisfaction. Mr.. Walsh was appointed by Mr..
Calhoun, and has been in Office as consul about six
or seven years.
Mr.. Goodrich goes TO Paris with large acquaint-
ance with the people of the country to which he
will be accredited. He was a resident at Paris
when the revolution of ls4s broke out and was Sc
ectcd, by the four hundred Americans then in
Paris, to welcome in the new government of the
republic Of France. That address we we'll remem-
Der was admirable in its tone and style II was at
once translated into French and German, and read
throughout the kingdom and oil over the continent.
II was commented on by the London TIp,ss, and
other English presses, who held up the course OF
the Americans in Paris as worthy of all praise.
Mr. G. lived at Paris for two years with his family,
and is well acquainted with the language Of the
country, whichis almost indspensably requisite for
the Office he 10 called to fill.
His qualifications will doubt, and his talents
are admirably suited to his new position. Mr.. G.
began the Token. which he continued for fourteen
years, and those who contributed to this annual
well remember the liberality of the proprietor
The "Pcter Farley" tales have impaired delight to
tens of thousands Of children, and to Mr.. Goodrich
thoir author, the juvenile world debt of graf
itude which we are not sorry to see the Adminis-
tration repaying in part in the form of this hon.
orable appointme mt as consul to Paris. There are
sixty of the Peter Farley volumes, and they have
been from the fret growing in public favor The
International Magazine notices other productions
of Mr. G. az follows:
"Among them is series entitled Tho Cabinet
Library, embracing histories, biographies, and
essays in science; Universal Geography in an
octave volume of one thousand pages; and His
tory Of all Nations, in two large octavos, in which
he has displayed such research, analysis, and gen.
eralization, as would insure for him an honorable
rank among historians. Wecannot better illustrate
his popularity than by stating the fact that than
four hundred thousand volumes of his various pro-
ductions now annually sold in this country and
read, and in the United States hardly a citizen
makes his first appearance at the polls, or q bride
at the altar, to whose education he has not in .
large degree &C. contributed For twenty years ne has
every variety Of condition and opinion, by the in
defectible morality and strong practical sense
which are universally understood and approved
Like many other eminent persons, Mr.. Good
rich has sought occasional relaxation from the
main pu rsuits of his life in poetry, and volume
Of his contains forty illustrations OF his abii
ties as a worshipper of the muse whose temples
most thronged, but who is most coy and most cha
ry OF her inspiration"
Mr.. G.. has been honored with the confidence of
the Bostonians by being elected senator and re-
preventative to the State Legislature of Massachu-
setts, and there, and everywhere, his new honors
will afford the highest satisfaction.
INe,c York Erprcss.