The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-13


credit system has ruined many landlord within
few years. The dodgers remain on tick till they
have found employment, and then contriye to de
camp without paying. at the same time making
descent upon the sheets.
Garnis, by the week and the night, the low
est in the scale. They are let at prices varying
from fifteen to two cents night, and are inhabited
by brigands and escaped felons, and other danger
Gus occupants Filth, drunkenness, swearing. and
all sorts of debauchery their usual characteris
tics. The chffaniers live together in the Rue
Mouffetard, in company with dogs, cats, and pigs;
they are always gay, and their own misery ia the
grand theme Of their jokes. In general, one NTH
Of all the sarnis may be said to require the inter
vention of the Project Of Police, to force the pro-
prietor either to pull down and rebuild or to make
radical improvements in the construction, ventila-
ton, and keeping Of his lodgings" habitations
which, at present, are more horrible than prison.
ers cell. and only little less than the sepul-
ohre." ..... ... r..
] spoke in my last OF the lunar phenomenon Of
July and made slight error in doing 80. said
that there would be two new moons during that
month. but should have said two full monsoon
the LIST and 3lst. The unscientifc and supersti-
tous portion Of the Parisians, who have heard OF
the two moons predicted by M. Arago, are actual
ly on the lookout for two at the same time, and
expect 10 see the SUMS light caught and reflected
back upon the earth by twin moons-two queens
Of night-dividing the heavens between them.
The rivers of France have been much swollen by
the long continued rains, and the Loire threatened
another overflow during twenty four hours. You
recollect the loss Of life and property occasoned by
the inundation of 1916. 1t has now commenced
receding, and the danger is thought to be over.
The Rhone has risen enough to interrupt steam
navigation. The Maine has risen near Paris; and
the increase of the Seine has been just enough to
stop all the public works along its banks, though
not enough to fill up the arches under the bridges,
and thus impede the progress of the flat boats We
have not had day without rain for six weeks;
umbrellas are in constant demand, as well RS thick
boots. winter clothes, and a mighty stock of pa
thence and resignation. The blame ia all laid to ST.
Medard for it rained on his patronal day, the Sth
OF June; and this ia supposed to secure US con
tinuance Of wet weather through the ensuing forty
days. If this is go, we have three weeks Of mud,
clouds, and showers before yet, unless there be
some contrary influence in the two moons of July
All this is, az you may suppose, having very
injurious effect spon the crops The six weeks of
severe drought with which the season opened,
rendered the growth of grass and of wheat scant and
thin; and the continuous rains of the last two
months have in many places mildewed and even
rotted that Still the farmers do not despair.
Though the yield of the year cannot be good one,
1t may be fair middling one; that is, If the
weather changes Immediately, and a fortnight Of
hot sun can be obtained to bring the grain to ma
turity. But if it continues cold md wet, the result
must be disastrous. I learn from credible
source that the journals of the large cities have
received instructions to put the best face upon
the matter, or else avoid the subject altogether.
At soree at which was present last night.
Al 1h,l~;I ehnr he ri,
consequences of such calamity were discussed
by the gentlemen at length. have already taken
occasion to aude in your columns to the fact that
on the continent, and in France particularly, the
government is held responsible for an insufficient
harvest. 1t seems to be quite common idea that
Louis Napoleon would not be very much distressed
if the yield were scanty, for he might then have
an opportunity of feeding the poor at the expense
of the rich and middling classes. If any fact has
been clearly proved by the events of the last six
months, it is that the President seeks TO win the
working classes, while he is perfectly careless whe-
Their he alienates gains the aristocracy and the
bo,ugeoisie Holding the army and the clergy under
CONTROL the only other powers in the State are the
peasantry and the laborers in the cities, hand,
and the shopkeepers and wealthy classes on the
other. The peasants and the workmen are the
only people that fight; as long as they are con-
tented, there will never be revolution; the bar
yeoisie and the aristocrats buster good DEAL talk
loud OF their rights and privileges, but never 60 in
to the street in time of barricades. Therefore the
former after the coup detaf were to be courted and
gained; and as it was impossible to please all par
ties, Louis Napoleon decided to leave all the dis
content and dissatisfaction with those who would
swallow it. The peasants have been the object of
q thousand delicate attentions on the part of the
Project and departmental authorities, which those
who live in the country understand much better
than we. The city day laborers promised
work, and plenty of work, for five years to Gomez
and the public works already decreed .or
ted will fully occupy the spare hands of Paris
till 1857. The rich and the idle will have to settle
the bill. Property. real estate, luxury, case, ex
travagance, will be taxed to balance the account.
Property welcomed the coup d'etat as its saviour
and deliverer {; and as the coup d'etat has been
expensive measure, those who profited by it must
Of course be mucted to pay for ii. In case ola
famine, the rich and luxurious will have to buy
bread for the poor and the starving. This ia
sity of the case. Hunger is cause of revolution,
we'll as political oppression or tyranny; and
should panic on the subject Of bread cnsue, a
heavy tax would be the only practicable means of
averting it. The bowgeoisie, who learned under
Louis Philippe to have voice in public affairs,
and to consider themselves an important element
in the State, highly incensed at their present
insignificant position And if they forced to
pay tribute in addition, their suferings will be
ally intolcrable. But they will tolerate them,
crtheless, and pay their fine, however sore it may
make them.
The cession of the Bots de BouIogne, from the
State to the city, has been ratified by the Assem-
bly,. Apropos of the improvements proposed in this
ancient hunting ground, the CorsaiTe remarks:
"We are dreadfuily alarmed at the works which
the city about to execute in the Bots dc Bou
iogne; We beforehand that that delightful
promenade will be spoiled by lamp posts and loot
walks in asphatum. As general thing, chief
magistrates are distinguished by declared hatred
Of nature and of the picturesque; they will replace
tree hya.hundred years old by cast iron lamp
post, with arccklessncrs which makes one shud.
der" -. ..-....-. . ....s p.
On the famous picture lately bought by the gov
eminent the same paper observes:
THAT devilish Murillo s,icks in our gizzard; real
ly impotence and prodigality calc ulatcd to
cause uneasincss. What we fear now is that the
TRANSPORTATION bysRaphael will BIO put up for
sale; for in our present humor il would certainly
h., hn,, yhf for thn fbe