The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-08-24

state Of things cannot be allowed TO subsist any
longer Tho seal Of the projects u above all pra'e;
It is very wrong headed, unjust. and injudicious
zeal, but It il precisely those qualities which
der them invaluable allies to the central govern
ment. y:5 yt%afG as~. .... r..
There il some conversation upon proposed
indemnity to be granted to the deputies ousted by
the revelation Of February. These gentlemen lost
a good deal Of money by that unlooked-for event.
Il IL thought that they will receive bonus Of 5000
francs for each month lost, or 5000 francs for the
whole session. What to be done for the $50 repre-
senatives victims Of the coup detan Nothing proba
bly,. Their dispersion was necessary for the sal
walton Of their country; and the reflection that their
disgrace was the means of saving their fire.
sides, ought to be quite enough, and doubtless
will be So At any rate, II will be useless to look
for any other reward than that ola quiet conscience
and mind al case.
The French papers sometimes make curious mis-
takes in English and American names. The Pa
trie mentions as among the English present at the
funeral of Count D'Orsay, Lord Usbal, evidently
an abbreyiation of Hughes Ball. Sometime ago
the Pays announced that Mr.. Waher, Of the Ame-
rican Government, was about to visit England
Waher for Webster. The Rsrue des deuT M0ndes Of
this month, in an article upon Lima and Peruvian
society, incidentally mentions that the motto oil
the United States of North America is Grow THEM
The Americans are in o state of dreadful doubt as
to what this means. 1t can hardly be misprint
for E Plusibus Unum; and Gnot6 Ssauton 10 rather
a didactic maxim than a national device. Perhaps
some one OF your readers may unravel the mys
terry. .'''.
Tripoli has just had a narrow escape from the
gums OF the French feet. Two French deserters
from the army of Algeria had taken refuge at
Tripoli. They were seized by the natives, who
ueed every effort to induce them to renounce Chris
tianity and embrace Islamism. One escaped and
claimed the protection of the French Consul Gen.
eral He was recaptured, however, and both he and
his comrade were thrown into prison and cruelty
maltreated. Upon being informed Of these OCCUR
rences, the French government sent feet from
Toulon to Tripoli, where it arrived on the 26th
July. Summons was Immediately made to the
Mudir. the military governor of the station, to
surrender the prisoners before sunrise the nest
morning. No reply being made, the Consul struck
his flag, and, with several Christian families in.
habitng Tripol, took refuge on board the ships of
the fleet. The merchant vessels in the port with.
drew from within reach Of the guns. The feet,
which had received orders to destroy the city in
case of non. compliance, was upon the point of
opening it's fire; but last summons served upon
the Mudir resulted in the surrender of the de-
serers, who were carried board the flag ship at
four O'Clock in the afternoon. The next morning
the squadron set sail again for Toulon.'
Great interest and amusement has been excited
in Paris by an episode in Alex. Dumas's memoirs,
now publishing in the Presse. That gentleman is
known to possess strong magnetic influence over
all persons upon whom he exerts it. On one occa-
sion in the year ls4s says the feuilleton, hcmag-
netised a young girl Of eleven years of age, and
obtained from her. in the presence of fourteen wit
nesses, the following information: That the repub
lie would neither be consolidated by Lamartine
Ledru Rolin, but that it would last several years;
that after the President would come Henri VI; that
he would enter France from Italy by Grenoble;
that from there he would proceed to Lyons, where
he would be received upon the bridge by depu-
tation of workmen; from there be would advance
to Paris; that some fighting would take place, bat
no great harm would be done; he would enter Paris
by the Fauburg st. Martin; that his present wife, by
whom be can have no children, would die of con.
sumption; that Henri " would determine to marry
one Of the people, and would choose girl named
Leontine, the daughter of q cabinet maker living
in the fauburg st. Martin, No. ~; that by her he
would have two sons; he would not call them Henri
and Charles, as those names had brought too
much unhappiness to those of his family who had
borne them; that he would name the eldest Lem.
Henri w., after q reign of eleven years, would die
from pleurisy, taken from drinking cold water in
the field of st. Germain; that Alexander Dumas's
own con would warn him to beware, but that the
destinies Of fate must be accomplished, and that
Leon l. would succeed to the throne Of his father.
Beyond this the clairvoyant declared she could
l-1 L.. I-As-
sleep.
warned or seized for thus rending the veil sup
posed to overhang the vista of fuurity, the feuille
ton was copied by the newspapers far and wide.
II will be read by many millions of people, as
several hundred thousand copies have already been
printed.
On Thursday last, though only the 9th, prepa.
ratons were commenced in this cit for the fee of
the 18th. The flag -staffs and streamers will be an
old story by that time. The scaffolding for the
snow storm and the passage of Mt. st. Der.
nard, is in process of erection in part of the
Chamber Of Deputies; the platform for the CO.
lossal eagle is nearly ready on the Arch Of Tri.
umph. The Place Vendome is the centre OF very
grand operations. The column, on Sunday night
the 18th, 10 to be mass Of fire. Gas pipes with
jets at every inch two to ascend spiray to the
top-following the zgzag line of battle, which, in
bronze fresco, pursues it's winding way to thetop.
At the summit is already to be discerned an eagle
with outstretched wings, and the letters l.. N. B.
surmounted by kingly crown. This latter has
decided imperial squin, bat will, after the manner
of oil fire. works, end in smoke and an unhealthy
smell. Workmen are erecting stagings and seats
along the banks of the Seine, for the jouss, boat
races and sham-fghts. The river il to be barrioa-
ded at its western exit from tho city, so that the
height of water necessary for the battle may be
maintained throughout the day. The singers at
tho opera and the performers of the Coincide Fran.
Saise are trying to make up their minds to appear
before the non-paying audiences, to be let in upon
them, by order from on high, on the famous day in
question. Happy the actors on leave Of absence,
and those who will not be called upon to play.
Louis Napoleon has made out the bills him.
self, but will take not to assist at the
representation. The opera will give La Fauorite