The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-28

is in course of publication in the feuilleton. The
Presss has given history of the commune in France
from its origin, which occupied thirty-three col
umns; a supplement of two pages was added, that
the whole might be given In one number. The
Pays has recommended its "Political Portaits''
by Gueronniere. Theirs was the fret. and Cavaig-
mac, Guizot, Mole, and many others, both French
men and foreigners, are to follow The Corsaire
has been relieved of all during the dull season
bya decree of suspension for two months The edi-
go the side till their term has expired
The compositors and pressmen must either en-
croach on their funds in the savings banks, or go
without bread. They cannot obtain employment
in any other Office, nor would il be advisable to do
So they desire return to the bureau of the Cor
sairs. The suspension of journal seems very
harsh measure, when the consequences to the hands
employed are considered, whatever may be the
general opinion upon the deserts of the editors or
responsible parties The loss of the Corsaire will
not be very deeply deplored by the public in gen.
eral. ....
The theatres suffer severely from the hot wcas
Their. Not 80, however, the artistes absent on
furough. Mile Rachel performed twenty four
nights in the month Of June, in the provincial
towns of France and of Belgium; her receipts for
these twenty four nights amounted to eighty. four
thousand francs. or to $l7,OOO! This is aver
age Of 500 night.
The Hotel Sebastian, in which the Duchess de
Praslin was murdered in lS47, is to be demolished.
The grounds, as we'll as those of the Hotel Castel-
lane, adjoining, have been purchased by the State
They are contiguous to the Elysee. and the three
estates to be made into one. The garden, or,
properly speaking, the forest of the Elysee, is
| already one of the most beautiful in Paris, and
with the addition Of those of the neighboring no.
| ~, tber
At short distance s the Hotel of the British EN-
bassy, and stiil further the very sumptuous lit
| tie palace which has been offered to the American
| Government for the residence of its Minister at
Paris Seven million francs is the sum named,
| but think million dollars would buy it. The
House of Representatives would doubtless vince
at such an offer; but purchasing estate like the
one in question is like buying lace, or Japan por-
celan; it always has its value, and can always be
disposed of at the price paid for it, if proper dis
erection be exercised in striking the bargain
| A double bridge is to be constructed over the
Seine, connecting the communes OF Bercy and
Jory. Oyer.this bridge will pass the railroad now
in construction, intended TO girdle Paris, and to
bring into communication the stations Of all the
lines entering the city. You remember that the
decree ordering the establishment of this road was
one of the fret passed after the coup d'etat The
| carriage road will be separated by q thick wall
from the rails, but vehicle will be allowed to
| enter during the passage Of q train. The expense
of the whole will be 200 900 francs. The railroad
pays ito proportion, or 700 600 francs. The other
SOC, 900 are obtained in the following way;
The Department of the Seine contributes. lO0,O0O
The Ministrv of Public Works l0O, 900
| Tire Ministrv of the Interior $4,000
| The commune OF Jory............ ...... 2o,OoO
| The commune of Rercy. $4,000
| The privilege of levying tolls for Ia years .
mil ho apA fn nv
| FRI 500, 900
The quarter of the city In which the bridge is to
be, and the of those who will principally use
it, necessitate very low rate of toll. and it has
accordingly been agreed between the parties that
the following shall be the prices:
Foot passenger. two hlths OF q SOU .
| Horse and rider. two SOUS
Cart with one horse. -. two SOUS and ANAL
| Chaise or cabriolet.. three sous.
| Carriage. ........I our SOUS.
And every thing at equally reduced prices. At
home they have the audacity TO ask shilling, and
sometimes twenty five cents, for passage over most
supiciousy rckety wooden structures; and this tax
| is indefinitely continued. The bridge at Bcrcy ID
to be free when the travel over it shall have paid
o-filths Of the cost.
There are in Paris 276 primary schools, instruct
ing SO OPS pupils. Sixty six of these schools areupon
the Lancastcrian plan--the elder scholars hearing
the younger ones, but being themselves under the
control of teacher. In these schools are l4,O0O
scholars and So male and 80 female instructors The
salary of the former varies from $240 to $3.50 a
year, and that of the latter from $40 to S APO.
There are in Paris 100000 shopmen and chop
women using weights and measures in the prose
cution of their business. The whole of these
| weights and measures are to be verified during
the ensuing month by the agents of the govern
mcnt.
The Senate has just extended Louis Napoleon's
hunting privileges to various woods and meadow
lands in the vicinities of Versailles and ST. Quentin
This seems to have been done in order to introduce
little variety into the Presidents game The
!Senat,s. consultum of the 18th of April made
over to him several well stocked preserves, but in
all of them there striking absence Of water
birds and web footed animals generally. The new
decree remedies this. The present tenants or les
sees of the ground are to be Immediately dispos
sessed and unidentified if their interests suffer by
the spoation.
Cases of hydrophobia being of constant occur.
renee here, and death invariably following, all the
French papers have reproduced article from an
American journal, detailing cure performed in
Cincinnati by means of lacheris, virus taken from
some species of adder. The cure has excited a
good deal of interest in scientific circles. horri-
bic case has Just occurred in Paris, in which the
crowd collected by the dcmoniacal rage of the pa
tent actually blocked w TIE street. .-..
M. Casabianca, Minister Of Stale, after six
months occupation Of the Tuileries. has decided
to change his quarters. His clerks complain that
they cannot stand upright In several OF the rooms
Of the ministry; the entries lighted by lamps,
which suffered to go out, as no ray of
the sun penetrates 80 far The fact is, the
Palace of the Tuilerics, however well it may have
been for ages gone by, is totally unfit for any pur-
pose, either of residence legislation, now. The
President tried to make it comfortable and to feel
at home there but he has long since settled defini
lively at the Elysee; and now even M Casabianca
is leaving its low ceilings and dingy corridors to
the rats and the mice. The Tuileries started on
down hill track when in lS4S IL was converted into
a hospital for the wounded Of February.
! The numerous collisions at sca that have of late
| occurred in European waters have suggested the
idea of holding convention Of delegates from all