The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-12-17


cited America a. the model Republic, has been
drawn into an argument ON the value Of govern
ment which tolerates slavery. 1t has been badly
worsted, for the editors not acquainted enough
with the subject to place il upon its true grounds
and show how the principles of republication and
the General Government are not responsible for
the existence maintenance of the institution.
NJ Hure. architect, one of the deans of the Insti-
tute, member of the Academy Of Fine Arts, has
just died in his eighty fourth year. He faished the
Church OF the Madeleine, and built the Italian
Opera, (Salle Ventadour.)
II is exceedingly difficult in Paris to obtain any
verdict against sonnambulists for the exercise Of
their profession. They are arrested under the ar
ticle Of the penal code which prohibits fortune
telling and the divining of dreams. Thirteen were
tried some weeks ago, and the defence was 80
learned and able that they were allowed to go
with merely nominal fines. Hoping to escapo
those. they appealed; but the court, after nu.
merous postponements, that the judges might take
time to reflect, maintained the previous decision
And now we have case of fraudulent trades.
man. whose dabbling in the black art seems posi-
lively to have eased him off from the penalty of bis
numerous small cheateries. He sold dish OF
adulterated coffee, impregnated, as he said, with
certain mystic qualities and was sentenced to six
years imprisonment, with hard labor. The court
of cessation quashed the sentence. A new trial
took place before the court Of asszes of Versailles
which resulted in another six years. sentence,
which again quashed. He has just been tried
again at Melun and acquitted Sonnambulism
saved him, as it did Tynet some years ago.
"Uncle Toms Cabin" is not only to be drama
xed, but ii is be to set to musc. is to become the
subject of the libretto of opera for the Theatre
Lyrique. The country papers, and several OF those
Of Belgium, arc ira nsferrng to their columns the
translation of the Prssse and the Steele.
You have heard of the ceremonies at Paris in
commemoration of the death Of Mr.. Webster We
learn from Berlin that the Americans there ED
meeting at the house of Mr. Fay, secretary of le-
CATION, and in the absence of Mr.. Barnard, charge
d'affaires, at Paris, and passed resolution to
wear Grape on the arm for three days in mourn
ing for the deceased statesman. III. w.
The Illustration gives large engraving Of
Ericsson's caloric chip, which will doubtless have
been tested before this reaches you. Great inte-
rest is felt here in the result.
Gambling at the Bourse has reached the explo-
sive point. The shares of the bank for lending
monsy upen public stocks, railway bonds, &C.,
which at par at 500f., in week to 1901.
The tulip mania and the bitumen rage were hardly
more crazy epeculations. Everybody knows that
this is altogether forced state Of things, but each
gambler hopes to make his fortune and retreat be.
fore the crash comes. saw victim yesterday, a
young American, who had been severely bitten,
and gently reprimanded him for entering into
such gambling business "Gambling," said he;
elf they did nothing but that, would not care; but,
confound them, they cheat!' FRANCO.