Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1852-03-19

Mr. Walsh, in his letters to the JOWnt! Of
Commerce, cautions his readers against too i'm
pllcit rcIlahcc on the statements OF the Paris
correspondents Of the London journals. lie
says these writer's are Obliged to lmditc two or
three columns, each, for his journal, every day
he must agitatc, surprise, traducc; he writes
in competition with five or six others, and
strives for quantity and novelty; for matter
that may answer for third and fourth editors in
London; every rumor and anccdote ailoat III
the streets, saloons, clubs, and the walks ol'lhe
cXchangG-brokcrs, is eagerly caught and forth
with transmitted
Mr.. w. says that many of them have been
quite emphatic and pathetic respecting the
reign of Terror in France. To show how much
reason there is for this he remarks that
Within the fortnight past public and private
| festivities, the thcatcrs and concert rooms, the
masked balls, the solrccs, have exhibited mus
ttudcs great and vivaclty as bllthcsome, as
! if we dCportcd in Saturnlan age. Travellers
from the Provinces or who have recently pas
sed through them, informs NE that there Is cv-
crywherc, a correspondent animation. The
industrial branches are qulckened, by hope at
least; and the peasantry by the expectation Of
u general improvement Of their lot. So fur
among them, not symptom OF discomfort has
been perceived. NapoeonSm has lost nothing
OF IT'S prestige with the masses
Iublc lectures are various and frequent
among the people; those OF Dumas, on pract-
Cal chemistry, and Paycn, on Pubic Hygiene
or sanitary poIcv,-hIl two OF the largest halls
IN Pans. The courses ut tine Soroonnc and
the College Of France, have uneXampled au-
dicnccs.
The day before yesterday, host OF farls-
! lanS repaired to SAINT Cloud, to see, IRON the
heights and through the IRON railing, tie irncc
President hunting IN the beautiful! park Judge
how much terror accompllshes.
As far as my observation ant inquiry 90,
speech in private m,crcOurse-ln the saloons
and the strcctS,-is not more reserved or re-
strained than II was before the coup dctnt.-
Three several evenings, since the beth of last
month, there have been asscmblages OF forty
and tity-Legltlmlsts Orcansts, Bonapprt-
lists RepubllcanS-ln my parlor; they seemed
to me ready and frank in the expression ofthcir
conflicting sentiments ON the measures of the
Dictator and public affairs. | am sure that
their talk was free and earnest, though they
must have been aware Of the presence Of d.
cided votarcs Of the new rule. 1t is true that
the trCQucntcrS Of the carbarcts and tlpsv stroll
lers, who nvcigh against Louis Napoleon, to
groups of tlpiers and oilers, are arrested, tried
and severely sentenced. No instance of the
nolestation of any respectable person any
where, by the Police, for any use of the tongue,
has come within my knowledge.
that such Of your worthy citizens as mediate
Transatlantic trips this spring, may not be de-
tered by bughears from visiting tins, the gay
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