The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-07-28
p.ri. Correspondents. Of the Republic.
PARIs, July IL, 1852.

Paris Correspondence OF the Republic.
PARIs, July IL, 1852.
The London correspondents enjoy certain de-
gree of discretionary authority. When there Is
nothing to cay they at liberty to say nothing,
and have the day to themselves. The gentlemen
of the Globe have played truant for several days
during the last week, having been completely
foiled in their attempts at running down single
item of news The hot weather ia driving every
body out of Paris, and naturally enough, when
the forces scattered, the Cabinet divided, and
half the world gone to the springs and the baths,
nothing Of any importance can occur. No event
that respects itself would be willing to be per-
formed before thin auditory. When we
have all got together again for the winter, then
perhaps we may hear something more startling.
But between now and then comes the 10Th OF
August, of immortal memory-La St. Napoleon
now the only national eis of France. This date is
but month of, and, the celebration ia to be some
thing altogether original, and on scale OF I'M
wonted magnitude, the committee appointed for
the purpose is deeply engaged in examining the
numerous plans Of Notification presented for ac'
ceptance. An amnesty to certain of the exiled So
ciasts is spoken Of, and the creation Of three or
four new Marshals Of France is, believe, decided
upon. General Castellane, the commander Of the
seem likely to obtain the staff Az for the amnes-
ty, l have heard of none of the banished repubi
cans who have made overtures for permission TO
return; and it is well known that Louis Napoleon
will not take the fret step in affairs of THE kind.
The subscriptions to the Paris newspapers al
ways fall off considerably in summer, but the exc
dus of this year 10 larger than ever before. ldoubt,
however, whether the situation OF the Journalists
here is as bad that Of those OF Prussia, whose
interests have been wofully damaged by the new
tax upon newspapers. Since its PRONUNCIATION, the
compositors have earned sixty seven thousand
thalers less than in an equal time before; foar
thousand five hundred bundles of paper less
now employed. The journals still in existence
have ten thousand Subscribers less than before.
The salaries of the various editors will be dimin
ished by fifty thousand thalers year. The sum
total of the losses is not far from two hundred and
fifty thousand thalers already-nearly $500 900.
Statistical societies to be created in every canton
in France. decree, issued last week, instructs
the projects of the departments to proceed at once
to their organization and gives full details of the
duties these societies to perform. The census,
which is taken every FIVE years, gives the quin
quennial statistics Of the country. The govern
ment wants these same statistics rendered annu-
ally, and it 10 this service that these permanent
societies to fill The Minister of the Interior is
to send lists of printed questions on various mat
ters Of agricultural, commercial, manufacturing,
and other important interests; the answers are to
be returned, revised, and corrected, on the lst Of
every January. The members are to receive no
salary-the Office being desirable one, from the
consideration it involves and the expenses enaied,
for rent, clerk hire, SC, &C., to be at the charge
of the canton. '...... 49,. ,.r.a .........
The administration of the public streets has just
IF into
the various systems of paving which have been
tried of late years. The common method, by
means of square blocks OF stone costs annually ten
sous square yard for expense of keeping it in re-
pair. Macadamizage, on the contrary, costs eighty
sous square yard, and is altogether too expensive
for any other city in France than Paris, The ad-
ministration ght to remember that Macadamizage
was introduced expressly to render barricades and
revolutions impossible, and, if it has this effect, the
expense is matter of no consequence. Revou.
tions arc rcckon not in sous, but in milliards,
The Macadamized streets in Paris kept with q
degree of care which would be out of the question
In any other place. Men live upon them, and do
not quit them five hours out OF the twenty. four
Besides being swept once day, they are examined
every morning, and any little irregularities re-
moved, and any concavities, ruts, or hollows, re-
plenished from carts that are held continually in
ardor of his course, commit any little peccadillo up
on the Boulevard or the Rue de Rvoli, you straight
way see man, whom you had not noticed before,
advance upon the intrusion, and with broom and
shovel remove it from the view. These streets are
kept constantly moist from seven In the morning
till midnight. 1t is perfectly conceivable that
every square yard involves an expense of eighty
sous year, when such punctiliious nicely is re-
quired of the keepers. Notwithstanding the cost,
the Rue de la Pax and the Place Vendomc are TO
be Immediately Macadamizcd. Numerous expe
rments have been also tried with various mixtures
of bitumen and finely ground stone. Asphalt
sidewalks now in general use; but all attempts
to render such q composition solid enough to resist
the action of wheels and hoofs have entirely failed
The Z" reflector" 10 now adopted upon all the
southern and eastern railroads of France. II con-
sists merely of mirror placed before the engineer
ut a certain angle, which thus reflects the whole
train behind, and enables him to observe whatever
happens to the passenger cars, without withdraw
ing his attention from the machinery, or from the
rails before him. II is probable that the invention
will be applied to all the locomotives in the coun
try. The English. German, and Belgian lines
have already borrowed the idea, and upon many OF
them the system ia already in operation.
The President. though at st. Cloud, is not out OF
hearing. telegraph has been established between
the Chat eau and the Ministries of the Interior and
Police These latter hotels are already in commu-
nication with the Tuileries and the Hotel de Vile
Louis Napoleon leaves in three or four days for
Chalons, Nancy, and Strasburg. and intends to be
at the latter city on the 18th of the month to inau
gurate the last link Of the railroad connecting
Strasburg with Paris. After that he will journey
southwark, and visit Marseilies and Ioulon. 1t Is
not probable that he will sojourn long at Touion'
though many gentlemen Of his stamp are now
making heightened stays at certain establish
ment there. .a,.., .. '.' .....
We have been imagining that we have suffered
severely from the heat; but the thermometers OF
Washington probably tell story OF greater
oppression than Fahrenheit uses the high
numbers, and makes nothing OF pointing at the
eighties and ninetier, and sometimes even says
hundred and over. Tho Centgrade, moro modest,
rarely goes beyond $50, which is equal to 920 OF
Fahrenheit; starting, as it docs, from the freezing
point instead of arbitrary zero, which has no