The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1852-03-10

90 cents day. This speciality produces goods to
the amount OF 500 900 francs year. The branch
OF business consisting in carving and ornamenting
articles Of furniture employ 222 masters and ,l25
workmen, who do business TO the amount OF 200
900 francs. The saving establishments, by which
the furniture manufactures are supplied, occupy
BAT persons, master and workmcn, and the amount
of business done is 2,292 900 francs. The average
rate Of wages Of the workmen is So cents; but they
calculate being out of work for about three
months in the year. The manufacture of bronze
is another of the most important ones of Paris it
produces about % 900 900 of francs annually. The
average rate of wages SO cents for men; very few
women employed October, November, and
December are the most busy months the dead sea-
| son is from June to August, and from January to
March The upholstery trade is also very inn
portant branch 1t does business to the amount of
| 81 millions annually, and occupies about 1920 per-
sons great number Of these The
average rate of wages for is So cents, and for
women 80 cents. The paper hanging trade is also
| u very important one in Paris; indeed it may be
called essentially Partisan There
gagged in it l4l masters, who employ 1926 work
men, and do business to the amount Of 10 millions.
The average rate of wages is 80 cents day, but
| there is dead season Of about four months. The
looking glass trade in Paris occupies 722 persons,
and the business done amounts to about five mil
| lions of francs. The average rate of wages is 70
cents day The number OF persons, masters and
| workmen, employed in wood gliding, is $40. and
the amount Of business done 100000 francs; the
! workmen earn average n cents day. The
| manufacturers Of gas-iittngs and of lamps do
! business to the amount Of II millions annually,
and employ about 900 persons.
The statistics of private Geographic correspond
ence in France, the central Office of which is the
Ministry of the Interior, follows, for the
| eleven months between the lst of March, 1851 and
| the LIST Of February, 1852:
Dispatches sent from Paris to the departments,
from the departments to Paris, and from one de-
partment to another. Observation-Disclosures. 1884
Dispatches sent from France to Belgium,
and from Belgium to France. ........ 4.774
Dispatches sent from France to England,
| and from England to France. ,46S
| Transit MESA GEES. Observation-Disclosures. GOT
Total Observation-Disclosures. III ,413
The French offices received about $780, 900 for
their share of the work. and the English and Bel
gian about $4,000. These figures are insignif-
cant compared with the statistics of the United
States telegraphs; but il must be remembered that
| electricity here is government monopoly, and is,
| relatively speaking, somewhat of slow coach.
| The Ministry of the Interior is mile and half
| from the Exchange, and two miles from the active
business quarters Of the city. Every message
passes into the hands Of government officers, who
| decide whether or not it be allowed passage
over the wires. The first of these objections ia,
| however. soon to be removed, by the establishment
| OF branch office in the neighborhood Of the
| Bourse.
The hotel of Marshal Sebastani, lately deceased,
is advertised for sale on the Goth OF March Bids
1 - IL IN
You will remember that il in this hotel that
| the daughter of the Marshal was murdered in lS47,
| by her husband, the Due dc Prasn.
| FRANCO