New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-05-16
FRANCE.
May Neutrality-suspicious. in Paris-scientiGc and
Literary Gossip.

Correspondence ofThe N. Y. Tribune. manu-. -, . ,o,,
Last Saturday evening flowers covered the affairs OF
the Virgin and choruses of whe-rObed girls chanted
her praise in the churches of Paris Heraded by such
graceful solemnes the first day of the month Of Mary
came 10 us fair and smiling one OF the primal new
born DAYS of Eden the genial air. lightly stirred fell as
softly on the cheek as if permeated with the breathed-
out love Of Heavens Queen. All Paris went out into
the public walks and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES worshppers
rendering thanks by their very gadness The trees, as
if expecting them, made up for their April backward
ness and rapidly unoded their green enage during the
night offering a grateful shade 70 the promenaders
Furs and OyercOats and winter headgear have fallen off,
meking way for light hats shawls and fine undergrOwh
of thin pantaoOns The dancing gardens are opened,
the voices of the singing girls are heard In the Champs
Eyses the first balloon has gone up from the Hippo
drome. These phenomena, more conclusive than the
almanac are the proof that the Paris summer season
has begun.
Itpromises to be gay for pleasureseekers, ma
tive and foreign The brlliancy and dashlng eXtraya
rance ofdress and equipage and house furnishing nau
gurated BY the Court, spreading and increasing
among all classes whose money credit bears any pro-
portion 10 their vanity To be convinced of the spread
Of this mania for display il is not ssay to attend
ball at the palace frequent those much talked OF sa
looms of Paris which may always hear of at his bar
bers and become familiar with by dlgen reading of
fuietons Dealers in dry goods and ewelry furnish
liable evidence TO which may add the running COM
mentary offered on the avenue OF promenade hours.
men have large representatOn-flndeed an American
who has been week in Paris is to be considered stran
ger No foreigners take kindly to the habits of
the country-as why should we not For apart from
that ready faculty of assimilation that belongs 70 us new
men, the near descendants of European emigrants and
often practced royers within wide boundaries before
coming abroad we catch quickly the language aud
manner of the place. Ii is only three days since met
a newly arrived countryman, who on his way hlther
stopped az London and he assured me that even there
he was mistaken for Frenchman. He has been here
week and his concierge declares so he tells me, that he
speaks partaiement bieH. His range of observation,
which extends enghwise through several long Streets
and otherwise over two public balls, theater aud
church after services has already furnished him with the
basis of an astonishing number of opinions abOut the
French" As listened 20 this gentleman it seemed TO
me that had met relations of his abroad and more
of them al home. HE'S OF avery numerous family which
would not offend, and so change the subject Some Of
our artists here have specimens OF their genius IN the
salon of 1853 An admission of painting to this annual
exhibition of works art always considered as hOnora
bic TO the artist is peculiarly this year as the new
Mace of exposition much smaller and the number of
pictures admitted cOnse Iuently limited 10 severer
Judgment than in omeryears The salon this years. IN
the old ROYAL GGrde Meub in the FaubOurg POissonere
1t is TO be opened the 18th of this month About the
same time the Paais Royal where the exhibition OF art
was held last year will receive into its newly furnished
apartments those two sOlenny constituted lmposters
their Imperial Highnesses Prince Jerome and his SON.
who may be looked at in their kind as works OF ART oil
the NapOleOnic sOrt-nOt imperishable
was speaking of the plethora of strangers here.
gentleman from Cincinnati, whom l saw yesterday at
Maurces told that he and his party OF four persons
on their arrival here night last week applied at 10
hotels before they could find Your western
and scientific readers may be glad learn that Prot Nit
chen is now comfortably lodged ApropOs of Amer
lean Science saw and heard an Illustration OF It last
evening that worth making note Of What saw was
spatula such is used by Dr. Greene OF your CITY, ior
depressing the tongue in certain operations on the throat
should call it, believe DR. Greenes iRreHtOn, though
waited for him to crook patua, common sense might
have taught any crook for the purpose In ques
tion any time since the son of Zlah first forged iron
However, great inventions are apt TO be simple when
once known and important discoveries often found TO
have been lying under our noses Enough to say that
with the instrument the throat be opened that
sponge pTobang may be passed through the aynx and
trachea 70 the bronchial burcatiOn Such are nearly
the words Of my learned medical informant. The In
psh OF il is that crooked stick, with sponge al tne
end of il and causc the end Of that may be saiey
applied 10 the throat of live as low down as wnere
the windpiPe branches into two Such statement vas
made years ago in America, laughed at then WIN
interminged cries OF "Quaek Quack by the regular
faculty but proved true by their daily practee
And yet, until within two weeks here In this caPa OF
medical science the truth of il has been denied anu
brought 70 the test The French physeians nave
been before them, Obtuse as the angle
of old spatulas.
few days since my informant placed IN the hanas Oh
DR. Troussean eminent here for his successful treat
ment of throat diseases one OF Greenes Instruments
procured from New.York. The result Of Il Is that Dr