The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-02-02
Paris Correspondence OF the Republic.
PARIS, January 10, 1853

PARIS, January 10. 1853.
Perhaps the most important item that the fort
night has furnished is the publication, By this gov
eminent In its annual ssDocuments upon Foreign
| Commerce" of the following details upon Sauna.
ma. translate in full, as some Of the facts may
be new in America. The article has very peeu
| liar squirt: i5
.s'The Bay of SANTANA might protect whole fleets,
Its harbor appears excellent it is very safe, and
the largest vessels Of war can penetrate to it. A
fine military establishmet might be created there.
-. Principally in Ference to steam naviga
ton that SANTANA is of Eat value. For steamers
the Antilles and of the Gulf of Mexico. as we'll as
at the first landing place on the route to Panama.
roads are indispensable for their manauyres. as
wei az territory which yields provisions and ia
CiHiles Tor the construction of shin. wards and
forges SANTANA offers all this and ahnndan nj coal
yards besides. - 80
Gas to the soil of the peninsula, it is believed
that there IS none so fertile in the whole Island OF
~. Domingo. Sugar, cane and coffee-plants of
the very largest size are found here Bananas,
sweet potatoes, manioc, &C., are much cultivated;
ana Irults generally are produced in such abun
oance that the people will sometimes give as many
lsangoes as a morse can carry for a single ration
OF OF sea-biscuit. Pine apples grow there larger
tnan the very biggest loaves of sugar made.
Inanks to the mountains with which the inte-
rlor OF the peninsula is covered-some of them Of
sn;ta great heght.the yield of magnificent wood
as we have said above this most desirable station
Is enricned by recently discovered coal mines''
10 this may add that as long ago as 1926 the
French Minister of Marine chose the BAY of Sama-
ma Tor the winter quarters of the whole squadron of
the Antilles. Vice Admiral Duperre collected
there for the winter division consisting of seven
frigates, sloop, and two brigs-of- war.
The Patrie states positively and semi officially
that there is no French vessel of war at SANTANA
II 1t had been the Moniteur that had been made
the vehicle OF communication, and had the para
graph read that no designs of the kind intimated
were held, it would have been more satisfactory
AS 1t is, it is thought to be mere prevarication
mere may be no vessel of war there at the present
moment; but perhaps there have BEEN and per.
maps mere will be again. At any rate, after pc
rusal OF the above official details, the French roy
eminent cannot be acquitted of a very decided
hankering after the ssine maritime establishment
which "might be created'' on the eastern point of
st. Domingo. So
The whole diplomatic corps will shortly have
presented their renewed credentials to the Empe.
ror. The only important ENJOYS now behind are
those OF Prussia, Austria, and the United States
When once an ambassador has signified to the
Minister ofState that he is ready to be presented
it no longer depends upon him to hasten or retard
the ceremony. He receives notice from the proper
authority when the State carriages will arrive at
bis hotel to convey him to the TuiIeries. Mr.
Rives gave notice last week, and he will doubtless
be presented to the Emperor before many days
The great Protestant case has been tried during
the last fortnight. Two ministers of the Consstory
of Meaux had been some time ago condemned to
sixteen months for preaching in country village,
Tor lnfraction OF the law prohibiting meetings of
any sort without license. Their defence was
considered in Paris conclusive that they were H.
censed preachers of the Consistory of Meaux, and
the village in which they preached was in that
diocese. They appealed from the decision, and
the arguments on both sides on the appeal, were
long and intricate The government pleaded tina :
the Protestants who gathered together in barns and
outhouses were nothing better than Socialists; and
the decision of the inferior court was finally main.
tanned, on the ground that the whole concern was
a political and not a religious affair. The admin.
stralon OF justice in France is singularly uneven
handed. In cases where the government is not
interested as in trials for murder, robbery fraud
&C., nothing can be more admirable than the
same impartiality with which the guilt of the Of
lender Is traced out, and If proved, punished; but
when the government is in any way concerned or
deaf, the State Attorney wakes rude and wrong.
headed, the court grows prejudiced, and the iurv
sees out of eyes, and hears from ears specially or.
dered for the OCCASION 1t is useless to expect any
thing but lob-sided decision under such circun
stances. Ea s81
Mr.. Proudhon has lately been party in a law
suit in which he seems to claim that la propriete,
as far as he is concerned. ce NEST pas lie pol
long time ago he came across work by the Able
Bergier, published about hundred years ago.
and completely forgotten. In compliance with
the advice of priest he reprinted it, in connection
with an original essay by himself on General
Grammar" A Mr.. Lambert was a partner with
him IN this undertaking. For some reason or other
the work, after being printed, remained in sheets
upon the shelf, and upon Mr.. Lambert's winding
up his affairs it passed into the hands of Mr..
Proudhon.. Shortly after, he sold the sheets Al
waste paper to grocer at two cents pound.
The grocer subsequently sold them to an old
book dealer at four cents pound, giving
him to understand that he had the right to
publish them The book dealer, again, sold
them to a bookseller for eight cents a pound.
The latter published them; and Mr.. prond
hon, considering it fraud, caused the CO.
pies, numbering fifteen hundred, to be seized. He
then brought an action against the bookseller. and
obtained damages. The bookseller appealed to the
court of appeal; he contended that he had BOUGHT
the paper, and the impression upon it, without
conditions; that Mr.. Proudhon was not party to
the transaction, and that he had been paid for the
sale he had himsefeffected. Mr.. Proudhon pleaded
his own case, and maintained that he had only sold
waste paper, not the right to the book. The court
however, held that the question of literary pro-
perty did not arise, and that the only point one
of Interpretation of contract, and it decided that
the bookseller had purchased the copies without
the condition that they should be used as waste
paper, the judgment of the tribunal should be
quashed, and the demand of Mr.. Proudhon dis.
missed. :rI
One would imagine from the composition of the
sanitary service of the Tuileries that the Empe
ror intends to be sick the greater part of his time
DR.. Cormeau is head of the sanitary service. Then
there are two physicians in ordinary, with salary
OF 5000 francs year each; two surgeons in or
dlnazy, with the same salary. Eight consulting
physicians and surgeons, with 5000 francs wear;
eight physicians and surgeons, inhabiting different
quarters of the city, in case his jesty should be
taken sick in their diocese, at 5000 francs wear;
one PHYSICIANS secretary at 5000 francs, and two
apothecaries-one of them brought from Ham. If