The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-09-13
EOl1Uk'S CORRESPONDENCE.
From our Paris Correspondent.


gleanngs. The rainy weather which succeeded the
brilliant festival OF Saint Napoleon having exngashed
all chance OF extending the holy day into holy week
and the motley crowd Of peasants and gentleolk which
had ,hron1ed into the metropolis the occasion having
thus been driven home The Emperor and Empress,
over, pefering bathing a, Dieppe 10 sky bathing at
Paris, and having hurried down the coast everything
here has that dull day after fair aspect which re-
minds one so ioIcbly OF "banquet hall deserted"
fifth OF July. The Champs Eiykes, usually gay. pre-
sent no obc; OF interest but the vast Palace Of industry,
alive with thousands of wokmen, and CHRISTENING slow
y" towards completion To see this immense structure
rising majescaly from the ground, and TO compare its
solid ais hewn ont of the everlasting rock, with the
Fragile gasshouse in England, (Which always seemed
10 like oyergrown summer house ripened, like
the plants j, Lad sheltered to unnatural size
one would suppose that The English and French charac-
ter had been inerchanged the former having become
snowy and superficial, the latter sound and substantial
However that may be- one thing is certain, that the In
dusflal Palace OF France unlike that OF England which
may be remoyed from spot 10 another like flower
pot, is 10 be OF such enduring strength that Nature may
well adopt il for her own,
''And grant to il equal date
..a#Mefas With Andes and the Arara,. ..-s. III
The Pays" d seni-othcal organ OF the government
devoted its leading article yesterday to highly favorable
review OF the present condition OF the Usited States oil
America The writer reproduces The most recent satis
commerce. and calls attention to them being of the
greatest European interest; He speaks OF people
having in les Than century, attained an unhcard-of
lent Of power population and srandeur, and matching
still EDWARDS, with giant steps, in The path OF material
progress lie represents us, moreover, as aspiring now
10 the importance and the influence of adult nations, and
visiting 10 take rank in The tnnacuiam Of arts,
aud among the great powers which hold IN their hads the
desnies Of the world. But, what sscms TO astonish the
4" Pays" Than any thing hat while population
bias creased in 81 years from 100000 10 23.000000,
our army has only increased from 5000 10 10 900 SOL
d.ers; ard that despite military Indifference, i'm
porations have been augmented from 100000 TO
Sl7s ,OoQ onr inppr1aiions IRON $50 100000 10
si5l 900 900, (ony SOS 900 900 less than those OF
France and our shipping from $40 900 $685. ons
while. in the same tne we have nearly quadruped our
terfilory. ~. ..,l5 - T.
The only way the imperial journal can account for
these unparalleled results by aitributDg them TO the
immense extent OF area, and the expansion
OF credit system Our simple and inexpensive govern
meni; free schools and free press enise mmu
nifty from chartered ars,ocracy or priveg ed church
these and all the other advantages growing GU, OF re-
publican constitution have OF bearing on the
subject We have increased in population because we
have no much room ; and have become rich because
we have many banks The two elements of our sac
prairics and paper money Our great benefac
Tors have been Nature and Nick Biddle lie, us hasten
verse; We may then rank with q adult nations," and
have our place among the "sreat poweu.' We thai
be consulted on the Affairs OF The East" and have
vote AZ to who shall be King OF Denmark What
future! s.rs 4E e@a
may state that the Pays proposes to publish scve
raj other papers the United States, including
count OF the Exhibition at New York Whatever wc
may think OF the reflections which TO accompany the
promised articles. shall doubtless find all the facts in
them presented both accurately and imJarliay This is
a. much as we can expect for the French WRITER'S who
would make such facts The basis OF sound philosophical
reflection are this time either imprisoned, cxled, or
muzzed .#Ta
The late General Count de Montboon, whose funeral
takes place TO day. born in Paris in The year 1853
His father was colonel Of The Penhiere regiment OF
dragons, and Master Of The Hounds Louis XVIII
The Count commenced his military training in Corsica
al len years Of age. AT fourteen he entered regiment
OF fight cavalry He served in the campaigns Of Italy,
Germany, Poland, Spain, and France. He also a,
Auaerlnz Wsgram, Jena, Freedand, and FIVE time,
wou aided.
In 1927 he was attached 10 the staff Of Bsrlhcr and
10 1909 he entered the household OF The Emperor, by
whom he was created Chamberlain. During the one
hundred days" be ad-de-camp 10 Napoleon. He
al Waterloo, Also and, everybody knows, followed the
Emperor St Helena. ard Afterwards became his frat
tessmeaiary executor.
The Able Michel, grand chaplain TO the Emperor OF
Hayii, who sent to Rome bf tausin j. 10 conclude
eoneorda, with the Pope has just died in Paris lie on
bis return home, having accomplished his mission lie
died in The hospital Of the eonyen Freres de SsatJ
dc deu The Able native Or Beaucaire, and was
in his 6sth year
Among the decorations Of this month which occs stoned
mos, surprise that OF Mr Charles Reynaud, lite
rsry gentleman OF known liberal opinions, who has re-
Gently attracted considerable attention the wosld Of let
ters by the publication OF volume OF poems enlie
Epitres Ct Paaoraes, and a volume OF prose entitled
:" Voyage d4aisnt, a Blbset." lie was invested with
the dignity OF Che, ser Of the Legion Of Honor on The
18th instant, and the oath he aid in bis grave
Mr. Reynaud had just returned from Trip up the Rhine,
and on his way back to Paris he had stopped in Belgium
TO make VISIT to several OF the political refugees
The French Scientific Congress opened its session al
Arras day befoc yesterday The number of persons in
serib,d ya- los, including twc lalies-viz Maflls
Fanny Desooix and Madlr Philippe Lemai're-- who
Iropose 70 iske rari III The proceedings.
The Emperor OF Austria has delegated Prince Jablo-
nowski, field marshal Col. Baron L-yksm. bro,bef-is
law Of Prince Me,leruieh; Col Baron Smola. and Col
Aus'n 10 visit the camp a, Saory and erou theeupon
10 the government. .st .##
I Gen S,eurs. sid-de4camp Of the King. Major Koch,
and Lent Seenberghe, have also suived here from Ho
lord on sisnar mission, the lauer being socially
mstruced TO examine into system Of artillery invented
BY the Emi eror, M W.
A Telegraph despatch received here on the al an
noufced The marriage, at lscbl Of tie Emperor Of Avs
tia 10 the Piincsss Elizabeth OF Bavaria The Emperor
Ffancls Joseph J. now % years Of age ascended the
throne ths Of Dscsnbsr, is4s. Ths psiscsss Eliza
beth. now Eppess. was bofr December ~, 1897. She