The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-09
THE REPU BLIC.


PARIS, July IS, 1853.
We have had political trial here, this last
week, which has passed off without exciting much
interest, owing to the time that has elapsed since
the offence, (April, 1882 and the absence of the
principal offenders. The affair was that known
a. the Cauplot Rouge, or the Comnsuse Repolution-
,aire, and consisted in accusations Of membership
in secret societies and distribution of seditious
writings. Caussidiere (now in America, believe)
and Felix Pyat. "a voluntary exile in Switzer-
land, and one two others, were found guilty
of having been leadery Of secret societies, and
were condemned to ten years imprisonment and
s 900 fumes fine; others, found guilty Of having
beon members of secret societies, and having dis
tributsd seditious writings, were condemned to
five ysArs imprisonment and 5000 francs fine.
| The famous Correspondent case has again
come up, on its last appeal, before the supreme
court. The appellants were four, and their Of
fence, for which they had been condemned to va
rious fines and terms of imprisonment, was the
introduction into France of unauthorized foreign
journals. You remember that the evidence against
them was obtained by the projects Of police, who
broke open letters to and from them, which had
been con6ded to the post office. At one of the
first trials M. Berger characterized this proceed
! ing as disrepStable and impure. They were con-
ldemned on the evidence, nevertheless. The SUI
preme court has quashed the condemnation passed
upon them by the imperial court, on the ground
that the letters opened by the project of po-
/ lice, while examining judge alone has that
right As it was upon inadmissible evidence,
therefore, that the accused were condemned, they
are to be tried again without that evidence. 1t
r1o ot pfaf tn 1ac
quttal, for there is no strong proof against them
when this ill-gotten evidence is annulled The
criminal code permits the opening of letters in
certain cases, but, though they may be intercepted
by the police, they can only be opened on author
ization being granted by the judge dinstructon,
who is alone capable of deciding whether the
case is one in which such opening is justifiable.
The Constitutional begins an article in this
way: SIT is web known what noble use the En-
peror makes of his money" You would never
divine what this cxordum is meant to INTRODUCES.
ssWhat he does not spend in assuaging misery, he
devotes to the encouragement of arts and manu-
features. No branch of national productions
escapes his solicitude and munifcence. We find
1 new proof Of this in the magnificent pleasure
yacht that he has Just had constructed for his per-
sonal use upon the Seine" OF course it is per-
fectly proper for the Emperor to have yacht;
but do not see why we should be called upon to
shed tears about his solictude and munifcent pa
tronage of the arts. I suppose the yacht was
built to serve u purpose, not to enable Louis Ma
poleon to thrust few hundred thousand francs
into the hands of the dock yard men. The Con-
stitut;omnel has gone mad upon this theme, and
expects every one to share its delirium. Itwould
,Jo1o itv triv nj
the hydrophobia.
| The Yacht, E,,gsnie by name, was built at Cren-
sot, on the Saone. The locks Of the canals con-
Meeting the Saone and the Seine not being suffi-
GENTLY long to receive her she was cut in halves,
and in this way was towed to Martereau, some
some fifty miles from Paris. The junction was
effected there, and she then steamed to St. Cloud.
She is one hundred and fifty feet long and twelve
feet wide. She has horizontal cylinder engine
of one hundred and twenty horse power, ant
draws but two feet of water. To obtain this ex
treme buoyancy was the great difficulty to b.
conquered in her construction. Every detail O
her upper works was calculated to present
the least possible surface, and to have just the
weight which was vigorously indispensable. The
Emperor and the Empress have each separate
saloon there is besides grand saloon and dining
room for eighteen persons. The paintings in the
saloon represent the various scenes in which the
Emperor has passed his life. The light enters
through painted glass, which represent Seville,
Madrid, Araniuez, and Grenada. This is in COM
pliment to the Empress, Of course. On her first
trip the yacht attained speed OF sixteen miles
against a strong current, and twenty-one miles
with it,
Gu Cd odxrf nrs m
nescny last, and was moored to the dock at st.
Cloud. ''The Emperor" says the Constitutional,
"deigned to 90 on board of her, accompanied by
the Empress - Captain Exelwaus, superinten-
tcndent of the imperial pleasure yachts, was APP
pointed to the command. M. Schneider, the
contractor, and NJ Matthew, the engineer, receiv-
ed the decoration of the Legion of Honor. sit
is thus, % continues the frantic journal, 'that the
Emperor causes imperial splendor to rebound to
the advantage of arts and mdustry that he man
Eaoes. even where mere steamboat is concerned,
to put in relief our superiority over foreign build
ers for river navigation, and that he worthiy re-
compenses the engineers and manufacturers who
second his projects. = a.t.
] The landlord of the Hotel de France has dog
of great price, that some six months ago swal-
lowed a fve-franc piece. All the veterinary sur
geons and dog doctors of the vicinity were con-
suited upon this painful incident and its probable
consequences. They alFgave advice and impart-
cd sympathy, but none undertook any measures
of relief One day the dog was standing upon
his hind legs, his fore paws resting upon WIN
dow-siIl, in order that he might contemplate ms
master, who was walking in the shade OF the
public park 1t lis supposed that the position slim
ulated nervous action, for spasmodlc choking
succeeded, and, after some effort, the ANNA
brought up the coin and deposited 1t upon the
window seat On the return of the landlord, the
dog called his attention TO the restoration with
muzzling motion of the nose The com was
somewhat defaced; in fact, digestion had com