The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-04
Parts Correspondence of the Rspabl.o.

farH correspondence OF the Republic.
Pans, April Is, 1883
The government has come out of the little end of
the horn in its great suit against the correspond
ents OF foreign journals. The accused were ar
rested upon great many counts, some big and
some little, and found guilty of one or two of the
little, and were unanimously acquitted of the big.
The effort to send them to Cayenne was disas
trous failure, evidence whatever being produced
that they had formed, or belonged to a secret
society. Some of the individuals compromised had
written and sent by mail epigrams Ind squibs
upon the Empress, and the government had found
1t out by opening their letters at the post office.
Notwithstanding the fact that the judges had sworn
fidelity to the Emperor; that they very well knew
that the government desired the conviction of the
prisoners; that the public excluded; that the
members of the bar even denied admttance
to the trial, "a thing before unheard o) that the
papers forbidden to publish the details of the
evidence and of the trial generally the verdict was
Whitfield down TO few condemnations to petty
fines and slight terms Of imprisonment. Still, the
terms OF imprisonment pronounced, though none
OF them over six months, must be ousdered severe
Tor the offences proved. The court compensated
for the lack of quantity by an excess of quality
No verdict has yet been rendered in the famous
affair of the Constitstionnes DR.. veron will be
adroit manner of representing the paper as ruined
to the tockholders, whom he wished to induce to
sell, and as floating on the very topmost wave of
iaVor to the hnancers to whom he wished to sell
out. By this double operation, be realized sum
% large that bis address and cunning consid-
cred swindhng by many, That man SO fat
should to be called a swindlerl That
paunch rOtund should belong to an individual
who has been most indehcatey called a thieving
old rascal! However, this is hat all the patrons
OF the coup dstat will sooner or later But
Is rather hard to be called upon to settle with pub
lie opinion during the existence Of the institutions
one has helped to consolidate. The pompous
doctor expected to live respected and considered
till the next revolution, and what happened then
be did not much care. Beyond this there is no
political news of moment.
One of the most fashionable amusements now
in vogue in Paris is the making of experiments
with electric light. There are said to be five
hundred amateurs in the city who possess very
powerful apparatus, and on dark evenings divert
select society by a display of their powers They
seem to have entirely taken the place of the magic
lantern, and are used by children Of a larger
growth. Last summer there one in continual
activity at the entrance of the Passage Jouffroy
The large edihce opposite constantly llumi-
mated by the disk of huge full moon, the circum-
in two stories. The foa ge of trees through
which the light passed, quvered in Jets of the seven
colors OF the rainbow, and the passers by seemed
Tor a moment to be draped in FIRE. | should have
thought the Inhabitants of the house opposite would
have appealed to the police against the full moou
but they never did. The other night expert
nenter, occupying house on the very top of Mont
martre-a lofty eminence overlooking the city
made some very interesting trials of q new and
powerful instrument By the aid of reaecors OF
various paroboc curves, he illuminated the domes
OF the Pantheon and the Inyalides, the Column
Vendome, the Church of St. Eustache, &c; they
appeared as II enveloped in flames. He even threw
very decided blaze upon the Cathedral of St
Denis, and upon the Chateaux of ST. Germain
and Econen, fully twelve miles off. But the most
curious effect produced was the illumination of
heavy clouds that were passing through a sky 9TH
erwise clear. They took at once that half transps
rent appearance caused by their passage before
the moon. The only difficulty in the way of such
experiments would seem to be the suspicious of the
police. People have been arrested time and again
for placing lamps and candles in windows of con-
spicuous or elevated houses. Ii wick can be sus
pected of conveying meaning or a signal across
the city, one would suppose parabolic reflector
would Create doubts of the most serious character
Perhaps, however, those who possess these instru-
ments obtain a permit to that effect from the pre
feet, as you get permits to have a hthographic
press, to sell and keep gunpowder, and to shoot
chipping birds in SEPTEMBER
Paris ia at this moment very full of strangers.
This is curious fact at this season, for the city
has been rather sparsely visited during the winter
| saw gentleman yesterday who applied for ad.
mission in vain at seven hotels. The eighth was
hosptabe. Unfurnished apartments ire
member, that in France the word apparte,nenf
anil Of
entire story) are scarce and very dear Propre.
tors are raising their rents fearfully The coun.
try appears at the present moment tranquil and
prosperous, and they naturally anxiou, TO
make hay while the shines. Not only must
you pay well for a handsome and well. situated
apartment, but you must sign lease of three
years at least. simple engagement for one
year, eighteen months, or even two years will not
do at all. And this eagerness to profit by a mo-
ment Of calm, IS very fair evidence that it is nos
really expected to last. Think that reaction in
prices will take place before the fall and that peo
pie who wish to make their arrangements for next
winter would do well to wait. Landlords are not
at all modest in their demands, and think nothing
of increasing rent of 1000 francs to 5000 and 20
on in proportion, If it not already quite ex
pensive enough 10 live com fortaby and decently in
Paris. Apropos of the extreme tranquility which
seems to have settled over France, and which il
severely felt by the correspondents. 1t is fair to
say that by many it is regarded as the calm which
precedes Storm For one, do not descry any
signs of immediate outbreak, though / know that
the opposition gains strength every day. Every
of violence that the Emperor resorts to- is
hailed by the Legitimists the subtraction of six
months at least from the period during which they
will have to wait; every fresh exercise of tyranny
every stoppage OF the press every harsh arrest I'D
unjust trial, is borne with patience by the Repub.
leans, as one of the drops too much which will one
day make the bucket overflow. When once the
signal is given and events ripe, it will be much
easier to overturn the existing government than To
raise another its ruins. The whole opposition
will fight together to demolish the present n.titu-
tons, but will turn against each other when it
comes time establish others in their place. Now
that the Pope is not coming may say what L
should not have said bad be maintained his pur
pose. The Republicans would have seized the
cason for some sort of demonstration, and were
already putting their heads together to make it
formidable one.