The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-04-08

At ths age Of sixty sight. Radeasky onoe observed
OF him that be was msat-axe, and that when Won
had done with him. the best way ae I'm media telv
to put him back into the sheath This ;des If
sheathing meat-axe IL new and eminentIv Aus.
| TRAN. HAynau lost bis wife two years ago. Hs
daughter inherits his property, which amounts 70
| about 5000 900 horins. An Austrian biography
states that to an ardent and passionate tempers.
ment he enjoined extreme tenderness and sens;.
bility of soul.
In December, lS45, Vice Admiral Baudn was
made Grand Cross Of the Legion of Honor by Ca
vaignac, then chief of the executive power. He
refused to accept the distinction, as it would re-
mind him painfully of the times of disorder and
calamlties through which the country had passed,
and as ne ala not wish that his personal position
should De improved through events which had i'm.
paired the position of France. Now. hovevs,
says the Minister OF Marine, in report to the Em
peror, Vice Admiral Baudin would be proud to .c
cept from the hands of bis majesty distinction
merited BY long services, and which honorable
scruples prevented him from accepting at another
period. Wherefore, the Emperor has revoked Ca.
vaignac's decree of lS46, and makes the Vice
Admiral Grand Cross on his own account IL
rem aims to be whether it will again be refused
Probably not; for M. Baudin was just bad enough
a republican to make excellent Bona partist
The trial of Perichard for the double crime of
instruction and of the murder of the Archbishop
of Paris is TO commence to-day. The accusation
will require three hours to read. Forty eight wit.
nesses, for and against, have been summoned to
appear.
The Inauguration Of the tomb of the Emperor,
in the invaides, which has been long in process
of construction, will probably take place on the 5th
of May, the anniversary of his death.
The illustration has given the portrait of ssthe
Louie XVII. recently discovered in America" Tbs
Steele says of it that it resembles country con.
stable rather too much for a monarch, even
pseudo one. l cannot find that the revelation of
the existence of pretender has very much In.
terested the Legitimists. has in the least dis.
quieted the regular candidate, the Count of Cham.
bord think it likely that Mr.. Putnam will re.
ceive number of communications from Paris on
the subject of his Bourbon missionary
The mother of the Empress has left Paris for
Spain. She dined with their maiesties on the even,
ing of her departure, and was afterwards accom-
panied by them to the Orleans Railroad. She
would have been glad to stay, but ii was one of the
conditions of the marriage that she return home
as coon afterwards as decency would permit.
Michel de Bourges died at his home at MonpeI.
ler the 10th of this month. 1t is fifteen months
nation; and it is probable that few Of your readers
retain any recollection of the orator of the Noun
tain. Some may remember, however that the Re.
pubicans in the late National Assembly deputed
him to speak for them on the question Of the resto
ration of universal suffrage He died after few
days. illness, at the age of fifty five. We hardly
knew he was unwell at Paris; the telegraph was
80 busy in transmitting us the bulletins on the
health of st. Arnaud, of the reckless and
soulless executors of the coup detat that had no
time left to inform of the illness of Nj. Michel
The funeral was to have taken place two day We ago.
at Bourges.
In regard to st. Arnaud, il is quite probable that
he may never recover. If he dies, be and Havnau
will have an opportunity of becoming speedily &C.
quainted, and of living in friendship and sympa-
thy to all eternity. We have another Industrious
sick man. too; the Duke of Padua, acting Cover
of the Invaides, is very i'll; however, he must
have expected this for the Governor of the Invades
ought for decency's sake to take to bs bed from
time to time, to keep the old soldiers in couute.
nance. 1t is in fact of the duties of the acting
governor; for the duties of the honorary cover.
nor he has none; the Duke of Padua does the work,
and of course has the immunities, the privileges,
and the perquisites.
We ARE to have line of screw steamers, ina
CINE where-from Havre to Paris and back up and
down the Seine. do not know how many tons
they are to gauge, nor how much water they will
draw; but probably less than Brooklyn ferry
boat. ..-.----
A screw steamer OF larger proportions s pre-.
pairing at Toulon for voyage TO Civita Yecchia;
the Napoleon is to receive the Pope at that port
and to convey him to Marseilles. Painters, up
holsterers. and furnishers OF all sorts, are making
ready a berth for his highness.
The Jean Bart is getting ready at Cherbourg for
avoyage to be made in her this summer by the En-
peror and Empress. They are to cruise along the
coast of Brittany, and visit the principal ports on
their route.
think mentioned some weeks since sermon
delivered at st. Roch, by the Able Lacordaire, In
which the reverend Dominican used rather disre.
spectful language and inuendoes towards the pow.
ers that be. Belgian paper having given some
passages of this discourse, declared by the CORE
spondent that furnished them to be taken from
stenographic report, the Archbishop of Paris bias
thought proper to assure the Minister of Public
Worship that the report is an unseemly exaggera-
ton. / do not suppose that the Abbe's words are
given correctly, but do know that all who heard
the sermon were both amused and Mortified at its
general drift and import The Archbishop lie of
course obliged to justify himself for having allowed
Lacordaire to speak in public after bis return from
exile. He says that certain expressions did GER
tainly escape him, in themselves inoffensive, but
which malignity and the spirit of party might dis.
tort into hostile illusions. Ii requires go little to
convert harmless observations into pungent cpl
grams He would allow the pulpit to be.
come tribune, or the liberty Of the Sacred Word
to degenerate into license From all which, IL
would appear that the Able Lacordaire was rather
free in his remarks, and that the Archbishop Of
Paris is perfectly well ware oft.
However. the Able publishes letter also. In
which he declares the Belgian stenographic ex.
tracts to be inexact and exaggerated. He admits
that his choice of subject might seem to indicate
general criticism the age, but says that be
went no further than was proper. under a mode.
rate and dignihed evangelical liberty. He states
that be has received no blame official communi.
cation whatever from the government.
The Odeon has achieved immense success
with Mr.. Pousard's Honneur ct argent, and the
Gymnase has won equal victory with Emile
Augiers Philiberte. Both these plays are in verse,
and were both refused by the IHedtre Francais
The Thedtre National promises the immediate re.
vival of the most celebrated fairy spectacle ever
produced in Paris-Les Pilules du Diabl. The
theatres lie faliow more or less this week-la e.
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