The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-05-31


the period during which authors family ma y
enjoy acertan portion Of the proceedsof his plays to
fifty years-covering two generations nearly. By
the present law an author may will the per cent
age accruing rom the representation of his works
for twenty years only. M. Scribe has had an au-
dience of the Emperor to further this object. and
/ believe that the government regard the project
with favor. Dramatic legislation 10 more perfect
in France than in any other country, but it seems
that even here it may be amended. Still, an au.
thor never makes during his lifetime what an actor
or an actress-Rachel, for instance-may gain in
six months.
M Coste, the icthyologist is following I'D with
great zeal the newly-discovered method of incu
baton of fishes eggs. He has sent 80 900 eggs of
the Danube salmon to the establishment for the ati
fetal prod of fab at Huningen They are there
to be cccalobeonized. Others are UNDERGOING in.
cubation at the College of France. The average
length of the salmon Of the Danube is four and
half ieet; its average weight is fifty pounds So
that it's naturalization in the waters of France
would be OF the greatest Importance for the supply
ing Of the poor with new, plentiful and cbean
article OF food. There is no longer any doubt of
the success of the method it has long since been
placed beyond a cavi
M de Ruza obtained from the Pro vision al Gov
Al iOfo q iSoeO VI tue privilege OF sport
ing in the forest of Compeigne The Senatus
Consultum, OF the 18th of April 1852, conferred
upon the Emperor the exclusive right of sporting
in that and in all other forests belonging to the
State. M. de Ruze had paid sum of money
down for the privilege granted him, and supposing
that he had law, as he certainly had justice and
equity, on his side, has resisted from that time to
this, and has refused to give up possession to the
Emperor. The affair has been carried from court
to court, the last decision having been given by
the imperial court OF Amiens to the decision that
the Senatus Consuitum overrode the lease, and
that consequently M. de Ruze should be tried for
having killed and allowed his agents to kill game
In the forest alter notice was given him to quit.
He appealed day or two ago to the court Of cas-.
saton, but the judgment was confirmed. It is
hopeless to expect verdict of elk cents for Louis
Napoleon, for the judges, and / believe every.
body else in France, have sworn him fidelity and
obedience. Obedience of course includes false
witness, unjust sentence, Regeneration, proving
black to be white, and especially the breaking of
any lease that the Provisional Government may
have entered into with anybody, and a general
disspprova of every thing that the Provisional
Government did.
murder has just been committed under mel
ancholy circumstances; in fact, this may be eaid
OF any murder. man, who had long slept in
the same room with another, was very much ex-
cited by the continual nightmares to which his
compa Mon was subject. He thought it was spell
That the other was exercising over him to prevent
him from sleeping. On Ascension day he loaded
pistol with nail, for want of a ball, and dis
charged it at his tormentor. The latter never
suffered more from the nightmare, unless the
dreams, which Hamlet thought might follow death,
Uer in his nf
under that nome. man that had been shot by
nail might certainly be entitled to a troublous
sleep.
You Of course have heard of the rage in France
for the new amusement of table turning. 1t has
invaded all ranks of society, and the papers con-
tain little else. Many Of the accounts given are
serious and genuine, while others are the most
stupendous frauds, meant indeed as such. A
quantity of schoolboys, according to the Union,
attached two wires to the chair of state of the
master they then formed the chain, and the chair
and the scboolmaster described the usual pre-
lmnary half revolution, which caused the peda-
goguc TO turn his back to the class-a position
which allowed the scholars to give way to sundry
practices and to perform certain evolutions which
would hardly have been ventured upon under the
gaze of the teacher. Four pamphlets have been
published upon the subject; one of them gives the
names of certain Americans who introduced the
science into the city. cabinet maker in the Rue
de Choiseul makes nothing but tables; he has
chosen form and heft suited to the purpose, and
the supply cannot keep pace with the demand. He
4 ks lSt. piece. Servants see their masters eectri
flying in the parlor, and are noticed often to be
making similar experiments in the kitchen. l
know gentleman whose family not remark
able for the Encouragement of the requisite fluid,
and who is obliged to send for his maid servant to
help evolve the magnetism She takes her place
in the chair, her hands forming lobstery contrast
with the pale fingers of her mistress. For the
present, We do not expect an explanation, or a
theory, or practical application of the power
We are satisfied to know that the Academy of
Sciences are investigating it closely. The fact of
the movement of inert matter under the influence
of the human hand, unexerted, mechanically, is
now acknowledged by ALL understand that the
same f,rore has been awakened in England, and
that lords and ladies are amusing their elegant
leisure in experiments upon hats, saucers, tables,
and wash bowls. They would consider it mental
to displace table by the direct application of
physical force; but to do it by the invisible
action of an impalpable exhaaton, is quite
another matter; it is classic pasme, and
a good half of a servants daily work stands
a fair chance of being elevated, refined, en-
nobled. Three authors the other day presented
q farce to the manager of the Varietes-you know
it takes three and sometimes four authors to write
a farce in France-upon the popular topics of the
day. 1t entitled La Table Iournante. M.
Carpier, the manage said, "Gentlemen, ] do not
believe in this table business, and do not to
have any thing to do with it," "Oh, you do not
believe in it," replied of the authors. ''Here,
sit down with at this table for five minutes, you
shall see for yourself" The four formed the chain,
and in short time the table began to turn on its
axis--if table has an axis-to rise on one leg.
and generally to perform the antics in such cases
made and provided. "Gentlemen," said M, Car
pier, "your farce is accepted" 1t will be played
for the first time tonight
Day before yesterday the Princess Achille Mu.
rat, lately arrived from Florida, was admitted to
an audience Of the Emperor.
Yesterday, Sunday, the Exposition ofthe Works
of Living Artists opened for the year 1858. The
gallery is the suite of rooms known as the Venus
Plaisirs, with the addition of immense ball
where the scenery of the grand opera has been for
many years painted. The jury has been exceed
ingly severe; 1900 works, paintings, statues,
buss, engravings, architectural plans, &c., were
offered, and only l,7OO have been accepted.
endeavored yesterday to gather some idea of the
merit of the exhibition but the crowd was 80 great