The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-05-22


watching the administration, and we shall
wacht them all.
MODERN ITALY AND ANTIQUE CHLNA.--One Of
The greatest beauties Of this free republican So
ciety of ours is that it draws together the
heterogeneous varieties of the human race from
all quarters Of the globe. and amalgamates the
most negative elements into an oIlap0drida Of
the most delicious quality.
At one time we are equally amused, excited
and humbugged by the simultaneous advent
ties of the Old World. Now Kossuth and
Kinkel divide the sympathies Of the nation
in favor Of Hungarian or German nation
atty; and when they have run their Anne
rican race, and replenishcd their Golfers to their
complete satisfaction, off they go one to set up
lager bier brewery at southampton, and the
other to engage in the congenial occupation Of
manufacturing squbs and fire rockets at Rother-
hithe.
Anon comes "a young woman Of Bavaria,
and between her proaunciamentos and her
hotel battles, and her pirouetting on the
stage, keeps the metropolis in a state Of
the greatest fun and excitement for some
weeks, extinguishes Kossuth and Kinkel, and
all but exterminates her hereditary enemies, the
Jesuits. She in turn. vacates the stage. and
Immediately young Italy is represented in the
person Of her impetuous, reverend and warlike
champion, the Padre Gayazzi who finishes
what she commenced, gives the coup dc grace
to the followers of Loyola, and pockets G very
considerable little sum by the operation.
Then, when the novelty Of the belligerent
priest is worn of, and when all the little pecca-
dilloes Of Popes and Cardinals, and Archbishops
and Jesuits are duly shown up, and even the
story about Saint Chr;stopLer's hippopotamus'
tooth is no longer able to tickle the ever varying
fancy Of the community. what new novelty do
we import? For the time being all the ayaila-
bilities Of Europe are well nigh exhausted, and
SO the resources Of the Flowery Kingdom OF
China are drawn upon to supply the New York
appetite for something new, and half hundred
Of the Celestial sons Of Confucius are imme-
diately seen displaying their elegant proper
lions in Broadway, and-perhaps in imitation
ofwhat was done in the olGen times. when the
sons Of God made love to the daughters Of men
these subjects Of the brother Of the sun con-
descend, during the day. to look with adInira-
tion on the natural and artificial beauties OF our
fashionable thoroughfare. and in the evening to
give us outside barbarians some idea Of the re-
finement musical taste, and histrionic talents
enjoyed Ivy the two or three hundred millions Of
individuals who go to make up the population
of the Celestial empire.
But the present feverish demand for excite
ment and novelty. even these Chinese geniuses
could hardly satisfy. We Of New York. want
above all, to he amused and edited by political
religious. and revolutionary squabbles; and SO
bis Sandman Majesty, Victor Emmanuel most
graciously supplies US with some hundred LON
bardine exiles who are Immediately seized upon
by kindred spirits in this great refugium pee
cat0run. and organized into body to protest
against the treatment experienced by them on
board the San Giovanni. The poor fellows
were forced, it seems, to ca: Of the same dish
and drink Of the same cup as that which His Ma
jesty's loyal and dutifulsubjccts partook of on
the voyage And surely that was enough to
excite the ire Of young Italy, and provoke the
outburst of indignation which the newspapers
have chrOnicled.
But other complications occurred, and an
exile who ventured to PROFOUND some i'm
portant questions to o boats crew Of the cor
vette, was seized upon by the subjects Of En-
manuel, aud accommodated with suit Of irons
on board, until released by the commander. But
of this Illegal kidnapping and imprisonment, we
are going to be rcgaled with criminal prose
cution against the loyal mariners. Young Italy
Versus Old Italy, viii constitute a most inter
esting cause, which will probably supply us
with excitement until the arrival Of Lord Files
mere ard the English Commissioners to the
New York Crystal Palace, at which time we
have no doubt. the present discordant Italian
clements will have amalgamated with the Chi
neee into most delightful and homogeneous
compound Pi0e Ia yepu5iiquel
FREvcH JorRNALIsM.-The glorious uaccr-
tainty Of newspaper enterprises in the French
capital is well illustrated by on article which We
give to-day in another portion Of our columns
in which is very graphically sfetcbcd the hs-
tory Of the present journals Of Paris. Zach
revolution IN turn extinguished some journals