The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1854-07-04


before their arrival 1t has since rained and blown, and Is
likely after their departure to rain and blow Rain and wind
oudnt pendant ct aprts their French neghbors
Nothing the foliage in the Garden Of Plants the Gar
of the Luxembourg the Garden of the Tueries the
Bouey ards the the Champs Eys and in the Bots
de Bouogne remind them OF the eaf month Of june
Were it not for this foliage they might imagine themselves
at London in November fog They had better have waited
until the first of August and then have gone to London in
stead of Paris for the first Of August London smoke viii
be suppressed by act Of Parliament and almost
pect that in few days the of London will become
white and pure the dome Of St Paus win rise above them
more daxziDgy white than the Duorno of Milan by moon
light the sky itself will blue and the marbles exied
from the Parthenon viii dream that the OF Acropo
shining them. Paris has been called the city Of evou
tons The Parisians would do well add their list the
boodess and mokeles revolution which London about
effect, otherwise in few years. the Louvre and its
els the Rue de Rvo these thousands of buildings that
rising in all directions by magic and all those which
being cleanscd and rcurbshed according to wise
law already enforced will be grim with the coal smoke that
has been naturalzed in France well in England Paris
will be black it will be said that London used
| to be.
Meanwhile English party is here in Paris and
make the best OF it, in spite of the smoke, and wind rain
The journal that their arrival states that their
chief object being to visit the public Institutions and places
OF note they have been honored by his exceency Count
Waewsk the French ambassador at London with letter
to the Minister of the Interior Paris with view fac
tate their wishes 1t is be hoped that they well
piled with for cab hire for they conveniently
get about on foot Fortunately for their evening entertain
ents the theatres have proted by the uncomfortable wealth
out of doors to proong their attractions unusually far into
the summer The vsters hear see Cruvel
who worhier of being than being heard so
fine actor well singer the Huqueno,s and in
the Veate in the grand opera They see the Spanish
dancers at the Gynase, and Bataes wonderful personaon
of Peter the Great in the Eoe do Nord at the Opera Co
n,ique, where yheby three-act opera by Scribe
and Romano, has just been fayoaby received although
rather absurd and improper under the title La Fionce
du Diabte. Unhappily, they this time hope to
Rachel at the Theatre francase this great ragedan
who has just made her ete brilliantly theatre was
summoned away the other evening when she about to
appear in the character of Adnne Ldcoucre and hurried
at once to the bedside Of her dying sister at Pau.
In spite of the rains the travelling has fairly
menced As English in gate of Paris crowds
of courers and ashonabes beginning pass of all
its other gates, their the various watering places
and summer hannts of Europeto Hamburg, Deppe, and
the rest few the Baths of Lucca There
royal tourists in plenty this year but all them
travelling chiefly for pleasure like the cxQueen of the
French in Belgium, and the young King of Portugal with
his BROTHER in England The young Emperor of Austria
after having presented his bride TO the Emperor Ferdinand
and to bis little court hurried Tcschen from
important than the ostensbc of also presenting
| to the King of Prussia.
Whatever his motives were, the Moc expresses itself
satisfied with the result of the conference between the
monarchs at Teschcn The journals busy specializing
upon tho consequences of this royal conference upon
the conference at Bambeg, the contradced that
Iacna, cnergetC c0mmqnder OF
killed by cannon shot, the rumored sickness of Paske
wtsch and particularly upon that the headquarters
Of the Russian army has been changed to Jassy
But the specuatons OF the journals contradictory
the which reach Paris both from the Black sea
the Baltic. You will, perhaps find authentic anecdote
give you from the latter direction interesting
than all these specuations Mr. Cunningham of Boston,
who arrived in Paris Monday bearer Of dispatches
from Mr. Seymour the United States minister St. Peters
burgh accompanied by American pilot named Chan
der who has long been engaged in the Russian service
coming through the British feet the qualities Of Messrs
Cunningham and Chandler became known to Sir Charles
Napier who invited them both to dinner After having put
thousand questions to tem particularly about Cronstad
having been honestly at all to his sasac
tionso marvellous the formidable eences port
which sustained by force of not less than two hundred
thousand men-Sr Charles suddenly asked the pilot
wel, Mr. Chandler, you slap up thry-six sail of
| the line to Cronstadt? 70
Nothing easier sir answered Tom ''but getting them
back g the difficulty"
"By Cd" rejoined old Charley chats my part of the
| business
case considerable and Importance has arisen
connection with the additional levy of French troops
in view of the eastern young American named Jo
seph Edward Menardwhose father omgrated long ago to
the United States with the intention Of becoming Ameri
citizen and resided there for twenty years. married and
children and holds property there and since revising
his native country has abandoned his intention Of
turning to his American homehas been drafted the
French army. The American ambassador has warmly
listed himself the advocacy of this young Americans
claims to be exempted from military service in foreign
country. Mr. Mason am informed, has communicated
the Minister Of Foreign Affairs complete and able
of the Young Nc nard born in the United States
and consequently registry ofh birth has been made
France His mother American, and Der marriage with
his father celebrated in the United States according
its laws and not those of France In 1850 when the
young Mcnard married to her cousin whose position
precisely similar to his ownhe also being native the
United Satebe French authorities refused perform the
marriage and it performed at the American consulate
in Bordeaux by the American consul. In 1850 or 1851
young Menards American passport rie by the French
Authorities, his departure for New Orleans and in 1852,
his return for temporary visit to France it by
the French consul general at New Orleans According to
the customs of nations and the laws of the United States
there be doubt to the American citizenship of the
young The question has been referred the War De-
partment and is to be hoped win not fail of just and
| orable solution. c.
The Rec Theodore Parker in his Boston sermon preach
ed after the rendition Of the fgve-savc Burns alluded
to Smms who he said when taken back Savannah two
three years ago, whipped till he died This lie the
! Charleston Courier nails as follows
q When S,mmq was returned, his master Immediately
sent him to highly respectable broker in this civ with